Lt., Capt., Maj., & Col., Vermont, in capture of Ticonderoga & Crown Point.
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Wait was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts on Feb. 13, 1736, the fourth child of John and Annah Wait, a family with roots in the earliest settlement of eastern Massachusetts.

Following the death of Annah in 1744, John remarried to a woman whosename is unknown, and moved his seven children west to the small town of Broomield. Settling in a large house on Foster Hill along the Post Road highway that stretched from Boston to Albany, New York, he soon opened his doors as an innkeeper. There John would remain until his death in 1761, watching his family grow until his offspring numbered 12.

The local tavern occupied an important place in the social and political lives of early New Englanders, and John Wait was soon a well-known and respected member of his community. His inn, Waite’s Tavern, became a popular destination for travelers and soldiers, bearing his name long after the Waits sold it.∼Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Waite I
Born 13 Feb 1736 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors ancestors
Son of John H. Waite Sr. and Hannah (Wellington) Waite
Brother of Anna Waite, John Waite, Joseph Waite, Thomas Waite, Sarah Waite, Eunice Waite [half], Nathaniel Waite [half], Priscilla Waite [half], Jeduthan Waite [half] and William Waite [half]
Husband of Lois (Gilbert) Waite — married about 11 Jan 1767 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts
Husband of Mehitable (Hitchcock) Waite — married after 1804 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of Thomas Waite, Benjamin Franklin Waite II, Sarah (Waite) Phelps and Gilbert Waite
Died 28 Jun 1822 in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States

Maj. Gen. Benjamin Waite I participated in the American Revolution
Biography

Benjamin Wait

Benjamin5 Wait, b. at Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 13, 1736; mfirst, Jan. 11, 1767, Lois Gilbert, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Martha [Barnes] Gilbert of Brookfield. She d. at Waitsfield, Vt., April 3, 1804; m. second Mehitable, wid. of John Burdick.

Benjamin Wait was a soldier in the last French War, 1755-61; ensign in Rogers’ Rangers; settled in Windsor, Vt., 1767, and became a leader in the State among the Green Mountain Boys; capt. in Hoisington’s Rangers 1776; major in Herrick’s Rangers 1777; col. 1778; brig.-gen. of Vt. militia 1786; maj.-gen. 1788; sheriff Cumberland Co., Vt., 1779-86; Cumberland Committee of Correspondence 1774-5; Vt. Const. Convention, 1777; rep. from Windsor, Vt., 1779, 1782, 1783, 1785; first settler of Waitsfield, Vt., 1789, and chief man of the town until his death; rep. 1795-99, 1801-2; first justice of the peace 1791; treasurer 1795; selectman 1794-96 and 1799.
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Children of Benjamin Waite and Lois Gilbert are:

1. Lois Waite, born August/1/1779 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died 1848 in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont; married Lynde Sr. Waite September/18/1800 in Waitsfield; Washington, Vermont.

2. Ezra Waite, born in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died March/14/1814; married Elizabeth Chandler 1784.

3. John Waite, born December/29/1768 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; married Elizabeth Eunice Lawrence January/7/1791 in Winchester, Cheshire, NH.

4. Benjamin Waite, born September/11/1773 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died 1858 in Scioto, OH; married Lovina Heaton 1793 in Waitsfield, Washington Co, Vermont.

5. Gilbert Waite, born June/16/1778 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died December/2/1844 in Antwerp, Jefferson, NY; married Rebecca Seaver.

6. Sarah Waite, born August/1/1779 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died January/29/1860 in Orange,WI; married Aaron Phelps December/7/1797 in Waitsfield, Chittenden, Vermont.

7. Thomas Waite, born 1781 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died November/2/1808 in Waitsfield,Washington,Vermont; married Lovina Phelps April/8/1802 in Waitsfield, Chittenden, Vermont.

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Was one of the founders and the namesake of Waitsfield, VT.