Joshua Atwater (abt. 1658 - abt. 1692)

Born about 1658 in New Haven, New Haven Colony, New England

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Died about 1692 at about age 34 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

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Biography

Joshua, son of Joshua Atwater (abt.1611-1676) and Mary (Blakeman) Higginson (1635-1708), was baptized at the New Haven First Church on 21 Nov 1658. In the record, Joshua's name is smudged and it just reads son of Joshua ....^[1]

Death: about 1691, 1692^[2]

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary:
JOSHUA Atwater, of Boston, was son of Joshua Atwater. He had by wife Rebecca, child Rebecca, b. 25 Feb. 1687; and then by w. Mary, Samuel, b. 3 Mar. 1688. Savage believes that one or the other of these wife's names is incorrect. Also he says "that it is somewhere writ. that Joshua m. Mary, wid. of Samuel Smith, and d. of Samuel Maverick." He left it undecided.^[3]

Thwing Collection.
Joshua, son of Joshua Atwater and Mary Blackman, married Rebecca. There children were Rebecca b 1687 and Samuel b. 1687/8 (died young) and another Samuel 1690. He was a mercer and feltmaker^[2]

Atwater History and Genealogy
Married Mrs. Mary (Maverick) Smith (b 2 Oct 1661; d 10 July 1688, widow of ____ Smith of Boston, and d/o Samuel Maverick and Rebecca (Wheelright) Maverick.^[4]

Children:

1. Rebecca, d/o Joshua and Rebecca, b. Feb 25, 1686^[5]
2. Samuel born 3 March 1687 born in Boston to Joshua and Mary Atwater. ^[6] bpt 1 April 1688 Baptized at the first church of Boston^[7]
3. Samuel bpt. 21 Sept 1690 Baptized at the first church of Boston^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Church Records Index: New Haven First Congregational Church 1639-1937. Vol. A-I. Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1947
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) p. 1908
3. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.
4. ↑ Atwater, Francis.(compiler) Atwater history and genealogy. Meriden, Conn.: The Journal Publ. Co., 1901. p. 428
5. ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, 1883.
6. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} “Boston Church Records” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)