Excerpt from Atwater History and Geneology, Vol. 3: Comprising the Results of Seventy Years Research by Rev. E. E. Atwater and the Compiler The Atwater family can congratulate itself that this history, the third compiled by the writer, and preceded by two small rec ords edited by the late Rev. E. E. Atwater, of New Haven, Conn., the first being published in the early fifties, followed by a second twenty years later, covers a' period of nearly seventy years of re search and compiling. Probably no other family in the United States has been so fortunate as to have two of its members follow in succession, tracing, searching, classifying, and publishing their reports at stated periods. There can be no doubt of the fact for the Writer has familiarized himself with nearly every genealogy printed, and knows of not one that has a continuous record. The work has never depended upon the family contributing toward its support or guaranteeing expenses of publication. In fact, the purchase of a book has been a privilege granted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.