William WATERS, or WATROUS, was born in New York State in 1795, and died in Oregon in 1875. In between, he lived in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, and fathered twelve children with Rachel COX. One of their children, Hannah Keziah WATERS married Asa Alfred McCULLY, and was my wife's great great-grandmother. In the course of our McCULLY-WATERS investigations, we have accumulated information on many of the WATERS descendants, which we share below.
BAKER: Elizabeth Aiv; John Aiv
BARDIN: Hannah 27
BARTHOLOMEW: Andrew 88; Louise 88; Lucinda 23; Mary 88
BATEMAN: Mary 3
BERDINE: Elizabeth 87, Helen 87
CAMPBELL: Delissa 69
CARRIER: Sarah, Family 2-11
CASE: Hannah 27; Lawrence 27; Tartary 27
CLARK: Aii; John AiiI; Rebecca Aiii
COBURN: Henrietta 76
COLLINS: Jemima 5
COMBS: Almira 35; Jacob 35; Sally 32
CURTIS: Delilah 24
CUSTIN: Ann 68; Eliza 68; Gurdon 68
DEWEY: Keziah 2
DOUGLAS: Ann B; Mary B; Robert B
DUNNING: Betsey 22; Richard 22; Sarah 22
EATON: Angeline 63; Theophilus 63
EDMONDS: Augustus 66; Jane 66; Mary 66
FENTON: Asa 34; Harriet 34
FITZSIMMONS: Elizabeth 33; Hannah 3; John 3; Mary 3; Thomas 33
GEE: Albert 58; Alzina 55; Eliza 58; Jane 58; Mariah 55; William
55
HACKLEY: Elizabeth Aiv; Peter Aiv
HAYDEN: John Av; Mary Av
HEMPSTEAD: Mary B
HUBBARD: Ann 50; Calista 50; Marcus 50
KEELER: Artelyssia 77; Lafayette 77
KELLOGG: Eldad 2; Elizabeth 2; Erastus 10; Keziah 2, 9; Sophia
8; Ulysses 13; Urania 14; Walter 11; William 2, 12
KIRBY: Mary 80
MANNING: George, Family 2-1; Phebe, Family 2-1
MILLS: Ellen 79
MOTT: Eunice 19; Isaac 19; Jeremiah 19
NASH: Amos 51; Ann 50; Calista 50; Edwin 54; Harriet 48; James
49; Mariah 18; Nancy 53; Sabrina 52; Sarah 47; Silas 18
NICHOLS: Eunice 75
NORTON: Ann 21; Elizabeth 21; Jason 21
PARKER: Rebecca Aiii
PRATT: Elizabeth Aii; Sarah Aii; William Aii
ROGERS: Melissa 84; William 84
ROOT: Lydia, Family 2-12
SAYRE: John 29; Temperance 29
SEELEY: Abner 43; Adam 5, 46; Elizabeth 42; Harriet 45; Henry
37; Jemima 5; John 39; Joseph 36; Lewis 44; Montillion 40; Montraville
40; Nathaniel 5
SEYMOUR: Betsey 22
SIMPSON: John 30; Joshua 28; Paulina 28; Susan 30
SMITH: Ann 67; Hester 3; Mary 67, 78; Robert 78
STALLWORTHY: Mary, Family 2-5
WARD: Columbis 65; Phebe 65
WATERS/WATROUS: Abigail, Family 2-8; Abner Family 2-12, 13; Almira
35; Alonzo 83; Alzina 55; Angeline 63; Ann/Anna Family 2-9 and
13, 21, 67, 68; Artelyssia 77; Benjamin 6; Byron 75; Calista 20;
Caroline 72; Charles 59, 89; Delilah 24; Delissa 69; Eliza 26,
58, 68; Elizabeth Family 2-7, 2, 4, 21, 33, 87; Eunice 19, 75;
Gilbert 87; Hannah 3; Harriet 34, 57; Harvey 22, 62, 85; Helen
87; Henrietta 76; Henry 21, 64; Hester 3, 60; Hiram 27; Horace
25; James Family 2-1, 4, 17, 19, 61; Jane 58, 66; Jason 67; John
Family 2-2, 24, 31, 87; Jonas 23; Joseph 7; Keziah 1, 5; Lafayette
74; Lewis 80; Louise 88; Lucinda 23; Lydia Family 2-12; Lymon
86; Mariah 18, 55; Martin 69; Mary Family 2-6, 31a, 66, 67, 73,
88; Melinda 31; Melissa 84; Merick 76; Paulina 28; Phebe Family
2-3, 65; Polly 74; Richard Family 2-4; Sally 32; Samuel Family
2-9, 3, 15; Sarah Family 2-11, 22; Stallworthy Family 2-10; Susan
30; Tartary 27;Temperance 29; Thaddeus 70; Theron 71; Ulysses
61; Vincent 31a; Walter 1, 3, 19; Warren 85;
William 16
WATERHOUSE: Abraham Aiii; Ann B, Bviii; Benjamin Avii; Elizabeth
Aiv; Gideon Bvi; Hannah A; Isaac Aii; Jacob A, Av, B; John Av,
C; Joseph Avi, Biv; Keziah 1; Mary Av; Rebecca Ai, Aii; Robert
Biii;Sarah Aii, Bv; Walter Bvii, 1; William Bii
WEBB: Eliza 26; Fred 26
WHITING: Amelia 81
WIGGINS: George 82; Ophelia 82
WILCOX: Amelia 81; Eliza 26; Ellen 79; Hiram 26; Lewis 80; Mary
78, 80; Ophelia 82
WILLIAMS: Rebecca Ai; Thomas Ai
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I think everyone who has looked into the
ancestry of William WATERS and his siblings has believed that
the line eventually gets back to the emigrant Jacob WATERHOUSE,
who arrived in Connecticut from England before 1637, and that
the line probably goes through his son Jacob WATERHOUSE born 1658.
How we get from Jacob to William, however, is far from clear.
Possible lines from Jacob have been suggested, but none seem to
have very compelling proof. There is also one other family line
that needs to be considered. So far, I have done very little personal
investigation of the generations earlier than William's father,
Walter WATROUS-2, so I can only present a synthesis of the information
and speculations I have run across. Perhaps it will help other
WATERS/WATROUS/WATERHOUSE seekers to piece together some of their
records, or perhaps it will elicit some of the primary and secondary
"proof" that seems to be missing in accounts I have
seen. Use the information carefully, and don't trust it without
doing some independent research of your own. Additions, corrections,
and questions are welcome.
Use of the names WATERHOUSE, WATROUS, and WATERS varied within
family groups, and sometimes changed within a family between censuses,
and sometimes seemingly on the spur of the moment. I have tried
to use the form that seemed most preferred by the individual at
any given time, but don't be surprised if you find discrepancies
between records.
Because of uncertainty of the WATROUS line prior to Walter WATROUS (born ca 1740), I have designated two possible ancestral lines as "Ancestral Family One" and "Ancestral Family Two" (pretty catchy, huh?), the earlier generations in each of these lines by letters, and for now consider Walter WATROUS born ca 1740 the first in the line.
ANCESTRAL FAMILY ONE
Ancestor A. Jacob WATERHOUSE
Jacob WATERHOUSE was born in England, say 1605-1610 [1]. He was
in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut by 1637, where he fought
in Capt. John Mason's company against the local Pequot Indians
[2]. He was married by then to Hannah (surname undetermined),
a child being born to them in 1638 [1], but I don't know if they
were married in England or Connecticut . They had a house and
2.25 acres of land in Wethersfield in 1640, but had moved by 1645
to New London, New London Co., Connecticut, where they were number
seven on the list of new settlers; they were granted 6 acres of
land for a home site, and they eventually had considerable holdings
on the west bank of the river north of the main town. Jacob acquired
additional lands on "the Neck" from the estate of Peter
Collins in 1655 [2].
Jacob Sr. died in New London in 1676, his will probated 21 September
1676. At the time, his wife Hannah was still living, as were all
their known children:
i. Rebecca WATERHOUSE b. 1638 Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut
[1]. She married ca 1655 Thomas WILLIAMS Sr. of Wethersfield,
who died there 5 Feb 1692. They had 10 children between 1656 and
1680 (names undetermined by me) [2].
ii. Isaac WATERHOUSE b. 1641 Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut;
d. 7 October 1713, age 72. He married 20 April 1670 in Lyme, New
London Co., Connecticut, Sarah PRATT, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (CLARK) PRATT. Sarah was born 11 April 1652, and died
8 December 1725 [2]. They had nine known children between 1671
and 1693, apparently all in Lyme, Connecticut [1].
iii. Abraham WATERHOUSE b. in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut
1644; died after December 1718, the date he deeded all his property
to his son Isaac [2]; another reference gives his death date as
12 May 1736 in "Niantic, Connecticut" [1]. Abraham married
in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, 1674, Rebecca CLARK [dau.
of Capt. John and Rebecca (PARKER) CLARK; born Saybrook 26 January
1653, died Saybrook 14 October 1704]. They lived in Lyme, Connecticut,
until about 1686, when they moved to Saybrook. They had seven
children between 1674 and 1700 [2].
iv. Elizabeth WATERHOUSE b. 1647 New London, Connecticut [1];
d. 12 March 1736; married 1st in New London, John BAKER; married
2nd in New London 31 August 1699 Peter HACKLEY [2].
v. John WATERHOUSE b. ca 1650 New London, Connecticut; d. 1687;
married Mary ____, and had an infant son Jacob WATERHOUSE when
John died in 1687. John's brother Abraham WATERHOUSE was assigned
to be Jacob's guardian; John's widow Mary later married John HAYDEN
on Saybrook, Connecticut [2].
vi. Joseph WATERHOUSE b. 1652 New London, Connecticut [1]; still
living when his father's will was made in 1676 [2].
vii. Benjamin WATERHOUSE b. 1655 New London, Connecticut [1];
died ca 1702 (when estate was settled), allegedly in a pirate
attack on the high seas [2]. So far, I've found no records of
marriage or children.
B. viii. Jacob WATERHOUSE Jr. - see below.
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B. Jacob WATERHOUSE Jr. [Jacob-A]
Jacob WATERHOUSE Jr., apparently the last born child of Jacob
Sr. and Hannah, was born in New London, Connecticut, in 1658 [1,
3]. He died 3 January 1728. In 1690 he married Ann DOUGLAS, daughter
of Robert DOUGLAS and Mary HEMPSTEAD. Mary was born in New London
25 December 1669 [3], died in New London 6 May 1713 [Ref. 2; Ref.
3 gives a death date of 15 March 1714, but as quoted from the
diary of Joshua Hempstead (cited in Ref. 2), 7 May 1713: "I
made a coffin for Anne Waterous, wife of Jacob Waterous, who died
last night. I stayed to ye funeral."
The only personal information I have so far discovered on Jacob
Jr. is that he served in the militia under Capt. Joseph Sill,
during King Philip's War 1676 [2].
Eight children have been attributed to Jacob WATERHOUSE Jr. and
Ann DOUGLAS. However, the dates of birth that have been given
for the youngest three are all after Ann (DOUGLAS) WATERHOUSE
died.
C. i. John WATERHOUSE b. 1690 New London, Connecticut; died ca
1780 Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut; buried Rogerine
Cemetery, Ledyard [3].
ii. William WATERHOUSE b. ca 1694 New London, Connecticut [3];
was in New London 1734 [2].
iii. Robert WATERHOUSE b. ca 1696, d. 15 May 1753, both events
in New London, Connecticut [3]
iv. Joseph WATERHOUSE b. ca 1698 New London, Connecticut [3];
living in New London 1734 [3].
v. Sarah WATERHOUSE b. 23 April 1701 and d. 10 Feb 1735, New London,
Connecticut; buried in the Ancient Burial Place, New London [3].
vi. Gideon WATERHOUSE was reportedly born 16 September 1713 New
London, Connecticut [3], but his supposed mother had been dead
for four months on that date. Either (a) the birth date is wrong,
(b) he belongs in this family but to a 2nd wife of Jacob, or (c)
he doesn't belong in this family. He reportedly died 1773 Lyme,
New London Co., Connecticut [3].
vii. Walter WATERHOUSE - A Walter was a birthdate ca 1718 has
been placed in this family, but without any documentation I can
find [4]. If there was such a person, he was almost certainly
not Walter WATERHOUSE-l, below, as has been suggested.
viii. Ann WATERHOUSE was reportedly born 20 September 1719 New London, Connecticut [3], but not to Jacob-B unless her mother was not Ann (DOUGLAS) WATERHOUSE.
ANALYSIS OF THIS FAMILY AS ANCESTORS
OF WILLIAM WATERS
Although I have included a second possible ancestral family below,
I think it is pretty much of a straw man. One thing that seems
to be unique to the Jacob WATERHOUSE line is the morphing of the
WATERHOUSE name to WATROUS in the families of some of the sons
of Jacob-A. As far as I can so far determine, none of the families
that began in this country as WATERS later became WATROUS. If
that is correct, then Walter-1 was indeed a descendant of Jacob-A.
Three or four of the sons of Jacob-A -- Isaac, Abraham, Jacob
and possibly Joseph --had descendants to which Walter WATROUS-1
might be connected. Isaac and Abraham's descendants are known
to have used the name WATROUS; I don't know about Jacob Jr. or
Joseph. From the records I've found so far, there is no indication
of anyone in any of the families except Walter-1 himself moving
from Connecticut toward Pennsylvania and New York. Some of Abraham's
descendants moved north to Massachusetts and Vermont. Many of
Isaac's stayed in Connecticut for several generations.
One proposal is that Walter-1 was a son of John WATERHOUSE-D (John-C,
Jacob-B, Jacob-A) and Mercy HARRIS, daughter of Asa HARRIS and
Elizabeth ROGERS [36]. John and Mercy married ca 1738; as far
as I know, only one child is definitely known from this marriage
(John b. 1751), just before Mercy died. However, a deed from Mercy's
brother Ephraim HARRIS in 1753 notes "the children"
of his deceased sister [35]. This would certainly leave a space
for Walter born ca 1740 to belong to this family. Having said
that, I can't find any evidence to place him here rather than
in a number of other Connecticut WATERHOUSE families of the same
period. I don't have enough information on the other sons of Jacob-b
to even speculate on who might qualify. Anybody out there have
any specific information?
ANCESTRAL FAMILY TWO
The publication "David Waters and Consider
Law" by Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins (Lincoln, NE, 1929) includes
a WATERS line that is of some interest:
1-James WATERS of St. Buttolph without Aldgate, London, England;
m. Phebe MANNING, dau. of George MANNING of Downe, Kent Co., England;
James WATERS died and was buried in London 2 Feb 1617. Phebe m.
2nd William PLASSE, a gun-maker, and they came to America in 1637,
settled in Salem, MA, where Plasse d. 1646.
2-John WATERS bapt. 1600
3-Phebe WATERS bapt. 1602
4-Richard WATERS bapt. in London 3 Mar 1604; probably came to
America with his mother and step-father in 1637; gunsmith in Salem,
MA; m. Joyce ______ [NOTE: another reference says "Rejoice"]
ca 1638; granted 10 acres at Salem 1637, and admitted as freeman
23 May 1639; will dated 16 Jul 1676, proved in Salem 28 Sep 1677.
5-James WATERS b. Topsfield, MA, where he died 11 Sep 1704; m.
at Topsfield 24 Mar 1669/70 to Mary STALLWORTHIE; took oath of
allegiance in Topsfield Jan 1677/8.
6-Mary WATERS b. Topsfield, MA 1669-1670
7-Elizabeth WATERS b. Topsfield 1672
8-Abigail WATERS b. Topsfield 1677
9-Samuel WATERS b. Topsfield, MA 22 May 1679; m. probably in Lyme,
CT, ca 1702 Anne ___ (possibly Anne Sterling, dau. of William
and Anne Sterling, b. Haverhill, MA 14 Mar 1684); he lived in
Saybrook, CT by Dec 1706, and purchased land in Hebron, CT in
1708 [at which time he was recorded living at Saybrook]; was commissioned
as ensign in a trainband Oct 1722; died at Hebron, CT, 12 Feb
1743 [Anne still living Jul 1749].
10-Stallworthy WATERS b. probably at Saybrook, CT, 18 Mar 1703;
moved to Hebron, CT with parents, and married there 27 Oct 1727
Sarah CARRIER; called Worthy WATERS in some records; d. at Hebron
1761.
11-Sarah WATERS b. 1728
12-Abner WATERS b. 15 May 1729 Hebron, CT; m. Lydia ROOT at Hebron
11 Jun 1752; died ca 1771.
13-Abner WATERS b. Hebron, CT Apr 1758; while residing at Hartford,
CT Mar 1776 enlisted and served as a private for just under a
year in Capt. Libbeus Ball's Company, Learned and Shepard's Continental
Regiment; granted a pension 4 Jan 1833 while a resident of Gustavus,
Trumbull Co. OH; m. Anna BREWSTER, probably of New Haven, CT;
died at Kinsman, Trumbull Co., OH Dec 1838. They left Berkshire
Co., MA in Sep 1813 moved to Gustavus Co., OH, purchased 400 acres
of land [in 1932, land still in possession of Waters descendant,
Clinton D. Waters].
ANALYSIS OF THIS FAMILY AS ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM WATERS
Two factors make this family somewhat interesting: first, the
family came from Massachusetts to Connecticut in time for Walter-1
to be there in time to move from Connecticut to Nova Scotia around
1760; and second, Samuel and Abner are names used in the Walter-1family
line that are not as common in the Jacob-A lines of descent. There
are no known Walters and few Williams in this line, but the same
could be said of Jacob's descendants. Perhaps the biggest factor
against this line is that they don't seem to have used the WATROUS
form of the name, being WATERS in all records I can find of them.
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THE KNOWN ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM WATERS [1795-1875]
FIRST GENERATION
1. Walter WATERHOUSE
Walter WATERHOUSE's birth date was most likely ca 1738 to 1740
probably New London, New London County, Connecticut but possibly
Lyme, Connecticut [4]. He married Keziah _____ sometime before
1765, perhaps in Nova Scotia. He was among the New England "planters"
from Connecticut who were the original grantees at Horton, Kings
County, Nova Scotia, in 1761, after the British had ousted the
French settlers (the "Acadians") from their Canadian
lands [5, 6]. He and Keziah lived at Horton for some period between
1761 and 1766, but sold their Nova Scotia grant in 1766, and returned
to Connecticut [6, 7]. This was a fairly common circumstance among
the New England "planters" involved in the move north
to Nova Scotia; they took the free land, but then missed their
families in New England, didn't like the Nova Scotia weather,
couldn't make a living, etc., and so returned to "the States."
Walter was listed in one reference as a carpenter [6]. He and
his family apparently lived in Lyme and/or Norwich, New London
County, Connecticut, from 1766 to near 1780, when they moved west
into the Wyoming Valley in present-day Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Many Connecticut families were relocating to that area at that
time [8]. (NOTE: This family was using the name WATROUS by this
time.) They were in the Wyoming Valley until at least 1783, but
by 1788 had moved north to Chemung, Montgomery (now Chemung) County,
New York, where Walter received a land grant of 320 acres on 31
October 1788 [8]. They were in Chemung for the 1790 federal census
[9], and Walter appeared on Newtown (separated from Chemung in
1792), New York, tax rolls in 1794 [8], but had moved again by
1798. In 1800, Walter and some of his family were living in Romulus,
Seneca County, New York, some 75 miles north of Chemung [10].
Walter is thought to have died in Seneca County about 1813 [8].
His wife Keziah was alive in 1810; I haven't been able to account
for her after that.
Children of Walter and Keziah WATROUS were:
2. Elizabeth WATROUS born 1761
3. Walter WATROUS born 26 September 1765
4. James WATROUS born 1772
5. Keziah WATROUS born 28 February 1776
6. Benjamin WATROUS (a twin) born 4 April 1777
7. Joseph WATROUS (a twin) born 4 April 1777
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SECOND GENERATION
2. Elizabeth WATROUS [Walter - 1] b. 1761,
probably in New London County, Connecticut, but possibly in Horton,
Kings County, Nova Scotia. She moved with her family from Connecticut
to Wyoming, Pennsylvania (near present-day Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
in Luzerne County) ca. 1780, and was married there 17 August 1783
to Eldad KELLOGG. (Eldad, the son of William and Keziah (DEWEY)
KELLOGG, was b. 29 December 1752 Sheffield, Berkshire County,
Massachusetts, and died 1 October 1838, in Ashtabula County, Ohio)
[9, 34]. Elizabeth reportedly died 1 July 1855 Newton, Trumbull
County, Ohio [9]. The census record seems to generally corroborate
the death information: in 1840 Eldad and Elizabeth's son Ulysses
Dewey KELLOGG was recorded in Harpersfield, Ashtabula County.
A woman in the 70-79 age bracket was in his household (mother
Elizabeth?), but no male of that age [12]. In 1850, Ulysses was
justice of the peace in Newton, Trumbull County, Ohio, although
Elizabeth was not recorded in that census [13].
Elizabeth and family lived in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, until
some time after 1800, when they were recorded in the Federal census
living in Tioga, Pennsylvania [13]. Some time before 1820, the
family relocated to the Champlain Valley at Westport, Essex County,
New York [14]. I don't know when they moved west to Ohio; Eldad
may be the E. KELLOGG recorded at Buffalo, Erie County, New York
in 1830 [15]. By 1837 they were living at Harpersfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio [34].
Elizabeth and Eldad had seven known children [8, 34]:
8. Sophia KELLOGG born 24 January 1784
9. Keziah KELLOGG born 4 April 1787
10. Erastus KELLOGG born 22 February 1790
11. Walter Watrous KELLOGG born 11 July 1792
12. William KELLOGG born 12 September 1794
13. Ulysses Dewey KELLOGG born 16 February 1798
14. Urania KELLOGG born 15 April 1801
3. Walter Samuel WATROUS [Walter-1] birth was recorded in his
family bible as 26 September 1765 in Horton, Kings County, Nova
Scotia [8, 34]. This would be consistent with his parents living
several years in Nova Scotia before returning to Connecticut about
1766. After leaving Nova Scotia, he presumably lived in New London
County, Connecticut, until about 1780 when the family moved to
the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. He was with his family in
Chemung, Montgomery County, New York, beginning in 1788. There,
on 17 May 1792, he married Hannah FITZSIMMONS, daughter of John
FITZSIMMONS and Mary BATEMAN. Hannah was one of six children,
born ca 1770, maybe in Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania (where
at least four of her siblings were born). Her family had moved
to Newtown (=Southport), Chemung County, New York before 1792
[8].
Hannah died 27 February 1797, shortly after (and maybe as a result
of?) giving birth to her third and fourth children, twin boys.
Walter married again on 2 May 1798, Hester SMITH. They were still
living in Newtown, New York, at the time of the 1800 federal census
[10], but by 1810 had moved north to Williamson, Ontario [now
Wayne] County, New York [18]. (There were two other WATERS families
in Williamson in 1810, both headed by Williams, but so far I haven't
been able to make any connections to Walter's line.) Walter and
some of his family were still in Williamson in 1820 [19]. He sold
land in Williamson in 1817 to Benjamin WATRUS (his brother ?),
and in 1821 to Samuel WATERS (his son?) [20]. By 1827, he was
living in Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio [21]. He remained
in Geneva the rest of his life, reportedly dying there in 1846,
when he was buried on "the east bank of Indian Creek"
in Geneva [ 8,22, 23]. Hester (SMITH) WATROUS was apparently still
alive in 1840 [ 23].
Walter WATROUS had four children with his first wife Hannah FITZSIMMONS:
15. Samuel WATROUS/WATERS born 15 April 1793
16. William WATROUS/WATERS born 9 January 1795
17. James WATROUS born 16 January 1797
18. Mariah WATROUS born 16 January 1797
Walter WATROUS had nine children with Hester
SMITH:
19. Walter James WATROUS born either 3 February 1799 or 2 October
1800
20. Calista WATROUS born 22 July 1802
21. Henry WATROUS born 31 January 1804
22. Harvey WATROUS born 23 December 1806
23. Jonas WATROUS born 10 November 1807
24. John Smith WATROUS born 10 December 1808
25. Horace Wells WATROUS born 14 August 1810
26. Eliza WATROUS born 26 April 1813
27. Hiram WATROUS born 26 January 1815
4. James WATROUS [Walter-1] born 1772 New London County, Connecticut.
He moved with his family ca 1780 to the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania,
then to Chemung, Montgomery (now Chemung) County, New York, by
1788. He moved with - or about the same time as - his father to
Romulus, Seneca County, New York, where in 1800 he was shown in
the federal census with (apparently) a wife and two daughters
under 10 years old [10]. That suggests he married his wife, Elizabeth
____, in Chemung before moving north, but no record is yet available
to me. In Seneca County, the family named is often spelled WATRUS.
James lived out his life in the Romulus area, died 30 December
1841, and is buried in the Kendaia Cemetery [8]. I don't know
where or when Elizabeth died, but a number of their children stayed
in the area, and she may be buried there, also. They are known
to have had nine children [16]:
28. Paulina WATRUS born January 1802
29. Temperance WATRUS born 1809
30. Susan WATRUS born ca 1814
31. John WATRUS born 1814
31a. Vincent WATRUS born 1828
32. Sally WATRUS
33. Elizabeth WATRUS
34.Harriet WATRUS
35. Almira WATRUS
5. Keziah WATROUS [Walter-1] b. 28 February 1776 in Norwich, New
London County, Connecticut. She moved with her family ca 1780
to the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, then to Chemung, Montgomery
(now Chemung) County, New York, by 1788. She married there in
1792 Adam SEELEY, son of Nathaniel SEELEY and Jemima COLLINS.
Adam was born ca 1766. The Seeleys lived in and near Chemung until
about 1810, then moved to Smithfield, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
(later called Columbia, Bradford County), where some of Adam's
siblings settled, also. They stayed in Smithfield until about
1817; were living in Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania,
in 1820, apparently in the part that was later split off as Charleston
Township. Adam died there 1823; Keziah and their family continued
to live in Charleston until about 1820. In 1830, she and two of
her children were living with Adam's brother James SEELEY and
his family in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania [8].
I don't know where and when she died.
Keziah and Adam had 11 known children, all but the last three
born in Montgomery County, New York. The final three were born
in Tioga County, Pennsylvania:
36. Joseph SEELEY born ca 1793
37. Henry SEELEY born ca 1795
38. daughter SEELEY born ca 1798
39. John Watrous SEELEY born ca 1801
40. Montillion SEELEY born 14 February 1805
41. Montraville SEELEY born 14 Feb 1805
42. Elizabeth SEELEY born by 1810
43. Abner Hetfield SEELEY borm ca 1810
44. Lewis SEELEY born before 1820
45. Harriet SEELEY born 1815
46. Adam SEELEY born ca 1818
6. Benjamin WATROUS [Walter-1] and
7. Joseph WATROUS [Walter-1] (twins) b. 4 April 1777 Norwich,
New London County, Connecticut. I haven't been able to find any
definite information on either of these people. The Pennsylvania
and New York censuses appear to account for only one of them.
Perhaps one of the twins died early. Walter WATROUS (Person #3)
sold land to a Benjamin WATRUS at Williamson, Ontario County,
New York in 1817. It could have been a brother-to-brother sale,
but I have no supporting information for that possibility.
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THIRD GENERATION
8. Sophia KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 24 Jan 1784 Lucerne County, Pennsylvania [8, 34].
9. Keziah KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 4 April 1787 Lucerne County, Pennsylvania [8, 34].
10. Erastus KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 22 February 1790 Lucerne County, Pennsylvania [8, 34].
11. Walter Watrous KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 11 July 1792 Lucerne County, Pennsylvania [8, 34].
12. William KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 12 September 1794 Lucerne County, Pennsylvania [8, 34].
13. Ulysses Dewey KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 16 February 1798 Pennsylvania [8, 34].
14. Urania KELLOGG [Elizabeth-2, Walter-1] was born 15 Apr 1801, probably in Pennsylvania [8, 34].
15. Samuel WATROUS/WATERS [Walter-2, Walter-1]
was born 15 April 1793 to Hannah FITZSIMMONS [8], apparently at
Newtown (=Southport), Chemung County, New York . The numbers included
in the censuses of 1800 and 1810 would indicate Samuel was alive
with the family in Newtown and Williamson, respectively [10, 18].
He did not appear in his father's household in Williamson in 1820
[19], but Walter sold land at Williamson to a Samuel WATERS in
1821 [20], suggesting that the 27-year old Samuel was still living
nearby. I can find no records of him after the 1821 land sale.
16. William WATROUS/WATERS [Walter-2, Walter-1] - see PART II
17. James WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1], a twin, born to Hannah
FITZSIMMONS, 16 January 1797; died 1798, at Newtown, New York
[8].
18. Mariah WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1], James' twin, born 16
January 1797 Newtown, New York . A girl who is probably her appears
in her father's household in 1800 at Newtown [10] and 1810 in
Williamson, New York [18]. She is not with the family in 1820,
presumably because she married 14 May 1815 in Williamson, Silas
NASH (Silas b. 1 Oct 1783, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts)[24].
She died in Williamson 20 November 1837 [24]. Children attributed
to Mariah and Silas NASH (all born in Williamson?) are [24]
47. Sarah M. NASH born 17 February 1816
48. Harriet NASH born 16 Feb 1818
49. James P. NASH born 1 May 1820
50. Calista Ann NASH born 4 June1825
51. Amos NASH born 14 Dec 1827
52. Sabrina NASH born 11 June 1830
53. Nancy E. NASH born 21 Aug 1832
54. Edwin NASH born 24 April 1833
19. Walter James WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was born either
3 February 1799 [8, 34] or 2 October 1800 [24, 25], certainly
in Newtown (=Southport), Chemung County, New York, and not in
Williamson, New York, as indicated by the second two references.
He is apparently enumerated in the 1800 Chemung County and 1810
Ontario County, New York censuses in his father's household [10,
18], but not in the 1820 Williamson census. He would have been
approximately 21 years of age, and likely was living and working
nearby and recorded in someone else's household. He married by
about 1828 (probably in Williamson or nearby) Eunice MOTT (born
ca 1805 New York, likely a daughter of either Isaac MOTT or Jeremiah
MOTT [24]). He appears to be the W. WATROUS living next to father
Walter WATROUS in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1830 ([22].
We know he was in Geneva by February 1832, when a daughter was
born to them [26]. The family resided in Ashtabula County for
about ten years, then moved to Hart Township, Warrick County,
Indiana, where they were recorded in the 1840 federal census [27].
They were living in Ohio Township, Warrick County, Indiana, in
1850 [28], then about 1852 moved to South Fork Township, Jackson
County, Iowa [26]. Walter was at South Fork for each of the 1860,
1870 and 1880 federal censuses but, at some time after their 1852
move to Iowa, the family sold out and moved back to Indiana for
two years. They returned to Jackson County, bought land near their
former South Fork residence, and lived there until Walter and
Eunice died, she on 10 February 1870 and he in February 1881 [26].
In 1880, Walter was living in South Fork with the family of his
daughter, Angeline [WATROUS] EATON [29].
Walter and Eunice had perhaps 11 children; the record is a little
obscure:
55. Alzina Mariah WATROUS born ca 1829
56. Daughter WATROUS born ca 1830
57. Harriet WATROUS born ca 1832
58. Eliza J. WATROUS born 4 February 1832
59. Charles WATROUS born ca 1835
60. Hester WATROUS born ca. 1837
61 James Ulysses WATROUS born November 1838
62. Harvey WATROUS born ca 1839
63. Angeline WATROUS born ca 1840
64. Henry Clay WATROUS born ca 1845
65. Phebe WATROUS born ca 1848
20. Calista WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1]
was born 22 July 1802 to Walter and Hester, probably in Newtown,
Chemung Co., New York; d. 7 March 1819 Williamson, Wayne County,
New York [8].
21. Henry WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was born 31 January 1804,
presumably in Williamson, Wayne Co., New York [8], but possibly
still in Chemung County, New York. He appeared to be in his father's
household in Williamson in 1810 and 1820, and also in Geneva,
Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1830 [18, 19, 22]. He married 24 February
1832 in Geneva, Elizabeth Ann NORTON (daughter of Jason NORTON;
born in New York 1811, died in Geneva, Ohio, 2 June 1886). Henry
died 2 February 1882 at Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio [8,
24]. They lived their entire married life in and around Geneva
and Harpersfield, Ohio. They had four children:
66. Mary Jane WATROUS born ca 1835
67. Jason Norton WATROUS born ca 1836
68. Eliza Ann WATROUS born ca 1838
69. Martin WATROUS born January 1840
22. Harvey WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1]
was born 23 December 1806 Williamson, Wayne County, New York.
Harvey appeared to be in his father's household in Williamson,
New York, in 1810 and 1820, and in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio
in 1830 [18, 19, 22]. In the 1840 census, he may have appeared
as head of a household in Geneva. (A transcription on the Ashtabula
County GenWeb site includes a Harvey Waters, but the original
census shows a "Harry.") I couldn't find Harvey in any
of the federal censuses, but from other sources: he married Sarah
DUNNING ca 3 November 1834, location unknown. Sarah was the daughter
of Richard DUNNING and Betsey SEYMOUR of Northville, Cayuga County,
New York [25]. Harvey died 18 October 1871 Cambria, Hillsdale
County, Michigan [8]. Harvey and Sarah had four known children:
70. Thaddeus WATROUS born 1835 or 1838
71. Theron D. WATROUS born 1841
72. Caroline WATROUS born 1847
73. Mary WATROUS b. 1857
23. Jonas WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was
born 10 November 1807 probably at Williamson, Wayne County, New
York. He was with his parents in Williamson and in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio. He married in Geneva 27 November 1834 Lucinda BARTHOLOMEW,
who was born in Ohio about 1815 [24]. By 1840 he had moved his
family to Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana, where he lived
near his brothers William and Walter [27]. The family was in Warrick
County at least until ca 1851, when Lucinda died. [24] Jonas eventually
died 31 January 1888 in Newango County, Michigan [8]. I have been
unable to find him in intervening censuses. Four children are
known for Jonas and Lucinda, but the first was not born until
1843, so there may have been others:
74. Lafayette WATROUS born February 1843
75. Byron WATROUS born December 1846
76. Merick WATROUS born ca 1847
77. Artelyssia WATROUS borm ca 1849
24. John Smith WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was born 10 December 1808 Williamson, Wayne County, Ohio. He is said to have married Delilah CURTIS 1 August 1839 [8]. I have found no additional information on him.
25. Horace Wells WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was born 14 August 1810 Williamson, Wayne County, Ohio [8]. He was likely with his family at Williamson in 1810 and 1830 and at Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio in 1830. He shows up as a head of household at Geneva in the 1840 census. I have no other information on him.
26. Eliza WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was
born 26 April 1813 Williamson, Wayne County, Ohio [8]. She married
1st Hiram WILCOX, and 2nd Fred WEBB. Apparently all her known
children are by Hiram Wilcox:
78. Mary WILCOX born 1838
79. Ellen WILCOX born 1840
80. Lewis C. WILCOX born 1842
81. Amelia WILCOX (born 1846
82. Ophelia WILCOX born 1846
27. Hiram WATROUS [Walter-2, Walter-1] was
born 26 January 1815 Williamson, Wayne County, New York. He married
Tartary CASE, in Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 31 August
1836. Tartary, the daughter of Lawrence CASE and Hannah BARDIN,
was born 18 March 1818 [in Chenango County?], New York. From the
birth records of their children, it appears they lived in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, until about 1850, then moved to Wisconsin. Hiram
died in Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin 25 January 1874, and
Tartary died there 22 October 1898. They had seven children:
83. Alonzo WATRUS b. 23 May 1838
84. Melissa WATRUS b. 9 May 1839
85. Warren Harvey WATRUS b. 17 May 1841
86. Lymon M. WATRUS b. 11 July 1843
87. John Gilbert WATRUS b. 23 March 1845
88. Mary Louise WATRUS b. 1 October 1847
89. Charles S. WATROUS b. 5 October 1856
28. Paulina WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] b. Jan 1802, d. 8 March 1868, m. Joshua SIMPSON
29.Temperance WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] b. 1809, d. 24 June 1865, m. John SAYRE Jr.
30. Susan WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1814 [17], m. John SIMPSON
31. John WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] b. 1814, m. Melinda
31a. Vincent WATRUS b. 1828, m. Mary J.____
32.Sally WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] m. Mr. COMBS
33.Elizabeth WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] m. Thomas FITZSIMMONS
34. Harriet WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] m. Asa S. FENTON
35. Almira WATRUS [James-2, Walter-1] m. Jacob COMBS.
36. Joseph SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1793
37.Henry SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1795
38. Daughter SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] born ca 1798
39..John Watrous SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1801
40. Montillion SEELEY (twin) [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. 14 Feb 1805
41. Montraville SEELEY (twin) [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. 14 Feb 1805
42. Elizabeth SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. by 1810
43. Abner Hetfield SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1810
44.Lewis SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. before 1820
45.Harriet SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. 1815
46. Adam SEELEY [Keziah-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1818
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FOURTH GENERATION
47. Sarah M. NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 17 February 1816 [24]
48. Harriet NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 16 Feb 1818, d. 15 Sept 1836 Williamson [24]
49.James P. NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1 May 1820 [24]
50. Calista Ann NASH b. 4 June1825, m. 16 Jan 1851 at Austinberg, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Marcus HUBBARD, and d. 5 March 1906 Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio [24]
51. Amos NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 14 Dec 1827 [24]
52. Sabrina NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 11 June 1830 [24]
53. Nancy E. NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 21 Aug 1832 [24]
54. Edwin NASH [Mariah-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 24 April 1833 [24].
55. Alzina Mariah WATROUS [Walter James-3,
Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1829 either in Wayne County, New York,
or Ashtabula County, Ohio [30]. She married William GEE Jr. 29
May 1846 in Warrick County, Indiana [34].
56. WATROUS Daughter [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca
1830 either in Wayen County, New York, or Ashtabula County, Ohio
[30]
57. Harriet WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca
1832 Ashtabula County, Ohio.
58. Eliza Jane WATROUS [Walter James-3,
Walter-2, Walter-1] born 4 February 1832 Ashtabula County, Ohio.
She was in her father's household in 1850 Warrick County, Indiana
[28]. She married Albert GEE 24 August 1855 in Jackson County,
Iowa [28, 34].
59. Charles WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] . The
Westensees included among the children a Charles b. ca 1835 [24,
31]. He does not appear in any of the censuses of the family;
possibly he died young.
60. Hester WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca.
1837 Ashtabula County, Ohio; appears in the 1850 Warrick County,
Indiana census [28], but not in the 1860 Jackson County, Iowa,
enumerations [32].
61. James Ulysses WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1]
b. November 1838 in Ashtabula County, Ohio. He moved with his
parents to Warrick County, Indiana, and then to Jackson County,
Iowa. He married Caroline ESTEY [24, 31].
62. Harvey WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca
1839 Ashtabula County, Ohio. He was with his family in Warrick
County, Indiana in 1840 and 1850, and in Jackson County, Indiana
in 1860, but not in 1870.
63. Angeline WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca
1840 probably Warrick County, Indiana. She was in her parents'
household in Warrick County in 1850 and in Jackson County, Iowa
in 1862. She had married Theophilus EATON by ca 1872 [29]. Her
father, Walter WATERS, was living with them in South Fork, Jackson
County, Iowa, in 1870 [29].
64. Henry Clay WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b.
ca 1845 probably Warrick County, Indiana. He remained in his father's
households in Indiana and Jackson County, Iowa, until at least
1870 [28, 32, 33].
65. Phebe WATROUS [Walter James-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1848
Warrick County, Indiana; was living with her parents in the 1850,
1860 and 1870 censuses in Warrick County, Indiana, and Jackson
County, Iowa [28, 32, 33]. She is said to have married Columbus
B. WARD [24, 31].
66. Mary Jane WATROUS [Henry-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1835, m. Augustus EDMONDS [24]
67. Jason Norton WATROUS [Henry-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1836, m. Mary Ann SMITH [24]
68. Eliza Ann WATROUS [Henry-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1838, m. Gurdon B. CUSTIN [24]
69. Martin WATROUS [Henry-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. January 1840, m. Delissa CAMPBELL [24].
70. Thaddeus WATROUS [Harvey-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1835 or 1838 Northville, Cayuga County, New York [25]
71. Theron D. WATROUS [Harvey-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1841 Peru, Huron County, Ohio [25]
72. Caroline WATROUS [Harvey-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1847 Peru, Huron County, Ohio [25]
73. Mary WATROUS [Harvey-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1857 Cambria, Hillsdale County, Michigan [25].
74. Lafayette WATROUS [Jonas-3, Walter-2,
Walter-1] b. Feb 1843 Warrick County, Indiana, married Polly A.
NICHOLS [24]
75. Byron WATROUS [Jonas-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. Dec 1846, married
Eunice A. NICHOLS [24]
76. Merick WATROUS [Jonas-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. c 1847, married
Henrietta COBURN [24]
77. Artelyssia WATROUS [Jonas-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. ca 1849,
married Lafayette KEELER [24]
78. Mary WILCOX [Eliza-3, Walter-2, Walter-1]
b. 1838, married Robert SMITH [24]
79. Ellen WILCOX [Eliza-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1840, married
Mr. MILLS [24]
80. Lewis C. WILCOX [Eliza-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1842, married
Mary KIRBY [24]
81. Amelia WILCOX [Eliza-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] (a twin) b. 1846,
married C. WHITING [24]
82. Ophelia WILCOX [Eliza-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] (a twin) b. 1846,
married George WIGGINS [24].
83. Alonzo WATRUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1]
born 23 May 1838, d. 2 June 1838 [24]
84. Melissa WATRUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 9 May 1839,
married William A. ROGERS [24]
85. Warren Harvey WATRUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 17 May
1841, d. 21 April 1849 [24]
86. Lymon M. WATRUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 11 July 1843
[24]
87. John Gilbert WATRUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 23 March
1845, married Helen Elizabeth BERDINE [24]
88. Mary Louise WATRUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 1 October
1847, married Andrew Jackson BARTHOLOMEW [24]
89. Charles S. WATROUS [Hiram-3, Walter-2, Walter-1] b. 5 October
1856 Crawford County, Wisconsin, d. 2 October 1864 Grant County,
Wisconsin [24].
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1. Waterous, J. E. (1976), The Families of Jacob Waterhouse, 1605-1676. L.D.S. Family History Library Tape 795931, Item 16.
2. Bonsall, G. P. (1950), Jacob Waterhouse of Wethersfield and New London, Conn., and some of his descendants. New England Historic and Genealogical Register 104:186-198.
3. Sampson, M., and C. Rodarte, suppliers of information for L.D.S. Family Search Ancestral File v.4.19 [family #5418772]. NOTE: I have not confirmed any of these data.
4. Anonymous inclusion in L.D.S. Family Search International Genealogical Index v5.0; no supporting information.
5. The original list of Horton grantees, in the possession of Dalhousie University, Halifax, in 1962, was included in: Harding, A. B. (1962), The New Englander of Nova Scotia. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 116:3-13.
6. Wright, E. C. (1978), Planters and Pioneers, Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775. I don't know the sources she used to tie the Horton grantee Walter WATERHOUSE/WATROUS to the Walter descended from Jacob Waterhouse, but she includes the marriage of "Cuziah" and the sale of land to Jonathan Darrow.
7. Eaton, A. W. H. (1910), The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Company. Walter Waterhouse is not included in Eaton's detailed discussion of the actual settling of the grants, but Jonathan Darrow is included in the supplemental list of grants, having acquired 500 acres of land 19 February 1766.
8. Kelsey-Jones, J. (2004), Families of Seeley Creek Valley, Town of Southport, Chemung County, NY: reproduced on Joyce M. Tice's website "Tri Counties Genealogy and History" - http://www.rootsweb.com/nychemun/census/chemland.htm
9. U. S. Federal Census 1790 - Chemung, Montgomery County, New York State.
10. U. S. Federal Census 1800 - Tioga and Cayuga counties, New York State.
11. U. S. Federal Census 1840 - Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio
12. U. S. Federal Census 1850 - Newton, Trumbull Co., Ohio.
13. U. S. Federal Censuses 1790 and 1800 - Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania
14. U. S. Federal Census 1820 - Westport, Essex Co., New York
15. U. S. Federal Census 1830 - Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
16. E-mail communication from Mrs. Virginia Peterson, 5 Jan 1999.
17. U. S. Federal Census 1850 - Ovid, Seneca Co., New York
18. U. S. Federal Census 1810 - Williamson, Ontario County, New York
19. U. S. Federal Census 1820 - Williamson, Ontario County, New York
20. Ontario County, New York, deed books: vol. 27 p. 134 (1817), and vol. 38 p. 107 (1821).
21. Ashtabula County, Ohio, tax list, 1827: names included on the Ashtabula County U. S. GenWeb internet site.
22. U. S. Federal Census 1830 - Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio
23. U. S. Federal Census 1840 - Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio
24. Westensee, E. R. (1993), Walter Watrus/Watrous/Waters - Concerning the Known Children of Walter and Hester Smith Watrus. Unpublished report in the Wayne County (New York) County Historian's Office, Lyons, New York.
25. Family information compiled by Veronica (Ronnie) Aungst, and shared with me in 1999.
26. From a biography of Albert Gee, in: Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa (1889), Chicago: Chapman Brothers.
27. U. S. Federal Census 1840 - Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana
28. U. S. Federal Census 1850 - Ohio Township, Warrick County, Indiana
29. U. S. Federal Census 1880 - South Fork Township, Jackson County, Iowa
30. Both the 1830 census for Ashtabula County, Ohio, and the 1840 census for Warrick County, Indiana, show 2 females in the Walter Watrous household in the age categories born 1830 or earlier. Children known by name are in their proper age classes in 1840 and on subsequent censuses. These two "extra daughters" do not show up in 1850, but could have been married or otherwise out of their parents' house by that time.
31. Ashtabula County Genealogical Society (1985), Ashtabula County History, Then and Now. Jane Harriet's wedding to Albert Gee is noted in a sketch on Walter Watrous/Waters (by Emil J. Westensee) on page 544.
32. U. S. Federal Census 1860 - South Fork Township, Jackson County, Iowa.
33. U. S. Federal Census 1870 - South Fork Township, Jackson County, Iowa
34. A. U. Johnson (1999), Watrous-Watrus-Waters Family Bibles. Privately printed: Enid, Oklahoma. 178 pages.
35. N. H. Morgan (1878), A history
of James Harris of New London, Conn., and his descendants; from
1640 to 1878. Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.