THE SHIRLEY WATERMAN HARRIS FAMILY TREE HOME PAGE
THE SHIRLEY WATERMAN HARRIS FAMILY TREE HOME PAGEUpdated January 12, 2003 | |
| The Waterman Family Tree is a yet unfinished labor of love of my father's maternal line. Eight generations of this line are contained in a book entitled, "The Hancock and Waterman Family History" and available through Rolling Prairies Inter-Library Loan, Springfield, IL. The first generation of this family line to date begins in colonial Maryland with the birth of John Cheshire in 1745. John Cheshire's family moved to Rowan County, North Carolina where John engaged in farming.He served the American cause in the Revolutionary War as a private in Brevard's Company, 10th Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line. In his will, John Cheshire left a substantial inheritance to all his children. He died on February 2, 1832. John Cheshire was firstmarried to Mrs. Susannah Cole and much later to Catherine Graves. Other family line surnames: Hancock,Brumfield, Howard, Cobbs, Watson, Graves, Walker,Waterman. Anderson J. Hancock and his son George Taylor Hancock (KY) served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Any omissions and/or errors will be corrected here in future research. | |