William Savage Wait (1808 - 1869)

Born 3 Apr 1808 in Belluton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Died Aug 1869 at age 61 in Axbridge, Somerset, England

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Biography

William Savage Wait was born, 3 April 1808, the second son of Daniel Wait, of Belluton, and his wife, Ann Purnell Savage, eldest child and co-heir (with sisters Sarah and Hester) of Charles Savage, of Midsomer Norton (Somerset).^[1]

William Savage Wait appears as co-executor to the estate of John Purnell in an Indenture, of 3 June 1863.^[2] The details of the Indetnure are discussed on the profile of his brother Daniel Charles Wait.

He died in the third quarter of 1869 and appears in the quarterly registration of deaths for Axbridge, Somerset, England.^[3] Having died without male heir the estates passed to the line of his brother; Daniel Charles Wait.

Family

He married Caroline St Albyn, in the third quarter of 1848.^[4] She was the youngest daughter of Langley St. Albyn, of Alfoxton (Somerset).^[5]

The family is noticed as living at Camerton, Somerset, England, in the Census of 1851. At the time they have one daughter, Frances, age not shown and thus less than 1. His wife, Caroline is shown as 33, thus born 1818 and born at Alforton, Somerset. He is said to be a Justice Of The Peace. ^[6]

The children were:

• Frances Anne St Albyn Wait, born 1850, married Richard Hungerford Pollen, 08 Jun 1875, at St Mary Magdalen, Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire.^[7] He was the son and heir to Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen, 3rd Bt. Pollen, of Redenham, co. Hampshire.^[8]

• Caroline Savage St Albyn Wait, born Camerton, Somerset, 1854.^[9]

• Louisa Mary St Albyn Wait, born Camerton, Somerset, 1855.^[10]

• Emily Hester St Albyn Wait, born Camerton, Somerset, 1857.^[11]

• Florence Lansdowne St Albyn Wait, born Camerton, Somerset, 1860.^[12]

Armorial

His armorial appears in the source work by Burke.^[13] It states he was an Esq. of Woodborough, near Bath, bears a shield of four quarterings; Wait, Savage, Purnell, and Lansdown, as eldest surviving child of the late Daniel Wait, by Anne Purnell, eldest daughter and co-heir of Charles Savage, of Midsomer Norton, by his wife (first name not provided but likely Anne) the sister and heiress of John Purnell, of Woodborough, whose mother was eldst sister and co-heir of Mt Lansdown, of Woodborough. The source also mentions the lineage to the Wait, sometimes Wayte, of Hampshire. Quarterly; First, argent a chevron between three bugle horns, stringed sable, garnished or, for Wait. Second, argent, on a pile azure six lions rampant, three, two and one or, for Savage. Third, argent, on a fess between three mascles azure as many cinquefoils of the field, for Purnell. Fourth, sable an eagle displayed or membered, beaked and crowned argent, for Lansdown.

Sources

Footnotes:

1. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland; Sir Bernard Burke; 1863 Wait of Woodborough
2. ↑ Estate records for Meadow Lea (formerly known as Brick House) and Lyn House and the land, which once belonged to the Brick House Estate.downloaded as a pdf
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," FamilySearch, William Savage Wait, 1869; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," citing Death, Axbridge, Somerset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," FamilySearch, William Savage Wait, 1848; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” citing 1848, quarter 3, vol. 10, p. 751, Williton, Somerset, England.
5. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland; Sir Bernard Burke; 1863 Wait of Woodborough
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," FamilySearch, William Savage Wait, Camerton, Somerset, England; citing Camerton, Somerset, England, p. 2, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900", FamilySearch, William Savage Wait in entry for Richard Hungerford Pollen and Frances Anne St Albyn Wait, 1875.
8. ↑ See thepeerage.com; Frances Anne St. Albyn Wait
9. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," FamilySearch, Wm Savage Wait, Camerton, Somersetshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
10. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," FamilySearch, Wm Savage Wait, Camerton, Somersetshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
11. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," FamilySearch, Wm Savage Wait, Camerton, Somersetshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
12. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," FamilySearch, Wm Savage Wait, Camerton, Somersetshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
13. ↑ Heraldic Illustrations; Wait of Woodborough

Publications:

• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland: M to Z; John Burke; 1846 Google Books Wait of Woodborough starts page 1482.

• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke; 1863 archive.org Wait of Woodborough

• thepeerage.com - William Savage Wait

• Heraldic Illustrations: Comprising the Armorial Bearings of the Principal Families of the Empire, with Pedigrees and Annotations, Volume 3; Burke; Google Books