Lieut. John WATERBURY

1682 - 1744  (61 years)

• Name	John WATERBURY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	He was commissioned Lieutenant of the first company in Stamford, October 1733. There has been some difficulty in distinguishing the history of this John from that of his cousin, who was born 25 Jan. 16811/2 and was therefore nine months older than this John. Since there were no Johns of earlier generations living during the adult life of this cousins, this John would be known as Junior, and his cousin as Senior. There is a stone to John Waterbury in the Noroton River Cemetery at Darien, stating that he died 28 May 1744, aged 61. This John was then seven months over 61, whereas his cousin at that date would have been some months over 62. Hence, if correctly stated, it would be this John who then died. the town records state that "Lieut." John died on this date. The probate records show that administration on the estate of "Lieut." John was granted, 3 July 1744 to John Waterbury, and that his widow Hannah and children John and Nathaniel later made an agreement for division of the estate. John Waterbury, described in the tow record as "son of David," doubtless to distinguish him from his cousin, died 20 Jan. 735/6. The probate records of the John who died in 1736 show that he left a widow Susannah, so he was evidently the John who married Susannah Newkirk. As for which John had the first wife Sarah Holmes and the two children by her who died young, we judge it was this John. the first child was described as son of John "of Noroton," and the daughter at death as child of John "Jr." This John, as already shown, is the one who would have been called Junior. [1]
  Prefix	Lieut.
  Birth	30 Oct 1682	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 May 1744	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Death	28 May 1744	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I59422	Main Tree
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John WATERBURY, Jr.,   b. 1650, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 28 Nov 1688, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary WICKS,   b. Abt 1660, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 31 Dec 1738, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1679	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F06209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah HOLMES,   b. Abt 1684, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 01 Aug 1709, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1706/07	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Pastor	Capt. Selleck, J.P.   [6]
  Family ID	F09092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah CROSS,   b. 23 Feb 1687, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 02 Mar 1756 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1710  [1, 5, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Abigail WATERBURY,   b. Abt 1714   d. 30 Dec 1736, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 22 years)  [Birth] + 2. Nathaniel WATERBURY,   b. 2 May 1717, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 1778 (Age 60 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F23521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S12768] The American Genealogist 1951 Vol. 27. [S00031] "Descendants of John Waterbury "at USGenWebProject - Fairfield County, Connecticut. [S02964] Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Stamford Families at CTGenWeb. [S4918] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 May Vol. 50 No. 4. [S12780] Connecticut Ancestry 2021 November Vol. 64 No. 2. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford. [S00042] "Descendants of Richard Scofield" at USGenWeb Project - Fairfield County, Connecticut. [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.