Brief Life History of Zuriel
Zuriel Waterman was born as the son of Captain Richard S Waterman and Abigail Angell. He married Zerviah Harris on 25 May 1722, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1701. He died on 12 October 1739, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Zuriel Waterman - Government record: birth: 1755; Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Zuriel Waterman, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Zuriel Waterman, "Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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1636 · Providence Founded
In 1636 Providence is founded as a settlement for Rhode Island by Roger Williams
1638 · First Baptist Church
Roger Williams establishes the First Baptist Church of Rhode Island in Providence during 1638.
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
Name Meaning
English and Dutch: occupational name for a boatman or ferryman, or a water carrier (the English name was perhaps sometimes synonymous with Middle English waterlader or waterberer, denoting a man who carried fresh water from a spring or stream for drinking or domestic use), or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or stretch of water (see Water 2).
English: occupational name from the Middle English personal name Water or Walter + man, meaning ‘servant of Wa(l)ter’.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wassermann or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wasserman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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