History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 45

Author: Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1871-1940
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Boston, Mass., G. E. Littlefield
Number of Pages: 1102


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4. WILLIAM4 TYLER (Job,3 Moses,2 Job1) was born July 4, 1701. He married Dorothy, dau. Jonathan and Sarah Geer of Preston, Conn.


Children:


1. BRADSTREET,5 b. June 11, 1725.


ii. MEHITABLE, b. July 15, 1727.


iji. WILLIAM, b. June 22, 1730.


iv. MARGARET, b. June 5, 1732.


v. HANNAH, b. Dec. 24, 1736.


vi. Lucy, b. Jan. 26, 1740.


5. vii. JONATHAN, b. Apr. 12, 1744.


5. JONATHAN5 TYLER (William,4 Job,3 Moses,2 Job1) was born Apr. 12, 1744; sett. first in Willington, Conn., and resided successively in Hartland, Strafford and Fayston, Vt., and Hatley, P. Q.


He married (1) Honora, dau. Justus and Abigail (Cass) Hatch, b. Mar. 16, 1745; d. at Strafford, Vt., (2) Alice (Cole) Spaulding of Royalton, Vt.


Children of first marriage, born in Willington, Conn .:


6. 1. JOB,º b. Apr. 14, 1765


ii PHEBE, b. Sept. 7, 1767.


iii. DARIUS, m. (1) Rhoda Bishop of Hartland; (2) Lois Rowell of Strafford.


6. JOBB TYLER (Jonathan,5 William," Job,3 Moses,? Job1) was born in Willington, Conn., Apr. 14, 1765; was in W. in 1798; rem. soon to Fayston, Vt., and later to Hatley, P. Q., where he died Aug., 1857.


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He married (1) Sept. 9, 1787, at Hartland, Vt., Sophia, dau. John and Hannah (Spofford) Laiton, b. at Charles- town, N. H., Jan. 25, 1771; (2) Mehitable, dau. Jacob and Hannah (Hadley) Tewksbury, b. in Weare, N. H., Nov. 1, 1771; d. 1855; (3) Sally Walton.


Children:


i. ASAHEL,7 b. Aug. 11, 1788, in Hartland, Vt.


7. ii. MERRILL, b. June 29, 1795.


iii. ROYAL, b. abt. 1797; d. in Fayston 1848, unm.


iv. HANNAH, b. abt. 1799; m. Oct. 13, 1817, Stephen Dana.


7. MERRILL TYLER (Job,6 Jonathan," William,4 Job,3 Moses,? Job1) was born, probably, in Hartland, Vt., June 29, 1795; res. for many years in Fayston, Vt., died in W., Aug. 18, 1863.


He married Zelinda, dau. Philemon and Sarah (Brown) Whitcomb, b. Aug. 25, 1804; d. May 18, 1884. Children, born in Fayston:


1. CYRUS,8 b. Oct. 3, 1821; d. Oct. 5, 1822.


ii. LAURA ELVIRA, b. Oct. 25, 1823; m. Aug. 23, 1846, Gershom N. Brigham.


iii. CYREN, 'b. Feb. 2, 1827.


iv. LUCIUS MERRILL, b. July 27, 1832; resided many years in W., where he was Rep. 1876-9, but now a resident of Waterbury; m. (1) Feb. 4, 1856, Eunice H., dau. Andrew Johnson, d. Mar. 7, 1869; (2) F. Adaline, dau. Luke Joslin, d. Jan. 1, 1882. Ch .: Willard,9 b. Mar. 20, 1874.


V: HARRIET L., b. June 9, 1834; d. Oct. 13, 1853.


vi. WILLARD W., b. July 2, 1837.


vii. JOSEPHINE, b. Dec. 30, 1840; m. Apr. 1, 1858, Henry R. Campbell.


viii. SARAH ELIZA, b. Oct. 24, 1843; m. Aug. 10, 1865, David Osgood Joslin.


UPHAM.


SYLVESTER UPHAM, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Wallis) Upham, was born in Weathersfield, Vt., 1798; came to W. abt. IS16 and rem. after 1825 to Warren, Vt., where he died, 1872.


He married (1) Phebe Tobin; (2) June 26, 1867, Dolly Lovett. Children:


i. MARY ANN, d. when abt. 19.


ii. DIANA, m. Edward Baker.


iii. PHOEBE, m. Francis Cady of Stafford, Conn.


iv. EUNICE, d. 1852 ae. abt. 24.


DENSLO UPHAM, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Wallis) Upham. was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Mar. 20, 1800; died May 26, 1884.


He married, Aug. 12, 1823, Adah Hill, dau. James Richard- son of Warren, Vt., b. Apr. 14, 1802; d., 1883.


Children:


i. EDWARD F., b. Jan. 25, 1825; d. Apr., 1900; sett. in Randolph. Vt .; m. Orlana Dodge.


ii. SUSAN H., b. May 8, 1833; m. Aug. 29, 1853, John C. Gleason.


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VAN DEUSEN.


1. ABRAHAMS VAN DEUSEN (Henrick,4 Abraham,3 Melchert,2 Abraham1), son of Henrick4 and Catharine (Vreeland) Van Deusen and grandson of Abraham3 and Catrina (Meier) Van Deusen, of Livingston Manor, N. Y., early settler of Salis- bury, Conn., was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., Sept. 28, 1742; Rev. soldier; sett. in Middlebury, Vt., prior to the Revolution and died there July 17, 1795.


He married Sarah, dau. John Chipman, Jr., of Lime Rock, Conn.


Children:


i. JOHN,6 b. Nov. 8, 1765; d. at Olean, N. Y., 1834; m. Nov. 4, 1789, Rachel Belden.


ii. MARTIN, b. 1768-9; m. Mar. 11, 1795, Deadema Callender.


iii. HARRY, b. 1773; m. Oct. 12, 1794, Loraine Peck.


iv. SAMUEL.


2. V. ABRAHAM, b. July 21, 1783.


vi. ISAAC, b. abt. 1786; m. 1812, Matilda Callender.


2. ABRAHAM6 VAN DEUSEN (Abraham," Henrick,4 Abraham,3 Melchert,? Abraham1) was born in Salisbury, Conn., July 21, 1783; came from Middlebury, Vt., abt. 1835 to Warren, Vt., where he died Jan. 3, 1862; soldier 1812.


He married (1) Feb. 5, 1809, Mercy Averest; (2) May 4, 1815, Lois, dau. Jacob Tewksbury, b. July 15, 1796. Children born in Middlebury, Vt .:


i. HORATIO GATES,7 b. Sept. 26, 1816; d. in Warren Mar. 28, ISSO; m. Lydia Richardson.


ii. OLIVER, b. Jan. 21, 1818; sett. in Hancock, Vt .; d. Aug. 5, I845; m. - Hopkins.


iii. SARAH CHIPMAN, b. Apr. 13, 1819; m. Amos Steele and sett. in Horicon, Wis.


iv. HENRY, b. Dec. 15, 1820; d. in Warren Feb. 8, 1864; m. Jan. 13, 1848, Adaline Remington.


3. V: JAMES M., b. Mar. 28, 1822.


vi. SCHUYLER, b. Dec. 28, 1824; m. Apr. 26, 1846, Laura P. Gleason; res. Warren.


vii. HARRIET, b. Feb. 11, 1829; m. Apr. 2, 1846, Charles Pike of Warren.


3. JAMES M.,7 VAN DEUSEN (Abraham,8 'Abraham," Henrick,“ Abraham,3 Melchert,2 Abraham1) was born in Middlebury, Vt., Mar. 28, 1822; physician; came in 1870 to W. where he died Oct. 13, 1901.


He married June 8, 1851, Jeanette E., dau. E. and L. (Ellis) Royce of South Royalton, Vt., b. Mar. 1, 1833; d. May 24, 1894. Children:


i. DELLA A.,8 b. July 19, 1853; d. Feb. 26, 1864.


ii. ELLA F., b. July 31, 1858; m. Oct. 15, 1SS3, Leslie E. Reed.


iii. FRED E., b. June 30, 1865; res. Boston, Mass.


WADE.


WIDOW PHEBE WADE died in W. Oct. 4, 1807, ac. 86.


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WAIT.


1. RICHARD1 WAIT was in Watertown, Mass., 1637, and died there Jan. 16, 1668-9, ae. about 60.


He married Mary , who died Jan. 21, 1678-9, ae. 72. Children, born in Watertown, Mass .:


j. STEPHEN,2 d. Mar. 8, 1638, ae. 9 days.


11. JOHN, b. May 6, 1639; d. Aug. 24, 1691; m. Jan. 13, 1663-4, Mary, dau. George and Mary Woodward, b. Aug. 12, 1641, d. Aug. 23, 1718.


2. jii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 3, 1641-2.


iv. JOSEPH, b. abt. 1643; sett. in Marlboro, Mass:, where he d. 1726. (Will proved Mar. 21, 1726); was among the soldiers at Marlboro, 1675; married 1674-5, Ruhamah, dau. William Hagar, b. Nov. 10, 1647.


2. THOMAS2 WAIT (Richard1) was born in Watertown, Mass. Mar. 3, 1641-2; conveyed land in that town 1710, and apparently lived for a time in Cambridge Farms (Lex- ington), but died in Weston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1722-3.


He married Sarah, dau. James Cutler, of Lexington, Mass., who died Jan. 17, 1743-4, ae. 91.


Children:


i. RICHARD,3 b. Jan. 29, 1674-5; d. Oct. 5, 1690.


ii. PHEBE, b. July 25, 1676; is called Phebe Stearns in her father's will and was probably wife of Samuel3 Stearns of Lexington.


iii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 7. 1677-8; sett. in Lyme, Conn .; d. before 1744; m. Mary, dau. Abraham Bronson.


iv. JOHN, b. Feb. 16, 16So-1; his father administered his est. in 1703.


3. v.


JOSEPH, b. Feb. 4, 1682-3.


vi. SARAH, b. Jan. 13, 1687-8; m. Aug. 14, 1712, Ebenezer Allen. vii. MARY, b. Jan. 20, 1689-90; m. Feb. 2, 1720-1, John Hadley of Sudbury, Mass.


viii. RICHARD, b. June 25, 1691; buried in Lexington Mar. 19, 1703.


ix. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 3, 1697; m. Sept. 18, 1718, Solomon Temple of Concord, Mass.


3. JOSEPH3 WAIT (Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in Watertown, Mass., Feb. 4, 1682-3; sold land in Weston 1715, and removed soon to Sudbury, Mass., where he remained until 1743, when he went to Worcester, Mass .; died Oct. 5, 1753; constable in Sudbury 1735.


He married Sarah, wid. Joseph Stone, who outlived him and died in Worcester, Apr. 24, 1754. Children:


i. PRISCILLA,4 b. in Watertown Apr. 14, 1707; m. May 27. 1729, Charles Adams of Sudbury.


4. ii. JOHN, bapt. in Lexington Sept. 26, 1708.


iii. REBECCA, bapt. Apr. 8, 1711; m. June 4. 1;29. Capt John Curtis of Worcester.


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4. JOHN' WAIT (Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in Watertown, Mass., bapt. Sept. 26, 1708; sett. in Sud- bury, Mass., but removed about 1745 to Brookfield, Mass., where he kept a tavern on Foster Hill; soldier 1746; died Jan. 27, 1761.


Married (1) Annah (Flagg?) ; (2) Mar. 7, 1743-4, Eunice, dau. Jonathan Morse of Sudbury, b. Aug. 10, 1706, in Sherborn, Mass.


Children, first seven born in Sudbury:


i. ANNAH,5 b. Apr. 8, 1728; m. Nov. 29, 1753, Daniel Heywood, jr., of Worcester, Mass.


ii. JOHN, b. Nov. 20, 1730; sett. in Brookfield, Mass., where he d. 1809; soldier in French War and Revolution; married Martha Walcott.


iii. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 30, 1732; soldier in last French War, Capt. in Rogers Rangers; Lt. Col. of Bedel's N. H. Regt. and in command after the affair at The Cedars; wounded just before naval battle at Valcour Isd. and died from effects of wound at Clarendon, Vt., Sept. 28, 1776; early settler of Claremont, N. H .; m. Jan. 20, 1763, Martha, dau. Col. Nathan Stone. She m. (2) Feb. 26, 1777, Henry Stevens of Claremont.


5. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 13, 1736.


v. SARAH, b. May 16, 1739; m. July 20, 1775, Reuben Gilbert. vi. LYDIA, b. June 26, 1741; m. July 29, 1759, David Chadwick of Worcester.


vii. RICHARD, b. Apr. 30, 1745; soldier in French War 1760; Capt. in Herrick's Rangers, 1777; sett. in Windsor, Vt. where he d. Mar. 5, 1823; m. May 9, 1771, Susannah Allen.


viii. EUNICE, b. Apr. 18, 1747, in Brookfield, Mass.


ix. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 2, 1749-50; d. young.


X. PRISCILLA, b. June 18, 1752.


6. xi. JEDUTHAN, b. June 7, 1754.


xii. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 13, 1756; Rev. soldier; d. in W. Jan. 28. 1843, unm.


5.


BENJAMINS WAIT (John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 13, 1736; soldier in last French War 1755-61; ensign in Rogers' Rangers; settled in Windsor, Vt., 1767 and became a leader in the state among the Green Mountain Boys; capt. in Hoisington's Rangers 1776; major in Herrick's Rangers 1777; col. 1783; brig. gen. of Vt. Militia 1786; maj. gen. 1788; sheriff Cumberland Co., Vt., 1779-86; Cumberland Com- mittee of Correspondence 1774-5; Vt. Const. Convention, 1777; Rep. from Windsor, Vt., 1779, 82, 83, 85; first settler of W. 1789, and chief man in the town until his death, June 28, 1822; Rep. 1795 to 1799, 1801-2; first justice of the peace 1791; treas. 1795; selectman 1794-6 and 1799.


He married (1) Jan. 11, 1767, Lois, dau. Capt. Thomas and Sarah Gilbert of Brookfield, Mass., b. Mar. 18, 1748; d. Apr. 3, 1804; (2) Mehitable, wid. John Burdick, who d. Jan. 15, 1827.


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Children, born in Windsor, Vt .:


7. 1. 8. ii. EZRA,º b. abt. 1767.


9. iii. JOHN. b. abt. 1769.


BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 11, 1773.


10. iii. GILBERT, b. June 16, 1778.


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iv. SARAH, bapt. Aug. 1, 1779; m. Dec. 17, 1797, Aaron Phelps. v. Lors, m. Sept. 18, 1800, Lynde Wait.


II. vi. THOMAS, b. abt. 1781.


vii. JOSEPH, went about 1820 to Antwerp, N. Y., where he d. Dec. 12, 1873; married Oct. 9, 1805, Patty Scaver. Chn .: James Darwin,7 b. May 15, 1807: Caroline, b. Oct. 2, 1808, m. McAllister of Gouverneur, N. Y .; Eliel Gilbert.


6. JEDUTHANS WAIT (John,' Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard') was born in Brookfield, Mass., June 7, 1754; Rev. soldier, serving almost continuously from Apr. 29, 1775, to June, . 1783; sett. in W. as early as 1790; died Apr. 2, 1829.


He married Naomi, dau. Nathan and Elizabeth (Mor- gan) Sterling, b. in Lyme, Conn., Nov. 1, 1770.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ANNA,8 b. July 10, 1791; d. Mar. 25, 1829, unm.


ii. EUNICE, b. June 6, 1793; d. Sept. 5, 1799.


iii. ELI, b. Feb. 6, 1795; rem. early to Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and is said by a brother never to have married.


12. iv. WILLIAM; b. Apr. 3, 1797.


13. v. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 16, 1799.


vi. NATHAN, b. July 28, 1801; m. Jan. 28, 1828, Philinda Pom- eroy.


vii. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 11, 1803; d. Mar. 5, 1814.


viii. LEVI, b. Aug. 12, 1805.


ix. MORGAN, b. May 9, 1807; went to Mich .; m. Fanny Grandy.


X. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 14, 1809; m. Oct. 26, 1829, Alanson Wright of Waterbury, Vt.


7. EZRA® WAIT (Benjamin,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in Brookfield, Mass., 1767; Rev. soldier 1781; sett. in W. 1789; town clerk 1796; died "of a fever" Mar. 14, 1814.


He married 1784, Elizabeth, dau. Lieut. Samuel and Margaret (Thompson) Chandler of Alstead, N. H., b. 1766; d. Mar. 10, 1814.


Children:


i. EUNICE,7 b. Sept. 18, 1785; m. Nehemiah Merritt; sett. in Chazy, N. Y.


ii. SAMUEL CHANDLER, b. May 15, 1787; m. Dec. 14, 1814, Hannah Morse of Wtby .; sett. abt. 1818 in Antwerp, N. Y., where he d. Aug. 12, 1866. 1


iii. ANNA, b. Oct. 19, 1788; m. July 26, 1815, Pelatiah Sherman. CATHARINE CUTLER, b. Oct. 21, 1790, (the first child born in W.); m. Mar. 3, 1823-4, Luther Nutting of Huntington, Vt.


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v. Lors, b. Apr. 13, 1793; m. July 25, 1814, Charles S. Skinner.


vi. BETSEY, b. 1795; m. July 28, 1814, James Baldwin.


vii. MARTIN, b. 1796; d. 1804.


viii. HEMAN, b. June 21, 1708; went to Antwerp, N. Y., and thence to Canton, N. Y., where he d. Sept. 17, 1863; m. Sept., 1828, Margery Hatfield. ·


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ix. THOMAS GILBERT, b. Nov. 8, 1799, or 1800; sett. abt. 1816 in Antwerp, N. Y .; d. in Belleville, N. Y., Dec. ro, 1866; clothier; m. Sept. 11, 1826, Louisa Ann Hathaway of Watertown, N. Y.


x. POLLY, b. 1802; unm. in 1849.


xi. EZRA, b. Jan. 28, 1804; clothier and woolen mfgr .; lived for a time in Montpelier, Vt., but rem. to Watertown, N. Y., where he d. Oct. 15, 1886; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1827, Emily Hildreth; (2) May 20, 1834, Sarah A. Phillips. xii. LEVI.


8. JOHN6 WAIT (Benjamin,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,? Richard1) was probably the second in order of birth among the children of Gen. Benjamin5. The only record of him in W. is his signature as witness to a deed of his father, Jan. 28, 1799. In several branches of the family has existed a well defined tradition that as a youth he took to the sea, sailed on the ship Amity from Boston, and was never again heard from; but from evidence, pre- sented by Mrs. William Sumner Crosby of Brookline, Mass., it seems certain that if there be any truth in the tradition it errs in most respects. John® Wait evidently resided in Windsor, Vt., or vicinity and married Elizabeth Lawrence.


They had at least five children, of whom several are said to have settled in the West. The order of their birth is uncertain.


Children:


i. JOSEPH.7


ii. SALLY, b. Jan. 4, 1793; d. 1886; lived for some years in the family of her grandfather at W .; m. John Davis who sett. in Boston where he died, Jan. 3, 1836. Chn .: Hemenway,$ b. Apr. 12, 1816; Gilbert Wait, b. Mar. 2, 1817, d. Aug. 6, 1817; Lois Gilbert, b. Apr. 17, 1818, d. May, 1818; John Wait, b. June 10, 1820, d. Aug., 1820; Thomas Gilbert, b. Jan. 4, 1825, d. May 10, 1825; Benjamin Wait, b. July 4, 1826, d. Sept. 17, 1826; Lois Gilbert, b. May 2, 1828, d. Aug. 3, 1835.


iii. BENJAMIN.


iv. THOMAS.


V. WILLIAM.


9. BENJAMIN® WAIT (Benjamin," John,' Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in Windsor, Vt., Sept. 11, 1773; town clerk of W. 1796-1801 and 1803; selectman 1797 and 1801; rem. from W. to Chazy, N. Y., in 1814 altho he was previously there for short time in 1807-11, and thence rem. soon to Porter, Ohio; died at Sciotoville, Ohio, IS58. He married at W. Lovina, dau. John and Susannah Heaton, bapt. 1775; d. 1871.


Children, first five born in Waitsfield:


i. ELIEL,7 b. Aug. 16, 1794; d. Aug. 16, 1815.


ii. LUMAN, b. July 8, 1796; d. Aug. 26, 1796.


iii. DAVID, b. Dec. 25, 1797; sett. in Ironton, Ohio; m. Celia La Croix.


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iv. PHILLOSSA, b. Aug. 23, 1800; m. Lemuel Burt.


v. NABBY, b. July 3, 1803; m. Thaddeus Benneight of St. Joseph, Mo.


vi. CAROLINE, b. Sept. 16, 1807, at Chazy, N. Y .; m. (1) John Low; (2) William Griffiths.


vii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Mar. 8, 1809; sett. in Sciotoville, Ohio; m. Dec. 19, 1830, Mary Smith.


viii. JOHN HEATON, b. Mar. 22, 1811; sett. in Portsmouth, Ohio; m. Sept. 12, 1839, Malvina D. Sykes.


ix. ESTHIER, b. Apr. 14, 1813, in W .; m. Ezra Kellogg.


x. ELIZA, b. Oct. 1, 1817, at Waits Station, Ohio; m. Dennis Yeley.


10. GILBERT® WAIT (Benjamin,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in Windsor, Vt., June 16, 1778; went about 1817 to Antwerp, N. Y., where he died Dec. 2, 1844.


He married Rebecca (probably dau. Josiah Willis and Sarah (Whitcomb) Seaver), b. Feb. 28, 1776; d. Aug. 11, 1861.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. SUSAN,7 d. Jan. 26, 1812, ae. 19 says the record.


ii. HARRIET, b. Dec. 20, 1799; in. Mar. 5, 1815, Jesse Carpenter.


iii. JOSEPH LYON, b. 1801; d. in Antwerp, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1855; m. Lucretia McAllister.


iv. ALLEN, b. Mar. 15, 1803; d. in Antwerp, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1833, unm.


V. GILBERT, d. May 14, 1809, ae. 3.


vi. child, d. Apr. 5, 1810.


vii. GILBERT, b. July 7, 1811; m. July 1, 1837, in Somerville, N. Y., Eliza Ann Merriam.


viii. REBECCA, b. Mar. 9, 1817; m. Jan. 12, 1835, Horace Seymour of Antwerp.


11. THOMAS® WAIT (Benjamin,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,? Richard1) was born in Windsor, Vt., 1781 and died in W. Nov. 1, 1808, ae. 27.


He married in W. Apr. 8, 1802, Lovina, dau. Bissell and Lovina (Skinner) Phelps, b. Mar. 22, 1784; d. Dec. 19, 1812.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. JOHN,7 b. Oct. 15, 1802; lumber merchant; sett. in Whites- boro, N. Y .; m. Aug. 24, 1833, Margaret A. Brockway.


ii. DELIGHT, b. Aug. 15, 1804; . d. Dec. 12, 1812.


iii. ALMIRA, b. Aug. 12, 1806; m. Watson Seaver of Antwerp, N. Y.


iv. LOVINA, b. Dec. 16, 1808; m. Apr. 20, 1834, Roswell S Parkhurst of No. Elba, N. Y.


12. WILLIAMS WAIT (Jeduthan,5 John,' Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard1) was born in W. Apr. 3, 1797; lived at various times in Warren, Northfield and Roxbury, Vt .; died Nov. 15, 1886.


He married (1) Jan. 22, 1820, Persis, dau. Elijah and Bathsheba (Hamilton) Grandy, b. Feb. 16, ISor; d.


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July 31, 1857; (2) Nov. 24, 1857, Alma Luana, dau. Benjamin and Polly Carroll, b. May 6, 1820; d. Dec. 17, 1893.


Children:


i. LUANA ALMA,7 b. May 5, 1820, in Richmond, Vt.


ii. SUSAN, b. Sept. 22, 1821; m. Sept. 20, 1836, Pliny Thayer.


iii. WILLIAM ALLEN, b. Oct. 29, 1826; d. December 31, 1907, unm.


iv. HARVEY MORGAN, b. Apr. 25, 1841, in Warren; priv. Co. B, 13th Vt. Vols .; m. Oct. 15, 1865, Ella M., dau. Stephen C. and Angeline (Lockwood) Parker, b. Nov. 5, 1845.


13. NATHANIEL6 WAIT (Jeduthan,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 Richard') was born in W. Sept. 16, 1799; sett. in Fay- ston, Vt., where he died May 1, 1879. He married Sally it is said, and probably (2) Abigail, dau. William and Lucy Wheeler, born Mar. 10, 1816; d. May 18, 1860.


Children, born in Fayston:


i. SARAH DUNCHEE.7


ii. ABIGAIL WHEELER.


iii. CELIA, b. June 5, 1835.


iv. CHARLES, b. Aug. 6, 1838; sett. in Huntington, Vt.


v. RUSSELL E., b. Oct. 15, 1841; d. Apr. 22, 1861.


vi. MELISSA, b. Mar. 6, 1845; d. Apr. 6, 1860.


LYNDE6 WAIT (Richard,5 Richard,4 Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Rich- ard1), son of Richards and Lucy or Lucia (Griswold) Wait, was born in Lyme, Conn., Nov. 16, 1769; was in W. in 1798 and a year later commenced the settlement of Fayston, Vt .; returned to W. about 1811; selectman 1822, 1824. About IS35 the family rem. to Gouverneur, N. Y., and later to Philadelphia, N. Y.


He married, Sept. 18, 1800, Lois, dau. Gen. Benjamin and Lois (Gilbert) Wait, b. abt. 1780; d. 1848.


Children:


i. LUCIA GRISWOLD,7 b. May 30, 1801; said to have been first ch. born in Fayston.


ii. RICHARD, b. Oct. 29, 1803; d. in Antwerp, N. Y., 1852; m. May 15, 1831, Laura Parsons.


iii. JOHN GILBERT, b. Nov. 8, 1805; d. in Mich., Sept. 5, 1846; m. Feb. 21, 1836, Susan C. Hastings.


iv. LOUISA, b. Apr. 29, 1808; m. Dec. 31, 1827, Samuel H. High.


v. AVALINE, b. Sept. 10, 1810; m. Nov. 1, 1829, John R. Spald- ing.


vi. LYNDE, b. Apr. 14, 1814; m. Mar. 8, 1845, at Philadelphia, N. Y., Sally McNeill.


vii. MARVIN, bapt. July 6, 1817; d. in Utica, N. Y., May 7, 1847. viii. COURTLAND, d. Feb. 22, 1821, ae. 4 m.


ix. SYLVESTER MATTHEW, bapt. Sept. 15, 1822; sett. in Waits- burg, Ore .; m. Oct. 6, 1853, Mary Hargrave of Salem, Ore.


x. LUCIA, m. June 15, 1845, John Gifford of Granville, N. Y.


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WALBRIDGE.


GEORGE LORENZ WALBRIDGE (Hiram,& William,5 Eleazer,4 Elcaser,3 Henry,2 Henry1), son of Hiram6 and Lucy M. (Fiske) Walbridge, was born May 24, 1843, in Brookfield, Vt .; came to W. 1874; rem. to Greenfield, Mass., 1899; selectman 1880, 1882.


He married, Nov. 17, 1869, Celia A., dau. Joseph Comstock and L. Cerintha (Chandler) Prentis, b. Aug. 27, 1849.


Children:


i. EDITH V.,8 b. Dec. 3, 1870; m. Oct., 1900, Carril A. Hubbard of Greenfield.


ii. MARTHA C., b. Sept. 1, 1875; m. Jan., 1897, Edward M. Carey.


WALKER.


SETH P. WALKER came from Bethel, Vt., and married, Sept. 16, 1832, Lucia, dau. Simeon and Abiah Stoddard, b. June 15, I SO4. The family rem. to West Randolph, Vt., after 1846. Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. SOPHIA AMELIA, b. Sept. 19, 1833.


ii. MARY P., of school age in 1846.


iii. GEORGE, b. Sept. 14, 1836; priv. Co. G, 8th Vt. Vols .; d. at Ship Isd., Miss., Apr. 26, 1862.


iv. CAROLINE, b. Aug. 21, 1841; m. Nov. 27, 1861, Mason W. Ladd of Woodstock, Vt.


v. CLARISSA MOORE, b. Sept. 27, 1844; m. Mar. 19, 1872, H. P. Riford of Randolph, Vt.


WALLIS.


1. DAVID1 WALLIS, blacksmith, was in Woodstock, Conn., 1728, and Brimfield, Mass., 1757; divided his land among his sons 1762.


He married at Brimfield, May 8, 1729, Mary Anderson. Children, born in Woodstock, Conn .:.


i. DAVID,2 bapt. Nov. 2, 1731; probably the D. W. who served as ensign on Crown Point Expedition, 1755.


2. ii. JONATHAN, bapt. July 22, 1733.


iii. JOHN, bapt. Jan. 7, 1738-9; soldier in French War 1760; in Monson, Mass., 1785; m. June 16, 1763, Sarah, dau. John Danielson. She d. Nov. 17, 1765.


iv. WILLIAM, bapt. May 24, 1741; soldier in French War 1759. v. THOMAS, bapt. Oct. 9, 1743.


2. JONATHAN2 WALLIS (David1) was born in Woodstock, Conn., bapt. July 22, 1733; soldier in French War 1756; sett. in Brimfield, Mass., but removed about 1785 to Weathers- field, Vt., and about 1802 to W. where he died Feb. 27, 1818, ae. 86. He brought to Vt. with him a negro slave named Sam, who had been the property of his father, as appears from Woodstock, Conn., records, and who died in W. Feb. 25, 1810 "supposed aet 98".


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He married at Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 2, 1779, Elizabeth, dau. Joseph and Elizabeth (Carter) Osgood, b. May 19, 1742; d. May 26, 1808.


Children:


i. MARY,3 m. (1) Ezekiel Upham who d. at Pittsfield, Vt. Chn .: Sylvester,+ 1798; Denslo, Mar. 20, 1800; Eunice, m. (2) James Goodrich. Chn .: James Gardner, Mary, Elizabeth, Charles.


3. ii. JOSEPH, b. May 20, 1782.


3. JOSEPH3 WALLIS (Jonathan,? David1) was born in Monson, Mass., May 20, 1782; sett. in W. and took his father's farm in 1805; died Mar. 21, 1860.


. He married Apr. 14, 1814, Mary Church, b. Nov. 26, 1784; d. Feb. 13, 1840. Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. CHURCH,4 b. Apr. 23, 1816; d. Sept. 20, 1886; m. Jan. 5, 1841, Sophronia L., dau. Asahel and Salley (Grandy) Rider.


ii. MARIA, b. June 24, 1818; m. Nov. 13, 1848, Sidney Cush- man of Hockanum, Conn.


iii. DAN, b. Jan. 2, 1821; d. Mar. 18, 1861; m. Jane Burbank. OTIS, b. Dec. 8, 1824.


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v. CHAPMAN, b. Apr. 6, 1828; sett. in Worcester, Mass .; m. Sept. 20, 1854, Mary Baxter.


4. OTIS+ WALLIS (Joseph,3 Jonathan,? David1) was born in W. Dec. 8, 1824, and died there Jan. 12, 1893; selectman 1871-2; owned and occupied the old David Symonds farm in lots 125 and 126.


He married, May 4, 1853, Rebecca Cordelia Wilbur, b. Jan. 9, 1828, in Dover, N. Y .; d. Dec. 18, 190S. Children:


i. ABBIE C.,5 b. Feb. 27, 1857; m. Mar. 15, 1877, Elmer O. Trask.


ii. GEORGE W., b. Jan. 28, 1866.


5. GEORGE W.,5 WALLIS (Otis, Joseph,3 Jonathan,? David1) was born in W. Jan. 28, 1866; Rep. 1906.


He married, May 4, 1893, G. Adelle, dau. George W. Bragg of Warren, Vt., b. June II, 1871. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EVAN O.,8 b. Mar. 5, 1894; d. Aug. 28, 1896.


ii. LOREN W., b. Dec. 16, 1897; d. Feb. 1, 1899.


iii. HAROLD B., h. Jan. 28, 1896.


iv. EVERETT STANLEY, b. Dec. 17, 1899.


v. CLIFFORD MERRILL, b. Mar. 7, 1904.


vi. WILLIAM OTIS, b. July 27, 1908.


WALTON.


JOHN WALTON, blacksmith, was born in England, Feb. 11, 1801; was in W. as early as 1826; rem. about 1870 to Tun- bridge, Vt., where he died June 1, 1877.


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He married (1) Sarah, dau. Andrew and Phebe Durkee, who d. Apr. 12, 1870, ae. 76; (2) her sister Electa (Durkee) wid. of Samuel Austin.


Children (not in order of birth):


1. SARAH ANN, d. May, 1905, unm.


ii. MYRAETTE LUCINDA, d. Dec. 24, 1855, ae. 25.


iii. WILLIAM JASPER, m. Palmer; rem. to California.


iv. MARY E., d. May 14, 1847, ae. 4 yrs., 4 mos.


v. DANIEL CARROLL, m. June 1, 1857, Annette Whitcomb; d. June 8, 1857, ae. 22 yrs. 6 mos. 6 days.


vi. MARTHA.


vii. ELECTA.


viij. LOVILA, m. Daniel Foster.


ix. GEORGE E., d. Nov. 4, 1843, ae. 15 yrs., 4 mos.


x. MERRILL A , d. Apr. 16, 1842, ae. 5 yrs., 9 mos.


WARD.


WILLIAM WARD took the freeman's oath Sept. 4, 1821. He had a house and blacksmith shop in lot 102 and was in W. as late as 1832.


WATERMAN.


1. RICHARD1 WATERMAN came to America (prob.) in 1629 and sett. in Salem, Mass., but rem. in 1638 to Providence, R. I., and was a grantee of Roger Williams est .; joined the society of Friends and was sentenced by Mass. General Court as "hereti- cal" on May 29, 1644; officer in church and militia; died at Providence and was buried Oct. 26, 1673.




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