1. Sergt. Benjamin Waite, who is believed to be a brother of Richard, who was of Boston, 1634, and is known to be of Rhode Island stock, was in Had. (Hadley) in 1663 and in Hat. in 1669. He was b. as early as 1640, and m. June 8, 1670, Martha, dau. of John Leonard of Spfd. She was b. May 15, 1649. She together with her daughters Mary, Martha and Sarah, were in 1677 carried captives to Canada, and there her daughter Canada was b. The captives returned to Hat. in May, 1678. Sergt. Benjamin was k. in a battle with the French and Indians, Mar. 1, 1704, a. 64.

Children:
Mary, b. Feb. 25, 1672; m. Dec. 4, 1690, Ebenezer Wells.
Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1673.
Sarah, b. abat. 1675; m. (1) John Belden; m. (2) Nov. 25, 1726, Ichabod Allis.
Canada, b. Jan. 22, 1678; m. Dec. 15, 1696, Joseph Smith; d. May 5, 1749.
John, b. Jan. 17, 1680.
Joseph, b. July 17, 1682; d. Jan. 21, 1686.
Jeremiah, b. Sept. 24, 1684.
Joseph, b. Nov. 11, 1688.


2. John, s. of Benjamin (1), was b. Jan. 17, 1680; made his will in 1743, which was proved July, 1744. He m. Feb. 12, 1702, Mary, dau. of Stephen Belding. She was b. May 20, 1685.

Children:
John, b. Dec. 3, 1703; m. (1) Sept. 19, 1723, Submit Hastings; m. (2) Mary Frary; d. mar. 4, 1776.
Martha, b. Feb. 20, 1706; m. Nathaniel Hawks, Aug. 10, 1738.
Mary, b. June 22, 1708; m. Benjamin Munn of Dfd. (Deerfield).
Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1710; d. young.
Lydia, b. July 14, 1712; m. July 15, 1756, Israel Graves.
Benjamin, b. Jan. 11, 1718; m. Martha Smith; d. abt. 1782.
Eunice, b. 1720.
Eleanor, b. Dec. 10, 1722.
Elisha, b. Oct. 10, 1725; m. Martha Wells of Hardwick; d. June, 1816.
Sarah.


3. Jeremiah, s. of Benjamin (1), was b. at Hat., Sept. 24, 1684. His inventory was dated Dec., 1733. He m. Apr. 4, 1706, Mary, dau. of John and Sarah (White) Graves of Hat. She was b. Feb. 23, 1683.

Children:
Benjamin, b. Apr. 8, 1707; m. 1745, Bathsheba _____; d. Dec. 6, 1788.
Mary, b. Nov. 17, 1708; m. Feb. 25, 1731, Richard Morton.
Nathan, b. Feb. 15, 1711; m. Jan. 18, 1839, Hannah, dau. of Richard Billings; d. in What., Nov. 25, 1798.
Gad, b. abt. 1712; d. unm.
Reuben, b. abt. 1714; slain abt. 1756; prob. unm.
Simeon, b. abt. 1716.
Miriam, b. abt. 1720.


4. Joseph, s. of Benjamin (1), was b. Nov. 11, 1688; d. abt. 1780. He was a lieutenant. He m. (1) Nov. 19, 1713, Hannah Billings, prob. dau. of Samuel. She d. July 15, 1716. He m. (2) Sept. 22, 1720, Mary, dau. of Daniel Warner Jr. She d. Aug. 18, 1792, a. 98.

Children:
Moses, b. Sept. 23, 1714; m. (1) Hepzibah ____; m. (2) Miriam Graves; d. abt. 1784.
Hannah, b. July 8, 1716; m. Dec. 22, 1737, James Porter.
Rhoda, b. Aug. 21, 1721; m. Noah Morton.
David, b. Dec. 7, 1722; m. Martha Bardwell; d. abt. 1805.
Martha, b. Oct. 7, 1724.
Lucy, b. Sept. 27, 1727; m. (1) ____ Bardwell; m. (2) Asahel Wright; d. Apr. 1, 1814.
Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1730; m. Capt. Salmon White.


5. Elisha, s. of John (2), was b. at Hat., Oct. 10, 1725; d. June 29, 1816; m. abt. 1748 or 1749, Martha, dau. of John and Martha (Allis) Wells of Hardwick. She was b. June 12, 1731, and d. Feb. 2, 1817. Res. in Hat.

Children:
Lucy, b. Nov. 3, 1749, m. abt. 1768, Lieut. Noah Bardwell of What.; d. Sept. 11, 1833.
Irene, b. Jan. 3, 1752; m. Jan. 1, 1778, Gad Smith of What.; d. May 5, 1842.
Mary, b. Muly 15, 1755; m. Mar. 15, 1781, Isaiah Brown; d. Dec. 4, 1781.
Elihu, b. Aug. 15, 1757; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1779, Rebecca Graves; m. (2) 1822, Electa Kellogg; d. July 19, 1828.
Martha, b. Mar. 20, 1760; m. Nathan Gerry.
Consider, b. Mar. 25, 1762; m. (1) Sept. 22, 1778, Persis Lull; m. (2) Elizabeth Weaver; d. Dec. 4, 1829.
Sarah, b. June 25, 1765; d. Oct., 1776.
Daniel, b. Aug. 5, 1766; m. Mary Hastings, Jan. 10, 1805.
Elisha, b. Apr. 2, 1769.
Electa, b. Sept. 16, 1771.
Jonathan, b. Apr. 20, 1775; m. (1) Mar. 1, 1797, Betsey Brown; m. (2) Nov. 3, 1820, Nancy Robinson; d. Apr. 6, 1835.


6. Elisha, s. of Elisha (5), was b. Apr. 2, 1769; d. Mar. 3, 1843; m. (1) 1796, Rhoda, dau. of Eliakim and Esther Field. She was b. Oct. 26, 1758, and d. Jan. 19, 1819. He m. (2) Hannah Graves, who was b. Mar. 6, 1778, and d. Oct. 15, 1825.

Children:
Justin, b. Jan. 2, 1797.
George, b. Sept. 22, 1798.
Dolly, b. Jan. 24, 1801; m. Justin Hastings; d. Apr. 15, 1880.


7. Justin, s. of Elisha (6), was b. in Hat., Jan. 2, 1797; d. Feb. 3, 1851; m. Dec. 6, 1821, Olive Cooley, dau. of Jonah and Zuriah (Allis) Cooley of Somers, Conn. She was b. Feb. 5, 1795, and d. Jan. 9, 1875. Res. in Hat.

Children:
Angelina, b. Oct. 14, 1822; m. Nov. 30, 1842, William H. Dickinson.
James Otis, b. Apr. 23, 1825.
Emma Z., b. Dec. 25, 1831; m. May 30, 1854, Alden P. Beals; d. May 24, 1855.
Augusta O., b. Nov. 18, 1836; m. June 14, 1856, Alden P. Beals.


8. George, s. of Elisha (6), was b. in Hat., Sept. 12, 1798; d. Nov. 8, 1869; m. (1) Mar. 2, 1820, Mary, dau. of Elijah White of Hat. She was b. Dec. 13, 1795, and d. Nov. 6, 1827. He m. (2) 1832, Melissa, dau. of Joel and Aphia (Stebbins) Preston of Granby. She was b. Nov. 5, 1802, and d. Oct., 1878.

Children:
George W., b. July 12, 1836; m. Helen M. Morton of Hat.
Charles P., b. July 26, 1838; d. Feb. 13, 1863; member of 37th Regiment, M.V.M.
Henry L., b. Mar. 19, 1840, m. Feb. 14, 1882, Alice Jane Hurd of No. Had. She was b. May 11, 1846.
John E., b. Oct. 24, 1841; m. Catherine Doyle; d. Oct 1, 1909; member of Co. K., 52d Regiment, M.V.M.


9. James Otis, s. of Justin (7), was b. in Hat., Apr. 23, 1825; d. Aug. 25, 1899; m. May 13, 1851, Louisa, dau. of Jeremiah and Orpha (Bush) Lyman of Easthampton. She was b. Dec. 31, 1824, and d. Feb. 4, 1902.

Children:
Clara T., b. Aug. 2, 1854; d. June 1, 1860.
Emma A. and Frederick H., twins, b. July 26, 1856. Frederick H. d. June 27, 1860.
Mary L., b. Sept. 26, 1858; d. May 5, 1904.
Ellen A., b. May 20, 1861.
Justin L., b. June 28, 1862.


10. George W., s. of George (8), was b. in Hat., July 12, 1836; d. Sept. 3, 1908; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1863, Helen M., dau. of Moses and Sophia Morton. She was b. Jan. 31, 1838, and d. Dec. 16, 1887. He m. (2) July 6, 1891, Delia L. Skinner of Chardon, Ohio.

Children (by Helen M. Morton):
George S., b. Jan. 10, 1867, at Leicester; m. Ada Sherwood. Ch.: Sherwood and Helen Morton.
Melissa Preston, b. Jan. 12, 1871, at Ashtabula, Ohio; m. Willis Upp. Ch.: Earl, Helen, William and Elizabeth.
Lyman Morton, b. Mar. 29, 1875, at Ashtabula, Ohio; m. Lela _____. Ch.: Morton Hale.

Children (by Delia L. Skinner):
Esther Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1895, at Oberlin, Ohio.
Margaret Norris, b. June 25, 1899, at Oberlin, Ohio.

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