Person:David Atwater (14)

Name^[1]^[2]	Dr. David Atwater
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	23 Feb 1736	Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Christening^[1]	Apr 1736	Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesCongregational Society
Marriage	15 Nov 1770	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Recorded at New Haven. to Eunice Thompson
Death^[1]	28 Apr 1777	Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesKilled at the Battle of Compo
Burial^[1]^[3]		Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Atwater, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
1:67.

"David (Atwater), b 23 Feb 1736 (Wallingford Vital Records), bp Apr 1736 (church record, Congregational Society, Cheshire), d 28 Apr 1777 æ. 41 (slain in battle) (church record, First Congregational Society, New Haven), (gravestone, City Burial Ground, New Haven); Dr.; …"
↑ 105. David Atwater, in Atwater, Francis. Atwater Genealogy and History. (Meriden, Conn.: Journal Publishing Co., 1901)
125.

"105. David (Atwater), son of Moses, was 'a noted apothecary' in New Haven; m. Nov. 15, 1770, Eunice Thompson, of Stratford. He was killed in a skirmish with the British troops when they destroyed the stores at Danbury, April 2S, 1777. … [Footnote] On his gravestone, which is in the row along the west wall of Grove street cemetery of stones removed from the Green in New Haven, is inscribed: 'In Memory of Mr. David Atwater, a noted Apothecary, a valuable Member of Society, just and upright in his Dealings, generously benificent to the Public, defusively charitable to the Poor, a kind and amiable Husband, & a firm Advocate for his Country: in defence of which he fell a Volunteer in the Battle at Cumpo Hill, April 28^th, A. D. 1777, Æ 41.'"
↑ Dr David Atwater , in Find A Grave.