Born about in Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Willis Seaver
and Sarah (Whitcomb) Seaver
Sister of
Jonathan Seaver, Patty Seaver, Sally (Seaver) Barnes, Olive Seaver, Lydia Seaver, Peter Whitcomb Seaver and Josiah Willis Seaver
Wife of
Gilbert Waite
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Lyon Wait and Allen G Wait
Died
at about age 87
in Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Dec 2013
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Biography
Daughter of Josiah Willis Seaver and Sarah (Whitcomb) Seaver.
Mother of: Allen G. Wait b: ABT. 1833 in Antwerp, Jefferson, New York Laura Wait b: ABT. 1833 in Antwerp, Jefferson, New York Julia C. Wait b: 1835 Daniel Wait b: ABT. 1841 William R. Wait b: ABT. 1845 in Antwerp, Jefferson, NY Joseph W. Wait b: 15 APR 1848 [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 February 2021), memorial page for Rebecca Seaver Wait (1775–11 Aug 1861), Find a Grave Memorial no. 68293646, citing Old Town Cemetery, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, USA ; Maintained by 47305175 (contributor 47305175) .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 February 2021), memorial page for Rebecca Seaver Wait (1775–11 Aug 1861), Find a Grave Memorial no. 68293646, citing Old Town Cemetery, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, USA ; Maintained by 47305175 (contributor 47305175) .
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY2-HB5 : 23 December 2020), Rebecca Wait in household of Joseph L Wait, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QK-1VS : 27 December 2020), J L Wait, E.D. 1, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing p. 28, line #34, family #215, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 895,241.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4S-PV2 : 11 November 2020), Rebecca Wait in entry for H M Seymour, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
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~3.12%
F (S) R
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
P (R) N :
23andMe
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~1.56%
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Heather Archie
Heather Archie
Seaver-803 and Seaver-174 appear to represent the same person because: Rebecca Wait, appears on the 1850 census in the household of Joseph Wait b1848 (the son of Gilbert Wait/e according to FindAGrave records) and then in the 1855 census as his mother. Her age on those documents would work with a roughly 1776 birth year. (The census also records she was born in Vermont, so I'm not sure how sure you are about Rebecca Seaver's birthplace). FindAGrave obituaries seem to point to Rebecca Seaver, daughter of Josiah Seaver marrying Gilbert Wait, the son of Benjamin Franklin Wait, and having children with the same names. Idk if it's a rock solid connection, most of the references to Gilbert and Rebecca (Seaver) Wait I could find right now are on FindAGrave, but both of their families had Revolutionary War/founding families descendant connections that--to me-- appear well researched and solid
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