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Personal data Thomas Waite 

• He was born in the year 1601 in Wales, England.
• He died on September 13, 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI, he was 64 years old.
• A child of Richard William Wayte and Rosanna Wardwell
• This information was last updated on December 11, 2016.

Household of Thomas Waite

He is married to Eleanor Paine.

They got married in the year 1643 at Hatfield, Hampshire, MA, he was 42 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Sgt. Benjamin Waite  < 1644-1704 

Notes about Thomas Waite

{geni:about_me} 1634- Immigrated to New England with his brothers Richard and Gamaliel. He settled in Plymouth, MA. His brothers settled in Boston, MA.1639, July 1- Granted a house lot in Portsmouth, RI next to Mr. Wickes'. Additional grants were made in 1644 and 1646.1641, March 16- Freeman.1655- Freeman.1658, June 7 and 1663- Chosen Constable.1661, April 30- He purchased of William Earl 1/4 share of the Acushnet and Cohasset lands in what is now Dartmouth, MA. He was also one of the purchasers of Conanicut (Jamestown) and Misquamicut (Westerly), RI.1669, December 4- His estate was divided by the Portsmouth, RI Town Council among his wife, Eleanor, and his Children.Siblings: Richard born in 1596 and Gamaliel born in 1598.--------------------Source, World One Tree, AncestrycomAnd as followsDescendants of Thomas WaiteGeneration No. 11. THOMAS1 WAITE1 was born 1601 in Rigsby-With-Ailby, Lincolnshire, England, and died September 13, 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. He married ELEANOR ?.Notes for THOMAS WAITE: Immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1633.Thomas Waite was born in 1601 in England, and in 1640 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, married Eleanor (?) who was born in 1605 in England. Thomas died on 13 Sep 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thomas may have been the son of Samuel Waite and Mary Ward of Essex, England. (Another Historical document records: THOMAS WAIT. Born bef 13 Jun 1612 in Rigsby-With-Ailby, Lincolnshire, England. Thomas was baptized in Rigsby-With-Ailby, Lincolnshire, England on 13 Jun 1612. Thomas died in Portsmouth, Newport, RI bef 14 Dec 1669; he was 57. Occupation: Husbandman. Thomas married Eleanor ? Born in England. Eleanor died bef 13 Jun 1671 in RI. )Children of THOMAS WAITE and ELEANOR ? are:i. RUEBEN2 WAITE, b. Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. October 07, 1707, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.Notes for RUEBEN WAITE: Reuben Waite was born about 1655 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, and on 2 Jul 1681 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, married Tabitha Landers, daughter of Thomas Landers and Jane Kirby, who was born about 1662 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Reuben died on 7 Oct 1707 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Tabitha died after 1707.2. ii. SAMUEL WAITE, b. 1640, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; d. February 1693/94, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.iii. JOSEPH WAITE, b. 1643, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; d. August 25, 1665, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.Notes for JOSEPH WAITE: Joseph Waite was born about 1643 in Rhode Island, and married Sarah (?). Joseph died on 25 Aug 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Joseph drowned.3. iv. BENJAMIN WAITE, b. 1644, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; d. February 29, 1703/04, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.v. JEREMIAH WAITE, b. December 04, 1645, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; d. May 19, 1677.Notes for JEREMIAH WAITE: Jeremiah Waite was born in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, and on 16 Sep 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, married Martha Brownell, daughter of Thomas Brownell and Mary (?), who was born in May 1643. Jeremiah died before May 1677. Martha died on 15 Feb 1744 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Martha was married to Charles Dyer.Jeremiah. Born aft 1648. Jeremiah died bef 10 May 1677; he was 29. Jeremiah married Martha BROWNELL, daughter of Thomas BROWNELL & Ann BOURNE. Born in May 1643. Martha died in Portsmouth, Newport, RI on 15 Feb 1743; she was 99.vi. THOMAS WAITE, b. December 04, 1648, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; d. June 16, 1733, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island.Notes for THOMAS WAITE: Thomas Waite was born about 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, and about 1676 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, married Sarah Cooke, daughter of John Cooke and Mary Borden, who was born about 1658 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thomas died about 1730 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 17 Jan 1744 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.vii. MARY WAITE, b. 1650, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. September 03, 1687.Notes for MARY WAITE: Mary Waite was born about 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, and on 5 Apr 1676 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, married Joseph Anthony, son of John Anthony and Susanna Potter, who was born about 1648. Mary died after 1713. Joseph died about 1728.Generation No. 22. SAMUEL2 WAITE (THOMAS1) was born 1640 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died February 1693/94 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. He married HANNAH WHITMAN.Child of SAMUEL WAITE and HANNAH WHITMAN is:i. SAMUEL3 WAITE, b. 1660.3. BENJAMIN2 WAITE (THOMAS1)1 was born 1644 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, and died February 29, 1703/04 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts1. He married MARTHA LEONARD1 June 08, 1670 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts1, daughter of JOHN LEONARD and SARAH HEALD.Notes for BENJAMIN WAITE: (See Notes for Benjamin Waite, Hatfield Hero.)Notes for MARTHA LEONARD:>From Hale/House - page 680. Martha, daughter of John and Sarah (HEALD) LEONARD, b. 15 Apr. 1649; m. at Hartford, 8 June 1670, BENJAMIN WAIT, of Hatfield, who was slain at Deerfield, 29 Feb. 1702/4.Children of BENJAMIN WAITE and MARTHA LEONARD are:i. JEREMIAH3 WAITE.ii. MARY WAITE1, b. February 25, 1671/721; m. EBENEZER WELLS1, December 04, 1690, Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts1.iii. MARTHA WAITE1, b. January 23, 1672/73, Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts1.iv. SARAH WAITE1, b. 1675, Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts1; m. JOHN BELDEN1.Notes for JOHN BELDEN: From Hatfield.v. CANADA WAITE1, b. January 22, 1678/79, Canada1; d. May 05, 1749, Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; m. JOSEPH SMITH1, December 15, 1696, Hatfield, Masschusetts.Notes for CANADA WAITE: "[Canada Waite] was the child born in captivity to Benjamin Waite, the hero of the early days, who with Stephen Jennings made the perilous trip to Canada in the Winter to ransom captives taken in the memorable attack on Hatfield, Sept. 19, 1677." Daily Hampshire Gazette, 22 October 1972vi. JOHN WAITE1, b. January 17, 1679/80, Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts1; d. 17441; m. MARY BELDEN1, February 12, 1701/02, Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts1.Notes for JOHN WAITE: He was like his father, much in service, was also a sergeant and commanded in many scouts, was in the fight at Deerfield 29 February 1704, when his father was slain and secured as a trophy a hatchet captured from the enemy and was surrendered to the colony. This and other things found were sold at auction, th ehatchet selling for 2s, 7d. He was often sent on a scout, at one time thirty privates, all on snow shoes, went far up country for a winter's scout. vii. JOSEPH WAITE, b. July 17, 1682, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; d. January 21, 1685/86.viii. JOSEPH WAITE, b. November 11, 1688, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; d. 1780.Endnotes1. History of the Town of Whately Massachusetts, including a narrative of leading events from the First planting of Hatfield;1661-1899, By James M. Craft. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcstayfamily/waite.htmAND||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||WAITE, Thomas 898Born: 1601, Alford Lines, Lincolnshire, England 898 Marriage: [--?--], Eleanore Died: 13 Sep 1665, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island 898 Noted events in his life were:? Notes: from Douglas Steward Aldrich. 898 Event: Public service 7 Jun 1658 and in 1663 Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island - Constable Note: "Thomas Waite was granted land in Portsmouth on 1 Jul 1639... Some rather significant inferences can be made regarding the religious orientation of the Waits by the fact that Thomas at least, became a part of Roger Williams' settlement on Delaware Bay which was organizedin 1637 only two years previous to Thomas Waite's arrival. Roger Williams was exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 for his belief in freedom of conscience in religion. He was warmly received by two Indian chiefs, Massosoit and Canonicus, who gave him tracts of land on the Seekonk river. Williams reserved no political power to himself, but seemed to be actuated solely by the desire to make happy all those around him. He was strenuous in asserting his own views, but he and his associates resolutely refrained from interfering with the rights of others. Thomas Waite was made a Freeman 16 Mar 1641 and given further grants in 1644 and 1646. Chosen Constable 7 Jun 1658 and in 1663 all in Portsmouth RI. 8 Jul 1650 he was a Juryman. In Apr 1661 he purchased of William Earle 1/2 share of the Acushnet and Coxetlands in what is now Dartmouth MA. He was one of the purchasers of Conanicut and Dutch Islands in 1636. He was also a large owner of lands at Narragansett and Misquamicut (Westerley RI). Aquidneck, now Rhode Island had been settled in 1637 by Ann Hutchison and her followers. In May 1638 another Boston group joined them and it is thought that Thomas Waite was of this group. On 4 Dec 1669 the estate of Thomas Waite was divided by the Portsmouth Town Council among his wife Eleanor and children; Samuel, Thomas, Benjamin, Reuben and Jeremiah and Mary. Joseph had died previously and so was not named. Thomas and Jeremiah were under 21 years of age. For years Historians had disagreed as to whether or not Benjamin was a son of Thomas. In the winter of 1913/4 the document was found in the basement of the Town House. This gave a division of the estate. See article by Moriarty on this family in the Vol. 73 page 291-304 NEHGS and also The Genealogist for April 1944 and Rhode Island Historical Collections Vol. 21 page 131." (EWT) "Eleanor Waite was made administrix of her husband's estate, as 'Elen' Waite. She married Ralph COWLAND shortly after this date. On 13 Jun 1671 'Elen COWLAND' and Thomas Waite Jr. were taxed on the estate (Portsmouth Tax List). She d. before 21 Jun1676, when Samuel Waite was made Administrator in her place.(Portsmouth Scrapbook)" (NEHGR) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcmanigle/17108.htmAND &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&thence to Northern Wales, the land from which our progenitors came to the New World, and very often in the responses to our inquiries of those of the same name have we received the same reply, showing that tradition, which investigation proves to be a fact, has handed down well that portion of our own history. " We descended from three brothers who came from Wales." Richard, the eldest of those brothers, was born in 1596, Gamaliel in 1598, and Thomas in 1601, and they came to Boston in 1634, the same year the ballot box was first used in the colony, and Richard was at one time marshal there. The different branches of the Wait family contribute approximately the same traditions of the early life of their ancestors. In each there are some essential and prominent features, from which it may be deduced, and with reasonable certainty, that our ancestor, Thomas Wait, of Rhode Island, came originally from Wales and that there were three brothers, who were farmers and herdsmen by occupation. That on one particular occasion they were driving a herd of cattle to some market place in Wales and were beset by a so-called press-gang. By their daring and skill they managed to get away, sold their cattle and immediately went on board a vessel bound to Plymouth, N. E., America, at which port they safely arrived. Two settled in Plymouth colony and the third settled in Rhode Island. The above is doubtless true in most particulars. It was Thomas who went to Portsmouth, R. I., probably in 1638....The earliest settlers of New England, of the name, were: Richard, born 1596, of Boston, 1634, Marshal of the colony; Gamaliel, his brother, born 1598, of Boston; Thomas, born 1601, of Portsmouth, R.I.. 1639...(and others)....In 1635 Roger Williams was sentenced to banishment, but through the efforts of his friends the sentence was not carried out. In the following winter Williams fled into exile....in the summer of 1636 went down the river and up the Providence river and began a settlement which they named Providence. The freedom of conscience enjoyed at Providence drew many people thither from Boston and other towns in Massachusetts...In the autumn of 1837, under the leadership of William Coddington, John Clarke, Ann Hutchinson and fifteen others, left Boston with the intention of settling on Delaware Bay. They called on Roger Williams during the journey and were treated with such winning hospitality that they accepted his invitation to settle in the land of the Narragan- setts, from whose chief, Miantonomah, they purchased the island of Aquidneck (Peaceable Island), now Rhode Island, and in March, 1638, they laid the foundation of ...Portsmouth......Absolute liberty of conscience prevailed, and the persecuted nocked thither from the other colonies. These people were so-called non-conformists and were Quakers...Another settlement at Newport was formed in the southern part of the island. ...The next year, in early May, 1638, another company went from Boston and joined them, and it is supposed that among that number was Thomas Wait, who was born in 1601, and who landed in America in 1634. I. THOMAS1 WAIT (1601-1677), almost immediately after his arrival at Rhode Island, applied for a lot on which to build (the land being held in common), and at the first meeting of the Council thereafter the record of its proceedings reads: "July 1, 1639, Granted to Thomas1 Wait a house lot next Mr. Wick's." Mar. 16, 1641, he was made a Freeman at Newport, R. I., a privilege then only granted to church members, and May 6, 1649, he was witness to the will of Anthony Paine; in 1655 He is again described as a Freeman; Apr. 30, 1661, he bought lands in Acushnet and Cohasset, Mass., and is described as a husbandman. Thomas1Wait was also a Freeman at Boston, Oct. 8, 1640. He died in Portsmouth some time before Apr., 1677, intestate, and the Town Council divided his property among his children; Samuel2, Joseph2, Jeremiah2, Thomas2, Mary2 and Reu- ben2. His wife's name is not on record that we can find; she must have died previous to the division of his property. These are the only children mentioned in the division, but there is some evidence that Thomas1 had another son, Benjamin2, who is supposed to have been the third child of Thomas, and to have been born about 1644, and who is believed to be the same Benjamin2 who was one of the petitioners of Hadley, Mass., Apr. 25, 1665; of Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Mass., 1668, and who was slain by Indians at Deerfield, Mass., 1704. These facts seem to be verified by Hampshire Co. deeds, at Springfield, Mass., Vol. C, pp. 72-3, whereby Thomas1 Wait, of Seacourt, R. I., and Benjamin2 Wait, of Hatfield, Mass., Feb. 3, 1700, bought property in Brookfield, Mass., of John Ayers, etc. Brookfield is about half way between Hatfield and Portsmouth, R. I., near Worcester, Mass. Seacourt, R, I., is not given on the modern maps. In Vol. C, p. 439, a deed is recorded whereby John3, Jeremiah3 and Joseph3, sons of Benjamin, of Hat- field, Mass., and John Belding, Joseph Smith and Ebenezer Wells, who married daughters of Benjamin2, deceased, sold, May 24, 1717, the land in Brookfield, formerly the estate of John Ayers, deceased, and they warranted the same against Thomas Wait, our uncle, brother of the aforesaid Benjamin Wait, deceased. Henry E. Waite, who has made the records of the Wait family the' subject of much study and investigation, says: " There is no doubt in my mind about Benjamin being the son of the first Thomas Wait, of Rhode Island. He was in Hatfield in 1665. (Petition Mass. Archives, State House, Boston, pp. 106, 107.)" Thomas1 invariably wrote his name Wait, and his descendants also, with very few exceptions, down almost to the present, while his cousin, Richard, born in 1608, and who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1637, wrote his name Waite, and also did all the descendants of Thomas, the regicide, who settled in Connecticut. The use of the letter e at the end of the words was very common at one time, after the early spelling of many words, as thinke, spcake, finde, etc....(Thomas had six children)...VI. REUBEN* (Thomas^), d. Oct. 7, 1707 and Tabitha had eight children.From Family records of the descendants of Thomas Wait of Portsmouth, Rhode Island by John Cassan Wait, 1904 http://books.google.com/books?id=Go5ZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Family+records+of+the+descendants+of+Thomas+Wait+of+Portsmouth,+Rhode+Island#PPA4,M1 --------------------1. THOMAS1 WAITE1 was born 1601 in Rigsby-With-Ailby, Lincolnshire, England, and died September 13, 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. He married ELEANOR ?.Notes for THOMAS WAITE: Immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1633.Thomas Waite was born in 1601 in England, and in 1640 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, married Eleanor (?) who was born in 1605 in England. Thomas died on 13 Sep 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thomas may have been the son of Samuel Waite and Mary Ward of Essex, England. (Another Historical document records: THOMAS WAIT. Born bef 13 Jun 1612 in Rigsby-With-Ailby, Lincolnshire, England. Thomas was baptized in Rigsby-With-Ailby, Lincolnshire, England on 13 Jun 1612. Thomas died in Portsmouth, Newport, RI bef 14 Dec 1669; he was 57. Occupation: Husbandman. Thomas married Eleanor ? Born in England. Eleanor died bef 13 Jun 1671 in RI. )--------------------Some rather significant inferences can be made regarding the religious orientation of the Waites by the fact that Thomas at least, became a part of Roger Williams' settlement on Delaware Bay which was organized in 1637 only two years previous to Thomas Waite's arrival. Roger Williams was exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 for his belief in freedom of conscience in religion. He was warmly received by two Indian chiefs, Massosoit and Canonicus, who gave him tracts of land on the Seekonk River. Williams reserved no political power for himself, but seemed to be actuated solely by the desire to make happy all those around him. He was a strenuous in asserting his own views, but he and his associates resolutely refrained from interfering with the rights of others. Thomas Waite was made a Freeman March 16, 1641 and given further grants in 1644 and 1646. Chosen Constable June 7, 1658 and in 1663 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, July 8, 1650 he was a Juryman. In April 1661, he purchased of William Earle 1/2 share of the Acushnet and Coxet lands in what is now Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He was also a large owner of lands at Narragansett and Misquamicut (Westerly Rhode Island). Aquidneck, now Rhode Island had been settled in 1637 by Ann Hutchison and her followers. In May 1638 another Boston group joined them and it is thought that Thomas Waite was of this group.On December 4, 1669 the estate of Thomas Waite was divided by the Portsmouth Town Council among his wife Eleanor and children; Samuel, Thomas, Benjamin, Reuben, Jeremiah and Mary. Joseph had died previously and so was not named. Thomas and Jeremiah were under 21 years of age. For years historians had disagreed as to whether or not Benjamin was a son of Thomas. In the winter of 1913/14 the document was found in the basement of the Town House. This gave a division of the estate. See article by Moriarty on this family in the Vol. 73 pg 291-304 NEHGS and The Genealogist for April 1944 and Rhode Island Historical Collections Vol.21 pg 131. Elean or Waite was made administrix of her husbands estate, as "Elen "Waite. She married Ralph Cowland shortly after this date. On June 13,1671 "Elen" Cowland and Thomas Waite, Jr. were taxed on the estate (Portsmouth Tax List). She died before June 21, 1676, when Samuel Waite was made Administrator in her place.--------------------The brothers are said to have been a cousin of Thomas Walt who was a member of Parliament and one of the Judges who signed the death warrent of Charles the 1st. Our Wayte Coat of Arms was used down to the middle of the 17 th century but when Charles the 2nd ascended to the throne in 1660, thdse instrumental in his fathers death were brought to the scofford except 'the few who fled to America. Thomas Wayte being from that number, either by act of Parleament or an edict from the throne, the family was deprived of its insignea.There was on one particular occasion they were driving a heard of cattle to some market place in Wales and were beset by a so-called press gang. The three brothers managed some ho* to get away and sold their cattle immedlatley and went on board a vessel to Plymoth N.E. America, Richard and Gamaliel settled in Phymoth: Colney. Also some records say Richard settled in Plymouth and was Marshall of the Colony and that Gamaliel lived on Long Island, at Boston Harbor. And Thomas settled In Providance R. I.Thomas and Ellen lived in Portsmouth, R.I most of their lives. Thomas lived in Boston about 4 years after he landed in Boston in 1634 before going to R.I. Was freeman at BostonOn July 1, 1639 Thomas was granted land in Portsmouth, R.I. In 1669 he obtained permission to build a house (house being held in common).On March 16, 1641 he was made a freeman at New Port, R.I., a privilage then only granted, to church members.Upon his death, the town council divided hls property among the children. After Thomas died Ellen married Ralph Cowland "Portsmouth, R.I. about 1669;Thomas invariably wrote his name Wait and his decendents also with very few exceptions down almost to present time.His estate was administered in Feb. 1669Thomas is believed to be the 6th. son of Samuel and Mary Ward,Wait
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1. After his death the Town Council divided his property among his wife, Eleanor and his children: Samuel, Benjamin, Jeremiah, Thomas, and Mary. Joseph died prior to his father?s death.2. It has also been determined that some wrote their name, W-A-I-T, and others, W-A-I-T-E. The use of the letter E at the end of a word was very common at one time, after the early spelling of many words, as: thinke, speake, finde, etc.3. Thomas came to America in 1633, first in Boston, and the settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. [WAIT-GE.GED]

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