Person:John Waterhouse (1)

I do not believe all the children are recovered yet. If the maternal grandparents died after John, the children may be listed in the Harris distribution, especially since Mercy was remarried. Now, this Mercy is a granddaughter of a Rogers too. Almost need a three generation fan chart on each family and then look up the probates. Mercy had a brother or sister living in Colchester, CT. See Hempstead Diary, for Walter and VR of Norwich as well as NE Gen. Soc. Register Vol 116, p. 7.

Families of Jacob Waterhouse, p. 40 says John and Mercy lived on Quaker Hill on land obtained from his father, which came to him from his father, Jacob of Preston, MA. Barbour Index states he was deceased by 6 Aug 1751; a son John was b. 6 Aug 1751, New London; New England Register, Vol 59, p. 110; George Watrous, 1985; his widow m. (2) 8 Dec 1770, New London, Thomas Turner; New London VR, Vol 2, p. 91, Barbour Index.

From the Groton GenWeb site

Groton was settled by Europeans as part of New London when John Winthrop, Jr, came from Massachusetts Bay in 1646 to found Pequot Plantation at the mouth of the Thames River. Groton was incorporated as a separate town as early as 1705, and named in honor of the Winthrop estate in England. Most of these early settlers were farmers, however the rocky soil made large scale farming very difficult and they soon began to turn to the sea. Mighty clipper ships and even a Ironclad were built here. Many shipyards and fishing ports still dot the coast, although now mostly pleasure craft.

1. ↑ Researcher.

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