Amy Whipple Brown

Amy — Thomas Parker Hollis. [Group Sheet]

Christopher — Mary Waterman. Mary (daughter of Olney Waterman and Mary Pitcher) was born Abt 1790. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Information on Mary, her parentage, spouse, and daughter Amy, were found in a DAR lineage book at Google Books.

Notes:

"On 25 Apr. 1794, it was reported to the Town Council of Cranston that Olney Waterman is absent and left his wife and children so they are likely to be a public charge. Nathaniel Carpenter, "the present overseer of the . . ." (The Waterman Family, Vol 3, p 117; by Edgar Francis Waterman, 1954)

Olney's sons John P. at age 9 and William at age 3 were apprenticed in March 1794; John was apprenticed to William Sprague of Cranston, who died in 1795, so after that he was apprenticed to William Sprague's son of the same name.

I haven't found Olney Waterman in the 1790 census in RI, but there is one in Chester, Windsor, VT.

Olney married Mary Pitcher Abt 1784. Mary (daughter of John Pitcher and Mary Unknown) was born Abt 1759; died Abt Feb 1813, Cranston. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

For information on Mary's family, see The American Genealogist, Vol 58-59.

The death of Mary Waterman in her 52nd year was reported in the Providence Phenix of 6 Feb 1813. This pertain may pertain to this individual.

Notes:

The will of Stephen Waterman of Scituate, dated 16 Jan 1797 and proved April 1804, mentions wife Marcy; sons Olney & Stephen; dtrs Mary, Abigail, Phebe, & Sally.

WATERMAN Stephen, formerly of Cranston, at Scituate, in 84th year, March 28, 1804

Stephen married Mercy Brown Abt 1748. Mercy (daughter of Jabez Brown and Meribah Williams) was born Abt 1731; died 17 Sep 1810, Scituate, Providence Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

WATERMAN Mary, widow of Stephen, at Scituate, in 80th year; buried at family burial ground, in Cranston. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Cornell, Sept. 17, 1810

Notes:

According to notes I received from Dr. John A. Remington, Mr. Pitcher kept a store in Knightsville.

PITCHER Capt. John, at Cranston, in 91st year, May 1, 1820

PITCHER Capt. John, at Cranston, in 91st year. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Wilson. Ecl. 12-1. May 1, 1820

He may have remarried after the death of his wife Mary:
PITCHER Mrs. Alice, wife of Capt. John, at Cranston, in 66th year, Dec. 22, 1804

John married Mary Unknown Abt 1757. Mary was born Abt 1737; died Abt 13 Aug 1792, Cranston, Providence Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have made an assumption that this death record pertains to this particular Mary, wife of John Pitcher:
PITCHER Mrs. Mary, wife of Capt. John, at Cranston, in 55th year, Aug. 13, 1792; Providence, RI

PITCHER Mary, wife of Capt. John, at Cranston, in 55th year; sermon by Rev. Mr. Snow, Job