The son of David & Damaris (Sayre) Atwater, he married Abigail Mansfield on September 13, 1682 in New Haven. Among their descendants were Ward Atwater, a prominent sea captian in the West Indies trade, and Jeremiah Atwater, president of Middlebury College, Vermont & later of the Dickinson College of Pennsylvania (Ref. "Gen. & Family History of the State of Conn.: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Vol. IV).
He became a freeman of Wallingford in October of 1683.
A weaver by trade, he settled on a farm that belonged to his brother, Joshua.
He became a freeman of Wallingford in October of 1683.
A weaver by trade, he settled on a farm that belonged to his brother, Joshua.
The son of David & Damaris (Sayre) Atwater, he married Abigail Mansfield on September 13, 1682 in New Haven. Among their descendants were Ward Atwater, a prominent sea captian in the West Indies trade, and Jeremiah Atwater, president of Middlebury College, Vermont & later of the Dickinson College of Pennsylvania (Ref. "Gen. & Family History of the State of Conn.: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Vol. IV).
He became a freeman of Wallingford in October of 1683.
A weaver by trade, he settled on a farm that belonged to his brother, Joshua.
He became a freeman of Wallingford in October of 1683.
A weaver by trade, he settled on a farm that belonged to his brother, Joshua.
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