"12. (Ensign) Thomas3 Waterman (Thomas2, Robert1), born at Norwich, Conn., in Sept. 1670, died there 31 Dec. 1755; …
The will of Thomas Waterman of Norwich, Conn., made 15 May 1734 [is this an error for 1754], proved 6 Apr. 1756, gave to wife Elizabeth household articles, £25 in money, and use of one third of the real estate; as for son Thomas, what I have already given him by deed and other ways, I judge to be his portion, but as a token of my affection I give him £5 to be paid out of my movable estate; to son John, I have already given him his portion, but now give him £5; same to son Ebenezer; to son Daniel, £20, which with what I have already given him is his portion; son Elisha had had by deed his part, but now to have five shillings; sons Asa and Nehemiah, same; to my two daughters Elizabeth Lothrop and Sarah Sluman, the rest of the movable estate of all kinds, to be equally divided between them; wife Elizabeth to be executrix. Witnesses: Isaac Huntington, Francis Griswold, and James Huntington; they attested the will when it was proved. [Probate Rec. Norwich, 1-358; File No. 11230.]
An inventory of the estate of Mr. Thomas Waterman late of Norwich, deceased 31 Dec. 1755, was taken 22 June 1756 by William Waterman and Simon Tracy, Jr., and amounted to £31.15.2¼. A silver tanker was valued at £6.3.0; a silver pot at £3.13.2; and two silver spoons at £1.4.0. (No real estate was listed: he had conveyed it all by deed in his lifetime.)
On 7 June 1756, the executrix named in the will being deceased, the Court appointed Asa Waterman to administer [Probate Journal, 1-156]. An undated memorandum in the file relating to the distribution specifies the heirs of Thomas and John and names the other children as living."