Benjamin (Wait) Waite Jr. (1727 - 1811)

Born 13 Oct 1727 in North Kingstown, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Brown) Waite — married 1757 in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1811 at age 84 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Waite, born 13 October 1727.^[1]

His will is dated 14 November 1815 and proved on 6 April 1818 in Exeter, Rhode Island.^[2] He mentions his wife, Sarah; his sons, John, Beriah, Benjamin, Joseph, and Edmond; his daughters, Honor Wait, Elizabeth Champlin, Lydia King, Mary Clarke, and Sally Beers; his grandchild, William Wait

Research Notes

He married first Dorcas Gardiner.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87K-VW5 : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Weight, 1727.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007650025_00229). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 229, Exeter Council and Probate Records, Vol 9, 1816-1821, Page 164-167. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
3. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants (Chicago, Ill., 1939). Page 18.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QF-FV9 : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Beriah Waite, 1757.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QF-VBM : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Joseph Waite, 1759.
• "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MG-MC9 : 4 November 2020), Benjamin Wright in entry for Stephen Weight, 1761.
• "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MG-MCQ : 4 November 2020), Benjamin Wright in entry for Honnor Weight, 1762.
• "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MG-MWG : 4 November 2020), Benjamin Wright in entry for Elisabeth Weight, 1765.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QF-JPF : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Edmund Waite, 1767.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Q6-65J : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Lydia Waite, 1769.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Q6-DD9 : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Mary Waite, 1772.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QF-JJB : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Benjamin Waite, 1776.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Q6-F4J : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for Sarah Waite, 1780.
• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QF-F3L : 17 December 2019), Benjamin Waite in entry for John Waite, 1785.
• "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VQ-57F : 4 November 2020), Benjamin Wait in entry for John Clark, 1796.
• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KV-W1N : 22 January 2020), Benj. Wait in entry for Benjamin Wait, 1801.
• "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KF-B4X : accessed 10 November 2022), Benjamin Wait in entry for John Wait, 24 Jan 1805; citing Marriage, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archive, Providence City Archives, city and town clerk offices; FHL microfilm 930,980.
• "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86Y-Y2Q : 4 November 2020), Dr. Benjamin White, 1811.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZD5-JRD

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Corey Dawkins Family Tree.ged on 19 September 2010.