Daniel Wait (abt. 1753 - 1829)

Born about 1 Oct 1753 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Manchester) Wait — married 25 Sep 1775 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1829 at about age 76 in Reading, Schuyler, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Daniel Wait served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Daniel Wait is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A120260.

Daniel Wait's birth date may be

• Mar. 21, 1754
• Nov. 1, 1753
• 1751
• 1 Oct 1753 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America^[1]

He was buried at Reading, NY in Lake Road Cemetery. ^[2]

Name: Daniel Wate Event Type: Birth Date: 1 Oct 1753 Birth Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Father Name: Samuel Wate Mother Name: Theodate as per MA Vital Records. ^[3]

Marriage to Phebe Manchester 25 Sep 1775 at Dartmouth, Bristol, MA as per Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. ^[4]

Revolutionary War Service: Daniel Wait served as a private in Capt. Benjamin Wilcox's Company, Col Nathan Freeman's Regiment, MA Troops. He was born Dartmouth, MA, died Reading, NY. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 162 : 1920 ^[5]

Daniel Wait Ancestor #: A120260. Spouse: Phoebe Manchester. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-H9PL : 10 November 2020), Samuel Wate in entry for Daniel Wate, 1 Oct 1753; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
2. ↑ pg 45 - Wait Family of Rhode Island (1904) - https://books.google.com/books?id=P_UUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA49&ots=WM3UxHWifk&dq=Jerusha%20Wait%201840&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_264637__0003-00084?pid=5969168
4. ↑ GS Film # 0883792
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290464-00148?pid=3750273
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 20, 2017), "Record of Daniel Wait", Ancestor # A120260.

• Family records of the descendants of Thomas Wait, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island by Wait, John Cassan, 1860-1936. Pages 41 through 54

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