Gardner Wait (1759 - 1846)

Born 30 Jul 1759 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Lucretia (Fillmore) Wait — married 1782 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1846 at age 87 in Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Name

Gardner Wait ^[1][2][3][4]

Birth

Birth Date: 30 JUL 1759

Place: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island ^[5][6][7]

Christening (30 Jul 1759) Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

Death

Death Date: 10 AUG 1846

Place: Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, Vermont, USA^[8][9]

Residence

Residence Date: 1810

Place: Vineyard, Franklin, Vermont, United States^[10]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Isle la Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont, USA^[11][12]

Burial: South End Cemetery, Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States

Marriage

Husband: Gardner Wait

Wife: Lucretia Fillmore

Child: Henry Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Solomon Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Willet Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William E or H Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ezra Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah Sally Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Gardner Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Downer Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Cyrus Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Atte Alta Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1782

Place: Albany, Albany, New York, United States^[13][14]

Husband: @I2738@

Wife: Ann Gardner

Child: Caleb Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Barton Waite

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Gardner Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Henry Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jonathan Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Wait

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage Date: 08 JUN 1758

Place: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island.^[15][16]

Private Gardner Wait served with 7th Regiment, Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Gardner Wait is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A120271.

War Records Revolutionary War. Commanding officers in Massachusetts incl Col. Sparhawk Sparhawk-10 He also served for New York with Lt Edw Wheeler and Capt Hale. Details below:

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S319
2. ↑ Source: #S303 Page: Source number: 893.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MS1
3. ↑ Source: #S344
4. ↑ Source: #S315 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: Vineyard, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 343A; Image: 00639; Family History Library Film: 0218668 Object: @M1559@
5. ↑ Source: #S319
6. ↑ Source: #S303 Page: Source number: 893.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MS1
7. ↑ Source: #S344
8. ↑ Source: #S319
9. ↑ Source: #S344
10. ↑ Source: #S315 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: Vineyard, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 343A; Image: 00639; Family History Library Film: 0218668 Object: @M1559@
11. ↑ Source: #S319
12. ↑ Source: #S344
13. ↑ Source: #S303 Page: Source number: 893.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MS1
14. ↑ Source: #S303 Page: Source number: 893.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MS1
15. ↑ Source: #S303 Page: Source number: 912.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MS1
16. ↑ Source: #S303 Page: Source number: 912.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MS1

See also:

• Add sources here.
• History of Isle La Motte, Vermont by Allen L. Stratton.
• DAR patriot Index pvt MA NY PSNR
• SAR patriot index SERV:Pvt NY DESC:Lundin, Robert King

ANC #135911 IL #06859 Resided in Isle le Mont /Vinyard, Chittenden, Vermont per 1790, 1800 Resided in Isle le Mont /Vinyard, Grand Isle, Vermont per , 1810, 1820, 1830, and 1840 Census.

WAIT GARDINER VT CHITTENDEN ISLE MOTT 1790 1 4 1 WAIT GARDINER VT FRANKLIN ISLE OF MOTT 1800 33101/0001 1820 0012000010100 Also on the same page are William and Willet Wait. All three in the 1810. WAIT GARDNER 61 M W VT NY ST LAWRENCE NORFOLK 1860

Rev. War Pension No. S16015. Received an annual pension of $41.21.

1759-1776: It is assumed Gardner spent his boyhood in Washington Co., Rhode Island removing to Massachusetts before the age of 17, from where he served during the Revolutionary War. Stated in his pension: "He was a substitute for his father, to serve his term in the Continental Army, entering from the town of Hardwick, MA where he resided."

"My next term of service was performed under Lt. Wheeler of New Britian, in the state of New York, at which place I resided. A substitute for Benjamin Wait, my uncle, who was drafted into Service, last day of Aug 1781." (DAR Patriot Index, p. 709)

August 1777, he served under command of Lt. Nathan Leonard at the Battle of Bennington, Vermont.

1 Oct 1776 first enlisted at Hardwick MA as a substitute for his ailing father @17. He served as a Pvt. in Capt. Jones Co. and Col. Sparhawks Regt. He was in the Battle of Brunswick and assisted in the capture of five Hessians, horses, ammunition and small arms. He was discharged after serving five months and ten days. His pension record is #16015 in which he claims being born in Exeter and residing in New Britain NY. 27 Jul 1777 enlists for his second term at Hardwick MA three days before his 18th birthday. Marches 85 miles in four days to Bennington VT. Assists in burying the dead after the Battle of Bennington and was a sentinel at the meeting house when the prisoners attempted to escape. He served under Ens. Nathan Leonard of the Massachusetts troops. 1 Apr 1778 enlists for his third term of service from Hardwich for three months. Was to go to Boston to conduct some troops back to Rutland VT where he was a guard. Gardner's fourth term began three days after returning home in Aug 1778. Served under Lt. John Dinsmore on General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition. Helped at night to secretly move supplies from one fort to another within sight of two large armed British ships. Gardner was one of the first settlers in Isle La Motte VT 1778.

Aug 1781 Gardner began his fifth term of service. He was at New Britin NY for 10-12 days where he was living. In Columbia County NY he substituted for his uncle Benjamin Wait who had been drafted. He chased Tories and Indians. His final term of service began in the fall of 1781. Served for a stranger in poor health he met at Stockbridge MA who could not complete his term in Schoharie NY. Hired to serve his remaining 35 days. He served a total of one year and eleven days as a private in the Massachusetts and New York troops.

1782 Gardner and Lucretia's marriage record is also listed in East Greenwich RI and Petersburg NY.

1790 listed in New York census records. WAIT GARDNER NY CLINTON CHAMPLAIN 1790 131

1791 listed in the census of Vermont along with his wife and four sons under ten residing at Isle LaMotte VT. He resided there at "Wait's Bay."

1800 Vermont census shows Gardiner residing at Isle LaMotte with three sons under ten; three sons ages 10-16; one son over 16 and one daughter under 10. 1832 Gardiner files his pension application and mentions seeing General Washington at Morristown. Granted 29 Aug 1832.

WAIT GARDNER VT GRAND ISLE VINYARD 1820 001201/00001

There is some discrepancy about the birth dates and names of some of the children. Although Jerusha appears in most records Cynthia does not. Mrs. Robert Browning feels that her grandmother may have been named Cynthia Jerusha and that is why Cynthia does not often appear. As for the sons, a man needed to be 21 years old before being made a freeman. Solomon must have been born by 1790 to have been made a freeman in 1811. Amhearst must have been born in the years between Downer and Alta or after Alta in 1812 to have been married in 1832. Much of Mrs. Brownings information came from LDS files forwarded to her by Mrs. Ezra Curtis a descendant of Sarah Wait. There is some work needed here.

History of Isle La Motte, Vermont by Allen L. Stratton.

In 1776, at seventeen years of age, took his father's place in the Continental Army. War Record #S16015. Children and birth dates derived from DAR lineage books, town records, school records of Isle La Motte, VT and census records. Gardiner Wait recorded in 1790 Vermont Census Index, page 25. Isle Mott, Chittenden Co. In 1790, there was a record of 1 FWM over 16, 4 FWM less than 16, and one FWF.

According to Thoesen, "When Gardner Wait was but 16 years of age 1775, he took his fathers place in the Revolution. He volunteered as a substitute and served as a private in Capt. Stone's Co., and Col Sparhawks Regiment. He was in the Battle of Brunswick and assisted in capturing 5 Hessians and taking small arms, ammunition and horses. He was discharged after serving 5 months and ten days. He volunteered Aug 1777 and served one month and 4 days under Ensign Nathan Leonard of the Massachusetts Troops. He was engaged as a Sentinel at the Battle of Bennington and assisted in burying the dead after the Battle. He volunteered Arpil 1778 and served 3 months as a Private in Capt. Whipple's Co. as a Guard at Rutland, VT. He enlisted in Aug 1778 and served 6 weeks under Lt. John Dinsmore on Gen Sullivans RI Expedition. While residing in New Britian, NY he enlisted on Aug 1781 as a substitute for his Uncle Bejamin Wait who had been drafted and Gardner served 10 to 12 days as a Private under Lt. Edward Wheeler in the NY troops. He enlisted at Stockbridge, MA in the fall of 1781 serving 1 month and 5 days as a Private in Capt Hales New York Company in the Fort at Schoharie and at Albany and was then discharged and returned home to New Britain, Columbia Co., NY. He was married about 1782 and moved in 1791 to Isle La Motte, VT. Pension granted him Aug 29, 1832. Listed in the Federal Census of 1790 in New York and in the 1791 census in Vermont. In 1791, he had 4 sons under 10 years of age. In 1800, he had sons under 10, 3 sons 10-16 years of age; 1 son 16-26; 1 daughter under 10; 1 female 16-26. Names of children and their birth dates are derived at for DAR lineage books, town records and school records of the Isle LaMotte VT and census records for Isle La Motte, VT."

Revolutionary War Pension Lists Pension Roll of 1835, Vol 1, Vermont, Page 947

A statement showing the names, rank, &c., of persons residing in the county of Grand Isle, in the State of Vermont, who have been inscribed on the pension list under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

Name: Gardner Wait Rank: Private Annual Allowance: 41.21 Sums received: 123.63 Description of service: Mass militia When placed on the pension roll: Aug 12, 1823 Commencement of pension: March 4, 1`831 Age: 75 Laws under which they were formerly inscribed on the pension rolls and remarks: Act March 18, 1818. Dropped from the roll under act May 1, 1820. Pensioned again under act Jun 7, 1832.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 June 2017, 02:35), entry for Gardiner Waite(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLLJ-BPH); contributed by various users.
• Source: S303 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1
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• Source: S315 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1810 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1
• Source: S319 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
• Source: S344 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Vermont, Find A Grave Index, 1751-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1

• Date entry by Timothy Wait, Saturday, January 24, 2015.
• Wait-288 was created by F.Jay Harrell through the import of SamuelWaite.ged on Dec 1, 2014.
• Unsourced family tree handed down to Pete Neubauer.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21818275/gardener-wait