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Waters Family
Descendants of ? Waters
Generation 1
1.

? Waters-1.

? Waters and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i.

Thomas Waters. He died about 1794[1].

Generation 2
2.

Thomas Waters-2 (?-1). He died about 1794[1].

Thomas Waters made a Reparation Claim regarding his losses during the British occupation of Tredyffrin in 1777. He held Slaves.

Ann Bartholomew daughter of John Bartholomew and Mary Perry? was born on Sep 25, 1713[2]. She died on May 02, 1782[2].

Thomas Waters and Ann Bartholomew married. They had the following children:
3. i.

Elizabeth Waters.

4. ii.

Sarah Waters. She married William Dewees on Nov 15, 1769[3]. She died in 1822[4].

iii.

John Waters.

iv.

Eleanor Waters. She died after 1794[5].

v.

Mary Waters.

5. vi.

? Waters.

Generation 3
3.

Elizabeth Waters-3 (Thomas-2, ?-1).

John Williams.

John Williams and Elizabeth Waters married. They had no children.

Patrick Anderson.

Patrick Anderson and Elizabeth Waters married. They had the following children:
i.

Isaac Anderson.

6. ii.

Sarah Anderson.

4.

Sarah Waters-3 (Thomas-2, ?-1). She died in 1822[4].

William Dewees. He died in 1809[4].

William Dewees and Sarah Waters were married on Nov 15, 1769[3]. They had the following children:
i.

Thomas W. Dewees. He died after 1798[6].

7. ii.

Waters Dewees was born in 1776[3]. He married Ann Bull on Jun 14, 1796[3]. He died in 1858[3].

iii.

George W. Dewees.

iv.

William Dewees.

8. v.

Anne Dewees. She married James Potts about 1811[3].

5.

? Waters-3 (Thomas-2, ?-1).

? Griffith.

? Griffith and ? Waters married. They had the following children:
i.

Thomas Waters Griffith.

Generation 4
6.

Sarah Anderson-4 (Elizabeth-3, Thomas-2, ?-1).

Isaac Pennypacker.

Isaac Pennypacker and Sarah Anderson married. They had the following children:
9. i.

? Pennypacker.

7.

Waters Dewees-4 (Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1) was born in 1776[3]. He died in 1858[3].

Ann Bull.

Waters Dewees and Ann Bull were married on Jun 14, 1796[3]. They had the following children:
i.

Sarah C. Dewees was born in 1797[3].

ii.

Elizabeth Dewees was born in 1799[3].

iii.

Mary L. Dewees was born in 1802[3].

iv.

Ann H. Dewees was born in 1806[3].

10. v.

George W. Dewees was born in 1808[3].

vi.

Rachel Dewees was born in 1810[3].

11. vii.

Thomas B. Dewees was born in 1813[3]. He married Elizabeth Hause in 1835[3].

8.

Anne Dewees-4 (Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1).

James Potts son of David Potts and Mary ?.

James Potts and Anne Dewees were married about 1811[3]. They had the following children:
i.

David Potts. He married ? in Terre Haute, Indiana[3].

ii.

Sarah Potts. She married ? Cole in Springfield, Indiana[3].

Generation 5
9.

? Pennypacker-5 (Sarah-4, Elizabeth-3, Thomas-2, ?-1).

? Pennypacker and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
i.

Samuel W. Pennypacker.

10.

George W. Dewees-5 (Waters-4, Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1) was born in 1808[3].

Amelia W. Snyder.

George W. Dewees and Amelia W. Snyder married. They had the following children:
i.

Ann N. Dewees was born in Bridgeport, PA[3].

ii.

Daniel Udne Dewees was born in 1832[3].

iii.

Thomas B. Dewees was born in 1834[3]. He died on Jul 05, 1886[3].

iv.

Sarah C. Dewees was born in 1836[3].

Louisa B. Holstein.

George W. Dewees and Louisa B. Holstein were married between 1836-1849. They had the following children:
i.

Eva A. Dewees was born in 1849[3].

12. ii.

Isaac H. Dewees was born in 1853[3]. He married Olivia C. Ledyard in Montgomery, Alabama[3].

iii.

Mary H. Dewees was born in 1856[3].

11.

Thomas B. Dewees-5 (Waters-4, Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1) was born in 1813[3].

Elizabeth Hause.

Thomas B. Dewees and Elizabeth Hause were married in 1835[3]. They had the following children:
i.

Ann W. Dewees.

13. ii.

Jacob H. Dewees.

iii.

Sallie C. Dewees.

14. iv.

Thomas B. Dewees was born in 1844[3]. He married Hannah Templin on Nov 01, 1866[3].

v.

John Dewees.

vi.

Elmira Dewees.

vii.

W. William Dewees.

viii.

Jesse H. Dewees.

ix.

Howard W. Dewees.

x.

Henry C. Dewees.

xi.

Ida F. Dewees.

Generation 6
12.

Isaac H. Dewees-6 (George W.-5, Waters-4, Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1) was born in 1853[3].

Olivia C. Ledyard.

Isaac H. Dewees and Olivia C. Ledyard were married in Montgomery, Alabama[3]. They had the following children:
i.

Ledyard H. Dewees was born in 1893[3].

13.

Jacob H. Dewees-6 (Thomas B.-5, Waters-4, Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1).

Sallie Stiteler.

Jacob H. Dewees and Sallie Stiteler married. They had the following children:
i.

Howard Dewees.

ii.

George S. Dewees.

iii.

Rosalind Dewees.

14.

Thomas B. Dewees-6 (Thomas B.-5, Waters-4, Sarah-3, Thomas-2, ?-1) was born in 1844[3].

Hannah Templin.

Thomas B. Dewees and Hannah Templin were married on Nov 01, 1866[3]. They had no children.

Ida L. Knerr.

Thomas B. Dewees and Ida L. Knerr were married on Feb 26, 1885[3]. They had the following children:
i.

Mabel E. Dewees.

ii.

Emma M. Dewees.

Sources
1

Will dated 1794.
2

Baptist Church Records.
3

The Dewees Family by Mrs. Philip E. LaMunyen, 1905.
4

Woodman's History of Valley Forge.
5

Will of Thomas Waters.
6

Herb Fry.
Report created on August 27, 2012