WATERBURY, David, soldier, born in Stamford, Connecticut, 12 February, 1722: died there, 29 June, 1801. He took part in the French and Indian war, served under Sir William Johnson at the battle of Lake George in 1755, and was present at General James Abercrombie's attack on Ticonderoga in 1758. He was also with General Richard Montgomery in his campaign against Quebec in 1775 as lieutenant-colonel of the 9th Connecticut regiment, and at the siege of St. John's and the surrender of Montreal. On 3 June, 1776, he was appointed by the general assembly of Connecticut a brigadier for the northern department, and assigned to the command of the post at Skeensborough (now Whitehall, New York), where a fleet was building for Lake Champlain. He remained here during the summer of 1776, actively engaged in pushing the flotilla to completion. At the battle of Valcour Bay, 11 October, 1776, between the Americans and the British, he was second in command to Benedict Arnold, and was captured with his vessel, the "Washington." The statement of General James Wilkinson, who was not present during the action, that Waterbury struck his colors without firing a shot, is contradicted by Ar-hold, who, in his report of the engagement to General Horatio Gates, says that Waterbury fought with distinguished gallantry, his vessel being hulled several times. General Carleton was greatly elated over the capture of Waterbury and made haste to report it to Lord Germaine. He was soon exchanged, and in the summer of 1781 commanded a brigade under Washington, rendering more or less active service during the remainder of the war. After the Revolution ha spent the rest of his life in cultivating a farm in his native town and in representing his fellow-townsmen in the general assembly during the years 1783, 1794, and 1795. His uncompromising patriotism rendered him at times harsh and severe toward those who did not support the cause of the colonies. The historian of Stare-ford writes that "he seems to have shown them no mercy; one of the reasons given by citizens going over to the enemy being the excessive rigor of Colonel Waterbury." See Elijah B. Huntington's " History of Stamford" and the "Journal'' of Lieutenant James M. Hadden (Albany, 1884).