Resolved Waterman (1787-1886), a cotton merchant and senior warden (1843-1872) of St. Stephen's Episcopal church in Providence, Rhode Island, married his first wife, Lucia Cady (1790-1824), in 1812. Resolved and Lucia Waterman had two children: Henry Waterman and Nancy Waterman Matthewson. After the death of Lucia Cady Waterman in 1824, Resolved married Anna Louisa Shaw (1801-1879) in 1828; they had six children, including Elizabeth, Lucie, and Abby. Resolved and Lucia's son, Henry Waterman, attended Brown University and the General Theological Seminary in New York; he was rector of St. Stephen's church from 1841 to 1845 and rector of Christ's Church in Andover, Mass. from 1846 to 1849; traveled to England from 1849 to 1850; and returned as rector to St. Stephen's in 1850. Henry married Eliza Greene Harris in 1837; they had one son, Lucius Waterman, who became a minister of the Episcopal church and was also an author; he attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. and Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown, Conn. Lucius resided and preached throughout New England and published several books, including The Post-apostolic Age. He married Abby Cate in 1884; they had a son, Henry Cate Waterman, born in 1893. Lucius served as rector at St. Thomas church in Hanover, N.H. from 1905 to 1919, also serving the community at Dartmouth College.
From the description of Waterman family papers, 1839-1919 (bulk 1846-1876). (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 749984623
