Henry Waite was the eldest child of Remick and Susannah (Matson) Waite. He entered College at the beginning of Sophomore year, from Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn. Early in 1810, he commenced the study of law with Hon. Matthew Griswold and Ex-Gov. Roger Gnswold, of Lyme. He was admitted to the bar in Dec, 1812, and pursued the practice of his profession thereafter in his native town. In 1815, he was a representative in the lower branch of the State Legislature, and after that was repeatedly re-elected; in 1832 and 1833 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1834, he was elected an Associate Judge of the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, and twenty years later, Chief Justice. In Febr., 1857, having reached the constitutional limit for judicial office, he retired to private life. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1855.
Judge Waite married, 23 Jan., 1816, Maria, daughter of Col. Richard E. Selden, of Lyme. She died soon after the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. Of their eight children (seven sons and one daughter), three graduated at Yale College.
A sketch of the life of Judge Waite, with a portrait, was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1870.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Deceased during the Academical Year ending in July 1870.
Judge Waite married, 23 Jan., 1816, Maria, daughter of Col. Richard E. Selden, of Lyme. She died soon after the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. Of their eight children (seven sons and one daughter), three graduated at Yale College.
A sketch of the life of Judge Waite, with a portrait, was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1870.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Deceased during the Academical Year ending in July 1870.
Henry Waite was the eldest child of Remick and Susannah (Matson) Waite. He entered College at the beginning of Sophomore year, from Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn. Early in 1810, he commenced the study of law with Hon. Matthew Griswold and Ex-Gov. Roger Gnswold, of Lyme. He was admitted to the bar in Dec, 1812, and pursued the practice of his profession thereafter in his native town. In 1815, he was a representative in the lower branch of the State Legislature, and after that was repeatedly re-elected; in 1832 and 1833 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1834, he was elected an Associate Judge of the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, and twenty years later, Chief Justice. In Febr., 1857, having reached the constitutional limit for judicial office, he retired to private life. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1855.
Judge Waite married, 23 Jan., 1816, Maria, daughter of Col. Richard E. Selden, of Lyme. She died soon after the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. Of their eight children (seven sons and one daughter), three graduated at Yale College.
A sketch of the life of Judge Waite, with a portrait, was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1870.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Deceased during the Academical Year ending in July 1870.
Judge Waite married, 23 Jan., 1816, Maria, daughter of Col. Richard E. Selden, of Lyme. She died soon after the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. Of their eight children (seven sons and one daughter), three graduated at Yale College.
A sketch of the life of Judge Waite, with a portrait, was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1870.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Deceased during the Academical Year ending in July 1870.
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