23rd Generation

51. Benjamin WATROUS I^8,9 was born on 17 December 1748 in Saybrook Point, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^17,18 Born in Chester Parish. Benjamin changed his family name from Waterhouse to Watrous. His surname is also spelled Waterous in the Julius Whitney Thompson FTM genealogy site. He died on 27 June 1827 at the age of 78 in Chester, Middlesex County, CT.¹⁸ He was buried on 30 June 1827 in Chester, Middlesex County, CT.¹⁸ (Benjamin's and Sarah's gravestones are in the Old Cemetery.) Benjamin has Ancestral File Number 4NNN-FK. He has Ancestral File Number 1RKT-SJ8. He served in the military from February 1781 to November 1781.¹⁹ Benjamin served as Pvt of the Reg, CT Line under Col. Zebulon Butler and in the 7th Regt under Capt. Douglas. Pvt in Capt. Sam A. Berkors Branford CT light infantry, 4th CT Regt under LaFayette from Feb to Nov 1781 at siege of Yorktown.

Benjamin WATROUS I and Sarah BUCK were married in 1768 in Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁸ Sarah BUCK^8,9, daughter of Justus BUCK and Rosamond PARMELEE, was born on 11 March 1753 in Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁸ She was christened in 1753 in Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.²⁰ She died on 27 April 1827 at the age of 74 in Chester, Middlesex County, CT.¹⁸ Sarah was buried in 1827 in Chester, Middlesex County, CT.¹⁸ in the Old Cemetery. She has Ancestral File Number 4NNN-GQ.

Benjamin WATROUS I and Sarah BUCK had the following children:

+59	i.	Gideon WATROUS.
+60	ii.	Benjamin WATROUS II.
+61	iii.	Joseph WATROUS I.
+62	iv.	Aaron WATROUS Sr..
+63	v.	Sally WATROUS.
64	vi.	Aaron WATROUS was born in 1784.18 He died on 29 April 1862 at the age of 78 in Connecticut.18 He was buried in Deep River, Middlesex County, CT.18 in the Fountain Hill Cemetery.
+65	vii.	Harris WATROUS.
+66	viii.	Russel WATROUS Sr..
+67	ix.	Ephraim WATROUS.
+68	x.	Lyman WATROUS.