John Atwater

First husband of Mehitable

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John Atwater
14 August 1662 – 2 February 1692 • L666-H4Z​​

Male
1662–1692 ​​

Mehitable Wainwright is the daughter of Francis Wainwright. She married 1st John Atwater in Salem in 1687 and had children John in 1687 and Francis in 1690. John Atwood died in 1692 per probate records. Mehitable Wainwright Atwood Rolfe, her 2nd husband,Benjamin Rolfe & their daughter, Mehitable were killed by Indians on 29th of August, 1708. Mrs. Rolfe was found and murdered; while the youngest child, torn from her dying grasp, was dashed against a stone. A female slave, named Hagar, leaped from her bed, carried two of the children, one six [Francis], the other eight years old [Elizabeth], to the cellar, and covered them with tubs. She then hid herself behind a barrel. The Indians entered the cellar, plundered it of every thing valuable, passed and repassed the tubs, took meat from the barrel, and drank milk from the pans; yet the children and their faithful protectress escaped unnoticed. All three, were buried together in one grave at the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Their tombstone reads:

MEHETIBLE
Ye DAUGHTER
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN
ROFE WHO
DIED AUGUST
Ye 29 1708
AGED 2 YEARS &
25 DAYS
MEHETIBLE Ye WIFE
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN ROFE
WHO WAS BARBAR
OUSLY MURDERED
BY ENEMIES ON
AUGUST 29 1708
IN Ye 46 YEAR
OF HER AGE

Birth and first marriage information provided by Lee Hale, a descendant and President of the Hale Family Organization.
Mehitable is the daughter of Francis Wainwright. She married 1st John Atwater in Salem in 1687 and had children John in 1687 and Francis in 1690. He died in 1692 per probate records.
She married 2nd Rev. Benjamin Rolfe Sr. on March 12, 1693-4 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

To this union, 6 children were born:

Mary born Mar 9, 1694-5
Benjamin born Sept 3, 1696
John born July 2, 1698 died Aug 5, 1698
John (twin) born Sept 1, 1699 died Sept 15, 1699
Elizabeth (twin) born Sept 1, 1699*
Francis (son) born Jan 6, 1701-2*
Mehitable born Aug 19, 1706 died Aug 29, 1708 with her parents

• Survived the Indian attack on the family.

Family Members

Spouses and Children

John Atwater 1662–1692 • L666-H4Z​​
Marriage: 1687
Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Mehitable Wainwright
1662–1708 • LHWQ-HGP​​

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Children of Mehitable Wainwright and John Atwater (2)

John Atwater
1687–Deceased • L7GM-YG3​​

Francis Atwater
1690–Deceased • L7GM-YP4​​

John Atwater
1662–1692 • L666-H4Z​​
No Marriage Events

Maria Cotton
1670–1729 • MY7L-XLV​​

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Children of Maria Cotton and John Atwater

Parents and Siblings

Joshua Atwater
1611–1676 • LZHL-JF9​​
Marriage: 6 May 1651
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Mary Blakeman
1636–1709 • LRNT-6J9​​

Children of Mary Blakeman and Joshua Atwater (9)
Anna Atwater
1652–1720 • LCJ9-9DB​​

Samuel Atwater
1654–1739 • LRNT-J6S​​

Joshua Atwater
1658–Deceased • LRNT-LNQ​​

Mary Atwater
1659–1726 • MKW3-N3W​​

John Atwater
1662–1692 • L666-H4Z​​

Abigail Atwater
1664–1664 • L7GM-KSD​​

Jane Grace Atwater
1666–Deceased • L7GM-KQT​​

Eleanor Atwater
1669–Deceased • LC2F-YCW​​

Benjamin Attwater
1673–Deceased • LCYW-G9Z​​

Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America on 14 Aug 1662 to Joshua Atwater and Mary Blakeman. John Atwater married Mary Cotton and had 3 children. He passed away on 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts

Spouse(s)

Mary Cotton 1666 - 1729

Mehitable Wainwright 1659 - 1690

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Atwater-737

Profile last modified 6 Mar 2022 | Created 16 Apr 2018

John Atwater (1662 - 1692)

John Atwater

Born 14 Apr 1662 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Son of Joshua Atwater Esq. and Mary (Blakeman) Higginson

Brother of Hannah (Atwater) Dummer and Joshua Atwater

husband of Mehitable (Wainwright) Rolfe — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

husband of Maryah (Cotton) Partridge — married 20 Dec 1687 in Hampton, New Hampshire

[children unknown]

Died 2 Feb 1692 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Sources

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT1-85J : 15 January 2020), John Atwater, 1662.

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Cotton_(7) http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I02794&tree=Main

Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America on 14 Aug 1662 to Joshua Atwater and Mary Blakeman. John Atwater married Mary Cotton and had 3 children. He passed away on 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts

Spouse(s)

Mary Cotton 1666 - 1729

Mehitable Wainwright 1659 - 1690

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Atwater-737

John Atwater (1662 - 1692)

John Atwater

Born 14 Apr 1662 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Son of Joshua Atwater Esq. and Mary (Blakeman) Higginson

Brother of Hannah (Atwater) Dummer and Joshua Atwater

husband of Mehitable (Wainwright) Rolfe — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

husband of Maryah (Cotton) Partridge — married 20 Dec 1687 in Hampton, New Hampshire

[children unknown]

Died 2 Feb 1692 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

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Sources

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT1-85J : 15 January 2020), John Atwater, 1662.

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Cotton_(7) http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I02794&tree=Main