- After his death the Town Council divided his property
among his wife, Eleanor and his children: Samuel,
Benjamin, Jeremiah, Thomas, and Mary. Joseph died prior
to his father’s death.
- It has also been determined that some wrote their name, W-A-I-T,
and others, W-A-I-T-E. The use of the letter E at the end
of a word was very common at one time, after the early
spelling of many words, as: thinke, speake, finde, etc.
- Thomas came to America in 1633, first in Boston, and the
settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. [WAIT-GE.GED]
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