William Ward Atwater (1730 - 1787)

Born Mar 1730 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Tuttle) Hadley — married 31 Jan 1754 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1787 at age 57 in Manchester, Sydney County, Nova Scotia

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Biography

William Atwater was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

William was born baptized Jan 1730/1. He was the son of Phineas Atwater and Mary Ward. ^[1]

William married Esther Tuttle 31 Jan 1754.^{[2] [1]} Esther was born Feb 10 1736 i Wallingford, Connecticut, dau of Ephraim Tuttle and Hannah Pangborn. ^{[1] [3]}

William Atwater and his wife Esther were living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut when their son Rufus Atwater was born in 1754.

Children born in Wallingford, CT ^[1]

1. Rufus b 29 Nov 1754, ^[4]m Dec 18 1777 Mary Tuttle, dau of Ebenezer Tuttle & Eunice Moss, d Jul 13 1822 Nova Scotia
2. Luman born 8 Feb 1757; rem to Nova Scotia
3. William born 16 Feb 1759; rem to Boylston, NOva Scotia, m Esther Andrews
4. Abel Ward born c 1761, b abt 1761, d Sep 8 1822,m 1786 Abiah Atwater, da of Joel Atwater and Abiah Baldwin,
5. Chloe born 21 Sep 176{3}, b SSep 1763, m John Clark of Haddam, rem to New Marlborough, Mass,
6. Ira born 21 June 1765, d Apr 4 1838, m Lois [Ives]
7. Asenath born 3 Oct 1768
8. Esther born 4 Oct 1771

He brought his family to Manchester, Nova Scotia with the "Associated Loyalists of Connecticut" in 1783.^[5][6] He passed away in 1757 at Manchester, NS, shortly after completing construction of a sawmill. His widow and children received the formal land grants in Nova Scotia ^[7][8].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Families of New Haven: Vol. I, pg 1407, Atwater Fam. 6 Phinehas # 2 William
2. ↑ Atwater, Edward Elias. A genealogical register of the descendants in the male line of David Atwater, one of the original planters of New Haven, Conn., to the sixth generation. New Haven, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1873
3. ↑ Families of New Haven: Vol. VIII, pg 1903, Tuttle Fam. 16 Timothy #3 Ephraim #ii Esther
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WY-7TY : 11 February 2018), Rufus Atwater, 29 Nov 1754; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
   Name Rufus Atwater
   Gender Male
   Birth Date 29 Nov 1754
   Birthplace WALLINGFORD TWP,NEW HAVEN,CONNETICUT
   Father's Name William Atwater
   Mother's Name Esther
5. ↑ William Atwater and family listed among the "Associated Loyalists of Connecticut" in Terrance M. Punch, "Loyalists Unmentioned", Nova Scotia Genealogist, vol.1, p.18
6. ↑ William Atwater, Sr. in List of James Scovil's Company at Manchester; https://novascotia.ca/archives/images/Land/201108851.jpg
7. ↑ William Atwater's widow and children, named as land grant recipients in 1788 List of Scovill's Company in Manchester: in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Nova Scotia Land Petitions (1765-1800), Volume Number 20: https://novascotia.ca/archives/images/Land/201108851.jpg
8. ↑ William Atwater, named in 1789 Memorial of Rufus Atwater (his son) requesting additional land: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=1275&Doc=memorial&Page=201109008

• William Ward Atwater, in Loyalist Directory: http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=a&line=253
• William Atwater 's family and settlement in Nova Scotia described in chapter titled "The Hallowell Grant Settlers" in A.C. Jost, "Guysborough Sketches and Essays, revised edition", 2009, pp.169-182.
• William Atwater family genealogy detailed in A.C. Jost, "Guysborough Sketches and Essays, revised edition", 2009, pp.453-456
• William Atwater's family recorded in: Edward Elias Atwater, "Genealogical register of the descendants in the male line of David Atwater, one of the original planters of New Haven Connecticut to the sixth generation", 1873, p.15
• Bio: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8367/page8.html
• Bio: New Englanders in Nova Scotia Genealogies, Biographies, Heraldry, and Local Histories 1759 - 1939 VOLUME : Default Volume PAGE : 265 Found on American Ancestors
• Death: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
• Birth, Marriage & Death
• Arrival to Canada: SMITH, LEONARD H., JR., and NORMA H. SMITH. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 546p.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine) Published New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
• Atwater family land grants may be identified on the provincial land map: https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/105.pdf

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Wayne Sheehan for creating Atwater-301 on 19 Nov 13.