There is some confusion about Waters' first name. It is recorded almost equally as Starling and Sterling. On one hand, his wife's gravestone does say that she was the wife of "Starling". But, one should be inclined to think it was Sterling, because that was the family name of his paternal grandmother, Ann Sterling. Sterling's parents were Samuel Waters and Jemima Howard. He was born in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, on September 9, 1757. When Sterling was very young, the family moved to Dutchess County, New York, and settled in the Amenia area. At the beginning of the Revolution, he volunteered with Capt. Job Wright's Company of the First New York Regiment, and fought at Lake George. He served from February to December of 1776 and was discharged at Saratoga, New York.
After the war, Dutchess County was renamed Washington, and about 1784, Sterling married Elizabeth Reynolds. They moved into that part of Washington County which was later broken off to become Clinton County, then broken off again to become Warren County. Horicon Township, where they lived, was broken off from Bolton Township. They had at least eleven children between 1786 and 1805. Sterling served as a Town Justice there, and presided over several of the marriages listed in Alvin Barton's Diary. On June 10, 1809, Sterling died, unexpectedly, and his wife, along with her two brothers, were forced to give a bond of Three Thousand Dollars in order to settle his estate, because he left no will. Sterling Waters is doubtless buried in the Bolton Cemetery in Warren County, New York, next to his wife, Elizabeth. There is an empty space next to her marker, probably his gravesite.
After the war, Dutchess County was renamed Washington, and about 1784, Sterling married Elizabeth Reynolds. They moved into that part of Washington County which was later broken off to become Clinton County, then broken off again to become Warren County. Horicon Township, where they lived, was broken off from Bolton Township. They had at least eleven children between 1786 and 1805. Sterling served as a Town Justice there, and presided over several of the marriages listed in Alvin Barton's Diary. On June 10, 1809, Sterling died, unexpectedly, and his wife, along with her two brothers, were forced to give a bond of Three Thousand Dollars in order to settle his estate, because he left no will. Sterling Waters is doubtless buried in the Bolton Cemetery in Warren County, New York, next to his wife, Elizabeth. There is an empty space next to her marker, probably his gravesite.
There is some confusion about Waters' first name. It is recorded almost equally as Starling and Sterling. On one hand, his wife's gravestone does say that she was the wife of "Starling". But, one should be inclined to think it was Sterling, because that was the family name of his paternal grandmother, Ann Sterling. Sterling's parents were Samuel Waters and Jemima Howard. He was born in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, on September 9, 1757. When Sterling was very young, the family moved to Dutchess County, New York, and settled in the Amenia area. At the beginning of the Revolution, he volunteered with Capt. Job Wright's Company of the First New York Regiment, and fought at Lake George. He served from February to December of 1776 and was discharged at Saratoga, New York.
After the war, Dutchess County was renamed Washington, and about 1784, Sterling married Elizabeth Reynolds. They moved into that part of Washington County which was later broken off to become Clinton County, then broken off again to become Warren County. Horicon Township, where they lived, was broken off from Bolton Township. They had at least eleven children between 1786 and 1805. Sterling served as a Town Justice there, and presided over several of the marriages listed in Alvin Barton's Diary. On June 10, 1809, Sterling died, unexpectedly, and his wife, along with her two brothers, were forced to give a bond of Three Thousand Dollars in order to settle his estate, because he left no will. Sterling Waters is doubtless buried in the Bolton Cemetery in Warren County, New York, next to his wife, Elizabeth. There is an empty space next to her marker, probably his gravesite.
After the war, Dutchess County was renamed Washington, and about 1784, Sterling married Elizabeth Reynolds. They moved into that part of Washington County which was later broken off to become Clinton County, then broken off again to become Warren County. Horicon Township, where they lived, was broken off from Bolton Township. They had at least eleven children between 1786 and 1805. Sterling served as a Town Justice there, and presided over several of the marriages listed in Alvin Barton's Diary. On June 10, 1809, Sterling died, unexpectedly, and his wife, along with her two brothers, were forced to give a bond of Three Thousand Dollars in order to settle his estate, because he left no will. Sterling Waters is doubtless buried in the Bolton Cemetery in Warren County, New York, next to his wife, Elizabeth. There is an empty space next to her marker, probably his gravesite.
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