Frederick WATERBURY

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• Census: 1850, Living with daughter, Mary Noyes, in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

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One of his descendants identified his wife as Betsey Lockwood. He was married with two female children before the time of the 1810 census, and was possibly married as early as 1800, when he does not seem to have been included in his father's household.

The gravestone (no longer standing) of Betsey, wife of Frederick Waterbury, in the Slason Cemetery said that she died 16 December 1849 age 64. If she was indeed a Lockwood by birth, then she was probably the Betsey Lockwood born in Stamford 8 November 1787, daughter of Jeremiah Lockwood Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Holcraft. In fact, Frederick Waterbury was named administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Lockwood Junior, late of Stamford, on 2 November 1814.

There was only one Frederick Waterbury inStamford or Darien during the time period covered by the censuses of 1810 through 1850, and he has been shown in Part 1 of this article to be a son of Lt. John Waterbury. However, Frederick Waterbury was also involved in a series of deeds to and from distant Waterbury cousins from 1813 to 1818. These deeds related to the property of John Waterbury who died in Stamford in 1813. Family members associated with these transactions included a Henry Waterbury, who might be confused with Frederick's brother. But since this Henry Waterbury was always designated "of New York City" in these and other Darien deeds as late as 1842, he could not have been identical with Frederick's brother, Henry Waterbury, who was in Ohio by 1840 (even though that Henry had lived in New York City at one time). Perhaps Frederick acted merely as an agent for his distant Waterbury cousins, or perhaps his wife was closely related to these distant cousins.

Stamford land records of 1811 and 1820 indicate that Frederick Waterbury owned various properties in Stamford in those years, two of which were purchased from his brother Peter Waterbury on 1 April 1811 and 8 November 1811. All of these holdings appear to have been in the Hoyt Street area that became part of Darien in 1820.

In 1850 census, Frederick Waterbury, age 73, was living in Darien with the family of Belina W. Noyes, his son-in-law.

Frederick and Betsey (Lockwood?) Waterbury had a large family of ten children, but information on most of them is sparse. Frederick did not leave an estate to probate, so the usual list of heirs and land transactions among them are completely absent. No family Bible ha been discovered, and the Darien civil and church records are also little help. Fortunately, a small notebook kept by Belina W. Noyes has survived and its contents were published in 1973. That notebook recorded birth dates for all of Frederick and Betsey's children even though no relationships were stated. It also has death dates for some of them, as well as birth records for all of the Noyes children shown below.

Family/Spouse: Betsey LOCKWOOD. Betsey (daughter of Jeremiah LOCKWOOD and Elizabeth HOLCRAFT) was born on 8 Nov 1787 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 16 Dec 1849 in Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Slawson Cemetery, Darien Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rebecca Ann WATERBURY was born on 9 Oct 1807 in Connecticut; died on 21 Jan 1857; was buried in Slason Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut .
2. Caroline WATERBURY was born on 14 Mar 1809.
3. Charles F. WATERBURY was born on 9 Oct 1811; died on 10 Mar 1864 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Slason Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut .
4. William Lockwood WATERBURY was born on 30 Nov 1813; died on 24 Dec 1839.
5. Mary Elizabeth WATERBURY was born on 12 Dec 1815 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 1 May 1890 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Slawson Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
6. Cornelia WATERBURY was born on 10 Sep 1817 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 10 Mar 1900 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut.
7. Emily Frances WATERBURY was born on 24 Sep 1819 in Connecticut; died on 29 Feb 1888 in Connecticut; was buried in Slawson Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
8. John N. WATERBURY was born on 31 Jul 1821; died on 13 Apr 1861 in Railroad accident; was buried in Slason Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut .
9. Frances WATERBURY was born on 16 Mar 1824.
10. Sarah Jane WATERBURY was born on 10 Mar 1827.

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• Military Service: Revolutionary War

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NEHG Register Oct 2010 Vol 164: In April 1775, John Waterbury was the John Waterbury "5th" who served eight days in response to the Lexington Alarm, under Capt. Joseph Hait/Hoyt of Stamford, marching to New York City for its protection. As John Waterbury 5th, he was commissioned ensign in "Major & Capt" Thomas Hobby's company by the connecticut General Assembly sometime in april 1775, and then served as an ensign in Major Hobby's Company inCol. Waterbury's Regiment from 1 May or 26 June 1775 to 29 November 1775 as shown on pay and ration rolls for that unit.
John served in Capt. Albert Chapman's Company in Col. Samuel Elmore's Regiment from April 1776 to June 1777, when he resigned and was granted an honorable discharge. It was during this enlistment (in October 1776) that he was promoted to lieutenant. Published Connecticut records contain a description of the service of this regiment:
"The regiment took the field in Jl, '76, under Schuyler, and on August 25th marched from Albany into Tyron County. During the remainder of its term, it was posted at Fort Stanwix and vicinity. It broke up at that point in the spring of '77, most of the officers and a number of the men re-entering the Continental Service in the Conn., Mass., and N.Y. lines."
Lt. john Waterbury received a pension of $20 per month plus a bounty land warrant in 1818 based upon this service, and his widow Hannah received a pension of $186.60 per annum, starting in 1853. Based upon John's service, his great-granddaughter, Annis (Brady) Noxon, became a member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

John married Rebecca WEED on 08 Dec 1778 in Middlesex Congregational Church. Rebecca (daughter of Silvanus WEED and Sarah WARING) was born in 1757; died before 01 Feb 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 08 Jul 1762, Middlesex Congregational Church