Person:John Atwater (28)

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John Atwater
b.14 Aug 1662 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 10 Sep 1693
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 May 1651
  1. Anna AtwaterAbt 1652 -
  2. Samuel Atwater1654 -
  3. Joshua Atwater1658 - 1691/92
  4. Mary Atwater1659/60 - 1726
  5. John Atwater1662 - Bef 1693
  6. Abigail Atwater1663/64 - 1664
  7. Jane Atwater1666 -
  8. Eleanor Atwater1669 -
  9. Benjamin Atwater1673 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1687
  1. John Atwater1687 -
  2. Francis Atwater1690 -
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Facts and Events
Name[2] John Atwater
Gender Male
Birth[3] 14 Aug 1662 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[4] 15 Mar 1662/63 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1687 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mehitable Wainwright
Death[1][5] Bef 10 Sep 1693
References
  1. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Essex County), and Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County). Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2000, 2001)
    Case 1001: Atward, John. 1693, Sept. 22.

    Inventory of "ye Estate of mr John Attwater late of Salem Deceased taken this 10th Day of September 1693" by Simon willard, Jn'o Gyles. Includes payments "To the Docter" and "To other Chares in his sickness". Attested to by "mr: Mehetebell Attwater".

  2. ↑ "Notes", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian)
    Vol. 5, p. 188.

    "John Attwater lived in Salem, and by his wife Mehitable had children born there, viz: John, born Dec. 20, 1687; and Francis, born Oct. 2, 1690. The father, John, was deceased in 1693. She survived him." [Citing Salem town records and probate records.]

  3. ↑ Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners): Document 130. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883)
    p. 83.

    1662. Town.
    John of Josua & Mary Atwater born Aug. 14.

  4. ↑ "First Church", in Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. Lainhart. Records of the Churches of Boston and the First Church, Second Parish, and Third Parish of Roxbury: including baptisms, marriages, deaths, admissions, and dismissals: (1600s-1800s). (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001)
    p. 211.

    John the sone of mr Atwater bapt. the 15th day of the 1st moneth 1663.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the first month is March. More info may be found here.]

  5. ↑ From Savage, p. 1:76, says John "drown. as I have heard, 2 Feb. 1692". This would mean 1691/92 by Savage's typical practice. However, Sewall's Diary describes the drowning of his brother Joshua on 12 Feb 1691/92 so this appears to be a Savage error.
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