David Atwater

For the United States Merchant Marine ship, see SS David H. Atwater.
The Center Church plaque in memory of the people that founded the city of New Haven, who were also buried at the site some were moved to Grove St. Cemetery some remained in a crypt which contains the identified remains of about 137 people, and the likely remains of over 1,000 that are unidentified.
David Atwater's ancestral home in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England.

David Atwater (October 8, 1615 – October 5, 1692) was a founder of the Colony of New Haven, Connecticut. He was the first of the New Haven Colony who was sworn a freeman of the United Colony.[1]

  1. ^ "History and antiquities of New Haven (Conn.) from its earliest settlement to the present time". Retrieved 2013-09-28.