When Eliphalet Wait was born on 10 July 1785, in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Alexander Waite, was 36 and his mother, Mary Wait, was 37. He married Deidama Munson on 3 June 1813, in Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 20 February 1829, in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Haydenville, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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English: variant of Waite .
History: Thomas Wait came to MA from England in 1634. Samuel Wait (1789–1867), a Baptist clergyman, was born in White Creek, NY, organized Baptists in NC and helped found what became Wake Forest College (1838).
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