Abraham
Atwater
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Atwater
and Abigail (Bradley) Atwater
Brother of
Phebe (Atwater) Hotchkiss, Isaac Atwater, Jacob Atwater, Jonathan Atwater, Jonah Atwater, Joel Atwater, Abigail (Atwater) Ball, Jeremiah Atwater [half], Lydia Atwater [half] and Amos Atwater [half]
Husband of
Mary (Ball) Atwater
— married
about 1738 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Esther Atwater, Mary Atwater, Chole Atwater, Isaac Atwater, Lois (Atwater) Gaylord, Timothy Atwater, Abigail (Atwater) Hotchkiss, Samuel Atwater and Esther Atwater
Died
at age 69
in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Dec 2014
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Biography
Abraham ATWATER was born 10 Nov 1716 in New Haven, Connecticut. He died 4 Jan 1786 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut. Abraham married Mary BALL on 1738.
When the Revolutionary war broke out, Abraham left for war with son Isaac, leaving sons Samuel and Timothy to guard their sisters and mother. Son Samuel later followed.
Son Isaac was killed at Kip's Bay, NY.
Burial: Hillside Cemetery Cheshire New Haven County Connecticut, USA [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 26545913
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 4, p 815.
- Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 455.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 72.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 109.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
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~0.78%
Dianne Dearring
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A644121 [compare]
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~0.39%
Patti (Williams) Duro :
23andMe, GEDmatch M199258 [compare]
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~0.39%
Julianne (Atwater) Willsher :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Thomas Devitt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ThomasDevitt
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