Mary Waite

1671 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Mary Waite  [1]
  Birth	25 Feb 1671	Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I20680	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Waite,   b. Abt 1640   d. Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Martha Leonard,   b. 15 May 1649, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	8 Jun 1670	Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  	". . .the epitome of courage and selflessness. . ." By Meredith Boissy Donatello My favorite ancestors are Benjamin Waite and his wife Martha Leonard Waite. Benjamin, "The Hero of the Connecticut Valley," was a courageous, loving, and capable man. When his wife and three daughters were taken captive during the Hatfield Indian Raid of September 19, 1677, Benjamin did not sit idly by but was determined to set his wife and children free or share their fate. He and another man faced the hostile French and Indians and pursued them until he returned with his family to Hatfield. During her captivity Martha gave birth to her fourth daughter, Canada Waite. Martha Leonard Waite, like her husband Benjamin, was extraordinarily courageous. She made a three hundred mile forced march to Canada while pregnant and managed to keep her three small children alive. This feat is so extraordinary because the Indians killed those captives, especially women and children, who could not keep up. This family is and was the epitome of courage and selflessness that is embedded in the American Spirit. Source: http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ Detail link, no longer valid? Source: http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/NEXUS_eNews/76_p_659_677.asp
  Family ID	F7370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Feb 1671 - Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S293] Albury, James (james_albury@hotmail.com) "Ancestors of James Henry Albury, Jr.."; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:603723 ; Ver. Sat Aug 25 14:41:40 2001.