Mary Waters

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Waters was born in 1723, in New Kent, Virginia, United States as the daughter of John Waters. She married John Pettus about 1755, in King, Mercer, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died before 1770.

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John Pettus
1714–1770
Mary Waters
1723–1770
Marriage: about 1755
John Waters Pettus
1757–1793
Samuel Overton Pettus
1759–1814
William Overton Pettus
1760–
Barbara Overton Pettus
1764–
Lucy Waters Pettus
1765–1848
Anne Overton Pettus
1765–1808
Mary Waters Pettus
1765–1848
Thomas Waters Pettus
1768–1791

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    1758 · Mount Vernon

    Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: variant of Water 1 and 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Irish: when not the English surname, this is an Anglicized form of various Gaelic names taken to be derived from uisce ‘water’ (see for example Haskin , Hiskey ).

    History: James Waters came from London, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630. Lawrence Waters came to Charlestown, MA, from Lancaster, England, in 1675.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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