Waite, Dennison, Coleman Family

FAMILY RECORDS

of the

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WAIT

of

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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

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Collected, Complied and Published by

JOHN CASSAN WAIT

Attorney and counsellor at Law; Civil Engineer;
Author; Sometimes Assistant Professor of Engineering,
Harvard University;
Sometime Assistant Corporation Counsel,
The City of New York. etc.
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PRICE, $1.00
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1904

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A note from the transcriber of this work.
This work by John Cassan Wait is a furthering of the book by D. Byron WAITE
1893 of the WAIT family.
The LDS copy I transcribed from has no cover or title page. #42121

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Thomas1, Reuben2, Thomas3, Thomas4, Rufus5, John6, John7, Henry8,
Coleman9, Henry10, Coleman11->me. In this book my line ends with John6.

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PREFACE.
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This fragment of the general history of the Wait family
is published by the author as his contribution to what he
hopes may some day become a complete genealogy of the
Wait family. It is the best arrangement that the author
can make from the records at hand, which have been col-
lected at the expense of considerable time, search and cor-
respondence, and is a brief statement of what is know of
the Rhode Island branch of the Wait family. It has been
compiled from a mass of correspondence collected by the
author and by Henry E. Waite, West Newton, Mass., and
from a little book by D. Byron Wait, now out of print. The
author also acknowledges him self 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 en-
abled 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 important 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 Waite,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
No. 220 Broadway,
The City of New York.
42121 (LDS #)

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 wakt 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 name is applied only to those itinerant musi-
cians, who, in most of the large towns in England, go round
the principal streets at night, for some time before Christ-
mas, play two or three tunes, call the hour, then remove to
a suitable distance, where they go through the same cere-
mony, and so on until four or five o'clock in the morning.
This system seems to have been-profitable, for the records
of the Police Court of London show that a leader of the
Waits applied to it to protect him from the infringement of
his privileges. the post seems to have been no sinecure; it
was productive and profitable-so much so that it could be
purchased. It was under the control of the high constable
and the court burgesses. It being discovered that other
Waits were going about the town and usurping the privilege
in the most fashionable quarters, the matter became serious.
The leader of the Waits having paid for his, rights, asked
that they should be protected, and by the decision of the
magistrates his right was recognized and he was promised
support. It is very common at Christmas time for wander-
ing musicians to make their rounds during the night and
discourse popular airs calculated to inspire the 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-square, Burton-crescent and neigh-
bourhood. Ladies and Gentlemen--with sensible recolec-
tions of by-gone patronage, you wandering melodists, THE
CHRISTMAS WAITS, beg to offer their best compliments on
the approaching festival. The band on this occasion, as
heretofore, has been numerous and select, and trust to merit
that liberal diffusion of favors which has enlivened our


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND. 5

homes and cheered our hearts for a series of years. We
trust our sprightly notes of melody, awakening sweet Echo on
the dull ear 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, flute, 7 Swinton Place,
Bagnigge Wells Road."
"Having redeemed our pledge, we shall have the honour
of paying our personal respects in the holyday week. In
respectfully taking our leave, we beg to remind you, that
as some who are pretenders to the Magic Wand of Apollo,
it may be necessary to say that we will produce a 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 known as Richard
le (the) Wait, 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 Wayte, of the county Warwick, who was in
1315 Escheator of counties Berkshire, Wilts, Oxford, Bed-
ford and Bucks, was a direct lineal descendant of Ralf.
Thereafter the name was written Wayte almost exclusively
until the different ones of the name came to New England
When that was discarded and Wait or Waite was used instead,
the latter form arising from a custom to add e to words as in
Thinke, finde, putte, boate, etc.
Our kindred, though distant, are pretty freely distributed
over the central portion of Southern England, extending



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, 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 ocupa-
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 P1ymouth. N. E. America,
at which port they safely arrived. Two settled in Plymouth
colony and the third settled in Rhode Island. The above
is doubtless true in most particulars. It was Thomas who
went to Portsmoutb, 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 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


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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.


(Four graphics of the shield and arms go here.)


The crest is describe as "a bugle horn, stringed, sable,
Garnished," and the arms as "Argent, chevron gules be-
tween three bugle-horns, stringed, sable, borne by the name
WAYTE. The motto of the wait family is "Pro aris et
focis," meaning, " For our homes and alters."
The bugle portrays the musical element of the family and
tends to support the traditions that the original Waytes
were musician attendants to the king and his Knights.


(Two costumes of the 11th and the 17th centuries go here.)


The earliest settlers of New England of the name, were
Richard, born 1598, of Boston,1634, Marshall 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 Malden, 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 Williams
except that he was born in Wales about 1606; attracted early
in life the attention of Sir Edward Coke, by his skill in
taking down in shorthand sermons and speeches in the Star
Chamber. He was sent by the great lawyer to Sutton hos-
pital, now known as the Charter House, and went thence in
the regular time to Oxford, took orders in the Church of
England, and finally embraced the doctrine of the Puritans.
Besides Latin and Greek, which formed the principal ob-
jects of a university course, he acquired a competent knowl-
edge of Hebrew and several modern languages, for the study
of which he seemed to have had a peculiar faculty. His
industry and attainments soon won him a high place in the
esteem of his religious brethren, and although described by
one who knew him as "passionate and precipitate," he
gained and preserved the respect of some of the most emi-
nent among his theological opponents. When this "godly
and jealous young minister" landed in Boston he found the
territory which had long been known as Massachusetts in the
possession of two distinct colonies-the colony of Plymouth,
founded in 1620, by the followers of John Robinson, of
Leyden, and known as the colony of Separatists, men who
had separated from the Church of England, but were willing
to grant to others. the same freedom of opinion which they
claimed for themselves, and the colony of Massachusetts
Bay, founded ten years later by a band intelligent Puri-
tans, many of them men of position and fortune who,
alarmed by the variety of new opinions and doctrines which


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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 Testament 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 actuated solely by the desire to make
happy 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 1837, 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.


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William Coddington, who had been a crown magistrate
at Salem, was chosen Governor of the Rhode Island colony.
Thus, two flourishing settlements were planted each having
its own government. Absolute Liberty of conscience pre-
vailed, and the persecuted flocked thither from the other
colonies. These people were so-called non-conformists and
were Quakers, and they formed a plantation which, with
Providence and Newport, obtained from England in Mar.,
1644 a charter under the title of "The Incorporation of
Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay in New
England" Coddington and his party drew up and signed
the following compact: "We, whose names are under-
written, do swear solemnly, in the presence of Jehovah, to
incorporate ourselves into a body politic, and as He shall
help us, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto our
Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Hosts
and to His holy Word of Truth, to be guided add 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 a11,
forming a free and simple government with careful regard
to religion and education, they soon found themselves in
advance of their elder sister, Providence. The next year
in early May, 1638, another company went from Boston and
joined them, and it is supposed that among that number
was Thomas Wait, who was born in 1601, and who landed
in America in 1634.

I. Thomas1 Wait (1601-1677), almost immediately after
his arrival at Rhode Island, applied for a lot on which to
build (the land being held in common), and at the first
meeting of the council thereafter the record of its proceed-
ing reads: "July I, 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 May 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. Thomas1


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Wait was also a Freeman at Boston, Oct. 8, 1640. He died
in Portsmouth some time before Apr. 1677, intestate, and
the Town Council divided his property among his children;
Samue2, Joseph2, Jerimiah2, Thomaes2, Mary2 and Reu-
ben2. 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 Thomas1 had another son,
Benjamin2 who is supposed to have been the third child of
Thomas, and to have been born about 1644, and is be-
lieved to be the same Benjamin2, who was one of the peti-
tioners of Hadley, Mass., Apr. 25, 1665; of Hatfield, Hamp-
shire Co., Mass, 1668, and who was slain by Indians at
Deerfield, Mass., 1704. These facts seem to be verified by
Hampshire Co. deeds at Springfield, Mass., Vol. C, pp. 72-3,
whereby Thomas1 Wait, of Seacourt, R. I., and Benjamin2
Wait, of Hatfield, Mass., Feb. 3, 1700, bought property in
Brookfield, Mass, of John Ayers, etc. Brookfield is about
half way between Hatfield and Portsmouth, R. I., near
Worcester, Mass. Seacourt, R. I. is not given on the mod-
ern maps. In vol. C, P. 439, a deed is recorded whereby
John3, Jeremiah3 and Joseph3, sons of Benjamin of Hatf-
ield, 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. State Archives, State
House, Boston, pp. 106, 107.)"
Thomas1 invariably wrote his name Wait, and his de-
scendants also, with very few exceptions, down almost to
the present, while his cousin Richard, born in 1608, and
who settled 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.

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I. THOMAS1 (1601-1677) had then six children.

II. 1. SAMUEL2, (Thomas1) (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, be took oath of allegiance
to Rhode Island; in 1673, July 6, he was a Freeman; in, 1677,
Feb. 11, he was at Portsmouth, R I. He and his wife Han-
nah deeded to Thomas2 the house and all the land in Ports-
mouth, given and appointed by will made by Town Council,
being 30 acres, which had been owned by the father of said
Samuel2 and Thomas2; 1685, Feb. 2, he was a freeman and
conveyed to Thomas; 1693, Mar. 30. he sold to William
Burrington for L5O 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 L12.
Samuel2 m. Hannah (Whitman ?), of Kingstown, R. I., and
they had four children.

i. Samuel3, b. 1676, about, d. 1752, m. Alice Wightman,
Kingston, R. I.
ii. John3, b. Sept, 10, 1678, d.
iii. Joseph3, b. May 19, 1682, d. m. Elizabeth.
iv. Sussana3, b. Oct. 24, 1684, d. 1758, m. Moses Barber (?)

Note.-A Susanna Wait m. Benjamin Perry and they had son Freeman Perry, m.
Mercy Hazard, who had son Christopher R. Perry who m. Sarah Wallace Alexander,
who had a son Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore U. S. Navy b. S. Kingston R. I.,
Aug. 28, 1785, d. Port Spain R. I., Aug. 28, 1819.

III. 2. JOSEPH2 (Thomas1), d. Aug 25, 1665, of Kings-
ton, R. I. In 1665, Sept. 16, administration was granted his
widow, Sarah. The Town Council determined That as she
was with child, if it was a son and lived to 21 years, he
should have L40, and if a daughter, same sum at marriage,
and if do not live, said sum to go to the widow. The
inventory amounted to L89, 35s. 10d. and consisted of
pewter, wearing apparel, spinning wheel, working tools, 2
guns, pair of bandoliers, 2 cows, 2 yearlings, calf, 7 swine,
4 shoats, 6 pigs, lambs, 10 lbs. Butter, cow in hands of
Samuel, etc. It is assumed that William3 of Rochester,
was his son, and was born late in the year 1665.


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i. William3, b. 1665, m. Elizabeth , Rochester,
Mass., and had five children.
(a) Elizabeth4, b. Feby. 4, 1696.
(b) Ruth4, b. Sept. 29, 1699.
(c) William4, b. July 29, 1701.
(d) Samuel4, b. Apr. 15, 1704
(e) Abigal4, b. Sept. 26, 1707, and m. Joseph Tripp, Jany.
8, 1787.
Note.-A William Wait m. Sarah, dau. of Enas Kingsley, at Northampton, Mass.
And they had children John, b. Aug., 1689; wife Sarah, d. Jan. 22, 1691, and
William m. Ann, dau. Of John Webb Jr., and they had children, Joseph, b. about
1693, d. Young; Ann, b. Jan. 6, 1695; Mary, b. Feb 17 1698; Jonathon, b. Mar. 18,
1703; Thankful, b. Jan. 27, 1706; Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1707; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 13,
1709; Experience, b. Mar. 31, 1715; Noah, b. Feb. 20, 1719. William d.1732. 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.
Note.-A William Wait 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. 15,1725; and Josiah, b. June 22, 1731.
Note.-A John Wait m. Nov.27, 1716, Esther Edwards, and had child Esther b.
Oct. 23, 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 Springfield again in 1710.
Note.-A Daniel Wait served in the Continental Army June 7-Aug. 5, 1778, resi-
dence Brookfield, Wocester Co., Mass., in Col. Marshall's 10th Massachusetts,
Line Regiment.

3. BENJAMIN2 (Thomas1) (1644-1704). He was a peti-
tioner of Hadley, Mass., Apr. 25, 1665, lived at Hatfield,
1668, and was slain by Indians at Deerfield, Mass., 1704.
Bought lands at Brookfield, Mass., with Thomas, of Rhode
Island, Feb. 3, 1700, which 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 "Canada," and one
of whose descendants founded Smith's College at Northamp-
ton, see Craft's history of Whateley, Mass., RP. 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. Mary3, b. Feb. 25, 1672, m. Dec. 4, 1690, Ebenezer Wells.
ii. Martha3, b. Jan. 23, 1673 .
iii. Sarah3, b. 1675 m. John Belden of Hatfield.
iv. Canada3, b. (in Canada) Jan. 22, 1678, m. Joseph Smith
of Hatfield.
v. John3, b. Jan. 17, 1680, at Hatfield, Mass., d. 1744. He,
like his father, was much in service, was a sergeant
and commander in many excursions; was in the fight

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With the French and Indians at Deerfield when his
father was slain. He m. Mary, dau. of Stephen and
Mary (Wells) Belden, b. May 30, 1685. They had ten
children.
(a) John4, b. At Whately, Mass., Dec. 3 1708; d. At
Whateley, Mass., Mar. 4, 1776, m.(1) Sept 19,
1728, Submit, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth
(Graves) Hastings of Hatfield, b. July 16, 1707.
M. (2) Mary dau. Eleazor and Deborah (Chapin)
Frary of Hatfield, d. At Whateley, Dec. 23, 1807,
aged 96 years, removed early to what is now
Whateley. He was prominent in town and church
They had eleven children:
(1) Joel5, b. Mar. 18, 1726, d. Young.
(2) Jerusha5, b. Jan. 24, 1728, m. John Billings, removed to
Amherst, Mass.
(3) Eleanor5, b. Apr. 4,1730.
(4) Seth5 b. Aug. 12, 1732.
(5) Lydia5 b. Dec. 25, 1734, m. (1) a Mr. Coleman of South Had-
ley, and (2) Orange Worner of Hadley Mass.
(6) Katherine5, b. Dec. 25 1736.
(7) Chloe5, b. Feb. 26, 1738.
(8) Mary5, b. Apr. 18, 1741, m. William Brown, Jr., of Whateley,
Mass.
IV.(9) John5, b. Nov. 25, 1743, d. Sept. 28, 1801, m. Mary dau. of
Eleazar Frary, b. 1748, d. June 18, 1842, of Hatfield, Mass.
They had eleven children: Selah6, Edward6, Solomon6, b.
1768, d. Sept. 25, 1846, m. Lucy Wells, dau. Benjamin Wells
of Hatfield, Mass. B. July 20, 1768, d. Mar. 9, 1834; John6,
b. 1777, William6, Chester, Betsy6, Submit6, Electra6,
Judith6, and Mary6. All of whom emigrated to Norwich,
Chenengo Co., N.Y., about the year 1790. Soloman6 and
Lucy had children: Sophia7, Selah7, Wells7, Delaney7,
Soloman7, John7, Martha7, Chester7, and Eliza7.
According to Craft's History of Whateley, Mass. John5,
b. Nov. 25, 1743, m. June 14, 1770, Mary dau. of Elisha and
Sarah (Smith) Smith, of Whateley, Mass. B. July 14, 1746.
This m. Is believed to be an error. Wells Wait, his grand-
son (born at Norwich, N. Y.) has a record which says, John5
m. Mary, dau. of Eleazar Frary. Wells Wait was the
son of Solomon, son of John5, and he must have known
who was his grandmother. It is assumed therefore, that
Craft's is in error, and that Wells Wait and Mrs. Martha
Throop Vaughn of Chicago, Ill., and the other records are
correct. Possibly John5 was m. twice, but both records
agree as to dates of John's5 birth, names of children and
dates of their birth, etc. The discrepancy is as to maiden
name of his wife. Both say it was "Mary."
(10) Submit, b. 1746, m. Waite Broughton, Nov. 1, 1771.
(11) Joel, b. Sept. 9, 1754.
(b) Martha4, b. Feb. 20, 1706, M. Aug. 10, 1738, Nathaniel
Hawkes.
(c) Mary4, b. June 22, 1708, m. Benjamin Munn of Deer-
field, Mass.
(d) Lydia4, b. Oct. 7, 1710, d. Soon.
(e) Lydia4, (2nd) b. July 4, 1712, m. Noah Coleman of Whately, Mass.
(f) Eunice4, b. 1720, m. Israel Graves of Whateley Mass.
(g) Benjamin4, b. Jan. 4, 1718.
(h) Eleanor4, b. Dec. 10, 1725.
(i) Elisha4, b. Oct. 10, 1724.
(j) Sarah4, b. no date.


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 15

vi. Joseph3, b. July, 1882, d. soon after.
vii. Jerimiah3, b. Sept. 24, 1684.
Viii. Joseph3, B. Nov. 11, 1688.

4. JERIMIAH2 (Thomas1), b. d. 1677. He married
Martha Brownell, b. May, 1643, d. Feb. l5, 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 1673, May 6, his widow, Martha, bought
for L16, of Daniel Wilcox and wife, Elizabeth, of Dart-
mouth, an eighth of a share there; in 1696, Mar. 8, Martha
Wait, widow. Of Jeremiah1, bought for L20, of Robert and
Mary Brownell, 30 acres in little Compton, they calling
her "sister"; in 1734, Jan 29, a will was proven, and in
1744, Mar. 12, she was widow Martha Dyer. Her executors
were cousins (or nephews), Joseph and Stephen Brownell.
She gave legacies to various nephews and nieces and to her
three sisters, Mary Hazard, Anne Wilbur and Susanna
Brownell.
There were no children of Jeremiah.

V. 5., Thomas2 (Thomas1), d. 1733. He was a tailor;
in 1673,May 6, he was a freeman; in 1673, Mar. 25,
he and seven others bought Pocasset lands for L1,000,
of Gov. Josiah Winslow, etc. There were 30 shares, he having
one. In 1680, Aug. 28, he and his wife Sarah Sold Thomas
Ward Of Newport, for L12 10s. Land in Dartmouth; in 1681,
Jan. 14, Tbomas2, Providence Plantation, in America Tay-
lor, conveyed to Joseph Anthony of Portsmouth, R. I., "the
one full fourth part of a whole share, of thirtieth, part of that
tract of land at Pocasset and places adjacent bounded as
followeth, viz.: Northward and right northward by the
freeman's lots, near the Fall River, and westward by the
Boror Sound that runneth between the said land and Road
Island southward partly by a line that is got at a great
Rorb on which is a Cedar bash marked near the way that
leadeth to Pnabatogt, eastward to a Pong at, Dartmouth
Town Bounds and Eastward to Saponset Creeks Mouth,
and partly by Dartmouth bounds, and northward again to
the woods to Middleborrow Town bounds and Quitt-Quigot
Pond, always excepting out of this Bargain and Sale Sapon-
set Neck of Land and the meadows belonging to Punkabogt
Proprietors and the land formerly granted by the Court of
Plymouth to Capt. Richard Morris, and so much of said

16 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

tract as shall be allotted and appointed for the use of the
Ministry, all of which said tract of land I, the said Thomas
Wait, with some others, solely purchased of some gentle-
men, agents of the colony of Plymouth, as may appear by
one deed of foefment, bearing date Mar. 5, 1679; in 1684,
Feb. 9, he and his wife Sarah sold Abraham Anthony, 27
acres, garden, buildings, etc., for L159; in 1678, Aug. 18,
Little Compton, he petitioned for 300 acres at Pocasset,
"having made improvements there, and was one of the
purchasers" In 1691, Jan. 7, Thomas sold John Wood-
man, cordwainer, and John Irish, house carpenter, salt
marsh, for L34; 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, be gave a bond to
Thomas Walker & son, of Boston, a brick burner, in the
penal sum of L2,012, on which William Southworth, of
Little Compton, Bristol Co., Mass., and John Rogers, of
Boston, Suffolk Co., were bondsmen; and on May 3; 1699,
be made a conveyance to above named bondsman, 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, R. I., lands at Tiverton in
which 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 Cooke; on Jan.
20, 1696 he conveyed land; on Jan. 5, 1701 he conveyed
land situated at Little Compton, Bristol Co. Mass. to
William Peabodye, and also conveying, his one-fourth inter-
est in a certain wind-mill in Little Compton; and on Apr.
22, 1720, he made his last recorded conveyance to Job
Briggs, of 53 acres of land in Tiverton; and in 1727 he
was at Dartmouth, Mass.
June 16; 1733, Sarah, widow of Thomas2, filed an inven-
tory of her husband's goods; it was valued at L245 15s.,
and consisted of wearing apparel, L16 16s., 2 old bibles, 8
silver spoons and 2 silver cups, L13 4s. 3 linen wheels, 2
woolen wheels, 2 cows, heifer, 2 yearlings, 2 calves, 4 swine,
2 stacks of bees, etc.

WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 17

THOMAS2, m, Sarah Cook, b. d. after 1733, dau.
John and Mary (Borden) Cook; and they had three children.
i. MARY3, b. d. after 1759, m. John Earle.
ii. THOMAS3, b. Dec. 21, l681, d. 1757, m. Elizabeth
iii. BENJAMIN3, b. D. Aug. 1, 1734, m. Mary

6. MARY2 (Thomas1), 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. REUBEN2 (Thomas1), d. Oct. 7, 1707. In 1685,
he and others appeared at Plymouth Court as propri-
etors of Dartmouth; in 1707, Oct. 11, his will was proven,
and in 1707, Nov. 5, his executor was his wife, 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, Reuben 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 L3. The inventory gave L271
10s. 4d., viz.; Lands L150, 7 cows, 2 oxen, 2 steers, 4 year-
lings, 20 sheep, 24 lambs, horse, half a yearling, mare, 14
swine, 4 calves, 9 geese, 2 stacks of bees, 7 barrels of cider,
4 beds, warming pan, gun, pair of cards, books, etc.
REUBEN2, m. 168l, Tabitha Lounders, dau. of john and
Jane (Kirby) Lounders; and they had eight children.
i. THOMAS3, b. Apr. 23, 1683, m. Mary Tripp,
ii. ELEANOR3, b. Jan. 4, 1688, m. Abiel Tripp.
iii. BENJAMIN3, b. Jan. 12, l690, not married
iv. JOSEPH3, b. June 24, 1693, m. Elizabeth Wolf.
v. ABIGAIL3, b. June 24, 1693, not married.
vi. REUBEN3, b. Jan. 15, 1695, m. Elizabeth Hathaway.
vii. TABITHA3, b. Jan. 15, 1695, not married.
viii. JEREMIAH3, b. Jan. 16, 1698, d. Sept. 16, 1754, not married.

II. SAMUEL2 (Thomas1), (1640-1694), m. Hannah
(Whitman) of Kingston, R. I., and had four children.
1. SAMUEL J.3, b. About 1678, d. 1752,
lived at Kingston and Exeter R. I. In 1705, Apr. 21, he
quitclaimed land to his uncle Reuben and is called grand-
son of Thomas, of Portsmouth; in 1706, Sept. 2, he was a
grand juryman; in 1709, May 7, he and five others bought
792 acres of the vacant lands 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 l747, Dec.
13, his will was proven; l752, 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
L50, 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, vis.: Virtue, Abagail
and John, L250, 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 L250 above; to wife A1ice, use
of west half of house while widow, all indoor movables and
L18 per year while widow, paid by son John. Inventory,
L208 2s.; wearing apparel, L55; cash, L5 6s.; pewter, Bible
and other books, L6; linen wheel, steelyards, warming pan,
spice, mortar etc.

SAMUEL J.3, m. Alice Wightman, b. Dec, 29, 1666, d.
1747, dau, George and Elizabeth (Updike) Wightman, They
lived at Wickford, R. I., removed to Kingston, R. I. They
had six children:
i. Joseph, b. Apr. 27, 1697, m. Sarah Smith Feb. 27, 1728,
and had a son, Joseph5. Deed 1740, to john Gard-
ner, and 1741 to son Joseph, Jr., m. Again to Eliza-
beth , Dec. 12, 1757.
ii. George4, b. Aug. 14 1699.
VIII.-iii. Samuel4,: b. Oct, 13, 1701.
IX.---iv. Benjamin4, b. 1702 or '03, m. Abigail Hall.
v. Martha4, b.
vi. John4, b. Feb. 22, 1709.
2. JOHN3, b. Sept, 10, 1678. He is mentioned in deeds
in 1724, 1737, 1738, and had, it seems had, one son;
i. John4, b.
3. JOSEPH3, b. May 18, 1682, and m. Elizabeth
mentioned in a deed, Oct. 7, 1702, and had a daughter (?)
i. Ann4, who d. Jan. 14, 1791 (?)

4. SUSANNA3, b. Oct. 24, 1684, d. 1758, m. Mar. 24, 1692
to Moses Barber, b.1652, d. 1733, and they had fourteen
children, Dinah, b. 1693; Lydia, b. 1694; Samuel, b. 1696;
Susanna, b. 1697; Thomas, b. 1699; Joseph, b. 1701;
Martha, b. 1703; Ruth, b. 1705; Benjamin, b. 1707; Mercy,
b. 1709; Ezekiel, b. 1710; Abigail, b. 1713; Daniel, b. 1715;
Ann, b. 1717. (See note, p. 12)


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 19

III.--Joseph2 (Thomas1) (164 -1665), m. Sarah
and had a posthumous son, William.3
1.William3 m. Elizabeth and lived at Roch-
ester, Mass.; they had five children:
i. Elizabeth4, b. Feb. 4, 1696.
ii. Ruth4, b. Sept. 28, 1699.
iii. William4, b. July 29, 1701.
iv. Samuel4, b. Apr. 15, 1704.
v. Abigail4, b. Sept. 26, 1707.

IV.--JOHN5 (John4, John3, Benjamin2, Thomas1) was a
Revolutionary soldier. About 1790-91 the family
removed to Preston, Chenango Co., N. Y., where John5
was buried in an old cemetery near Preston Corners.
a marble shaft was erected over the grave of John
by his son Solomon and wife Lucy (Wells) Wait.
John5 and Mary had ten children.

1. SOLOMAN6, b. Oct. 15, 1768.
2. EDWARD6, b. Oct. 2, 1770 m. Prudence Dickinson, of
Conn.
3. BETSY6, b. Dec. 22, 1772, m. Jonathan Bacon.
4. SELAH6, b. Feb. 15, 1775, d. Aug. 12, 1788.
5. JOHN6, b. Aug. 16, 1777.

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

i. Samuel7.
ii. Daniel7.
iii. John7, b. May 24,1810, d. June 11, 1894, at 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
Ravenna, Ohio. And lived at Burlington in 1867.
John and Marsha had three children.
(a) Amelia8, b. Dec. 25, 1835, d. Sept. 14, 1838, at
Ravenna, O.
(b) John Leman8, b. At Ravenna, O., Aug. 29, 1840, m.
Sept. 21, 1864, to Letitia Caroline Williams at
Burlington, Iowa.
They had four children.

20 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.

(1) John Clay Milton9, b. Oct. 9, 1866, m. Ida May Southwell
Mar. 9, 1892.
(2) Jessie Benninq9, b. June 11, 1875, m. William Henry David-
son at Burlington Apr. 15, 1902; had child Barbara Waite
Davidson, b. Mar. 21, 1908.
(3) Lola9, b. Aug. 29, 1877, at Burlington, Iowa.
(4) Child9, d. in infancy.
(C) Mary Ella8, b. at Ravenna, O., Mar. 22, 1851, m. (1)
John Monroe Eads. D. Nov. 12, 1880. Their two
children: Alma Weston Eads, b. July 31, 1877, at
Burlington, Iowa, d. July l, 1894, at Peru, Kan-
sas, and John Dale Eads b. at Burlington, Iowa,
Nov. 15, 1880, and m. (2) Nov. 10, 1885, to Randall
M, Hartze11, b. at Newport. Pa., Nov. 9, 1838, and
they had four children: Max Waite Hartzell, b.
Aug.28, 1886, at Peru, Kansas, and Dwight M.
Hartze11, b. Dec. 4, 1888, at Peru, Kansas, d. Jan.
3, I90l; Harold Clark Hartze11, b. Aug, 1, 1891,
and Dorothy Waite Hartzell, b. Nov. 18, 1894.
iv. Chloe7.
v. Melisa7.
vi. Alma7.
vii. Mary7.
6. WILLIAM6, b. Sept. 18, 1779.
7. SUBMIT6, b. May 13, 1782.
8. CHESTER6, b. Sept. 11, 1784.
9. JUDITH6 and ELECTRA6, (twins), b. Jan. 25, 1787.
10. MARY6, b. June 20, 1789.
Note.--John L.6 who lived at Burlington, Iowa and was editor and Proprietor
of the "Burlington Hawkeye," spent much time, labor and expense in searching
for records of Benjamin's2 branch of the Wait family.
V.--THOMAS2, (Thomas1) (164 -1733), lived at Tiv-
erton R. I., m. Sarah Cook. They had three children:
1. Mary3, 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. Thomas3, b. Dec. 21, 1681; d. 1757; m. Elizabeth
,and she d. 1746. They had five children:
i.Sarah4, b. Sept. 23, 1713, m. Benjamin Newcomber,
Sept. 31, 1736, and they had children; (a) Phebe5,
(b) Mary Ann5, (c) Selina5.
X.---ii. Joseph4, b. Jan. 10, 1715.
XI.--iii. Thomas4, b. Sept. 6, 1716, m. Bridget.
iv. Elizabeth4, b. Dec. 21, 1718.
XII.-- v. John4, b. Nov. 6, 1720. M. Mary Soule.
vi. Mary4, b. Apr. 11, 1722.
In 1708 , Mar. 16, Thomas3, bought land; in 1710, Feb.
16, he and Joe Briggs bought land; on Oct. 25, 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 Reuben; in l720
he sold land; his brother Benjamin witnessed a deed Mar.
15, 1726, he paid L42, 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 was
proven; in 1757, Feb. 7, his executor brother-in-law John
Earle and cousin, William Earle, of Dartmouth; to
daughter Elizabeth, a feather bed; to daughter Sarah, and
Mary, rest of household stuff; to sons Thomas and John,
certain land, they giving their sister Elizabeth her main-
tenance; to son John, the rest of the personal estate.
3. BENJAMIN3, d. Aug. 4, 1734; Was a mariner, of Ports
mouth, R. I.; he left no will, but his wife did, from which
we know his family; He m. Mary , d. 1739, and
they bad five children:
i. Annie4.
ii. Sarah4, m. Peter Crapo, Apr 14, 1766.
iii. Deborah4.
iv. Judith4.
v. Elizabeth4.

In 1734, Sept. 9, administration was granted to widow,
Mary, The property was inventoried at L196, 2s. 8d., viz.:
Wearing apparel, pocket book with L17 10s. in it; 4 beds, L9
13s.; plate, L6, l4s; pewter quadrant: L2, 10s; books, 5s.;
ship carpenter tools, 3 old spinning wheels, warming pan,
etc. Will was proven Nov. 12, 1739, widow, Mary. His execu-
tors were daughters Sarah4 and Elizabeth4; overseers,
brother-in-law, John Earle, and friend, Daniel Howland; to
daughter Amey or Annie4 he left a spinning wheel, pewter
platter, etc.; to daughter Sarab4, feather bed; spinning
wheel, etc.; to daughter Deborah4, two feather beds, black
silk hood, pewter platter, etc; to daughter Judith4, spin-
ning wheel, etc to daughter Elizabeth4, spinning wheel
etc.; to executors, swine and fowls; to daughters Judith4
and Elizabeth4 the use of wearing apparel and movables.
Inventory, L106, 15s.

VI. REUBEN2 (Thomas1), d. Oct. 7, 1707 and Tabitha
had eight children.
1. Thomas3, b. Apr. 23, 1683, admitted at Newport, R.
I., as a freeman, May, 1732; m. Jan. 25, 1711, Mary Tripp,


22 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.

b. 1689,; dau. Joseph and Mehitable (Fish) Tripp, and they
had eight children:
i. CAPT. JOHN4, b. Nov. 30, 1711; m. Elizabeth Sullivant,
Oct. 21, 1733 and they had six children.
XIII.--., Capt. William5, Tabitha5, Meribah5, Mary5, Eliza-
beth5, and John Ward5.

Note.--John Wait was the 5th Justice Supreme Court of Rhode Island in May,
1787, and at a meeting of proprietors of purchase in South Kingstown, held Oct 30,
1703. Wordens Pond was conveyed to Col. John Waite of South Kingstown if he
would drain same, and 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 L7 for engraving two sets escutcheons for backs and borders of money
bills. In May, 1777-9, John Waite is mentioned as Capt. of independent com-
pany, Kingstown Reds, of South Kingstown, and he is also mentioned as Colonel,
May 1777.

ii. REUBEN4, b. Feb. 7, 1713, and d. prior to, Nov. 5, 1757;
m. Mar. 7, 1745, Rebecca Tripp, b. July 7, 1713. She
was appointed guardian of her children May, 1760,
and was administratrix of her husband's estate in
1757. They had Children:
(a) Jeremiah5.
(b) Phebe5, b , m. Kirby.
XVI---(c) John5.
XVII--(d) Reuben5.
(e) Rebecca5.
XVIII-iii. Thomas4, b. Feb. 29, 1716, admitted at Newport,
R. I., Feb. 1738-40, m. June 6,1743, Tabitha
Ellis, dau. Gideon Ellis, of West Greenwich,
R. I., Thomas d. in 1790 and they had eight
children: Gideon5, Jeremiah5, Thomas5, Mary5,
Lydia5, Peleg5, Rufus5 and Alice5.
iv. Mary4, b. Apr. 5, 1718, and m, William Tripp,
Nov. 13, 1743.
v. Meribah4, b. July 20, 1720, and m. Benjamin Soule,
Sept 16, 1742.
vi. Mehitable4, b. Nov. 18, 1722, and m. Henry Rey-
nolds, Apr. 28, 1746, and their children were:
Thomas5, Hannah5, Henry5, Mary5, Elisha5,
Mehitable5 and Martha5.
vii. Martha4 b. Apr. 5, 1725.
viii. Alice4 b. Apr. 25, 1729, East Greenwich, R. I.

Thomas3, in 1721, sold his interest in his father's home-
stead to his brother Benjamin3.
2. ELINOR3, b. Jan. 4, 1688, m. Jan. 5, 1704, Abiel
Tripp, son of Abiel and Deliverance (Hall) Tripp, and they
had ten children: Wait4, b. 1705; Abiel4, b. 1707; Mary4,
b. 1711; Sarah4, b. 1712; Eleanor4, b. 1715; Joseph4, b.
1717; Rebecca4, b. 1719; Thomas4, b. 1721; Elizabeth4, b.
1725; Amy4, b. 1728.


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 23

3. Benjamin3, b. Jan. 12, 1690; he was a carpenter; d.
1772. His will was probated Feb. 24, 1772. He was non-
compos and had guardians after June 14, 1749. He was a
Friend, March. 3, 1737, and died unmarried.
4. Joseph3, b. June 24, 1693; m. Elizabeth Wolf, Nov.
30, 1715. She it is claimed, was a near relative of General
James Wolf. He was a blacksmith, and lived in Dartmouth,
probably near Westport, Mass. Sept. 4, 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; April 26, 1764, he conveyed his homestead,
purchased in 1722, to his son Stephen; in 1722, he and Ste-
phen sold land, and Jan. 30, 1773, he sold at Dartmouth;
Sept. 15, 1761, he made his will, which was probated Aug.
15, 1774; a deed 1774 shows Joseph to have been dead.
They had eight children:
VII.-i. Samuel4, b. Aug. 24, 1716, m. Theodate Tripp, Oct. 8,
1747, and they had three children:
(a) Samuel5, b. June 4, 1748, m. Sarah Cushman April 29,
1776, and they had two children:
(1) Edith6, b. Nov. 2, 1776, m. Isaac Bowman, Oct. 18, 1796.
(2) Stephen6. b. Dec. 1780.
(b) Henry5, b. May 5, 1750, m. Phebe Aiken June, 1774;
bans pub. June 4, 1774, and they had five children:
(1) Ruth6, b. Nov. 12, 1776, m. Job Gifford, Nov. 1800.
(2) Patience6 b. May 18, 1779.
(3) Rhoda6, b. Oct. 6, 1781, m. Daniel Warden, Feb. 15, 1816.
(4) Perry6, b. May 9, 1786.
(5) Henry6, b. June 5, 1789.
(?) (c) Roba5, granddaughter of Joseph, m. Barnabus Sherman
Apr. 29, 1776.
XXI.-(d) Daniel5, b. Oct. 1, 1753, m. Phebe Manchester, bans
pub. Sep. 25, 1775 (see Post).
XIX.-ii. Stephen4, d. 1778, m. Mary Tripp, May, 1764, and Lillis
Church, Mar. 10, 1776. His will was proven Oct. 6,
1778. He had by his first wife two children:
(a) Shadrach5, b. Mar. 17, 1765, d. Apr. 25, 1850.
(b) Gideon5, b. July 21, 1766, and by his second wife, a
dau. Mary5.
iii. Alice4 m. Robert Sherman, Nov. 21, 1741.
iv. Mercy4, m. George Wrightington, Dec. 31, 1757.
v. Elizabeth4, m. Barjonus Wilcox, Mar. 29, 1744.
vi. Hannah4, m. Tripp.
vii. Keziah4, spinster.
viii. Mary4, b. May 24, 1718, spinster (?) but records show
a child, Lillis, m. John Webb, Dec. 15, 1776.



24 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

5.Abigail3, b. June 24, 1693, was a twin sister of Jo-
seph3. She was a Friend, Feb. 19, 1726; did not marry.
6. Reuben3, b. Jan. 15, 1795(typo, must be 1695); d. 1757 m. Elizabeth
Hathaway, Aug. 2, 1720. He d. in 1757, and she received
letters of administration Nov. 1, 1757. They had three (?)
children.
i. Joseph4, b. Sept. 17, 1722.
ii. Jeremiah4, 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) Abner5, b. Feb. 17, 1756, d. 1819; m. Susanna Buffing-
ton Nov. 8, 1775, lived at Day, Saratoqa Co., N. Y.,
and had at least four children:
(1) Jeremiah6, born July 4, 1776 d. 1839 had a son Isaac7, b. Oct. 27, 1808, who was the father of Daniel d.8 and Sher-
Oct. 27, 1808, Who was the father of Daniel D.8 and Sher-
man D.8
(2) William6, b. Oct. 7, 1781, Who had a son William.
(3) Abner, Jr.6, Nov 7, 1784, who had son Warren7, b, Nov.
11, 1823, the father of Seymour D.7; and J. J.7, Glens Falls,
N. Y.
(4) Reuben6.
(b) REUBEN5, b. Apr. 28, 1758, who lived at Galway, Sara-
toga Co. N. Y., who had a son Reuben6, who lived
at Mosherville N. Y.
iii. Reuben4.
7. Tabitha3, b. Jan. 15, 1795, (typo, must be 1695); She was a Friend, Feb
19, 1726; twin sister of Reuben3; not married.
8. Jeremiah3, b. Jan. 16, 1698; `d. Sept. 16, 1754; will
made May 20, 1754; not married; deed, Jan. 17, 1726.

VII.--Samuel4 (Joseph3, Reuben2, Thomas1), 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 record obtained of Samuel4, the son of
Joseph3, and husband of Theodate Tripp, and the father of
Samuel5, Henry5 and Daniel5, is in the Dartmouth Town
Records, when he, on Sept. 15, 1747, announced his inten-
tion to marry Theodate Tripp, the dau. of Ebenezer Tripp,
b. Apr. 7, 1709, the marriage taking place per same records,
Oct. 8, 1747.
Dec 15, 1749, Gabriel Hix conveyed to Samuel, 20 acres
next to Philipp Taber's Mills, and next to Ebenezer Tripp,
who was his father-in-law, and who lived in Westport,
where his land is believed to have been located, and near
Hix's Bridge at Westport, Samuel4 m. Theodate Tripp in


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 25

1747. Samuel5 was b. in 1748, and Samuel4 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's4 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, Samuel4, 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, Samuel4 conveyed to Lemuel Man-
chester (who, in 1775, became the father-in-law of Daniel5,
the son of Samuel4), 30 acres of land, al1 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 Tbeo-
date, his wife, did not execute this deed. July 31, 1759,
eight and one-third months later, Lemuel and Alice Man-
chester re-conveyed the same land to Samuel; and on the
same day, July 31, 1759, Samuel4 and Theodate conveyed the
same homestead lands (28 acres) to William wood, yeo-
man. This may indicate that Samuel gave up farming, and
took to the sea, for Mar. 18, 1761, Walter Conell conveyed
to him as laborer of Dartmouth, Bristol Co., land........
rods from Ichabod Kirby's line to Kirby's line, thence along
Kirby's line to ye drift-way (drift-road?), thence southerly
as ye drift-way runs, etc. Mar. 30, 1761; Samuel4, laborer,
conveyed to, Benjamin Wing land taken from the N. E.
part of Walter Corne11's homestead, beginning in ye Or-
chard and Driftway by Ichabod Kirby's line, and by
Kirby's line; Feb. 16; 1764, 8amuel4, laborer, conveyed to
Caleb Trip land taken from the n. E. corner of Walter Cor-
nell's Homestead, and Theodate, his wife, released her
dower and third interest in said land. Both signed by
their marks Dec. 2, 1765, Benjamin Wing conveyed to
Samuel, laborer, land next to Walter Cornell's, near Icha-
bod Kirby's Lane, and on the driftway of ye Samuel4 Wait,
etc. Some time prior to Nov. 14, 1763, Joseph3, the father
of Samuel4 had given to the latter a power of attorney to
act for him on that date, Joseph3 yoeman of Dart-

26 WAIT FAMlLY OF RHODE ISLAND.

mouth, Bristol Co., Mass., revoked said power of attorney,
and filed with the register of Bristol County a revocation
containing the following:
Joseph Wait3, yeoman of Dartmouth, Bristol Co.,---
" whereas I, Joseph Wait3, upon trust and confidence which
I had and run firmly in my son Samuel Weight4 of ye Town,
County and Province aforesaid, laborer, or alias sea-faring
man, did by my letter of attorney constitute and make ye
said Samuel4, Weight my full and lawful attorney, &c., and
whereas ye said Samuel Weight hath by coullor of said
authority to him given, behaved himself greatly to my hiu-
drance and damage, contrary to ye truth and confidence
reposed by me in him, have revoked, countermanded and
made void."
The spelling of his own name Wait and that of his son
Weight is perhaps meaningful; also the use of the title sea-
faring man. It does not appear in the records what was
done by the son to provoke the father, but on Sept. 15,
1761, when Joseph3 made his will, there was due from Sam-
uel4 to Joseph3 a sum on a note, which was willed to Sam-
uel4. This will was not probated until 1774, Aug. 15,
eleven years after the revoking of the power of attorney.
Samuel4 and Theodate had three children:
1. SAMUEL5, b. June 5, 1748; d. sometime before l780,
as Sarah, his wife, m. Chas. Davenport, Dec. 7, l780. He
Apr. 29, 1776, m. Sarah Cushman, b. Dec. 1, 1782; bans
published Mar. 16, 1776. They had two children:
i. EDY or EDITH6, b. Nov. 2, 1776.
ii. STEPHEN6, b; Dec., 178O.
2. HENRY5, b. May 5, 1750; d. 18 ;m.
to Phebe Akin, b. July 15, 1747; bans published June 4,
1774. They had five chilrlren.
i. RUTH6, b. Nov. 12, 1776.
ii. PATIENCE6, b. May 18, 1779.
iii. RHODA6, Oct. 6, 1781.
iv. PERRY6, b. May 9, 1786.
v. HENRY6, b. June 5, 1789. ·
XXI 3. DanieL5, b. Oct. 1, 1753; d. Oct. 15, 1829
bans Published Sept. 25, 1773, to Pbebe Manchester, b.
Aug. 27, 1754, of Westport, Bristol, Co., Mass.; dau. of
Lemnel and Alice Manchester, who were married Oct. 2,
1740.
4. (?) ROBA5, m. Barnabas Sherman, Apr. 29, 1776; de-
scribed in will as grand-daughter of Joseph.


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VIII.--Samuel4 (Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), b. Oct.
13, 1701, is believed to have had a son Samuel5, 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 Samuel5 b. 1738, m. Ann

, a Scotch woman, who d. January 14, 1794,
at Exeter, R I. He was a soldier in the Continental
Army in 1776. Sbe is said to have been stolen by her
mother's brother, a Gardner, and brought to America.
Samuel5 and Ann had seven children:
1. CALEB6, b. 1757.
2. GARDNER6 b. July 30, 1759, who, in 1776, at seven-
teen years of age, took his fathers 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
1723. Gardner6 went to Isle le Motte, Vt.; had, a son.
i. WILLIAM7, 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. HENRY6, b. 1761, went to Vermont, and from thence
to Potsdam, N. Y.; had children:
i. WILLIAM C7., b. 1783, lived at Shoreham, Vt., and had two
sons Clark and Norman B., Colton, N. Y.
ii. SAMUEL7, b. 1785, Wisconsin.
iii. HENRY7,b. 1788, Pennsylvania.
iv. ALLAN7, I79O, had a son Myron H8., Potsdam, N. Y.
v. JOHN H7., b. 1798, had a family including.
(a) William C.8, b. 1824.
(b) Jackson A.8, b. 1827, Norfolk, N. Y., who had a son
Leland9.
(C) Orville8, b. 1830.
(D) Marshall L.8, 1832.
(e) Loyal8, b. 1885.
vi. LUTHER7, b. 1791, lived in Michigan.
4. BARTON6, b. 1763, Elizabethtown, N. Y. Had chil
dren.
i. BARTON7.
ii. BENJAMIN7.
iii. JARED C7, B. June 4, 1804, who had sons: Edgar F8.,
Elvin O.8 and Minor F.8.
iv. FREEMAN7.
v. ANNA7.
5. SAMUEL6, b. 1765, and Went to Canada.
6. JAMES6, b.1772, and went to Canada.


28 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND.

7. JONATHAN6, b. 1778(?), and went to Canada and had a
son.
i. JONATHAN7, b. 1790 of Amsterdam N.Y. and Canada,
West who had a son, Henry8.

IX.---BENJAMIN4 (Samuel3, Saamuel2, Thomas1), B.
1673(Note: found as 1702 or 3). D.1745, m. Abigail Hall, deeds 1740, will Nov.16,
1745, Wlckford, R. I. They had seven children:

1, HENRY5, b. May 27, 1725.
2. BENJAMIN5, Jr., b. Oct. 13, 1727(?); d. Nov. 6, 1817
of Wickford, R. I.; m. Sarah Brown, dau. of Beriah Brown.
Benjamin5 was a physician, an elder and at one time sheriff.
They had ten children:
i. COL. BERIAH6, b. Apr., 1758 or 1756, d. Apr. 13, 1820.
He was an ensign, Third Co., North Kingston R. I.
May, 1778-9, a Lieutenant, June, 1780, and a Colonel
in the Continental Army for five years. In March
1781, he was a Deputy Sheriff. He m. first Nov. 30,
1779 Asa Baker, d. Dec. 21 1794, and they had nine
children.
(a)Christopher B.7, b. June 23, 1780, m.(?) Betsey Bell, b.
Oct. 1800. Albany, N. Y. Had children:
(1) William A.8, b. Aug. 30, 1800, Lived at Fall River Mass., and
had children: William B.9, b. Mar. 23, 1889, father of
William B.10, b. July 13, 1872: Christopher B.9, lived 282
Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y.: B. A.9 Waverly, Iowa.
(2) Beriah A.8, b. Mar. 4, 1803, who had a son Edmond O.9
(3) Samuel C.8, b. June 21, 1807, Gouverneur, N. Y.
(4) Christopher B.8 b. May 21, 1811, who had a son William A.9
(5) Edmond G. R.8 b. May 23, 1816.
(6) Asa8, Wickford, R. I.
(b) Capt. Beriah7, Newport, R. I., b. 1803, will probated
Jan. 29, 1860.
(c) Abel7.
(d) Joseph7.
(e) Daniel7.
(f) Benjamin7.
(g) George7, Providence R. I.
(h) Asa7, Wickford, R.I
(i) Anna7, Wickford, R.I
Col. Beriah6, m. again Hannah Arnold; d. Sept. 1824, and
they had seven children:
(j) Joseph A.7
(k) Samuel E.7
(l) Asa B.7, b. 1807, of Wickford, R. I., she had a son,
Freeborn L.8, b.1839, Newport, R. I.
(m) Phebe7.
(n) Sarah7.
(o) Hannah7, b.1800 (?)
P) Abbey7, b. Sept. 26, 1802 (?)
ii. Benjamin6, b. m. Elizabeth Spencer, Mar. 8
1801.


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 29

iii. Stephen6, of, Broadalbin N. Y., no children.
iv. Joseph6, of Broadalbin N. Y. ,b. 1759, m, Abigail Clarke,
Feb. 23, 1783 ; had children:
(a) Clarke7, b. 1787.
(b) Joseph7, b. Jan. 10, 1790, d. June 27, 1868, and had four
children : Rev. O. J.8, Edmond P.8, William G.8
and Willard L.8
(c) Beriah7, b. 1794.
(d) Stephen7.
v. Edmund6, of Broadalbin N. Y.,
vi. John6, b. , m. Mary Clarke, Dec. 29, 1805,
and they had four children : Lydia7, Eunice7, Simon7,
and Sarah.7
vii. Mary6, m. John Clarke, Jan. 17, 1786, Exeter. R. I., and
went to New York.
viii. Sarah6, m., and went to New York.
ix. Elizabeth.6
x. Lydia6.
xi. Anna6.
3. Rev. William5, b. Jan. 9, 1730, Wickford, R. I.; d.
Mar. 20, 1826; admitted as a freeman at Newport, R. I.,
May, 1757. He removed to Cambridge, N. Y., in 1774; m.
Mary Nichols, b. Dec. 8, 1732, and she d. Dec. 28, 1822. He
was a Baptist minister and a goldsmith, and he appears in a
deed at Newport, R. I., Sept. 29, 1788. They had eleven
children:
i. Mary6, b. Feb. 9, 1752.
ii. Benjamin6, b. Sept. 3, 1753, d. 1830 in Canada m. Ann
Waldo b. 1757, d. 1853, and they had thirteen
children:
(a) Abigail7, 1758(?) Canada West.
(b) John7, Munda N. Y.
(c) Olive7, Washington Co. N. Y.
(d) Benjamin7, 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) Maty7, Crystal Lake, Ill.
(f) Washington Z.7 Belleville, Wis.
(g) Ann7, Chicago, Ill.
(h) David V.7, Vandalia, Mi.
(i) Daniel Dyer7, b. Aug. 28, 1795, Granville, Washington
Co. N. Y., d. Aug. 13, 1869, Chicago, Ill.; m.
Lucy Clapp (1800-1853) and they had children:
Charles B.8, George W.8, b. July 8, 1819, d. Nov.
27, 1903; Cynthia A.8, Achsah E.8, Emily J.8,
Campbell W.8, John M.8, Juliet S.8, and Benjamin
B.8, Yellow Springs, O.
(j) Rev. Archibald8, b. 1797, i. Chicago, Ill., had children:
Wayland W.8, Rachel8, Ann Mahone8, d. at 4
years. Sinn8, Adda8, Lounda L.8, Lovina L.8 and
Helen M.8


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(k) Cynthia7, Woodstock, Ill.
(l) Waity7, 1801, Osage, Iowa.
(m) Waldo7, 1801, Osage, Iowa.
iii. Sarah6, b. Jan. 30, 1756.
iv. John6, b. Dec. 29, 1757; had children:
(a) John7, Cambridge, N.Y.
(b) Nathan, Sheridan, N.Y., claims that one of his uncles
was the father of Benjamin, who was exiled to
Van Dieman's land in 1838. (See p.35.)
v. William6, b. Jan. 10, 1760, d.1832, and was a gold beater;
had children:
(a) William7 (1788-1874), who had a son Henry M.8, b.1810,
Genessee Co. N.Y.
(b) Josiah7 (1787-1862), served in war of 1812, New Le-
banon, N. Y.; had son's:
(1) David P.8, Galway, N.Y.
(2) Edmond8,who has sons, Josiah N.9, William9 and John9
(3) Josiah8, b.1817 and had a son Louis H.9.
vi. Stephen6, b.Oct.11, 1761, d.1842; had children:
(a) James7, b. June 29, 1800, who had a son, Noah8.
(b) William7, b. Sept. 19, 1802, lived at Cambridge, N.Y.,
who had a son William H.8, Jersey City, N. J.
vii. Nicolas6, b. Apr. 16, 1763.
viii. Joseph6, Mar. 6, 1765, and had a son:
(a)Rev. Samuel7, Raleigh, N. C.
ix. Abigail6, b. Feb. 10, 1767.
x. Ezra6, b. Mar. 6,1769.
xi. Zera6, b. June 18, 1771.
4. Sarah5, b. Jan. 19, 1733(?), Wickford, R. I. Note-
She may have married Peter Crapo, of Rochester, Mass.
May 14, 1766.
5. Virtus5, b. May 12, 1737(?), Wickford, R. I.; m.
Tripp, and for a second husband Vaughn;
settled in Vaughn's Island; Mehone Bay, was living in
1783.
6. John(athan)5, b.Aug.11, 1742,Wickford, R. I.; m.
Margaret Sheffield; d. Oct. 20, 1817. He was a goldsmith.
They had five children:
i. Benjamin6, d. at 7 years.
ii. John6, d. at 40 years.
iii. Matthew6, b. Aug. 15, 1781. Clerk of Supreme Court of
R. I., and had a son Benjamin C.7, Nevada City Cal.
iv. Abigail6.
v. Dorcas6
7. Abigail b. ;m. Joseph Case, and lived at
Cambridge, N.Y.


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 31

X.--Joseph4 (Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Jan.
10, 1715, m. Elizabeth , They had children:
1. Martha5, b. Mch. 10, 1738.
2. Reuben5, b. July 24, 1740.
3. Oliver5, b. Jan.15, 1741; had child(ren).
i. Joseph6, b. Apr. 24,1778,lived Janesville, Saratoga, Co.,
N.Y., who had a son William7, the father of D.B.8,
of Chicago, Ill.
4.Major Elverton5, or Yelverton5, b. Sept. 14, 1743,
Coventry, R. I.; m. Zipora . He was a major in
the Continental Army, Rhode Island Volunteers, Kent Co.,
under Col. Nathaniel Brown, Oct., 1776. He had children
i.William6, b. July 2, 1761, Coventry, R. I., d. June 30,
1849, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and he had
children:
(a) John7, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
(b) Mrs. S. M. Osgood7, Chicago, Ill.
(c) Daniel7, b. Jan. 28, 1793, Glens Falls, N. Y., father of
William A.8.
ii.Sheffield6, b. Apr. 25, 1782. A Sheffield lived at Coven-
try, R. I., in 1875.
XI.--Thomas4 (Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), Tiver-
ton, R. I., b. Sept. 6, 1716, m. Bridget Crandall, bans
pub. July 8, 1745, and they had eight children:
1. Paine5, b. Dec. 12, 1745, who was a colonel in the
Continental Army, and a Revolutionary pensioner, and d.
at Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept., 1845, aged 99 yrs.
9 mos.; m. by elder John Pendleton, Oct. 29, 1771, Keziah
Crandall, of Hopkinton, dau. of Jeremiah and Keziah Cran-
dall. He had, in 1744, three children over 16 years and
one under 16 years. He also had a son:
i.Benjamin6, b. June 27, 1776, and d. Apr. 25, 1857, at
Brookfield, N. Y. He had a son:
(a) Lewis7, b. May 16,1800, and lived at Gerry, Chautauqua
Co., N. Y., and had two sons, Ephraim D.8, b. Feb.
1, 1829, and lived at Gerry; and Charles8 of Elling-
ton, Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
2. Sussana5, b. Dec. 12, 1745, Hopkinton, R. I.
3. Joseph5, b. Aug. 16, 1747.
4. Sarah5, b. Apr. 6, 1749.
XIV.--5. John5, b. Mar., 1751.
6. Job5, b. Aug., 1753.
7. Grace5, b. July 4, 1756.
8. Thankful5, b. Aug. 2, 1757.


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XII.--John4 (Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Oct.
6 or Nov. 6, 1720, m. Mary Soule, Jan. 25, 1755, and
they had five children:
1. Mary5, b. Sept. 21, 1755, baptized at Newport R. I.,
Apr. 6, 1774.
2. Elizabeth5, b. Aug. 9, 1757.
3. Sarah5, b. Sept. 21 or 24, 1759.
Note.--A Sarah Wait was admitted to Newport Sabbatarian Church May 31,
1788, as from Poneganaeti, R. I., and m. Edmond Davis April 18, 1790.
Note.--a Sarah Wait, d. October 12, 1818, said to have been aged 59, m. Palmer
and they had a son, Isaac: she m. Asa Avery and had children, George, b. Oct. 2,
1799; Mary, b.1796, and they lived at Grafton, Renselaer, Co., N. Y (see Sarah5,
p. 31, supra).
4. John5, Dec. 4, 1762.
See notes about John Wait, pp.13, 14 and 21, Ante.
5. Ruth5, b. June 1, 1766.

XIII.--Captain William5 (Capt. John4, Thomas3,
Reuben2,Thomas1) b. February 10, 1735, held a com-
mission under the King June 5, 1765, and he afterwards
served in the Revolutionary War; m. Jan. 23, 1757,
Thankful Mathewson, b.1738; d. Dec. 26, 1816 they
had three children:
1. Reuben, b. Feb. 11,1757, m. Mary Wait, May 11, 1775,
see post Mary (Thomas, Thomas, Reuben, Thomas.)
2. Mary5 or Mercy5, b. Nov. 10, 1764; d. Sept. 1, 1774.
3. Sarah5, b. Aug. 19, 1774, d. June 19, 1794 m. Avery
Cone, 1791 and had child, Welthia6, b. 1791.
XIV.--John5 (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1),
b. Mar., 1751 (see p.31, ante), or
XV.--John Ward5 (Capt. John4, Thomas3 Reuben2,
Thomas1),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. Sarah6, b. June 3, 1785.
2. Patience6, b. May 13, 1788.
3. Peleg6, b. April 22, 1790, m. Ruby Howard, Dec. 5,
1817, and they had children:
i. Stephen7, b. 1821, New Bedford, Mass.
ii. B.H.7, b. , New Bedford Mass.
iii. Emma7 b. m. Leavitt.
iv. , b. ,m. Chas. H. McCreery.


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 33

4. Elizabeth6 or Betsy6, b. Dec. 8, 1793.
5. Stephen6, b. July 20, 1795.
6. Jirah6, b. June 8, 1798, who had a son:
i. Benjamin7, b. , who had a son (a) Alvin F.8 ,
b.
7. Nancy6, b. Nov. 26, 1800 m. Simmons.
(?) Thomas6, b. , Tiverton, R. I.

XVI.--John5 (Reuben4, Thomas3, Reuben2, Thomas1).
Will. June 22, 1833, Robert, executor; had three
children:
1. Reuben6, b. [Found to be 1773] m. Delight Howard, Jan. 6,
1802, and they had seven children:
i. Henry7
ii. John7, who had a son, Edward W. 8
iii. Marry A. 7
iv. Judith7,
v. Reuben7,
vi. Daniel H.7 b., who had children:
(a) Stephen8
(b) Daniel8
(c) John H.8, of Westport Mass.
(d) Henry8
vii. Phoebe7, b. About 1818. Delight was appointed guardian
of minor children, Reuben, Daniel and Phoebe over
14 years of age, July 31, 1832.
2. Robert6, b. , administrator of estate of
John, Westport, Mass., 1834; had a daughter, Ruth7, admin-
istrator of estate of Robert, Westport, Mass., 1844.
3. Marry6, b. , m. Allen.
XVII. -- Reuben5 (Reuben4, Thomas3, Reuben2,
Thomas1), had a son:
1. Reuben6 (1768-1827), of Chester, Warren Co., N.Y.,
who had a son:
i. George P.7, of Caldwell, N. Y.
XVIII.-- Thomas4 (Thomas3, Reuben2, Thomas1), b.
Feb. 29, 1715, m. Tabitha Ellis in West Greenwich,
R. I., dau. of Gideon Ellis, June 5, 1743 by John
Spencer, Justice. She was the dau. of Jeremiah and Judith
Ellis, and she was b. In 1721.
Thomas d. In 1790; his will was proven May 21, 1790,
and a sample of the will executed over one hundred years
old is given in D. Byron Wait's book, "A Genealogical


34 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

Sketch of a Branch of the Wait Family (Rhode Island
Branch) of America." from which the records of this branch
are taken. After Thomas's death, his widow came to Peters-
burgh. N. Y., with her youngest son Rufus, where she d. in
1813. They had eight children:
1. Gideon5, b. Mar. 3, 1745, d. Apr. 1, 1808, m. Apr.6,
1766, at West Greenwich, to Lois Tripp, dau. of Peleg
Tripp. She was b. Aug. 30, 1746, and d. Oct 21, 1822.
May, 1787, Gideon was 3d Justice of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas for Kent Co. R. I., and 2d Justice May,
1789. They had thirteen children:
i. Dorcas6 (1767-1828).
ii. Eunice6 (1769-1823).
iii. Silas6, b. May 5, 1771, d. Dec. 30, 1853, and had two
sons:
(a) Peleg T.7, Who had a son Silas8 A., Oneco, Conn.
(b) Lloyd A.7, b. 1835, Oneco, Conn.
iv. Jeremiah6, b. Feb. 22, 1773, d. Feb. 25, 1776.
v. Simon6, b. Feb. 23, 1775, d. Nov. 22, 1860, i. at Hammond,
Lawrence Co., N. Y., Had a son:
(a) Gideon R.7, b. Jan. 8, 1813, who had children:
(1)Henry8, Rochester, N. Y., (2)Milton8, Ro-
chester, N. Y., Henry8 had a daughter (?), Ver-
cilla9.
vi. Thomas6, b. Oct. 22, 1776, d. June 15, 1858, had children.
(a) Gideon E.7, b. Jan. 12, 1802 or Mar. 29, 1803, d. May 16,
1863, m. Sally Arnolds, June 22, 1822, and had
children. Hannah8, Elsie8, Joseph J.8, Sally8, and
Oury8, Norwich, Ct.
(b) Albert M.7, }
(c) Thomas7, }-Three bachelors of West Greenwich, R. I.
(d) Waterman7, }
(e) Hannah7, m.
(f) Elsie7, m.
(g) Sally7, m.
(h) Amy7.
vii. Gideon6, b. Nov. 19, 1778, d. Nov. 25, 1820.
viii. Reynolds6, b. Nov. 28, 1780, d. Feb. 10, 1837. Had
children.
(a) Gideon7, b. Jan. 12, 1812, at Coventry, R. I. and d. at
Providence, R. I. He had a son, John D., Provi-
dence, and Henry C.
(b) Benjamin T.7, b. Sept. 6, 1817, d. Mar. 10, 1874, West
Greenwich, N. Y. who had a son, John A.8 of
Providence R. I.
(c) Allen B.7, b. , Providence R. I. who had a
son, Theodore A.8, of Providence R. I.
(d) James B.7, Warwick, R. I.


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 35

ix. Benjamin6, b. Feb. 18, 1783, d. Jan., 1819.
X. Lois6, b. Mar. 10, 1785,d. Jan. 11, 1867.
xi. A Son6, b. Mar. 30, 1787, d. same day.
xii. Stephen6, b. May 17, 1788, d. May 16, 1849, i. Sardinia,
Erie Co. N. Y.
xiii. Hannah6, (1791-1847)

2. Jeremiah5, b. Apr. 1 or 12, 1749, 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. 2, 1823, and his wife d. Mar. 6, 1830.
He had brothers who lived at Tonawanda, N. Y. They had
ten children:
i. Johnathan6, b. 1773, of Dumfried, Ont. had a son,
(a) Henry7, b. May 24, 1811; Blenheim, Ont. who had a
son, Reinzi7, Washington, Ont.
ii. Sarah6,
iii. Reuben6, b. , Grand River, Can., had a son,
Benjamin7, 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
year's imprisonment, and on his return to the States
wrote and published "Wait's Narrative."
iv. Levy6.
v. Thomas6, b. Mar. 26, 1785, had sons:
(a) Milo J.7, b. Mch.6, 1818, who had a son
(1) C J.8, Manchester, Vt.
(b) Thomas A.7, West Greenwich, R. I.
vi. Hannah6.
vii. Elizabeth6.
viii. Amarilla6
ix. Mary6.
x. Lucy Ann6.
xi. Benjamin6 (?)

3. Thomas5, b. Apr. 10, 1755, m. Nami Weeks, Jan.1,
1776: was an officer in Continental Army. They had two
children.
i. Eunice6.
ii. Lucy6.
4. Mary5, b. Feb. 11, 1757, d. Jan. 26, 1835, and m.
Reuben Wait, (Capt. William5, Capt. John4, Thomas3, Reu-
ben2, Thomas), May 11 1775. They had five children:
i. Mary6, b. May 7, 1784.
ii. Reuben6, b. May 2, 1786.


36 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

iii. Sarah6, b. May 22, 1792.
iv. Silas Ward6, a Judge and member of N. Y. Assembly,
1842-1843, b. July 12, 1794, at Petersburg, N. Y., d.
Jan. 20, 1869, m. Martha Odell (b. May 17, 1797), in
1818. She d. Apr. 1. 1846. Her sister Mary m.
Benjamin, the father of D. Byron Wait, and
another sister m. Gardner Wait. Silas W. m. also Hannah
Wilcox (b. July 9, 1809), Mar. 9, 1851, and she d.
Mar. 25, 1893; Silas W. and Martha and six children:
(a) Silas Franklin7, b. May 17, 1819, d. Sept. 19, 1831.
(b) Mary Caroline7, b. April 30, 1821, m. Billings B. Hewitt
Nov. 16, 1840.
(c) Lydia C.7, b. May 26, 1826, d. Dec. 11, 1835.
(d) Emila Julietta7, b. Jan. 22 , 1834, d. Mar. 3, 1867.
(e) J. Annette7, b. Apr. 9, 1835, m. James C. Allen Dec.
19, 1855, lived at Huntington, W. Va.
(f) Viola Victoria7, b. Mar. 29, 1838, m. Wm. K. Hawks
Oct. 15, 1862.
v. Rufus S.6, b. June 5, 1798, d. May 20, 1860, m. Louis
Maxon, b. Mar 1, 1800, d. May 11, 1882, and had
Eight Children.
(a) Adelia7.
(b) Rufus7.
(c) Sullivan7.
(d) Maria Saturia7, m. John M. Stephens of Hasbrook
Heights N. J.
(e) Reuben S. F.7, b. Mar. 27, 1834, m. Aug. 6, 1854. Betsy
Maria, dau. of Jabez Hakes, and they had two
children:
(1) Chester F.8, b. June 30, 1855.
(2) William C.8, b. Oct. 18, 1858, who had children, Millard
Reuben9, d. Dec. 12, 1901.
(f) Sophia7.
(g) Lois7.
(h) Irving7.
Rufus S., m. a second time Martha Odell.
5. Lydia5, b. Mar. 19, 1759, m. Dake Moon, Oct. 16,
1783, and they had nine children: Simon6, Stephen6,
Rufus6, Lydia6, Electra6, Thomas6, Noel6, Merritt6, and
Jefferson6.
6. Peleg5, b. Oct. 22, 1761, d. Oct. 17, 1847, m. Dec. 25,
1783, Mary Greene, b. East Greenwich R. I., Mar. 24, 1766,
dau. Benjamin and Mary (Greene) Green, he being a cousin
of Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Peleg moved to Stephentown
(now Petersburg) in Mar., 1785. They exchanged some
household goods and a shot gun with a man by name of
Wells, for his permit on the Van Rensselaer lands; obtained
a lease of Stephen Van Rensselaer for the same, Mar. 13,
1793; on which farm they d., she on Feb. 3, 1862. They
had ten children:


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 37

i. Greene6, 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), i. in
Michigan. They had fifteen children.
(a) Greene C.7, died 1883, m. Susan Stewart, and had
children, Clemen O.8, Laura8, Philinda8, Fidelia8,
Almanza8, Elizabeth8 and Rose8.
(b) Nelson7, m. Orpha Sylvester and had children. Mar
vin9, Laura8, Martha8, Lutheria8, Stephen8 and
Addie8.
(c) Electra7, d. 1832, m. Nicholas Jones.
(d) Mercy7, who d. young.
(e) Harriet7, m. David Patterson and had five children.
(f) Noel M.7, m. Louisa Smith and Polly Dunton, had
seven children: Cynhia8, Byron8, Joel8, John8,
Lousia8, Harriet8 and Electra8.
(g) Amanda7, d. 1851, m. Stephen Parish and had four
children.
(h) Rufus M.7, d. 1886, who was thrice m., to Nancy A. Car-
linghouse, to Mary Coe, and to Cynthia Stevens.
(i) Laura7, d. 1863, m.. Farr and had children:
Alice8, Elma8, Lyman8, and States8.
(j) Lydia7, d. 1863, m. Dewitt C. Chapman and had nine
children.
(k) Henry7, d. 1889, m. Caroline McCrossen.
(l) Alice7, m. George Jennings.
(m) Lyman O.7, m. Mercilla Lincoln and Valeria Brown
and had five children: Marcus8, Rufus8, Lydia8,
Ada8, and Blanche8.
(n)Julia7, m. William C. Ward.
(o) Lucinda P.7, d. 1854, m. Daniel Slout.
(p) Sardinia E.7, m. Zideon Pierce and had one child.
ii. Clark G.6, b. Apr. 3, 1787, d. Oct. 11, 1838, at Lockport,
N. Y., m. Sept. 1808, Abigail Phillips, b. May 14,
1701, and they settled at Granville N. Y., she d. at
Hartford, N. Y., June 3, 1863. They had thirteen
children: (note: 1701 must be 1791)
(a) Pamella7, d. 1881, m. Samuel B. Warren and had three
children.
(b) Elverton J.7. m. Abigail Roblee and Elizabeth Benway
and they had eight children: Elverton E.8, Manser
K.8, Malden C.8, Josephine8, Emma8, Sarah E.8,
Merton b.8, and Martha8.
(c) Clare G.7, d. 1888, m. Charlotte Warren and Margaret
Austin and they had three children: Ella8, Mal-
colm8, and Lewis K.8.
(d) Hamilton L.7, d. 1882, m. Esther Waller and they had
three children: Lucy8, Martha8, and Sarah8.
(e) Manser K.7, d. 1892, m. Julia A. Haile and they had
seven children: Josephine8, Pamelia Clarke8, Cas-
sius8, Ida8, Emma8, Charles8 and Istelle8.
(f) Adaniram J.7, d. m. Caroline Bull and Amelia
A. Landon and the had four children: Missouri
L.8, Alsena8, Alton P.8 and A. Judson8.


38 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

(g) Pricilla7, m. Eli Ray, and they had three children,
Adelaide A.7, Malden8 and Katherine8.
(h) Martha7, m. Henry Lefft.
(i) Philetus G.7, d. 1881, m. Delia Hale, and they had Seven
children: Delia8, Altona8, Eva8, Inez8, Laura8,
Nora8, and Philetus8,
(j) Leander R.7, m. Mehitable Martin and they had seven
children, Levi8, Eva8, Charles8, Mary8, Martha8,
Manir K.8 (Manser?), and Edward8.
(k) Abigail7, m. Zacharia Sill.
(l) Dewitt C.7, d. young.
(m) Harlan P.7, m. Betty Laws.
iii. Mercy6, b. Apr. 4, 1789, d. Dec. 11, 1876, at Rodman,
N. Y., m. 1812, to William Gardner, and they had
two children.
(a) Peleg W.7, (who m. Julia A. Wait).
(b) William Harrison7.
iv. Thomas6, 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.7
(b) Maty L.7
(c) Matilda A.7,who m. Levi H. Lockwood.
(d) Damaris A.7, who m. John S. Corbin.
(e) Raxie E.7
(f) Franklin P.7
(g) Mary7, Who m. Dr. David McCrossen, who had one
child, Medora L.8
v. Benjamin Greene6, b. Apr. 7, 1793, d. Mar. 27, 1861, m.
Mar. 30, 1817, Mary Odell, 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 Canadice, 1826-61. They had children:
(a) Oran Leelan7, b. Mar. 27, 1818, d. Feb 24, 1847.
(b) Benjamin Riley7, b. Nov. 19, 1819, d. Dec. 25, 1880.
(c) Edwin Giles7, b. June 11, 1824, m. May 13, 1856, Julia
E. Stone, and in March, 1849, went to California,
and in 1893 was Secretary of State. They Had
children:
(1) Ida Victoria8,b. Feb. 12, 1857, d. July 7, 1860.
(2) Julia Bertha8, b. Aug. 27, 1861.
(3) Mary Agnes8, b. Dec. 10, 1864, m. Dec.8, 1885, G. I. Remmel.
(4) Edie Genivieve8, b. Feb. 24, 1871.
(5) Edith Alice8, b. Mar. 22, 1873.
(d) Dennis Byron7, b. Feb. 29, 1828, at Candice N. Y.,
m. Sept. 4, 1865, Harriet Meruida (Merinda?) Brown, b. June
28, 1833, oldest dau. Maurice and Merinda (Fox)
Brown. They lived at Candice where she d.
Oct. 15, 1869. To D. Byron Wait the Rhode
Island family is deeply indebted for his researches
and publication of his branch of the Wait family.
They had children:


WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND 39

(1) B. Audubon8, b. Apr. 7, 1857, lived at Little Falls, Wash.
1890, and at Waneta, B. C., 1893.
(2) Genevra8, b. Jan. 17, 1859, d. Apr. 9, 1873.
(3) Buretta8, b. Aug. 19, 1860, d. Nov. 27, 1881, m. Nov. 27, 1879.
Dayton Muchler, and had one child, Percival, b. Feb. 18,
1881.
(4) G. Percival8, b. July 30, 1862, and went to Kettle Falls, Wash.,
in 1890.
Dennis Byron7 m. again m. Apr. 16, 1872,
Amanda M. Colvin, b. Feb. 18, 1839.
(e) Mary Emeline7, b. Mar. 22, 1830, d. Sept. 19, 1863, m.
Apr. 22, 1857, Charles O. Ball, lived at Hastings,
Minn. They had children: C. Arthur and Charles
Albers.
(f) Emily Augusta7, 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. Alice6, b. July 6, 1795, d. Sept. 26, 1827, m. Feb. 17,
1817, James B. Hewitt, and they had children: Ala-
manza, Peleg W., Mary, Emily, and Alice.
vii. Tabitha6, or Polly6, b. Apr. 18, 1797, m. Spink Matteson
Sept 6, 1835, lived at Forreston, Ill., and their
Children were Clark k. and Harlow L.
viii. Mary6, c. Apr. 30, 1799, d. Dec. 30 1853, m. Sept. 25,
1823, Caleb Wells. They had children: Horace W.,
Mary M., William S., Zacheus C., Pamelia and
Priscella.
ix. Lois6, b. Dec. 6, 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. Laura6, b. Nov. 5, 1804, d. Dec.5, 1831.

7. Rufus5, b. Apr. 23, 1764; m. Dec. 2, 1784, Eunice
Hall, and their children were:
i. Duty6.
ii. Lydia6.
iii. Jeremiah6.
iv. John6. (Note: John & Eunice, twins b. 15 Apr, 1790)
v. Lois6.
vi. Gardner6, b. Dec. 23, 1801, of Harton, Jackson Co.,
Mich., Had as son R-----G.7, Westfield N. Y.

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

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

His will was dated Apr. 15, and proven 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. Shadrach5, b. in Dartmouth, Mar. 17, 1765; d. Apr.
25, 1850; m. in Dartmouth, Susannah Tripp; b. Apr. 15,
1769; d. Dec. 25, 1861.
They had children:
i. Stephen6, b. Nov.12, 1785, d. Apr. 1879.
ii. Joseph6, b. Apr. 29, 1788, d. Sept. 5, 1865.
iii. Elizabeth6, b. Jan. 5, 1790, d. Oct 3, 1870.
iv. Ruth6, b. Jan. 6, 1792.
v. Mary6, b. Jan 31, 1794, d. 1869.
vi. Gideon6, b. Dec. 19, 1795.
vii. Absalom6, b. Sept. 11, 1797; lived at Hagadorus Mills,
Saratoga Co. N. Y.
viii. Desire6, b. Oct. 20, 1799, d. 1872.
ix. Diana6, b. Jan. 27, 1801,d. Nov. 13, 1858.
x. Esther A.6, b. Mar. 4, 1803.
xi. Daniel T.6, b. Jan.2, 1805, d. May 13, 1806.
xii. Jonathan6, b. Sept. 28, 1806, d. Feb. 1807.
xiii. William S.6, b. Dec. 28, 1808, lived at Belle Center, Wis.
xiv. Daniel D.6, b. Oct. 6, 1811, lived at Fowlersville, Mich.
xv. Sarah W.6, b. Mar. 24, 1814.

2. Gideon5, b. in Dartmouth, July 22, 1766,: m. Aug. 17,
1788, in Westport (which, previous to 1787 formed a part
of Dartmouth). Desire, dau. of Daniel Tripp, b. Apr. 18,
1765. In 1795 he removed to Galway, Saratoga Springs Co. N. Y.,
Where he d. Jan. 13, 1858. His wife d. Sept. 1845. Their
children were:
i. William Tillinghast6, b. at Westport, Mass., June 13,
1789. m. in Barkerville, N. Y., July 14, 1811, Pamela
(dau. of Samuel Shove Barker), b. Apr. 21, 1792. He
d. in Galway, Mar. 24, 1841; she d. at Sandy Hill;
N. Y., Jan. 28, 1872. They had children:
XX.-(a) Nelson William7, b. in Galway, Dec. 27, 1812.
(b) Samuel Barker7, b. in Galway, Sept. 30, 1814. m. Jan.
17, 1852, 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 25, 1857, m. Oct. 27, 1881, George A
Griffin, and they had two children: Maria Elizabeth
Griffin, b. May 18, 1884, and Eliza Griffin b. May 31 1886.
(c) Lydia Elmina7, b. in Galway, June 25, 1817, m. Sept. 2,
1848, Dr. Darius Mathewson. They had children:
James William, b. July 6, 1845, d. Mar.22, 1858.
Phoebe Pamela, b. Mar. 18, 1848, d. Mar. 29, 1849.
Frank Nelson, b. Sept. 8, 1850, d. Nov. 21, 1851.
Emma Louisa, b. Apr. 12, 1855, d. May 13, 1858.
Hettie, b. Oct. 23. 1858, d. Dec. 15, 1866.


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(d) Philip Hart7, b. in Galway, July 28, 1819, m. Dec. 28,
1842, Lydia Ann (daughter of Amos Marihew), b.
May 25, 1825.
(e) Rhoda Desire7, b. in Galway, Mar. 14, 1826, 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. Rhoda6, b. in Westport July 10, 1791, d. June 26, 1835,
m. at Galway, N. Y., to Philip Hart in 1811.
3. Mary5, by second wife, Lillis, b. in Dartmouth; m.
Jonathan White, Apr. 8, 1789.

XX. - Nelson William7 (William T.6, Gideon5,
Stephen4, Joseph3, Reuben2, Thomas1), 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
childern:

1. John William8, b. in Galway, Aug. 25, 1839; d. May
2, 1903; m. in Amsterdam N. Y., Dec. 12, 1866, Mary An-
toinette (dau. of George Warnick, Esq.), (see genealogy of
Keyes family, by Asa Keyes, Brattleboro, Vt. 1880). They
had children:
i. Nelson William9, b. in Sandy Hill, Nov. 5, 1867.
ii. George Warnick9, b. in Sandy Hill, Sept. 12, 1869.
iii. Mary Franklin9, b. in Sandy Hill, July 20, 1876.
2. Mary Ann8, 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. Lydia Pamela8, 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.

XXI.-Daniel5, (Samuel4, Joseph3, Reuben2, Thomas1),
He was a cooper by trade and also a farmer.
On Mar. 17, 1787, Daniel5 was grantee of lands adjacent
to those of Jeremiah Wait, from Stokes Potter, and on
Dec. 2, 1789, as yeoman, he was grantee of a piece of land
at the head of the Apponagansett River on the highway,
conveyed to him by William Barker; on July 7, 1791, Abra-
ham Tucker conveyed 881 rods of land to Daniel near the
head of the Apponagansett River; July 11, 1791, Philip


42 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

Shearman conveyed to him land at the head of Apponagn-
sett River; Aug. 25, 1791, William Barker conveyed lands
to him; Oct. 31, 1791, Ahijah Shearman conveyed lands to
him; Feb. 7, 1792, Job Devoll conveyed 51 acres to him,
with witnesses by the name of Tripp; Nov. 3. 1792, Ahijah
Shearman, of Rensselaer, County of 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 ad 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, through call a river, is but an arm of the
sea and comes to an abrupt end within 100 feet of which
is an old stone wall. This is a very old settlement and is
the location of the town hall of the town of Dartmouth,
where the town records are kept. The highway crosses a
small creek scarcely 10 feet in width, about 200 feet above
the head of the Apponagansett River, by which the above
land was described. Except the town the hamlet contains
only a blacksmith's shop at present (1903) The location
of the lands conveyed to Daniel could not be mistaken, as
the head of the Apponagansett River is so well defined.
On Sept. 9, 1790, for 90 Spanish milled silver dollars,
Daniel Wait conveyed to Joseph Tucker and David Gifford,
of Dartmouth, 8 acres of land adjacent to that of Deborah
Shearman and Phillip 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.


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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 Aug3 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 25, 1775, but the date of the marriage is not re-
corded in the public records of Dartmouth Township. The



44 WAITE 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. Alice 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, June 31, 1759, Samuel Wait, yeoman, conveyed
to William Wood, yeoman, 28 acres, "being all of my home-
stead farm where I now live, with houses and buildings,
which followeth northerly an a highway that leadeth from
Phillip 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., wh9ich is plainly
the lands above described from Samuel Wait to Manches-
ter, and from Manchester to Samuel. This last deed was
signed by Samuel and Theodate Wait, his wife, each by his
and her mark.
Samuel had evidently made Lemuel Manchester his con-
fidant, and probably the relations between the families were


WAIT FAMILY 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 lived in that neighbor-
hood, nor is there any physical evidence of their residence
there except the public records described and also the rec-
ords of the Society of Friends or so-called Quakers.
By these records of the Friends (now, 1903, in the posses-
sion of Nathaniel Howland; of South Dartmouth, Mass.),
Samuel's uncle, Benjamin, and, his aunts, Abigail and
Tabitha, were witnesses to intentions to marry, as follows:
Tabitha Wait, Abigail Tripp and Wait Tripp, on Feb. 19,
1726; Benjamin Wait and Abigail Tripp, Mar, 3, 1737. There
also appears in said records of the society of friends the
name Patience Wait, Nov. 18, 1756 (Patience was the
wife of Jeremiah and had child Abner, Feb. 17, 1756), and
Wait Shearman, Jan. 11, 1729. From these records it is
quite evident that several at least of the children of Reu-
ben Wait belonged to the Society of Friends. The policy
of this society was to forbid or at least to discourage the
marking of graves with headstones. The result is that the
burial ground of this same Society, located about half way
between Dartmouth (Russell's Mills) and Apponagansett,
has no gravestones prior to 1800, and very few since then,
although it is estimated to contain several thousand graves.

Daniel5, b. Mar. 21, 1754 (Nov. 1, 1753, or in 1751);
d. Nov. 15, 1829, at Reading N. Y., and buried at
Reading in Lake Road Cemetery; m. Phebe Man-
chester of Apponagansett, Mass., Sept. 25, 1776, b.
Aug. 12, 1754, d. Sept. 11, 1838. They had twelve
children:
1. Abigail6, 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. Ebenezer6, 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. Thomas7, b. June 26, 1798, at Unadilla, N. Y., d. Feb.
1835, at Bolivar, Alleghany Co., N. Y., farmer; m.
Amanda Cowles of Unadilla at Unadilla, in 1821;
she m. again Joseph Mulkin, and d. about 1880.
They had five children:
(a) Cyna8, who died young.
(b) Sally8, b. 1822 or 25, d. 1857, m. Horace Scott, Sept.
1850.
(c) Llewelyn, d. aged 17.
(d) Samuel Newton8, b. 1823 or '27, d. 1864 or '68 at Ann-
apolis, Md.. in the Navy; m. Julia Busby 1860-65.
(e) Andrew J.8, b. 1827 or '30. d. Aug. 7, 1857.
(f) Mary8, b. 1832. There are no living descendants
of Thomas7.
ii. Stephen7, b. Mar.2, 1802, at Unadilla, N. Y., d. Oct. 6,
1872, at Otego, N. Y., he was a farmer; m. Anna
Rowley of Otego, N. Y., at Otego, Feb. 19, 1824 (Apr.
25, 1824). They had five children:
(a) David8, b. Dec. 8, 1824, at Otego, Otsego Co. N. Y., m.
Abigail Davis at Sand Hill, Otsego Co. N. Y.,
She was b. in 1825 at Unadilla, N. Y. They
had four children:
(1) Stephen9, b. Jan. 1850, d. Dec. 1890, m. Oct. 14, 1874
Etta Hodge, had two children, William D. and a dau. b.
May 14, 1888, d. Oct. 6, 1891.
(2) Sylvia9, b, May 25, 1854, m. Jan 1, 1875 to Walter Latham.
(3) Charles9, b. 1858, m. Sept. 10, 1881, to Addie Steele,
had one son Frank D.; Charles married for second wife
Alice Mallory.
(4) Carrie9, b. Aug. 14, 1865, m. Jan, 1885, Thomas Southard,
and they had two sons.
(b) Charles8, b. Jan. 12, 1830, at Guilford, N. Y., m. Molly
A. Miller at Beech Creek, Pa. on July 21, 1860,
and they lived at Lock Haven, Pa. She d. Nov.
15, 1884. They had three children:
(1) George J.9, b. Sept. 16, 1861, m. Anita E. Burns of Lock
Haven, Pa. May 6, 1891, had two children: Vera Viola b.
Dec. 7, 1892, Charles Leslie b. Jan. 31, 1894.
(2) Charles Ellis9, b. Feb. 6, 1865, m. Margaret J. Saltsman, June
14, 1892. They lived at Lock Haven, Pa.
(3) Minnie Olive9, b. May 19, 1868, m. J. William Hamberger at
Castanea, Nov. 25, 1897.
(c) Susan8, b. June 14, 1842, at Otego, N. Y., d. Nov. 27,
1897, at Otego, N. Y., m. James Terry in 1859, at
Otego. They had fourteen children, ten of whom
lived to maturity.


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(d) Lovica8, b. July 28, 1252 (1852), 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.
(2) Charles Secor, b. Sept. 23, 1885.
(3) Alice L. Secor, b. June 27, 1898.
(e) Lodica8, b. July 23, 1852, at Otego, N. Y. m. David
Orr, at Oneonta, Oct. 1872. They lived at Oneonta
and have one child. John, b. 1873
iii. Samuel7, 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 Rhoda Potter, d. Feb. 25, 1848, buried in
Wilbur Burial Ground. They had three children:
(a) Thomas8, b. Feb. 22, 1839, at Unadilla, lived at Sacre-
mento, Neb., m. March, 1863, to Emma Jane
Jucket; b. Aug. 15, 1837, d. Jan. 23, 1890. No
children, m. again Sept. 25, 1890, to Christena
Lucas.
(b) William8, b. Mar. 15, 1840, d. Apr. 4, 1852.
(c) Hiram S.8, b, Dec. 21, 1841, m. Harriet Caroline Wait,
Mar. 19, 1879, she died Jan. 10, 1892. No children.
Sept. 26, 1848, Samuel Wait, Married Amy Post of
Sand Hill, a daughter of Elsie (1787) Wait Post and
a first cousin of her husband. They had one son
who died an infant.
iv. Ahijah7, b. Jan. 17, 1812, at Unadilla N. Y., 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.
(a) Phillinda8, b. Dec. 29, 1839, m. Ira Truman of Butter-
nuts, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1859.
(b) Annie8, b. Sept. 5, 1841, d. Nov. 18, 1853 at Unadilla.
(c) Armenia8, b. Dec. 1, 1842, m. Albert Young, of Una-
dilla, Nov. 6, 1861.
(d) Sarah8, b. July 22, 1844, m. William Hoyt, of Walton,
Jan. 15, 1879.
(e) Marie C.8, b. Jan. 7, 1846, m. John Gates, of Unadilla,
Jan. 17, 1879.
(f) John S.8, b. Mar. 31, 1850, d. Nov. 24, 1858.
(g) Emma8, b. July 9, 1855, m. Orville Smith of Easten,
Feb. 1, 1877.
(h) Marrietta8, b. Aug. 30, 1847, m. Charles H. Delevan, of
Sidney, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1873.
v. Annie7, b. Jan. 6, 1818, at Unadilla, d. Feb. 31, 1841, at
Shakers, near Watervliet, 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 one child
Elijah who d. in infancy.


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3. Amy6, 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. Samuel6, 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. Samuel6 Wait was in the war of 1812 on the Cana-
dian Frontier and honorably discharged. They had one
child:
i. Samuel Wrightly7, b. 1813, at Hector or Read-
ing, N. Y.; d. August, 1894, at Watkins. He lived
at Watkins, N. Y., and had several children, one of
whom is Lewis Wait, Watkins, N. Y.
5. James6, b. Jan. 6, 1784, at Dartmouth, Bristol Co.
Mass.; d. Sept. 1, 1855, at Briar Creek, Otego, Otsego Co.,
N. Y.; m. Dec. 10, 1807, at Saratoga, N. Y. to Elizabeth
Thompson, of Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., She was b.
Mar. 19, 1792; d. Jan. 11, 1857, at Otego, Otsego Co. ,N. Y.
(Briar Creek). They had ten Children:
i. Jesse7, b. Feb, 25, 1808, not married, d. Sept. 21, 1828.
ii. Harman Van Veighton7, 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 Revoluntionary war. They had four
children:
(a) James Edsall8, b. Sept, 17,1837, m. Sept. 10, 1867,to
Sarah Jane Brizzee. They had eight children, of
whom only two lived to maturity:
(1) Arthur James9, b. Dec. 5, 1879, near Windsor, N. Y.
(2) Helen Margaret9, b. Aug. 5, 1883, at Binghamton, N. Y.
(b) Mary Ellen8,b. Dec.23, 1838, m. Ambrose l. Davis,
Feb. 9, 1870, A. L. Davis d. Aug. 5, 1899. They
had two children:
(1) Nellie Anna, b. Oct. 4, 1871.
(2) Ambrose Edsall, b. Aug. 22, 1876.
(c) George Henry8, b. June 28, 1848, m. Alice F. Hinkley,
Sept. 20, 1871, They had no children.
(d) Florence Elizabeth8, b. Aug. 16, 1853, m. William J.
Hughson, Oct. 1, 1872, W. J. Hughson d. May
19, 1883. They had one child, who died young.
She m. again Robert Bishop, Feb. 28, 1895. They
had no children.



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iii. James, Jr.7, b. Nov. 17, 1813, at Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y.,
d. Nov. 1, 1876, at Hollisterville, Pa., m. Jerusha
Hollister, Sept. 20, 1838, in Salem, Wayne Co., Pa.
She died Oct. 3, 1840, in Sterling, Wayne Co., Pa.
They had one child:
(a) Jerusha8, b. Sept 19, 1840, m. Sept. 16, 1874, to
Florence B. Hamlin; m. again, Nov. 25, 1886, to
S. F. Mitchell.
James7, m. again Harriet Hollister, June 5, 1845.
She d. Mar. 17, 1901, at Hollister, Pa. All buried
in Hamilton Cemetery, Salem, Wayne Co., Pa. They
had six children.
(b) William Hollister8, b. Apr. 2, 1846, at Hollisterville,
Wayne Co., Pa., m. Ada G. Pellett, Sept. 16, 1874
They had four children:
(1) James Edmund, b. July 7, 1875, d. Mar. 1877.
(2) Susan F., b. Oct 11, 1879.
(3) Joseph S. b. Feb. 22, 1881.
(4) William Donald, b. Sept. 11, 1882.
(c) Franklin James8, b. Feb. 3 or 5, 1849; not married.
(d) Mary Elizabeth8, b. Sept. 1, 1850, d. Nov. 25, 1908; not
married.
(e) Asa Wellington8, b. Aug. 20 1852, not married.
(f) Lillian Celestia8, b. Oct. 20, 1854, m. Samuel H. Han-
kins, Sept. 29, 1875. They had five children:
(1) Fred, b. Nov. 8, 1876, d. Aug. 20, 1877.
(2) Nellie Harriet, b. Jul. 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. 5, 1885.
(g) Helen Harriet8, b. Sept. 20, 1858, m. John E. Elliot,
Sept. 26, 1883. They had six children, three of
whom lived:
(1) Mildred J., b. June 28, 1892.
(2) R. Leonard, b. Oct. 1, 1894.
(3) Helen Norvell, b. Apr. 23, 1897.
iv. John7, b. Jan. 25, 1816, d. Jan. 30, 1876, m. Durenna Cook
of Morris, N. Y., May 15, 1844, at Butternuts, N. Y.
She was b. June 17, 1819 (and was living Jan. 31,
1903). They had two children:
(a) Cedelia N.8, b. Sept. 30, 1846, m. Alex M. Thompson
at Rosemount, Minn. Sept.25, 1870.
(b) Addie A.8, b. Oct. 25, d. July 6, 1869.
v. Reuben Perry7, b. Aug. 17, 1818, d. Apr. 14, 1890, m.
Adeline Pherdum, Feb. 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. 12, 1852, d. Aug. 17, 1886: m.
Jennie Bostwick at South Hadley Falls, Mass.,
Jan. 9, 1884. They had no children.
vi. Mary Eliza7, b. Sept. 6, 1821, at Otego, N. Y., m. Feb. 3,
1858, at Norwich, N. Y., to Rufus Collins. He was
b. May 30, 1816, and d. Oct. 2, 1885, at Sand Hill,
N. Y. They had two children:


50 WAIT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND

(a) Laura Elizabeth Collins8, b. Dec. 10, 1858; m. Nov. 19,
1890, at Norwich, N. Y., to George Holmes. He
d. Mar. 16, 1899, at Sand Hill, N. Y. They had
one child: Clara Jessie, b. Sept. 27, 1893.
(b) James Jerub Collins8, b. July 7, 1865: m. Clara Wendell.
of Sidney, N. Y., Sep. 20, 1886. They had no
children.
vii. Ebenezer F.7, b. Nov. 3, 1824, d. Nov. 4, 1897, lived at
Otego (Briar Creek), Otsego Co. N. Y., m. Elizabeth
Ann Wood, of Butternuts, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1846.
They had four children.
(a) Laselle Benjamin8, b. Jan. 23, 1849, at Otego, N. Y.
m. Ettie Hopkins at Otego N. Y., Sept. 11, 1872.
They had one child: Mary, b. Dec. 30, 1875.
(b) George Madison8, b. Feb. 23, 1851: m. Eugenia Steb-
bins at Butternuts N. Y., Oct. 1874. They had
one child: Ralph, b. Aug. 12, 1876.
(c) James Albert8, b. Mar. 4, 1857, at Otego, N. Y.: m.
Lucie Baker at Lawrence, N. Y., May 30, 1883.
They had one child: Lena, b. .
(d) Flora Elizabeth8, b. Oct. 12, 1860; d. Aug. 1, 1863.
viii. Andrew Marcellus7, b. Feb. 5, 1828, at Otego, N. Y.
(Briar Creek), d. Oct. 31, 1900; m. Sept. 15, 1850, in
Town of Butternuts, Opp. South New Berlin, N. Y.
to Ambrosia Jane Sargent, dau. of John and Isabelle
(Jacox) Sergeant, b. Jan. 30, 1827; lived at Norwich,
Chenango Co., Ny. Y. They had two children.
(a) Ambrose Marcellus8, b. May 28, 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.,
Ill., Jan. 1, 1877. She was b. Apr. 18, 1854. They
had ten children:
(1) Alice9, b. Oct. 28, 1877, m. Henry Leach, Apr. Apr. 11, 1903.
(2) Bertrand9, b. Jan. 18,1880.
(3) Myra9, b. Nov. 6, 1881.
(4) Julia Eva9, b. Aug. 23, 1884.
(5) Allen Marion9, b. June 5, 1885, d. Dec. 18, 1897.
(6) Grace Augusta9, b. Feb. 6, 1886.
(7) Robert Sergent9, b. Apr. 26, 1890.
(8) Gertrude9 b. May 8, 1894.
(9) Ruth9 b. June 15, 1896.
(10) Dorothy9, Feb. 2, 1899.

Ambrose Marcellus was for several years a
druggist and school teacher at Norwich, N. Y.;
from 1879- 1898 a farmer at Hallock, Ill., and from
1896 to date an inspector and surveyor in the pub-
lic Works Department, State of New York.
(b) John Cassan8, b. June 4, 1860, at Norwich, N. Y., m.
Ginevra Caroline Westlake, June 29, 1886, at Iron-
ton, Lawrence Co., Ohio. She was was b. Dec. 25,
1866, at Gallipolis, Ohio, and was the dau. of
Thomas R. and Annar Eliza (Bird), Westlake.
They had four children:



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(1) Luella Ambrosia9, b. Sept. 17, 1888.
(2) Annar Marie9, b. Sept.9, 1890.
(3) Justin Federal9, b. Sept. 26, 1893.
(4) Constance Elaine9, b. Jan. 9, 1895.
John Cassan was a mechanic and Civil engineer.
Which later 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 Council of the city from
1900-1904. in 1882 he graduated from Cornell
University; in 1887, from Norwich University,
Vt.; and in 1891 from the Harvard Law School.
In 1886-1887 he was a Captain of Artillery. Vermont
National Guard; 1896-1897, engineer, Erie Canal
Improvement; 1887-1894, instructor and assistant
professor of engineering, Harvard University;
1894-1895, associate editor, "Railroad Gazette."
He is also the author of several books on engineer-
ing law and the useful arts, including a dictionary
of railroad terms.

iv. Harriet Caroline7, b. July 4, 1830; d. Jan. 10, 1892; m.
Hiram S. Wait, Mar. 19, 1877, he was born Dec. 21,
1841. They lived at Sand Hill, N. Y. They had no
children.
v. Ezra J.7, b. Aug. 11, 1833; m. Manetta E. Flagg at Nor-
wich, N. Y., he d. Nov. 20, 1861. They had two
children.
(a) William Ezra8, b. Dec. 24, 1857, m. Lydia A. Prentiss,
Nov. 30, 1881 at Hallock, Peoria Co., Ill. They
had nine children:
(1) Vira P.9, b. Feb. 1, 1883. at ll.; d. Feb. 13, 1891.
(2) Rexford Ezra9, b. Apr. 28, 1885.
(3) desire Catherine9, b. July 4, 1887.
(4) Orra A.9, b. Feb. 15, 1889.
(5) Wilberta Estele9, b. Jan 19, 1891.
(6) Bertha Gertrude9, b. Apr. 9, 1894.
(7) Guy William9, b. Dec. 9, 1895.
(8) Ilion Bernita9, b. Apr. 8, 1898.
(9) William E.9, b. Dec. 26, 1901, d. Aug. 30 1903.
(b)Orra Hughson8, b. Oct 9, 1859, m. Libby Ross at
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 R., b. Oct. 12, 1887. They lived at Norwich N. Y.
6. Elsie6 (or Alice6), 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.
---. --, 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.
--, 1889; Louisa, b. June 24, 1815; d. Jan. 5, 1878; Amy,



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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. Non. 10, 1828;
d. Feb. 20, 1899.
7. Judith6, b. Dec. 17, 1788 Dec 15, 1789), at Dart-
mouth, Mass.; d. 1872, at Ballston Spa., Saratoga Co., N. Y.
She Married Allen Smith; b. Mar. 18, 1781, and d. 1863, at
Quaker Springs, N. Y. They had twelve children: Samuel
W., b. July 25, 1808; Rebecca, b. 26, 1810; Henry,
b. Aug. 7, 1812; Allen, b. Dec. 20, 1813; William, b. Apr. 11,
1815; Sally, b. Mar. 20, 1818; Phebe, b. Mar. 26, 1819;
Charles E. b. Mar. 29, 1821; Anthony, Sept. 26, 1823;
Clark, b. Feb. 14, 1825; Daniel, b. Sept. 11, 1827; Margaret,
b. Aug. 11, 1829.
8. Phebe6, b. Mar. 9, 1790; Lived at or near Lockport, N.
Y.; M. Daniel Shaw.
9. Ahijah6, b. Jan. 22 or 29, 1791-2, at Dartmouth,
Mass.; d. Jan. 28, 1871, at Reading, Schuyler County, N.
Y., where he is buried in Lake Road Cemetery; m. Hannah
Calvert, Mar. 7, 1815, and she d. Feb. 29, 1888. They
had five children.
i. Phebe7, 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 2, 1839, d. Mar. 21, 1901.
(b) Aaron N., b. May 19, 1841, d. Jan. 4, 1885.
ii. Nancy7, b. Sept. 22, 1818; d. Apr. 19, 1892; m. Feb. 27,
1840, to Frederick Stamp, and they went to Paxton,
Ill. They had two children.
(a) Charles, b. Oct. 14, 1841, d. Sept. 10, 1899.
(b) George W., b. Dec. 8, 1868.
iii. Henry7, b. Oct. 19, 1820, at Reading, N. Y.; lived at
Reading, Schuyler County, N. Y.; d. Nov. 13, 1894
he m. Hannah Maurice 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, 1865; lived near Reading
Center N. Y.
iv. Ebenezer7, b. Feb. 26, 1823, at Reading, N. Y.; lived at
Clarence, Ford County, Ill.; he m. Louisa M----, b.
at Newfield, N. Y.; she d. Dec. 10, 1893, at -----
Rankine Ill. They had two children:
(a) Elbert A., b. May 13, 1850, has two children;
(1) Mabel A., b. May 8, 1883.
(2) Ida L., b. Sept. 18, 1886.
(b) Adrian D., b. Mar. 10, 1858.


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v. Margaret, b. Dec. 6, 1830, unmarried.
vi. Sarah, b. Oct. 20, 1833, unmarried.

10. Sarah (or Sally)6, 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. Lucretia6, 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 F.
(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 Maude Kilmer-1, 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
Maude Kilmer-2, b. Aug. 2, 1882; Mae Baldwin Kilmer, b.
Mar. 17, 1891. Helen Maud-1, m. John R. Stanton, of New
York City.
12. Lemuel6, b. Jan. 3, or 13, 1798, and lived at Dix.
Schuyler Co. N. Y.; d. Jan. 13, 1888, at Dix. and is buried
at Reading, Lake Road Cemetery. He M. Prudence West-
ern, who d. 1833, and is buried at Reading, N. Y., Lake
Road Cemetery. They had three children.
i. Daniel.
ii. Jane (or Jennie).
iii. Orrila, m. Chas. Wilber, and lived at Moreland Schuy-
ler Co., Dix Township, N. Y.

Note.-For records of the early descendants of Marshall Richard Wayte, of
Boston, see N. E. History and Gen Register for Oct., 1877: The Waite
Family, of Boston, Mass., by Henry R. Waite, of West Newton, Mass: Ten Gen-
erations in New England, by Henry E. Waite of West Newton, Mass., (1884).
Note.-For Records of the Malden Family, see Waite Family of Malden, by
Deloraine P. Corey of Malden Mass. (1878).
Other sources of information and records of the Wait(e) family are the
following:
Austin's Rhode Island General Dictionary.
Davis' Land Marks, Plymouth, Mass.
Judd's History, Hadley Mass: p. 586-7.
IV.-Savage's General Dictionary, p. 382-6
Temple's Ecc. History of Whatley, Mass. p. 272-7.
Craft's History of Whatley, Mass.
Barry's History, Farmingham, Mass. n. 428.
Benedict's History, Sutton, Mass., p. 786-7.
Bond's History, Watertown, Mass. 617.
Cleveland's History, Yates County, N. Y., 518-9.
Cory's Waite Gen., 1878.
Stone's History, Hubbardston, Mass., p. 362-5.


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Washington's History, Leicester, Mass., p. 410-1.
II. Wyman's, Charlestown, Mass., p. 986-9.
Norton's History Fitzwilliam, N. Y. p. 754.
Bass' History, Braintree, Vt., p. 194.
American Ancestry, 2-142; 3-60; 4-117; 5-51.
Landmarks, Renselear Co. P. 648.
Publications New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, John L.Waite.
III.-New London Historical Society, 54; also 5-46; 6-61.
XXIII.-New England Historical Society, p. 124.
Old Families of Saulbury Mass., 81-62; 82-155.
Arnold's Vital Statistics of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Colonial Records.
Austin's Rhode Island Genealogies.
Elisha C. Leonard's Gen. Records, in Public Library, New Bedford, Mass.
Dartmouth, Mass., Friend's Records, 1699-1792.
Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington.
Office Secretary of Commonwealth of Mass. Boston.
Office State Record Commissioner, Providence, R. I.
Town and County Clerk's Offices, Everywhere.
Probate Court and Registry Offices, Everywhere.


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I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.
Jesse,
1808-
1828
Harman,
Samuel, 1811-
1610- 1876
1694 Abigail James
Joseph, 1775- 1813-
1665 1831 1876
Benjamin Ebenezer Reuben
1641- Thomas,