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T4  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

with  the  French  and  Indians  at  Deerfield  when  his 
father  was  slain.  He  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Stephen  and 
Mary  (Wells)  Belden,  b.  May  20,  1685.  They  had  ten 
children. 

(a)  John4,  b.  at  Whately,  Mass.,  Dec.  3,  1703;  d.  at 
Whateley,  Mass.,  Mar.  4,  1776,  m.  (1)  Sept.  19, 
1723,  Submit,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 
(Graves)  Hastings  of  Hatfield,  b.  July  16,  1707. 
M.  (2)  Mary,  dau.  of  Eleazor  and  Deborah  (Chapin) 
Frary  of  Hatfield,  d.  at  Whately  Dec.  23,  1807, 
aged  96  years,  removed  early  to  what  is  now 
Whately.  He  was  prominent  in  town  and  church 
affairs. 
They  had  eleven  children  : 

(1)  Joel*,  J,.  Mar.  13,  1726,  d.  young. 

(2)  Jerusha6,  b.  Jan.  24,  1728,  m.   John  Billings,  removed  to 

Amherst,  Mass. 
{S)  Eleanor5,  b.  Apr.  4,  1730. 

(4)  Seth5,  b.  Aug.  12,  1732. 

(5)  Lydia5,  b.  Sept.  2b,  1734,  m.  (1)  a  Mr.  Coleman  of  South  Had- 

ley,  and  (2)  Orange  Worner  of  Hadley,  Mass. 

6)  Katherine5,  b.  Dec.  25,  1736. 

7)  Chloe5,  b.  Feb.  23,  173S. 

(8)  Mary6,  b.  Apr.  18,  1741,  m.  William  Brown,  Jr.,  of  Whately, 

IV.— (9)  John<C'b.  Nov.  25,  1743,  d.  Sept.  28,  1801,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of 
Eleazar  Frary,  b.  1748,  d.  June  18,  1842,  of  Hatfield,  Mass. 
They  had  eleven  children  :  Selah",  Edward6,  Solomon6,  b. 
1768,  d.  Sept.  25,  1846,  m.  Lucy  Wells,  dau.  Benjamin  Wells 
of  Hatfield,  Mass.,  b.  July  20,  1769,  d.  Mar.  9,  1834;  John6, 
b.  1777,  William6,  Chester6,  Betsey6,  Submit6,  Electa6, 
Judith6  and  Mary6,  all  of  whom  emigrated  to  Norwich, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  the  year  1790.  Solomon6  and 
Lucy  had  children  :  Sophia7,  Selah7,  Wells7,  Delancy7, 
Solomon7,  John7,  Martha7,  Chester7  and  Eliza7. 

According  to  Craft's  History  of  Whately,  Mass.,  John5, 
b.  Nov.  25,  1743,  m.  June  14,  1770,  Mary,  dau.  of  Elisha  and 
Sarah  (Smith),  Smith,  of  Whately,  Mass.,  b.  July  14,  1746. 
This  m.  is  believed  to  be  an  error.  Wells  Wait,  his  grand- 
son (b.  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.),  has  a  record  which  says  John5 
m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Eleazar  Frary.  Wells  Wait  was  the 
eon  of  Solomon,  son  of  John5,  and  he  must  h&ve  known 
who  was  his  grandmother.  It  is  assumed,  therefore,  that 
Craft's  is  in  error,  and  that  Wells  Wait  and  Mrs.  Martha 
Throop  Vaughan  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  the  other  records  are 
correct.  Possibly  John5  was  m.  twice,  but  both  records 
agree  as  to  dates  of  John's5  birth,  names  of  children  and 
dates  of  their  birth,  etc.  The  discrepancy  is  as  to  maiden 
name  of  his  wife.    Both  say  it  was  "  Mary." 

(10)  Submit,  b,  1746,  m.  Waite  Broughton,  Nov.  1,  1771- 

(11)  Joel,b.  Sept.  9,  1754. 

b)  Martha4,  b.  Feb.  20,  1706,  m.  Aug.  10,  1738,  Nathaniel 

Hawkes. 

c)  Mary4,  b.  June  22,  1708,  m.  Benjamin   Munn  of  Deer- 

field,  Mass. 

d)  Lvdia4,  b.  Oct,  7,  1710.  d.  soon. 

(e)  Lydia4  (2d),  b.  July  4,  1712,  m.  Noah  Coleman  of  What- 
ely, Mass. 
(f)  Eunice4,  b.  1720,  m.  Israel  Graves  of  Whately,  Mass. 
g)  Benjamin4,  b.  Jan.  4,  1718. 
h)  Eleanor4,  b.  Dec.  10,  1722, 
i)  Elisha4,  b.  Oct.  10,  1725. 
(j)  Sarah4,  no  date 


WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND.  15 

vi.  Josi.i'ii'.  b.  July,  W)S2,  (I.  booii  after. 
vii.  Jeremiah3,  b.  Sept.  24,  1(584. 
viii.  Joseph8,  b.  Nov.  11,  1688. 

4.  Jeremiah2  (Thomas1),  b.  d.  1677.    He  married 

Martha  Brownell,  b.  May,  1643,  d.  Feb.  15,  1744.  She  was 
born  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Brownell,  Portsmouth,  E.  I.  She 
married  a  second  time  Charles  Dyer.  In  1673,  May  6,  he 
was  a  freeman;  in  1677,  May  10,  his  widow,  Martha,  bought 
for  £16,  of  Daniel  Wilcox  and  wife,  Elizabeth,  of  Dart- 
mouth, an  eighth  of  a  share  there;  in  1690,  Mar.  8,  Martha 
Wait,  widow  of  Jeremiah2,  bought  for  £20,  of  Eobert  and 
Mary  Brownell,  30  acres  in  Little  Compton,  they  calling 
her  "sister";  in  1734,  Jan.  29,  a  will  was  proven,  and  in 
1744,  Mar.  12,  she  was  widow,  Martha  Dyer.  Her  executors 
were  cousins  (or  nephews),  Joseph  and  Stephen  Brownell. 
She  gave  legacies  to  various  nephews  and  nieces  and  to  her 
three  sisters,  Mary  Hazard,  Anne  Wilbur  and  Susanna 
Brownell. 

There  were  no  children  of  Jeremiah. 

V.  5.  Thomas2  (Thomas1),  d.  1733.  He  was  a  tailor; 
in  1673,  May  6,  he  was  a  freeman;  in  1673,  Mar.  25, 
be  and  seven  others  bought  Pocasset  lands  for  £1,000,  of 
Gov.  Josiah  Winslow,  etc.  There  were  30  shares,  he  having 
one.  In  1680,  Aug.  28,  he  and  his  wife  Sarah  sold  Thomas 
Ward  of  Newport,  for  £12  10s.  land  in  Dartmouth;  in  1681, 
Jan.  14.  Thomas2,  Providence  Plantation,  in  America  Tay- 
lor, conveyed  to  Joseph  Anthony  of  Portsmouth,  E.I.,  "  the 
one  full  fourth  part  of  a  whole  share  of  thirtieth  part  of  that 
tract  of  land  at  Pocasset  and  places  adjacent  bounded  as 
followeth,  viz.:  Northward  and  right  northward  by  the 
freeman's  lots,  near  the  Fall  Eiver,  and  westward  by  the 
Boror  Sound  that  runneth  between  the  said  land  and  Eoad 
Island,  southward  partly  by  a  line  that  is  gott  at  a  great 
Eorb  on  which  is  a  Cedar  bush  marked  near  the  way  that 
leadeth  to  Pnabatogt,  eastward  to  a  Pong  at  Dartmouth 
Town  Bounds  and  eastward  to  Saponset  Creeks  Month. 
and  partly  by  Dartmouth  bounds,  and  northward  again  to 
the  woods  to^Middleborrow  Town  bounds  and  Quitt-Quigot 
Pond,  always  excepting  out  of  this  Bargain  and  Sale  Sapon- 
set Neck  of  Land  and  the  meadows  belonging  to  Punkabogt 
Proprietors  and  the  land  formerly  granted  by  the  Court  of 
Plymouth  to  Capt.  Eichard  Morris,  and  so  much  of  said 


rAMILY    RECORDS 

Of  H\e. 


Descendants  op  Thomas  Wait 

of 

Portsmouth,  Rhode  island. 


Once  in  the  flight  of  ages  past, 
There  lived  a  man  :—and  who  was  he  ? 
I  rnknown  the  regions  of  his  birth, 
The  land  in  which  he  died  unknown: 
His  name  has  perished  from  the  earth." 


collected,  Compiled  and  Published  bv 
JOHN    CASS  AN    WAIT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law  ;    Civil  Engineer  ; 

Author;    Sometime  Assistant  Professor  of  Engineering,  Harvard  University: 

Sometime  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel.  The  City  of  New  York.  etc. 


PRICE,      $1.00 


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COPY  A. 


Copyrighted    1904 

by 

John    Cassax   Wait. 


JOHN    CASSON     WAIT, 

THE    AUTHOR. 
1903. 


PREFACE 


This  fragment  of  the  general  history  of  the  Wait  family 
is  published  by  the  author  as  his  contribution  to  what  he 
hopes  may  some  day  become  a  complete  genealogy  of  the 
Wait  family.  It  is  the  best  arrangement  that  the  author 
can  make  from  the  records  at  hand,  which  have  been  col- 
lected at  the  expense  of  considerable  time,  search  and  cor- 
respondence, and  is  a  brief  statement  of  what  is  known  of 
the  Rhode  Island  branch  of  the  Wait  family.  It  has  been 
compiled  from  a  mass  of  correspondence  collected  by  the 
author  and  by  Henry  E.  Waite,  West  Newton,  Mass.,  and 
from  a  little  book  by  D.  Byron  Wait,  now  out  of  print.  The 
author  also  acknowledges  himself  indebted  to  John  W.  Wait, 
of  Sandy  Hill,  K  Y.  In  1875-78  Henry  E.  Waite  received 
many  letters  about  the  Rhode  Island  family,  which  he  pru- 
dently preserved,  and  this  booklet  contains  the  substance  of 
those  records,  which  could  not  at  this  day  be  reproduced. 
It  is  believed  that  with  the  records  herein  preserved,  as  a 
guide,  members  of  the  Rhode  Island  family  will,  by  a 
study  of  the  deeds  and  wills  in  the  probate  and  town  clerks' 
offices  of  southern  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island,  be  ena- 
bled to  trace  their  respective  genealogies  with  little  trouble. 

In  anticipation  of  the  reprinting  of  this  booklet  and  the 
ultimate  incorporation  of  it  in  a  general  history  of  the 
family,  ihe  reader  is  earnestly  requested  to  supply  omissions 
and  to  communicate  any  correction  or  additions  that  he  may 
be  able  to  contribute,  in  order  to  make  the  record  complete. 
An  unimportant  fact  may  in  some  cases  prove  of  great  value. 

Members  of  the  Wait  family  are  particularly  requested  to 
give  such  facts  as  are  within  their  knowledge. 

John  Cassan  Wait, 
Attorney  and  Counsellor-at-Law, 
No.  220  Broadway, 

The  City  of  New  York. 


N  the  early  ages  of  the  world,  the 
shepherds,  while  tending  their 
Clocks,  amused  themselves  with 
rustic  songs,  accompanied  by  rude  instruments;  in  process  of  time, 
when  the  human  mind  became  mere  enlarged  and  cultivated,  and 
music  extended  its  influence  from  the  field  to  the  city,  minstrels  were 
employed  to  sing  the  mysteries  of  religion  or  t lie  valiant  deeds  per- 
formed by  heroes  in  defense  of  their  country.  In  Egypl  the  inhabit- 
ants were  divided  into  castes  or  tribes,  confining  each  profession  to 
one  family,  and  as  music  was  for  many  ages  confined  by  them  to  the 
priesthood  and  to  religious  purposes,  the  Hebrews,  who  adopted 
many  of  their  religious  rites,  made  both  priests  and  minstrels  heredit- 
ary in  the  tribe  of  Levi.  Elisha  called  for  a  minstrel  to  tranquillize 
hismind  and  awaken  inspiration  previous  to  his  prophesj  ing.  David, 
with  his  harp,  was  called  to  charm  away  the  evil  spirit  from  Saul  ; 
and  afterwards,  during  his  reign  as  King  of  Israel,  minstrels  were 
held  in  the  highest  estimation. 

•'  The  harp  the  monarch  minstrel  swept. 
The  king  of  men,  the  loved  of  heaven. 
*  *  * 

Jt  softened  men  of  iron  mould, 

It  gave  them  virtues  nol  their  own  ; 

No  ear  bo  dull,  no  soul  so  cold, 

That  felt  not,  tired  not  to  the  tone, 

'Till  David's  lyre  grew  mightier  than  his  throne  !  "— Bvrok. 

From  Homer  we  learn  that  minstrels  were  esteemed  and  caressed 
by  kings,  princes  and  heroes  of  Greece.  The  philosopher.  Pytha- 
goras, introduced  the  art  from  Egypt  into  Italy,  and  the  minstrel  pomp 
of  the  Hebrew  and  Pagan  worship  was  adopted  in  the  Roman  empire 
during  the  reign  of  Constantine.  The  ancient  minstrels,  under  the 
name  of  bards  and  scalds,  were  admired  and  revered,  from  the  earliest 
ages,  by  the  people  of  Gaul,  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Ts'orth.  The 
Celtic  Bard  was  a  priest  of  the  Sun,  one  of  the  three  sacred  orders  of 
Druids,  and  the  philosopher,  historian,  prophet,  and  poet  of  his  age  ; 
but  the  Romans  ruined  their  rank  and  power,  and  the  majority  of 
them  were  subsequently  attached  to  the  court  of  some  prince  or 
chieftain,  accompanying  their  patron  to  the  field  of  battle  to  behold 
his  exploits  ;  and  in  time  of  peace  they  sang  his  praises,  dilating  upon 
his  noble  descent,  his  wealth  and  warlike  deeds.  The  Teutonic 
nations  were  remarkable  for  their  love  of  music  ;    the  German  tribes. 


2  WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

in  their  primeval  forests,  attributed  the  origin  of  the  art  to  Odin  or 
Woden,  the  father  of  their  gods  ;  the  skill  of  their  scalds  was  con- 
sidered as  something  divine,  aud  their  persons  were  deemed  sacred  ; 
their  attendance  was  solicited  by  kings,  and  tbey  were  everywhere 
loaded  with  honors  and  rewards.  In  short  they  were  held  in  that  rude 
admiration  which  is  ever  shown  by  an  ignorant  people  to  such  as 
excel  them  in  intellectual  accomplishments.  Herald  Harfager,  the 
Scandinavian  King,  had  at  his  court  four  principal  scalds,  who  were 
his  counsellors,  and  to  whom  he  assigned  the  highest  seats  at  his  table. 
These  minstrels  also  accompanied  the  armies  in  war,  and  were  with 
the  king  in  battle,  that  they  might  witness  his  prowess  and  describe  it 
more  fully  in  their  songs, — 

"  O,  great  was  Denmark's  laud  in  time  of  old  ! 
Wide  to  the  South  her  branch  of  glory  spread  ; 
Fierce  to  the  battle  rushed  her  heroes  bold, 
Eager  to  join  the  revels  of  the  dead  : 

The  Bard  was  there  with  spirit-stirring  breath, 

His  bold  heart  quivering  as  he  swept  the  wire, 
And  poured  his  notes  amfdst  the  ensanguined  heath, 

While  panting  thousands  kindled  at  his  lyre  : 

And  when  the  memorable  day  was  past, 

And  Thor  triumphant  on  his  people  smiled. 
The  actions  died  not  with  the  dav  they  graced  ; 

The  Bard  embalmed  them  in  his  descant  wild. 

And  their  hymned  names  through  ages  uneffaced, 

The  weary  hours  of  future  Danes  oeguiled  ; 
When  even  their  snowy  bones  had  mouldered  long, 

On  the  high  column  lived  the  imperishable  song. 

Aud  the  impetuous  harp  resounded  high, 

With  feats  of  hardiment  done  far  and  wide, 
While  the  bard  soothed  with  festive  minstrelsy, 

The  chiefs  reposing  after  battle-tide."— Oehlenschlagee. 

In  England  the  early  Saxon9  were  passionately  fond  of  music.  The 
most  famous  monarchs  and  the  most  eminent  saints  gloried  in  their 
skill  as  harpers  ;  Alfred  the  Great  assumed  the  privileged  character 
of  a  minstrel  to  explore  the  Danish  camp. 

To  the  troubadours  or  minstrels  of  South  France  we  are  indebted 
for  the  most  noted  romances  of  the  middle  ages.  They  were  the 
delight  of  the  brave  and  the  favorites  of  the  fair,  because  they  cele- 
brated the  achievements  of  the  one  and  the  beauties  of  the  other.  The 
character  of  knight  and  troubadour  were  frequently  united  in  the 
same  person,  and  that  their  exertions  were  rewarded  with  something 
more  substantial  than  empty  praises,  may  be  gathered  from  the 
historical  fact,  that  "  when  Charlemagne  had  brought  all  countries 
under  his  dominion,  he  made  over  and  divided  the  whole  of  Provence 
among  the  luxurious  minstrels  " 

The  Norman  minstrels,  descendants  of  the  Scandinavian  Scalds 
and  the  Troubadours  of  South  France,  were  very  superior  in  birth, 
wealth  and  education  to  their  Anglo  Saxon  brethren.  The  profession 
was  aspired  to  by  the  most  gallant  soldiers,  and  followed  particularly 
by  the  younger  sons  and  brothers  of  great  houses.  The  courts  of 
princes  swarmed  with  minstrels  ;  the  earls  also  and  great  barons,  who, 
in  their  castles,  emulated  the  pomp  and  state  of  royalty,  had  their 
minstrels,  who  formed  part  of  their  household  establishment  and 
travelled  with  them  ;  they  were  permitted  to  enter  the  rich  monasteries 


WAIT      FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  3 

aim  the  mansions  of  the  nobility  without  the  leas!  ceremony  ;  here  at 
the  feasts  which  sue  ceiled  the  chase  or  the  tournament,  the  minstrels 
would  display  their  skill,  and  receive  the  honors  and  recompense  to 

which   their  exertions   were  deemed   entitled.       Sometimes  they    wen 

rewarded  by  presents  <>f  coursers  and  their  trappings ;  Bometimesby 
rich  clothing  and  money ;  as  they  were  heralds  of  men's  reputations, 
all,  of  any  rank,  were  glad  to  secure  L\  fair  words  ami  liberal  gifts,  a 
place  of  note  iii  those  rolls  of  fame,  which  it  was  the  business  of 
minstrels  to  emblazon.      The  Norman-  carried    their  SOngS  with  them 

into  England,  and  in  the  army  of  William  the  Conqueror,  whs  the 

celebrated  minstrel.  Taiilefer,  who  was.i  warrior  a-  well  as  a  musician. 

He  was  present  at  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and  appeared  at  the  head  of 
the  Conqueror's  army,  where  he  commanded  the  onset,  and  died  fight- 
ing valiantly,  and  singing  the  old  Songs  ol  France. 

"  Taiilefer.  who  sang  full  well,  I  wot, 
Mounted  on  steed  thai  was  sw  ifi  of  foot. 
Weill  t'nrth  before  the  armed  train, 
Singing  of  Roland  and  Charlemagne, 
of  Oliver  and  the  brave  vassals 
Who  died  at  the  puss  of  Koneesvals." 

— Le  Brut  d?  Angleterrr,  b\i  Robert  H'</e. . 

The  minstrel  was  a  regular  and  stated  officer  in  the  court  of  the 
Anglo  Saxon  Kings.  Domesday  book,  A.  D.  1086,  records  the  bounty 
of  William,  the  Conquerer  to  Berdic,  his  minstrel,  who  was  granted 
lands  in  Gloucestershire.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  1.,  A.  D.  1102, 
Roger,  or  Raherus,  the  king's  minstrel  founded  the  priory  and  hos- 
pital of  St.  Bartholomew  in  London,  and  became  the  first  prior. 
Matilda,  queen  of  Henry  1.,  expended  all  her  revenues  and  oppressed 
her  tenants  to  pay  her  minstrels.  Under  the  romantic  king,  Richard 
L.  or  Coeur  de  Leon,  the  great  hero  of  chivalry,  and  also  the  distin- 
guished patron  of  poets  and  minstrel-,  being  himself  of  their  number, 
the  minstrel  profession  seemed  to  have  acquired  additional  splendor. 
The  important  service  which  he  received  from  one  of  his  own  min- 
strels in  rescuing  him  from  captivity,  is  a  matter  of  history-  The 
impoverishment  of  the  nobles  by  the  expenses  of  the  Crusades,  and 
other  warlike  enterprises,  and  by  their  extravagance  and  love  of  dis- 
play, together  with  the  increased  power  of  the  burghers,  which  com- 
pelled them  to  adopt  a  more  retired  mode  of  life,  all  tending  to  greatly 
diminish  the  number  of  minstrels  and  other  retainers  at  their  courts 
On  the  part  of  the  minstrels,  exclusive  privileges  and  long  continuance 
of  public  favor  inflated  their  pride  and  made  them  insolent,  and  the 
large  gratuities  collected  by  them,  induced  many  idle  and  dissipated 
persons  to  assume  the  character  of  minstrels  to  the  disgrace  of  the  pro- 
fession. These  evils  became  at  last  so  notorious  that  King  Edward 
II.,  in  1315,  suppressed  their  performances  by  a  public  edict,  except 
in  only  the  king's  minstrels  and  those  in  the  retinues  of  the  nobility  ; 
notwithstanding  which  an  incident  is  recorded  by  Stow,  in  the  ensuing 
year,  which  shows  that  minstrels  still  retained  the  liberty  of  entering 
at  will  into  the  royal  presence,  and  had  something  peculiarly  splendid 
in  their  dress.  Cnder  Queen  Elizabeth  the  minstrels  lost  the  pro- 
tection of  the  opulent,  and  their  credit  sunk  so  low  in  public  estima- 
tion, that  they  were  included  in  the  Statutes  against  vagrants  and 
beggars  ;  the  only  vestige  of  them  now  remaining  is  to  be  found  in 
the  blind  fiddlers  and  ballad  singers  wandering  about  the  country. 


4  WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

The  word  "  Wait,"  anciently  spelled  Wayghte  or  Wayte, 
is  derived  from  the  old  high  German  wahten  (to  keep 
watch) ;  it  is  common  in  the  sense  of  gnard  or  watchman  to 
all  the  Teutonic  languages,  the  German  wacht,  Dutch  vaght, 
Swedish  ivakt  and  English  zvatch.  When  used  as  a  verb,  its 
meaning  is  "to  stay  in  expectation  of";  as  a  noun,  it  de- 
notes a  minstrel  watchman. 

The  original  Waytes  were  found  in  England  immediately 
after  the  Norman  conquest,  only  among  the  retainers  of 
the  King,  Princes  and  great  Barons;  but  their  rank  gradu- 
ally degenerated  with  that  of  the  other  orders  of  minstrels, 
until  now  the  name  is  applied  only  to  those  itinerant  musi- 
cians who,  in  most  of  the  large  towns  in  England,  go  round 
the  principal  streets  at  night,  for  some  time  before  Christ- 
mas, play  two  or  three  tunes,  call  the  hour,  then  remove  to 
a  suitable  distance,  where  they  go  through  the  same  cere- 
mony, and  so  on  until  four  or  five  o'clock  in  the  morning. 
This  custom  seems  to  have  been  profitable,  for  the  records 
of  the  Police  Court  of  London  show  that  a  leader  of  the 
Waits  applied  to  it  to  protect  him  from  the  infringement  of 
his  privileges.  The  post  seems  to  have  been  no  sinecure;  it 
was  productive  and  profitable — so  much  so  that  it  could  be 
purchased.  It  was  under  the  control  of  the  high  constable 
and  the  court  of  burgesses.  It  being  discovered  that  other 
Waits  were  going  about  the  town  and  usurping  the  privilege 
in  the  most  fashionable  quarters,  the  matter  became  serious. 
The  leader  of  the  Waits,  having  paid  for  his  rights,  asked 
that  they  should  be  protected,  and  by  the  decision  of  the 
magistrates  his  right  was  recognized  and  he  was  promised 
support.  It  is  very  common  at  Christmas  time  for  wander- 
ing musicians  to  make  their  rounds  during  the  night  and 
discourse  popular  airs  calculated  to  inspire  the  inhabitant? 
to  charitable  thoughts  (?)  for  which  they  expect  a  gratuity 
on  "  boxing  day."  The  following  is  a  verbatim  of  a  printed 
bill  left  by  a  party  of  these  wandering  minstrels: 

"  To  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  residing  in  Brunswick, 
Tavistock  and  Euston-squares,  Burton-crescent  and  neigh- 
bourhood. Ladies  and  Gentlemen — With  sensible  recollec- 
tions of  by-gone  patronage,  your  Wandering  Melodists,  The 
Christmas  Waits,  beg  to  offer  their  best  compliments  on 
the  approaching  festival.  The  band  on  this  occasion,  as 
heretofore,  has  been  numerous  and  select,  and  trust  to  merit 
that  liberal   diffusion  of  favors  which  has   enlivened   our 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND 

homes  and  cheered  our  hearts  for  a  series  of  years.  We 
I  nisi  our  sprightly  notes  of  melody,  awaking  sweet  Echo  on 
the  dull  ear  of  Night,  has  stole  on  your  Blumbers  and  again 

lulled  von  to  repose  with  the  soothing  eandenza  of  the  lul- 
laby." ' 

"Mr.  Putnam  and  J.  Lawless,  violins,  6  Swinton  Place, 
I! agnize  Wells  Road  and  33  Middlesex  Street,  Somers 
down;  J.  Sawyer,  Clarionet,  25  Eertford  Street,  Somer 
Town;  K.  Smith.  Double  Bass.  16  Little  Coram  Street;  J. 
Smith,  violoncello;  T.  Shamhler,  flute,  7  Swinton  Place, 
Bagnigge  Wells  Road." 

"  Having  redeemed  our  pledge,  we  shall  have  the  honour 
of  paying  our  personal  respects  in  the  holyday  week.  In 
respectfully  taking  our  leave,  we  beg  to  remind  you,  that 
as  some  who  are  pretenders  to  the  Magic  Wand  of  Apollo, 
it  may  be  necessary  to  say  that  we  will  produce  a  hook 
with  a  printed  label,  containing  our  names,  instruments  and 
addresses  as  above." 

When  surnames  were  generally  introduced  into  England 
in  the  eleventh  century,  those  who  held  an  office  in  most 
cases  added  its  designation  to  their  Christian  names,  thus: 
Richard,  the  minstral-watchman,  who  was  known  as  Richard 
le  (the)  Wayte,  afterward  contracted  to  Richard  Wayte. 
The  name  has  since  been  spelled  Wayte,  Wayt,  Wayght, 
Waight,  Wait,  Waitt,  Wate,  Weight,  Waiet.  etc. 

In  A.  D.  1075.  William  the  Conqueror  crave  the  Earldom. 
City  and  Castle  of  Norwich,  in  England,  to  "  Ralf  de  Waiet  " 
(son  of  "Ralf,"  an  Englishman,  by  a  Welsh  woman),  who 
married  Emma,  sister  to  Roger,  Earl  of  Hereford,  cousin  of 
the  Conqueror,  etc. 

The  earliest  record  found  and  the  source  from  whence  all 
by  the  name  seem  to  trace  their  origin,  was  Ralf  de  Waiet. 
There  is  no  question  among  genealogical  gleaners  but  that 
Ricardus  Le  Wayte,  of  the  county  Warwick,  who  was  in 
1315  Escheator  of  counties  Berkshire,  Wilts,  Oxford.  Bed- 
ford and  Bucks,  was  a  direct  lineal  descendant  of  Ralf. 
Thereafter  the  name  was  written  Wayte  almost  exclusively, 
until  the  different  ones  of  the  name  came  to  New  England, 
when  that  was  discarded  and  Wait  or  Waite  used  instead, 
the  latter  form  arising  from  a  custom  to  add  e  to  words  as  in 
thinke,  finde,  putte,  boate,  etc. 

Our  kindred,  though  distant,  are  pretty  freely  distributed 
over  the  central  portion   of  Southern  England,  extending 


(5  WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

thence  to  Northern  Wales,  the  land  from  which  our  progeni- 
tors came  to  the  New  World,  and  very  often  in  the  re- 
sponses to  our  inquiries  of  those  of  the  same  name  have  we 
received  the  same  reply,  showing  that  tradition,  which  in- 
vestigation proves  to  be  a  fact,  has  handed  down  well  that 
portion  of  our  own  history.  "  We  descended  from  three 
brothers  who  came  from  Wales."  Richard,  the  eldest  of 
those  brothers,  was  born  in  1596,  Gamaliel  in  1598,  and 
Thomas  in  1601,  and  they  came  to  Boston  in  1634,  the  same 
year  the  ballot  box  was  first  used  in  the  colony,  and  Richard 
was  at  one  time  marshal  there. 

The  different  branches  of  the  Wait  family  contribute  ap- 
proximately the  same  traditions  of  the  early  life  of  their 
ancestors.  In  each  there  are  some  essential  and  prominent 
features,  from  which  it  may  be  deduced,  and  with  reasonable 
certainty,  that  our  ancestor,  Thomas  Wait,  of  Rhode 
Island,  came  originally  from  Wales  and  that  there  were 
three  brothers,  who  were  farmers  and  herdsmen  by  occupa- 
tion. That  on  one  particular  occasion  they  were  driving  a 
herd  of  cattle  to  some  market  place  in  Wales  and  were 
beset  by  a  so-called  press-gang.  By  their  daring  and  skill 
they  managed  to  get  away,  sold  their  cattle  and  immediately 
went  on  board  a  vessel  bound  to  Plymouth,  N.  E.,  America, 
at  which  port  they  safely  arrived.  Two  settled  in  Plymouth 
colony  and  the  third  settled  in  Rhode  Island.  The  above 
is  doubtless  true  in  most  particulars.  It  was  Thomas  who 
went  to  Portsmouth,  R,  I.,  probably  in  1638. 

They  were  cousins  to  Thomas  Wayte,  who  was  a  member 
of  Parliament,  and  one  of  the  judges  who  signed  the  war- 
rant in  1649  for  the  execution  of  Charles  the  First.  The 
late  Morrison  Remick  Waite,  Chief  Justice  of  the  United 
States,  traced  his  lineage  through  Henry  Matson  Wait, 
Remick  Wait  and  three  Thomas  Waits  to  Thomas  Wayte, 
the  Regicide. 

Like  very  many  of  the  ancient  families  of  Britain,  ours 
had  its  "  coat  of  arms  "  down  to  the  middle  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  When  Charles  II.  ascended  the  throne  in 
1660,  those  who  were  instrumental  in  putting  his  father  to 
death  were  brought  to  the  scaffold  (except  John  Dixwell, 
William  Goffe  and  Edward  Whalley,  who  fled  to  America), 
Mini  Thomas  Wayte,  being  one  of  that  number,  either  by 
act  of  Parliament  or  edict  from  the  throne,  tradition  says, 


WAIT      FAMILY     (>K     l.'IKiDK     ISLAND. 


the  family  was  deprived  of  thai    insignia.     From  fche  de 

BCriptions    handed    down    several    routs   of   iirins    have    been 
engraved  which  give  the  essential  elements  <>f  the  original. 


CREST. 


A1!M^ 


ARMS. 


AKMS 


The  Crest  is  described  as  "  a  bugle  horn,  stringed,  sable, 
garnished,"  and  the  Arms  as  "Argent,  chevron  gules  be- 
tween three  bugle-horns,  stringed,  sable,  borne  by  the  name 
Wayte.  The  mottoe  of  the  Wait  family  is  "  Pro  oris  ei 
focis,"  meaning  "  For  our  homes  and  altars." 

The  bugle  portrays  the  musical  element  of  the  family  and 
tends  to  support  its  traditions  that  the  original  Waytes 
were  musician  attendants  to  the  King  and  his  Knights. 


WAYTE. 


W   WTE, 


Of  England,  nth  Century.       Of  Neva  England,  I7ffl  Century. 

The  earliest  settlers  of  New  England,  of  the  name,  were: 
Kichard,  born  1596,  of  Boston,  1(534,  Marshal  of  the  colony; 


8  WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

Gamaliel,  his  brother,  born  1598,  of  Boston;  Thomas,  born 
1601,  of  Portsmouth,  E.  I.,  1639;  Richard,  born  1608,  of 
Watertown,  Mass.,  1637;  John,  born  1618,  of  Maiden,  Mass., 
1644;  Thomas,  of  Ipswich,  Mass.,  1658;  Alexander,  of  Bos- 
ton, 1637;  George,  of  Providence,  P.  L,  1646;  John,  of 
Windsor,  Conn.,  1649;  Benjamin,  of  Hatfield,  1663. 

On  Feb.  5,1631,  the  ship  "  Lyon,"  with  twenty  passengers 
and  a  large  cargo  of  provisions,  came  to  anchor  in  Nantucket 
Roads.  On  the  8th  she  reached  Boston,  and  the  9th,  which 
had  been  set  apart  as  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  for  the 
little  colony  sorely  stricken  by  famine,  was  made  a  day  of 
thanksgiving  and  praise  for  its  sudden  deliverance.  Among 
those  who  on  that  day  first  united  their  prayers  with  the 
prayers  of  the  elder  colonists  was  the  young  colonist,  Roger 
Williams. 

Little  is  known  of  the  early  history  of  Roger  Williams, 
except  that  he  was  born  in  Wales  about  1606;  attracted  early 
in  life  the  attention  of  Sir  Edward  Coke,  by  his  skill  in 
taking  down  in  shorthand  sermons  and  speeches  in  the  Star 
Chamber.  He  was  sent  by  the  great  lawyer  to  Sutton  Hos- 
pital, now  known  as  the  Charter  House,  and  went  thence  in 
the  regular  time  to  Oxford,  took  orders  in  the  Church  of 
England,  and  finally  embraced  the  doctrine  of  the  Puritans. 
Besides  Latin  and  Greek,  which  formed  the  principal  ob- 
jects of  a  university  course,  he  acquired  a  competent  knowl- 
edge of  Hebrew  and  several  modern  languages,  for  the  study 
of  which  he  seemed  to  have  had  a  peculiar  faculty.  His 
industry  and  attainments  soon  won  him  a  high  place  in  the 
esteem  of  his  religious  brethren,  and  although  described  by 
one  who  knew  him  as  '  passionate  and  precipitate,"  he 
gained  and  preserved  the  respect  of  some  of  the  most  emi- 
nent among  his  theological  opponents.  When  this  "  godly 
and  jealous  young  minister  "  landed  in  Boston  he  found  the 
territory  which  had  long  been  known  as  Massachusetts  in  the 
possession  of  two  distinct  colonies — the  colony  of  Plymouth, 
founded  in  1620,  by  the  followers  of  John  Robinson,  of 
Leyden,  and  known  as  the  colony  of  Separatists,  men  who 
had  separated  from  the  Church  of  England,  but  were  willing 
to  grant  to  others  the  same  freedom  of  opinion  which  they 
claimed  for  themselves,  and  the  colony  of  Massachusetts 
Bay,  founded  ten  years  later  by  a  band  of  intelligent  Puri- 
tans, many  of  them  men  of  position  and  fortune,  who, 
alarmed  by  the  variety  of  new  opinions  and  doctrines  which 


WAIT      I    \\III.Y      OF      RHODE      ISLAND.  !l 

seemed  to  menace  a  total  subversion  of  whal  thej  regarded 
a  religion,  had  resolved  to  establish  a  ae\i  dwelling  place  in 
a  new  world,  with  the  ()l«l  and  New  Testaments  tor  statute 
books  and  constitution.  It  was  to  this  iron-hound  colony 
thai  Roger  Williams  broughl  his  restless,  vigorous  and  fear- 
less spirit. 

In  1635  Koger  Williams  was  sentenced  to  banishment,  bul 
through  the  efforts  of  his  friends  the  sentence  was  not  ear- 
ned out.  In  the  following  winter  Williams  fled  into  exile 
and  was  \vrarmly  received  by  Massasoit  and  Canonicus, 
chiefs  of  Indian  tribes,  the  former  of  whom  gave  him  a 
tract  of  land  on  the  Seekonk  river.  The  Governor  of 
Plymouth  having  claimed  jurisdiction  over  that  part  of  the 
Seekonk,  Williams  and  live  friends  in  the  summer  of  1636 
went  down  the  river  and  up  the  Providence  river  and  began 
a  settlement  which  they  named  Providence. 

The  freedom  of  conscience  enjoyed  at  Providence  drew 
many  people  thither  from  I'.oston  and  other  towns  in  Mas- 
sachusetts. Williams  reserved  no  political  power  to  him- 
self, but  seemed  to  be  actuated  solely  by  the  desire  to  make 
happy  all  those  around  him.  He  was  strenuous  in  asserting 
his  own  views,  but  he  and  his  associates  resolutely  refrained 
from  interfering  with  the  rights  of  others. 

Ann  Hutchinson  was  another  strong  character  that  had 
come  to  New  England.  She  was  of  a  high  and  subtle 
spirit  and  taught  that  salvation  was  the  fruit  of  grace,  not 
of  works.  It  is  easy  to  conceive  how  such  a  doctrine  might 
be  perverted  by  logical  interpretation  and  religious  standing 
made  independent  of  moral  character.  She  was  a  woman 
deeply  imbued  with  the  controversial  temper  of  her  age. 

In  the  autumn  of  JL837J_-iiuder  the  leadership  of  William 
Coddington,  John  Clarke,  Ann  Hutchinson  and  fifteen 
others,  left  Boston  with  the  intention  of  settling  on  Dela- 
ware Bay.  They  called  on  Boger  Williams  during  the  jour- 
ney and  were  treated  with  such  winning  hospitality  that  they 
accepted  his  invitation  to  settle  in  the  land  of  the  Narragan- 
setts,  from  whose  chief,  Miantonomah,  they  purchased  the 
island  of  Aquidneck  (Peaceable  Island),  now  Ehode  Island, 
and  in  March,  1638,  they  laid  the  foundation  of  a  new 
low  ii.  Pocasset,  the  Indian  name  for  that  locality,  near  north 
end  of  the  island;  the  name  "Portsmouth"  was  given  t" 
the  settlement  at  a  meeting  Jan.  5  or  15,  1639. 


10  WAIT     FAMILY     OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

William  Coddington,  who  had  been  a  crown  magistrate 
at  Salem,  was  chosen  Governor  of  the  Rhode  Island  colony. 
Thus,  two  nourishing  settlements  were  planted,  each  having 
its  own  government.  Absolute  liberty  of  conscience  pre- 
vailed, and  the  persecuted  nocked  thither  from  the  other 
colonies.  These  people  were  so-called  non-conformists  and 
were  Quakers,  and  they  formed  a  plantation  which,  with 
Providence  and  Newport,  obtained  from  England  in  Mar., 
1644,  a  charter  under  the  title  of  "  The  Incorporation  of 
Providence  Plantations  in  the  Narragansett  Bay  in  New 
England."  Coddington  and  his  party  drew  up  and  signed 
the  following  compact :  '  We,  whose  names  are  under- 
written, do  swear  solemnly,  in  the  presence  of  Jehovah,  to 
incorporate  ourselves  into  a  body  politic,  and  as  He  shall 
help  us,  will  submit  our  persons,  lives  and  estates,  unto  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Hosts 
and  to  His  holy  Word  of  Truth,  to  be  guided  and  judged 
thereby,"  and  Coddington  was  chosen  chief  ruler,  with  three 
assistants,  which  comprised  the  council,  and  the  motto  of 
their  seal  was  "Amor  Vincit  Omnia." 

Another  settlement  at  Newport  was  formed  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  island.  Here  breaking  roads,  clearing  up 
woods,  exterminating  wolves  and  foxes,  opening  a  trade  in 
lumber,  engaging  boldly  in  building  ships,  and,  above  all, 
forming  a  free  and  simple  government  with  careful  regard 
to  religion  and  education,  they  soon  found  themselves  in 
advance  of  their  elder  sister,  Providence.  The  next  year, 
in  early  May,  1638,  another  company  went  from  Boston  and 
joined  them,  and  it  is  supposed  that  among  that  number 
was  Thomas  Wait,  who  was  born  in  1601,  and  who  landed 
in  America  in  1634. 

I.  Thomas1  Wait  (1601-1677),  almost  immediately  after 
his  arrival  at  Rhode  Island,  applied  for  a  lot  on  which  to 
build  (the  land  being  held  in  common),  and  at  the  first 
meeting  of  the  Council  thereafter  the  record  of  its  proceed- 
ings reads:  "July  1,  1639,  Granted  to  Thomas1  Wait  a 
house  lot  next  Mr.  Wick's."  Mar.  16,  1641,  he  was  made  a 
Freeman  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  a  privilege  then  only  granted 
to  church  members,  and  May  6,  1649,  he  was  witness  to  the 
will  of  Anthony  Paine;  in  1655  he  is  again  described  as  a 
Ereeman;  Apr.*30,  1661,  he  bought  lands  in  Acushnet  and 
Cohasset,  Mass.,  and  is  described  as  a  husbandman.  Thomas1 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF    RHODE     ISLAND  11 

Wait  was  also  a  Freeman  at  lioston,  Oct.  S,  1640.  He  died 
in  Portsmouth  some  time  before  Apr.,  1677,  intestate,  and 
the  Town  Council  divided  his  property  among  hie  children; 
Samuel2,  Joseph2,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas2,  Mary2  and  B 
ben2.  His  wife's  name  is  not  on  record  thai  we  can  find ; 
she  must  have  died  previous  to  the  division  of  his  property. 

These  are  the  only  children  mentioned  in  the  division, 
but  there  is  some  evidence  that  Thomas1  had  another  son, 
Menjamin2,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  third  child  of 
Thomas,  and  to  have  been  born  ahout  1644,  and  who  is  be- 
lieved to  be  the  same  Benjamin2  who  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners of  Hadley,  Mass.,  Apr.  25,  1665;  of  Hatfield,  Hamp- 
shire Co.,  Mass.,  1668,  and  who  was  slain  by  Indians  at 
Deerfield,  Mass.,  1704.  These  facts  seem  to  he  verified  by 
Hampshire  Co.  deeds,  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  Vol.  C,  pp.  72-3, 
whereby  Thomas1  Wait,  of  Seacourt,  R.  I.,  and  Benjamin2 
Wait,  of  Hatfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  3,  1700,  bought  property  in 
Brookfield,  Mass.,  of  John  Ayers,  etc.  Brookfield  is  about 
half  way  between  Hatfield  and  Portsmouth,  R.  I.,  near 
Worcester,  Mass.  Seacourt,  R.  L,  is  not  given  on  the  mod- 
ern maps.  In  Vol.  C,  p.  439,  a  deed  is  recorded  whereby 
John3,  Jeremiah3  and  Joseph3,  sons  of  Benjamin,  of  Hat- 
field, Mass.,  and  John  Belding,  Joseph  Smith  and  Ebenezer 
Wells,  who  married  daughters  of  Benjamin2,  deceased,  sold, 
May  24,  1717,  the  land  in  Brookfield,  formerly  the  estate  of 
John  Ayers,  deceased,  and  they  warranted  the  same  against 
Thomas  Wait,  our  uncle,  brother  of  the  aforesaid  Benjamin 
Wait,  deceased.  Henry  E.  Waite,  who  has  made  the  records 
of  the  Wait  family  the  subject  of  much  study  and  investiga- 
tion, says:  "  There  is  no  doubt  in  my  mind  about  Benjamin 
being  the  son  of  the  first  Thomas  Wait,  of  Rhode  Island. 
He  was  in  Hatfield  in  1665.  (Petition  Mass.  Archives,  State 
House,  Boston,  pp.  106,  107.)" 

Thomas1  invariably  wrote  his  name  Wait,  and  his  de- 
scendants also,  with  very  few  exceptions,  down  almost  to 
the  present,  while  his  cousin,  Richard,  born  in  1608,  and 
who  settled  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1637,  wrote  his  name 
Waite,  and  also  did  all  the  descendants  of  Thomas,  the 
regicide,  who  settled  in  Connecticut.  The  use  of  the  letter 
c  at  the  end  of  the  words  was  very  common  at  one  time,  after 
the  early  spelling  of  many  words,  as  tJiinkc,  speakc,  finde,  etc. 


12  WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

I.  Thomas1  (1601-1677)  had  then  six  children. 

II.  1.  Samuel2,  (Thomas1)  (1640-1694),  of  Narragansett, 
1663  and  1671;  Wickford,  1668;  Portsmouth,  E.  I.,  1677  to 
1694.  In  1663,  July  3,  he  and  others  of  Narragansett  de- 
sired to  be  under  protection  of  Connecticut  only;  in  1668, 
May  4,  he  and  others  of  Wickford  petitioned  the  Connecti- 
cut authorities  to  reassume  the  protection  of  their  settle- 
ment, or  that  they  might  look  for  government  and  protec- 
tion elsewhere;  in  1671,  May  20,  he  took  oath  of  allegiance 
to  Rhode  Island;  in  1673,  May  6,  he  was  a  freeman;  in  1677, 
Feb.  11,  he  was  at  Portsmouth,  R.  I.  He  and  his  wife  Han- 
nah deeded  to  Thomas2  the  house  and  all  the  land  in  Ports- 
mouth, given  and  appointed  by  will  made  by  Town  Council, 
being  30  acres,  which  had  been  owned  by  the  father  of  said 
Samuel2  and  Thomas2;  1685,  Feb.  2,  he  was  a  freeman  and 
conveyed  to  Thomas;  1693,  Mar.  30,  he  sold  to  William 
Burrington  for  £50  two  pieces  of  land  in  Portsmouth,  with 
houses,  etc.,  one  piece  of  land  containing  16  acres,  the  other 
being  two  acres;  in  1694,  May  7,  at  Kings  Town,  he  sold 
James  Reynolds,  Sr.,  50  acres,  in  Kings  Town,  for  £12. 

Samuel2  m.  Hannah  (Whitman  ?),  of  Kingston,  R.  I.,  and 
they  had  four  children. 

i.  Samtjei/,   b.   1676,   about,   d.   1752,  m.  Alice  Wightnian, 

Kingston,  R.  I. 
ii.  John3,  b.  Sept,  10,  1678,  d. 

iii.  Joseph*,  b.  May  19,  1682,  d.  ,  m.  Elizabeth, 

iv.  Susanna5,  b.  Oct.  24,  1684,  d.  1758,  m.  Moses  Barber  (?) 

Note.— A  Susanna  Wait  m.  Benjamin  Perry  and  they  had  son  Freeman  Perry,  m. 
Mercy  Hazard,  who  had  son  Christopher  R.  Perry  who  in.  Sarah  Wallace  Alexander, 
who  had  a  son  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  Commodore  IT.  S.  Navy,  b.  S.  Kingston,  R.  I., 
Aug.  23,  1785,  d.  Port  Spain,  W.  I.,  Aug.  23,  1819. 

III.  2.  Joseph2  (Thomas1),  d.  Aug.  25,  1665,  of  Kings- 
ton, R.  I.  In  1665,  Sept.  16,  administration  was  granted  his 
widow,  Sarah.  The  Town  Council  determined  that  as  she 
was  with  child,  if  it  was  a  son  and  lived  to  21  years,  he 
should  have  £40,  and  if  a  daughter,  same  sum  at  marriage, 
and  if  it  do  not  live,  said  sum  to  go  to  the  widow.  The 
inventory  amounted  to  £89,  15s.  10d.,  and  consisted  of 
pewter,  wearing  apparel,  spinning  wheel,  working  tools,  2 
guns,  pair  of  bandoliers,  2  cows,  2  yearlings,  calf,  7  swine, 
4  shoats,  6  pigs,  lambs,  10  lbs.  butter,  cow  in  hands  of 
Samuel,  etc.  It  is  assumed  that  William3,  of  Rochester, 
was  bis  son,  and  was  born  late  in  the  vear  1665. 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  I.: 

i.   \Viu.i\m,   I).  I <;<;:•,  in.  Elizabeth  .  Rochester, 

Mass.,  and  had  fee  children. 
(a)  Elizabeth*,  b.  Peby    l.  L696. 
ill)  Ruth4,  1).  .sept    29,  L699. 

(c)  William*,  b  July  29,  1701. 

(d)  Samuel1.  1>    Apr.  15,  1704. 

(e)  Abigal*,  b.  Sept.  26,  L707,  and  m.  Joseph  Tripp,  Jany. 

'  :;.  1737. 

Note.— A  William  Wait  m,  Sarah,  daa,  of  Enaa  Kinspley,  at  Northampton, 
Mas-.,  and  they  had  children  John.  b.  Aug.,  1889;  wife  Sarah  d.  Jan.  23,  1391,  and 
William  m.  Ann,  dan.  of  John  Webb,  Jr.,  and  they  had  children  Joseph,  b.  abont 
1698, d. young ;  Ann,  b.  Jan.  6, 1696 i  SIary,b.  Feb.  17, 1698 ;  Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  18, 
17H8:  Thankful,  b.  Jan  27,  [706;  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  19,  1707;  Jeremiah,  i>  Dec.  18, 
1709;  Experience,  b.  Mar.  81,  I7>5 ;  Noah,  b.  Feb.  20, 1712.  William  d.  1782  his 
wife  Ann  d  Oct.  7,  1748.  This  William  Wail  may  have  been  a  lost  son  of  Thomas  of 
Portsmouth,  though  nothing  ha-  been  round  to  prove  it. 

Note.-  A  William  Wait  m.  Elizabeth  Stebbina  Dec.  16  1708,  and  had  children 
Sarah,  b.  June,  1705 ;  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  20, 1713 ;  Eunice,  b.  May 21, 1722 ;  Josiah,  b. 
Mar.  26,  17:25,  and  Josiah,  b.  June  22,  1781. 

Notb.— A  John  Wait  m.  Nov.  27,  1710,  Esther  Edwards,  and  had  child  Esther,  b. 
Oct.  28,  1717. 

Note.— A  Richard  Wait  m.  1638  Sarah  (h.  1649),  dan.  of  John  Clarke  of  Spring- 
field, Mass.  lie  was  keeper  of  the  prison  at  Springfield,  1691-92  ;  of  Danbury.Conn., 
1706;  ami  of  Springfield  again  in  1710. 

Note.— A  Daniel  Wait  served  in  the  Continental  Army  June  7-  -Aug.  5,  1778,  resi- 
dence Brookfield,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.,  m  Col.  Marshall's  10th  Massachusetts  Line 
Regiment. 

3.  Benjamin2  {Thomas1)  (1644-1704).  He  was  a  peti- 
tioner of  Hadley,  Mass.,  Apr.  25,  1665,  lived  at  Hatfield, 
1668,  and  was  slain  by  Indians  at  Deerfield,  Mass.,  1704. 
Bought  lands  at  Brookfield,  Mass.,  with  Thomas,  of  Rhode 
Island,  Feb.  3,  1700,  which  wvw  conveyed  by  his  children 
May  24,  1717,  who  warranted  the  same  against  their  uncle 
Thomas,  Benjamin's  brother.  Benjamin  was  a  soldier  and 
Indian  scout — a  brave  and  hardy  man.  For  an  interesting 
story  of  the  capture  of  his  wife  and  children  by  the  Indians, 
who  took  them  to  Canada;  his  long  and  determined  pursuit 
and  final  recovery  of  them;  the  mother  giving  birth  to  a 
dan.  while  in  captivity,  who  was  named  "  Canada."  and  one 
of  whose  descendants  founded  Smith's  College  at  Northamp- 
ton, see  Craft's  History  of  Whateley,  Mass.,  pp.  31,  32,  33 
and  34.  Benjamin  m.  June  8,  1670,  Martha  Leonard, 
b.  May  15,  1649,  dan.  of  John  Leonard,  of  Springfield, 
Mass.,  (see  Craft's  History  of  Whateley,  Mass.,  p.  593),  and 
they  had  eight  children: 

i.  Mary3,  b.  Feb.  25. 1672,  m.  Dec.  4,  1690,  Ebenezer  Wells, 
ii.  Martha3,  b.  Jan.  23,  1673. 
hi.  Sarah3,  b.  1675,  in.  John  Belden  of  Hatfield. 
iv.  Canada3,  b.   (in  Canada)  Jan.  22,  1678,  m.  Joseph  Smith 

of  Hatfield, 
v.  John3,  b.  Jan.  17,  1680,  at  Hatfield,  Mass.,  d.  1744.     He, 
like  his  father,  was  much  in  service,  was  a  sergeant 
and  commander  in  many  excursions  ;  was  in  the  fight 


14  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

with  the  French  and  Indians  at  Deerfleld  when  his 
father  was  slain.  He  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Stephen  and 
Mary  (Wells)  Belden,  b.  May  20,  1685.  They  had  ten 
children. 

(a)  John4,  b.  at  Whately,  Mass.,  Dec.  3,  1703;  d.  at 
Whateley,  Mass.,  Mar.  4,  1776,  m.  (1)  Sept.  19, 
1723,  Submit,  dau.  of  Beujamiu  and  Elizabeth 
(Graves)  Hastings  of  Hatfield,  b.  July  16,  1707. 
M.  (2)  Mary.  dau.  of  Eleazor  and  Deborah  (Chapin) 
Frary  of  Hatfield,  d.  at  Whately  Dec.  23,  1807, 
aged  96  years,  removed  early  to  what  is  now 
Whately.  He  was  prominent  in  town  and  church 
affairs. 
They  had  eleven  children  : 

(1)  Joel6,  b.  Mar.  13,  1726,  d.  young. 

(2)  Jerusha5,  b.  Jan.  24,  1728,  m.  John  Billings,  removed  to 

Amherst,  Mass. 

(3)  Eleanor5,  b.  Apr.  4,  1730. 

(4)  Seth6,  b.  Aug.  12,  1732. 

(5)  Lydia5,  b.  Sept.  2b,  1734,  m.  (1)  a  Mr.  Coleman  of  South  Had- 

ley,  and  (2)  Orange  Worner  of  Hadley,  Mass. 

6)  Katherine5,  b.  Dec.  25,  1736. 

7)  Chloe5,  b.  Feb.  23,  1733. 

(8)  Mary5,  b.  Apr.  18,  1741,  m.  William  Brown,  Jr.,  of  Whately, 

IV.— (9)  John5,  b.  Nov.  25,  1743,  d.  Sept.  28,  1801,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of 
Eleazar  Frary,  b.  1748,  d.  June  18,  1842,  of  Hatfield,  Mass. 
They  had  eleven  children  :  Selah6,  Edward6,  Solomon6,  b. 
1768,  d.  Sept.  25,  1846,  m.  Lucy  Wells,  dau.  Benjamin  Wells 
of  Hatfield,  Mass.,  b.  July  20,  1769,  d.  Mar.  9,  1834;  John6, 
b.  1777,  William6,  Chester6,  Betsey6,  Submit6,  Electa6, 
Judith6  and  Mary6,  all  of  whom  emigrated  to  Norwich, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  the  year  1790.  Solomon6  and 
Lucy  had  children  :  Sophia7,  Selah7,  Wells7,  Delancy7, 
Solomon7,  John7,  Martha7,  Chester7  and  Eliza7. 

According  to  Craft's  History  of  Whately,  Mass.,  John5, 
b.  Nov.  25,  1743,  m.  June  14,  1770,  Mary,  dau.  of  Elisha  and 
Sarah  (Smith),  Smith,  of  Whately,  Mass.,  b.  July  14,  1746. 
This  m.  is  believed  to  be  an  error.  Wells  Wait,  his  grand- 
son (b.  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.),  has  a  record  which  says  John5 
m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Eleazar  Frary.  Wells  Wait  was  the 
eon  of  Solomon,  son  of  John5,  and  he  must  have  known 
who  was  his  grandmother.  It  is  assumed,  therefore,  that 
Craft's  is  in  error,  and  that  Wells  Wait  and  Mrs.  Martha 
Throop  Vaughan  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  the  other  records  are 
correct.  Possibly  John5  was  m.  twice,  but  both  records 
agree  as  to  dates  of  John's5  birth,  names  of  children  and 
dates  of  their  birth,  etc.  The  discrepancy  is  as  to  maiden 
name  of  his  wife.    Both  say  it  was  "  Mary." 

(10)  Submit,  b,  1746,  m.  Waite  Broughton,  Nov.  1, 1771. 

(ID  Joel,b.  Sept.  9,  1754. 

b)  Martha4,  b.  Feb.  20,  1706,  m.  Aug.  10,  1738,  Nathaniel 

Hawkes. 

c)  Mary4,  b.  June  22,  1708,  m.  Benjamin   Munn  of  Deer- 

d)  Lvdia4,  b.'  Oct,?,  1710,  d.  soon. 

(e)  Lydia4  (2d),  b.  July  4,  1712,  m.  Noah  Coleman  of  What- 
ely, Mass. 
(f)  Eunice4,  b.  1720,  m.  Israel  Graves  of  Whately,  Mass. 
g)  Benjamin4,  b.  Jan.  4,  1718. 
h)  Eleanor4,  b.  Dec.  10,  1722. 
i)  Elisha4,  b.  Oct.  10,  1725. 
(j)  Sarah4,  no  date. 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  15 

vi.  Joseph8,  1>.  July,  1682,  d.  Boon  utter. 
vii.  Jekem]  wr,  1).  S.'j  >f .  :2  I,  Hist. 
viii.  Joseph8,  b.  Nov.  11,  H>88. 

4.  Jeremiah2  {Thomas1),  b.  d.  1677.    He  married 

Martha  Brownell,  b.  May,  1643,  d.  Feb.  15,  1744.  She  was 
born  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Brownell,  Portsmouth,  K.  I.  She 
married  a  second  time  Charles  Dyer.  In  1673,  May  6,  he 
was  a  freeman;  in  1677,  May  10,  his  widow,  Martha,  bought 
for  £16,  of  Daniel  Wilcox  and  wife,  Elizabeth,  of  Dart- 
mouth, an  eighth  of  a  share  there;  in  1690,  Mar.  8,  Martha 
Wait,  widow  of  Jeremiah2,  bought  for  £20,  of  Bobert  and 
Mary  Brownell,  30  acres  in  Little  Compton,  they  calling 
her  "sister";  in  1734,  Jan.  29,  a  will  was  proven,  and  in 
1744,  Mar.  12,  she  was  widow,  Martha  Dyer.  Her  executors 
were  cousins  (or  nephews),  Joseph  and  Stephen  Brownell. 
She  gave  legacies  to  various  nephews  and  nieces  and  to  her 
three  sisters,  Mary  Hazard,  Anne  Wilbur  and  Susanna 
Brownell. 

There  were  no  children  of  Jeremiah. 

V.  5.  Thomas2  {Thomas1),  d.  1733.  He  was  a  tailor; 
in  1673,  May  6,  he  was  a  freeman;  in  1673,  Mar.  25, 
he  and  seven  others  bought  Pocasset  lands  for  £1,000,  of 
Gov.  Josiah  Winslow,  etc.  There  were  30  shares,  he  having 
one.  In  1680,  Aug.  28,  he  and  his  wife  Sarah  sold  Thomas 
Ward  of  Newport,  for  £12  10s.  land  in  Dartmouth;  in  1681, 
Jan.  14,  Thomas2,  Providence  Plantation,  in  America  Tay- 
lor, conveyed  to  Joseph  Anthony  of  Portsmouth,  B.T.,  "  the 
one  full  fourth  part  of  a  whole  share  of  thirtieth  part  of  that 
tract  of  land  at  Pocasset  and  places  adjacent  bounded  as 
followeth,  viz.:  Northward  and  right  northward  by  the 
freeman's  lots,  near  the  Fall  River,  and  westward  by  the 
Boror  Sound  that  runneth  between  the  said  land  and  Road 
Island,  southward  partly  by  a  line  that  is  gott  at  a  great 
Rorb  on  which  is  a  Cedar  bush  marked  near  the  way  that 
leadeth  to  Pnabatogt,  eastward  to  a  Pong  at  Dartmouth 
Town  Bounds  and  eastward  to  Saponset  Creeks  Mouth, 
and  partly  by  Dartmouth  bounds,  and  northward  again  to 
the  woods  to  Middleborrow  Town  bounds  and  Quitt-Quigot 
Pond,  always  excepting  out  of  this  Bargain  and  Sale  Sapon- 
set Neck  of  Land  and  the  meadows  belonging  to  Punkabogt 
Proprietors  and  the  land  formerly  granted  by  the  Court  of 
Plymouth  to  Capt.  Richard  Morris,  and  so  much  of  said 


16  WAIT     FAMILY     OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

tract  as  shall  be  allotted  and  appointed  for  the  use  of  the 
Ministry,  all  of  which  said  tract  of  land  I,  the  said  Thomas 
Wait,  with  some  others,  solely  purchased  of  some  gentle- 
men, agents  of  the  colony  of  Plymouth,  as  may  appear  by 
one  deed  of  foefment,  bearing  date  Mar.  5,  1679;  in  1684, 
Feb.  9,  he  and  his  wife  Sarah  sold  Abraham  Anthony,  27 
acres,  garden,  buildings,  etc.,  for  £159;  in  1678,  Aug.  18, 
Little  Compton,  he  petitioned  for  300  acres  at  Pocasset, 
"  having  made  improvements  there,  and  was  one  of  the 
purchasers."  In  1691,  Jan.  7,  Thomas  sold  John  Wood- 
man, cordwainer,  and  John  Irish,  house  carpenter,  salt 
marsh,  for  £34;  from  1691-1714,  he  lived  at  Little  Comp- 
ton, and  owned  a  wind-mill;  in  1692,  Mar.  2,  at  Tiverton, 
he  was  an  inhabitant  at  organization  of  the  town;  in  1696, 
Jan.  20,  he  appears  to  have  moved  to  Tiverton,  Bristol  Co., 
Mass.,  and  on  Feb.  5,  1697,  he  conveyed  property  to  Edward 
Grey;  May  18,  1697,  he  and  his  wife,  Sarah,  conveyed  to 
Joseph  Taber  of  Tiverton,  a  husbandman,  lands  in  Tiverton 
on  Pungalogt  Pong;  on  May  2,  1699,  he  gave  a  bond  to 
Thomas  Walker  &  Son,  of  Boston,  a  brick  burner,  in  the 
penal  sum  of  £2,012,  on  which  William  Southworth,  of 
Little  Compton,  Bristol  Co.,  Mass.,  and  John  Kogers,  of 
Boston,  Suffolk  Co.,  were  bondsmen;  and  on  May  3,  1699, 
he  made  a  conveyance  to  above  named  bondsmen,  presum- 
ably to  secure  them  from  loss,  of  130  acres  of  land;  and  on 
Sept.  14,  1700,  he  granted  to  George  Sisson  and  Joseph 
Cooke,  both  of  Portsmouth,  E.  I.,  lands  at  Tiverton,  in 
which  conveyance  his  wife,  Sarah,  joins  him,  releasing  her 
dower  rights;  on  March  6,  1700,  at  Boston,  he  mortgaged 
his  home  and  dwelling  in  Tiverton  to  Joseph  Cook;  on  Jan. 
20,  1696,  he  conveyed  land;  on  Jan.  5,  1701,  he  conveyed 
land  situated  at  Little  Compton,  Bristol  Co.,  Mass.,  to 
William  Peabodye,  and  also  conveying  his  one-fourth  inter- 
est in  a  certain  wind-mill  in  Little  Compton;  and  on  Apr. 
22,  1720,  he  made  his  last  recorded  conveyance  to  Job 
Briggs,  of  53  acres  of  land  in  Tiverton;  and  in  1727  he 
was  at  Dartmouth,  Mass. 

June  16,  1733,  Sarah,  widow  of  Thomas2,  filed  an  inven- 
tory of  her  husband's  goods;  it  was  valued  at  £245  15s.. 
and  consisted  of  wearing  apparel,  £16  16s.,  2  old  Bibles,  8 
silver  spoons  and  2  silver  cups,  £13  4s.,  3  linen  wheels,  2 
woolen  wheels,  2  cows,  heifer,  2  yearlings,  2  calves,  4  swine, 
2  stacks  of  bees,  etc. 


WAIT    FAUNA      OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  IT 

Thomas2,  m.  Sarah  Cook,  b.  d.  after  L733,  dan. 

John  and  Mary  ( Txinlcn i  Conk;  and  they  had  three  children. 

i.  Mary8,  b.  .  d.  after  L759,  m.  John  Earle. 

ii.  Thomas,  b.  Deo.  21,  1681,  d.  1757.  m.  Elizabi  bh 

iii.  Benjamin,  b.  d.  Aug.  I.  1734,  m.  M;u\ 

6.  Mary2  (Thomas1),  b.  d.  1713,  m.  Apr.  5, 

1676,  Joseph  Anthony,  b.  d.   L728,  bod  of  John  and 

Susanna  Anthony,  Dartmouth,  Mass.    They  had  four  chil- 
dren, John,  Joseph,  Susanna  and  Thomas. 

VI.  7.  Reuben2  (Thomas1),  d.  Oct.  7,  1707.  In  1685, 
he  and  others  appeared  at  Plymouth  Court  as  propri- 
etors of  Dartmouth;  in  1707,  Oct.  11.  his  will  was  proven, 
and  in  1707,  Nov.  5,  his  executor  was  his  wife,  Tahitha.  Be 
gave  to  his  son,  Thomas,  half  of  farm,  etc. :  to  wife,  20  acres, 
dwelling  house  and  orchard  for  life,  and  movables  forever : 
to  four  sons,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Eeuben  and  Jeremiah,  rest 
of  land  in  Dartmouth,  and  at  death  of  wife,  the  house  and 
land  that  she  occupies  to  go  to  them;  to  daughters,  Eleanor, 
Abigail  and  Tahitha,  each  £3.  The  inventory  gave  £271 
10s.  4d.,  viz.;  Lands  £150,  7  cows,  2  oxen,  2  steers,  4  year- 
lings, 20  sheep,  24  lambs,  horse,  half  a  yearling,  mare,  14 
swine,  4  calves,  9  geese,  2  stacks  of  bees,  7  barrels  of  cider. 
I  beds,  warming  pan,  gun,  pair  of  cards,  books,  etc. 

Eeuben2,  m.  1681,  Tahitha  Lounders.  dau.  of  John  and 
Jane  (Kirby)  Lounders;  and  they  had  eight  children. 
i.  Thomas,  b.  Apr.  23,  1683,  m.  Mary  Tripp, 
ii.  EiiEANOK3,  b.  Jan.  4,  1688,  m.  Abiel  Tripp. 

iii.  Benjamin1,  b.  Jan.  12,  1690,  not  married. 

iv.  Joseph',  b.  June  24,  1693,  in.  Elizabeth  Wolf, 
v.  Abigail3,  b.  June  24,  1693,  not  married. 

vi.  Eeuben3,  b.  Jan.  15,  1695,  m,  Elizabeth  Hathaway. 

vii.  Tabitha3,  b.  Jan,  15,  1695,  not  married. 

viii.  Jeremiah3,  b.  Jan.  16,  1698,  d.Sept.  16,  1754,  not  marn.-.l. 

II.  Samuel2  (Thomas^)  (1640-1694),  m.  Hannah 
(Whitman?)  of  Kingston,  R.  I.,  and  had  four  children. 

1.  Samuel   J.3,    b.    about    1676,    d.  1752, 

lived  at  Kingston  and  Exeter,  R.  I.  In  1705,  Apr.  21,  he 
quitclaimed  land  to  his  uncle  Reuben,  and  is  called  grand- 
son  of  Thomas,  of  Portsmouth;  in  1706,  Sept.  2,  he  was  a 
grand  juryman;  in  1709,  May  7,  he  and  five  others  bought 
792  acres  of  the  vacant  lands  m  Xarragansett;  in  1725  he 
is  mentioned  in  a  deed;  in  1728,  in  a  deed,  Samuel  to  his 


18  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

son  Joseph;  in  1735,  in  a  deed,  Samuel  to  his  son 
Samuel,  Jr.,  and  in  another  deed,  Samuel  to  his  son 
John;  and  in  1740,  in  a  deed  to  Simon  Smith;  in  1747,  Dec. 
13,  his  will  was  proven;  1752,  Apr.  15,  his  executor  was  his 
son  John.  He  gave  to  his  son  Joseph  all  of  farm  whereon 
his  house  stands,  containing  200  acres,  with  buildings  and 
£50,  and  my  riding  beast  and  bridle;  to  son  Samuel, west  half 
of  my  homestead  farm,  he  having  a  house  thereon;  to  chil- 
dren of  my  deceased  son,  Benjamin,  viz.:  Virtue,  Abagail 
and  John,  £250,  divided  at  age;  to  son  John,  east  half  of 
my  homestead  and  old  part  of  my  house,  with  new  part  at 
wife's  decease,  he  paying  the  £250  above;  to  wife  Alice,  use 
of  west  half  of  house  while  widow,  all  indoor  movables  and 
£18  per  year  while  widow,  paid  by  son  John.  Inventory, 
£208  2s.;  wearing  apparel,  £55;  cash,  £5  6s.;  pewter,  Bible 
and  other  books,  £6;  linen  wheel,  steelyards,  warming  pan, 
spice,  mortar,  etc. 

Samuel  J.3,  m.  Alice  Wightman,  b.  Dec.  29,  1666,  d. 
1747,  dau.  George  and  Elizabeth  (Updike)  "Wightman.  They 
lived  at  Wickford,  E.  I.,  removed  to  Kingston,  K.  I.  They 
had  six  children: 

i.  Joseph4,  b.  Apr.  27, 1697,  m.  Sarah  Smith  Feb.  27, 1728, 
and  had  a  son,  Joseph.5     Deed  1740  to  John  Gard- 
ner, and  1711  to  son  Joseph,  Jr.,  m.  again  to  Eliza- 
beth ,  Dec.  12,  1757. 
ii.  Geoege4,  1j.  Aug.  14,  1699. 
VIII.— iii.  Samtjel4,  b.  Oct.  13,  1701. 
IX.— iv.  Benjamin4,  b.  1702  or  '03,  m.  Abigail  Hall. 
v.  Maetha4,  b. 
vi.  John4,  b.  Feb.  22,  1709. 

2.  John3,  b.  Sept.  10,  1678.  He  is  mentioned  in  deeds 
in  1724,  1737,  1738,  and  had,  it  seems,  one  son: 

i.  John4,  b. 

3.  Joseph2,  b.  May  18,  1682,  and  m.  Elizabeth  ,  , 
mentioned  in  a  deed,  Oct.  7,  1702,  and  had  a  daughter  (?) 

i.  Ann4,  who  d.  Jan.  14,  1794  (?). 

4.  Susanna3,  b.  Oct.  24,  1684,  d.  1758,  m.  Mar.  24,  1692, 
to  Moses  Barber,  b.  1652,  d.  1733,  and  they  had  fourteen 
children,  Dinah,  b.  1693;  Lydia,  b.  1694;  Samuel,  b.  1695; 
Susanna,  b.  1697;  Thomas,  b.  1699;  Joseph,  b.  1701; 
Martha,  b.  1703;  Ruth,  b.  1705;  Benjamin,  b.  1707;  Mercy, 
b.  1709;  Ezekiel,  b.  1710;  Abigail,  b.  1713;  Daniel,  b.  1715; 
Ann,  b.  1717.     (See  note,  p.  12.) 


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III.— Joseph2  (Thomas1)  (KM       1665),  m.  Sarah 
and  had  a  posthumous  son,  William.8 

1.  WILLIAM8,  m.  Elizabeth  and  lived  at  Roch- 

ester, Mass.;  they  had  five  children: 

i.  Elizabeth4,  b.  Feb.  4,  1696. 

ii.  Kith1,  b.  Sept.  29,  1699. 

iii.  William4,  b.  July  29,  1701. 

iv.  Samuel4,  b.  Apr.  15,  1704. 

v.  Abigail4,  b.  Sept.  26,  1707. 

IV. — John5  {John*,  John3,  Benjamin.',  Thomas1)  was  a 
revolutionary  soldier.  About  1790-91  the  family 
removed  to  Preston,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  John5 
was  buried  in  an  old  cemetery  near  Preston  Corners. 
A  marble  shaft  was  erected  over  the  grave  of  John5 
by  his  son  Solomon  and  wife  Lucy  (Wells)  Wait. 

John3  and  Mary  had  ten  children. 

1.  Solomon6,  b.  Oct.  15,  1768. 

2.  Edward6,  b.  Oct.  2,  1770,  m.  Prudence  Dickinson,  of 
Conn. 

3.  Betsey6,  b.  Dec.  22,  1772,  m.  Jonathan  Bacon. 

4.  Selah6,  b.  Feb.  15,  1775,  d.  Aug.  12,  1788. 

5.  John6,  b.  Aug.  16,  1777. 

Crafts  says  he  married  in  Preston,  N.  Y.  When  a  young 
man  he  settled  at  Oaks  Corners,  N.  Y.,  where  all  the  children 
were  born.  He  m.  Abigail  Cranson.  About  1840  the 
family  removed  to  Macomb  Co.,  Mich.,  where  Abigail  d. 
Feb.  11.  1854.  He  died  at  Ravenna,  0.,  Nov.  5,  1863,  and 
was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  wife,  Abigail,  at  Chesterfield, 
Macomb  Co.,  Mich.     They  had  seven  children: 

i.  Samuel7. 
ii.  Daniel7. 

iii.  John7,  b.  May  24,  1810,  d.  June  11,  1894,  at  Fern.  Kansas. 
Buried  at  Burlington,  Iowa.  He  married  Martha 
Amelia  Clark,  April  9,  1835,  who  was  b.  at  Talmage, 
Ohio,  Feby.  1,  1819,  d.  at  Peru,  Kansas,  Feb.  26, 
1898.  Buried  at  Burlington,  Iowa.  Married  at 
Bavenna,  Ohio,  and  lived  at  Burlington  in  1867. 
John7  and  Martha  had  three  children. 

(a)  Amelia8,    b.     Dec.    25,    1835,    d.    Sept.    14,    1838.    at 

Ravenna,  O. 

(b)  John   Leman8,  b.  at  Ravenna,  O.,    Aug.  29,  1840,  m. 

Sept.  21,   1864.  to  Letitia   Caroline   Williams  at 
Burlington,  Iowa.     They  liad/cw  children  : 


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iv.  Chloe'. 
v.  Melissa7. 
vi.  Alma7. 
vii.  Mary7. 


(1)  John  Clay  Milton0,  b.  Oct.  'J,  186(3,  m.  Ida  May  Southwell 

Mar.  9,  1892. 

(2)  Jessie  Benning9,  b.  June  11,  1875,  m.  William  Henry  David- 

son at  Burlington  Apr.  15,  1902;  had  child  Barbara  Waite 
Davidson,  b.  Mar.  32,  1903. 

(3)  Lola9,  b.  Aug.  29,  i877,  at  Burlington,  Iowa. 

(4)  Child9,  d.  in  infancy. 

(c)  Mary  Ella8,  b.  at  Ravenna,  O.,  Mar.  22,  1851,  in.  (1) 
John  Monroe  Eads,  d.  Nov.  12,  1880.  Their  two 
children  :  Alma  Weston  Eads,  b.  July  31,  1877,  at 
Burlington.  Iowa,  d.  July  1,  1894,  at  Peru,  Kan- 
sas, and  John  Dale  Eads,  b.  at  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Nov.  15,  1880,  and  m.  (2)  Nov.  10,  1885!  to  Randall 
M.  Hartzell,  b.  at  Newport,  Pa..  Nov.  9,  1838,  and 
they  had  four  children :  Max  Waite  Hartzell,  b. 
Aug.  28,  1886.  at  Peru,  Kansas,  and  D  wight  M. 
Hartzell,  b.  Dec.  4,  1888,  at  Peru,  Kansas,  d.  Jan. 
3,  1901 ;  Harold  Clark  Hartzell,  b.  Aug.  1.  1891, 
and  Dorothy  Waite  Hartzell,  b.  Nov.  18"  1894. 


6.  William6,  b.  Sept.  18,  1779. 

7.  Submit6,  b.  May  13,  1782. 

8.  Chester6,  b.  Sept.  11,  1784. 

9.  Judith6  and  Electa6  (twins),  b.  Jan.  25,  1787. 
10.  Mary6,  b.  June  20,  1789. 

Note.— John  L.8,  who  lived  at  Burlington,  Iowa,  and  was  editor  and  proprietor 
of  the  '•Burlington  Hawkeye,"  spent  much  time,  labor  and  expense  in  searching 
for  records  of  Benjamin's2  branch  of  the  Wait  family. 

V.— Thomas2  (Thomas1)  (164  -1733),  lived  at  Tiv- 
erton, R.  L,  m.  Sarah  Cook.     They  had  three  children  : 

1.  Mary3,  d.  1769.  She  m.  John  Earle,  son  of  William 
and  Prudence  Earle,  and  they  had  si.v  children,  Prudence, 
b.  1701;  Mary,  b.  1703;  Oliver,  b.  1705;  Martha,  b.  1708; 
William,  b.  1710,  and  John,  b.  1717. 

2.  Thomas3,  b.   Dec.  21,   1681;  d.    1757;  m.   Elizabeth 

,  and  she  d.  1746.     They  had  five  children: 

i.  Sarah4,  b.   Sept.  23,  1713,  m.   Benjamin  "Wewcomber,*  . 
Sept.  31,  1736,  and  they  had  children  :  (a)  Pliebe5, 
(b)  Mary  Ann5,  (c)  Seiina5. 
X.—  ii.  Joseph4,  b.  Jan.  10,  1715. 
XI.—  iii.   Thomas4,  b.  Sept.  6,  1716,  in.  Bridget. 

iv.  Elizabeth4,  b.  Dec.  21,  1718. 
XII.—  v.  John4,  b.  Nov.  6,  1720.  m.  Mary  Soule. 
vi.  Mary4,  b.  Apr.  11,  1722. 

In  1708,  Mar.  16,  Thomas3  bought  land;  in  1710,  Feb. 
16,  he  and  Job  Briggs  bought  land;  on  Oct.  25,  1716,  he 


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and  his  wife  conveyed  land  a1  Dartmouth  to  Jeremiah,  his 
brother,  land  thai  was  formerly  owned  by  Reuben;  in  1"'.'" 
he  sold  land;  his  brother  Benjamin  witnessed  a  deed  Mar. 
15,  1726,  he  paid  £42,  3s.  7d.  in  full  redemption  of  a  mort- 
gage by  himself  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  to  several  others, 
and  given  May  16,  1717;  in  1746,  Aug.  7,  bis  will  was 
proven;  in  1757,  Feb.  7,  his  executor,  brother-in-law  John 
Earle  and  cousin,  William  Earle,  of  Dartmouth;  to 
daughter  Elizabeth,  a  feather  bed;  to  daughter  Sarah,  and 
Mary,  rest  of  household  stuff;  to  sons  Thomas  and  John, 
certain  land,  they  giving  their  sister  Elizabeth  ber  main- 
tenance; to  son  John,  the  rest  of  the  personal  estate. 

3.  Benjamin3,  d.  Aug.  4.  1734;  was  a  mariner,  of  Ports 
mouth,  B.  I.;  he  left  no  will,  but  his  wife  did,  from  which 
we  know  his  family.     Tie  m.   Mary  ,  d.  1739,  and 

they  had  five  children: 

i.  Annie'. 

ii.  Sakah4,  ru.  Peter  Crapo,  Apr.  14.  17('>ii. 

iii.  Deborah4. 

iv.  Judith4. 

v.  Elizabeth4. 

In  1734,  Sept.  9,  administration  was  granted  to  widow. 
Mary.  The  property  was  inventoried  at  £196,  2s.  8d..  viz.: 
Wearing  apparel,  pocket  book  with  £17  10s.  in  it;  4  beds,  £9 
13s.;  plate,  £6,  14s.;  pewter  quadrant,  £2,  10s.;  books,  5s.; 
ship  carpenter's  tools,  3  old  spinning  wheels,  warming  pan, 
etc.  Will  was  proven  Nov.  12, 1739,  widow.  Mary.  II  is  i  'Tu- 
tors were  daughters  Sarah4  and  Elizabeth4;  overseers, 
brother-in-law,  John  Earle,  and  friend,  Daniel  Howland;  to 
daughter  Amey  or  Annie4  he  left  a  spinning  wheel,  pewter 
platter,  etc.;  to  daughter  Sarah4,  feather  bed,  spinning 
wheel,  etc.;  to  daughter  Deborah4,  two  leather  beds,  black- 
silk  hood,  pewter  platter,  etc.;  to  daughter  Judith4,  spin- 
ning wheel,  etc.;  to  daughter  Elizabeth4,  spinning  wheel, 
etc.;  to  executors,  swine  and  fowls;  to  daughters  Judith4 
and  Elizabeth4,  the  use  of  wearing  apparel  and  movables. 
Inventory,  £106,  15s. 

VI.  Eeuben3  (Thomas*),  d.  Oct.  7,  1707  and  Tabitha 
had  eight  children. 

1.  Thomas3,  b.  Apr.  23.  1683,  admitted  a1  Newport,  R. 
I.,  as  a  freeman,  May,  1732;  m.  dan.  25,  1711,  Mary  Tripp, 


22  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

b<  1689;  dau.,  Joseph  and  Mehitable  (Fish)  Tripp,  and  they 
had  eight  children: 

i.  Capt.  John4,  b.  Nov.  30,  1711  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Sullivant, 
Oct.  21,  1733  and  they  had  six  children. 

XIII.—  Capt.  William5,  Tabitha5,  Meribah5,  Mary5,  Eliza- 
beth and  John  Ward5. 

Note.— John  Wait  was  the  5th  Justice  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island  in  May, 
1787,  and  at  a  meeting  of  proprietors  of  purchase  in  South  Kingstown,  held  Oct.  30, 
1708,  Wordens  Pond  was  conveyed  to  Col.  John  Waite  of  South  Kingstown  if  he 
would  drain  same,  and  he  was  permitted  or  empowered  by  Gen'l  Assembly  to  do  so 
and  enlarge  channel  from  Point  Judith  Pond  into  the  sea.  In  Oct.,  1776,  John  Wait 
was  allowed  £7  for  engraving  two  sets  escutcheons  for  backs  and  borders  of  money 
bills.  In  May,  1777-9,  John  Waite  is  mentioned  as  Captain  of  Independent  Com- 
pany, Kingstown  Reds,  of  South  Kingstown,  and  he  is  also  mentioned  as  Colonel, 
May,  1777. 

ii.  Reuben4,  b.  Feb.  7,  1713,  and  d.  prior  to  Nov.  5,  1757  ; 
m.  Mar.  7,  1745,  Rebecca  Tripp,  b.  July  7,  1713.  She 
was  appointed  guardian  of  her  children  May,  1760, 
and  was  administratrix  of  her  husband's  estate  in 
1757.     They  had  children  : 

(a)  Jeremiah5. 

(b)  Phebe5,  b  ,  m.  Kirby. 
XVI.— (c)  John5. 

XVII.— (d)  Reuben5, 
(e)  Rebecca5. 

XVIII.—  iii.  Thomas4,  b.  Feb.  29,  1716,  admitted  at  Newport, 
R.  I.,  Feb.  1738-40,  m.  June  6,  1743,  Tabitha 
Ellis,  dau.  Gideon  Ellis,  of  West  Greenwich, 
R.  I.,  Thomas  d.  in  1790  and  they  had  eight 
children  :  Gideon5,  Jeremiah5,  Thomas6,  Mary5, 
Lydia6,  Peleg5,  Rufus5  and  Alice5. 

iv.  Mary4,    b.    Apr.   5,   1718,    and  m.  William  Tripp, 
Nov.  13,  1743. 

v.  Meribah4,  b.  July  20,  1720,  and  m.  Benjamin  Soule, 
Sept.  16,  1742. 

vi.  Mehitable4,  b.  Nov.  18,  1722,  and  m.  Henry  Rey- 
nolds, Apr.   28,  1746,    and  their   children  were 
Thomas5,    Hannah5,    Henry5,     Mary5,    Elisha6, 
Mehitable5  andMartha5. 
vii.  Martha4,  b.  Apr.  5,  1725. 
viii.   Alice4,  b.  Apr.  23,  1729,  East  Greenwich,  R.  I. 

Thomas3,  in  1721,  sold  his  interest  in  his  father's  home- 
stead to  his  brother  Benjamin3. 

2.  Elinor3,  b.  Jan.  4,  1688;  m.  Jan.  5,  1704,  Abiel 
Tripp,  son  of  Abiel  and  Deliverance  (Hall)  Tripp,  and  they 
had  ten  children:  Wait4,  b.  1705;  Abiel4,  b.  1707;  Mary4, 
b.  1711;  Sarah4,  b.  1712;  Eleanor4,  b.  1715;  Joseph4,  b. 
1717;  Eebecca4,  b.  1719;  Thomas4,  b.  1721;  Elizabeth4,  b. 
1725,  and  Amy4,  b.  1728. 


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3.  Benjamin3,  b.  Jan.  12,  L690;  he  was  a  carpenter;  d. 
1772.  His  will  was  probated  Feb.  2-1,  1772.  Ho  was  non- 
compos  and  had  guardians  after  June  14,  1749.  He  was  a 
Friend,  Mar.  3,  1737,  and  died  unmarried. 

4.  Joseph3,  b.  June  24,  1693;  m.  Elizabeth  Wolf,  Nov. 
30,  1715.  She  it  is  claimed,  was  a  near  relative  of  General 
James  Wolf.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  lived  in  Dartmouth, 
probably  near  Westport,  Mass.  Sept.  4,  171 1,  lie  sold  his 
interest  in  his  father's  estate  to  his  brother  Benjamin;  Oct. 
15,  1722,  he  bought  lands  in  Dartmouth,  Mass.;  Nov.  14, 
1763,  he  revoked  a  power  of  attorney  previously  given  to 
his  son  Samuel;  Apr.  26,  1764,  he  conveyed  his  homestead, 
purchased  in  1722,  to  his  son  Stephen;  in  1722,  he  and  Ste- 
phen sold  land,  and  Jan.  30,  1773,  he  sold  at  Dartmouth; 
Sept.  15,  1761,  he  made  his  will,  which  was  probated  Aug. 
15,1774;  a  deed  1774  shows  Joseph  to  have  been  dead. 
They  had  eight  children: 

VII.—  i.  Samuel4,  b.  Aug.  24,  1716,  m.  Theodate  Tripp,   Oct.  8, 
1747,  and  they  had  three  children  : 

(a)  Samuel5,  b.  June  4,  1748,  m.  Sarah  Cushman  Apr.  29, 
1776,  and  they  had  two  children : 

(1)  Edith",  b.  Nov.  2,  1776,  m.  Isaac  Bowman,  Oct.  is,  1796. 

(2)  Stephen",  b.  Dec,  1780. 

«lit  Henry*,  b.  May  5,   1750,  m.Phebe   Aiken  July.  1774; 
bans  pub.  June  4,  1774,  and  they  had  ,/w  children  : 

(1)  Kuth",  b.  Nov.  13,  1776,  m.  -rob  Gifford,  Nov.,  1800. 

(2)  Patience6,  b.  May  18,  1779. 

(3)  Khoda",  b.  Oct.  6, 1781,  m.  Daniel  Warden,  Feb.  15.  1816. 
1)  Perrv",  b.  May  9,  1786. 

(5)  Henry",  b.  June  5,  1789. 

(?)  (c)  Roba5,  granddaughter  of  Joseph,  m.  Barnabus  Sherman 

Apr.  29,  1776. 
XXI.— (d)  Daniel5,  b.  Oct.  1,  1753,  m.  Phebe  Manchester,  bain 
pub.  Sept.  25,  1775  (see  post). 

XIX.— ii.  Stephen4,  d.  1778,  m.  Mary  Tripp,  May,  1764,  and  Lillis 
Church,  Mar.  10, 1776.     His  will  was  pro's  en  Oct.  6, 

1778.     He  had  by  his  first  wife  two  children  : 

(a)  Shadrach6,  b.  Mar.  17,  1765,  d.  Apr.  25,  1850. 

(b)  Gideon5,  b.  July  21,  1766,  and  by  his  second  wife,  a 

dan.,  Mary5. 

iii.  Alice4,  m.  Robert  Sherman,  Nov.  21,  1711. 
iv.  Mercy4,  m.  George  Wrightington,  Dec.  31,  17.">7. 
v.  Elizabeth4,  m.  Barjonas  Wilcox,  Mar.  29,  1744. 
vi.  Hannah4,  m.  Tripp. 

vii.  Keziah4,  spinster. 

viii.   Maky4,  1).  Mav  24,  1718,  spinster  ('?),  but  records  show 
a  child,  Lillis,  m.  John  Webb,  Dec.  15,  1776. 


24  WAIT     FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

5.  Abigail3,  b.  June  24,  1693,  was  a  twin  sister  of  Jo- 
seph3.    She  was  a  Friend,  Feb.  19,  1726;  did  not  marry. 

6.  Reuben3,  b.  Jan.  15,  1795;  d.  1757;  m.  Elizabeth 
Hathaway,  Aug.  2,  1720.  He  d.  in  1757,  and  she  received 
letters  of  administration  Nov.  1,  1757.  They  had  three  (?) 
children. 

i.  Joseph4,  b.  Sept.  17,  1722. 

ii.  Jebemiah4,  b.  Oct.  17,  1737,  d.  about  1782,  in.  Patience 
Ivirby  ;  bans  pub.  Dec.  7,  1754,  and  will  of  Recom- 
pense Kirby  to  dau.  Patience  and  son-in-law  Jere- 
miah made  1782.     They  had  children  : 

(a)  Abner5,  b.  Feb.  17,  1756,  d.  1819  ;  m.  Susanna  Buffing- 

ton  Nov.  8, 1775,  lived  at  Da}-,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y., 
and  had  at  least  four  children  : 

(1)  Jeremiah",  born  July  4,  1770,  d.  1839,  had  a  son  Isaac7,  b. 

Oct.  27,  1803,  who  was  the  father  of  Daniel  D.8  and  Sher- 
man D.8 

(2)  William';,  b.  Oct.  7,  1781,  who  had  a  son  William. 

(3)  Abner,  Jr.",  b.  Nov.  7,  1784,  who  had  son  Warren7,  b.  Nov. 

11,  1823,  the  father  of  Sevmour  D.8;  and  J.  J.7,  Glens  Falls. 
N.  Y. 

(4)  Reuben." 

(b)  Reuben5,  b.  Apr.  28,  1758,  who  lived  at  Galway,  Sara 

toga  Co.,  .N.  Y.,  who  had  a  son  Reuben6,  who  lived 
at  Mosherville,  N.  Y. 
iii.  Reuben4. 

7.  Tabitha3,  b.  Jan.  15,  1795.  She  was  a  Friend,  Feb. 
19,  1726;  twin  sister  of  Reuben3;  not  married. 

8.  Jeremiah3,  b.  Jan.  16,  1698;  d.  Sept.  16,  1754;  will 
made  May  20,  1754;  not  married;  deed,  Jan.  17,  1726. 

VII. — Samuel4  (Joseph3,  Reuben2,  Thomas1),  h.  Aug. 
24,  1716,  m.  Theodate  Tripp  Oct.  8,  1747,  and  he  owned 
land  and  lived  in  Dartmouth  Township,  Mass.  (near 
Westport).  He  was  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth, 
m.  Theodate  Tripp,  b.  Apr.  7,  1709. 

The  first  public  records  obtained  of  Samuel4,  the  son  of 
Joseph3,  and  husband  of  Theodate  Tripp,  and  the  father  of 
Samuel5,  Henry5  and  Daniel5,  is  in  the  Dartmouth  Town 
Eecords,  when  he,  on  Sept.  15,  1747,  announced  his  inten- 
tion to  marry  Theodate  Tripp,  the  dau.  of  Ebenezer  Tripp, 
b.  Apr.  7,  1709,  the  marriage  taking  place  per  same  records, 
Oct.  8,  1747. 

Dec.  15,  1749,  Gabriel  Hix  conveyed  to  Samuel,  20  acres 
next  to  Philipp  Taher's  Mills,  and  next  to  Ebenezer  Tripp, 
who  was  his  father-in-laAv,  and  who  lived  at  Westport, 
where  this  land  is  believed  to  have  been  located,  and  near 
Mix's  Rrirlge  at  Westport.     Samuel4  m.  Theodate  Tripp  in 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND 

L747,  Samuel8  was  b.  in   L748,  and  Sai '1'  and  Theodate 

evidently  moved  to  Westport  in  r;i!»,  as  I  linn's  birth, 
May  5,  1750,  is  n « > t  in  town  records,  Dartmouth  Tp.  On 
June  l,  L750,  Ebenezer  Tripp,  Samuel's4  Eather-in-law, 
conveyed  land  to  Samuel,  characterizing  him  as  a  Laborer, 

which  land  was  adjacent  to  above-described  tract,  and  on 
road  from  Phillip  Jobert's  Mill  to  llix's  Ferry.  Mar.  12, 
L754,  Samuel4,  yoeman,  conveyed  to  William  Taber,  land 
on  highway  by  lands  of  Ebenezer  Tripp  and  Gabriel  Ilix. 
and  by  those  of  Thomas  Corey's,  and  by  those  of  John 
Taber.  Nov.  20,  1758,  Samuel4  conveyed  to  Lemuel  Man- 
chester (who,  in  1775,  became  the  father-in-law  of  Daniel"', 
the  son  of  Samuel4),  30  acres  of  land,  all  his  homestead, 
where  he  then  lived,  together  with  all  houses  and  buildings, 
said  land  being  by  that  of  David  Tripp,  and  pari  on  land 
<)\'  Gabriel  Ilix  and  that  of  Thomas  Corey,  westerly  on 
land  of  John  Taber,  and  on  highway  that  leadeth  from 
Jonathan  Taber's  Mill  to  the  Friend's  Meeting  House  in 
Aeiishnet  Village,  etc.  It  may  be  significant  that  Theo- 
date, his  wife,  did  not  execute  this  deed.  July  31,  1759, 
eight  and  one-third  months  later,  Lemuel  and  Alice  Man- 
chester re-conveyed  the  same  land  to  Samuel;  and  on  the 
same  day,  July  31,  1759,  Samuel4  and  Theodate  conveyed 
the  same  homestead  lands  (28  acres)  to  William  Wood,  yeo- 
man. This  may  indicate  that  Samuel  gave  up  farming,  and 
took  to  the  sea,  for  Mar.  18,  1761,  Walter  Cornell  conveyed 

to  him  as  a  laborer  of  Dartmouth,  Bristol  Co.,  land 

rods  from  Ichabod  Kirby's  line  to  Kirby's  line,  thence  along 
Kirby's  line  to  ye  drift-way  (drift-road?),  thence  southerly 
as  ye  drift-way  runs,  etc.  Mar.  30,  1761,  Samuel4,  laborer, 
conveyed  to  Benjamin  Wing,  land  taken  from  the  N".  E. 
part  of  "Walter  Cornell's  homestead,  beginning  in  ye  Or- 
chard and  Driftway  by  Ichabod  Kirby's  line,  and  by 
Kirby's  line;  Feb.  16,  1764,  Samuel4,  laborer,  conveyed  to 
Caleb  Tripp  land  taken  from  the  N.  E.  corner  of  Walter  Cor- 
nell's Homestead,  and  Theodate,  his  wife,  released  her 
dower  and  third  interest  in  said  land.  Both  signed  by 
their  marks.  Dec.  2,  1765,  Benjamin  Wins:  conveyed  to 
Samuel,  laborer,  land  next  to  Walter  Cornell's,  near  Icha- 
bod Kirby's  lane,  and  on  the  driftway  of  ye  Samuel4  Wait. 
etc.  Some  time  prior  to  Nov.  14,  1763,  Joseph3,  the  father 
of  Samuel4,  had  given  to  the  latter  a  power  of  attorney  to 
act  for  him,  for  on  thai   date.  Joseph3,  yeoman  of  Dart- 


26  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

mouth,  Bristol  Co.,  Mass.,  revoked  said  power  of  attorney, 
and  filed  with  the  register  of  Bristol  County  a  revocation 
containing  the  following: 

Joseph  Wait3,  yeoman  of  Dartmouth,  Bristol  County, — 
"'  whereas  I,  Joseph  Wait3,  upon  trust  and  confidence  which 
I  had  and  am  firmly  in  my  son  Samuel  Weight4  of  ye  Town, 
County  and  Province  aforesaid,  laborer,  or  alias  sea-faring 
man,  did  by  my  letter  of  attorney  constitute  and  make  ye 
said  Samuel4  Weight  my  full  and  lawful  attorney,  &c,  and 
whereas  ye  said  Samuel  Weight  hath  by  coullor  of  said 
authority  to  him  given,  behaved  himself  greatly  to  my  hin- 
drance and  damage,  contrary  to  ye  truth  and  confidence 
reposed  by  me  in  him,  have  revoked,  countermanded  and 
made  void." 

The  spelling  of  his  own  name  Wait  and  that  of  his  son 
Weight  is  perhaps  meaningful;  also  the  use  of  the  title  sea- 
faring man.  It  does  not  appear  in  the  records  what  was 
done  by  the  son  to  provoke  the  father,  but  on  Sept.  15, 
1761,  when  Joseph3  made  his  will,  there  was  due  from  Sam- 
uel4 to  Joseph3  a  sum  on  a  note,  which  was  willed  to  Sam- 
uel4. This  will  was  not  probated  until  1774,  Aug.  15, 
eleven  years  after  the  revoking  of  the  power  of  attorney. 
Samuel4  and  Theodate  had  three  children : 

1.  Samuel5,  b.  June  5,  1748;  d.  sometime  before  1780, 
as  Sarah,  his  wife,  m.  Chas.  Davenport,  Dec.  7,  1780.  He 
Apr.  29,  1776,  to.  Sarah  Cushman,  b.  Dec.  1,  1732;  bans 
published  Mar.  16,  1776.    They  had  two  children. 

i.  Edy  or  Edith6,  b.  Nov.  2,  1776.' 
ii.  Stephen6,  b.  Dec,  1780. 

2.  Henry5,  b.  May  5,  1750;  d.  18  ;  m. 
to  Phebe  Akin,  b.  July  15,  1747;  bans  published  June  4, 
1774.     They  had  five  children : 

i.  Etjth6,  b.  Nov.  12,  1776. 
ii.  Patience6,  b.  May  18,  1779. 
iii.  Ehoda6,  b.  Oct.  6,  1781. 
iv.  Pebey6,  b.  May  9,  1786. 
v.  Heney6,  b.  June  5,  1789. 

XXI.  3.  Daniel5,  b.  Oct.  1,  1753;  d.  Oct.  15,  1829; 
bans  published  Sept.  25,  1773,  to  Phebe  Manchester,  b. 
Aug.  27,  1754,  of  Westport,  Bristol  Co.,  Mass.;  dau.  of 
Lemuel  and  Alice  Manchester,  who  were  married  Oct.  2, 
1740. 

4.  (?)  Eoba5,  m.  Barnabas  Sherman,  Apr.  29,  1776;  de- 
scribed in  will  as  grand-daughter  of  Joseph. 


WAIT    FAMILY    OK     RHODE    ISLAND.  27 

VIII. — Samuel1  (Samuel*,  Samuel3,  Thomas'1),  b.  Oct. 

13,  17(>],  is  believed  to  have  had  a  son  Samuel5,  b.  17:;  I 
or  173.S,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  Continental  Army  in 
177(i,  and  who  went  from  Rhode  [sland  l<>  Vermont, 
and  thence  to  Canada.  Samuel6,  b.  17^iS,  m.  Ann 
Gardner,  a  Scotch  woman,  who  d.  January  11,  179-1, 
at  Exeter,  li.  J.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Continental 
Army  in  1770.  She  is  said  to  have  been  stolen  by  her 
mother's  brother,  a  Gardner,  and  brought  to  America. 
Samuel5  aud  Ann  had  seven  children  : 

1.  Caleb6,  b.  1757. 

2.  Gardner6,  b.  July  30,  1759,  who,  in  1776,  at  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  took  his  father's'  place  in  the  Continental 
Army;  m.  in  1782  to  Lucretia  Fillmore,  dau.  of  John  Fill- 
more, who  was  captured  hy  pirates  on  ship  Dolphin,  in 
1723.     Gardner6  went  to  Isle  la  Motte,  Vt. ;  had  a  son: 

i.  William1,  b.  Jan.  21,  1783,  m.  Hannah  (Gardner?)  and 
was  killed  at  Fort  Erie  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  who 
had  a  son  William  C,  of  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  keeper 
of  the  Valcoiir  lighthouse. 

3.  Henry6,  b.  1761,  went  to  Vermont,  and  from  thence 
to  Potsdam,  N.  Y.;  had  children: 

i.  William  C7.,  b.  1783,  lived  at  Shoreham,  Vt.,  and  had  two 

sons  Clark  and  Norman  B.,  Colton,  N.  Y. 
ii.  Samuel7,  b.  1785,  Wisconsin, 
iii.   Henry7,  b.  1788,  Pennsylvania, 
iv.   .Allan7,  1790,  had  a  son  Myron  B>.,  Potsdam,  N.  Y. 

v.  John  H7.,  b.  1798,  had  a  family  including. 

(a)  William  C.8,  b.  1824. 

(b)  Jackson  A.8,  b.  1827,  Norfolk,  N.  Y.,  who  had  a  son 

Leland*. 

(c)  Orville8,  b.  1830. 

(d)  Marshall  L.8,  b.  1832. 

(e)  Loyal8,  b.  1835. 

vi.  Luther7,  b.  1791,  lived  in  Michigan. 

4.  Barton6,  b.  1763,  Elizabethtown,  N.  Y.  Had  chil- 
dren. 

i.  Barton7. 
ii.  Benjamin7. 
iii.  Jared  C7,  b.  June  4,  1804,  who    had    sons  :   Edgar  F8., 

Elvin  O.8  and  Minor  F.8 
iv.  Freeman7. 
v.  Anna7. 

5.  Samuel6,  b.  1765,  and  went  to  Canada. 

6.  James6,  b.  1772,  and  went  to  Canada. 


28  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

7.  Jonathan6,  b.  1778,  and  went  to  Canada  and  had  a 
son. 

i.  Jonathan1,  b.   1790,  of  Amsterdam,   N.  Y.  and  Canada, 
West,  who  bad  a  son,  Henry8. 

IX. — Benjamin4  (Samuel3,  Samuel2,  Thomas1),  b. 
1073,  d.  1715,  m.  Abigail  Hall,  deeds  1710,  will  Nov.  16, 
1745,  Wickford,  B.  I.     They  had  seven^ children  : 

1.  Henrys,  b.  May  27,  1725. 

2.  Benjamin5,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1727(?);  d.  Nov.  6,  1817, 
of  Wickford,  B.  I. ;  m.  Sarah  Brown,  dau.  of  Beriah  Brown. 
Benjamin8  was  a  physician,  an  elder  and  at  one  time  sheriff. 
They  had  ten  children : 

i.  Col.  Bekiah6,  b.  Apr.,  1758  or  1756,  d.  Apr.  13,  1820. 
He  was  an  ensign,  Tbird  Co.,  North  Kingston,  R.  L, 
May,  1778-9,  a  Lieutenant,  June,  1780,  and  a  Colonel 
in  the  Continental  Army  for  five  years.  In  March, 
1781,  he  was  a  Deputy  Sheriff.  He  m.  first  Nov.  30, 
1779,  Asa  Baker,  d.  Dec.  21,  1794,  and  they  had  nine 
children  : 

(a)  Christopher  B.7,  b.  June  23,  1780,  m.(?)  Betsey  Bell,  b. 

Oct.,  1800,  Albany,  N.  Y.     Had  children  : 

(1)  William  A.8,  b.  Aug.  30, 1800,  lived  at  Fall  River,  Mass.,  and 

had  children  :  William  B.«,  b.  Mar.  25,  1839,  father  of 
William  B.10,  b.  July  13,  1872;  Christopher  B9,  lived  232 
Halsey  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  B.  A.9,  Waverly,  Iowa. 

(2)  Beriah  A.8,  b.  Mar.  4.  1803,  who  had  a  son  Edmund  G.9 

(3)  Samuel  C8,  b.  June  21,  1807,  Gouverneur,  N.  Y. 

(4)  Christopher  B.8,  b.  May  21 ,  181 1 ,  who  had  a  son  William  A.9 

(5)  Edmund  G.  R.8,  b.  May  £3,  1816. 

(6)  Asa8,  Wickford,  R.  I. 

(b)  Capt.  Beriah7.  Newport,  R.   I.,  b.  1803  ;  will  probated 

Jan.  29,  1860. 

(c)  Abel1. 
01)  Joseph7. 

(e)  Daniel7. 

(f)  Benjamin7. 

(g)  George7,  Providence.  R.  I. 
(h)  Asa7,  Wickford,  R.  I. 

(i)  Anna7,  Wickford,  R.  I. 
Col.  Beriah6,  m.  again  Hannah  Arnold  ;    d.  Sept.,  1824,   and 
they  had  seven  children  : 
(j)  Joseph  A.7 
(k)  Samuel  E.7 
(1)  Asa  B.7,  b.  1807,  of  Wickford,  R.  I.,  who  had  a  son 

Freeborn  L.8,  b.  1839,  Newport,  R.  I. 
(m)  Phebe7. 
(n)  Sarah7. 

(o)  Hannah7,  b.  1800  (?). 
(p)  Abbey7,  b.  Sept.  26,  1802  (?). 

ii.  Benjamin0,  b.  ,  m.  Elizabeth  Spencer,  Mar.  8, 

1801. 


WAIT    FAMILY    OF     RHODE     [BLAND.  20 

iii.  Stephen6,  of  Broadalbin,  N.  V.,  do  children. 
iv.  Joski'ii",  of  liroiiilaDn'u,  N.  Y..  b.  L759,  m.  Abigail  Clarke, 
Feb.  23,  17s;{  ;  had  children  : 
ia)  Clarke-,  h.  1787. 

(b)  Joseph'.  b.Jan.  10,  1790,  d.  June  27,  L868,  and  bad  four 
children  :  Rev.  0.  J.8,  Edmund  P.8,   William  Q 
and  Willard  L8 
in   licrialr,  b.  1794. 
(d)  Stephen7. 

v.  Edmund6,  of  Broadalbin,  N.  Y. 

\i.  John",  b.  ,  m.  Marj    Clarke,  Deo.   29,    1805, 

and  they  had  four  children  :  Lydia7,  Eunice'.  Simon3 
and  Sarah.1 
vii.  Many6,  m.  John  Clarke,  Jan.  17,  1786,   Exeter,  R.  J.,  and 

went  to  New  York, 
viii.  Sarah6,  m.,  and  went  to  New  Y'ork. 
ix.  Elizabeth.6 
x.  Lydia.8 
xi.  Anna.6 

3.  Eev.  William5,  b.  Jan.  9,  1730,  Wickford,  E.  L;  d. 
Mar.  20,  1826;  admitted  as  a  freeman  at  Newport,  E.  I., 
May,  1757.  He  removed  to  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  in  1774;  m. 
Mary  Nichols,  b.  Dec.  8,  1732,  and  she  d.  Dec.  28,  1822.  He 
was  a  Baptist  minister  and  a  goldsmith,  and  he  appears  in  a 
deed  at  Newport,  E,  I.,  Sept.  29,  1788.  They  had  eleven 
children: 

i.  Mary6,  b.  Feb.  9,  1752. 

ii.  Benjamin6,  b.  Sept.  3,  1753,  d.  1830  in   Canada,  m.  Ann 
Waldo,    b.     1757,    d.     1853,   and    they    had    tkirtt 
chidren  : 

(a)  Abigail7,  b.  1753,  Canada  West. 

(b)  John7  ,  Munda,  N.  Y. 

(c)  Olive7,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y. 

(d)  Benjamin7,  said  to  have  been  exiled  to  Van   Pieman's 

Land,  to  have  escaped  and   to  have   then   written 
Wait's  Narrative.     See  p.  35. 

(e)  Mary'',  Crvstal  Lake,  111. 

(f)  Washington,  Z.\  Belleville,  Wis. 
(ii-)  Ann7.  Chicago.  III. 

(h)  David  V.7,  Vandalia,  111. 

(i)  Daniel  Over7,  b.  Aug.  28,  1795,  Granville,  Washington 
Co.,'  N.  Y.,  d.  Aug.  L8,  1869,  Chicago,  111.  ;  m. 
Lucy  Clapp  (1800-1858)  and  they  had  children  : 
Charles  B.*,  George  W.\  b.  Julv"  2,  1819,  d.  Nov. 
27,  1903;  Cynthia  A.8,  Achsah  K.\  Emily  J\ 
Campbell  W.8,  John  M.8,  Juliet  S.8  and  Benjamin 
B.8,  Yellow  Spring,  <  >. 

i  ji  Rev.  Archibald7,  b.  1?!)T.  1.  Chicago,  111.,  had  children  : 
Wayland  AY.\  Rachel",  Ann8,  Mehone8,  d.  at  4 
years,  Sinn8,  Adda8,  L-ounda  L.8.  Lovina  I..'  and 
Helen  M.8 


SO  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

(k)  Cynthia1,  Woodstock,  111. 
(1)  Waity1,  b.  1801,  Osage,  Iowa, 
(m)  Waldo1,  b.  1801,  Osage,  Iowa. 

iii.  Sarah6,  b.  Jan.  30,  1756. 

iv.  John6,  b.  Dec.  29,  1757  ;  bad  children  : 

(a)  John1,  Cambridge,  N.  Y. 

(b)  Nathan,  Sheridan.  N.  Y.,  claims  that  one  of  his  Uncles 

was  the  Father  of  Benjamin,  who  was  exiled  to 
Van  Dieman's  Land  in  1838.     {See  p.  35.) 

v.  William6,  b.  Jan.  10, 1760,  d.  1832,  and  was  a  gold  beater; 
bad  children  : 

(a)  William1  (1788-1874),  who  had  a  son  Henry  M.8,  b.  1810, 

Gr6IlCSS66    CJo      N"    "Y 

(b)  Josiah1  (1787-1862),  served  in   war  of  1812,  New   Le- 

banon, N.  Y.  ;  had  sons  : 

(1)  David  P.8,  Galway,  N.  Y. 

(2)  Edniond8,  who  has  sons,  Josiah  N.9,  William9  and  John9. 

(3)  Josiah8,  b.  1817,  and  had  a  son  Louis  H9. 

vi.  Stephen6,  b.  Oct.  11,  1761,  d.  1812  ;  bad  children  : 

(a)  James1,  b.  June  29,  1800,  who  had  a  son,  Noah.8 

(b)  William1,  b.  Sept.  19,  1802,  lived  at  Cambridge,  N.  Y., 

who  had  a  son  William  H.8,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

vii.  Nicholas6,  b.  Apr.  16,  1763. 
viii.  Joseph6,  Mar.  6,  1765,  and  had  a  son  : 
(a)  Rev.  Samuel1,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
ix.  Abigail6,  b.  Feb.  10,  1767. 
x.  Ezea6,  b.  Mar.  6,  1769. 
xi.  Zera6,  b.  June  18,  1771. 

4.  Sarah5,  b.  Jan.  19,  1733(?),  Wickford,  R.  I.  Note- 
She  may  have  married  Peter  Crapo,  of  Rochester,  Mass., 
May  14,  1766. 

5.  Virtue5,  b.  May  12,  1737(?),  Wickford,  R.  I.;  m. 

Tripp,  and  for  a  second  husband  Vaughn; 

settled  in  Vaughn's  Island,  Mehone  Bay;  was  living  in 
1783. 

6.  John(athan)5,  b.  Aug.  11,  1742,  Wickford,  R.  I.;  m. 
Margaret  Sheffield;  d.  Oct.  20,  1817.  He  was  a  goldsmith. 
They  had  five  children : 

i.  Benjamin6,  d.  at  7  years. 
ii.  John6,  d.  at  40  years. 

iii.  Matthew6,  b.  Aug.  15,  1781,  Clerk  of  Supreme  Court  of 
E.  I.,  and  had  a  son  Benjamin  C.1,  Nevada  City,  Cal. 
iv.  Abigail.6 

v.  Dorcas.6 

7.  Abigail,  b.  ;  m.  Joseph  Case,  and  lived  at 
Cambridge,  N.  Y. 


WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND.  .".1 

X.— Joseph-1  (Thomas8,  Thomas3,  Thomas1),  b.  Jan. 
10,  1715,  m.  Elizabeth  .     They  had  children  : 

1.  Maetha5.1).  Mich.  L0,  L738. 

2.  Reuben5 ,  b.  July  34,  1740. 

3.  Oliver5,  b.  Jan.  15,  1741;  had  children). 

i.  Joseph",  b.  Lpr.  24,  1778.  lived  Janesville,  Saratoga  <'■>.. 
N.  V..  who  had  a  son  William7,  the  lather  of  I  >.  B8, 
of  Chicago,  111. 

I.  Major  Elverton5,  or  Yelverton5,  b.  Sept.  14,  1743, 
Coventry,  R.  I.;  m.  Zipora  He  was  a  major  in 

the  Continental  Army,  Rhode  Island  Volunteers,  Kent  Co., 
under  Col.  Nathaniel  Brown,  Oct..  177§.     He  had  children 

i.  WiLiiiAM6,  b.  July  2,  1761,  Coventry,  R.  I.,  d.  June  30, 
1849,  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  V..  and  be  had 
children  : 

(a)  John7.  Ballston  Spa.  X.  Y. 

(b)  Mrs.  S.  Iff.  Osgood7,  Chicago,  111. 

(C)  Daniel1,  b.  Jan.  28,  1798,  Glens  Falls,  N.  V.,  father  of 
William  A8. 

ii.   Sheffield6,  b.  Apr.  2.~>,  1783.     A  Sheffield  lived  at  Coven 
try,  R.  I.,  in  1875. 

XL— Thomas4  (Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  Tiver- 
ton, R.  L,  b.  Sept.  6,  1716,  m.  Bridget  Crandall,  bans 
pub.  July  8,  1745,  and  they  had  eight  children  : 

1.  Paine5,  b.  Dec.  12,  1745,  who  was  a  colonel  in  the 
Continental  Army,  and  a  Revolutionary  pensioner,  and  d. 
at  Brookfield,  Madison  Co.,  K  Y.,  Sept',  1845,  aged  99  yrs. 
9  mos.;  m.  by  Elder  John  Pendleton,  Oct.  29.  1771,  Keziah 

Crandall,  of  Hopkinton,  dan.  of  Jeremiah  and  Keziah  Cran- 
dall. He  bad,  in  1774,  three  children  over  sixteen  years  and 
one  under  sixteen  years.     He  had  also  a  son: 

i.  Benjamin",  b.  June  27,  1776,  and  d.  Apr.  25,  1857,  at 
Brookhehl.  X.  Y.     He  had  a  son  : 

(a)  Lewis1,  b.  May  16,  1800,  and  lived  at  Gerry,  Chautauqua 
Co.,  X.  Y.,  and  had  two  sons,  Ephriam  l>.\  1».  Feb. 
1.  1829,  and  lived  ai  (Jeny  ;  and  Charles8  of  Elling- 
ton, Chautauqua  Co.,  X.  V. 

2.  Susanna5,  b.  Dec.  12,  1745,  Hopkinton,  R.  I. 

3.  Joseph5,  b.  Aug.  16,  1747. 

4.  Sarah5,  b.  Apr.  6,  1749. 
XIV.  —  5.  John5,  b.  Mar.,  1751. 

6.  Job5,  b.  Aug.,  1753. 

7.  Grace5,  b.  July  4,  1756. 

5.  Thankful5,  b.  Aug.  2,  1757. 


32  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

XII. — John4  (Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  b.  Oct. 
6  or  Nov.  6,  1720,  m.  Mary  Soule,  Jan.  25,  1755,  and 
they  had  five  children  : 

1.  Mart5,  b.  Sept.  21,  1755,  baptized  at  Newport,  E.  I., 
Apr.  6,  1774. 

2.  Elizabeth5,  b.  Aug.  9,  1757. 

3.  Sarah5,  b.  Sept.  21  or  24,  1759. 

Note. — A  Sarah  Wait  was  admitted  to  Newport  Sabbatarian  Church  May  31, 
1788,  as  from  Ponegansett,  R.  1.,  and  m.  Edmund  Davis  Apr.  18, 1790. 

Note.— A  Sarah  Wait,  d.  Oct.  12, 1818,  said  to  have  been  aged  59,  m.  Palmer 

and  they  had  a  son,  Isaac  ;  she  m.  Asa  Avery  and  had  children,  George,  b.  Oct.  2, 
1792;  Mary,  b.  119:).  and  they  lived  at  Grafton,  Renselear  Co.,  N.  Y.  (see  Sarah11, 
p.  31,  supra). 

4.  John5,  b.  Dec.  4,  1762. 

See  notes  about  John  Wait,  pp.  13,  14  and  21,  Ante. 

5.  Etjth5,  b.  June  1,  1766. 

XIII. — Captain  William5  (Ca.pt.  John*,  Thomas3, 
Reuben2,  Thomas1)  b.  February  10,  1735,  held  a  com- 
mission under  the  King  June  5, 1765,  and  he  afterwards 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  War;  m.  Jan.  23,  1757, 
Thankful  Mathewson,  b.  1738  ;  d.  Dec.  26,  1816.  They 
had  three  children  : 

1.  Eeuben,  b.  Feb.  11,  1757,  m.  Mary  Wait,  May  11,  1775, 
see  post   Mary  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Eeuben,  Thomas). 

2.  Mart5  or  Mercy5,  b.  Nov.  10,  1764;  d.  Sept.  1,  1774. 

3.  Sarah5,  b.  Aug.  19,  1774,  d.  June  19,  1794,  m.  Avery 
Cone,  1791,  and  had  child,  Welthia6,  b.  1791. 

XIV.— John5  (Thomas4, Thomas3 , Thomas2 , Thomas1), 
b.  Mar.,  1751  (see  p.  31,  ante),  or 

XV. — John  Ward5  (Gapt.  John4,  Thomas3,  Eeuben2, 
Thomas1)^!  Tiverton,  b.  about  1745  (which,  has  not 
been  satisfactorily  determined,  but  was  probably  the 
latter),  m.  Abigail  Tripp,  dau.  of  Stephen  Tripp,  of 
Dartmouth,  by  Rev.  Peleg  Burroughs,  Dec.  4  or  23, 
1784.     They  had  seven  children  : 

1.  Sarah6,  b.  June  3,  1785. 

2.  Patience6,  b.  May  13,  1788. 

3.  Peleg6,  b.  Apr.  22,  1790,  m.  Euby  Howard,  Dec.  3, 
1817,  and  they  had  children: 

i.  Stephen7,  b.  1821,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
ii.  B.  H.7,  b.  ,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

iii.  Emma7,  b.  rn.  Leavitt. 

iv.  ,  b.  ,  m.  Cbas.  H.  McCreery. 


WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND.  83 

i.  Elizabeth8  or  Betsey6,  b.  I  1793. 

5.  Stephen6,  b.  July  20,  L795. 

6.  .1  [RAH6,  b.  June  8,  1798,  who  had  a  son: 

i.   Benjamin7,  b.  ,  who  had  a  son  fa]  Ahm    I 

b. 

: .   Nancy6,  b.  Nov.  26,  1800,  m.  Simmons. 

(?)  Thomas6,  b.  Tiverton,  R.  I. 

KVL— John8  (Reuben*,  Thomas3,  Reuben2,  Thomas1). 
Will,  June  22,  1833,  Robert,  executor;  had  three 
children  : 

1.  Reuben6,  b.  m.  Delight  Howard,  Jan.  6, 
1802,  and  they  had  seven  children: 

i.  Henky.7 

ii.  John7,  who  had  a  son,  Edward  A\ , 
iii.  Mary  A.7 

iv.    JlDITH.7 

v.  Reuben.1 

\  i.  Daniel  H.7,  b.  who  had  children  : 

fa)  Stephen.8 

(b)  Daniel.8 

(c)  John  II.8,  of  Westport,  .Mass. 

(d)  Henr3r.8 

vii.  Phebe7,  b.  about  1818.  Delight  was  appointed  guardian 
of  minor  children,  Reuben,  Daniel  and  Phebe  over 
14  years  of  age,  July  31.  1832. 

2.  Robert6,  b.  ,  administrator  of  estate  of 
John,  Westport,  Mass.,  1834;  had  a  daughter,  Ruth7,  admin- 
istrator of  estate  of  Robert,  Westport,  Mass.,  1844. 

3.  Mart6,  b.  ,  m.  Allen. 

XVII. —     Reuben  *    (Reuben4,    Thomas3,    Reuben2, 

Thomas1),  had  a  son  : 

1.  Reuben6  (1768-1827),  of  Chester,  Warren  Co.,  N.  Y., 
who  had  a  son: 

i.  Geokge  P.7,  of  Caldwell,  N.  Y. 

XVIII. —Thomas*  (Thomas*,  Reuben*,  Thomas1),  b. 
Feb.  29,  1715,  m.  Tabitha  Ellis  in  West  Greenwieh, 
R.  I.,  dan.  of  Gideon  Ellis,  Juno  5,  1743,  by  John 
Spencer,  Justice,  she  was  dau.  of  Jeremiah  and  Judith 
Ellis,  and  she  was  b.  in  1721. 

Thomas  d.  in  1790;  his  will  was  proven  May  21,  1790, 
and  a  sample  of  the  will  executed  over  one  hundred  years 
old  is  given  in  D.   Byron  Wait's  book,   "A   Genealogical 


34  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

Sketch  of  a  Branch  of  the  Wait  Family  (Ehode  Island 
Branch)  of  America,"  from  which  the  records  of  this  branch 
are  taken.  After  Thomas's  death,  his  widow  came  to  Peters- 
burg, N.  Y.,  with  her  youngest  son,  Eufus,  where  she  d.  in 
1813.     They  had  eight  children : 

1.  Gideon5,  b.  Mar.  3,  1745,  d.  Apr.  1,  1808,  m.  Apr.  6, 
1766,  at  West  Greenwich,  to  Lois  Tripp,  dan.  of  Peleg 
Tripp.  She  was  b.  Aug.  30,  1746,  and  d.  Oct.  21,  1822. 
May,  1787,  Gideon  was  3d  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  for  Kent  Co.,  E..  I.,  and  2d  Justice  May, 
1789.     They  had  thirteen  children: 

i.  Dorcas6  (1767-1828). 
ii.  Eunice6  (1769-1823). 

iii.  Silas6,  b.   May  5,   1771,  d.  Dee.  30,  1853,   and   had  two 
sons : 

(a)  Peleg  T.7,  who  had  a  sou  Silas8  A.,  Oneco,  Conn. 

(b)  Lloyd  A.1,  b.  1835,  Oneco,  Conn. 

iv.  Jeremiah6,  b.  Feb.  22,  1773,  d.  Feb.  25,  1776. 
v.  Simon6,  b.  Feb.  23,  1775,  d.  Nov.  22,  1860,  1.  at  Hammond, 
Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  had  a  son  : 
(a)  Gideon    R.7,    b.    Jan.   8,    1813,    who    had    children  : 
(')Henry8,    Rochester,    N.  Y.,  and  (2)Milton8,  Ro- 
chester, N.  Y.,   Henry8  had  a  daughter  (?),  Ver- 
cilla9. 
vi.  Thomas6,  b.  Oct.  22,  1776,  d.  June  15,  1858,  had  children. 

(a)  Gideon  E.7,  b.  Jan.  12,  1802  or  Mar.  29,  1803,  d.  May  16, 

1863,  m.  Sally  Arnolds,  June  22,  1822,  and  had 
children,  Hannah8,  Elsie8,  Joseph  J.8,  Sally8  and 
Oury8,  Norwich,  Ct. 

(b)  Albert  M.7,    ) 

(c)  Thomas7,       [•  Three  bachelors  of  West  Greenwich,  R.  I. 

(d)  Waterman7,  ) 

(e)  Hannah7,  m. 

(f)  Elsie7,  m. 

(g)  Sally7,  m. 
(h)  Amy7. 

vii.  Gideon6,  b.  Nov.  19,  1778,  d.  Nov.  25,  1820. 
viii.  Reynolds6,    b.   Nov.  28,    1780,    d.  Feb.   10,  1837.       Had 
children. 

(a)  Gideon7,  b.  Jan.  12,  1812,  at  Coventry,  R.  I.,  and  d.  at 

Providence,  R.  I.  He  had  a  son,  John  D.,  Provi- 
dence, and  Henry  C. 

(b)  Benjamin  T.7.  b.  Sept.  6,  1817,  d.  Mar.  10,  1874,  West 

Greenwich,  R.  I.,  who  had  a  son,  John  A.8,  of 
Providence,  R.  I. 

(c)  Allen  B.7,  b.  ,  Providence,  R.  I.,  who  had  a 

son,  Theodore  A.8,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

(d)  James  B.7,  Warwick,  R.  I. 


WAIT     F,\.M1I.\     OF     RHODE     isi.wn. 

ix.  Benjamin8,  b.  Feb.  is,  17s:;,  ,1.  Jan.,  L819. 
x.  Lois6,  b.  Mar.  10,  1785,  d.  Jan.  II,  L867. 

\i.  A  Son".  I).  Mar.  :'-<•,  L787,  d.  sai lay. 

xii.  Sii:imii:n".  1..  Mav  17,  17ss,  ,1.   May  If,.  L849,   I.   Sardinia, 

Erie  Co..  N.  Y. 
xiii.  Hannah6  (1791-1847). 

2.  Jeremiah8,  b.  Apr.  1  or  12,  1749,  at  West  Greenwich, 
in.  Hannah  Matteson.  He  was  a  Tory  and  moved  to  Man- 
chester, \'t.,  in  1792,  and  from  thence  went  to  Black  Cre< 
Ontario,  and  d.  Apr.  2,  1823,  and  his  wife  d.  Mar.  6,  1839. 
He  had  brothers  who  lived  at  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.  They  hud 
ten  children: 

i.  Jonathan6,  b.  1773,  ofDumfried,  out.,  had  a  sou: 

(a)  Henry7,  b.   May  24,  1811,  Blenheim,   Out.,  who  had  a 
son.  liicn/.i".  Washington,  Ont. 

ii.  Kakah6, 

iii.   Reuben6,  b.  .  Grand  River,  Can.,  had  a  son. 

Benjamin7,  who  was  bauished  in  1838  to  Van  Die- 
man's  Land  for  political  offenses  in  Canada.  He  was 
prominently  connected  with  the  outbreak  "Patriot 
War"  in  Canada  in  1837,  and  was  tried  and  con- 
demned to  death  at  Toronto,  but  secured  a  new  trial 
and  was  sent  to  England,  eondemned  to  penal  servi- 
tude in  Van  Diernan's  Land.  He  escaped  alter  four 
years'  imprisonment,  and  on  his  return  to  the  States 
wrote  and  published  "  Wait's  Narrative." 

iv.  Levy''. 
v.  Thomas6,  b.  Mar.  26,  1785,  had  sons  : 

(a)  Milo  J.7,  b.  Men.  6,  1818,  who  had  a  son 

(!)C  J.8,  Manchester,  V.  T. 

(b)  Thomas  A.7,  West  Greenwich,  R.  I. 

vi.   Hannah6. 
▼ii.  Elizabeth6. 
viii.  Amarelea6. 
ix.  Maby6. 
x.  Lucy  Ann6. 
xi.  Benjamin6  (?). 

3.  Thomas5,  b.  Apr.  10,  1755,  m.  Kami  Weeks,  Jan.  1. 
1776;  was  an  officer  in  Continental  Army.  They  had  two 
children : 

i.  Eunice6. 
ii.  Lucy6. 

4.  Mart5,  b.  Feb.  11,  1757,  d.  Jan.  26,  1835,  and  m. 
Reuben  Wait  {Capt.  William5,  Capt.  John4,  Thomas3,  Reu- 
ben-, Thomas1'),  May  11,  1775.     They  had  five  children: 

i.  Mam6,  b.  May  7,  1784. 
ii.  Reuben6,  b.  May  2,  1786. 


36  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

iii.  Sarah6,  b.  May  22,  1792. 

iv.  Silas  Ward6,  a  Judge  and  member  of  N.  Y.  Assembly, 
1842-1843,  b.  July  12,  1794,  at  Petersburg,  N.  Y.,  d. 
Jan.  20,  1869,  m. 'Martha  Odell  (b.  May  17,  1797),  in 
1818.  She  d.  Apr.  1,  1846.  Her  sister  Mary  m, 
Benjamin,  the  father  of  D.  Byron  Wait,  and  another 
sister  m.  Gardner  Wait.  Silas  W.  m.  also  Hannah 
Wilcox  (b.  July  9,  1809),  Mar.  9,  1851,  and  she  d. 
Mar.  25,  1893  ;  Silas  W.  and  Martha  and  six  children  : 

(a)  Silas  Franklin7,  b.  May  17,  1819,  d.  Sept.  19,  1831. 

(b)  Mary  Caroline7,  b.  Apr.  30.  1821,  m.  Billings  B.  Hewitt 

Nov.  16,  1840. 

(c)  Lydia  C.7,  b.  May  26,  1826,  d.  Dec.  11.  1835. 

(d)  Emila  Julietta7,  b.  Jan.  22,  1834,  d.  Mar.  3,  1867. 

(e)  J.  Annette7,  b.  Apr.  9,  1835,  m.  James  C.   Allen  Dec. 

19  1855,  lived  at  Hnntington,  W.  Va. 

(f)  Viola  Victoria7,  b,  Mar.  29,  1838,  m.  Wm.  K.  Hawks 

Oct.  15,  1862. 

v.  Rufus  S.6,  b.  June  5,  1798,  d.  May  20,  1860,  m.  Louis 
Maxon,  b.  Mar.  1,  1800,  d.  May  11,  1882,  and  had 
eight  children  : 

(a)  Adelia.7 

(b)  Rufus.7 

(c)  Sullivan.7 

(d)  Maria    Saturia7,  m.  John    M.  Stephens   of    Hasbrook 

Heights,  N.  J. 

(e)  Reuben  S.  F.7,  b.  Mar.  27,  1834,  m.  Aug.  6,  1854,  Betsy 

Maria,  dau.  of  Jabez  Hakes,  and    they  had   tico 

children  : 
(1)  Chester  FA  b.  June  20,  1855. 

(8)  William  O.s,  b.   Oct.   13,   1858,  who  haii    children,   Millard 
Reuben9,  d.  Dec.  18,  1901. 

(f)  Sophia.7 

(g)  Lois.7 
(h)  Irving.7 

Rufus  S.  m.  a  second  time  Martha  Odell. 

5.  Lydia5,  b.  Mar.  19,  1759,  m.  Dake  Moon,  Oct.  16, 
1783,  and  they  had  nine  children:  Simon6,  Stephen6, 
Rufus6,   Lydia6,   Electra6,   Thomas6,   Noel6,  Merritt6    and 

TpTTPT'SOTl 

6.  Peleg5,  b.  Oct.  22,  1761,  d.  Oct.  17,  1847,  m.  Dec.  25, 
1783,  Mary  Greene,  b.  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  Mar.  24,  1766, 
dau.  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Greene)  Green,  he  being  a  cousin 
of  Gen.  Nathaniel  Greene.  Peleg  moved  to  Stephentown 
(now  Petersburg)  in  Mar.,  1785.  They  exchanged  some 
household  goods  and  a  shot  gun  with  a  man  by  name  of 
Wells,  for  his  permit  on  the  Van  Rensselaer  lands ;  obtained 
a  lease  of  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer  for  the  same,  Mar.  13, 
1793;  on  which  farm  they  d.,  she  on  Feb.  3,  1862.  They 
had  ten  children: 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ESLAND  37 

Greene6,  b.  Sept.  26,  L784,  d.  Oct.  L8,  1868,  m.  Diadama 
Clarke  in  L803,  and  m.  Lydia  Moon.  1>.  Apr.  15,  L791, 
d.  Jan.  3,  1867,  dati.  of  Dake  Moon  [see  supra),  I.  in 
Michigan.     They  h&ijifteen  children  : 

(a)  Greene  C.1,  died   1883,    m.   Susan   Stewart,   and   bad 

children,  Clemen  O.8,  Laura8,  Philiuda8,  Fidelia8, 

Almanza8,  Elizabeth8  and  Ros< 
(h)  Nelson7,  in.  Orpba  Sylvester,  and   had  children,  Mar 

vins,    Laura8,    Martha8,    Lutheria8,   Stephen8   and 

Ad  die8. 
(c)  Electra7,  d.  1832,  m.  Nicholas  Jones. 
(I)  Mercy7,  who  d.  young. 

ir)    Harriet7,  m.  David  Patterson  and  had  Jim  children. 
(ti    Noel    M.;.  in.  Louisa   Smith    and    Polly   Dunton,  had 

seven   children:    Cynthia',    Byron8,   Joel8,   John6, 

Louisa8,  Harriet-  and  Electra8. 
(g)  Amanda7,    d.    1851,    m.   Stephen  Parish  and  had /ow 

children. 
In    RufusM.1,  d.l8S(>,  who  was  thrice  m..  to  Nancy  A.  Car 

linghouse,  to  Mary  Coe,  and  to  Cynthia  Stevens. 
iii    Laura7,  d.  isij:',,  m.  Asa  W.   Parr  and   had  children: 

Alice\  Elma8,  Lyman8  and  state-'. 
j     Lydia7,  d.  1863,  m.  Dewitt  C.  Chapman  and  had  niru 

children, 
(k)   Henry7,  d.  1889,  m.  Caroline  McCrossen. 
(1)    Alice7,  m.  George  Jennings. 
(ni)  Lyman   ().7,  m.  Mercilla  Lincoln  and  Valeria   Brown 

and  had  five  children:   Marcus8,   Rufus8,   Lydia. 

Ada8  and  Blanche8. 
(ni   .Julia7,  m.  William  C.  Ward, 
i  o)    Lucinda  P  \  d.  1854,  m.  Daniel  Slout . 
(p)    Sardinia  E.7,  in.  Zideon  Pierce  and  had  one  child. 

ii.  Clark  G.6,  b.  Apr.  3,  1787,  d.  Oct,  11,  1838,  at  Lockport, 
N.  Y.,  m.  Sept.  1808,  Abigail  Phillips,  b.  May  14, 
1701,  and  thev  settled  at  Granville,  N.  Y.,  she  d.  at 
Hartford,  N.  Y.,;  June  3,  1863.  They  had  thirteen 
children  : 

(a)  Pamelia7,  d.  1881,  m.  Samuel  15.  Warren  and  had  thret 

children. 

(b)  Elverton  J.7,  in.  Abigail  Roblee  and  Elizabeth  Benway 

and  they  had  eight  children  :  Elverton  K.\  Mmser 
K.s,  Maiden  C.8,  Josephine8,  Emma8,  Sarah  E.8 
Merton  B."  and  Martha8. 

(c)  Clare  C.\  d.  1888,  m.  Charlotte  Warren  and  Margaret 

Austin  and  they  had  three  children  :    Ella8,   Mal- 
colm' and  Lewis  K8. 

(d)  Hamilton  L.7,  d.  1882,  m.  Esther  Waller  and  they  had 

three  children  :   Lucy8,  Martha8  and  Sarah8. 

(e)  Manser  K.7,  d.  1892,  m.  Julia  A.   Baile  and  they  had 

seven  children:    Josephine",  Pamelia  Clarke",  Cas- 
sius8,  Idas,  Emma8,  Charles8  and  Istell 

(f)  Adaniram  J.7,  d.  m.  Caroline  Pull  and  Amelia 

A.  Landon  and    the  had  four  children  :    Missouri 
L.s,  Alsena8,  Alton  IV  and  A.  Judson' 


WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

(g)  Priscilla7,  m.  Eli  Ray,  arid  they  had   three  children, 

Adelaide  A.8,  Maiden8  and  Katharine8, 
(h)  Martha7,  m.  Henry  Lefft. 
(i)  Philetus  G.7,  d.  1881,  m.  Delia  Hale,  and  they  had  seven 

children :    Delia8,    Altona8,  Eva8,    Inez8,    Laura8, 

Nora8  and  Philetus8. 
(j)  Leander  R.7,  m.  Mehitable  Martin,  and  they  had  seven 

children,   Levi8,    Eva8,  Charles8,  Mary8,  Martha8, 

Manir  K.8  and  Edward8, 
(k)  Abigail7,  m.  Zacharia  Sill. 
(1)  Dewitt  C.7,  d.  young, 
(m)  Harlan  P.7,  m.  Betty  Laws. 

iii.  Mercy6,  b.  Apr.  4,  1789,  d.  Dec.  11,  1876,  at  Rodman, 
N.  Y.,  m.  1812  to  William  Gardner,  and  they  had 
tiro  children  : 

(a)  Peleg  W.7  (who  m.  Julia  A.  Wait). 

(b)  William  Harrison7. 

iv.  Thomas6,  b.  Mav  1,  1791,  d.  Mar.  24,  1861,  in  Michigan, 
m.  Chloe  J.  Roblee,  Apr.  13.  1821.  She  d.  Oct.  11, 
1884.     They  had  seven  children  : 

(a)  Eliza  J.7 

(b)  Maty  L.7 

(c)  Matilda  A.7,  who  m.  Levi  H.  Lockwood. 

(d)  Damans  A.7,  who  m  John  S.  Corbin. 

(e)  Raxie  E.7 

(f)  Franklin  P.7 

(g)  Mary7,  who  m.   Dr.    David    McCrossen,  who  had  one 

child,  Medora  L.8 

v.  Benjamin  Greene6,  b,  Apr.  7,  1793,  d.  Mar.  27,  1861,  m. 
Mar.  30,  1817,  Mary  Odell,  dan.  of  Jonathan  and 
Mary  (Abbot)  Odell ;  Mary  was  b.  Aug.  20,  1798,  and 
she  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Lydia  Baxter,  the  poetess. 
They  lived  at  Petersburg!*,  1817,  Granville,  1818-26, 
and  at  Canadice,  1826-61.     They  had  children  : 

(a)  Oran  Leelan7,  b.  Mar.  27,  1818,  d.  Feb.  24,  1847. 

(b)  Benjamin  Riley7,  b.  Nov.  19.  1819,  d.  Dec.  25,  1880. 

(c)  Edwin  Giles7,  b.  June  11,  1824,  m.May  13,  1856,  Julia 

E.  Stone,  and  in  March,  1849,  went  to  California, 
and  in  1893  was  Secretary  of  State.  They  had 
children : 

(1)  Ida  Victoria^,  b.  Feb.  12,  1857,  d.  July  7,  1860. 

(2)  Julia  Berthas,  b.  Aug.  27,  1801. 

(3)  Mary  Agnes**,  b.  Dec.  IB,  1864,  in.  Dec.  3, 1885,  G.  I.  Remrael. 

(4)  Effie  Genivieves,  b.  Feb.  24,  1871. 

(5)  Edith  Alices,  b.  Mar.  22,  1873. 

(d)  Dennis  Byron7,  b.  Feb.  29,  1828,  at  Canadice.  N.  Y.. 
m.  Sept.  4,  1855,  Harriet  Meruida  Brown,  b.  June 
28,  1833,  oldest  dau.  Maurice  and  Merinda  (Fox) 
Brown.  They  lived  at  Canadice,  where  she  d. 
Oct.  15,  1869.  To  D.  Byron  Wait  the  Rhode 
Island  Family  is  deeply  indebted  for  his  researches 
and  publication  of  his  branch  of  the  Wait  family. 
They  had  children  : 


WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND.  39 

(1)  B.  Audubon8,  b.   Apr.  ;,  L8B7,  lived  al   Little  Falls,  Waah, 

1890,  and  al  Waneta,  B.  •'.,  1893. 
(8)  Geuevra8,  b.  Jan.  17,  1859,  d.  Apr.  9,  181 

Bnretta8,  i>    Aug.  19,  I860,  d.  Nov.  87, 1881,  m.  Nov.  87, 1 

Dayton  MucbJer,  and  bad  on*  child,   Percivai,  b.  Feb.  18, 

1  ss'l . 
.  i    (..  Percivai8,  b.  Julj  80,  1868,  and  wenl  to  Kettle  Falls,  Wash., 

in  1890. 

Dennis    Byron1    in.   again    m.    Apr.    16,    1872, 
Amanda  M.  Colvin,  b.  Feb.  L8,  L889. 

(e)  Mary  Emeline7,  b.  Mar.  22,  1880,  d.  Sepl    19,  1868,  m. 

'Apr  32,  L857,  Charles  O.  Ball,  lived  al  Bastings, 
Minn.  They  had  children  :  C.  Arthur  and  Charles 
Albers. 

(f)  Emily  Augusta7,  b.   June   IT.   1833,  m.   Jan.  9,   1856, 

David  S.  Burton,  and  lived  a1  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
They  had  children  :  Clarence  D.,  Willie  I!  ,  Edwin 
W.,  Edgar,  Hannah  A.     All  dead. 

vi.  Alice6,  b.  July  6,  1795,  d.  Sept.  26,  L827,  m.  Fob.  17, 
1817,  James  B.Hewitt,  and  they  hud  children:  Ala- 
rnanza,  Feleg  W  '..  Mary,  Emily  and  Alice, 
vii.  Tabitha6,  or  Polly6,  1>.  Apr.  is.  17!»7.  m.  Spink  Rfatteson 
Sept.  6,  1835,  lived  at  Forreston,  111.,  and  their 
children  were  Clark  K.  and  Harlow  L. 
viii.  Mary6,  c.  Apr.  30,  1799,  d.  "Dee.  30,  1853,  m.  Sept.  25, 
1823,  Calb  Wells.  They  had  children  :  Horace  W. , 
Mary    M.,    William    S.,    Zacheus    C,    Pamelia    and 

ix.  Lois7,  b.  Dee.' 8,  1801,  d.  Sept.  11,  1873,  m.  Sept.  12,  1824, 
Calvin  P.   Hill,   and  they  had  children  :  Orriu  P.. 
Laura  A.,  Alice  M.,  Clarke  C.  and  Frances  A. 
x.  Laura6,  b.  Nov   5,  1804,  d.  Dec.  5,  1831. 

7.  Eufus5,  b.  Apr.  23,  1764;  m.  Dec.  2,  1784,  Eunice 
Hall,  and  their  children  were: 

i.  Duty6. 
ii.  Lydia6. 
iii.  Jeremiah6. 
iv.  John6. 

v.  Lois6. 

vi.  Gardner6,   b.   Dec.    23,    1801,    of  Harton,  Jackson   Co., 
Mich.,  had  as  son  R G.\  Westfield,  N.  Y. 

8.  Alice5,  b.  1769,  d.  1828;  m.  William  Potter  and  went 
to  Vermont. 

XIX. — Stephen4  (Joseph3,  Reuben2,  Thomas1),  ni.  in 
Dartmouth,  Mary  Tripp,  May,  1764,  and  after  her  death 
m.  Lillis  Church,  Mar.  10,  1776. 

His  will  was  dated  Apr.  15,  and  proved  Oct.  6,  1778,  in 
which  are  mentioned  wife  Lillis,  sons  Shadrach  and  Gideon, 


40  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

and  daughter  Mary.     "  Sons  to  support   Aunt   Tabitha." 
Children  by  first  wife: 

1.  Shadeach5,  b.  in  Dartmouth,  Mar.  17,  1765;  d.  Apr. 
25,  1850;  m.  in  Dartmouth,  Susannah  Tripp;  b.  Apr.  15, 
1769;  d.  Dec.  25,  1861. 

They  had  children: 

i.  Stephen6,  b.  Nov.  12,  1785,  d.  Apr.,  1879. 
ii.  Joseph6,  b,  Apr.  29,  1788,  d.  Sept.  5,  1865. 
iii.  Elizabeth6,  b.  Jan.  5,  1790,  d.  Oct.  3,  1870. 
iv.  Euth6,  b.  Jan.  6,  1792. 
v.  Maky6,  b.  Jan  31,  1794,  d.  1869. 
vi.  Gideon6,  b.  Dec.  19,  1795. 
vii.  Absalom6,  b.  Sept.  11,  1797  ;   lived  at   Hagadorus   Mills, 

Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 
viii.  Desire6,  b.  Oct.  20,  1799,  d.  1872. 
ix.  Diana6,  b.  Jan.  27.  1801,  d.  Nov.  13,  1858. 
x.  Esther  A.6,  b.  Mar.  4,  1803. 
xi.  Daniel  T.6,  b.  Jan.  2,  1805,  d.  May  13,  1806. 
xii.  Jonathan6,  b.  Sept.  28,  1806,  d.  Feb.,  1807. 
xiii.  William  S.6,  b.  Dec.  28,  1808,  lived  at  Belle  Center,  Wis. 
xiv.  Daniel  D.6,  b.  Oct.  6,  1811,  lived  at  Fowlersville,  Mich, 
xv.  Sarah  Wt.6,  b.  Mar.  24,  1814. 

2.  Gideon5,  b.  in  Dartmouth,  July  22,  1766;  m.  Aug.  17, 
1788,  in  Westport  (which,  previous  to  1787,  formed  a  part 
of  Dartmouth),  Desire,  dau.  of  Daniel  Tripp,  b.  Apr.  18, 
1765.  In  1795  he  removed  to  Galway,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y., 
where  he  d.  Jan.  13,  1858.  His  wife  d.  Sept.,  1845.  Their 
children  were: 

i.  William  Tillinghast6,  b.  at  Westport,  Mass.,  June  13, 
1789.  m.  in  Barkerville,  N.  Y.,  July  14,  1811,  Pamela 
(dau.  of  Sanmel  Shove  Barker),  b.  Apr.  21,  1792.  He 
d.  in  Galway,  Mar.  24,  1841  ;  she  d.  at  Sandv  Hill, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1872.     They  had  children  : 

XX.— (a)  Nelson  William1,  b.  in  Galway,  Dec.  27,  1812. 

(b)  Samuel    Barker1,  b.  in  Galway,  Sept.  30,  1814.  m.  Jan. 

17,  1853,  Mary  E.  Prall,  b.  Dec.  25,  1830,  d.  May 
8,  1879.     They  had  children  : 

(0  William  Nelson,  b.  Feb.  10,  1855,  d.  June  10,  1857. 

(2)  Catherine  Salina,  b.  May  30,  1857,  m.  Oct.  27,  1881,  George  A. 
Griffin,  and  they  bad  two  children,  Mamie  Elizabeth 
Griffin,  b.  May  18,  1884,  and  Eliza  Griffin,  b.  Mar.  31,  1888. 

(c)  Lydia  Elmina1,  b.  in  Galway,  June  25,  1817,  m.  Sept.  2> 

1843,  Dr.  Darius  Mathewson.  They  had  children 
James  William,  b.  Julv  6,  1845,  d.  Mar.  22,  1858  : 
Phoebe  Pamela,  b.  Mar."  18, 1848,  d.  Mar.  23,  1849  : 
Frank  Nelson,  b.  Sept.  8,  1850,  d.  Nov.  21,  1851  ; 
Emma  Louisa,  b.  Apr.  12,  1855,  d.  Mar.  13,  1858  ' 
Hetlie,  b.  Oct.  23,  1858,  d.  Dec  15,  1866. 


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(d)  Philip  Barf,  b.  in  Galway,  July  28,  1819,  m.  Dec   88 

L842,  Lydia  Ann  (daughter  of  Amos  Marihew),  i>. 
May  25,  1825. 

(e)  Rhoda  Desire7,  b.  in  Galway,  Mar.  1 1,  L826,  d.  Juh  5, 

1856,  in.  Dec.  l.».  L850,  William  s.  Taylor.     They 
bad  children:    Pamela  Jean,  b.  1851,  d.  Jan.  if, 
1873;  [saoella  Prances,  b.  Oct.,  1858,  d.  Mar    18 
185s. 

ii.  Rhoda8,  b.  in  West  port  July  10,  1791,  d.  June  26,  1835, 
m.  at  Galway,  N.  Y.,  to  Philip  Hart  in  L811. 

3.  Mary5,  by  second  wife,  Lillis,  b.  in  Dartmouthj  in. 
Jonathan  White,  Apr.  8,  1789. 

KX.  —  Nelson  William7  {William  Y'.'y  Gideon6, 
Stephen*,  Joseph3,  Reuben3,  Thomas*  i,  1).  Dec.  27,  181*2, 
m.  in  Glenville,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  26,  1836,  Betsey  (daughter  of 
John  Potter  Green),  b.  in  Glenville,  Oct."' 8,  1815.  He 
removed  to  Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y..  May,  1850.  They  had 
children : 

1.  John  William8,  b.  in  Galway,  Aug.  25,  1839;  d.  May 
2,  1903;  m.  in  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1866,  Mary  An- 
toinette (dau.  of  George  Warnick,  Esq.),  (see  genealogy  of 
Keyes  family,  by  Asa  Keyes,  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  1880).  They 
had  children: 

i.  Nelson  William'1,  b.  in  Sandv  Hill,  Nov.  5,  1867. 
ii.  Geobge  Warnick9,  b.  in  Sandy  Hill,  Sept.  12.  1869. 
iii.  Mary  Franklin9,  b.  in  Sandy  Hill,  July  20,  1876. 

2.  Mary  Akn8,  b.  in  Galway,  July  17,  1811;  m.  Oct.  26, 
1869,  Thomas  Lloyd  Dalton.  They  had  child:  Nelson 
Wait  Dalton,  b.  in  Sandy  Hill,  Oct.  28,  1873. 

3.  Lydia  Pamela8,  b.  in  Galway,  Feb.  15,  1816;  m.  Oct. 
26,  1871,  Charles  Edward  Noble.  They  had  children:  Mary 
Riggs  Noble,  b.  in  Sandy  Hill,  Oct.  1,  1872;  Harvey  Fish 
Noble,  b.  in  Sandy  Hill,  March  9,  1875;  Bessie  Wait  Noble 
b.  in  Colorado  Springs,  Aug.  5,  1878;  d.  Oct.  15,  1878. 

XXL— Daniel5  (Samuel4,  Joseph3, Reuben-,  Thomas*  |. 
He  was  a  cooper  by  trade  and  also  a  farmer. 

On  Mar.  17,  1787,  Daniel5  was  grantee  of  lands  adjacent 
to  those  of  Jeremiah  Wait,  from  Stokes  Potter;  and  on 
Dec.  2,  1789,  as  yeoman,  he  was  grantee  of  a  piece  of  land 
at  the  head  of  the  Apponagansett  River,  on  the  highway. 
conveyed  to  him  by  William  Barker;  on  July  7,  1791,  Abra- 
ham Tucker  conveyed  881  rods  of  land  to  Daniel  near  the 
head  of  the  Apponagansett  River;  July  11,  1791,  Philip 


42  WAIT     FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

Shearman  conveyed  to  him  land  at  the  head  of  Apponagan- 
sett  Kiver;  Ang.  25,  1791,  William  Barker  conveyed  lands 
to  him;  Oct.  31,  1791,  Ahijah  Shearman  conveyed  lands  to 
him;  Feb.  7,  1792,  Job  Devoll  conveyed  51  acres  to  him, 
with  witnesses  by  the  name  of  Tripp;  Nov.  3,  1792,  Ahijah 
Shearman,  of  Rensselaer,  County  of  Eensselaer,  New  York, 
cooper,  for  80  Spanish  milled  dollars  in  had  paid  by  Daniel, 
yeoman,  of  Dartmouth,  Bristol  County,  Mass.,  conveyed 
land  in  Dartmouth.  The  deed  was  executed  in  Albany 
County,  and  the  sister  of  the  grantor,  Shearman  (Mary 
Aken),  owned  land  next  to  the  above  parcel,  which  shows 
that  Daniel  had  acquaintances  and  was  in  communication 
with  friends  in  Albany  and  Eensselaer  counties,  New  York, 
in  1792. 

Apponagansett  lies  at  the  head  of  the  Apponagansett 
River,  which,  though  called  a  river,  is  but  an  arm  of  the 
sea  and  comes  to  an  abrupt  end,  within  100  feet  of  which 
is  an  old  stone  wall.  This  is  a  very  old  settlement  and  is 
the  location  of  the  town  hall  of  the  town  of  Dartmouth, 
where  the  town  records  are  kept.  The  highway  crosses  a 
small  creek  scarcely  10  feet  in  width,  about  200  feet  above 
the  head  of  the  Apponagansett  River,  by  which  the  above 
land  was  described.  Except  the  town  the  hamlet  contains 
only  a  blacksmith's  shop  at  present  (1903).  The  location 
of  the  lands  conveyed  to  Daniel  could  not  be  mistaken,  as 
the  head  of  the  Apponagansett  River  is  so  well  defined. 

On  Sept.  9,  1790,  for  90  Spanish  milled  silver  dollars, 
Daniel  Wait  conveyed  to  Joseph  Tucker  and  David  Gifford, 
of  Dartmouth,  8  acres  of  land  adjacent  to  that  of  Deborah 
Shearman  and  Philip  Shearman  and  Elijah  Russell,  which 
lands  were  at  the  head  of  the  Apponagansett  River,  being 
the  same  land  that  was  set  off  at  the  head  of  the  Apponagan- 
sett and  a  part  of  the  homestead  of  Abraham  Shearman 
that  was  set  off  to  his  daughter,  Hannah,  the  wife  of  Abra- 
ham Tucker.  This  conveyance  was  executed  by  Phebe 
Wait,  the  wife  of  Daniel,  who  did  yield  up  her  power  of 
thirds  and  dower,  etc.,  of  Sept.  9,  1793.  Apr.  26,  1792, 
Daniel  Wait  conveyed  to  Henry  Wilcox  lands  adjoining  the 
above,  and  Phebe  Wait,  by  her  mark,  joined  in  the  convey- 
ance, which  was  acknowledged  May  17,  1792.  Jan.  29, 
1794,  Daniel  Wait  conveyed  to  Joshua  Weeks,  a  blacksmith 
of  Westport,  lands  adjacent  to  the  above  in  Dartmouth, 
and  Phebe  Wait,  by  her  mark,  joined  in  the  conveyance. 


WAIT     iwill.Y     OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  i:: 

This  is  the  last  recorded  conveyance  b)  Daniel,  in  Jan., 
L794.  The  above  evidence  showe  thai  Daniel  and  Phebe 
had  acquaintances  a1  Westport. 

dime  LO,  1796,  Lemuel  .Manchester,  of  Westport,  made  bis 
will,  which  was  probated  Nov.  7,  1797,  by  which  be  gave  to 
his  daughter,  Phebe  .Manchester  Wait,  1  cow,  12  sheep,  all 
his  household  goods  and  indoor  movables  of  every  sort  and 
kind  thai  be  had  not  otherwise  before  given  away,  except 
"lie  diest  to  his  son  James,  lie  also  gave  to  Daniel  Wan 
a  note  upon  Job  A  lino  which  he  had  theretofore  given  to 
Daniel  to  collect.  The  above  will  and  inventory  are  in 
probate  records  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  Vol.  35,  pp.  173-1^ 6. 
John  Tripp  made  the  inventory  of  Lemuel  Manchester'.- 
goods,  etc. 

This  shows  conclusively  that  Daniel  married  Phebe  Man- 
chester, and  that  probably  they  were  living  in  Dartmouth, 
in  1796.  The  last  child  recorded  in  the  Town  Clerk's  office 
in  Apponagansett  born  of  Daniel  and  Phebe  was  James, 
born  Jan.  6,  1785. 

Daniel  served  as  a  private  in  Capt.  Benjamin  Wilcox's 
company,  in  Col.  Nathan  Freeman's  regiment  from  Bristol 
County,  Mass.,  which  company  served  in  an  expedition  to 
Rhode  Island  for  one  month,  Sept.  29  to  Oct.  29,  1771 
(p.  157,  Mss.  records  of  companies  of  the  town  of  Dart- 
mouth, Mass.,  in  public  library,  New  Bedford).  Daniel's 
name  also  appears  on  the  pay-roll  or  voucher  for  wages, 
mileage  and  subsistence  due  to  the  XXX  company,  in  the 
2nd  regiment  in  Bristol  County,  for  duty  in  the  late  army  a1 
Rhode  Island,  made  and  accruing  to  the  Continental  estab- 
lishment. The  voucher  was  for  Daniel  Wait  and  others, 
privates,  for  five  days;  traveled  18  miles  from  A.ug.  3  to 
Aug.  8,  1780.  This  service  was  rendered  as  a  private  in  a 
company  commanded  by  Capt.  Avery  Parker,  of  Dartmouth. 
Mass.,  in  Col.  John  Hathaway's  regiment,  of  Bristol  County, 
for  six  days  on  an  alarm  at  Rhode  Island.  Henry,  probably 
the  brother  of  Daniel,  was  also  a  private  in  the  same  com 
[  any  and  expedition,  and  John  Wait  was  a  member  of  Capt. 
Manassah  Kempton's  company,  of  the  same  regiment,  in 
July  and  Aug.,  1777. 

The  bans  or  intentions,  so-called  among  the  Quakers,  of 
Daniel  Wait  and  Phebe  Manchester,  were  published  Sep- 
tember 25,  1775,  but  the  date  of  the  marriage  is  not  re- 
corded in  the  public  records  of  Dartmouth  Township.     The 


44  WAIT     FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

impression  prevails  among  the  descendants  of  Daniel  and 
Phebe  that  she,  Phebe,  was  the  widow  of  one  Shaw,  but 
that  is  believed  to  be  a  mistake,  as  is  shown  by  the  records 
in  Dartmouth  Township  and  the  will  of  Lemuel  Manchester. 
Daniel's  acquaintance  with  Phebe  Manchester  may  have 
grown  out  of  business  relations  between  Samuel  Wait, 
his  father,  and  Lemuel  Manchester,  her  father,  as  is  shown 
by  two  conveyances:  one,  Nov.  20,  1758,  from  Samuel 
Wait  to  Lemuel  Manchester,  30  acres,  "  being  all  my  home- 
stead from  where  I  now  live,  together  with  all  houses,  build- 
ings," etc.,  bounded  by  land  of  David  Tripp  and  partly  by 
land  belonging  to  Gabriel  Hix,  and  by  land  of  Thomas 
Cory,  westerly  by  land  of  John  Taber  and  by  the  highway 
that  leadeth  from  Jonathan  Taber's  mills  to  Friends'  Meet- 
ing House,  in  Acoakset  Village,  etc.  (This  land  was  doubt- 
less in  Westport,  near  Hix's  Bridge,  where  Samuel  Wait 
and  Lemuel  Manchester  are  believed  to  have  lived.  This 
is  shown  by  the  above  records,  where  Phebe  Manchester  is 
recorded  as  from  Westport);  and  two,  a  conveyance  dated 
July  31,  1759,  when  Lemuel  Manchester  conveyed  to  Sam- 
uel Wait  land  in  Dartmouth,  Bristol  County  (Westport?), 
described  as  being  adjacent  to  that  of  David  Tripp,  Gabriel 
Hix  and  John  Taber,  which  without  doubt  is  the  above  de- 
scribed premises.  Allie,  the  wife  of  Lemuel,  joined  in  this 
conveyance.  From  the  above  it  appears  that  in  Nov.,  1758, 
Samuel  conveyed  his  homestead  to  Manchester,  who,  in 
about  eight  months,  reconveyed  it  back  to  Samuel.  This 
may  have  been  prompted  by  business  exigencies. 

It  may  be  explained,  however,  by  the  fact  that  on  the 
same  day,  July  31,  1759,  Samuel  Wait,  yeoman,  conveyed 
to  William  Wood,  yeoman,  28  acres,  "  being  all  of  my  home- 
stead farm  where  I  now  live,  with  houses  and  buildings, 
which  followeth  northerly  on  a  highway  that  leadeth  from 
Philip  Taber's  mills  along  the  land  of  John  Potter;  thence 
easterly  by  lands  of  David  Tripp  and  belonging  to  ye  heirs 
of  John  Taber  and  partly  by  lands  of  Gabriel  Hix;  thence 
southerly  by  lands  of  Thomas  Cory,"  etc.,  which  is  plainly 
the  lands  above  described  from  Samuel  Wait  to  Manches- 
ter, and  from  Manchester  to  Samuel.  This  last  deed  was 
signed  by  Samuel  and  Theodate  Wait,  his  wife,  each  by  his 
and  her  mark. 

Samuel  had  evidently  made  Lemuel  Manchester  his  con- 
fidant, and  probably  the  relations  between  the  families  were 


WAIT     FAMILY     01     RHODE     isi.wd.  i;, 

intimate,  thus  making  Daniel  Wail  acquainted  with  Phebe 

Manchester. 

Daniel  haying  prior  to  1794  Bold  his  lands  to  others,  and 
Lemuel  Manchester  having  died  prior  to  Nov.  7,  1797,  and 
James,  the  last  child,  presumably  born  at  Dartmouth  in 
1785,  fixes  the  probable  date  of  Daniel's  departure  for 
Albany  and  Saratoga  counties,  New  York,  these  circum- 
stances having  put  him  in  funds  to  make  the  departure. 
If  Daniel  did  not  go  to  Saratoga  County  in  1797  or  there- 
abouts, he  did  doubtless  leave  Dartmouth. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  that  the  oldest  inhabitants  of  Appo- 
nagansett  have  no  recollections  whatever  of  Daniel  Wait 
or  of  any  other  family  of  Waits  that  lived  in  that  neighbor- 
hood, nor  is  there  any  physical  evidence  of  their  residence 
there  except  the  public  records  described  and  also  the  rec- 
ords of  the  Society  of  Friends  or  so-called  Quakers. 

By  these  records  of  the  Friends  (now,  1903,  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Nathaniel  Howland,  of  South  Dartmouth,  Mass.), 
Samuel's  uncle,  Benjamin,  and  his  aunts,  Abigail  and 
Tabitha,  were  witnesses  to  intentions  to  marry,  as  follows : 
Tabitha  Wait,  Abigail  Tripp  and  Wait  Tripp,  on  Feb.  19, 
1726;  Benjamin  Wait  and  Abigail  Tripp.Mar.  3, 1737.  There 
also  appears  in  said  records  of  the  Society  of  Friends  the 
name  of  Patience  Wait,  Nov.  18,  1756  (Patience  was  the 
wife  of  Jeremiah  and  had  child  Abner,  Feb.  17,  1756),  and 
Wait  Shearman,  Jan.  11,  1729.  From  these  records  it  is 
quite  evident  that  several  at  least  of  the  children  of  Reu- 
ben Wait  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends.  The  policy 
of  this  society  was  to  forbid  or  at  least  to  discourage  the 
marking  of  graves  with  headstones.  The  result  is  that  the 
burial  ground  of  this  same  society,  located  about  half  way 
between  Dartmouth  (Russell's  Mills)  and  Apponagansett. 
has  no  gravestones  prior  to  1800,  and  very  few  since  then, 
although  it  is  estimated  to  contain  several  thousand  graves. 

Daniel5,  b.  Mar.  21,  1754  (Nov.  1,  1753,  or  in  1751)  ; 
d.  Nov.  15,  1829,  at  Beading,  N.  Y.,  and  buried  at 
Beading  in  Lake  Road  Cemetery  ;  m.  Phebe  Man- 
chester of  Apponagansett,  Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1775,  1>. 
Aug.  12,  1754,  d.  Sept.  11,  1838.  They  had  twelve 
children  : 

1.  Ann; ail6,  Dec.  8,  1775,  at  Dartmouth,  Mass.,  and  lived 
in  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  d.  June  11,  1831.     She  married  Joshua 


4ti  WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

Stoddard  and  they  had  children,  one  of  whom  lived  at  Dix, 
K  Y. 

2.  Bbenezee6,  b.  Feb.  29,  1777,  at  Dartmouth,  Mass.; 
d.  July  4,  1844,  at  Unadilla,  N".  Y.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
married  Eebeeca  Wilbur,  of  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  at  Sand  Hill, 
N".  Y.  They  had  five  children.  (For  a  second  wife  Ebe- 
nezer  m.  Susan  Sisson. 

i.  Thomas7,  b.  June  26,  1798,  at  Unadilla,  N.  Y.,  d,  Feb. 

1835,  at  Bolivar,  Alleghany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  farmer  ;  m. 
Amanda  Cowles  of  Unadilla,  at  Unadilla,  in  1821  ; 
she  m.  again  Joseph  Mullein,  and  d.  about  1880. 
They  had  ./foe  children  : 

(a)  Cyna8,  who'died  young. 

(b)  Sally8,  b.  1822  or  '25,  d.  1857,  m.  Horace   Scott.  Sept., 

'  1850. 

(c)  Llewelyn,  d.  aged  17. 

(d)  Samuel  Newton8,  b.  1823  or  '27,  d.  1864  or  '68  at  Ann- 

apolis, Md.,  in  the  Navy  ;  in.  Julia  Busby  1860-65. 

(e)  Andrew  J8,  b.  1827  or  '30.  d.  Aug.  7,  1857. 

(f)  Mary8,  b.  1882.      There  are  no  living  descendants 

of  Thomas7. 

ii.  Stephen7,  b.  Mar.  2,  1802,  at  Unadilla,  N.  Y.,  d.  Oct.  6, 
1872,  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  he  was  a  farmer  ;  m.  Anna 
Rowley  of  Otego,  N.  Y.,  at  Otego,  Feb.  19,  1824  (Apr. 
25,  1824).     They  had  ./foe  children  : 

(a)  David8,  b.  Dec.  8,  182*4,  at  Otego.  Otsego,  Co.,  N.  Y.,  m. 

Abigail  Davis  at  Sand  Hill,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 
She  was  b.  in  1825  at  Unadilla,  N-  Y.  They 
bad  four  children  : 

(1)  Stephen",  b.  Jan.,  1850,  d.  Dec.  ,  1690,  m.  Oct.  14,  1874* 

Etta  Hodge,  had  two  children,  William  D.  and  a  dau.  b- 
May  14,1888,  d.  Oct.  6,  1891. 

(2)  Sylvia9  b.  May  25, 1854,  m  Jan.  1,  1875  to  Walter  Latham. 
(8)  Charles8,  b.  ,  1858,  m.  Sept.  10,  1881,  to  Addie  Steele, 

had  one  son,  Frank  I).;  Charles  married  for  second  wife 
Alice  Mallory. 
(4)  Carrie*,  b.  Auk.  14,  1865,  on.  Jan.  1889,  to  Thomas  Southard, 
and  they  have  two  sons. 

(b)  Charles8,  b.  Jan.  12.  1830,  at  Guilford,   N.Y..  m.  Molly 

A.Miller  at  Beech  Creek.  Pa,,  on  July  21,  1860, 
and  thev  lived  at  Lock  Haven,  Pa.  She  d.  Nov. 
15,  1886!     They  had  three  children  : 

(1,'  George  J.9,  b.  Sept.  16,  1861,  m.  Annie   R.  Earns  of  Lock 

Haven.  Pa.,  May  0,  1891.  had  two  children,  Vera  Viola,  b. 

Dec.  7.  1892,  Charles  Leslie,  b.  Jan.  81,  189*. 
(2)  Charles  Ellis9,  b.  Feb.  6,  1866,  m.  Margaret  J.  Saltsman,  June 

14,  1893.    Thev  lived  at  Lock  Haven,  Pa. 
(3;  Minnie  Olive6,  b."  May  19,  1868,  m.  J.  William  Hamberger  at 

Castanea,  Nov.  25,  1897. 

(c)  Susan8,  b.  June  14,  1842,  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  d.  Nov.  27, 

1897,  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  m.  James  Terry  in  1859,  at 
Otego.  They  had  fourteen  children,  tfii  of  whom 
lived  to  maturity. 


WAIT     I'WIII.V     OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  17 

(d)  Lovlca8,  b.  July  38,  1262,  at  Otego,  Otsego  Oo.,  N.  V  , 

in    W.  A.  Becor  of  Mi    Upton,  N.  x.    They  lived 
at  Otego,  N   V.,  :unl  had  thra  children. 

1 1 1  Aiiim  Becor,  b.  lit]  1 1.  1881. 
ra)  Charles  Becor,  b.  Bept.  88,  1886. 
(8.1  Alice  l..  Secor,  i>.  Jane  •-';.  1898 

(e)  Lodlca8,  b.  July  28,  1852    al  Otego,   V  V  ,  m.   David 

(>rr.  at  ( (neonta,  Oct.,  1872.    They  lived  al  <  mm<  mm 
and  have  one  child,  John,  b.  1878. 

iii.  Samuel",  1).  Aug.  18,  L804,  d.  Feb.  9.  L885,  lived  at  Band 
Hill,  Unadilla,  N.  V.,  m.  Phebe  Cranston  who  died 
soon  after  their  marriage,  m.  again  Sept.  26  or  Nov. 
16, 1837,  to  Rhoda  Totter.  .1.  Feb.  2.").  1848,  buried  in 
Wilber  Burial  Ground.     They  had  three  children  : 

ia>  Thomas8,  i>.  Feb.  22,  1889,  at  Unadilla,  lived  at  Sacre 
men  to,  Neb.,    tn.    March,    1st;:;,   to   Emma   Jane 
Jucket,   b.  Aug.  1.").  Is:;;    d.  Jan.  28,   l*H'».     No 
children,  m.  again   Sept.   25,    lHito,  to   Christena 

Lucas. 

(b)  William-    1>    Mar.   I.",,  1S40,  d.  Apr.  4,  ls.Y.». 

(c)  Hiram  S.\  b.  Dec.  21,   1841,  m.  Harriet  Caroline  Wait, 

.Mar.  19,  1879,  she  died  Jan.  10,  1892.  No  children. 
Sept.  26,  1848,  Samuel  Wait,  married  Amy  Post  of 
Sand  Hill,  a  daughter  of  Elsie  l  1787)  Wait  Post  and 
a  first  cousin  of  her  husband.  They  had  one  son 
who  died  an  infant, 
iv.  Ahijah1,  b.  Jan.  17,  1812,  at  UnadiUa,  N.  Y.,  d.  at  Sand 
Hill,  N.  Y.,  in  1881.  he  was  a  farmer,  m.  Jane 

Spencer,   of   Maryland,    N.   Y.,  at    Maryland.   X.  Y. 
They  had  eight  children  : 

(a)  Philinda8,  b.  Dec.  29,  1839,  m.  Ira  Truman  of  Butter- 

nuts, N.Y.,  Oct.  IT,  1859. 

(b)  Annie8,  b.  Sept.  5,  1841,  d.  Nov.  is.  is:,::,  at  UnadiUa. 

(c)  Armenia8,  b.  Dec.  1,  1S42.  m.   Albert  Young,  of  Uaa- 

dilla,  Nov.  6.  1861. 

(d)  Sarah8,  b.  July  22,  1844,  in.  William  Hovt,  of  Walton, 

Jan.  15,  1879. 

(e)  Marie  C.8,  b.  Jan.  7/1846,  m.  John  Gates,  of  Unadilla, 

Jan.  17,  1872. 

(f)  John  S.8,  b.  Mar.  It,  1850,  d.  Nov.  24,  1853. 

(g)  Emmas,  b.  July  9,  1855,  m.  Orville  Smith,  of  Easten, 

Feb.  1,  1877. 
(h)  Marrietta*,  b.  Aug.  30.  1847,"m.  Cliarles  H.  Delevan,  of 
Sidney.  N.  Y,  Mar.  26,  1873. 

v.  Annie7,  b.  Jan.  6,  1818,  at  Unadilla.  d.  Feb.  31,  1841,  at 
Shakers,  near  Watervliet,  X*.  Y.  She  m.  Simeon 
Spencer,  of  Maryland.  X'.  Y.,  later  of  Unadilla,  X.  Y.. 
at  Sand  Hill,  N.'l,  Xov.  1,  1838.  He  was  b.  Dec. 
12,  1813,  and  d.  Aug.  2,  1879.  They  had  me  child 
Elijah  who  d.  in  infancy. 


48  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

3.  Amy6,  b.  Dee.  31,  1780;  lived  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.;  d.  Oct. 
31,  1852,  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.  She  married  Samuel  Wrightly 
and  again  Noah  Howard,  Nov.  6,  1808.     They  had  one  son. 

4.  Samuel6,  b.  Nov.  21,  1782  (Nov.  20,  1783),  at  Dart- 
month,  Mass. ;  lived  at  Hector,  Schuyler  County,  N.  Y.  He 
was  a  farmer;  d.  ,  18  at  Hector,  N.  Y.,  and  is 
buried  at  Reading,  Lake  Boad  Cemetery.  He  m.  Miss 
Legett  (Mrs.  Eeliance  Calvert),  mother  of  Mrs.  Ahijah 
Wait  (1791-2),  of  Reading,  Steuben  (now  Schuyler)  Co., 
Mar.  7,  1814,  and  she  is  buried  at  Reading,  Lake  Road  Cem- 
etery. Samuel6  Wait  was  in  the  War  of  1812  on  the  Cana- 
dian Frontier  and  honorably  discharged.  They  had  one 
child: 

i.  Samuel  Whightly7,  b.  1813,  at'Hector  or  Read- 

ing, N.  Y.  ;  d.  August  1894,  at  Watkins.  He  lived 
at  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  and  had  several  children,  one  of 
whom  is  Lewis  Wait,  Watkins,  N.  Y. 

5.  James6,  b.  Jan.  6,  1784,  at  Dartmouth,  Bristol  Co., 
Mass.;  d.  Sept.  1,  1855,  at  Briar  Creek,  Otego,  Otsego  Co., 
N.  Y.;  m.  Dec.  10,  1807,  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  to  Elizabeth 
Thompson,  of  Stillwater,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  was  b. 
Mar.  19,  1792:  d.  Jan.  11,  1857,  at  Otego,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 
(Briar  Creek).     They  had  ten  children: 

i.  Jesse7,  b.  Feb.  25,r1808,"not  married, rd.  Sept.  21,  1828. 
ii.  Hakman  Van  Veighton1,  b.  May  23,  1811,  d.  Oct.  26. 1876, 
lived  at  Port  Crane,  N.  Y.,  m.  Emily  C.  Edsall.  She 
was  b.  Jan.  17,  1819,  at  Vernon,  N.  J.  Her  father 
was  Seely  Edsall,  who  was  the  son  of  Col.  Edsall,  an 
officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  They  had  four 
children : 

(a)  James  Edsall8,  b.  Sept,  17,  1837,  m.  Sept,  10,  1867,  to 

Sarah  Jane  Rrizzee.  They  had  eight  children,  of 
whom  only  two  lived  to  maturity  : 

(1)  Arthur  James9,  b.  Dec.  5.  1879,  near  Windsor,  N.  Y. 

(2)  Helen  Margaret9,  b.  Aug.  5,  1889,  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y." 

(b)  Mary  Ellen8,  b.  Dec.  23.  1838,  m.  Ambrose  L.  Davis, 

'Feb. 9,  1870.     A..  L.  Davis  d.  Aug.  5,  1899.     They 
had  two  children  : 

(1)  Nellie  Anna,  b.  Oct.  4.  1874. 

(2)  Ambrose  Edsall,  b.  Aug.  22,  1876.. 

(c)  George  Henry8,  b.  June  28,  1848,  m.  Alice  E.  Hinklev, 

Sept.  20,  1871      They  had  no  children. 

(d)  Florence  Elizabeth8,  b.   Aug.  16,  1852.  m.  William  J. 

Hughson,  Oct.  1,  1872.  W.  J.  Hu<?hson  d.  May 
19,  1882.  Thev  had  one  child,  who  died  young. 
She  m.  again  Robert  Bishop,  Feb.  28,  1895.  They 
had  no  children. 


WAIT     KAMII.Y     OF     RHODE     ISLAND.  18 

iii.  James,  Jb.7,  b.  Nov.  17,  L818,  at  Otego,  Otsego  Co.,  V  Y.. 
(1.  Nov.  l.  1876,  at  Eollisterville,  Pa.,  m.  Jeruaha 
Eollister,  Sept.  20.  L838,  in  Salem,  Wayne  Co.,  Pa. 
She  died  Oct.  3,  L840,  in  Sterling,  Wayne  Co.,  I'a. 
They  had  one  child  : 

(a)  Jeruaha8,   b.   Sept.    19,    1840,    m     Bept.    L6,    1874,   to 

Florence  I!    Hamlin;   ra  again,  Nov. -J."),  isstf,  to 

s.  V.  Mitchell. 
James7,  m.  again    Harriet    Eollister,  June  5,  1845 
She  d.  Mar.  17.  L901,  at  Eollisterville,  Pa.    All  buried 
in  Hamilton  Cemetery,  Salem,  Wayne  Co.,  Pa.    They 
had  six  children. 

(b)  William  Eollister8,  b.  Apr.  2,   184<>,  al    Eollisterville, 

Wayne  Cm..  pa.,  in.  Ada  G.  Pellett,  Sept.  16,1874. 
They  bad  four  children  : 
(1)  J&mee  Edmnnd,  b.  July  7, 1876,  d.  Mar.,  1877. 
(8)  Susan  V..  b.  Oct  II.  IW9. 
(3)  Joseph  S.,  b.  Kel..  22,  1NK1. 
lj  William  Donald,  b.  Sept.  1!,  1882. 

(c)  Franklin  James',  b.  Feb.  3  or  5,  1849;  not  married. 

(d)  Mary  Elizabeth-,  b.  8  pt.  1,  I860,  d.  Nov.  2f>,  1903;   not 

married. 

(e)  Asa  Wellington8,  b.  Aug.  20,  1852;  not  married. 

(f)  Lillian  Celestia8,  b.  Oct   20,  1854    m.   Samuel   B.   Han- 

kins,  Sept.  29,  1875.     They  had  five  children  : 

(1)  Fred,  b.  Nov.  B,  1876,  d.  A.ug.  20,  1877. 

(2)  Nellie  Harriet.  1).  .lulv  Hi,   1S>.  ,1.  Apr.  26.  1880, 

(3)  Walter  II..  b.  Jan.  28,  188?. 

1 1)  Eva  Lillian,  b.  Oct.  3,  18H1.  d.  Mar.  16,  1884. 

(6)  Maud  Winifred,  b  Apr.  5,  1S85. 

(g)  Helen  Harriet8,  b.  Sept.  20,  1858,  m.  John  E.   Elliott, 

Sept.  26,  1883.     They  had  six  children,  three  of 

whom  lived  : 
(1)  Mildred  J.,  b.  June  88,  1892. 
(8)  E,  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  1.  1894. 
(8)  Helen  Norvell,  b.  Apr.  23,  1897. 

iv.  John7,  b.  Jan.  25,  1816,  d.  Jan.  30,  1876,  m.  Durenna  Cook 
of  Morris,  N.  Y.,  May  15,  1844,  at  Butternuts,  N.  Y. 
She  was  b.  June  17,  1819  (and  was  living  Jan.  31, 
1903).     They  had  two  children  : 

(a)  Cedelia  N.8,  b.  Sept.  30,  1846,  m.  Alex. M. Thompson 

at  Rosemount,  Minn.,  Sept,  25,  1870. 

(b)  Addie  A,8,  b.  Oct.  25,  d.  July  6,  1869. 

v.  Reuben  Pi  i;ky\  b.  Aug.  17,  1818,  d.  Apr.  14,  1890,  m. 

Adeline   Pherdum,    Feb.    8,    1854,    at  Delhi,    N.   Y. 

She  was  b.  at  Amies,  Delaware.  May  19,  1829.     They 

lived  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.     Had  one  child: 

(a)  Edward   R.,  b.   Sept,  12,   1857;  d.   Aug.    17.   1886;  m, 

Jennie    Host  wick  at    Smith    Eadley    Falls,    .Mass., 

Jan.  9,  1884.     They  had  no  children. 

vi.  Mary  Eliza7,  b.  Sept.  6,  1821,  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  m.  Feb.  3, 
1858,  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  to  Rnfus  Collins.  He  was 
b.  May  30,  1816,  and  d.  Oct.  2,   1885,  at  Sand  Hill, 

N.  Y.     Thev  had  in-,,  eliildren  : 


50  WAIT    FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

(a)  Laura  Elizabeth  Collins8,  b.  Dec.  10,  1858;  m.  Nov.  19, 

1890,  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  to  George  Holmes.  He 
d.  Mar.16,  1899,  at  Sand  Hill,  N.  Y.  They  had 
one  child  :  Clara  Jessie,  b.  Sept.  27,  1893. 

(b)  James  Jerub  Collins8,  b.  July  7,  1865  ;  m  Clara  Wendell, 

of  Sidney,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1886.  They  had  no 
children. 

vii.  Ebebezek  F.7,  b.  Nov.  3,  1824.  d.  Nov.  4,  1897,  lived  at 
Otego  (Briar  Creek),  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  m.  Elizabeth 
Ann  Wood,  of  Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  11,  184(5. 
They  had  four  children  : 

(a)  Laselle  Benjamin8,  b.  Jan.  23,  1849,  at  Otego,   N.  Y.  ; 

m.Ettie  Hopkins  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  11,  1872. 
They  had  one  child  :  Mary,  b.  Dec.  30,  1875. 

(b)  George  Madison8,  b.  Feb.  22,  1851  ;  m.  Eugenia  Steb- 

bins  at  Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  Oct.,  1874.  They  had 
one  child  :  Ralph,  b.  Aug.  12,  1876. 

(c)  James  Albert8,   b.  Mar.  4,   1857.  at  Otego,  N.  Y.  ;   m. 

Lucie  Baker  at  Lawrence,  N.  Y.,  May  30,  1883. 
They  had  one  child  :  Lena,  b.  June  28,  1884. 

(d)  Flora  Elizabeth3,  b.  Oct.  12,  i860  ;  d.  Aug.  1,  1863. 

viii.  Andrew  Marcellus7,  b.  Feb.  5,  1828,  at  Otego,  N.  Y. 
(Briar  Creek),  d.  Oct.  31,  1900  ;  m.  Sept.  15,  1850,  in 
Town  of  Butternuts,  Opp.  South  New  Berliu,  N.  Y., 
to  Ambrosia  Jane  Sargent,  dan.  of  John  and  Isabelle 
(Jacox)  Sergeant,  b.  Jan.  30,  1827  ;  lived  at  Norwich, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.      They  had  two  children. 

(a)  Ambrose  Marcellus8,  b.  May  23,  1851.  at  Mt.  Upton, 

N.  Y.  ;  m.  Carrie  A.  McNitt  of  Norwich,  N.  Y., 
1873.  She  d.  May  11,  1875.  No  children.  He 
m.  again  Julia  A.  Hiuman,  dau.  of  Munson  and 
Augusta  (Barker)  Hinmau,  of  Hallock,  Peoria  Co. , 
111.,  Jan.  1, 1877.  She  was  b.  Apr.  18, 1854.  They 
had  ten  children  : 

(1)  Alice9,  b.  Oct.  28,  1877,  m.  Harry  Leach,  Apr.  11,  1903. 

(2)  Bertrand9,  b.  Jan.  18,  1880. 

(3)  Mvra9,  b.  Nov.  6,  1881. 

(4)  Jiilia  Eva9,  b.  Auk-  22,  1884. 

(5)  Allen  Marion9,  b.  June  9.  1886,  d.  Dec.  18,  1897. 

(6)  Grace  Augusta9,  b.  Feb.  6,  1888. 

(7)  Robert  Sergent9,  b.  Apr.  26,  1890. 

(8)  Gertrude9,  b.  May  8.  1894. 

(9)  Ruth9,  b.  June  15,  1896. 
(10)  Dorothy9,  b.  Feb.  2,  1899. 

Ambrose  Marcellus  was  for  several  years  a 
druggist  and  school  teacher  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.  ; 
from  1879-1893  a  farmer  at  Hallock,  111.,  and  from 
1896  to  date  an  inspector  and  surveyor  in  the  Pub- 
lic Works  Department,  State  of  New  York. 

(b)  John  Cassan8,  b.  June  4,  1860,  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  m. 

Ginevra  Caroline  Westlake,  June  29, 1886,  at  Iron- 
ton,  Lawrence  Co.,  Ohio.  She  was  b.  Dec.  25, 
1866,  at  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  and  was  the  dau.  of 
Thomas  R.  and  Annar  Eliza  (Bird),  Westlake. 
They  had  four  children  : 


WAIT     FAMILY     OK     MIODK     [SLANT).  51 

iii  Lnella  Lmbroela',  b,  Sept.  17,  18 
(8)   \mii.m  Marie*,  b,  Bepl   9,  1890 
(8)  Justin  Federal9,  b.  Bepl  26,  1898 
I  I)  Constance  Blaine',  b.  Jan.  9, 

An]]])  < fassan  waa  a  mechanic  and  civil  engii 
which  latter  vocation  be  followed  from  1880  i 
when  lit-  began  the  practice  of  law  intbeCitj  of 
New  York,  where  he  occupied  the  position  of 
A-Ssistanl  Corporation  Counsel  of  the  City  from 
1900-1904.  In  1882  be  graduated  from  Cornell 
University;  in  1887,  from  Norwich  Univeisity, 
\'i  ;  and  in  1891,  from  the  Barvard  Law  School. 
In  i«sti  |ss7  i„.  was  Captain  of  Ajtillery.Vermon1 
National  Guard;  1896-1897,  eDgineer,  Erie  Caaal 
improvement  ;  1887-1894,  instructor  and  assistant 
professor  of  engineering,  Harvard  University  . 
1894-1895,  associate  editor,  "Railroad  Gazette." 
He  is  also  the  author  of  several  books  on  engineer 
ing,  law  and  the  useful  arts,  including  a  dictionary 
of  railroad  terms. 

iv.  Harriet  Caimlisk',  b.  July  4,  1830;  d.  Jan.  10,  1892;  m. 
Hiram  8.  Wait,  Mar.  19,  1877,  ho  was  Lorn  Dec.  21, 
1841.  They  lived  at  Sand  Hill,  N.  Y.  They  Lad  no 
children. 

x.  Ezra  J.7,  b.  Aug.  11,  183:5  :  m.  Manetta  E.  Flagg,  at  Nor- 
wich, N.  Y.,  he  d.  Nov.  20,  1861.  They  had  two 
children  : 

(a)  William  Ezra8,  b.  Dec.  -.'4,  1857,  m.  Lydia  A.  Prentiss, 

Nov.  30,  1881,  at   Hallock,  Peoria  Co.,  111.     They 
had  nine  children  : 

(1)  ViraP.".  b.  Feb.  t.  1888,  at  Forrest,  111  ;  d.  Feb.  18,  1891. 

(2)  Rexford  Ezra9.  I).  Apr.  -2H.  18 

(3)  Harriet  Catherine11,  b.  Julv  I.  1887. 

(4)  Orra  A.0,  b.  Feb.  15,  1889. 

15)  Wilberta  Betell",  b.  Jan.  19,  1891. 

(6)  Bertha  Gertrnde»,b.  Apr  9,  1894. 

(?)  Guy  William9,  b.  Dec.  9,  1895. 

(8)  Ilion  Bernitn9,  b.  Apr.  B,  1898. 

(9    William  E.9.  b.  Dec.  26,  1901,  «1.  Aug.  30,  1908 

(b)  Orra   Hughson8,    b.   Oct.  9,  1859,  ra.   Libbie   Ross   a* 

South  Plymouth,  Chenango  Co.,    N.  Y.,  Dec.  25, 

1880.     She  was   b.   at    Plymouth,  Mar.  16,  1858. 

They  had  two  children  : 

Ui  William  A.,  b.  Mar.  85,  1888. 
2)  Edward  R.,  b.  Oct.  12, 1887.    They  lived  at  Norwich,  N.  V 

6.  Elsie6  (or  Alice6),  b.  Mar.  13,  1787  (Mar.  18,  1788), 
at  Dartmouth,  Mass.;  d.  Dec.  9,  L856,  at  Sand  Hill,  N.  Y.; 
in.  Juno  26,  1808,  at  Saratoga,  X.  Y..  to  Abraham  Post;  b. 
Oct.  5,  1781;  d.  Dec.  26,  1856,  al  Sand  Hill,  N.  Y.  They 
had  eleven  children:  Willis,  b.  Mar.  II.  IS09;  d.  Mar.  13, 
1874;  Moses,  S.,  b.  An-.  31,  1810;  d.  Mar.  10.  1860;  Allen, 
b.  Juno  2,  1812;  d.  infant;  Phehe,  b.  May  4,  1813;  d.  Jan. 
-     L889;  Louisa,  b.  June  24,  1815;  d.  Jan.  5,  1878;  Amy, 


52  WAIT     FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

b.  June  26,  1817';  d.  Sept.  29,  1897;  Stephen,  b.  Sept.  4, 
1819;  d.  Jan.  23,  1901;  Martha,  b.  Oct.  21,  1821; d.  Apr.  21, 
1895;  Lemuel,  b.  Jan.  25,  1823;  d.  Apr.  18,  1895;  Edna, 
b.  Apr.  29,  1826;  d.  Nov.  28,  1895;  Akins,  b.  Nov.  10,  1828; 
d.  Feb.  20,  1899. 

7.  Judith6,  b.  Dec.  17,  1788  (Dec.  15,  1789),  at  Dart- 
mouth, Mass.;  d.  1872,  at  Ballston  Spa.,  Saratoga  Co.,  N".  Y. 
She  married  Allen  Smith ;  b.  Mar.  18,  1781,  and  d.  1863,  at 
Quaker  Springs,  N.  Y.  They  had  twelve  children :  Samuel 
W.,  b.  July  25,  1808;  Rebecca,  b.  26,  1810;  Henry, 
b.  Aug.  7,  1812;  Allen,  b.  Dec.  20,  1813;  William,  b.  Apr.  11, 
1815;  Sally,  b.  Mar.  20,  1818;  Phebe,  b.  Mar.  26,  1819; 
Charles  E.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1821;  Anthony,  b.  Sept.  26,  1823; 
Clark,  b.  Feb.  14,  1825;  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1827;  Margaret, 
b.  Aug.  11,  1829. 

8.  Phebe6,  b.  Mar.  9,  1790;  lived  at  or  near  Loekport,  N". 
Y. ;  m.  Daniel  Shaw. 

9.  Ahijah6,  b.  Jan.  22  or  29,  1791-2,  at  Dartmouth. 
Mass.;  d.  Jan.  28,  1871,  at  Reading,  Schuyler  County,  N. 
Y.,  where  he  is  buried  in  Lake  Road  Cemetery;  m.  Hannah 
Calvert,  Mar.  7,  1815,  and  she  d.  Feb.  29,*  1888.  They 
had  five  children. 

i.  Phebe1,  b.  Jan.  4,  1816,  d.  Aug.  26,  1890  ;  ni.  Jan.  4,  1838, 
at  Watkins,  N.  Y. ,  to  Aaron  Parish  and  they  lived  at 
Watkins,  N.  Y.     They  had  two  children  : 

(a)  Hannah  Elizabeth,  b.  May  2.  1839,  d.  Mar.  21,  1901. 

(b)  Aaron  N.,  b.  May  19,  1841,  d.  Jan.  4,  1885. 

ii.  Nanoy\  b.  Sept.  22,  1818  ;  d.  Apr,  19,  1892  ;  m.  Feb.  27, 
1840,  to  Frederick  Stamp,  and  they  went  to  Paxton, 
HI.     They  had  two  children  : 

(a)  Charles,  b.  Oct.  14,  1841,  d.  Sept.  10,  1899. 

(b)  George  W.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1868. 

iii.  Henby1,  b.    Oct.  19,  1820,  at   Beading,  N.  Y.  ;   lived   at 

Reading,  Schuyler  County,  N.  Y.  ;  d.  Nov.  13,  1894  ; 

he  m.   Hannah   Marice  Case,   1852,   she  d.  Apr.   13, 

1885.     They  had  one  child  : 

(a)  De  Ett,  b.  June  10,  1859,  who  lived  at  Reading.     She 

m.  Johu  Abrams,  Oct.  7,  1885  ;  lived  near  Reading 

Center,  N.  Y. 

iv.  Ebenezeb,  b.  Feb.  26,  1823,  at  Reading,  N.  Y.  ;  lived  at 
Clarence,  Ford  County,  111.  ;  he  m.  Louisa  M.  Stamp, 
at  Newfield,  N.  Y.  ;  she  d.  Dec.  10,  1893,  buried  at 
Ran  kin  e,  111.     They  had  tico  children  : 

(a)  Elbert  A.,  b.  May  13,  1850,  has  two  children  : 

(1)  Mable  A.,  b.  May  8, 1883. 

(2)  Ida  L.,b.  Sept.  13,  1886. 

(b)  Adrian  D.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1858. 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

v.  Makoaket,  1).  Dec.  6,  1h:{i».  unmarried. 
vi.  Sarah,  1).  Oct.  20,  1833,  unmarried. 

10.  Sarah  (or  Sally)6,  b.  Sept.  3.  1793;  d.  1R  ; 
in.  William  Wilbur;  he  was  b.  June  30,  1789,  at  (Sand  Hill) 
TTnadilla,  N.  Y.  They  bad  seven  children:  Annie,  b.  1815, 
d.  1900;  Lemuel,  b.  1818,  d.  189?;  William,  b.  1822,  d. 
1896;  Betsy,  b.  1824;  Abigail,  b.  1826,  d.  18f>7;  David.  I,. 
1829;  Buel,  b.  1831. 

11.  LUORETIA6,  b.  Oct.  29,  1796,  lived  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.; 
m.  Jan.  22,  1815.  Sbe  m.  John  Vincent,  b.  A  up;.  26,  1783. 
They  lived  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  and  they  had  ten  children: 
Julia  Ann,  Cynthia,  Jonathan,  Edward  H.,  Judith,  Lot  H., 
Amy  TL,  Norman  "D..  Herman  F...  George  H.  and  Mary  F. 
("adopted).  Cynthia  Vincent,  m.  Ira  Fisher  Kilmer,  of 
Washington  County,  New  York,  and  they  had  children: 
Juliet  Kilmer,  b.  Sept.  22,  1847;  John  Henrv  Kilmer,  b. 
Jan.  22.  1849;  Helen  Maud  Kilmer1,  b.  Aug.  4,  1860.  John 
Henrv  Kilmer,  m.  Pvrena  Baldwin,  Jan.  2.  1877,  and  thev 
had  children:  Oi is  Willis  Kilmer,  b.  Feb.  2,  1878;  Helen 
Maud  Kilmer2,  b.  Aug.  2,  1882:  Mae  Baldwin  Kilmer,  b. 
Mar.  17,  1891.  Helen  Maud1,  m.  John  R.  Stanton,  of  New 
York  City. 

12.  Lemuel8,  b.  Jan.  3,  or  13.  1798.  and  lived  at  Dix. 
Schuyler  Co..  N.  Y.;  d.  Jan.  13.  1888.  at  Dix.  and  is  hnried 
at  Reading.  Lake  Road  Cemeterv.  He  m.  Prudence  West- 
ern, who  d.  1833.  and  is  buried  at  Readina',  TL  Y..  Lake 
Road  Cemetery.    They  had  three  children. 

i.  Daniel. 
ii.'jANE  for  Jennie). 

iii.   Orrila,  ra.  Clias.  Wither,  and  lived  at  Moreland.  SchuY- 
ler  Co. ,  Dix  Township,  N.  Y. 

Notf. — For  record*  of  the  early  descendants  of  Marshall  Richard  Wayte,  of 
Boston,  Bee  N.  E.  History  avt>  Gen  Rfoistki:  for  Oct..  1877:  The  Waite 
Kvmii  ■* .  of  Rostov.  Mass..  Iiv  Henry  R.  Waite.  of  West  Newton.  Mass.:  Ten  Gen- 
erations  in  New  England,  by  Henry  E.  Wnitc  of  West  Newton.  Mass.  (1884). 

Note.  -For  Records  of  the  Maiden  Family,  see  Waite  Family  of  Malden,  l>y 
Deloraine  P.  Corey  of  Maiden.  Mass.  flfffff*. 

Other  sources  of  information  and  records  of  the  Wait(e) family  are  tbe following  : 

\ii-iin1s  Rhode  Island  General  Dictionary. 

Davis'  Land  Marks.  Plymouth,  Mass 

•Indd's  History,  Hadley.  Mass  .  p.  S8(>-7. 

TV. — Savatre's  General  Dictionary,  p.  882-S. 

Temple's  Kcc.  History  of  Wnately,  Maes  .  p.  272-7. 

Craft's  History  of  Whttelv.  M;is- 

Barry's  History  Framirieham,  Mass  ,  n.  428. 

Benedict's  HlBto*v,  Sntton,  Mass.,p  73fi-7. 

Bond's  Bistorr,  Watertown,  Mass.,  <>17. 

Cleveland's  History,  Fates  Connty,  N.  V*.,  518  9 

Corey's  Waite  Gen.,  1878. 

Stone's  History,  Hubbardston,  Mass..  p   36S 


M  WAIT     FAMILY    OF    RHODE     ISLAND. 

Washburn's  History,  Leicester,  Mass.,  p.  410-1. 

II.— Wyman's,  Charlestown,  Mass..  986-9. 

Norton's  History  Fitzwllliani,  N.  H.,  p.  754. 

Bass'  History,  Braintree.  Vt.,  p.  194. 

American  Ancestry,  2-142  ;  3-60  ;  4-117  ;  5-51. 

Landmarks,  Reneselear  Co.,  p.  648. 

Publications  New  York  Geneological  and  Biographical  Society,  John  L.Walte. 

III.— New  London  Historical  Society,  54  ;  also  5-46  ;  6-61. 

XXIII.— New  England  Historical  Society,  p.  124. 

Old  Families  of  Saulbury,  Mass.,  31-62  ;  32-155. 

Arnold's  Vital  Statistics  of  Rhode  Island. 

Rhode  Island  Colonial  Records. 

Austin's  Rhode  Island  Geneologies. 

Elisha  C.  Leonard's  Gen.  Records,  in  Public  Library,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Dartmouth,  Mass.,  Friends  Records,  1699-179,'. 

Record  and  Pension  Office,  War  Department,  Washington. 

Office  Secretary  of  Commonwealth  of  Mass.,  Boston. 

Office  State  Record  Commissioner,  Provideuce,  R.  I. 

Town  and  County  Clerk's  Offices,  Everywhere. 

Probate  Court  and  Registry  Offices,  Everywhere. 


WAIT     FAMILY     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 


Tno.M  is, 
1601-1677. 
Ports- 
mouth, 
Rhode 
Island. 

— 

Samuel, 

1610-1694. 

Joseph, 

L665. 
Benjamin, 
1641-1704. 
Thomas, 
164  -1733. 
Jeremiali. 

-1677. 
Reuben, 

-1707. 
Mary, 

-1713. 

— 

Thomas. 

1683- 

Eleanor, 

1688- 

Benjamin, 

1690-1772. 

Joseph, 

1693-1774. 

Abigail, 

1693- 

Reuben, 

1695-  '     . 

Tabitha, 

1695-1757. 

Jeremiah, 

1698-17-54. 

- 

Samuel, 

1716- 

Stephen, 

-1778. 
Alice. 
Marcy. 
Elizabeth. 
Hannah. 
Keziah. 
Mary, 
1718-. 

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Samuel, 

1748-1780. 

Henry, 

1 750- 

Daniei,, 

1753-1829. 

Roba  (?). 

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Abigail, 

1775-1831 

Ebenezer. 

1777-1844 

Amy, 

17SO-1852 

Samuel, 

1782- 

Jami>. 

1784-1855 

Elsie, 

17*7-1856 

Judith, 

1788-1863 

Pheebe, 

1790- 

Ahiiah, 

1791-1881 

Sarah, 

1793- 

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James. 

1813-1876. 
John. 

1*16-1876. 
Reuben, 

1818-1890. 
Ma  rv  E. 

1821- 
Ebenezer  F. 

1824-1897. 
Andrew  M. 

1828-1900. 
Harriet, 

1880-1892. 
Ezra. 

1833-1861. 

Jesse. 

1H08-1S28. 
Harman, 

1*11-1876. 

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1851- 
John  Cassan, 

1860- 

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1888- 
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1890- 

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1893- 
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