General Notes

 became blind 1676 - LDS website

following from web-site Ancestors of Alice G. Kemp

Children of Lawrence Waters and Ann Linton are:
   i.   Lawrence Waters1433, born February 14, 1634/35.
   ii.   Sarah Waters1433, born December 07, 1636.
   iii.   Mary Waters1433, born January 27, 1637/38.
  415 iv.   Rebecca Waters, born February 1639/40 in Watertown, Ma.; died 1726 in Lancaster, Ma?; married Josiah Whitcomb January 04, 1663/64 in Lancaster, Ma.
   v.   Stephen Waters1433, born January 24, 1641/42.
   vi.   Daniel Waters1433, born February 06, 1641/42.
   vii.   Rebecca Waters1434, born February 1643/44.
   viii.   Adam Waters1434, born 1645.
   ix.   Joseph Waters1435, born February 28, 1646/47.
   x.   Jacob Waters1436, born January 01, 1648/49.
   xi.   Rachel Waters1436, born January 01, 1648/49.
   xii.   Samuel Waters1436, born November 14, 1651.
   xiii.   Joanna Waters1436, born January 26, 1652/53.
   xiv.   Ephraim Waters1436, born November 27, 1655.

following from WorldConnect

Jeromey Ward's extended family
Entries: 57377    Updated: Mon Feb 18 09:19:54 2002    Contact: Jeromey Ward <wardhsd2001@earthlink.net>

Lawrence Waters settled in Watertown where he had a home-stall of eightacres by 1635. He received additional grants of land on July 25, 1635,Feb. 28, 1636, June 26, 1637, and May 10, 1642.[1] The first inventory ofgrants and possessions taken in or before 1639, shows that his holdingsincluded 1) the home stall of eight acres bounded south with the highway,north by Nathaniel Bowman, east by Edward Lamb, and west by John Ellet;2) four acres of plow land in the further plain, lot 111; 3) four acresof meadow in the remote meadows, lot 94; 4) twenty five acres of uplandbeing a great Divident in the third division, lot 10; 5) twelve acres ofupland beyond the further plain, lot 14; 6) a farm of 105 acres of uplandin the sixth division.[2/1:43] The second inventory, taken in 1644, showsthe same possessions except the last item, which was replaced by a oneacre meadow in Patch Meddow, bounded with common land. The four acres ofplow land was described as bounded east by Thomas Bartlett, west byGarret Church, north with the highway, and south with the river.[2/1:967]In the early records Lawrence was refered to as a carpenter.

By 1646 Lawrence Waters had disposed of all of his holdings except hishome-stall of eight acres. He was one of three men sent up in 1645 by thegrantees of Nashaway Plantation, now Lancaster, to make suitablepreparation for their coming. The other two were his father-in-lawRichard Linton and John Ball, all three of them being ancestors of HattieBruce. The proprietors assigned to him a lot of seventeen acres on whichhe built a house. This was probably the first dwelling house built inLancaster. The trucking house, used for trading with the Indians, onGeorge Hill was probably the first building in Lancaster.[1]

Lawrence Waters and Richard Linton had probably moved to NashawayPlantation by 1646 and were certainly established there in 1647. In adeed dated Aug. 5, 1647 John Cowdall of Boston deeded to John Prescotfifty acres of intervale land in Nashaway Plantation "on which parcel ofland Richard Linton and Lawrence Waters have planted corn".[3/275] Before1650 he had sold his original house-lot and house to John and ElizabethHall. He then moved a few rods to a 6 ± acre lot where he built anotherhouse. Lawrence then owned nine acres of intervale land bounded on thenorth by Richard Linton's lot, 13 1/2 acres of upland on the east side ofSwan's Swamp, and 11 acres of intervale lying on the east side ofPenacook River. In 1651 he testified before the Court in Cambridge in theslander case of Elizabeth Hall and George Whaley. At that time ElizabethHall was living in the house in Lancaster built by Lawrence Waters whileher husband John Hall was in England. Lawrence received two shillings andsix pence per day for four day's time.[1] Soon after, John Hall sent forhis wife, and the suit never came to judgement.[3/1719]

On March 15, 1653 Lawrence signed the first laws and orders o fLancaster.[3/30] On September 20th the same year, he was one of thesigners of the agreement with John Prescott, blacksmith, regarding the building of a corn mill in Lancaster. On March 9, 1654, he was one of the 25 townsmen present at a town meeting. On May 10, 1654 he was one of the signers of the petition to the General Court for the setting up of a township at Lancaster. The same year his estate was rated at 277 pounds and he drew lot no. 4 of eleven acres in the second division of meadows.On September 8, 1657 a committee of three, of which Simon Willard was the chairman, which had been appointed by the General Court to settle affairs at Lancaster, ordered the Selectmen to lay out additional land toLawrence Waters. He also had land granted to him on Feb. 5, 1659.[1] InOct. 1662 he was released from ordinary training by paying five shillingsper anum to the military company.[3/74] It was usually the case to bere leased from military duties after the age of 60 years, and this fits nicely with Lawrence's suspected age. He was a freeman in 1663. On August18, 1663 the church land bounded on his land.[1]

On August 11, 1666 Lawrence Waters of Lancaster, house carpenter, and Anna his wife, for love and affection, gave to their son Stephen one half of the second division land on Four Mile Brook between Wataquadock Hilland Long Hill, together with 4 ± acres of second division meadow and also fifty pounds of town rights. This deed was witnessed by George Bennit and John Bush. Lawrence and Anna survived the Indian massacre of February1675-6 (see John Ball Family for a more detailed account of the Indianattack) and on March 20, 1675-6, with his wife, his son Samuel and hiswife and two children, he sought shelter in Charleston where his sonStephen became responsible to the authorities for them. At this time hewas blind, as shown by the order of the General Court, dated October 12,1676, directing the treasurer to pay to him 7.15.04, "being aged andblind".[1] Whether Lawrence lost his sight because of the Indian raid isnot given, but this could easily have been the case. Survivors of theattack took shelter in and near two fortified houses or garrisons, one ofthem on the land of Lawrence Waters.[6/110] On May 28, 1684 Lawrence was taxed in Lancaster as an out of town resident 1.3.5 for the meeting house and 1.17.0 for the minister. He died in 1687, aged about 85 years, having outlived his wife by seven years. On May 4, 1688 his son Lawrence ofBoston, heir of Lawrence Waters of Lancaster, late of Boston, deceased, deeded to Stephen Waters of Charleston, house carpenter, and John Skoth (or Sheath), cordwainer (Sheath had married Sarah Waters), land inLancaster. This deed was most likely in settlement of Lawrence's estate.The land included a seven acre house lot, nine acres of intervale, 13 acres of upland, 70 acres of upland in the second division, and fifty acres of second division swamp, including ten acres of upland which wassometime part of the house lot of Richard Linton.[1]

Lawrence Waters married Ann Linton. The court records regarding her show the severity with which the puritan authorities ruled their citizens."Lawrence Waters wife was enjoyned to give John Finch 18 pence & Nico:Lambe was to give John Finch 18 pence & Edward Lambe to give him 2shillings & Lambe was fined 15 shillings 6 pence for his contempt & al lof them were admonished to avoyde dancing". Although I admire her spirit ,this record doesn't mean that Ann was an overly wild woman. The case is included to give more insight into her life and personality and also toshow the standards that had to be lived up to in those days.

Lawrence Waters may have come to Massachusetts in 1630 in the Pelham company from the vicinity of the Stour Valley textile town of Bures,Suffolk. There were 42 persons in this company, including the John Warrenfamily of six, the Isaac Stearns family of seven, and the John Watersfamily of five.[7/238] What relationship there was between Lawrence and John I can not say, but that they were related I have little doubt.