Marcia Elizabeth Wait

Brief Life History of Marcia Elizabeth

When Marcia Elizabeth Wait was born on 7 January 1826, in Highgate Center, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States, her father, Edmund A Wait, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Wilson, was 27. She married Edwin William Skeels in 1843, in Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1860. She died on 2 February 1878, in Vermont, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Highgate Falls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Highgate Falls, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin William Skeels
1817–1864
Marcia Elizabeth Wait
1826–1878
Marriage: 1843
Marcia Elizabeth Skeels
1845–1904
Marion C. Skeeles
1848–1904
Orrin Henry Skeels
1849–1922
Edith Lavina Skeels
1856–1927
May Hannah Skeels
1859–1901
William Alby Skeels
1859–
Edmund Winfield Skeels
1860–1897
Abigail Augusta Skeels
1864–1928

Sources (43)

  • Mariah E Skeeles in household of Edwin W Skeeles, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mrs. Skeels, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" Death 1878
  • E M in entry for Hannah Skeels, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (7)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

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).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Keep Me, My God by Eliza Wait Skeels, written in an hour of sorrow

Keep me, my God, my tiny boat Is launched upon thy boundless sea; Wher'er my bark the billows float Let them but bear me nearer thee. Keep me, my God, when dashing waves O'erwhelm me in their angry f …

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