I give thtf^ MiSoks
.foitVti^fjmflding of a. College in:&i^ Caleiy"

3 R R A T A.
p. 9, 1.31, 1637 instead of 1837.
p. 12, note, A oueanna Barber m.
p. 28, 1.6, 1673 instead of 1073.
p. 35, 1.7, b. April 1st.
1.30, I4anch©«ter, Vt.
p. 37, 1.36, 1791 Instead of 1701.
1.44, (c) Clark G.
1.50, (e) Mansir K.
P, 38, 1. 3, m. Henry Tefft.
p. 47, 1. 1, b. July 23, 1862.
1.22, ta. Ii.C.iV. Mar. 19, 1877,

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0
rAMILY RECORDS
of rhe

Descendants of Thomas Wait

of

Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

" Once in the flight of ages past,
There lived a man : — and who was he ?
Unknown 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 GASSAN 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

1904

Copyrighted 1904
by
John Cassan Wait.

JOHN CA5SON WAIT,
THE AUTHOR,
1903.

PREFACE.

This fragment of the general history of the "Wait family
is published by the author as his contribution to -wrhat 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 Ehode 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, N. 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, the 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. 320 Broadway,
The City of New York.

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gN the early ages of the world, the
shepherds, while tending their
flocks, amused themselves with
rustic songs, accompanied by rude instruments ; in process of time,
when the human mind became more enlarged and cultivated, and
music extended its influence from the field to the city, minstrels were
employed to sing the mysteries of religion or the valiani deeds per
formed by heroes in defense of their country. In Egypt 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 trantjuillize
hismind and awaken inspiration previous to his prophesying. 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 mmetrel swept.
The king of men, the loved of heaven.
* * *
It softened men of iron mould,
It gave tbem virtues not their own ;
]Mo ear eo dull, no soul so cold,
That felt not, fired not to the tone,
'Till David's lyre grew mightier than his throne ! "— Btron.
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 North. 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, and their persons were deemed sacred ;
their attendance was solicited by kings, and they 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 land iu time of old I
¦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 breatb,
His bold heart quivering as he swept the vpire,
And poured his notes amidst 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 hones had mouldered long,
On the high column lived the imperishable song.
And the impetnous harp resounded high,
With feats of hardiment done far and wide.
While the bard soothed with festive minstrelsy.
The chiefs reposing after battle-tide."— Oehlensohlagee.
In England the early Saxons 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 groat 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
and the mansions of the nobility without the least ceremony ; here at
the feasts which succeeded 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 were
rewarded by presents of coursers and their trappings ; sometimes by
rich clothing and money ; as they were heralds of men's reputations,
all, of any rank, were glad to secure by fair words and liberal gifts, a
place of note in those rolls of fame, which it was the business of
minstrels to. emblazon. The Normans carried their songs with them
into England, and in the army of William the Conqueror, was the
celebrated minstrel. Taillefer, who was a warrior as 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 of France.
*' Taillefer, who sang full well, I wot.
Mounted on steed that was swift of foot.
Went forth before the armed train,
Singing of Roland and Charlemagne,
Of Oliver and the brave vassals
Who died at the pass of Eonceevals."
— Le Brut cf Attgleterre, by Robert Wctce.
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 I., 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 L, expended all her revenues and oppressed
her tenants to pay her minstrels. Under the romantic king, Richard
I., or Coeur de Leon, the great hero of chivalry, and also the distin
guished patron of poets and minstrels, being himself of their nurnber,
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 ]irivileges 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. Under 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 guard or watchman to
all the Teutonic languages, the German wacht, Dutch vaght,
Swedish ivakt and English ¦watch. 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 naine is applied only to those itinerant musi
cians who, in most of the large to-wns 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
wae productive ajid 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 pri-vilege
in the most fashionable quarters, the matter became serious.
The leader of the Wfiits, 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 inhabitants
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
Cheistmas 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. 5
homes and cheered our hearts for a series of years. We
trust our sprightly notes of melody, awaking sweet Echo on
the dull ^ar of Night, has stole on your slumbers and again
lulled you to repose with the soothing candenza of the lul
laby." " Mr. Putnam and J. Lawless, violins, 6 Swinton Place,
Bagnigge Wells Road and 33 Middlesex Street, Somers
down; J. Sawyer, Clarionet, 25 Hertford Street, Somer
Town; E. Smith, Double Bass, 16 Little Coram Street; J.
Smith, violoncello; T. Shambler, fiute, 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 book
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 kno-wn 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 gave 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 Wajte, 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, iinde, putte, hoate, etc.
Our kindred, though distant, are pretty freely distributed
over the central portion of Southern England, extending

6 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. B., 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 piost 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),
and Thomas Wayte, being one of that number, either by
act, of Parliament or edict from the throne, tradition says,

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 7
the family was deprived of that insignia. From the de
scriptions handed down several coats of arms have been
engraved which give the essential elements of the original.

ABMS.

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
Watte. The mottoe of the Wait family is " Pro arts et
facts," 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,
Of England, 11th Century.

 , WAYTE,
Of New England, 17th Century.

The earliest settlers of New England, of the name, were:
Richard, born 1596, of Boston, 1634, Marshal of the colony;

8 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
Gamaliel, his brother, born 1598, of Boston; Thomas, born
1601, of Portsmouth, R. 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, R. I., 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 William!^,
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 bajid of intelligent Puri
tans, many of them men of position and fortune, who,
alarmed by the variety of new opinions and doctrines which

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND., 9
seemed to menace a total subversion of what they regarded
a religion, had resolved to establish a new dwelling place in
a new world, with the Old and New Testaments for statute
books and constitution. It was to this iron-bound colony
that Roger Williams brought his restless, vigorous and fear
less spirit.
In 1635 Roger Williams was sentenced to banishment, but
through the efforts of his friends the sentence was not car
ried out. In the following winter Williams fled into exile
and was warmly 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 five 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 Boston and other towns in Mas
sachusetts. Williams reserved no political power to him
self, but seemed to be aqtuated 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 1^37, under 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 Roger 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 Rhode Island,
and in March, 1638, they laid the foundation of a new
town, Pocasset, the Indian name for that locality, near north
end of the island; the name "Portsmouth" was given to
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 fiourishing settlements were planted, each having
its own government. Absolute liberty of conscience pre
vailed, and the persecuted fiocked, thither from the othei'
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
Pro"vidence Plantations in the Naxragansett 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 yeai'.
in early May, 1638, another company ^\ent 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. Thomas! 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 Thomas^ 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 IMay 6, 1649, he was witness to the
will of Anthony Paine; in 1655 he is again described as a
Freeman; Apr. 30, 1661, he bought lands in Acushnet and
Cohasset, Mass., and is described as a husbandman. Thomas^

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 11
Wait was also a Freeman at Boston, Oct. 8, 1640. He died
in Portsmouth some time before Apr., 1677, intestate, and
the To-wn Council divided his property among his children;
SamueP, Joseph^, Jeremiah^, Thomas^, Mary^ and Reu-
ben^. His wife's name is not on record that 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 Thomas^ had another son,
Benjamin^, who is supposed to have been the third child of
Thomas, and to have been born about 1644, and who is be
lieved to be the same Benjamin^ 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 be verified by
Hampshire Co. deeds, at Springfield, Mass., Vol. C, pp. 72-3,
whereby Thomasi Wait, of Seacourt, R. I., and Benjamin^
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. I., is not given on the mod
ern maps. In Vol. C, p. 439, a deed is recorded whereby
John^, Jeremiah^ and Joseph^, sons of Benjamin, of Hat
field, Mass., and John Belding, Joseph Smith and Ebenezer
Wells, who married daughters of Benjamin^, 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.)"
Thomas^ 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 iii 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
e at the end of the words was very common at one time, after
the early spelling of many words, as thinke, speake, finde, etc.

12 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
I. Thomas 1 (1601-1677) had then six children.
II. 1. Samuel^, (Thomas^) (1640-1694), of Narragansett,
1663 and 1671; Wickford, 1668; Portsmouth, R. 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 Thomas^ 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
SamueP and Thomas^ ; 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.
SamueP m. Hannah (Whitman ?), of Kingston, R. I., and
they had four children.
i. SAMtJEii^ b. 1676, about, d. 1752, m. Alice Wightman,
Kingston, B. I.
ii. John', b. Sept, 10, 1678, d.
iii. Joseph', b. May 19, 1682, d. , m. Elizabeth.
iv. Susanna', b. Oct. 24, 1684, d. 1758, m. Moses Barber (?)
NoTB. — A Susanna Wait m. Benjamin Perry and they had son Freeman Perry, m.
Mercy Hazard, who had son Christopher R. Perry who m. Sarah Wallace Alexander,
who had a son Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore U. S. Navy, h. S. Kingston, R. I.,
Aug. 28, 1785, d. Port Spain, W. I., Aug. 23, 1819.
III. 2. Joseph2 (Thomas'^), 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. lOd., and consisted of
pewter, wearing apparel, spinning wheel, working tools, 2
guns, pair of baadoliers, 2 cows, 3 yearlings, calf, 7 swine,
4 shoats, 6 pigs, lambs, 10 lbs. butter, cow in hands of
Samuel, etc. It is assumed that William^, of Rochester,
was his son, and was born late in the year 1665.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 13
i. William', b. 1665, m. Elizabeth , Bochester,
Mass., and ha&Jii)e children.
(a) Elizabeth^, b. Feby. 4, 1696.
(b) Butt*, b. Sept. 39, 1699.
(c) William^ b July 39, 1701.
(d) 8amuel^ b. Apr. 15, 1704.
(e) Abigal'', b. Sept. 36, 1707, and m. Joseph. Tripp, Jany.
3, 1737.
Note.— A William "Wait m. Sarah, dau. of Enas Kingsley, at Northampton,
Mass., and they had children John, b. Aug., 1889 ; wife Sarah d. Jan. 22, 1691, ana
William m. Ann, dau. of John Webb, Jr., and they had children Joseph, b. about
1698, d. young ; Ann, b. Jan. 6, 1695 ; Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1698 ; Jonathan, b. Mar. 18,
1703 ; Thankful, b. Jan. 27, 1706 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1707 ; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 13,
1709; Experience, b. Mar. 81, 1715; Noah, b. Feb. 30, 1718. William d. 1782, his
wife Ann d. Oct. 7, 1748. This William Wait may have been a lost son of Thomas of
Portsmouth, though nothing has been found to prove it.
NoTB.— A William Walt m. Elizabeth Stebbins Dec. 16, 1708, and had children
Sarah, b. June, 1705 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1715 ; Eunice, b. May 21, 1722 ; Josiah, b .
Mar. 25, 1725, and Josiah, b. June 22, 1731.
Note.— A John Walt m. Nov. 27, 1716, Esther Edwards, and had child Esther, b.
Oct. 28, 1717.
Note.— A Richard Wait m. 1686 Sarah (b. 1649), dau. of John Clarke of Spring
field, Mass. He was keeper of the prison at Springfield, 1691-92 ; of Danbury, Conn.,
1706 ; and of Sprin!i;fleld again in 1710.
Note. — A Daniel Wait served in the Continental Army June 7 — Aug. 5, 1778, resi
dence Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass., in Col. Marshall's 10th Massachusetts Line
Regiment. 3. Benjamin^ (Thomas^) (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 were 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
dau. while in captivity, who was named " Canad.a," 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, dau. of John Leonard, of Springfield,
Mass., (see Craft's History of Whateley, Mass., p. 593), and
they had eight children:
i. Maey', b. Feb. 25, 1672, m. Deo. 4, 1690, Ebenezer Wells.
ii. MAETHA^ b. Jan. 23, 1673.
iii. Sakah', b. 1675, m. John Belden of Hatfield.
iv. Canada^ b. (in Canada) Jan. 22, 1678, m. Joseph Smith
of Hatfield.
V. JoHN^ 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

t4 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAKD.
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) .John^ b. at Whately, Mass., Deo. 3, 1703; d. at
Whateley, Mass., Mar. 4, 1776, m. (1) Sept. 19,
1733, 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. 33, 1807,
aged 96 years, removed early to what is now
Whately. He was prominent in town and church
affairs.
They had elewn children :
(1) Joel», b. Mar. 13, 1726, d. young.
(2) Jerusha", b. Jan. 24, 1728, m. John Billings, removed to
Amherst, Mass.
(3) Eleanors, b. Apr. 4, 1780.
(4) Seth6, b. Aug. 12, 1732.
(5) Lydiafi, b. Sept. 26, 1734, m. (1) a Mr. Coleman of South Had
ley, and (2) Orange Womer of Hadley, Mass.
6) Katherlnes, b. Dec. 25, 1736.
7) Chloe", b. Feb. 23, 1783.
(8) Mary«, b. Apr. 18, 1741, m. William Brown, Jr., of Whately,
IV.— (9) JohnB, b. Nov. 25, 1743, d. Sept. 28, 1801, m. Mary, dau. of
Eleazar Frary, b. 1748, d. June 18, 1843, of Hatfield, Mass.
They had eleven children : Selah', Edward", Solomon", b.
1768, d. Sept. 25, 1846, m. Lucy Wells, dau. Benjamin Wells
of Hatfield, Mass., b. July 20, 1769, d. Mar. 9, 1834; John",
b. 1777, William", Chester", Betsey", Submit", Electa",
Judith" and Mary", all of whom emigrated to Norwich,
Chenango Co., N. Y., about the year 1790. Solomon" and
Lucy had children t Sophia', Selah', Wells', Delancy',
Solomon', John', Martha', Chester' and Eliza'.
According to Craft's History of Whately, Mass., John".
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 John"
m. Mary, dau. of Eleazar Frary. Wells Wait was the
son of Solomon, eon of John", 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, ni., and the other records are
correct. Possibly John" was m. twice, but both records
agree as to dates of John's" birth, names of cliildren 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 Bronghton, Nov. 1. 1771.
(11) Joel.b. Sept. 9, 1754.
b) Martha*, b. Feb. 30, 1706, m. Aug. 10, 1738, Nathaniel
Hawkes.
c) Mary", b. June 33, 1708, m. Benjamin Munn of Deer
field, Mass.
d) Lydia*, b. Oct. 7, 1710, d. soon.
(e) Lydia" (3d), b. July 4, 1713, m. Noah Coleman of What
ely, Mass.
(f) Eunice'', b. 1730, m. Israel Graves of Whately, Mass.
g) Benjamin'', b. Jan. 4, 1718.
h) Eleanor*, b. Dec. 10, 1733.
1) Elisha", b. Oct. 10, 1725.
(j) Sarah', no date.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 15
vi. Joseph', b. July, 1682, d. soon after.
vii. Jbbemiah', b. Sept. 24, 1684.
viii. Joseph', b. Nov. 11, 1688.
4. Jeremiah^ (Thomas^), b. d. 1677. He married
Martha Brownell, b. May, 1643, d. Feb. 15, 1744. She was
born of Thomas and Ann Brownell, Portsmouth, R. 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 Jeremiah^, 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. Thomas^ (Thomas^), 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 ISTewport, for £13 10s. land in Dartmouth; in 1681,
Jan. 14, Thomas^, 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
foUoweth, viz.: IsTorthward 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 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. Eichard Morris, and so much of said

16 WAIT FAMILY OF EHODE 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, oordwainer, 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 Eogers, 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 1737 he
was at Dartmouth, Mass.
June 16, 1733, Sarah, widow of Thomas^, 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 s-wine,
2 stacks of bees, etc.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 17
Thomas^, m. Sarah Cook, b. d. after 1733, dau.
John and Mary (Borden) Cook; and they had three children.
i. Maey', b. , d. after 1759, m. John Earle.
ii. Thomas', b. Dec. 21, 1681, d. 1757, m. Elizabeth
iii. Benjamin', b. d. Aug. 4, 1734, m. Mary
6. Maet2 (Thomas'^), b. d. 1713, m. Apr. 5,
1676, Joseph Anthony, b. d. 1728, son of John and
Susanna Anthony, Dartmouth, Mass. They had four chil
dren, John, Joseph, Susanna and Thomas.
VI. 7. Eetjben2 (Thomas^), d. Oct. 7, 1707. In 1685,
he and others appeared at Plymouth Court as propri
etors of Dartmou-th; in 1707, Oct. 11, his will was proven,
and in 1707, Nov. 5, his executor was his wife, Tabitha. He
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 Tabitha, 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, 3 stacks of bees, 7 barrels of cider,
4 beds, warming pan, gun, pair of cards, books, etc.
Eeuben^, m. 1681, Tabitha Lounders, dau. of John and
Jane (Kirby) Lounders; and they had eight children.
i. Thomas', b. Apr. 23, 1683, m. Mary Tripp.
ii. Elbanob', b. Jan. 4, 1688, m. Abiel Tripp.
iii. Benjamin', b. Jan. 12, 1690, not married.
iv. Joseph', b. June 24, 1693, m. Elizabeth Wolf.
V. Abigail', b. June 24, 1693, not married.
vi. Bbtjben', b. Jan. 15, 1695, m, Elizabeth Hathaway.
vii. Tabitha', b. Jan, 15, 1695, not married.
viii. Jbbemiah', b. Jan. 16, 1698, d. Sept. 16, 1754, not married.
IL SamueP {Tho'mas'^) (1640-1694), m. Hannah
(Whitman?) of Kingston, E. L, and had/oMr- children.
1. Samuel J.s, b. about 1676, d. 1752,
lived at Kingston and Exeter, E. I. In 1705, Apr. 21, he
quitclaimed land to his uncle Eeuben, 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
793 acres of the vacant lands in Narragansett; 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 3s.; wearing apparel, £55; cash, £5 6s.; pewter, Bible
and other books, £6; linen wheel, steelyards, warming pan,
spice, mortar, etc.
Samuel J.*, m. Alice Wightman, b. Dec. 29, 1666, d.
1747, dau. George and Elizabeth (Updike) Wightman. They
lived at Wickford, E. I., removed to Kingston, E. I. They
had six children:
i. Joseph", b. Apr. 27, 1697, m. Sarah Smith Feb. 27, 1728,
and had a son, Joseph.^ Deed 1740 to John Gard
ner, and 1741 to son Joseph, Jr., m. again to Eliza
beth , Dec. 12, 1757.
ii. Gbobge", b. Aug. 14, 1699.
VIII.— iii. Samuel", b. Oct. 13, 1701.
IX.— iv. Benjamin", b. 1702 or '03, m. Abigail Hall.
V. Mabtha", b.
vi. John", b. Feb. 22, 1709.
2. John^, b. Sept. 10, 1678. He is mentioned in deeds
in 1724, 1737, 1738, and had, it seems, one son:
i. John", b.
3. Josephs, t. May 18, 1682, and m. Elizabeth
mentioned in a deed, Oct. 7, 1702, and had a daughter (?)
i. Ann", who d. Jan. 14, 1794 (?).
4. Susanna^, 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; Euth, b. 1705; Benjamin, b. 1707; Mercy,
b. 1709; Ezekiel, b. 1710; Abigail, b. 1713; Daniel, b. 1715;
Ann, b. 1717. (See note, p. 12.)

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 19
III— Josephs (Thomas^) (164 -1665), m. Sarah
and had a posthumous son, William. ^
1. William^, m. Elizabeth and lived at Eoch-
ester, Mass. ; they had five children :
i. Elizabeth", b. Feb. 4, 1696.
ii. Etjth'', b. Sept. 29, 1699.
iii. William", b. July 29, 1701.
iv. Samuel", b. Apr. 15, 1704.
V. Abigail", b. Sept. 26, 1707.
IV. — JoHN^ {John^, John^, Benjamin^, Thomas'^) was a
revolutionary soldier. About 1790-91 the family
removed to Preston, Chenango Co., N. Y., where John^
was buried in an old cemetery near Preston Corners.
A marble shaft was erected over the grave of John^
by his son Solomon and wife Lucy (Wells) Wait.
John 5 and Mary had ten children.
1. Solomon^, b. Oct. 15, 1768.
2. Edwaed^, b. Oct. 2, 1770, m. Prudence Dickinson, of
Conn. 3. Betsey^, b. Dec. 33, 1773, m. Jonathan Bacon.
4. SelahS, b. Feb. 15, 1775, d. Aug. 13, 1788.
5. JonN«, 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 Eavenna, 0., Nov. 5, 1863, and
was buried by the side of his wife, Abigail, at Chesterfield,
Macomb Co., Mich. They had seven children:
i. Samuel'.
ii. Daniel'.
iii. John', b. May 24, 1810, d. June 11, 1894, at Peru. 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
Eavenna, Ohio, and lived at Burlington in 1867.
John' and Martha had three children.
(a) Amelia^, b. Dec. 35, 1835, d. Sept. 14, 1838, at
Ravenna, O.
(b) John Leman^, b. at Ravenna, 0., Aug. 39, 1840, m.
Sept. 31, 1864, to Letitia Caroline Williams at
Burlington, Iowa. They had/o'wr children :

20 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
(1) John Clay Milton», b. Oct. 9, 1866, m. Ida May Southwel)
Mar 9 1893.
(2) Jessie Bennine», b. June 11, 1875, m. William Henry David
son at Burlington Apr. 15, 1902; had child Barbara Waite
Davidson, b. Mar. 32, 190.3.
(3) Lola», b. Aug. 39, 1877, at Burlington, Iowa.
(4) Child', d. in infancy.
(c) Mary Ella*, b. at Ravenna, O., Mar. 33, 1851, m. (1)
John Monroe Eads, d. Nov. 13. 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. (3) Nov. 10, 1885. to Randall
M. Hartzell, b. at Newport. Pa., Nov. 9, 1838, and
they had four children : Max Waite Hartzell, b.
Aug. 38, 1886, at Peru, Kansas, and Dwight 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.
iv. Chlob'.
V. Melissa'.
vi. Alma'.
vii. Maby'.
6. Williams, b. gept. 18, 1779.
7. SuBMiT«, b. May 13, 1783.
8. Chestees, b. Sept. 11, 1784.
9. Judith^ and Electa^ (twins), b. Jan. 35, 1787.
10. Mabt6, b. June 20, 1789.
NoTB.— John L. 8, who lived at Burlinaton, Iowa, and was editor and proprietor
of the '* Bnrlineton Hawkeye," spent much time, labor and expense in searching
for records of Benjamin's^ branch of the Wait family.
v.— Thomas^ (Thomas^) (164 -1733), lived at Tiv
erton, E. I., m. Sarah Cook. They had three children :
1. MaetS, d. 1769. She m. John Earle, son of William
and Prudence Earle, and they had six children. Prudence,
b. 1701; Mary, b. 1703; Oliver, b. 1705; Martha, b. 1708;
William, b. 1710, and John, b. 1717.
2. Thomas^, b. Dec. 21, 1681; d. 1757; m. Elizabeth
, and she d. 1746. They had five children:
i. Sabah'', b. Sept. 23, 1713, m. Benjamin Newcomber,
Sept. 31, 1736, and they had children : (a) Phebe',
(b) Mary Ann', (c) Selina^
X.— ii. Joseph^, b. Jan. 10, 1715.
XI.— iii. Thomas*, b. Sept. 6, 1716, m. Bridget.
iv. Elizabeth*, b. Dec. 21, 1718.
Xri.— V. John*, b. Nov. 6, 1720, m. Marv Soule.
vi. Maby*, b. Apr. 11, 1722.
In 1708, Mar. 16, Thomas^ bought land; in 1710, Feb.
16, he and Job Briggs bought land; on Oct. 35, 1716, he

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 21
and his wife conveyed land at Dartmouth to Jeremiah, his
brother, land that was formerly owned by Eeuben; in 1720
he sold land; his brother Benjamin witnessed a deed Mar.
15, 1736, he paid £43, 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, his will wa.«
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 her main
tenance; to son John, the rest of the personal estate.
3. Benjamin^, d. Aug. 4,''1734; was a mariner, of Ports
mouth, E. I.; he left no will, but his wife did, from which
we know his family. He m. Mary , d. 1739, and
they had five children:
i. Annie*.
ii. Sabah*, m. Peter Crapo, Apr. 14, 1766.
iii. Debobah*.
iv. Judith*.
V. Elizabeth*.
In 1734, Sept. 9, administration was granted to widow,
Mary. The property was inventoried at £196, 3s. 8d., viz.:
Wearing apparel, pocket book with £17 10s. in it; 4 beds, £9
13s.; plate, £6, 14s.; pewter quadrant, £3, 10s.; books, 5s.;
ship carpenter's tools, 3 old spinning wheels, warming pan,
etc. Will was proven Nov. 12, 1739, widow, Mary. His execu
tors were daughters Sarah* and Elizabeth*; overseers,
brother-in-law, John Earle, and friend, Daniel Howland; to
daughter Amey or Annie* he left a spinning wheel, pewter
platter, etc.; to daughter Sarah*, feather bed, spinning
wheel, etc.; to daughter Deborah*, two feather beds, black
silk hood, pewter platter, etc.; to daughter Judith*, spin
ning wheel, etc.; to daughter Elizabeth*, spinning wheel,
etc.; to executors, swine and fowls; to daughters Judith*
and Elizabeth*, the use of wearing apparel and movables.
Inventory, £106, 15s.
VI. Eeuben^ {Thomas'^), d. Oct. 7, 1707 and Tabitha
had eight children.
1. Thomas^, b. Apr. 23, 1683, admitted at Newport, E.
I., as a freeman, May, 1732; m. Jan. 25, 1711, Mary Tripp,

22 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
b. 1689; dau., Joseph and Mehitable (Pish) Tripp, and they
had eight children:
i. Capt. John*, b. Nov. 30, 1711 ; m. Elizabeth Sullivant,
Oct. 21, 1733 and they had si.c children.
XIII.— Capt. William^ Tabitha', Meribah*, Mary^ Eliza
beth and John Ward*.
Note. — John Wait was the .'ith Justice Supreme Court of Rhode Island in May,
1787, and at a meeting of proprietors of purchase in South Kingstown, held Oct. 30,
1703, 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 baclis and borders of money
bills. In May, 1777-9, John Waite is mentioned as Captain of Independent Com
pany, Kingstown Eeds, of South Kingstown, and he is also mentioned as Colonel,
May, 1777.
ii. Reuben*, 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) Jeremiah'.
(b) Phebe', b , m. Kirby.
XVI.— (c) John'.
XVII.— (d) Reuben'.
(e) Rebecca'.
XVIIL— iii. Thomas*, b. Feb. 39, 1716, admitted at Newport,
R. I., Feb. 1738^0, m. June 6, 1743, Tabitha
Ellis, dau. Gideon Ellis, of West Greenwich,
R. I., Thomas d. in 1790 and they had eight
children : Gideon', Jeremiah', Thomas', Mary',
Lydia', Peleg', Rufus' and Alice'.
iv. Maey*, b. Apr. 5, 1718, and m. William Tripp,
. Nov. 13, 1743.
v. Mbeibah*, b. July 20, 1720, and m. Benjamin Soule,
Sept. 16, 1742.
vi. Mehitablb*, b. Nov. 18, 1722, and m. Henry Rey
nolds, Apr. 28, 1746, and their children were
Thomas', Hannah', Henry', Marv', Elisha',
Mehitable' andMartha'.
vii. Mabtha*, b. Apr. 5, 1725.
viii. A.LI0B*, b. Apr. 2S, 1729, East Greenwich, R. I.
Thomas^, in 1721, sold his interest in his father's home
stead to his brother Benjamin*.
2. Elinoe*, b. Jan. 4, 1688; m. Jan. 5, 1704, Abiel
Tripp, son of Abiel and Deliverance (Hall) Tripp, and they
had ten children: Wait*, b. 1705; Abiel*, b. 1707; Mary*,
b. 1711; Sarah*, b. 1712; Eleanor*, b. 1715; Joseph*, b.
17i7; Eebecca*, b. 1719; Thomas*, b. 1721; Elizabeth*, b.
1725, and Amy*, b. 1738.

WAIT FAMILY OF EHODE ISLAND. 23
3. Benjamin*, b. Jan. 12, 1690; he was a carpenter; d.
1773. His will was probated Feb. 24, 1772. He was non-
compos and had guardians after June 14, 1749. He was a
Friend, Mar. 3, 1737, and died unmarried.
4. Joseph*, 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, 1714, he 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. Samtdbl*, b. Aug. 24,1716, m. Theodate Tripp, Oct. 8,
1747, and they had three children :
(a) Samuel', 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. 18, 1796.
(3) Stephen^, b. Dec, 1780.
(b) Henry', b. May 5, 1750, m. Phebe Aiken July, 1774 ;
bans pub. June 4, 1774, and they had^w children :
(1) Knth«, b. Nov. 12, 1776, m. Job GifEord, Nov., 1800.
(S) Patience"", b. May 18, 1779.
(3) Ehoda», b. Oct. 8, 1781, m. Daniel Warden, Feb. 15, 1816.
(4) Perry", b. May 9, 1786.
(5) Henrys, b. June 6, 1789.
(?) (c) Roba', granddaughter of Joseph, m. Barnabus Sherman
Apr. 39, 1776.
XXT.— (d) Daniel', b. Oct. 1, 1753, m. Phebe Manchester, bans
pub. Sept. 35, 1775 (see post).
XIX.— ii. Stephen*, d. 1778, m. Mary Tripp, May, 1764, and LiUis
Church, Mar. 10, 1776. His will was proven Got. 6,
1778. He had by his first wife two children :
(a) Shadrach', b. Mar. 17, 1765, d. Apr. 35, 1850.
(b) Gideon', b. July 31, 1766, and by his second wife, a
dau., Mary'.
iii. AucB*, m. Eobert Sherman, Nov. 21, 1741.
iv. Mebcy*, m. George Wrightington, Dec. 31, 1757.
V. Elizabeth*, m. Barjonas Wilcox, Mar. 29, 1744.
vi. Hannah*, m. Tripp.
vii. Keziah*, spinster.
viii. Mabs*, b. May 24, 1718, spinster (?), but records show
a child, Eillis, m. John Webb, Dec. 15, 1776.

24 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
5. Abigail*, b. June 24, 1693, was a twin sister of Jo
seph*. She was a Friend, Feb. 19, 1736 ; did not marry.
6. Eeuben*, b. Jan. 15, 1795; d. 1757; m. Elizabeth
Hathaway, Aug. 3, 1730. He d. in 1757, and she received
letters of administration Nov. 1, 1757. They had three (?)
children. i. Joseph*, b. Sept. 17, 1722.
ii. Jeremiah*, b. Oct. 17, 1737, d. about 1782, m. Patience
Kirby ; 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) Abner', b. Feb. 17, 1756, d. 1819 ; m. Susanna Bufflng-
ton Nov. 8, 1775, lived at Day, Saratoga Co., N. Y.,
and had at least four children :
(1) Jeremiah', born July 4, 1776, d. 1839, had a son Isaac', b.
Oct. 27, 1803, who was the father of Daniel D.« and Sher
man D.^
(2) William", b. Oct. 7, 1781, who had a son William.
(3) Abner, Jr.«, b. Nov. 7, 1784, who had eon Warren', b. Nov.
11, 1823, the father of Seymour D.S; and J. J.', Glens Falls,
N. T.
(4) Eeuben. «
(b) Reuben', b. Apr. 38, 1758, who lived at Galway, Sara
toga Co., N. Y., who had a son Reuben", who lived
at Mosherville, N. Y.
iii. Reuben*.
7. Tabitha*, b. Jan. 15, 1795. She was a Friend, Feb.
19, 1726; twin sister of Eeuben*; not married.
8. Jbkemiah*, b. Jan. 16, 1698; d. Sept. 16, 1754; will
made May 20, 1754; not married; deed, Jan. 17, 1726.
VII. — Samuel* {Joseph^, Reuben^, Thomas'^), b. 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 Samuel*, the son of
Joseph*, and husband of Theodate Tripp, and the father of
SamueP, Henry^ and Daniel^, is in the Dartmouth Town
Eecords, when he, on Sept. 15, 17'47, 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 Taber's Mills, and next to Ebenezer Tripp,
who was his father-in-law, and who lived at Westport,
where this land is believed to have been located, and near
Hix's Bridge at Westport. Samuel* m. Theodate Tripp in

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 2g
1747, SamueP was b. in 1748, and Samuel* and Theodate
evidently moved to Westport in 1749, as Henry's birth.
May 5, 1750, is not in town records, Dartmouth Tp. On
June 4, 1750, Ebenezer Tripp, Samuel's* father-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 Hix's Ferry. Mar. 12,
1754, Samuel*, yoeman, conveyed to William Taber, land
on highway by lands of Ebenezer Tripp and Gabriel Hix,
and by those of Thomas Corey's, and by those of John
Taber. Nov. 20, 1758, Samuel* conveyed to Lemuel Man
chester (who, in 1775, became the father-in-law of DanieP,
the son of Samuel*), 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 part on land
of Gabriel Hix 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
Acushnet 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, Samuel* and Theodate conveyed
the same homestead lands (38 acres) to William Wood, yeo
man. This may indicate that Samuel gave up farming, and
took to the sea, for Max. 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, Samuel*, laborer,
conveyed to Benjamin Wing, land taken from the F. 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, Samuel*, laborer, conveyed to
Caleb Tripp land taken from the IST. E. comer 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. 3, 1765, Benjamin Wing conveyed to
Samuel, laborer, land next to Walter Cornell's, near Icha
bod Kirby's lane, and on the driftway of ye Samuel* Wait,
etc. Some time prior to Nov. 14, 1763, Joseph*, the father
of Samuel*, had given to the latter a power of attorney to
act for him, for on that date, Joseph*, 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 Wait*, yeoman of Dartmouth, Bristol County, —
" whereas I, Joseph Wait*, upon trust and confidence which
I had and am firmly in my son Samuel Weight^ of ye Town,
County and Province aforesaid, laborer, or alias sea-faring
man, did by my letter of attorney constitute and make ya
said Samuel* Weight my full and lawful attorney, &c., and
whereas ye said Samuel Weight hath by couUor 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 Joseph* made his will, there was due from Sam
uel* to Joseph* a sum on a note, which was willed to Sam
uel*. This will was not probated until 1774, Aug. 15,
eleven years after the revoking of the power of attorney.
Samuel* and Theodate had three children :
1. Samuel^, b. June 5, 1748; d. sometime before 1780,
as Sarah, his wife, m. Chas. Davenport, Dec. 7, 1780. He
Apr. 29, 1776, m. Sarah Cushman, b. Dec. 1, 1732; bans
published Mar. 16, 1776. They had two children.
i. Edt or EdithS, b. Nov. 2, 1776.'
ii. Stephen*, b. Dec, 1780.
3. HenetB, b. May 5, 1750; d. 18 ; m.
to Phebe Akin, b. July 15, 1747; bans published June 4,
1774. They had five children:
i. Ruth", b. Nov. 12, 1776.
ii. Pattenoe", b. May 18, 1779.
iii. Rhoda«, b. Got. 6, 1781.
iv. Peeey', b. May 9, 1786.
V. Hbnet', b. June 5, 1789.
XXL 3. DanielB, 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. (?) RoBA^, m. Barnabas Sherman, Apr. 29, 1776; de
scribed in will as grand-daughter of Joseph.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 27
VIII.— Samuel* (Samuel^, Samuel^, Tho7nas^),h. Oct.
13, 1701, is believed to have had a son Samuel^, b. 1734
or 1738, who was a soldier in the Continental Army in
1776, and who went from Rhode Island to Vermont
and thence to Canada. Samuel^, b. 1738, m. Ann
Gardner, a Scotch woman, who d. January 14, 1794,
at Exeter, E. I. He was a soldier in the Continental
Army in 1776. She is said to have been stolen by her
mother's brother, a Gardner, and brought to America.
SamueP and Ann had seven children :
1. Calebs, t. 1757.
2. GaedneeS, 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 by pirates on ship Dolphin, in
1733. Gardner* went to Isle la Motte, Vt.; had a son:
i. WiijLIAm', 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 Valcour lighthouse.
3. Henet*, b. 1761, went to Vermont, and from thence
to Potsdam, N. Y.; had children:
i. WHiLiAM C, b. 1783, lived at Shoreham, Vt., and had two
sons Clark and Norman B., Colton, N. Y.
ii. Samuel', b. 1785, Wisconsin.
iii. Hbnet', b. 1788, Pennsylvania.
iv. AiiLAN', 1790, had a son Myron H»., Potsdam, N. Y.
V. John H'., b. 1798, had a family including.
(a) WiUiam C.^, b. 1824.
(b) Jackson A.^, b. 1837, Norfolk, N. Y., who had a son
Leland".
(c) Orvilles, b. 1830.
(d) Marshall L.s, b. 1833.
(e) LoyaP, b. 1835.
vi. Lutheb', b. 1791, lived in Michigan.
4. Baeton*, b. 1763, Elizabethtown, K. Y. Had chil
dren. i. Baeton'.
ii. Benjamin'.
iii. Jabbd C, b. June 4, 1804, who had sons : Edgar F'*.,
Elvin O.' and Minor F.^
iv. Febbman'.
V. Anna'.
5. Samuel*, b. 1765, and went to Canada.
6. James", b. 1773, and went to Canada.

28 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
7. Jonathan*, b. 1778, and went to Canada and had a
son. i. Jonathan', b. 1790, of Amsterdam, N. Y. and Canada,
West, who had a son, Henry*.
IX. — Benjamin* {SamueP. SamueP, Thomas^), b.
1073, d. 1745, m. Abigail Hall, deeds 1740, will Nov. 16,
1745, Wickford, E. I. They had seuewi^children :
1. Henet», b. May 27, 1735.
2. BenjaminB, Jr., b. Oct. 13, 1737(?); d. Nov. 6, 1817,
of Wickford, R. I. ; m. Sarah Brown, dau. of Beriah Brown.
Benjamin'* was a physician, an elder and at one time sheriff.
They had ten children:
i. CoL. Bebiah', b. Apr., 1758 or 1756, d. Apr. 13, 1820.
He was an ensign, Third Co. , North Kingston, R. 1. ,
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.', b. June 23, 1780, m. (?) Betsey Bell, b.
Oct., 1800, Albany, N. Y. Had children :
(1) William A.e, b. Aug. 30, 1800, lived at Fall Eiver, Mass., and
had children : William B.', b. Mar. 25, 1839, father of
William B.'", b. July 13, 1872 ; Christopher B», lived 233
Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; B. A.", Waverly, Iowa.
(2) Beriah A.', b. Mar. 4. 1808, who had a son Edmund G.'
(3) Samuel C.s, b. June 21, 1807, Gouvernenr, N. Y.
(4) ChristopherB.s, b. May 81,18n,whohada son William A.'
(5) Edmund G. E.b, b. May S3, 1816.
(8) Asas, Wickford, R. I.
(b) Capt. Beriah', Newport, K. I. , b. 1803 ; will probated
Jan, 39, 1860.
(c) Abel'.
(d) Joseph!.
(e) Daniel'.
(f) Benjamin'.
(g) George', Providence. R. I.
(h) Asa', Wickford, R. I.
(i) Anna', Wickford, R. I.
Col. Beriah*, m. again Hannah Arnold ; d. Sept., 1824, and
they had semn children :
(j) Joseph A.'
(k) Samuel B.'
(1) Asa B.', b. 1807, of Wickford, R. I., who had a sou
Freeborn L.', b. 1839, Newport, R. I.
(m) Phebe'.
(n) Sarah'.
(o) Hannah', b. 1800 (?).
(p) Abbey', b. Sept. 26, 1802 (?).
ii. Benjamin^ b. , m. Elizabeth Spencer, Mur. 8,
1801.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 29
iii. Stephen^ of Broadalbin, N. Y. , no children.
iv. Joseph^ of Broadalbin, N. Y., b. 1759, m. Abigail Clarke,
Feb. 23, 1783 ; had children :
(a) Clarke', b. 1787.
(b) Joseph', b. Jan. 10, 1790, d. June 27, 1868, and had four
children : Rev. O. J.«, Edmund P.^, William G.^
and Willard L«
(c) Beriah', b. 1794.
(d) Stephen'.
V. Edmund*, of Broadalbin, N. Y.
vi. John*, b. , m. Mary Clarke, Dec. 29, 1805,
and they had four children : Lydia', Eunice', Simon'
and Sarah.'
vii. Maey*, m. John Clarke, Jan. 17, 1786, Exeter, R. I., and
went to New York.
viii. Sabah*, m., and went to New York.
ix. Elizabeth.*
X. Ltdia.*
xi. Anna.*
3. Ret. William^, b. Jan. 9, 1730, Wickford, R. L; d.
Mar. 20, 1826; admitted as a freeman at Newport, R. I.,
May, 1757. He removed to Cambridge, N. Y., in 1774; m.
Mary Mchols, 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, R. I., Sept. 29, 1788. They had eleven
children :
i. Maby*, b. Feb. 9, 1752.
ii. Benjamin*, b. Sept. 3, 1753, d. 1830 in Canada, m. Ann
Waldo, b. 1757, d. 1853, and they had thirteen
chidren :
(a) Abigail', b. 1753, Canada West.
(b) John' , Munda, N. Y.
(c) Olive', Washington Co., N. Y.
(d) Benjamin', said to have been exiled to Van Dieman's
Land, to have escaped and to have then written
Wait's Narrative. See p. 35.
(e) Mary', Crystal Lake, 111.
(f) Washington, Z.\ Belleville, Wis.
(g) Ann', Chicago, 111.
(h) David V.', Vandalia, 111.
(i) Daniel Dyer', b. Aug. 38, 1795, Granville, Washington
Co., N. Y., d. Aug. 13, 1869, Chicago, IU. ; m.
Lucy Clapp (1800-1853) and they had children:
Charles B.s, George W.\ b.July 2, 1819, d. Nov.
27, 1903; Cynthia A.*, Achsah E.s, Emily J.»,
Campbell W.*, John M.^, Juliet S.* and Benjamin
B.8, Yellow Spring, O.
(j) Rev. Archibald', b. 1797, 1. Chicago, 111., had children :
Wayland W.^ RacheP, Ann^, Mehone*, d. at 4
years. Sinn', Adda*, Lounda L.*. Lovina L.' and
Helen M.'

so WAIT FAMILY OF EHODE ISLAND.
(k) Cynthia', Woodstock, 111.
0) Waity', b. 1801, Osage, Iowa,
(m) Waldo', b. 1801, Osage, Iowa.
iii. Sabah*, b. Jan. 30, 1756.
iv. John*, b. Dec. 29, 1757 ; had children :
(a) John', 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. {8eep. 35.)
V. William*, b. Jan. 10, 1760, d. 1832, and was a gold beater;
had children :
(a) William' (1788-1874), who had a son Henry M.*, b. 1810,
(b) Josiah' (1787-1862), served in war of 1813, New Le
banon, N. Y. ; had sons :
(1) David P.s, Galway,,N. Y.
(2) Edmond', who has sons, Josiah N.», William' and John*.
(3) Josiaha, b. 1817, and had a son Louis H'.
vi. Stephen*, b. Oct. 11, 1761, d. 1842 ; had chUdren :
(a) James', b. June 29, 1800, who had a son, Noah.*
(b) WiUiam', b. Sept. 19, 1802, lived at Cambridge, N. Y.,
who had a son William H.*, Jersey City, N. J.
vii. Nicholas*, b. Apr. 16, 1763.
viii. Joseph*, Mar. 6, 1765, and had a son :
(a) Rev. Samuel', Raleigh, N. C.
ix. Abigail*, b. Feb. 10, 1767.
X. EzEA*, b. Mar. 6, 1769.
xi. Zeba*, b. June 18, 1771.
4. Sarahs, b. jan. 19, 1733(?), Wickford, R. I. Note-
She may have married Peter Crapo, of Rochester, Mass.,
May 14, 1766.
6. ViktiteB, b. May 13, 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, 1743, Wickford, R. I. ; m.
Margaret Sheffield; d. Oct. 20, 1817. He was a goldsmith.
They had five children:
i. Benjamin*, d. at 7 years.
ii. John*, d. at 40 years.
iii. Matthew*, b. Aug. 15, 1781, Clerk of Supreme Court of
R. I., and had a son Benjamin C, Nevada City, Cal.
iv. Abigail.*
V. DOEOAS.*
7. Abigail, b. ; m. Joseph Case, and lived at
Cambridge, N. Y.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 31
X.— Joseph* {Thomas^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Jan.
10, 1715, m. Elizabeth . They had children :
1. Martha^, b. Mch. 10, 1738.
2. Reubens, b. July 34, 1740.
3. Olivers, b. Jan. 15, 1741; had child(ren).
i. Joseph*, b. A.pr. 24, 1778, lived Janesville, Saratoga Co.,
N. Y., who had a son William', the father of D. B*,
of Chicago, 111. •
4. Major Elvertons, or YelvertonS, 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., 1776. He had children
i. William*, b. July 2, 1761, Coventry, R. I., d. June 30,
1849, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and he had
children :
(a) John', Ballston Spa, N. Y.
(b) Mrs. S. M. Osgood', Chicago, 111.
(c) Daniel', b. Jan. 28, 1793, Glens Falls, N. Y., father of
William A^.
ii. Sheffield*, b. Apr. 25, 1783. A Sheffield lived at Coven
try, K. I., in 1875.
XI. — Thomas* {Thomas^, Thomas^, Thomas''-), Tiver
ton, R. I., b. Sept. 6, 1716, m. Bridget Crandall, bans
pub. July 8, 1745, and they had eight children :
1. PaineS, b. Dec. 13, 1745, who was a colonel in the
Continental Arm3^ and a Revolutionary pensioner, and d.
at Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept., 1845, aged 99 yrs.
9 mos.; m. by Elder John Pendleton, Oct. 39, 1771, Keziah
Crandall, of Hopkinton, dau. of Jeremiah and Keziah Cran
dall. He had, 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
Brookfield, N. Y. He had a son :
(a) Lewis', b. May 16, 1800, and lived at Gerry, Chautauqua
Co., N. Y., and had two sons, Ephriam D.^ b. Feb.
1, 1839, and lived at Gerry ; and Charles^ of Elling
ton, Chautauqua Co. , N. Y.
3. Susannas, b, Dec. 13, 1745, Hopkinton, R. I.
3. Josephs, b. Aug. 16, 1747.
4. Sarahs, fc. Apr. 6, 1749.
XIV. — 5. Johns, b. Mar., 1751.
6. Jobs, fc. Aug., 1753.
7. Graces, b. j^iy 4^ 1756.
8. ThankeulS, b. Aug. 3, 1757.

32 WAIT FAMILY OF EHODE ISLAND.
XII.— John* (Thomas^, Thomas^, Thomas'^'), b. Oct.
6 or Nov. 6, 1720, m. Mary Soule, Jan. 25, 1755, and
they Yi&d. five children :
1. Marts, |)_ gept. 21, 1755, baptized at Newport, R. I.,
Apr. 6, 1774.
3. Elizabeths, b. Aug. 9, 1757.
3. Sarahs, b. Sept. 21 or 24, 1759.
Note.— A Sarah Wait was admitted to Newport Sabbatarian Church May 31,
1788, as from Ponegansett. R. I., and m. Edmund Uavis Apr. 18, 1790.
NoTE.~A Sarah Wait, d. Oct. lii, 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. 1793, and they lived at Grafton, Renselear Co., N. Y. (see Sarah^,
p. 31, supra).
4. Johns, b. Dec. 4, 1762.
See notes about John Wait, pp. 13, 14 and 21, Ante.
5. RuthS, b. June 1, 1766.
XIII. — Captain William^ {Gapt. John*, Thomas^,
Reuben^, Thomas'^) h. 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. Reuben, b. Feb. 11, 1757, m. Mary Wait, May 11, 1775,
see post Mary (Thomas, Thomas, Reuben, Thomas).
3. MaryS or MerctS, b. Nov. 10, 1764; d. Sept. 1, 1774.
3. Sarahs, b. Aug. 19, 1774, d. June 19, 1794, m. Avery
Cone, 1791, and had child, WelthiaS, b. 1791.
XIV.— Johns {Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas^, Thomas^),
b. Mar., 1751 (see p. 31, ante), or
XV. — John "Wards (Qapt. John*, Thomas^, Reuben^,
Thomas'-), of 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. SarahB, b. June 3, 1785.
2. Patiences, b. May 13, 1788.
3. Pexeqs, b. Apr. 22, 1790, m. Ruby Howard, Dec. 3,
1817, and they had children:
i. Stephen', b. 1821, New Bedford, Mass.
ii. B. H.', b. , New Bedford, Mass.
iii. Emma', b. m. Leavitt.
iv. , b. , m. Chas. H. McCreery.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 33
4. Elizabeth* or Betset«, b. Dec. 8, 1793.
5. Stephen*, b. July 20, 1795.
6. JiRAH*, b. June 8, 1798, who had a son:
i. Benjamin', b. , who had a son (a) Alvin F.s
b.
7. Nanct«, b. Nov. 26, 1800, m. Simmons.
(?) Thomas*, b. Tiverton, R. I.
XVI.— John^ [Reuben*, Thomas'^, Reuben^, Thomas''^).
Will, June 22, 1838, Robert, executor ; had three
children :
1. Reuben*, b. m. Delight Howard, Jan. 6,
1802, and they had seven children:
i. Henbt.'
ii. John', who had a son, Edward W.*"
iii. Maey A.'
iv. Judith.'
V. Reuben.'
vi. Daniel H.', b. who had children :
Ca) Stephen."
(b) Daniel. 8
(c) John H.s, of Westport, Mass.
(d) Henry.'
vii. Phebe', b. about 1818. Delight was appointed guardian
of minor children, Reuben, Daniel and Phebe over
14 years of age, July 31, 1832.
2. Robert*, b. , administrator of estate of
John, Westport, Mass., 1834; had a daughter, Ruth'^, admin
istrator of estate of Robert, Westport, Mass., 1844.
3. Mart*, b. , m. Allen.
XVII. — Eeuben s {Reuben *, Thomas ^, Reuben ^,
Thomas'-), had a son :
1. Reuben* (1768-1827), of Chester, Warren Co., N. Y.,
who had a son:
i. Geoegb p.', of Caldwell, N. Y.
XVIIL— Thomas* {Thomas^, Reuben^. Thomas'-), b.
Feb. 29, 1715, m. Tabitha Ellis in West Greenwich,
E. I., dau. of Gideon Ellis, June 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 31, 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 (Rhode 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, Rufus, where she d. in
1813. They had eight children :
1. Gideons, b. Mar. 3, 1745, d. Apr. 1, 1808, m. Apr. 6,
1766, at West Greenwich, to Lois Tripp, dau. of Peleg
Tripp. She was b. Aug. 30, 1746, and d. Oct. 21, 1823.
May, 1787, Gideon was 3d Justice of the Court of Com
mon Pleas for Kent Co., R. I., and 2d Justice May,
1789. They had thirteen children:
i. DoE0AS« (1767-1828)..
ii. Eunice* (1769-1823).
iii. SILAS^ b. May 5, 1771, d. Dec. 30, 1853, and had tii-o
sons:
(a) Peleg T.', who had a son Silas* A., Oneco, Conn.
(b) Lloyd A.', b. 1835, Oneco, Conn.
iv. Jekbmiah«, b. Feb. 22, 1773, d. Feb. 25, 1776.
V. Simon*, b. Feb 23, 1775, d. Nov. 22, 1860, 1. at Hammond,
Lawrence Co., N. Y., had a son :
(a) Gideon E.', b. Jan. 8, 1813, who had children :
OHenrjS, Rochester, N. Y., and (')Milton8, Ro
chester, N. Y., Henry* had a daughter (?), Ver-
cilla'.
vi. Thomas*, b. Oct. 22, 1776, d. June 15, 1858, had children.
(a) Gideon E.', b. Jan. 13, 1803 or Mar. 39, 1803, d. May 16,
1863, m. Sally Arnolds, June 33, 1833, and had
children, Hannah*, Elsie', Joseph J.*, Sally* and
Oury*, Norwich, Ct.
(b) Albert M.', 1
(c) Thomas', y Three bachelors of West Greenwich, R. I.
(d) Waterman', )
(e) Hannah', m.
(f) Elsie', m.
(g) Sally', m.
(h) Amy'.
vii. Gideon*, b. Nov. 19, 1778, d. Nov. 25, 1820.
viii. Bbtnolds*, b. Nov. 28, 1780, d. Feb. 10, 1837. Had
children.
(a) Gideon', b. Jan. 13, 1813, at Coventry, R. I., and d. at
Providence, R. I. He had a son, John D., Provi
dence, and Henry C.
(b) Benjamin T.'. b. Sept. 6, 1817, d. Mar. 10, 1874, West
Greenwich, R. I., who had a son, John A.*, of
Providence, R. I.
(c) Allen B.', b. , Providence, R. I., who had a
son, Theodore A.*, of Providence, R. I.
(d) James B.', Warwick, R. I.

WAIT FAIiOLY OF EHODE ISLAND. 35
ix. Benjamin*, b. Feb. 18, 1783, d. Jan., 1819.
X. Lois*, b. Mar. 10, 1785, d. Jan. 11, 1867.
xi. A Son*, b. Mar. 30, 1787, d. same day.
xii. Stephen*, b. May 17, 1788, d. May 16, 1849, 1. Sardinia,
Erie Co., N. Y.
xiii. Hannah* (1791-1847).
2. Jeremiahs, b. Apr. 1 or 12, 1749, at West Greenwich,
m. Hannah Matteson. He was a Tory and moved to Man
chester, Vt., in 1792, and from thence went to Black Creek,
Ontario, and d. Apr. 3, 1823, and his wife d. Mar. 6, 1839.
He had brothers who lived at Tonawanda, N. Y. They had
ten children: i. Jonathan*, b. 1773, of Dumfried, Ont., had a son :
(a) Henry', b. Majr 34, 1811, Blenheim, Ont., who had a
son, Rienzi', Washington, Ont.
ii. Sabah*,
iii. Reuben*, b. , Grand River, Can. . had a son,
Benjamin', who was banished 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, condemned to penal servi
tude in Van Dieman's Land. He escaped after four
years' imprisonment, and on his return to the States
wrote and published " Wait's Narrative."
iv. Levy*.
V. Thomas*, b. Mar. 26, 1785, had sons :
(a) Milo J.', b. Mch. 6, 1818, who had a son
(1) C J.*, Manchester, V. T.
(b) Thomas A.', West Greenwich, R,I.
vi. Hannah*.
vii. Elizabeth*.
viii. Amaeilla*.
ix. Maby*.
X. LuoY Ann*.
xi. Ben-tamin* (?).
3. ThomasS, b. Apr. 10, 1755, m. Nami Weeks, Jan. 1,
1776; was an officer in Continental Army. They had tivo
children: i. Eunice*.
ii. LuoY*.
4. Marts, b. peb. 11, 1757, d. Jan. 26, 1835, and m.
Reuben Wait {Capt. William^, Capt. John*, Thomas^, Reu
ben^, Thomas^), May 11, 1775. They had five children:
i. Maby*, b. May 7, 1784.
ii. Reuben*, b. May 2, 1786.

36 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
iii. Sabah*, b. May 22, 1792.
iv. Sii/AS Wabd*, 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 sia; children :
(a) Silas Franklin', b. May 17, 1819, d. Sept. 19, 1831.
(b) Mary CaroHne', b. Apr. 80, 1831, m. Billings B. Hewitt
Nov. 16, 1840.
(c) Lydia C, b. May 36, 1836, d. Dec. 11, 1835.
(d) Emila Julietta', b. Jan. 33, 1834, d. Mar. 3, 1867.
(e) J. Annette', b. Apr. 9, 1835, m. James C. Allen Dec.
19. 1855, hved at Hnntington, W. Va.
(f) Viola Victoria', b. Mar. 39, 1838, m. Wm. K. Hawks
Oct. 15, 1863.
V. Eupus S.*, 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.'
(b) Rufus.'
(c) Sullivan.'
(d) Maria Saturia', m. John M. Stephens of Hasbrook
Heights, N. J.
(e) Reuben S.F.', b. Mar. 37, 1834, m. Aug. 6, 1854, Betsy
Maria, dau. of Jabez Hakes, and they had two
children :
(1) Chester P.». b. June 20, 1855.
(2) William C.8, b. Oct. 13, 18SS, who liad children, Millard
Eeuben», d. Dec. la, 1901.
(f) Sophia.'
(g) Lois.'
(h) Irving.' Bufus 8. m. a second time Martha Odell.
5. Lydias, b. Mar. 19, 1759, m. Dake Moon, Oct. 16,
1783, and they had nine children: Simon^, Stephen^,
Rufus®, Lydia", Electra", Thomas®, Noel®, Merritt® and
6. PelegS, b. Oct. 23, 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, 1863. They
had ten children:

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 37
Geeene*, b. Sept. 26, 1784, d. Oct. 18, 1868, m. Diadama
Clarke in 1803, and m. Lydia Moon, b. Apr. 15, 1791,
d. Jan. 3, 1867, dau. of Dake Moon (see supra), 1. in
Michigan. They had fifteen children :
(a) Greene C, died 1883, m. Susan Stewart, and had
children, Clemen O.*, Laura*, Philinda*, Fidelia*,
Almanza*, Elizabeth* and Rose*.
(b) Nelson', m. Orpha Sylvester, and had children. Mar
vin*, Laura*, Martha*, Lutheria*, Stephen* and
Addle*.
(c) Electra', d. 1832, m. Nicholas Jones.
(d) Mercy', who d. young.
(e) Harriet', m. David Patterson and had^w children.
(f) Noel M.', m. Louisa Smith and Polly Dunton, had
seoen children : Cynthia*, Byron*, Joel*, John*,
Louisa*, Harriet* and Electra*.
(g) Amanda', d. 1851, m. Stephen Parish and hetd four
children.
(h) Rufus M.', d. 1886, who was thrice m., to Nancy A. Car-
linghouse. to Mary Coe, and to Cycthia Stevens.
(i) Laura', d. 1863, m. Asa W. Farr and had children :
Alice*, Elma*, Lyman* and States*.
(j) Lydia', d. 1863, m. Dewitt C. Chapman and had nine
children.
(k) Henry', d. 1889, m. Caroline McCrossen.
(1) Alice', m. George Jennings.
(m) Lyman O.', m. Mercilla Lincoln and Valeria Brown
and had five children : Marcus*, Rufus*, Lydia*,
Ada* and Blanche*.
(n) Julia', m. William C. Ward.
(o) Lucinda P ', d. 1854, m. Daniel Slout.
(p) Sardinia E.', m. Zideon Pierce and had ora« child.
ii. CiiAEK G.*, b. Apr. 3, 1787, d. Oct. 11, 1838, at Lockport,
N. Y., m. Sept. 1808, Abigail PhUlips, b. May 14,
1701, and they settled at Granville, N. Y., she d. at
Hartford, N. Y., ^ June 3, 1863. They had thirteen
children :
(a) Pamelia', d. 1881, m. Samuel B. Warren and had three
children.
(b) Elverton J.', m. Abigail Roblee and Elizabeth Benway
and they ha,d eight children : Elverton E.*, Manser
K.*, Maiden 0.*, Josephine*, Emma*, Sarah E.*,
Merton B.* and Martha*.
(c) Clare G.', d. 1888, m. Charlotte Warren and Margaret
Austin and they had three children : Ella*, Mal
colm* and Lewis K*.
(d) Hamilton L.', d. 1883, m. Esther Waller and they had
three children : Lucy*, Martha* and Sarah*.
(e) Manser K.', d. 1893, m. Julia A. Haile and they had
' seven children : Josephine*, Pamelia Clarke*, Cas-
sius*, Ida*, Emma*, Charles* and Istelle*.
(f) Adaniram J.', d. m. Caroline Bull and Amelia
A. Landon and the had four childi'en : Missouri
L.*, Alsena*, Alton P.* and A. Judson*.

38 WAIT FAMILY OF EHODE ISLAND.
(g) Priscilla', m. Eli Ray, and they had three children,
Adelaide A.*, Maiden* and Katharine*.
(h) Martha', m. Henry LefEt.
(i) Philetus G.', d. 1881, m. Delia Hale, and they had seven
children: Delia*, Altona*, Eva*, Inez*, Laura*,
Nora* and Philetus*.
(j) LeanderR.', m. Mehitable Martin, and they had seven
children, Levi*, Eva*, Charles*, Mary*, Maltha*,
Manir K.* and Edward*.
(k) Abigail', m. Zacharia Sill.
(1) Dewitt C, d. young.
(m) Harlan P.', m. Betty Laws.
iii. Meecy*, b. Apr. 4, 1789, d. Deo. 11, 1876, at Rodman,
N. Y., m. 1812 to William Gardner, and they had
two children :
(a) Peleg W.' (who m. Juha A. Wait).
(b) William Harrison'.
iv. Thomas*, b. May 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.'
(b) Maty L.'
(c) Matilda A.', who m. Levi H. Lockwood.
(d) Damaris A.', who m John S. Corbin.
(e) Raxie E.'
(f) Franklin P.'
(g) Mary', who m. Dr. David McCrossen, who had one
child, Medora L.*
V. Benjamin Geeene*, b, Apr. 7, 1793, d. Mar. 27, 1861, m.
Mar. 30, 1817, Mary Odell, dau. 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 Petersburgh, 1817, Granville, 1818-26,
and at Oanadioe, 1826-61. They had children :
(a) Oran Leelan', b. Mar. 37, 1818. d. Feb. 24, 1847.
(b) Benjamin Riley', b. Nov. 19. 1819, d. Dec. 25, 1880.
(c) Edwin Giles', 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.
8) Jalia Berthas, b. Aug. 87, 1861.
(3) Mary Agnes", b. Bee. 16, 1864, m. Dec. 3, 1885, G. I. Remmel.
(4) Effle Qenivieve*. b. Feb. 24, 1871.
(5) Edith Alice*, b. Mar. S2, 1873.
(d) Dennis Byron', b. Feb. 39, 1838, 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. Audubon', b. Apr. 7, 1837, lived at Little Falls, Wash.
1890, and at Waneta, B. C, 1893.
(2) Genevra*, b. Jan. 17, 1859, d. Apr. 9, 1873.
IS) Bnretta*, b. Ang. 19, 1860, d. Nov. 27, 1881, m. Nov. 27, 1879,
Dayton Muchler, and had one child, Percival, b. Feb. 18,
1881.
(4) G. Percival', b. Jnly 30, 1862, and went to Kettle Palls, Wash.,
in 1890.
Dennis Byron' m. again m. Apr. 16, 1873,
Amanda M. Colvin, b. Feb. 18, 1839.
(e) Mary Emeline', b. Mar. 23, 1830, d. Sept. 19, 1863, m.
Apr. 33, 1857, Charles O. Ball, lived at Hastings,
Minn. They had children : C. Arthur and Charles
Albers.
(f) Emily Augusta', b. June 17, 1833, m. Jan. 9, 1856,
David S. Burton, and lived at Rochester, N. Y.
They had children : Clarence D., Willie B., Edwin
W., Edgar, Hannah A. All dead.
vi. AiiCE*, b. July 6, 1795, d. Sept. 26, 1837, m. Feb. 17,
1817, James B. Hewitt, and they had children : Ala-
manza, Peleg W., Mary, Emily and Alice.
vii. Tabitha*, or Polly*, b. Apr. 18, 1797, m. Spink Matteson
Sept. 6, 1835, lived at Forreston, 111., and their
children were Clark K. and Harlow L.
viii. Maet*, c. Apr. 30, 1799, d. Dec. 30, 1853, m. Sept. 25,
1823, Oalb WeUs. They had children : Horace W.,
Mary M., William S., Zacheus C, Pamelia and
TU-M-i op fill 3,
ix. Lois', b. Dec. 8, 1801, d. Sept. 11, 1873, m. Sept. 12, 1824,
Calvin P. Hill, and they had children : Orrin D.,
Laura A., Alice M., Clarke C. and Frances A.
X. Lattba*, b. Nov 5, 1804, d. Deo. 5, 1831.
7. RuFUsS, b. Apr. 23, 1764; m. Dec. 2, 1784, Eunice
Hall, and their children were:
i. Duty*.
ii. Lydia*.
iii. Jebemiah*.
iv. John*.
V. Lois*.
vi. Gaednbe*, b. Dec. 23, 1801, of Harton, Jackson Co.,
Mich., had as.son R  G.', Westfield, N. Y.
8. Alices, b. 1769, d. 1828; m. William Potter and went
to Vermont.
XIX. — Stephen* {Joseph^, Reuben^, Thomas'^), m. 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. ShadeachS, 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. Stephen*, b. Nov. 12, 1785, d. Apr., 1879.
ii. Joseph*, b, Apr. 29, 1788, d. Sept. 5, 1865.
iii. Elizabeth*, b. Jan. 5, 1790, d. Oct. 3, 1870.
iv. Euth*, b. Jan. 6, 1792.
V. Maey*, b. Jan 31, 1794, d. 1869.
vi. Gideon*, b. Dec. 19, 1795.
viL Absalom*, b. Sept. 11, 1797 ; lived at Hagadorus MUla,
Saratoga Co., N. Y.
viii. Desiee*, b. Oct, 20, 1799, d. 1872.
ix. Diana*, b. Jan. 27. 1801, d. Nov. 13, 1858.
X. Esthbe a.*, b. Mar. 4, 1803.
xi. Daniel T.*, b. Jan. 2, 1805, d. May 13, 1806.
xii. Jonathan*, b. Sept. 28, 1806, d. Feb., 1807.
xiii. William S.«, b. Dec. 28, 1808, lived at Belle Center, Wis.
xiv. Daniel D.*, b. Oct. 6, 1811, lived at Fowlersville, Mich.
XV. Saeah W.*, b. Mar. 24, 1814.
2. Gideon^, 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 Tillinghast*, b. at Westport, Mass., June 13,
1789. m. in Barkerville, N. Y., July 14, 1811, Pamela
(dau. of Samuel Shove Barker), b. Apr. 21, 1792. He
d. in Galway, Mar. 24, 1841 ; she d. at Sandy HHI,
N. Y., Jan. 28, 1872. They had children :
XX.— (a) Nelson William', b. in Galway, Dec. 27, 1813.
(b) Samuel Barker', b. in Galway, Sept. 30, 1814. m. Jan.
17, 1853, Mary E. Prall, b. Dec. 25, 1830, d. May
8, 1879. They had children :
(1) 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 tivo children, Mamie Elizabeth
Griffln, b. May 18, 1884, and Eliza Griffln, b. Mar. 31, 1888.
(c) Lydia Elmina', b. in Galway, June 35, 1817, m. Sept. 'Z>
1843, Dr. Darius Mathewson. They had children ¦
James William, b. July 6, 1845, d. Mar. 33, 1868 ;
Phcebe Pamela, b. Mar. 18, 1848, d. Mar. 23, 1849 ;
Frank Nelson, b. Sept. 8, 1850, d. Nov. 21, 1851 :
Emma Louisa, b. Apr. 13, 1855, d. Mar. 13, 1858 ;
Hettie, b. Oct. 33, 1858, d. Dec. 15, 1866.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 41
(d) Philip Hart', b. in Galway, July 38, 1819, m. Dec. 38,
1843, Lydia Ann (daughter of Amos Marihew), b.
May 35, 1825.
(e) Rhoda Desire', b. in Galway, Mar. 14, 1836, d. July 5,
1856, m. Dec. 12, 1850, William S. Taylor. They
had children: Pamela Jean, b. 1851, d. Jan. 11,
1873 ; Isabella Frances, b. Oct., 1853, d. Mar. 13,
1858.
ii. Ehoda*, b. in Westport July 10, 1791, d. June 26, 1835,
m. at Galway, N. Y., to Philip Hart in 1811.
3. Maet^, by second wife, Lillis, b. in Dartmouth; m.
Jonathan White, Apr. 8, 1789.
XX. — Nelson William'' {William T", Gideon^,
Stephen*, Joseph^, Reuben^, Thomas'^), b. Dec. 27, 1812,
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 William*, b. in Galway, Aug. 25, 1839; d. May
2, 1903; m. in Amsterdam, E". 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', b. in Sandy Hill, Nov. 5, 1867.
ii. Geobob Waeniok', b. in Sandy Hill, Sept. 12. 1869.
iii. Maey Feanklin', b. in Sandy Hill, July 20, 1876.
2. Maet Ann^, b. in Galway, July 17, 1844; m. Oct. 26,
1869, Thomas Lloyd Dalton. They had child: Nelson
Wait Dalton, b. in Sandy Hill, Oct. 28, 1873.
3. Ltdia Pamela*, b. in Galway, Feb. 15, 1846; 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— Daniel^ {Samuel*, Joseph^, Reuben^, Thomas'-).
He was a cooper by trade and also a farmer.
On Mar. 17, 1787, DanieP was grantee of lands adjacent
to those of Jeremiah Wait, from Stokes Potter; and on
Dee. 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 Backer; 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 FAJNHLY OF RHODE ISLAND.
Shearman conveyed to him land at the head of Apponagan
sett River; Aug. 25, 1791, William Barker conveyed lands
to him; Oct. 31, 1791, Ahijah Shearman conveyed lands to
him; Feb. 7, 1792, Job DevoU conveyed 51 acres to him,
with witnesses by the name of Tripp; Nov. 3, 1792, Ahijah
Shearman, of Rensselaer, County of Rensselaer, 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 Rensselaer 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 lopation 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 FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 43
This is the last recorded conveyance by Daniel, in Jan.,
1794. The above evidence shows that Daniel and Phebe
had acquaintances at Westport.
June 10, 1796, Lemuel Manchester, of Westport, made his
will, which was probated Nov. 7, 1797, by which he gave to
his daughter, Phebe Manchester Wait, 1 cow, 12 sheep, all
his household goods and indoor movables of every sort and
kind that he had not otherwise before given away, except
one chest to his son James. He also gave to Daniel Wait
a note upon Job Albro which he had theretofore given to
Daniel to collect. The above will and inventory are in
probate records at Taunton, Mass., Vol. 35, pp.173-176.
John Tripp made the inventory of Lemuel Manchester's
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, 1777
(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 at
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 Aug. 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
pany 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 35, 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 1 now live, with houses and buildings,
which foUoweth 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 al)ove 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 OF RHODE ISLAND. 45
intimate, thus making Daniel Wait acquainted with Phebe
Manchester. Daniel having prior to 1794 sold 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 Uved 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.
DanieP, b. Mar. 21, 1754 (Nov. 1, 1753, or in 1751) ;
d. Nov. 15, 1829, at Reading, N. Y., and buried at
Reading in Lake Road Cemetery ; m. Phebe Man
chester of Apponagansett, Mass., Sept. 25, 1775, b.
Aug. 12, 1754, d. Sept. 11, 1838. They had twelve
children :
1. Abigail^, Dec. 8, 1775, at Dartmouth, Mass., and lived
in Yates Co., N. Y.; d. June 11, 1831. She married Joshua

46 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
Stoddard and they had children, one of whom lived at Dix,
N. Y.
2. Ebenezeh«, b. Feb. 29, 1777, at Dartmouth, Mass.;
d. July 4, 1844, at Unadilla, N. Y. He was a farmer and
married Rebecca Wilbur, of Saratoga, N. Y., at Sand Hill,
N. Y. They had five children. (For a second wife Ebe
nezer m. Susan Sisson.
i. Thomas', b. June 26, 1798, at UnadUla, 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 Mulkin, and d. about 1880.
They ^rndfive children :
(a) Cyna*, wholdied young.
(b) Sallys, b. 1832 or '35, d. 1857, m. Horace Scott, Sept.,
1850.
(c) Llewelyn, d. aged 17.
(d) Samuel Newton^, b. 1833 or '37, d. 1864 or '68 at Ann
apolis, Md., in the Navy ; m. Julia Busby 1860-65.
(e) Andrew J', b. 1827 or '30, d. Aug. 7, 1857.
(f) MaryS, b. 1833. There are no living descendants
of Thomas'.
ii. Stephen', b. Mar. 2, 1802, at UnadiUa, N. Y., d. Oct. 6,
1872, at Otego, N. Y., he was a farmer ; m. Anna
Eowley of Otego, N. Y., at Otego, Feb. 19, 1824 (Apr.
25, 1824). They h&dfive children :
(a) Davids, b. Dec. 8, 1834, at Otego. Otsego, Co., N. Y., m.
Abigail Davi? at Sand Hill, Otsego Co., N. Y.
She was b. in 1825 at Unadilla, N. Y. They
ha,d four children :
(1) Stephen', b. Jan., 1850, d. Dec. , 1890, m. Oct. 14, 1874'
Etta Hodge, had two children, William D. and a dan. b.
May 14, 1888, d. Oct. 6, 1891.
(2) SylTia". b. May 25, 1854, m. Jan. 1, 1875 to Walter Latham.
(3) Charles', b. , 1858, m. Sept. 10, 1881, to Addie Steele,
had one eon, Frank O.; Charles married for second wife
Alice Mallory.
(4) Came', b. Aug. 14, 1865, m. Jan. 1889, to Thomas Southard,
and they have two sons.
(b) Charless. b. Jan. 13. 1830, at Guilford, N. Y.. m. Molly
A.Miller at Beech Creek. Pa., on July 31, 1860,
and they lived at Lock Haven, Pa. She d. Nov.
15, 1886. They had three children :
(1) George J.», b. Sept. 16, 1861, m. Annie H. Earns of Lock
Haven, Pa., May 8, 1891, had two children, Vera Viola, b.
Dec. 7, 1893, Charles Leslie, b. Jan. 81, 1894.
(2) Charles Bills", b. Feb. 6, 1866, m. Margaret J. Saltsman, June
14, 1898. They lived at Lock Haven, Pa.
(3) Minnie Olive', b. May 19, 1868, m. J. William Hamberger at
Castanoa, Nov. 85, 1897.
(c) Susan*, b. June 14, 1843, at Otego, N. Y., d. Nov. 37,
1897, at Otego, N. Y. , m. James Terry in 1869, at
Otego. They liad fourteen children, ten of whom
lived to maturity.

WAIT FAMILY OP RHODE ISLAND. 47
(d) Lovica«, b. July 23, 1353, at Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y.,
m W. A. Secor of Mt. Upton, N. Y. They lived
at Otego, N. Y., and had three children.
(1) Anna Secor, b. May 11, 1881.
(3) Charles Secor, b. Sept. 28, 1885.
(3) Alice L. Secor, b. June 27, 1898
(e) Lodica', b. July 23, 1853, at Otego, N. Y., m. David
Orr, at Oneonta, Oct. , 1872. They lived at Oneonta
and have 07ie chUd, John, b. 1873,
iii. Samuel', b. Aug. 18, 1804, d. Feb. 9, 1885, lived at Sand
Hill, Unadilla, N. Y., m, Phebe Cranston who died
soon after their marriage, m. again Sept. 26 or Nov.
16, 1837, to Khoda Potter, d. Feb. 25, 1848, buried in
Wilber Burial Ground. They had three children :
(a) Thomas*, b. Feb. 22, 1839, at Unadilla, lived at Sacre-
mento, Neb., m. March, 1863, to Emma Jane
Juoket, b. Aug. 15, 1837, d. Jan. 33, 1890. No
children, m. again Sept. 25, 1890, to Christena
(b) WiUiam*, b. Mar. 15, 1840, d. Apr. 4, 1852.
(c) Hiram S.*, b. Dec. 21, 1841, m. Harriet CaroMne 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 (1787) Wait Post and
a first cousin of her husband. They had one son
who died an infant.
iv. Ahijah', b. Jan. 17, 1812, at Unadilla, N. Y., d. at Sand
Hill, N. Y., in 1881, he was a farmer, m. Jane
Spencer, of Maryland, N. Y., at Maryland, N. Y.
They had eight children r
(a) Philinda*, b. Dec. 29, 1839, m. Ira Truman of Butter
nuts, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1859.
(b) Annie*, b. Sept. 5, 1841, d. Nov. 18, 1853, at Unadilla.
(c) Armenia*, b. Dec. 1, 1843, m. Albert Young, of Una
dilla, Nov. 6, 1861.
(d) Sarah*, b. July 33, 1844, m. William Hoyt, of Walton,
Jan. 15, 1879.
(e) Marie C.*, b. Jan. 7,S1846, m. John Gates, of Unadilla,
Jan. 17, 1873.
(f) John S.*, b. Mar. %\, 1850, d. Nov. 34, 1853.
(g) Emma*, b. July 9, 1855, m. Orville Smith, of Fasten,
Feb, 1, 1877.
(h) Marrietta*, b. Aug. 30, 1847, "m,. Charles H. Delevan, of
Sidney, N. Y., Mar. 36, 1873.
V. Annie', b. Jan. 6, 1818, at Unadilla, d. Feb. 31, 1841, at
Shakers, near Watervliet, N. Y. She m. Simeon
Spencer, of Maryland, N. Y., later of Unadilla, N. Y.,
at Sand Hill, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1838. He was b. Dec.
12, 1813, and d. Aug. 2, 1879. They had owe child
Elijah who d. in infancy.

48 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
3. Amy«, b. Dec. 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. Samuel«, b. Nov. 21, 1782 (Nov. 20, 1783), at Dart
mouth, Mass. ; lived at Hector, Schuyler County, N. Y. He
was a farmer; d. , 18 , at Hector, N. Y., and is
buried at Reading, Lake Road Cemetery. He m. Miss
Legett (Mrs. Reliance 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. Samuel* Wait was in the War of 1812 on the Cana
dian Frontier and honorably discharged. They had one
child: i. Samuel Weiohtlt', 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. James*, 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. Jesse', b. Feb. 25,-1808,''not married, d. Sept. 21, 1828.
ii. Haeman Van Veighton', 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 Edsall*, b. Sept. 17, 1887, m. Sept. 10, 1867, to
Sarah Jane Brizzee. They had eight children, of
whom only two lived to maturity :
(1) Arthur James', b. Dec. 5, 1879. near Windsor, N. Y.
(2) Helen Margaret', b. Aug. 5, 1889, at Biiighamton, N. Y."
(b) Mary Ellen*, b. Dec. 33. 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. Ang. 23, 1876.
(c) George Henry*, b. June 88, 1848, m. Alice E. Hinkley,
Sept. 30, 1871 They had no children.
(d) Florence Elizabeth*, b. Aug. 16, 1853, m. William J.
Hnghson, Oct. 1, 1873. W. J. Hughson d. May
19, 1883. They had one child, who died young.
She m. again Robert Bishop, Feb. 38, 1895. They
had no children.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 49
iii. Jambs, Je.', b. Nov. 17, 1813, at Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y.,
d. Nov. 1, 1876, at HoUisterville, Pa., m. Jerusha
HoUister, Sept. 20, 1838, in Salem, Wayne Co., Pa.
She died Oct. 3, 1840, in Sterling, Wayne Co., Pa.
They had one child :
(a) Jerusha*, b. Sept. 19, 1840, m. Sept. 16, 1874, to
Florence B. Hamlin ; m again, Nov. 35, 1888, to
S. F. Mitchell.
James', m. again Harriet HoUister, June 5, 1845.
She d. Mar. 17, 1901, at HoUisterville, Pa. AU buried
in Hamilton Cemetery, Salem, Wayne Co., Pa. They
had six children.
(b) William HoUister*, b. Apr. 3, 1846, at HoUisterville,
Wayne Co.. Pa., m. Ada G. Pellett. Sept. 16, 1874.
They had four children :
(1) James Edmund, b. July 7, 187B, d. Mar., 1877.
(2) Susan P., b. Oct. 11, lf79.
(3) Joseph S., b. Feb. 28, 1881.
(4) William Donald, b. Sept. 1!, 1882.
(c) Franklin James*, b. Feb. 3 or 5, 1849 ; not married.
(d) Mary Elizabeth*, b. S:'pt. 1, 1850, d. Nov. 35, 1903; not
married.
(e) Asa Wellington*, b. Aug. 20, 18.')2 ; not married.
(f) Lillian Celestia*, b. Oct 30, 1854, m. Samuel H. Han-
kins, Sept. 39, 1875. They had five children :
(1) Fred, b. Nov. 8, 1876, d. Aug. 20, 1877.
(2) NeUle Harriet, b. July 16, 1878, d. Apr. 26, 1880,
(3) Walter H.. b. Jan. 28, 1882.
(4) Eva Lillian, b. Oct. 3, 1883, d. Mar. 16, 1884.
(5) Maud Winifred, b Apr. 6, 1885.
(g) Helen Harriet*, b. Sept. 30, 1858, m. John E. Elliott,
Sept. 36, 1883. They had ^x children, three of
whom lived :
(1) Mildred J., b, June 28, 1892.
(2) E. Leonard, b. Oct. 1, 1894.
(8) Helen Norvell, b. Apr. 33, 1897.
iv. John', b. Jan. 25, 1816, d. Jan. 30, 1876, m. DurennaCook
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.*, b. Sept. 30, 1846, m. Alex. M. Thompson
at Rosemount, Minn., Sept;35, 1870.
(b) Addie A,*, b. Oct. 35, d. July 6, 1869.
V. Reuben Peeey', b. Aug. 17, 1818, d. Apr. 14, 1890, m.
Adeline Pherdum, Feb. 8, 1854, at Delhi, N. Y.
She was b. at Andes, Delaware, May 19, 1829. They
lived at Norwich, N. Y. Had one child:
(a) Edward R., b. Sept. 13, 1857; d. Aug. 17, 1886; m,
Jennie Bostwick at South Hadley Falls, Mass.,
Jan. 9, 1884. They had no children.
vi. Maey Eliza', b. Sept. 6, 1821, at Otego, ^N. Y., m. Feb. 3,
1858, at Norwich, N. Y., to Bufus Collins. He was
b. May 30, 1816, and d. Oct. 2, 1885, at Sand Hill,
N. Y. They had ^wo^children :

50 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
(a) Laura Elizabeth CoUins*, 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. 37, 1893.
(b) James Jerub CoUins*, b. July 7, 1865 ; m Clara Wendell,
of Sidney, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1886. They had no
children.
vii. Bbebezer F.', 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, 1846.
They had four children :
(a) Laselle Benjamin*, b. Jan. 33, 1849, at Otego, N. Y. ;
m.Ettie Hopkins at Otego, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1873.
They had one child : Mary, b. Dec. 30, 1875.
(b) George Madison*, b. Feb. 32, 1851 ; m. Eugenia Steb
bins at Butternuts. N.Y., Oct., 1874. They had
one child : Ralph, b. Aug. 12, 1876.
(c) James Albert*, b. Mar. 4, 1857, at Otego, N. Y. ; m.
Lucie Baker at Lawrence, N. Y., May 30, 1883.
They had on^ child : Lena, b. June 28, 1884.
(d) Flora EUzabeth*, b. Oct. 12, 1860 ; d. Aug. 1, 1863.
viii. Andbbw Maecelltjs', 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 Berlin, N. Y. ,
to Ambrosia Jane Sargent, dau. of John and Isabelle
(Jaoox) Sergeant, b. Jan. 30, 1827 ; lived at Norwich,
Chenango Co., N. Y. They had tivo children.
(a) Ambrose Marcellus*, b. May 33, 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. Hinman, dau. of Munson and
Augusta (Barker) Hinman, of Hallock, Peoria Co. ,
111., Jan. 1. 1877. She was b. Apr. 18, 1854. They
had ten children :

(1) Alice', b. Oct. 28, 1877, m. Harry Leach, Apr. 11, 1903,
(2) Bertrand', b. Jan. 18, 1860.
(3) Mvra», b. Nov. 6, 1881.
(4) Julia Eva", b. Ang. S2, 1884.
(6) Allen Marion', b. June 8, 1886, d. Dec. 18, 1897.
(6) Grace Augusta', b. Feb. 6, 1888.
(7) Robert Sergent', b. Apr. 26, 1890.
(8) Gertrude', b. May 8, 1894.
(9) Eutb», b. June 15, 1896.
(10) Dorothy', 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, IU., and from
1896 to date an inspector and surveyor in the Pub
lic Works Department, State of New York.
(b) John Cassan*, b. June 4, 1880, at Norwich, N. Y., m.
Ginevra Caroline Westlake, June 39, 1886, at Iron-
ton, Lawrence Co., Ohio. She was b. Dec. 35,
1866, at GaUipolis, Ohio, and was the dau. of
Thomas R. and Annar Eliza (Bird), Westlake.
They ha,d four children :

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 51
(1) Luella Ambrosia', b. Sept. 17, 1888.
(2) Annar Marie', b. Sept. 9, 1890.
(3) Justin Federal', b. Sept. 26, 1893.
(4) Constance Blaine', b. Jan. 9, 1895.
John Cassan was a mechanic and civil engineer,
which latter vocation he followed from 1880-1897,
when he began the practice of law in the City of
New York, where he occupied the position of
Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City from
1900-1904. In 1883 he graduated from Cornell
University; in 1887, from Norwich University,
Vt. ; and in 1891, from the Harvard Law School.
In 1886-1887 he was Captam of ArtUlery. Verm ont
National Guard ; 1896-1897, engineer, Erie Canal
Improvement ; 1887-1894, instructor and assistant
professor of engineering, Harvard University ;
1894-1895, associate editor, " RaUroad Gazette."
He is also the author of several books on engineer
ing, law and the useful arts, including a dictionary
of railroad terms.
iv. Habeiet Cabomne', b. July 4, 1830 ; d. Jan. 10, 1893 ; m.
Hiram S. Wait, Mar. 19, 1877, he was bom Dec. 21,
1841. They lived at Sand Hill, N. Y, They had no
chUdren.
X. EzBA J.', b. Aug. 11, 1833 ; m. Manetta E. Flagg, at Nor
wich, N. Y., he d. Nov. 20, 1861. They had two
children :
(a) William Ezra*, b. Dec. 24, 1857, m. Lydia A. Prentiss,
Nov. 30, 1881, at HaUock, Peoria Co., IU. They
had nine children :
(1) Vira P.», b. Feb. 1, 1883, at Forrest, 111. ; d. Feb. 13, 1891.
(2) Bexf ord Ezra', b. Apr. 28, 1885.
(3) Harriet Catherine', b. July 4, 1887.
(4) Orra A.', b. Feb. 15, 1889.
(S) Wilberta Estell', b. Jan. 19, 1891.
(6) Bertha Gertrude', b. Apr. 9, 1894.
(7) Guy WUliam', b. Dec. 9, 1895.
(8) Ilion Bernita', b. Apr. 8, 1898.
(9) William E.', b. Dec. 26, 1901, d. Aug. 30, 1903.
(b) Orra Hughson*, b. Oct. 9. 1859, m. Libbie Ross a*
South Plymouth, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 25,
1880. She was b. at Plymouth, Mar. 16, 1858.
They had two children :
(1) William A., b. Mar. 25, 1883.
[2) Edward B., b. Ont. 12, 1887. They Uved at Norwich, W. Y.
6. Elsies (qj. AliceS), b. Mar. 13, 1787 (Mar. 18, 1788),
at Dartmouth, Mass.; d. Dec. 9, 1856, at Sand Hill, N. Y.;
m. June 26, 1808, at Saratoga, N. Y., to Abraham Post; b.
-Oct. 5, 1781; d. Dec. 26, 1856, at Sand Hill, N. Y. They
had eleven children: Willis, b. Mar. 14, 1809; d. Mar. 13,
1874; Moses, S., b. Aug. 21, 1810; d. Mar. 10, 1860; Allen,
b. June 2, 1812; d. infant; Phebe, b. May 4, 1813; d. Jan.
28, 1889; 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. Judiths, 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. Phebe*, b. Mar. 9, 1790; lived at or near Lockport, N.
Y. ; m. Daniel Shaw.
9. Ahijah*, 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. Phebe', b. Jan. 4, 1816, d. Aug. 26, 1890 ; m. 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 3. 1839, d. Mar. 31, 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,
ni. They had two children :
(a) Charles, b. Oct. 14, 1841, d. Sept. 10, 1899.
(b) George W., b. Dec. 8, 1868.
iii. Heney', b. Oct. 19, 1820, at Beading, N. Y. ; lived at
Beading, 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. John Abrams, Oct. 7, 1885 ; lived near Beading
Center, N.Y.
iv. Ebbnezee, b. Feb. 26, 1823, at Beading, N. Y. ; lived at
Clarence, Ford County, HI. ; he m. Louisa M. Stamp,
at Newfield, N. Y. ; she d. Dec. 10, 1893, buried at
Bankine, 111. They had two children :
(a) Elbert A., b. May IB, 1850, has two children :
(1) Mable A., b. May 8, 1883.
(2) Ida L.,b. Sept. 18, 1886.
(b) Adrian D., b. Mar. 10, 1858.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 53
V. Maegaeet, b. Dec. 6, 1830, unmarried.
vi. Saeah, b. Oct. 30, 1833, unmarried.
10. Sahah (or Sally)e, b. Sept. 3, 1793; d. 18 ;
m. William Wilbur; he was b. June 30, 1789, at (Sand Hill)
Unadilla, N. Y. They had seven children: Annie, b. 1815,
d. 1900; Lemuel, b. 1818, d. 1892; William, b. 1822, d.
1896; Betsy, b. 1824; Abigail, b. 1826, d. 1867; David, b.
1829; Buel, b. 1831.
11. Lucbbtias, b. Oct. 29, 1796, lived at Cohoes, N. Y.:
m. Jan. 22, 1815. She m. John Vincent, b. Aug. 26, 1783.
They lived at Cohoes, N.. Y., and they had ten children:
Julia Ann, Cynthia, Jonathan, Edward H., Judith, Lot H.,
Amy H., Norman D., Herman E., George H. and Mary P.
(adopted). Cynthia Vincent, m. Ira Fisher Kilmer, of
Washington County, New York, and they had children:
Juliet Kilmer, b. Sept. 22, 1847; John Henry Kilmer, b.
Jan. 22, 1849; Helen Maud KilmerS b. Aug. 4, 1860. John
Henry Kilmer, m. Pyrena Baldwin, Jan. 2, 1877, and they
had children: Otis Willis Kilmer, b. Feb. 2, 1878; Helen
Maud Kilmer^, b. Aug. 2, 1883; Mae Baldwin Kilmer, b.
Mar. 17, 1891. Helen Maud^, m. John R. Stanton, of New
York City.
12. Lemttbl*, b. Jan. 3, or 13, 1798, and lived at Dix,
Schuyler Co., N. T. ; d. Jan. 13, 1888, at Dix. and is buried
at Reading, Lake Road Cemetery. He m. Prurience West
ern, who d. 1833, and is buried at Reading, N. Y., Lake
Road Cemetery. They had three children.
i. Daniei;.
ii." Jane (or Jennie).
iii. Oebh/A, m. Chas. Wilber, and lived at Moreland, Schuy
ler Co., Dix Township, N. Y.
Note. — For records of the earlv descendants of Marshall Bichard Wayte, of
Boston, sec N. E. Histort a»'b Gen Peoister for Oct.. 1877 ; Tfe Waite
Famili, of Bostott, Mass.. by Henry E. Waite. of West NeWton. Mass. ; Ten Gen
erations in New England, by Henry E. Waite of West Newton, Mass. <1S84).
Note. — For Becords of the Maiden Family, see Waite Familt of Malden, by
Deloraine P. Corey of Maiden, Mass. (18781.
Other sources of information and records of the Wait(e) family are the following :
Austin's Bbode Island General Dictionary.
Davis' Land Marias. Plymouth, Mass
Judd's History, Hadley, Mass.. p. 586-7.
TV. — Savasre's General Dictionarv, p. 882-S.
Temple's Ecc. History of WTiately, Mass., p. 273-7.
Craft's History of Whately, Mass.
Barry's History. Framinsham, Mass., n, 428.
Benedict's Historv, Sntton, Mass., p 7!'6-7.
Bond's Historv. Watertown, Mass., 617.
Cleveland's History, Yates County, N. V., 518-9.
Corey's Waite Gen., 1878.
Stone's History, Hnbbardston, Mass., p. .362-5

54 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.
Washburn's History, Leicester, Mass., p. 410-1.
II.— Wyman's, Charlestown, Mass.. 986-9.
Norton's History Pitzwilliam, N. H., p. 764.
Bass' Historv, Braintroe, Vt., p. 194.
American Ancestry, 2-142 ; 3-60 ; 4-117 ; 5-51.
Landmarks, Eensselear Co.,p. 648. '
Publications New York Geneological and Biographical Society, John L. Waite.
III.— New London Historical Society, 54 ; also 5-46 ; 0-61.
XXin.— New England Historical Society, p. 124.
Old Families of Saulbury, Mass., 31-62 ; 32-155.
Arnold's Vital Statistics of Ehode Island.
Ehode Island Colonial Eecords.
Austin's Ehode Island Geneologies.
Elisha C. Leonard's Gen. Eecords, in Public Library, New Bedford, Mass.
Dartmouth, Mass., Friends Eecords, 1699-1792.
Eecord and Pension OfSce, War Department, Washington.
Office Secretary of Commonwealth of Mass., Boston.
Office State Record CommiSBioner, Providence, E. I.
Town and County Clerk's Offices, Bvety where.
Probate Court and Begistry Offices, Everywhere.

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1601-1677,
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1683-
Eleanor,
1688-
Benjamin,
1690-1773.
Joseph,
1693-1774.
Abigail,
1693-
Reuben,
1695-
Tabitha,
1695-1757.
Jeremiah,
1698-1754.

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1716-
Stephen,
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Henry,
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1753-1829.
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Lemuel,
1798-1888

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1775-1831
Ebenezer,
1777-1844
Amy,
1780-1852
Samuel,
1782-
Jambs,
1784-1855
Elsie,
1787-1856
Judith,
1788-1863
Pheebe,
1790-
Ahijah,
1791-1881
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