Daniel Waters (1731 - 1816)

Born 20 Jun 1731 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Died 26 Mar 1816 at age 84 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Captain Daniel Waters served with Continental Navy during the American Revolution.

Daniel Waters is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A122222.

Daniel Waters was born on June 20, 1731 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Adam Waters and Rachel Draper.

He died on March 26, 1816 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Sources

• Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850 (University Press, Cambridge, 1914)
  • p. 191 "Waters 361 Capt. Daniel, of Mald. and Sarah Sigourney of Boston, July 4, 1802."
  • p. 390
    • "[Agnes], wf. of Capt. [Daniel], July , 1778"
    • "Molly wf. of Capt. Daniel, 83 y., June 6, 1802"
    • ""Capt. Daniel, 85 y., March [26], 1816"

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42Q-DBJ : 10 November 2020), Daniel Waters, 20 Jun 1731; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4Z-JLN : 10 November 2020), Daniel Waters, Jul 1759; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42Q-1LP : 10 November 2020), Daniel Waters in entry for Anna Waters, 20 Feb 1760; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-6KBR : 29 November 2018), Daniel Waters in entry for Agnes Waters, Jul 1778; citing Death, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-JR3D : 29 November 2018), Daniel Waters, 26 Mar 1816; citing Death, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Daniel Waters", Ancestor # A122222.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); vol. 16, p. 693-4
  • "WATERS DANIEL Malden probably Private Capt Benjamin Blaney's co of militia which marched on the alarm of April 19 1775 to Watertown by order of Col Gardner service 1 day "
  • "WATERS DANIEL Petition dated Boston March 10 1777 signed by John Bradford Continental Agent stating that he had fitted out the schooner Lee which was formerly commanded by said Waters for a cruise against the enemy and asking that John Skimmer be commissioned as comm der of said vessel ordered in Council March 10 1777 that a commission be issued also return dated Boston July 1779 of armed vessels employed by the Board of War on Penobscot expedition said Waters reported as commander of the ship General Putnam owned by Nathaniel Shaw reported commissioned July 9 1779 also Captain ship General Putnam engaged July 7 1779 service to Sept 7 1779 2 mos on Penobscot expedition roll sworn to in Suffolk Co also petition dated Boston Jan 29 1781 signed by Thomas Russell of Boston asking that said Waters be commissioned as commander of the ship Friendship privateer advised in Council Jan 30 1781 that a commission be issued "
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMH-PZ8W : 22 August 2019), Daniel Waters, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QTW3-RPN2 : 29 August 2019), Daniel Waters, 7 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRYL-JZMM : 29 August 2019), Daniel Waters, 12 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140770.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-XVVW : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-5HZY : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 10 Mar 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-5HD2 : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-52FF : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 07 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-J11Q : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 07 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-52XM : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 09 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-D9M4 : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 11 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-D9SS : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 12 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-FLBP : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 13 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,580.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-DPTV : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 07 Sep 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,032,016.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-FZPD : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 20 Apr 1780; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-FZRT : 17 March 2018), Daniel Waters, 29 Jan 1781; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,175.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-FTM : accessed 10 December 2020), Daniel Waters, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 36, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• Massachusetts and Maine: Direct Tax, 1798. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.) Original manuscript: Direct tax list of 1798 for Massachusetts and Maine, 1798. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.;V.7, p. 517, p. 586 ("Fleet Street" ... "N. by Moon Street"), p. 587, p. 873 (Apple Island), p. 351, p. 917, p. 924, p. 379, V.9, p. 25, p. 69

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC92-XV4 : 14 February 2020), Daniel Waters in entry for Agnes Waters, 1778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC92-XVZ : 14 February 2020), Daniel Waters, 1816.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2020), memorial page for Daniel Waters (20 Jun 1731–26 Mar 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #51164349, citing Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by BobBoston (contributor 46926159) .

• Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org); case 23912

• Wikipedia: Daniel Waters (minuteman)
• Wikidata: Item Q5219033, en:Wikipedia

• Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.); p. 18243

• Corey, Deloraine. The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785 (Malden, Mass., 1899);
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  • p. 385, westerly corner of Ferry and Chelsea Streets in Everett
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  • p. 744 "The Minute Men of Malden"
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  • p. 785
  • p. 786-98
  • p. 802
  • p. 809
  • p. 831

• Clark, Thomas; "Naval History of the United States From the Commencement of the Revolutionary War to the Present Time"; 1814
  • Vol. 1, p. 81
  • Vol. 2, p. 44

• Shepard; "The Life of Samuel Tucker"
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  • p. 49
  • p. 56
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• Goldsborough, Charles Washington; "The United States' Naval Chronicle"; 1824;p. 22-3