Individual Details
Daniel Waters
(29 Mar 1682 - Dec 1754)
At a Topsfield town meeting on 7 March 1704, Daniel was granted the parsonage house. At the 5 Mar 1706 town meeting, Daniel is chosen surveyor for the year. On 14 Oct 1707, he accepts the obligation to take his stepmother Waters into his care and keeping, and clear the town from any further charge or trouble about her. While she is living and in his care, the town will not impress him for military service. On Oct14, 1709, Daniel’s sisters, Sarah and Abigail, quit claimed their shares of their father's estate to him. Daniel remains in Topsfield, MA until at least 1717, when he bought land in Killingly. However, both Sarah and Hulda are shown to have been born in Topsfield; so he might have purchased land in Killingly, but not moved there for several years. He is certainly there by 1728.
Daniel purchased land in Killingly, CT 8 Apr 1717 from Nicholas Cady. In the Plaintiff Court of 27 Jun 1727, Daniel charges Henry Sparks, late of Plainfield, now of Killingly, with killing a 2 year old colt belonging to Daniel. The first town meeting in Killingly of which there is an existing record was held 25 November 1728. Daniel is listed as a regularly admitted freeman and chosen as lister. 10 Nov 1729, Daniel purchases land in Killingly from John Preston. On July 14, 1731 Mary, daughter of Thomas Cloyes, appoints Daniel, her husband, power of attorney. He in turn sells a house lot Mary had inherited from her father in Falmouth. For the Windham Co. court session of 12 Dec 1732, Daniel serves on the jury. In 1739, Daniel sells land to Cornelius Whitney in Killingly. In 1743, there is contention over the placement of the meetinghouse. Daniel is on one of the committees.
As Daniel got older, he began passing his land on to his children. On 3 Feb 1746, Daniel, inn-holder of Killingly, “in consideration of the paternal love, affection, and good will….[toward] my well-beloved son David Waters”, husbandman of Providence, RI, "conveyed a tract of land in Pomfret of about 25 acres. That same day, David Waters with very similar wording also conveyed two tracts, "both of them contain about 40 acres," in Killingly, to his eldest son Daniel Waters.11 13 April 1747. he sold land to Benjamin and Sarah (Waters) Chilson in Killingly. On 29 Aug 1748, Daniel sold to David about 3 acres in Killingly for 100£. In 1749, a bridle road is laid out from Daniel Waters to the south meetinghouse.
Daniel was 72 when his will was written 28 Nov 1754, Killingly; it was probated 9 Dec 1754. On 9 Dec 1754, Mary Waters of Killingly, widow of Daniel Waters, for £100 each paid by Phinehas Lee of Killingly, Joseph Moffitt, James Johnson, Aaron Allyn, all of Sturbridge, Worcester County, MA, and Henry Burt of Brimfield, Hampshire County, MA, quit claimed all her right in the dowry of the estate of her late husband. These were all her sons-in-law. A day later, David Waters for £500 acquitted the same men for their interest in his father's estate. There was a division of land 24 Jan 1756 in Killingly.
Daniel purchased land in Killingly, CT 8 Apr 1717 from Nicholas Cady. In the Plaintiff Court of 27 Jun 1727, Daniel charges Henry Sparks, late of Plainfield, now of Killingly, with killing a 2 year old colt belonging to Daniel. The first town meeting in Killingly of which there is an existing record was held 25 November 1728. Daniel is listed as a regularly admitted freeman and chosen as lister. 10 Nov 1729, Daniel purchases land in Killingly from John Preston. On July 14, 1731 Mary, daughter of Thomas Cloyes, appoints Daniel, her husband, power of attorney. He in turn sells a house lot Mary had inherited from her father in Falmouth. For the Windham Co. court session of 12 Dec 1732, Daniel serves on the jury. In 1739, Daniel sells land to Cornelius Whitney in Killingly. In 1743, there is contention over the placement of the meetinghouse. Daniel is on one of the committees.
As Daniel got older, he began passing his land on to his children. On 3 Feb 1746, Daniel, inn-holder of Killingly, “in consideration of the paternal love, affection, and good will….[toward] my well-beloved son David Waters”, husbandman of Providence, RI, "conveyed a tract of land in Pomfret of about 25 acres. That same day, David Waters with very similar wording also conveyed two tracts, "both of them contain about 40 acres," in Killingly, to his eldest son Daniel Waters.11 13 April 1747. he sold land to Benjamin and Sarah (Waters) Chilson in Killingly. On 29 Aug 1748, Daniel sold to David about 3 acres in Killingly for 100£. In 1749, a bridle road is laid out from Daniel Waters to the south meetinghouse.
Daniel was 72 when his will was written 28 Nov 1754, Killingly; it was probated 9 Dec 1754. On 9 Dec 1754, Mary Waters of Killingly, widow of Daniel Waters, for £100 each paid by Phinehas Lee of Killingly, Joseph Moffitt, James Johnson, Aaron Allyn, all of Sturbridge, Worcester County, MA, and Henry Burt of Brimfield, Hampshire County, MA, quit claimed all her right in the dowry of the estate of her late husband. These were all her sons-in-law. A day later, David Waters for £500 acquitted the same men for their interest in his father's estate. There was a division of land 24 Jan 1756 in Killingly.
Events
| Birth | 29 Mar 1682 | Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1704 | Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts - Mary Cloyes | |||
| Death | Dec 1754 | Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Cloyes (1677 - 1754) |
| Child | Hannah Waters (1715 - 1778) |
| Father | James Waters (1638 - 1704) |
| Mother | Mary Stallworthy (1642 - 1695) |
Endnotes
1. John Bradley Arthuad, "The Daniel and Mary (Cloyse) Waters Family of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and Killingly, Connecticut," article, NEGHS, AmericanAncestors.org ( : accessed ); citing prior publication in The American Genealogist, Volume 81 (2006).
2. John Bradley Arthuad, "The Daniel and Mary (Cloyse) Waters Family of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and Killingly, Connecticut," article, NEGHS, AmericanAncestors.org ( : accessed 20 June 2020), p.183-191; citing prior publication in The American Genealogist, Volume 81 (2006).