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Lemuel, b 1765; (6) Selah, b 20 Dec., 1766, d 1 July,
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5 OLIVER, son of Peter (4), bin Wh 8 June. 1760, d IO July, 1820, m(1) 14 Feb., 1784, Miriam, dau of Jeremiah and Rachael (Bement) Waite of Wh, b at Ash 5 March, 1773, d 24 July, 1790, res on the old homestead; m (2) 3 July, 1791, Rachael Bardwell of Ash, d 8 June, 1803. Eleven ch:
Rachel, b 10 June, 1785, m a Mr. Skinner ;
Roswell, b 9 April, 1787; (7)
Miriam, b 11 Nov., 1788, m Daniel DeLand ;
Silas, b 30 Oct., 1791, d soon ;
Silas, b 24 Nov., 1792, d 8 April, 1813 ;
Phebe, b 17 March, 1794, m Seth Bourne of Savoy ;
Samuel, b 15 April, 1796; (8) John, b 4 Feb., 1798 :
Parsons, b 4 April, 1799;
Aretas, b 22 Jan., 1801 ; (9) Martha, b abt 1 Feb., 1803, d soon.
6 LEMUEL, son of Peter (4), b in Wh in 1765, m 25 Nov., 1787, Clarissa, dau of Oliver and Hannah (Gillett) Morton, b 5 July, 1764, rem abt 1798 to Brookfield, Vt. Three ch, bin Wh : Selah, Sylvester, Morton.
ROSWELL, son of Oliver (5), b in Wh 9 April, 1787, d 7 20 Dec., 1869, m prob in Williamsburg, Elizabeth E. Smith, d 24 June, 1876, ae 89 yrs. He was a blacksmith and lived in Williamsburg a few years, a reputable citizen. Eleven ch :
Sarah Ann, b 5 Feb., 1809 ;
Lucinda, b 3 July, 1823;
Horace, b 23 Oct., 1810; (10)
Mary, b 20 Feb., 1813, d soon ;
Cordelia, b 19 Dec., 1827, d soon ;
Elizabeth E., b 16 April, 1815;
Mary S., b 3 July, 1817 ;
Orson Estus, b 24 Sept., 1820; (11)
8 SAMUEL, son of Oliver (5), b at Wh 15 April, 1796, m Mary C. Gurnsey prob of Brunswick, O., wither he had rem. Twelve ch :
Catherine M., b 24 Dec., 1822, m Jerry Rowe ;
Mary B., b 7 April, 1824, m Julius Hyers ;
Electa A., b 9 Aug., 1825, m George Cevilard ;
Rachel G., b 3 July, 1827, m John Rowe ;
Jane Mary, b 5 Feb., 1829, d young ; Samuel, Jr. b 2 March, 1831, m Lau- rania Allen ;
Jane Mary, b 17 March, 1833, m Henry Paulus :
Charlotte P., b 15 Feb., 1835 ; Sarah B., b 22 April, 1837, m Oliver Rowe ;
Martha W., b 6 Oct., 1839, m Robert Edwards ;
John O., b 30 Dec., 1841, d soon ; Phebe B., b 30 Sept., 1846, m John Edwards.
9 ARETAS, son of Oliver (5), b at Wh 22 Jan., 1801, m Martha, dau of Jonathan and Betsey (Brown) Waite of Wh, b 2 Dec., 1803, rem in 1826 to Medina county, O. Four ch : George W., b 15 Jan., 1819, m Mary Bliss ;
Tryphena, b 8 Feb., 1825, m Joseph Tabor; Elsey B., b 24 Aug., 1823, m Harry Warner ;
Morris, b 8 Oct., 1833, d 18 Nov., 1851.
10 HORACE, son of Roswell (7), b at Wh 23 Oct., 1810, d Oct., 1877, ae 67 yrs, m (1) 4 July, 1831, Martha M., dau of Prescott and Betsey (Murphy) Brown, b 18 Oct., 1813. d 23 Feb., 1853 ; m (2) 5 May, 1853. Hannah F., dau of Moses Gouch, b 18 March, 1823, res in Wh. Eight ch :
Son, b 23 Aug., 1829, d soon ; Lucretia A., b 9 Aug., 1835.
Lewis, b 4 Nov., 1825; (12)
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Martha A., b 19 Nov., 1833, d soon; Amaretta C., b 3 July, 1836, d soon ; Mary S. C., b 19 Dec., 1840;
Eustis, b 19 April, 1843, « soon ;
George N. B., b 1 July, 1845 ; Aylette W., b 16 April, 1847 ; Addison W., b 19 Aug., 1849 ; Ida A., b 23 Aug., 1852, d soon.
11 ORSON ESTUS, son of Roswell (7), b in Wh 24 Sept., 1820, 11 21 Jan., 1847, Eliza G. Bailey of Lunenburg, b 16 July, 1826, res in Nthn. He was in the 37th Regt. in the Civil war. Three ch:
Ida Evaline, died soon ; soldier from Holyoke and d Elva A., b 1 Nov., 1849 ; Aug., 1898 .. (13)
Edgar R., b 16 March, 1852. A Cuban
12 LEWIS, son of Roswell (7), bin Wh 4 Nov., 1825, m Kate Potter, sister of Erastus Potter, res at North Hat, Mon- tague and now at South Dfld. Two ch :
Ella, m James Ball of Montague ; Arthur, d.
13 EDGAR R., son of Orson E. (II), b 16 March, 1852, d 27 Aug., 1898, m 4 July, 1874, Ellen Eliza, dau of John and Abbie (Woodward) Hamilton of Shelburne Falls, res at Hol- yoke. He served as quartermaster in Co. D, 2d Mass. Regt., in the Cuban war, came back and d at Montauk, L. I. He was an expert mechanic. Three ch :
Ethel May, b 16 Oct., 1875 ; John Orson, b 11 May, 1878 ;
Frank Arthur, b 21 Dec., 1882.
TURNER, ABRAHAM 3, son of John and Hannah (Pen- field) Turner 2, and grandson of John and Johanna (Benton) Turner 1, of New Haven, Ct. The first John's wife d 16 Dec., 1686, and he d Nov., 1696. John 2 was b 16 Sept., 1687, and d in Guilford, Ct., 28 May, 1739. Abraham, his son, was b at Guilford, Ct., 1718, m (1) 5 May, 1742, Elizabeth Evarts ; m (2) 24 Feb., 1751, Thankful Goff. By the first marriage he had three ch and by the last four ch. He came to Wh before 177I as he was taxed that year on two polls, farm buildings, one horse, three cows and one yoke of oxen. The farm is now owned by Edward W. Bardwell and is still known as the Tur- ner farm. Seven ch:
Ezra, b 6 Feb., 1743 ; Martha, b 1744 ; Elizabeth, b 1746 ; Abraham, Jr., b abt 1748;
Elizabeth, b abt 1750 ; Thankful, b abt 1753; Sarah, b abt 1755, m 10 Dec., 1778, John Morey of Wh.
EZRA4 , son of Abraham3 , John2, John1, b at Guilford, Ct., 6 Feb., 1743, m (1) a Mrs. Cook, d 7 Jan., 1777, ae 35 yrs; m (2) 10 Dec., 1778, Ruhannah Jeffries of Chesterfield. He was then of Wh, later rem to Williamsburg. A Revolutionary soldier from Wh. Four ch:
Ezra. Jr., Isaac, Elizabeth, Stephen at request of his grandfather, Abraham.
Blake, bapt at Wh 9 June, 1776,
ABRAHAM, JR., b abt 1748, mı (1) Sarah Penfield. She d and he m (2) Esther McAllister, rem at an early date to New-
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burg now a part of Cleveland, O., where he d in 1817.
A Rev- olutionary soldier from Wh. Three ch, bapt at Wh :
Artemas, bapt 18 June, 1775; Aaron, bapt 23 June, 1780.
Hannah, bapt 3 Aug., 1777;
STEPHEN B., son of Ezra and grandson of Abraham, who had him bapt at Wh 9 June 1776, m (1) 18 Sept., 1798, Tirzah, prob dau of Rev. Asa Todd of Wh; m (2) Lydia Look of Con. When a small boy he was found living with Simeon Graves in the southeast part of Con and was his heir as Simeon married his aunt. Two ch :
Simeon Graves, b 14 Oct., 1805 ;
Stephen, Jr., b abt 1807.
OTIS, b abt 1810, m 25 April, 1839, Zelinda, dau of Silas and Mehitable (Wing) Sanderson of Wh, b 29 Aug., 1817, d 13 Aug., 1863, ae 45 yrs. No ch.
TOOMEY, PATRICK, son of Patrick, in 2 Nov., 1892, Hannah Prince of Florence. He bought the Luther S. Wilcox place in the Straits formerly owned by William Bardwell Four ch :
Martin Edward, b 9 Feb., 1894; John, b 27 April, 1895;
Katherine, b 1 Nov., 1896 ; Clara Ruth, b 15 June, 1898.
2 WAITE, SERGT. BENJAMIN. His early history is not an open book, in fact I have never seen anything in print that would shed much light upon his parentage. No one ever speaks of him as an original emigrant from England. We first hear of him about 1664 at Had and later at Hat. I am not aware that anyone has ever undertaken to mention his place of birth or his parentage. It may be said that I am presumptuous in attempting to present my views on this topic. Richard and Gamaliel Waite of Boston, had a brother Thomas, I think, who settled at Seconet, R. I., and is spoken of as having quite a family. Among them I claim was our Sergt. Benjamin of Hat, William of Nthn, and Richard of Springfield, often said to be brothers. Benjamin was well versed in Indian warfare and ex- celled in his ability to cope with Indian cunning in war. He was a brave, fearless guide and leader of scouts, and these faculties were fully recognized by his townsmen. To gain these traits of character he must have seen service before he came to the Connecticut valley, prob with his uncle, Richard Waite of Boston, in his Narragansett campaigns. Seconet or Seaconnet, this was its Indian name, now Little Compton, is in Newport county, R. I. It lies on the ocean at or near the eastern entrance to Narragansett Bay. Here we claim was the birthplace of Benjamin and we shall write him as the probable son of Thomas 1. Benjamin was b as early as 1640, d 29 Feb., 1704, ae abt 64 yrs, killed in the battle between our people and the French and Indians while driving the enemy across the meadow in Dfld, towards Petty's plain. The enemy were re- inforced by the French troops and our men were compelled to
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retreat and here the hero of the Connecticut valley fell. He was stripped and his body mutilated. His remains were buried in the Dfld cemetery near the railroad station. He had eight acres of land granted him for a house lot on the west side of Main street, the fourth lot north of the Dfld road, and other lots in the outlying various divisions of the town. He m 8 June, 1670, Martha, dau of John Leonard of Springfield, b 15 May, 1649. Eight ch, b at Hat :
Mary, b 25 Feb., 1672, m 4 Dec., 1690, Ebenezer Wells:
Martha, b 23 Jan., 1673 ;
Sarah, b 1675, m John Belden of Hat;
Canada, b in Canada 22 Jan., 1678, m Joseph Smith of Hat;
John, b 17 Jan., 1680; (3)
Joseph, b July, 1682, d soon ; Jeremiah, b 24 Sept., 1684; (4) Joseph, b 11 Nov., 1688. (5)
3 JOHN, son of Sergt. Benjamin (2), b at Hat 17 Jan., 1680, d 1744, as his will was made in 1743 and probated at July term, 1744, m 12 Feb., 1702. He was like his father, much in service, was also a sergeant and commanded in many scouts, was in the fight at Dfld 29 Feb., 1704, when his father was slain and secured as a trophy a hatchet captured from the enemy and was surrendered to the colony. This and other things found were sold at auction, the hatchet selling for 2s, 7d. He was often sent on a scout, at one time thirty privates, all on snow shoes, went far up country for a winter's scout. His wife was Mary, dau of Stephen and Mary (Wells) Belden, b 20 May, 1685. Ten ch, bin Hat:
John, Jr., b 3 Dec., 1703 ; (6) man of Wh ; Eunice, b 1720, m Israel Graves of Wh ;
Martha, b 20 Feb., 1706, m 10 Aug., 1738, Nathaniel Hawks;
Mary, b 22 June, 1708, m Benjamin Munn of Dfld;
Lydia, b 7 Oct., 1710, d soon ; Lydia, b 4 July, 1712, m Noah Cole-
Benjamin, b 4 Jan., 1718; (7) Eleanor, b 10 Dec., 1722 ; Elisha, b 10 Oct., 1725; (8) Sarah, no dates.
4 JEREMIAH, son of Sergt. Benjamin (2), b at Hat 24 Sept., 1684, d in 1733, as his inventory was filed at probate court Dec., 1733, m 4 April, 1706, Mary, dau of John and Sarah (White) Graves of Hat, b at Hat 24 Feb., 1683. Dates of deaths not obtained. Six ch, b at at Hat :
Benjamin, b 8 April, 1707; (9) Gad, b abt 1712, d unm; (11) Mary, b 17 Nov., 1708, m Richard Morton of Athol ; Reuben, b abt 1714, d unm ; (12) Simeon, b abt 1716 ; (13) Miriam, b abt 1720.
Nathan, b 15 Feb., 1711; (10)
5 JOSEPH, son of Sergt. Benjamin (2), b at Hat II Nov., 1688, m (1) 19 Nov., 1713, Hannah Billings, d 15 July, 1716; m (2) 22 Sept., 1720, Mary, dau of Daniel and Mary (Hubbard) Warner, d at Wh 18 Aug., 1792, ae 99 yrs, 9 m, leaving six children, forty-five grandchildren, ninty-eight great-grandchild- ren and one great-great-grandchild. In her extreme age her mental faculties almost entirely failed her. She required to be fed and would amuse herself playing with her doll, dressing and undressing it and fondling it like a young girl. About a week
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before she died her mind suddenly brightened and she repeated the whole of the assembly's shorter catechism, questions and answers and proof texts. She then gradually sunk away and died. She was living with her dau who m Capt. Salmon White of Wh. He, like his brother John, was much engaged in mili- tary affairs and often led scouts nearly to Canada in 1710. The design was to reach Canada and destroy the enemy at the com- mencement of hostilities. They went up the river 120 miles and then struck off for French river and then to Lake Cham- plain where they met two canoes loaded with Indians and a battle ensued. One Indian was killed and scalped, then being discovered they started homeward. Seven ch, b at Hat :
Moses, b 23 Sept., 1714, m Miriam Graves;
Hannah, b 8 July, 1716, m James Porter of Hat ;
Rhoda, b 21 Aug., 1721, m Noah Morton of Athol;
David, b 7 Dec., 1722, m Martha Bardwell of Hat;
Martha, b 7 Oct., 1724 ;
Lucy, b 27 Sept., 1727, m (1) Reu- ben Bardwell; (2) Asahel Wright of Dfid ;
Mary, b 17 Oct., 1730, m Capt. Sal- mon White.
An incident connected with the marriage of Lucy Waite, the widow of Reuben Bardwell, with Asahel Wright of Dfid: The mother of Asahel had for some time been urg- ing him to get married. Reuben Bardwell was a well-to-do Dfid man
when he brought his young bride home, and the next Sunday they were at church, as were Asahel and his mother. He whispered to his mother, saying to her that when he could find such a girl as Lucy, why, he wouldn't hesitate to get married. Reuben died in three months. After a suitable time his mother called his attention to the matter, and he, nothing loth, sought an interview with the young widow, offered her his heart and hand and was accepted. They lived in Dfid. He d 4 Dec., 1816. She died 1 April, 1814. They were married Feb. 2 or 22, 1750, and lived together 64 years. They had nine children, the oldest being Lucy, b 12 Jan., 1751, m 1 Dec., 1774, Dea. Thomas Sanderson of Wh.
6 JOHN, son of John (3), b at Hat 3 Dec., 1703, d at Wh 4 March, 1776, ae 72 yrs, m (1) 19 Sept., 1723, Submit, dau of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Graves) Hastings of Hat, b 16 July, 1707; m (2) Mary, dau of Eleazer and Deborah (Chapin) Frary of Hat, d at Wh 23 Dec., 1807, ae 96 yrs, rem early to what is now Wh. He was prominent in town and church affairs. Eleven ch, b in Wh :
Joel, b 13 March, 1726, d young ; Jerusha, b 24 Jan., 1728, m John Billings, rem to Amh ;
Eleanor, b 4 April, 1730;
Seth, b 12 Aug., 1732; (14)
Lydia, b 26 Sept., 1734, m (1) a Mr. Coleman of South Had, and (2) Orange Warner of Had ;
Katherine, b 25 Dec., 1736; Chloe, b 23 Feb., 1738; William Mary, b 18 April, 1741, m Brown, Jr., of Wh;
John, b 25 Nov., 1743; (15) Submit, b 1746, m Waite Broughton, 21 Nov., 1791 ; Joel, b 9 Sept., 1754. (16)
7 BENJAMIN, son of John (3), b at Hat II Jan., 1718, d at Hat. His will was dated 8 May, 1782, and proved Jan., 1789, so he was abt 71 yrs old, m Martha, dau of Nathaniel and Mary (Dickinson) Smith, b 31 Jan., 1709.
8 ELISHA, son of John (3), b at Hat 10 Oct., 1725, d 29 June, 1816, ae 91 yrs, m abt 1748 or 1749, Martha, dau of John
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and Martha (Allis) Wells of Hardwick, b 12 June, 1731, d 2 Feb., 1817, ae 86 yrs, res in Hat. Eleven ch:
Lucy, b 3 Nov., 1749, m Noah Bard- well ;
Irene, b 3 Jan., 1752, m 1 Jan., 1778, Gad Smith :
Mary, b 15 July, 1755, m 15 March, 1781, Isaiah Brown ;
Elihu, b 15 Aug., 1757 : (17)
Martha, b 20 March, 1760, m Nathan
Gerry ;
Consider, b 25 March, 1762; (18)
Sarah, b 25 June, 1765, d Oct., 1766 ; Daniel, b 5 Aug., 1766, m Mary Hastings ; Elisha, b 2 April, 1769 ;
Electa, b 16 Sept., 1771 ; Jonathan, b 20 April, 1775. (19)
9 BENJAMIN, son of Jeremiah (4), b at Hat 8 April, 1707, d in Hat 6 Dec., 1788, m 1745, Bathsheba -, they lived for sometime in Wh, but in his old age sold one farm and the buildings to Graves Crafts in 1785. He also sold a farm and buildings on Shingle hill to his brother, Nathan, and his son, Jeremiah, when they moved to Wh from Ash. Seven ch : Penelope, b 5 Dec., 1745 : Lydia, b 20 Nov., 1763, m 27 Dec.,
Joel, b 13 May, 1748; (20) 1784, Joseph Church of Amh; Lucius, b 18 July, 1766 ;
Benjamin, Jr .. b 8 Dec., 1759, m Zilphia Howard, rem to Ohio;
Sarah, b 26 Sept., 1753, m 17 Dec., 1780, Joseph Morton of Hat ; Bathsheba, b 25 Oct., 1768, m 24 April, 1794, Elijah Dickinson of Hat.
10 NATHAN, son of Jeremiah (4), b at Hat 15 Feb., 171I, d at Wh 25 Nov., 1798, ae 87 yrs, m 18 Jan., 1839, Hannah, dau of Richard and Hannah (Marsh) Billings of Hat, b 14 July, 1706, d at Ash 15 Aug., 1773, they rem from Hat to what is- now Athol and were among its early settlers. He was dis- missed from the church in Athol in 1755. By trade he was a weaver, they rem to Ash and then to Wh abt 1780. Six ch :
Mary, b at Hat 5 June, 1740, m Asa, b at Athol, 23 March, 1747, m John Bement of Ash ; Submit Smith ;
Jeremiah, b at Athol, 16 Feb., 1742; (21)
Hannah, b at Athol 1749, m Joseph Alexander of Wh ;
Elijah, b at Athol 3 Feb., 1744, m Huldah Pelton ;
Gad, no dates.
13 SIMEON, son of Jeremiah (4), b at Hat 1716, m 8 Feb., 1738, Martha Dickinson of Hat, rem to what is now Wh and built the house now owned by Calvin S. Loomis. This was on lot No. 36, second division of Commons, and the first house in Christian lane. He was chosen a deacon when the church was organized in 1771. He kept a small store and a hotel and sold strong drinks by the mug or gallon. He sold his large farm of one hundred and fifteen acres to Abial Bragg in 1778, and the family rem to Hinsdale, N. H. Three ch :
Martha, b 5 Oct., 1744; 1771, Dea. Thomas Sanderson ;
Miriam, b 5 July, 1747, m 14 Feb., Gad, b 10 March, 1751. (22)
14 SETH, son of John (6), b at Wh 12 Aug., 1732, m 20 March, 1753, Submit Smith of Hat, she prob d at an early date as the first of his ch that was bapt was Jerusha, bapt in Wh 13 Sept., 1772, and the record reads, a dau of Seth and Mehitable. He owned a large farm of eighty acres, which lay on the east
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side of the Straits and extending to the Connecticut river, and then one hundred and fifteen acres of good land besides. He sold and rem to Ash before the Revolutionary war. Three ch : Jerusha, bapt in Wh 13 Sept., 1772, m Moses Belden of Ash ;
Priscilla, b at Ash, m John Belden of Ash ;
Seth, Jr., b prob at Ash, m Rebecca Rogers. He kept a hotel at Ash, but rem to Hudson, N. Y.
15 JOHN, son of John (6), b at Wh 25 Nov., 1743, m 14 June, 1770, Mary, dau of Elisha and Sarah (Smith) Smith of Wh, b 14 July, 1746. He built the house known as the Moses Graves place in Christian lane. He sold his farm and rem from town. A Revolutionary soldier, an active, energetic man. Eleven ch, all b in Wh :
Solomon, b 15 Oct., 1768 ; (23) Edward, b 2 Oct., 1770, m Prudence Dickinson of Con;
Betsey, b 22 Dec., 1772, m Jonathan Bacon ;
Selah, b 15 Feb., 1775, d 12 Aug., 1788 ;
John, Jr., b 16 Aug., 1777; (24)
William, b 18 Sept., 1779 ; Submit, b 13 May, 1782 ; Chester G., b 11 Sept., 1784 ;
Judith and Electa, (twins), b 25 Jan., 1787 ; Mary, b 20 June, 1789. This family, except Betsey, re- moved to Preston, N. Y.
16 JOEL, son of John (6), b at Wh 9 Sept .. 1754, d 4 July, 1835, ae 82 yrs, m 1I May, 1775, Deborah Blood of Groton. He was widely known as Landlord Waite as he kept a hotel in Straits many years. He served in several campaigns in the Revolutionary war. His wife d 26 Aug., 1829, ae 74 yrs. Ten ch :
Lemuel, b 1 May, 1776 ; (25) Anna, b 2 July, 1787;
Abel, b 18 July, 1778; (26) Amy, b 21 Nov., 1789 ;
Aaron, b 8 Sept., 1780; (27) Sarah, b 12 May, 1791 ;
Obadiah, b 8 Jan., 1783; (28) Joel Jr., b 27 Aug., 1793 ; (30) John, b 15 Oct., 1795. (31)
Luke, b 9 May, 1785 ; (29)
17 ELIHU, son of Elisha (8), b at Hat 15 Aug., 1757, d 19 July, 1828, ae 71 yrs, m (1) 29 April, 1779, Rebecca, dau of Aaron Graves of Williamsburg, b 1758, d II Aug., 1821, ae 63 yrs ; m (2) in 1822, Electa, dau of Moses Kellogg of Had, b . Nov., 1773, d 9 Nov., 1838. He was a Revolutionary soldier, was in several campaigns, an excellent man, res in the west part of Wh. Twelve ch :
Lucretia, b 5 Nov., 1779 ; Mary or Polly, b 5 April, 1784, m Joel Munson of Wh :
Calvin, b 22 May, 1785 ; (32) Demis, b 26 June, 1786, m Gideon Dickinson of Wh ;
Sarah, b 26 July, 1787, m Spencer Brown of Wh ;
Luther, b 21 Jan., 1788; (33) Roxa, b 16 April, 1789, m John Rice; Rufus, b 9 July, 1790 ; (34) Chester, b 24 Dec., 1793 ; (33})
Rebecca, b 12 Dec., 1795, m Abner Cooley ; Elihu, Jr., b 2 June, 1797 ; (34 1-2) Sylvester, b 12 June, 1799. (35)
18 CONSIDER, son of Elisha (8), b at Hat 25 March, 1762, d 4 Dec., 1829, m (1) 22 Sept., 1778, Persis Lull, d I June, 1796, ae 28 yrs ; m (2) Elizabeth Weaver, d 28 July, 1822, ae 63 yrs. He was a Revolutionary soldier out in several campaigns. Res on Poplar hill. Nine ch, b in Wh :
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Nancy, b 29 Nov .. 1788, m 12 Jan., 1809, Chester Morton of Wh ;
Cynthia, b 20 Jan., 1790, m 9 Jan., 1809, Levi Smith ;
James, b 18 March, 1791; (35})
Enos, b 1 April, 1792; (36)
Henry, b 27 March, 1793; (37)
Sarah, b 16 June, 1796, m Justin Brown ; William, b 11 Nov., 1797, m Mary Chamberlin ;
John. b 26 May, 1799, m Lucinda Dickinson ; (38) Elizabeth, b 16 Jan., 1801, m Em- mons Meekins.
19 JONATHAN, son of Elisha (8), b in Hat 20 April, 1775, d 6 April, 1835, ae 60 yrs, m (1) I March, 1797, Betsey, dau of Lieut. John and Amy (Blood) Brown of Wh, b I March, 1777, d 23 Jan., 1817 ; m (2) 3 Nov., 1820, Nancy Robinson, b 24 April, 1784, d 25 Aug., 1877, ae 93 yrs. Res in the west part of Wh. An energetic, wide-awake man. Fifteen ch :
Eliza, b 26 May, 1798, m Alanson Ring ;
Amy, b 11 Aug., 1800, m Eri San- derson ;
Horace, b 1802, d young ; Martha, b 2 Dec., 1803, m Aretas Train :
Elsie, b 14 Jan., 1806, in 22 Jan., 1827, W. H. Judd ;
Alpha, b 16 Dec., 1807; (39)
Delight, b 20 April, 1810, m Joel Flagg, 8 May, 1834;
Horace, b 29 Sept., 1811; (40)
Sophia, b 10 Sept., 1813, d 2 Oct., 1813:
Spencer, b 5 Oct., 1814; (41) Infant dau. b 23 Jan., 1817, d soon ; Nancy, b 6 Oct., 1820, d unm 6 July, 1837 ;
Betsey, b 22 Sept., 1822, d unm 23 Jan., 1892 ;
Electa, b 26 Oct., 1824, m 17 Jan., 1860, George Ellsworth ;
Chauncey, b 5 Dec., 1828, unm, en- listed 21 July, 1862,. in 37th Regt. Mass. Vols. d of wounds got at the battle of the Wilder- ness 27 June, 1864, having suf- fered from the 6th of May.
20 JOEL, son of Benjamin (9), b prob in Williamsburg 13 May, 1748, d 5 July, 1820, ae 72 yrs. He came to Wh in 1780, m Mary, dau of Deacon Joseph Carey of Williamsburg. They res on Poplar hill in Wh. Six ch :
Joel, Jr., b 30 March, 1774 ; Mercy, m a Mr. Chamberlin ; Submit, b 7 Dec., 1775, d young ; Submit, b 9 Dec., 1780 ; Mary, b 17 Dec., 1776, m Wm. Brown ; Hannah, b 3 July, 1783, m Isaac Chapman.
21 JEREMIAH, son of Nathan (10), b prob at Athol 16 Feb., 1742, d 16 March, 1817, ae 75 yrs, m Rachel Bement in 1762 at Ash where he was then living. She was b in 1742 and d 22 Dec., 1814, ae 72 yrs. They came to Wh in 1780 or '81 and bought a farm on Shingle hill, but later bought the farm where Willis F. Waite now lives. Nine ch, all but one b at Ash :
Oliver, b 1 Nov., 1763, d 25 May, 1784, of consumption contracted in the Revolutionary army : Mary, d 5 June, 1775, d young ;
Miriam, b 7 Nov., 1764, m Oliver Train ; Nathan, b 2 Sept., 1766 ; (42) Gad, b 8 Sept., 1768; (43)
Benjamin, b 15 Sept., 1770; (44) Rachel, b 5 March, 1773 d young ;
Lois, b 30 May, 1777, d 27 May, 1787 ; Jeremiah, Jr., b 15 Oct., 1779 ; (45) Joseph, b at Wh 17 July, 1782, and was bapt at Wh. (45})
22 GAD, son of Deacon Simeon (13), b prob at Athol IO March, 1751. He came with his father to Wh and lived with
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him when they sold to Abial Bragg, and they then rem to Hins- dale, N. H. · M 19 Dec., 1771, Hannah, dau of Edward and Hannah (Thomas) Brown of Wh, b in Connecticut in 1744. The family rem from Wh in 1778. Two ch :
Miriam, bapt 10 May, 1772;
Hannah, b 22 Aug., 1773.
23 SOLOMON, son of John (15), b at Wh 15 Oct., 1768, m 6 Dec., 1792, Lucy Wells of Hat. They rem to Preston, Che- nango county, N. Y., in company with his parents. They lived in Wh where Moses Graves afterwards lived. The Waites built the house. Two ch :
Chester, m and had a large family ; Wells, m and had a large family.
24 JOHN, JR., son of John (15), b 16 Aug., 1777, rem with his other brothers to Preston, N. Y., where he m and had a family.
25 LEMUEL, son of Joel (16), b at Wh I May, 1776, d 19 Sept., 1847, m 23 Feb., 1795, Roxa, dau of Deacon Russell and Sarah (Edson) Allis of Wh, b 24 Feb., 1776, d 21 Oct., 1843. They res at West Brook. Ten ch, b at Wh :
Russell, b 29 July, 1796 ; (46) Wrisley ; Allen, b 5 Nov., 1809, m Susan Pratt, rem from town ;
Dency, b 21 Dec., 1798, m Elijah Burnap of Sutton :
Harris, b 17 Nov., 1800; (47)
William, b 31 March, 1812;
Lemuel A., b 12 Jan., 1803 ; (48)
Roxana, b 9 Feb., 1805, m Cyrus Bardwell;
Fidelia, b 10 May 1807, m Lyman
Electa, b 1 Aug., 1814, d 17 April, 1861; Eliza Ann, b 22 Dec., 1816, m Rufus Mosher.
26 ABEL, son of Joel (16), b in Wh 18 July, 1778, m in 1797, Olive Jane Palmer of Nthn, resin Wh, but rem to Clarks- ton, N. Y. He d in 1852 ae 74 yrs. Eight ch, first four b in Wh, last four in New York :
Stephen, b in Wh 1797, m Hannah Sturgis, res in Franklin, Mich ;
Jefferson, b at Wh 1799, d unm ;
Sabrina, b at Wh 1804, m Alvah Smith ;
Adaline, no dates ;
Asenath, b at Wh 26 Nov., 1806, m Jacob Hosmer ;
George Washington and James Mad -.
ison, (twins): George Washing- ton m Jane Babcock ; James Madison m Ellen Palmer. He joined the Mormoms ;
Sophronia, b 1825, m Alonzo Mc- Cain.
27 AARON, son of Joel (16), b in Wh 8 Sept., 1780, m 20 Jan., 1802, Sarah, dau of Solomon Morton of Hat, res on what is now known as the Joel Waite place on the River road. He enlisted in the regular army, war of 1812-'14, for three years and d while on his journey home in 1815. Four ch, bin Wh : Eunice b 1803, m Edward Hogan ; (50) Clementine, b 1805, m Moses Luce ; Charles Grandison, b 16 Nov., 1807 ; Aaron Emmons, b 26 Dec., 1813. (51)
28 OBADIAH, son of Joel (16), b in Wh 8 Jan., 1783, d 10 Dec., 1853, m 12 Jan., 1804, Salome, dau of Heman Swift of Wh. They rem to Chicopee. Eight ch, b in Wh :
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