Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Wait was born on 12 December 1783, in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Gen Benjamin Franklin Wait, was 47 and his mother, Lois Gilbert, was 35. He married Patty Ann Seaver on 9 October 1805, in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 December 1873, in Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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- Joseph Wait, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Joseph Wait, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph Wait, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1805
Historical Boundaries 1805: Jefferson, New York, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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