Canada Waite1

#7042, (22 January 1678 - 5 May 1749)
Relationship5th great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Sgt. Benjamin Waite2 (c 1645 - 1704)
Mother*Martha Leonard1 (1649 - )

Family

Joseph Smith b. 1670
Children 1.Mary Smith6 (1697 - )
 2.Martha Smith+1 (1699 - )
 3.Benjamin Smith6 (1701 - 1724)
 4.John Smith7 (1703 - 1705)
 5.Sarah Smith6 (1707 - )
 6.Esther Smith6 (1710 - )
 7.Hannah Smith6 (1712 - )
 8.Samuel Smith7 (1715 - )
 9.Eleanor Smith6 (1717 - )
 10.Joseph Smith6 (1720 - )
Canada Waite was also known as Wait. 
Her married name was Smith.1 
Birth*22 January 1678She was born on 22 January 1678 at CanadaG where her mother was a captive.1,3 
Marriage*15 December 1696She married Joseph Smith, son of John Smith and Mary Partridge, on 15 December 1696.1,4,5 
Death*5 May 1749She died on 5 May 1749 at age 71.4 

Citations

  1. [S727] Rev. Sylvester Nash, The Nash Family or Records of the descendants of Thomas Nash of New Haven, Connecticut, 1640 (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1853), p. 44.
  2. [S727] Rev. Sylvester Nash, The Nash Family, p. 44 as Wait.
  3. [S738] James M. Crafts, History of the Town of Whately, Mass. 1661-1899 (Whately, MA: Town of Whately, 1899), p. 593 ff, entry for Benjamin Waite. Hereinafter cited as History of Whately (Crafts).
  4. [S744] Daniel White Wells and Reuben Field Wells, A History of Hatfield Massachusetts 1660-1910 (Springfield, Mass.: F.C.H. Gibbons, 1910), p. 442 ff, entry for the Waite Family.
  5. [S1220] Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, online AmericanAncestors.org, p. 1400. Originally published as New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (AA).
  6. [S2646] Peter A Thomas, photographer, editor and compiler, Hatfield Vital Records: 1668-1844 (Hatfield, Massachusetts: Town of Hatfield, 2020), Hatfield births.
  7. [S744] Daniel White Wells and Reuben Field Wells, History of Hatfield 1660-1910, p. 437.