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Mehitable Wait's Will

transcribed by Donna Wait

Know all men by these presents, that Mehitable Wait of Millbury in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, single woman, being of sound mind and desirous of disposing of my property, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament. Read More ->

Waite Family Burials

transcribed by Donovan Hannis


Erie Cemetery, Erie, Illinois to 1990

Lot 128

Byron Waite, Civil War Veteran, 1835-21 Sep 1920.
Martha Waite, 1863-23 Nov 1956, died in Morrison.
Bertje Waite, 4 Dec 1878, aged 1m11d.
Permelia Waite, died 22 Dec 1864, aged 6y9m6d, daughter of D. & D.A.
(Other surnames in this lot are Burridge, Barnum and McKenna)

Lot 84

Raymond Waite, WWI Veteran, 25 Feb 1895-11 Sep 1985, died Elmhurst, IL.
Thelma Burridge Waite, 1899-11 Sep 1933.
Paul D. Waite, WWII Veteran, 1922-1943, missing in action over Wewak, New Guinea.
(Other surnames in this lot are Burridge and Connett)

Lot 122
Ida Waite Bark, 1898-28 Oct 1926, died in Erie.
Nellie Waite, 1872-21 Apr 1922, died in Erie.
Allen Waite, 1867-7 Dec 1931, died in Erie.
(Other surnames in this lot are Boecher, Fishlock, Baker, Bark, Farrell and Dersham.  There also is an unidentified baby boy in this lot.)

Lot 138
Z.G. Waite, 1871-25 Sep 1939, died at Moline.
Lula Waite, 1879-3 Jul 1939, aged 57 years, died in Iowa. (Other surnames in this lot are Ballard, Tharpe, Rush, Shepherd, Cooke and Wood)

Lot 153
Ada Hahn Waite, 1898-27 Aug 1973, died in Morrison. 
(Other surnames in this lot are Hahn, Updyke, Schaeffer, Brown, Mathews, Byam, Eschman and Bryant)

Lot 230

Winogene Waite, 1904-24 Jan 1981, died at Morrison.
Mervyn Waite, 1902-9 Mar 1969, died at Erie.
(Other surnames in this lot are Kaider, Wood, Schoonover and Mercer)

Coosa Co., Alabama Burials

transcribed by Randy

Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery

Johnnie W. Waites born November 29, 1856 died January 09, 1940

Emily (Babe) Waites born April 03, 1854 died February 06, 1929

Elizabeth Waites born September 29, 1810 died October 18, 1887

George P. Waites born March 25, 1837 died January 23, 1922

H.P. Waites born 1854 died 1909

Levi Waites born April 08, 1863 died January 22, 1942

Sifilo S. Waites born 1854 died 1920

Sarah J. Waites born October 20, 1849 died September 01, 1931

W.L. Waites born 1860 died 1923

Susas E. Waites born June 06, 1862 died June 20, 1946

Mary Candace Waites born January 11, 1874 died October 28, 1953

Shady Grove Baptist Cemetery

Both stones have the name Chadwick on the back

Palmyra Virginia Waites born March 17, 1840 died June 26, 1906

James Andrew Waites born December 09, 1861 died May 31, 1932

Lincolnshire Vital Records | Marriages

Thomas Waite St. Margaret and Lucy Barnard s D&C DVI/17/1684/61

William Wait Billinghay and Mary Warner wid MB 1677/82

David Waite wid Boston and Mary Kelsall MB 1701/16

Henry Waite Caistor and Ann Tap MB 1738/273

John Waite Stamford St. Michael and Mary Cooke s MB 1749/3

Mary Waite s Hammeringham and John Cash s # MB 1746/102

Robert Waite Crowle and Anne Margrave MB 1742/152

Robert Waite Thornton and Frances Thomson wid MB 1637/3

William Waite "not given" Ann Ward MB 1712/8

Elizabeth Wate wid # Holgate Halton and John Atkinson # MB 1746/246

James Wate Stamford St. Michael and Mary Faulkner s MB 1740/8

Lincolnshire Vital Records | Deaths

Transcribed by Rex Johnson from the National Burial Index files for Lincolnshire

( ) Whaitte 1 Dec 1590 Lincolnshire, Belton in Axholme, All Saints
Agnes Whaitte 5 Oct 1590 Lincolnshire, Belton in Axholme, All Saints
Ann Waite 28 19 Apr 1756 Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
31 Oct 1714 Catherine Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
5 Jun 1695 Dorothy Wait Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
17 Jul 1701 Dorothy Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
 23 Dec 1600 Edward Waitt Lincolnshire, Owston, St Martin
4 Sep 1704 Elizabeth Wayte Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
4 Apr 1705 Elizth Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
13 Feb 1722 Elizth Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
17 Aug 1745 George Waits Lincolnshire, Crowle, St Oswald
2 Jun 1749 George Waites Lincolnshire, Crowle, St Oswald
16 Dec 1587 Hellena Whaites Lincolnshire, Belton in Axholme, All Saints
11 May 1690 John Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
2 Dec 1707 John Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
2 Dec 1723 John Wait Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
23 Jan 1570 Margareta Whaites Lincolnshire, Haxey, St. Nicholas
8 Sep 1718 Mary Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
16 Jul 1719 Rich Wate Lincolnshire, Crowle, St Oswald
4 Jun 1749 Richard Waits Lincolnshire, Crowle, St Oswald
25 Apr 1709 Saml Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
1 Aug 1747 Saml Waite 20 Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
24 Jun 1688 Samuel Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
17 Dec 1690 Samuel Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
24 Feb 1703 Samuel Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
17 May 1688 Sarah Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
25 Mar 1693 Sarah Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
24 Jul 1691 Susana Wayt Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
11 Sep 1586 Thomas Wayts Lincolnshire, Belton in Axholme, All Saints
3 Jan 1751 Thomas Waite 60 Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
21 Aug 1691 Wm Waite Lincolnshire, Boston, St Botolph
10 Sep 1608 Xpofer Whaits Lincolnshire, Owston, St Martin

The Boston Protestation

The National Protestation subscribed to by Boston in early 1642 was originally taken by the members of the Lords and Commons in May 1641 before being generally applied. Its text runs as follows:

'I do, in the Presence of Almighty God, promise, vow, and protest to maintain and defend, as far as lawfully I may, with my Life, Power, and Estate, the true Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England, against all Popery and Popish Innovations, within this Realm, contrary to the same Doctrine, and according to the Duty of my Allegiance, His Majesty's Royal Person, Honour, and Estate, as also the Power and Privileges of Parliaments, the lawful Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, and every Person that maketh this Protestation, in whatsoever he shall do in the lawful Pursuance of the same; and to my power, and as far as lawfully I may, I will oppose and by all good Ways and Means endeavour to bring to condign Punishment all such as shall, either by Force, Practice, Counsels, Plots, Conspiracies, or otherwise do any Thing to the contrary of any Thing in this present Protestation contained; and further, that I shall, in all just and honourable Ways, endeavour to preserve the Union and Peace betwixt the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland: and neither for Hope, Fear, nor other Respect, shall relinquish this Promise, Vow, and Protestation.'

Anyone not subscribing to the above was to be deemed unfit to hold any office in Church or State. From the way its terms are couched it is unlikely that anyone save a Roman Catholic would have jibbed at taking it, and in the Boston return we in fact find the names of four out of a total of six residents who were later to be fined for Royalist activities.

The return, along with hundreds from other parishes, is preserved in the Library of the House of Lords (Main Papers, February 1642, Protestation Returns) and consists of four folios each bearing four columns of names totaling 804 in all. They are not individual signatures, but appear to have been the work of two separate hands. The document is without preamble and ends with a statement which reads:

'All the sevrall persons in theis fowre sevrall sheetes of paper did voluntarily & freely take the same protestacon which the members of the Comons howse of Parliament did (Signed) William Wright maior. Edw: Tillson. John Whitinge. Tho: Askham.'

Signers Surnamed Wait(e)

Robert Wait Moulton

William Wait Laughterton

Matthew Waite Bourne Dyke & Cawthorpe

Richard Waite Alvingham

Richard Waite North Reston

Robert Waite North Cockerington

Raiphe Weight Con Hacconby Cum Stainfield

...I look into this mirror and see a thousand mirrors behind me: My mother's face, between bright curtains, watches the damp garden. My father sits under a lamp with his eyes closed."

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