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Canada (Waite) Smith (1678 - 1749)

Canada Smith formerly Waite
Born in Canadamap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , and
Wife of — married 15 Dec 1696 in Hadley, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Mother of , , , , , , and
Died at age 71 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Canada Waite was the daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Leonard) Waite. She was born in captivity in Canada on January 22, 1678, and was thus named "Canada."[1][2][3]

She married Joseph Smith of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in Hadley, Massachusetts, on December 15, 1696. The marriage was performed by the Rev. Mr. William Williams.[1][2][3][4]

Canada (Waite) Smith died in Hatfield on May 5, 1749, "in the 72nd year of her age" (gravestone).[2][3] She is buried at Hill Cemetery in Hatfield, where her gravestone reads:

IN
MEMORY
of
Canada Wait
Wife of
Joseph Smith
died May 5th
1749 in the
72nd Year of
Her Age.

Children

Children of Joseph and Canada (Waite) Smith, Hatfield births:[2][3]

  1. Mary Smith, born September 24, 1697; married, September 13, 1716, Joseph Field, of Sunderland, Massachusetts.[5][6]
  2. Martha Smith, born October 19, 1699, married, June 8, 1727, Thomas Nash.[7][8]
  3. Benjamin Smith, born November 17, 1701; killed at Northfield, Massachusetts. June 18, 1724.[9][10]
  4. John Smith, born December 26, 1703; died about middle of July, 1705 (an adjacent record cites "March 5th 1705/6." Perhaps there were two sons of the name?)[11][12][13]
  5. Sarah Smith, born October 14, 1707; married, December 14, 1727, Elisha Smith.[14][15]
  6. Esther Smith, born June 2, 1710; married, July 25, 1739, Jonathan Field, of Sunderland, Massachusetts.[16][17]
  7. Hanna "Anna" Smith, born July 22, 1712; married, October 24, 1737, Moses Dickinson.[18][19]
  8. Samuel Smith, born 1715; married Mary __; died about 1779 or 1780.
  9. Eleanor Smith, born December 9, 1717; married Jonathan Morton.[20]
  10. Joseph Smith, born November 21, 1720; died October 27, 1798.[21][22]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wait, John Cassan. Family Records of the Descendants of Thomas Wait of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. (John Wait, 1904). p 13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boltwood, Lucius. Genealogies of Hadley Families (Metcalf & Co., Northampton, Mass., 1862). p 128.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wells, Daniel White. A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts (F.C.H. Gibbons, Springfield, Mass., 1910). p 437.
  4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L7VJ : 10 November 2020), Joseph Smith, 15 Dec 1696; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
    Transcript of Image: "Joseph Smith & Canada Waite were Married Decembr 15 1696 by ye Rev'd M'r W'm Williams."
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1V-NV5 : 15 January 2020), Mary Smith, 24 Sep 1697.
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LQJL : 10 November 2020), Mary Smith in entry for Joseph Field, 13 Sep 1716; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L796 : 10 November 2020), Martha Smith, 19 Oct 1699; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LWL9 : 10 November 2020), Martha Smith in entry for Thos. Nash, 8 Jun 1727; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LW2H : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Smith, 17 Nov 1701; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-2RNV : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Smith, 18 Jun 1724; citing Death, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L354 : 10 November 2020), John Smith, 26 Dec 1703; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L7JK : 10 November 2020), John Smith, Jul 1705; citing Death, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L7NW : 10 November 2020), John Smith, 5 Mar 1705; citing Death, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L38Q : 10 November 2020), Sarah Smith, 14 Oct 1707; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LW5P : 10 November 2020), Sarah Smith in entry for Elisha Smith, 14 Dec 1727; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L7VT : 10 November 2020), Esther Smith, 2 Jun 1710; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LQGP : 10 November 2020), Ester Smith in entry for Jonath. Field, 25 Jul 1739; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  18. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L3KV : 10 November 2020), Hannah Smith, 22 Jul 1712; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  19. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L4R9 : 10 November 2020), Anna Smith in entry for Moses Dickinson, 24 Oct 1737; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  20. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L4F7 : 10 November 2020), Honor Smith, 9 Dec 1717; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  21. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L7YR : 10 November 2020), Joseph Smith, 21 Nov 1720; citing Birth, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.
  22. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9C-FLS : 10 November 2020), Joseph Smith, 27 Oct 1798; citing Death, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.

See also:

  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 March 2021), memorial page for Canada Waite Smith (22 Jan 1678–5 May 1749), Find A Grave: Memorial #15358140, citing Hill Cemetery, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).




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Cooper-1 Kitty (Cooper) Smith
Waite-274 and Waite-228 appear to represent the same person because: they have the same birth, death and parent information. If you agree that these are two profiles for the same woman, please merge Waite-274 into Waite-228. Thank you.
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