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Martha Leonard Waite

Birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
29 Sep 1704 (aged 55)
Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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In 1677 she and her children were taken captive by Indians in the Hatfield raid and taken to Canada for eight months where they were heroically rescued and ransomed by her husband, Benjamin Waite, along with Stephen Jennings. Martha received five pounds for her husband's death in the 1704 Deerfield 'Meadows Fight.'

Children: Mary Waite Wells, Martha Waite, Sarah Waite Belding Allis(who married John Belding and Ichabod Allis), Canada Waite Smith, John Waite(father of John Wait), Joseph Waite, Jeremiah Waite, and Joseph Waite.

In 1677 she and her children were taken captive by Indians in the Hatfield raid and taken to Canada for eight months where they were heroically rescued and ransomed by her husband, Benjamin Waite, along with Stephen Jennings. Martha received five pounds for her husband's death in the 1704 Deerfield 'Meadows Fight.'

Children: Mary Waite Wells, Martha Waite, Sarah Waite Belding Allis(who married John Belding and Ichabod Allis), Canada Waite Smith, John Waite(father of John Wait), Joseph Waite, Jeremiah Waite, and Joseph Waite.



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