Mary E. WATERMAN

1850 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Mary E. WATERMAN
  Nickname	Maude
  Birth	24 Feb 1850	Pleasant River, Queens, NS   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I43109	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Zenas WATERMAN,   b. 15 Dec 1826, Middlefield, Queens, NS d. 3 Jun 1906, Millbury, Worcester, MA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Bethiah Harrington BURNABY, [Twin],   b. 18 May 1825, Milton, Queens, NS d. 16 May 1891, Pleasant River, Queens, NS (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1849	Milton, Queens, NS   [1]
  Family ID	F16906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Roderick D. RICHARDSON,   b. 28 Jun 1850, Waitsfield, Washington, VT d. 24 Mar 1939, Evanston, Cook, IL (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1875	Boston, Suffolk, MA   [2]
  Family ID	F115411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	John MCKAY,   b. 1851, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Sep 1877	Boston, Suffolk, MA   [3]
  Children	1. Ethel MCKAY
  Family ID	F18066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The Waterman book lists Mary and Maude as two different daughters of Zenas WATERMAN, but notes that a nephew "had no information about her". Also, Maude is not listed as a child in this family in Farnham's Whitman book and that, plus the proximity of their dates of birth, raises a red flag. Then consider the following. "Maude" m. Roderick RICHARDSON in 1875 but then marries Anna Louise BEMIS in 1877 and states that it is his first marriage. There is no death record for wife Maude, which implies that the marriage to Maude was quickly dissolved or annulled. But then in 1877, "Mary" (who is essentially the same age as Maude) m. John McKAY. So to me at least, it seems probable that Mary and Maude are the same person.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12399] History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth. [S14601] MA Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, City of Boston, Marriages, 1875, #765. [S12805] *MA Marriages, 1841-1925, City of Boston, MArriages, 1877, #2280.