656–657. Jonathan Atwater was born in New Haven Colony on Saturday, July 12, 1656, and died in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, on June 3, 1726. Ruth Peck died in New Haven on June 3, 1726. They were married in New Haven on Wednesday, June 1, 1681. She took the name Ruth Atwater. He is the son of David and Damaris (Sayre) Atwater. She is the daughter of Jeremiah and Joanna (Ketchell) Peck. They had 11 children:
| i. | Joshua Atwater was born in New Haven on February 21, 1681/2, and died on March 16, 1681/2. | |
| ii. | David Atwater was born in New Haven on August 5, 1683, and died on May 1, 1727. He married first, Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Dickerman) Bradley [658/9], on June 25, 1712. He married second, Tabitha Whithead, on December 2, 1718. His house was in that part of State Street formerly called Fleet Street. | |
| iii. | Jeremiah Atwater was born in New Haven on January 31, 1684/5, and died on October 27, 1732. He married Lydia Rosewell on April 9, 1713. | |
| iv. | Mary Atwater was born in New Haven on December 31, 1686, and died on August 31, 1753. She married Isaac Dickerman, son of Abraham and Mary (Cooper) Dickerman [1318/9], on June 30, 1709. | |
| v. | Ruth Atwater was born in New Haven on December 31, 1688, and died on May 17, 1758. She married Samuel Ives, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Yale) Ives [660/1], on January 3, 1705. | |
| vi. | Jonathan Atwater [#328]: He was born in New Haven on November 4, 1690, and died in Connecticut on December 27, 1760. | |
| vii. | Lydia Atwater was born in New Haven on April 18, 1693, and died on August 2, 1694. | |
| viii. | Joseph Atwater was born in New Haven on December 9, 1694, and died on January 9, 1766. He married Hannah Doolittle on September 10, 1722. They moved to Wallingford between April, 1727, and August, 1729. | |
| ix. | Stephen Atwater was born in New Haven on December 4, 1696, and died on October 28, 1704. | |
| x. | Damaris Atwater was born in New Haven on October 9, 1698, and died on July 30, 1762. She married Caleb Hall on May 15, 1721. | |
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Lydia Atwater was born
in New Haven
on July 31, 1701, and died
on March 30, 1708.
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Per Genealogical Register ..., Jonathan Atwater lived in New Haven and
was described in a deed as a merchant.