Josiah Waters, Jr., was the son of Josiah and Abigail Dawes Waters.
The latter lived to be ninety-five years old. Josiah Sr. was a
captain in the Artillery Company in 1769, and Josiah Jr. in 1791.
The latter married, on March 14, 1771, Mary, daughter of William and
Elizabeth Whitwell. See Note 7. Their child, Josiah Waters, tertius,
born December 29, 1771, lived till August 4, 1818. He was a Latin
School boy, and in the class with Josiah Quincy at Harvard.