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Caleb Atwater

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Death: December 19, 1831 (90)
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt Joshua JOSHUA Atwater and Sarah Atwater
Husband of Ruth Atwater and Abigail Jones
Father of James Wadsworth Atwater; Abigail Andrews; Catherine Atwater and Ruth Cooke
Brother of Sarah Hull and Abigail Atwater
Half brother of Mary Atwater and Joshua Atwater

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About Caleb Atwater

Grandson of John Atwater an early Wallingford settler. Son of Joshua and Sarah Yale Atwater. His first wife was Abigail Jones, second wife was Ruth Wadsworth. 8 children: Sarah, Mary, Lucy, Joshua, James, Abigail, Catherine & Ruth.

He apprenticed as a shoe and harness maker and tanner of leather. Successful merchant who paid cash for extensive lands in the Western Reserve or New Connecticut in Ohio. Member of the Congregational Church.

[His mother Sarah (nee Yale) was the second wife of Capt. Joshua Atwater, Esq. _m. Sept. 4, 1740. Sarah Yale was D/O Capt. Theophilus Yale (1675-1760) and Sarah (Street) Yale d. Nov. 28, 1784. One known son was Joshua Atwater]


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Caleb Atwater's Timeline

1741
September 5, 1741
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1777
June 30, 1777
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1778
December 3, 1778
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1781
May 25, 1781
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1788
April 11, 1788
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1831
December 19, 1831
Age 90
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States