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Martha (Leonard) Waite (1649 - 1704)

Martha Waite formerly Leonard
Born in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusettsmap
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 8 Jun 1670 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , and
Died at age 54 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Martha Leonard, born in 1649, daughter of John Leonard of Springfield, MA, married on 8 June 1670 to Benjamin Wait, son of Thomas Wait[1]

Hatfield Raid of 1677

The account of the capture of Martha and her three oldest daughters begins on page 88 of "A History of Hatfield, MA" available here: http://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Hatfield_Massachusetts_in_T.html?id=dAd5AAAAMAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false

It is an incredible story!

Children

  1. Mary Waite Wells 1672–1704 married Ebenezer Wells
  2. Martha Waite 1673–1717
  3. Sarah Waite Belding, Allis 1675–1726 married John Belden of Hatfield, Mass
  4. Canada Waite Smith 1678–1749 married Joseph Smith of Hatfield, Mass
  5. John Waite 1680–1744 married Mary Belden, dau of Stephen and Mary (Wells) Belden
  6. Joseph Waite 1682–1686
  7. Jeremiah Waite 1684–1733
  8. Joseph Waite 1688–1780

Sources

  1. ↑ "FAMILY RECORDS of the DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WAIT of Portsmouth, Rhode Island" 1904 - John Cassan Wait (NYC) p 13 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062512421;view=1up;seq=25




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G. Huntington
What is the source for Martha's death? Right now it is the same as her husband, but my interpretation of the accounts is that she survived him. Find a Grave lists her death date as 29 Sep 1704, but this also has no source.
posted by G. Huntington
Edlund-67 Barbara (Edlund) Healy
Martha Leonard was heroic woman. Her family home was burned by Indians in the 1677 raid of Hatfield. The Indians especially hated their family because her husband Benjamin had fought against them in recent Indian wars. Martha, and three children, Mary, Martha, and Sarah, aged six, four, and two were captured and forced to walk the approximately 300 mile journey to Canada. Some other captives in their party died but Martha not only got her young daughters there, but made the ordeal while pregnant.

Her new daughter was named Canada. They were rescued by her husband Benjamin, after paying a ransom and returned to Hatfield.

posted by Barbara (Edlund) Healy
Culver-519 Sandy Culver
Leonard-941 and Leonard-628 appear to represent the same person because: they appear overall aligned.
posted by Sandy Culver

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