Notes for RUFUS ATWATER:

Son of ? and ?.
Born: November 29, 1754 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
Died: April 26, 1790 in Manchester, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Married: Mary Tuttle December 18, 1777 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

NOTE: According to "Guysborough Sketches & Essays" by A. C. Jost, he was killed by a falling tree 26-Apr-1790. Another source says he was killed by a rolling log 2-Aug-1787 in Manchester, Guysborough County, NS.