Susannah (Tripp) Waite (abt. 1769 - abt. 1861)

Born about 15 Apr 1769 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Shadrach Waite — married 18 Mar 1785 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 18 Dec 1861 at about age 92 in Putnam Township, Livingston, Michigan, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Susannah is the daughter of Joshua Tripp and Sarah Wilkinson^[1]

Marriage

Susannah married Shadrach Waite 18 Mar 1785 ^[2]

Children

• Stephen b 12 Nov 1785
• Joseph b 29 Apr 1788
• Elizabeth b 5 Jan 1790
• Ruth b 6 Jan 1792
• Mary b 31 Jan 1794
• Guideon b 19 Dec 1795
• Absolam b 11 Sep 1797
• Desire b 20 Oct 1799
• Diana b 27 Jan 1801
• Esther A b 4 Mar 1803
• Daniel T b 2 Jan 1805, d 1807
• Jonathan b 28 Sep 1806
• William S b 28 Dec 1808
• Daniel D b 6 Oct 1811
• Sarah Wilkinson, b 24 Mar 1814

Information on the children of Shadrach and Susannah Tripp Waite is from "The Family Records of Thomas Wait of Portsmouth, Rhode Island", Collected, Compiled and Published by John Cassan Wait, New York, New York, 1904. ^[3]

• Research Note:

Susannah Wait, her daughters Ruth and Sarah Wilkinson Wait are mentioned in the will of her aunt Ruth Tripp.

In the George Soule supplement by GSMD, Susannah's birth is estimated at 1759. However, based on her age of 81 in the US 1850 Census, Northampton, New York^[4]and her age as 91 in the US 1860 Census of Putnam, Livingston, Michigan,^[5] If Susannah's birth was in 1759 she would have been 57 years old at the time her daughter Sarah Wilkinson was born.

The GMSD attributes the birth date of 15 Apr 1869 to Susannah Tripp, daughter of Daniel Tripp brother of Joshua. No record of this Susannah has been found. Daniel Tripp details his children and grandchildren in his will and there is no mention of a daughter Susannah.

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families in Progress, George Soule of the Mayflower and his descendants in the Fifth and Sixth Generations, First Edition: Part Three, Family numbers 465-551, compiled by John E. Soule, Milton E. Terry. and Louisa Walsh Throop, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2003, pg.54-55.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNR-BXV : 18 October 2017), Shadrek Wate and Susannah Tripp, 18 Mar 1785; citing Marriage Notice, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004279436.
3. ↑ Wait Family of Rhode Island, https://archive.org/details/familyrecordsofd00lcwait/page/n53
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY6-XGZ : 23 December 2020), Susanah Wait in household of Daniel B Wait, Northampton, Fulton, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6S-QZV : 18 February 2021), Susanna Wait in entry for Daniel C Wait, 1860.