Mary Wait

F, (5 June 1740 - 8 March 1823)
Father-Biological*Nathan Wait b. 15 Feb 1711, d. 25 Nov 1798
Mother-Biological*Hannah Billings b. 14 Jul 1706, d. 15 Aug 1773
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Last Edited=5 Apr 2024
Gravestone of Mary (Wait) Bement
     Mary Wait was born on 5 June 1740 at Hatfield, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Nathan Wait and Hannah Billings.

Mary Wait married Deacon John Bement, son of John Bement and Mary Severance, at Ashfield, Massachusetts.2 Mary and Johnmoved to Ashfield, Massachusetts, circa 1775. Ashfield was then a wilderness. He cleared land and carried his produce to market in Hadly on his back.2 Mary Wait died on 8 March 1823 at Ashfield, Massachusetts, at age 82.2,1,3 She was buried at Plain Cemetery, Ashfield, Massachusetts. Mary's epitaph reads:

In
memory of
Mrs. Mary, wife of
Deac. John Bement
died
March 1823
Æ. 83 years.1


Children of Mary Wait and Deacon John Bement

Citations

  1. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  2. Burrell, Alyce Adams. A Genealogy of Sherwin - Shedd and Allied Families in America. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1990.
  3. Eddy Fund. Vital Records of Ashfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1942.