There were ten men of the Waite surname who settled in New England by 1663. Most of you who can trace your Waite ancestors back to New England in the 17th century descend from one of these men.

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Richard, Marshall of Boston, b. 1596, of Boston by 1634
Gamaliel, brother of Richard above, b. 1598, of Boston
Thomas, brother to Richard and Gamaliel above, b. 1601, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island by 1639
Richard, b. 1608, of Watertown, Massachusetts by 1637
John of Malden, son of Samuel, b. 1618, of Malden, Massachusetts by 1644
Thomas, probably the son of Samuel of Malden, of Ipswich, Massachusetts by 1658
Alexander of Boston by 1637
George of Providence, Rhode Island by 1646
John of Windsor, Connecticut by 1649
Benjamin, son of Thomas of Portsmouth, of Hatfield, Massachusetts by 1663