The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Sam Waterston
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
Christopher Challender Child, Robert Battle, and George Larson
each independently traced the ancestry of Mr. Waterston and
forwarded their reports to the undersigned. The contribution of
the undersigned is limited to merging the three reports and HTML-izing
the result. Martin Hollick added some material to this report.
Ancestry of Sam Waterston | |
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1 | Samuel Atkinson ("Sam") Waterston, b. Cambridge, Massachusetts 15 Nov. 1940, Yale 1962 |
PARENTS | |
2 |
G[eorge] Chychele Waterston,
b. Leith, Scotland 20 May 1904,
d. Sharon, Connecticut 13 May 1995
[SSDI 022-26-8581 issued MA 1951-2]
m. Chestnut Hill, Mass. 6 July 1935 [1936 Boston Social Register; Mass VRs, 1935, 23:313 (Brookline), 57:175 (North Andover)] |
3 | Alice Tucker Atkinson, b. Brookline, Mass. 10 Dec. 1905 [Mass VRs, 1905, 552:22], d. Sharon, Conn. 29 Nov. 1993 [SSDI 022-26-8806, issued MA 1951-2] |
GRANDPARENTS | |
4 |
George Waterston
m. |
5 | ____ |
6 |
Robert Whitman Atkinson,
b. Heath Street, Brookline, Mass. 14 Dec. 1868
[Mass VRs, 1868, 206:288, as "male Atkinston"],
d. Mattapoisett, Mass. 21 Aug. 1934
[1935 Boston Social Register;
Harvard College Class of 1891 - 50th Anniversary Report;
Mass VRs, 1934, 56:557],
Harvard 1891
m. Philadelphia, Penn. 5 March 1904 [Mass VRs, 1904, 548:26; 1910 Census Brookline] |
7 | Elizabeth Bispham Page, b. Philadelphia, Penn. 27 March 1875, d. Middleborough, Mass. Jan 1962 [1965 Boston Social Register; Mass VRs, 1962, 72:93] |
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
12 |
Edward Atkinson,
b. Brookline, Mass. 10 Feb. 1827,
d. 11 Dec. 1905
[Mass. VRs, 1905, 27:359]
m. Brookline 4 Oct. 1855 [Mass VRs, 1855, 88:172; 1880 Census Brookline] |
13 | Mary Caroline Heath, b. Brookline, Mass. 1 June 1830, d. Brookline 12 Dec. 1907 [Mass. VRs, 1907, 26:25] |
14 |
Dr. Edward Augustus Page,
b. Moorestown, New Jersey 23 October 1830,
d. Philadelphia 18 Feb. 1881
m. Philadelphia 6 Oct. 1859 |
15 | Josephine Augusta Bispham, b. Philadelphia 21 December 1832 |
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
24 |
Amos Atkinson,
b. Newbury, Mass. 11 May 1792,
d. Brookline 26 June 1864
[Mass VRs, 1864, 175:217]
m. Newbury 28 April 1818 |
25 | Anna Greenleaf Sawyer, b. Newbury, Mass. 27 Oct. 1795, d. Boston 29 Sept. 1871 [Mass VRs, 1871, 240:164] |
26 |
Charles Heath,
b. Brookline 17 Sept. 1801,
d. Brookline 31 May 1868
[Mass VRs, 1868, 212:235]
m. Brookline 7 Nov. 1828 |
27 | Caroline Penniman, b. 2 Sept. 1806, d. Brookline 27 Sept. 1871 |
28 |
Gilbert Page,
b. 7 Aug. 1784,
d. Moorestown, New Jersey 7 July 1862
m. St. Andrew's, Mount Holly, New Jersey 19 March 1812 |
29 | Atlanta French, b. Fellowship, New Jersey 21 Sept. 1791, d. Philadelphia 13 March 1869 |
30 |
Joseph Bispham,
b. Moorestown 14 Jan. 1792
m. ca. 1827 |
31 | Susan Ridgway Tucker, d. 1845 |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
48 |
Amos Atkinson,
b. Newbury 20 March 1754,
d. 11 Nov. 1817
m. Newburyport 16 Sept. 1784 (int. Newbury 12 June 1784) |
49 | Anna Knowlton, b. Newbury 15 Nov. 1762, d. 13 Nov. 1845 |
50 |
Enoch Sawyer,
b. Newbury 6 June 1767,
d. Newbury 26 March 1808 (age 40y 9m 20d)
m. Boston 17 Oct. 1793 |
51 | Judith Greenleaf, b. Newbury 12 March 1768, d. 2 July 1834 |
52 |
Ebenezer Heath,
b. Brookline 21 June 1765,
d. Brookline 26 Feb. 1845
m. Roxbury 11 Jan. 1791 |
53 | Hannah Williams, b. Brookline 5 March 1771, d. 20 March 1832 |
54 |
Elisha Penniman,
b. Braintree, Mass. ca. 1775
m. |
55 | Sybil Allen, b. Braintree 20 Nov. 1784, d. Brookline 7 Aug. 1875 (89y8m17d) [Mass. VRs, 1875, 275:238] |
56 |
Thomas Page,
b. 5 Nov. 1745
m. Burlington, New Jersey 20 April 1767 |
57 | Alice Scott, b. 30 Aug. 1744 |
58 |
Charles French,
b. Moorestown 25 Oct. 1753,
d. Moorestown 6 April 1834
m. |
59 | Sabilla Stokes, b. Philadelphia 6 Dec. 1757 |
60 |
Joseph Bispham,
b. Moorestown 4 Oct. 1759,
d. 1832
m. 1 April 1783 |
61 | Susanna Pearson, d. 1831 |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
96 |
Ichabod Atkinson,
b. Newbury 13 Aug. 1714,
d. Newbury 9 Dec. 1803
m. Newbury 6 Nov. 1733 |
97 | Priscilla Bailey, b. Newbury 29 Aug. 1712, d. Newbury 9 Feb. 1793 (81st year) |
98 |
Joseph Knowlton,
b. Wenham, Mass. 11 Aug. 1742
m. Wenham 4 Nov. 1762 |
99 | Rachel Patch, b. 1742, d. 1778 |
100 |
Edmund Sawyer,
b. Newbury 28 Sept. 1730,
d. Newbury 13 Sept. 1795
m. Newbury 10 Nov. 1763 |
101 | Hannah Moody, b. Newbury 15 Oct. 1739, d. Newbury 1 July 1812 |
102 |
Samuel Greenleaf,
b. Newbury 8 Sept. 1727,
d. at sea 23 Sept. 1793
m. Newbury 17 May 1749 |
103 | Anna Bradbury, b. Newbury 8 May 1731, d. Newbury 10 May 1786 |
104 |
John Heath,
b. Roxbury, Mass. 12 Sept. 1732,
d. Brookline 27 April 1804
m. Roxbury 12 Jan. 1758 |
105 | Susannah Craft, b. 9 April 1738, d. Brookline 1 April 1808 |
106 |
Joseph Williams,
b. Roxbury 10 April 1708,
d. Roxbury 26 May 1798
m. Roxbury 5 April 1770 |
107 | Hannah Whiting, b. Roxbury 25 Dec. 1734, d. Roxbury |
108 |
Meshech Penniman,
b. Braintree ca. 1749,
d. 22 Oct. 1827
m. Braintree 20 Aug. 1777 |
109 | Ruth Bailey, b. Hanover, Mass. 2 June 1745, d. Quincy, Mass. 2 Jan. 1805 |
110 |
Joseph Allen
m. |
111 | Mehitable Holbrook |
112 |
William Page
m. |
113 | Mary Williams |
114 |
Thomas Scott,
b. 1685,
d. 1746
m. |
115 | Leah ____ |
116 |
Charles French,
b. Moorestown 12 Aug. 1714,
d. Moorestown 15 Jan. 1785
m. Moorestown 6 Oct. 1739 |
117 | Ann Clement, b. 24 Sept. 1720 |
118 |
Joseph Stokes,
b. 22 Jan. 1730,
d. 1772
m. |
119 | Atlanta Bispham, b. 3 Feb. 1737 |
120 |
(=238)
Joshua Bispham,
b. Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England, 11 April 1706,
d. 1796
m. (2nd) 1743 |
121 | Ruth Atkinson |
122 |
William Pearson of Philadelphia
m. |
123 | Ann ___ |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
192 |
John Atkinson,
b. 1666
m. |
193 | Sarah Woodman, b. 1670 |
194 |
John Bailey,
b. 1678
m. |
195 | Sarah Butler, b. 1680 |
196 |
Churchill Knowlton,
b. 1719
m. |
197 | Jane Rogers, b. 1721 |
198 |
Timothy Patch,
b. 1708,
d. 1751
m. |
199 | Rachel Woodbury, d. 1758 |
200 |
Enoch Sawyer,
b. Newbury 22 June 1694,
d. Newbury 15 Nov. 1771 (age 77y 4m 12d)
m. Reading 29 Sept. 1721 |
201 | Sarah Pierpoint, b. Reading, Mass. 3 Oct. 1697, d. Newbury 3 Sept. 1773 (age 76) |
202 |
Caleb Moody,
b. Newbury 4 Nov. 1705,
d. Newbury 16 Jan. 1776
m. Newbury 5 June 1727 |
203 | Elizabeth Emery, b. Newbury 2 Feb. 1707/08, d. Newbury 14 Sept. 1754 |
204 |
Samuel Greenleaf,
b. Newbury ca. 1697,
d. Newbury
m. Newbury ca. 1724 |
205 | Elizabeth Kingsbury, b. Newbury 6 April 1700 |
206 |
Theophilus Bradbury,
b. Salisbury 8 July 1706,
d. Newbury 3 Feb. 1764
m. Newbury 4 Aug. 1730 |
207 | Ann Woodman, b. Newbury 23 July 1708, d. Newbury 12 July 1743 |
208 |
William Heath,
b. Roxbury 25 Sept. 1686
m. Roxbury 24 April 1716 |
209 | Prudence Bridge, b. Roxbury 1 Dec. 1692 |
210 |
Ebenezer Craft,
b. Roxbury 22 May 1705,
d. 1 Sept. 1791
m. 30 April 1735 |
211 | Susannah White, b. Roxbury 29 Sept. 1713, d. Roxbury 4 Sept. 1752 |
212 |
Joseph Williams,
b. Roxbury 24 Feb. 1681/82,
d. Roxbury 17 Aug. 1720
m. Roxbury 22 May 1706 |
213 | Abigail Davis, b. Roxbury 13 Feb. 1687/88, d. Roxbury 23 Dec. 1771 |
214 |
Nathaniel Whiting,
b. Roxbury 20 March 1703/04,
d. Roxbury 19 Jan. 1790
m. Roxbury 1 May 1729 |
215 | Hannah Lyon, b. Roxbury 25 Dec. 1712, d. bef. 1774 |
218 |
Benjamin Bailey
m. |
219 | Ruth Tilden |
232 |
Charles ffrench,
b. 20 March 1670/1
m. Philadelphia 1708 |
233 | Elinor ____ |
234 |
Jacob Clement,
b. Flushing 20 Dec. 1678,
d. Gloucester Co., New Jersey, Oct. 1739
m. |
235 | Ann Harrison |
236 |
Joseph Stokes,
b. 29 Aug. 1682,
d. 1760
m. 1710 |
237 | Judith Lippincott, b. 22 6mo 1689, d. 22 June 1745 |
238 |
Joshua Bispham
(number 120, above)
m. |
239 | Mary Lawrence |
240 |
(=476)
Joseph Bispham
m. |
241 | (=477) Hannah ___ |
242 |
Samuel Atkinson
m. |
243 | Ruth Stacy |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
384 |
John Atkinson,
b. 1636
m. |
385 | Sarah Myrick, b. 1640 |
386 |
Jonathan Woodman,
b. 1643,
d. 1706
m. |
387 | Hannah Hilton, b. 1648 |
388 |
Joseph Bailey,
b. Newbury, Mass., 4 April 1648,
d. Kennebunk, Maine, 23 Oct. 1723
USA
m. |
389 | Priscilla Putnam, b. Salem, Mass., 4 March 1656, d. 16 Nov. 1704 |
390 |
William Butler,
d. 1730
m. |
391 | Sarah Cross, b. 1656 |
392 |
Rice Knowlton,
b. 1678,
d. 1766
m. |
393 | Mary Dodge, b. 1680 |
394 |
Robert Rogers,
b. 1682,
d. 1723
m. |
395 | Sarah Jewett, b. 1688, d. 1722 |
396 |
Timothy Patch,
b. 1670,
d. 1751
m. |
397 | Elizabeth Poland, d. 1742 |
398 |
Isaac Woodbury,
b. 1663,
d. 1733
m. |
399 | Elizabeth Herrick, b. 1668 |
400 |
Stephen Sawyer,
b. Roxbury 25 April 1663,
d. Newbury 8 June 1753
m. 10 Mar 1687 |
401 | Anna Titcomb, b. 1666, d. 1 Oct. 1750 |
402 |
Rev. Jonathan Pierpont
m. 29 Oct. 1691 |
403 | Elizabeth Angier, bp. 22 Sept. 1667 |
404 |
Caleb Moody,
b. Newbury 9 Sept. 1666,
d. Newbury 2 May 1741
m. Newbury 9 Dec. 1690 |
405 | Ruth Morse, b. Newbury 8 Dec. 1669, d. Newbury 26 June 1748 |
406 |
Stephen Emery,
b. 1666
m. |
407 | Ruth Jacques, b. 1672 |
408 |
John Greenleaf,
b. Newbury 21 June 1662,
d. 1734
m. |
409 | Elizabeth Hills, d. 5 Aug. 1712 |
410 |
John Kingsbury,
b. 1667
m. |
411 | Hannah ____ |
412 |
Wymond Bradbury,
b. Salisbury 13 May 1669,
d. York, Maine 17 April 1734
m. |
413 | Maria Cotton, b. 1670, d. 1725 |
414 |
Jonathan Woodman,
b. 1674,
d. 1730
m. |
415 | Abigail Atkinson, b. 1673, d. 1725 |
416 |
William Heath,
b. Roxbury 30 Jan. 1664,
d. Roxbury 3 Nov. 1738
m. Roxbury 11 Nov. 1685 |
417 | Hannah Weld, b. Roxbury 16 July 1666, d. Roxbury 21 June 1697 |
418 |
Edward Bridge,
b. 1668
m. |
419 | Mary Brooks, b. 1667, d. 1724 |
420 |
Ebenezer Craft,
b. Roxbury 8 Nov. 1679,
d. 13 Aug. 1722
m. Roxbury 14 Nov. 1700 |
421 | Elizabeth Weld, b. 1676 |
422 |
Samuel White,
b. 1684
m. |
423 | Ann Drew, d. 1774 |
424 |
Stephen Williams,
b. Roxbury 8 Nov. 1640,
d. Roxbury 15 Feb. 1719/20
m. Roxbury ca. 1666 |
425 | Sarah Wise, b. Roxbury 19 Dec. 1647, d. Roxbury 1728 |
426 |
John Davis,
b. Roxbury 17 April 1651,
d. Roxbury 11 March 1716/17
m. |
427 | Mary Torrey, b. Roxbury 2 April 1654, d. Roxbury 11 Nov. 1719 |
428 |
Jonathan Whiting,
b. Dedham, Mass. 9 Oct. 1657,
d. Roxbury 4 Sept. 1728
m. Roxbury 3 Dec. 1689 |
429 | Rachel Thorpe, b. Dedham 17 Aug. 1671, d. after 1728 |
430 |
Joseph Lyon,
b. Roxbury 10 Feb. 1677/78,
d. Roxbury 19 June 1724
m. Roxbury 5 Nov. 1701 |
431 | Mary Aldridge, b. Dedham 5 Aug. 1683 |
464 |
Thomas ffrench,
d. Rancoas, N. J., 1699
m. 12 June 1660 |
465 | Jane Atkins, b. 1643, d. 1692 |
468 |
James Clement,
d. Flushing, L. I., 1724
m. |
469 | Jane ____ |
470 |
Samuel Harrison,
d. 1703
m. |
471 | Sarah Hunt |
472 |
Thomas Stokes,
d. 1718
m. |
473 | Mary Barnard, bur. 18 3mo 1697 |
474 |
Freedom Lippincott,
b. Plymouth, Mass., 1 Sept. 1655,
d. Burlington, N. J., April 1697
m. |
475 | Mary Custance |
476 - 477 | Same as 240 - 241, above. |
486 |
Mahlon Stacy
m. |
487 | ____ |
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
796 |
Nicholas Woodbury
m. |
797 | Anna Palgrave |
806 |
Edmund Angier
m. |
807 | Ann Batt |
824 |
Wymond Bradbury
m. |
825 | Sarah Sanders |
826 |
Rev John Cotton
m. |
827 | Joanna Rosseter |
834 |
John Weld
m. |
835 | Margaret Bowen |
850 |
Joseph Wise
m. |
851 | Mary Thompson |
878 |
Stephen Tilden
m. |
879 | Hannah Little |
952 - 955 | Same as 480 - 483, above. |
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
1594 |
Richard Palgrave
m. |
1595 | Anna ____ |
1614 |
Christopher Batt
m. |
1615 | Anne Baynton |
1648 |
Thomas Bradbury
m. |
1649 | Mary Perkins |
1652 |
Rev John Cotton
m. |
1653 | Sarah Story |
1670 |
Griffith Bowen
m. |
1671 | Margaret Fleming |
1702 |
John Thompson
m. |
1703 | Alice Freeman |
1758 |
Thomas Little
m. |
1759 | Anna Warren |
1904 - 1911 | Same as 960 - 967, above. |
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
3298 |
John Perkins
m. |
3299 | Judith Gater |
3518 |
Richard Warren,
Mayflower passenger
m. |
3519 | Elizabeth Walker, Mayflower passenger |
| Same as 1920 - 1935, above. |
1920 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, e.d. 180, sheet 17b Atkinson, Robert N[?] Head M W 51 M MA MA MA Musician Writer ___, Elizabeth B. Wife F W 41 M PA PA PA ___, Alice Dau F W 14 S MA MA PA ___, Elliot Son M W 12 S MA MA PA ___, Samuel Son M W 8 S MA MA PA (1 servant) -------- 1910 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, e.d. 1096, sheets 12b-13a Atkinson, Robert W. Head M W 40 M1 6 MA MA MA Composer Music Atkinson, Elizabeth B. P. Wife F W 33 M1 6 2 2 PA PA PA ___, Ales T. Dau F W 4 S MA MA PA ___, Eliot H. Son M W 2 S MA MA PA (3 servants) -------- 1900 - Morriston School, Morris Twp., Morris Co., NJ, e.d. 64, sheet 11a Atkinson, Robert W. Assoc W M Dec 1866 33 S MA MA MA Instructor -------- 1880 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, e.d. 508, sheet 43 (p. 352c) Atkinson, Edward W M 53 President Fire Insurance Co. MA MA MA ___, Mary C. W F 50 Wife MA MA MA ___, Anna G. W F 22 Dau MA MA MA ___, Edward W. W M 20 Son At College (Harvard) MA MA MA ___, Charles H. W M 17 Son MA MA MA ___, William H. W M 12 Son MA MA MA ___, Robert W. W M 11 Son MA MA MA ___, Caroline P. W F 8 Dau MA MA MA ___, Mary H. W F 1 6/12 Dau MA MA MA (5 servants) -------- 1870 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, pp. 25-26 (133a-b) Atkinson, Edward 42 M W Manufacturer 50000 85000 MA " Mary C. 40 F W 10000 25000 MA " Anna G. 12 F W MA Atkinson, Edward W. 11 M W MA " Charles H. 8 M W MA " William 3 M W MA " Robert W. 1 M W MA (1 farm laborer, 3 servants) Heath, Caroline 60 F W 80000 45000 MA " Sydney 17 M W Clerk in store MA (1 laborer, 2 servants) -------- 1860 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 34 Charles Heath 58 M 55000 60000 MA Caroline " 41 F MA Sidney " 17 M MA (2 servants, 1 more on next page) -------- 1850 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 86a (171) Sybel Penniman 65 F 8000 MA Elisha T. " 39 M none MA [others in household] [several households] Charles Heath 49 M Merchant 20000 MA Caroline " 42 F MA Mary C. " 20 F MA Charles A. " 18 M Clerk MA William " 14 M MA Sidney " 7 M MA --------
Amos Atkinson (number 48)
John Heath (number 104)
Joseph Knowlton (number 98)
Thomas Page (number 56)
While Mr. Waterston is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR
(by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the
equivalent organization for men,
the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.