Gideon Watrous

  Noted events in his life were:

• Gravestone: From Family Search org, Jan 1811, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Name: Gideon Watrous
Death Date: 25 Jan 1811
Birth Date: 1720
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States of America
Cemetery: Meeting House Hill Cemetery
Photograph Included: Y

Citing this Record
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-5DB2 : 14 June 2022), Gideon Watrous, ; Burial, Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States of America, Meeting House Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 11254669, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Gideon married Martha Beckwith, daughter of Oliver Beckwith and Martha, on 23 Nov 1737 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Martha Beckwith was born in 1725 in Connecticuit and was christened on 16 May 1725 in East Lyme, New London, Connecticuit.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From East Lyme Society Records, 23 Nov 1737, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. November 23, 1737, Gideon Waterhous and Martha Beckwith both of Lyme were joined together in Marriage (pg. 1)

Note: This is the only record of their marriage. It may be for a different Martha Beckwith.

Source Citation
[East Lyme Society]. Record of baptisms, marriages, and persons who owned the covenant, 1737-1761, MS 83382, Connecticut Historical Society (CHS), Hartford, Connecticut. Transcribed by Julia Morrow, CHS Collections Associate, February 2022.