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Water's Family
(This page taken from Town History Vol. 1)
compiled by JoAnn Reed
Richard Waters is first mentioned in the records of Salem, anno 1636, where he has ten acres granted him. He was a gunsmith, and married Joyce (or Rejoice), daughter of William Plaise, likewise a gunsmith, of whom the following mention is made in the town records:
11 4th-5 mo-1637 William Plaise requested a tenne acre lott & it is granted 2ld-6 mo-1637-it is ordered yt mr Connants house, around &- half-acre of corn standing on the same joining next unto mr Juo. fisk shall be bought by the Towne for ould mr William Plase &- the Towne to mak paymen' thereof."
(Mem. -This house of Mr. Roger Conant, leader or governor of the 1, old Planters," as they were called, who had already made a settlement here before the comin- of Endicott and Winthrop, stood on the land now occupied by the late residence of the Hon. Jacob S. Rogers, deceased, opposite Derby square and the town hall.)
,,25-10-1637.-the marsh and meadow Lands that have formerly layed in comon to this towne shall now be appropriated to the Inhabitants of Salem, proportioned out unto them accordin- to the heads of their families."
In a list probably made out for this appointment, the name of Willm. Plais occurs, with the fio,,ure 2 set against it, showing, doubtless, the number of his family (himself and wife.)
4-10-1643, certain men are appointed as a 11 comitee to provide for William Plaise a convenient roome to worke in and to sett up a force for him & wood a other necessaries to the Valew of ;E4."
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Abt 1580 - 1646 (~ 66 years)
