Atwater Family in England and Early CT

This post begins a series on Atwater family genealogy. Ruth Atwater married Samuel Ives on Jan. 3, 1706 in New Haven, CT. Ruth was born Dec, 31, 1688 in New Haven, CT. She was christened 1689 in Congregational Church, North Haven, CT. (see Samuel Ives for their life together) Ruth died May 17, 1758 and was buried in North Haven, CT. The Atwater family continued to live in the New Haven area. In the 1790 US Census, there were 12 male Atwaters and one female listed as heads of households in Hamden, CT, along with 6 males and one female as heads of household in New Haven town but none in North Haven. There were also 3 male and 1 female heads of household in Wallingford.

In the following posts I will cover the ancestors of Ruth Atwater in New Engalnd and going back a bit into England, concluding with Thomas Atwater who died in 1484. Major sources were Atwater, Edward, History of the Colony of New Haven to its Absorption into Connecticut, Meriden, CT: The Journal Publishing Co., 1902 and Atwater, Francis, Atwater History and Genealogy, Vol. 1 - 4.

Comments

[Elton Edwards]

My ancestor Titus Atwater, ancestor of NC family, believed to have arrived from New Haven County CT about 1768.Question: Do you know of an existing DNA project on the Atwater family?

[Bill Ives]

Elton

All that I currenlty know about the Atwaters is already on the blog and I am not aware of a DNA effort. If you have any new information please add it in this comment section and then others might see. Was Titus a descendent of David Atwater of New Haven? If so we share a common ancestor. Where did they go in NC? My grandmother's family on the Ives side were the Sharps from Harrellesville NC. I hvae another blog on them. http://billives.typepad.com/sharp_family_in_nc/

Thanks, Bill

[Kellie]

Hi, My family has recently been contacted reguarding a DNA project from an Elden Edwards. We are very intersted in finding out more about this. If you have anymore information please conact us here. Thanks!

[bill Ives]

Kellie - Thanks for your question. I am not familiar with this effort. Bill

[DEBORAH DAMELIO]

In Ruth Atwater's detail you state she m 1705 and in the lower post, 1706. Could you correct one?

[Bill Ives]

Thanks for pointing out the inconsistency. There was so much to cross check. I can only guess at this point as I do not have access to all the records I used. I would go with 1706 as it looks like this came from the New Haven Town Records which I looked at at the NGHS library in Boston. The reference in her detail has ranges of other dates in the same paragraph which would not be in an original record. I now live in New Orleans. Those town records will have the definitive answer. They are listed in my sources.