Person Page - 4980

Mary Shear^1,2,3

• Birth*: 24 March 1776; Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Mar 24 1776 per FindaGrave - age 43y 11m 11d at death Mar 6 1820. per family tree of Timothy Abel on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.^2,3
• Marriage*: 1799; Quebec; per family tree of Timothy Abel on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.; Principal=Briggs Wait²
• Death*: 6 March 1820; Christie's Manor, Clarenceville, Monteregie, Quebec; Date Mar 6 1820 & location Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec per FindaGrave. per family tree of Timothy Abel on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.^2,3
• Burial*: 8 March 1820; Saint George Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Mary Wait; BIRTH: Mar 1776; DEATH: 6 Mar 1820 (aged 43–44); Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; BURIAL: Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 39871802; Note: Inscription: Erected in memory of Mary, Consort of Briggs Wait, who departed this life March 6, 1820. Age 43 yrs. 11 mos. & 11 dys. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39871802/mary-wait)³

• Married Name: 1799; Wait²

Sophia Wait¹

• Father*: George Wait¹ b. 22 Mar 1749, d. c 1824
• Mother*: Elizabeth Salls Briggs¹ b. 9 Apr 1751, d. c 1795

• Birth*: circa 1773; New York, U.S.A.; Date 1773 per FindaGrave - age 69y at death Jul 27 1842. "Sophia Wait was born circa 1773 at prob New York; I have found no direct proof that Sarah was the sister of Briggs and Enoch, but evidence does point that way. She was born at the right time, and likely with her father George Wait in Ontario while he was there, she would probably have married Jonathan Gorham there." from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy..
  (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1794; U.S.A.; "She was the daughter of George Wait and Elizabeth (?) Sophia Wait married Jonathan Gorham before 1795." from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy..
  (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.; Principal=Jonathan Gorham¹
• Death*: 27 July 1842; Huntingdon Co., Quebec; from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹
• Burial*: 29 July 1842; Union Church Cemetery, Havelock, Monteregie Region, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Sophia Gorham; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 27 Jul 1842; BURIAL: Union Church Cemetery
  Havelock, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 92063487; Note: Wife of Jonathan Gorham, aged 69 years. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92063487/sophia-gorham?_gl=1*r10at4*_gcl_au*MTA4ODQwNjUxNC4xNjkwODMyNzkx*_ga*NTYwMjIyMjkyLjE2NzQ5Mzg5MDg.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTIwY2IyNDEtNGQ5OC00OTE5LTlmZWYtYzU4MjExYjkzZTFmLjQ3MS4xLjE2OTM1MzE1NDUuNDAuMC4w*_ga_QPQNV9XG1B*MTIwY2IyNDEtNGQ5OC00OTE5LTlmZWYtYzU4MjExYjkzZTFmLjIuMS4xNjkzNTMxNTQ1LjAuMC4w)³

• Note*: circa 1790; New York, U.S.A.; "Sophia Wait; F, b. circa 1773, d. 27 July 1842; Father: George Wait b. 22 Mar 1749, d. a 1811; Mother: Elizabeth (?) b. b 1758; Relationship: 4th great-grandaunt of Pamela Joyce Wood; Last Edited: 25 Oct 2021; Sophia Wait was born circa 1773 at prob New York; I have found no direct proof that Sarah was the sister of Briggs and Enoch, but evidence does point that way. She was born at the right time, and likely with her father George Wait in Ontario while he was there, she would probably have married Jonathan Gorham there. He was there in 1795, and their eldest son was born there. There was definitely a close relationship between the couple and the Waits. Her proposed brother Enoch, and his wife Sarah Salls, named a daughter Hannah Paulina Gorham Wait. Sophia Wait and husband Jonathan Gorham named a daughter Sarah Paulina Wait Gorham. After years of trying to prove this, I can find nothing additional that would discount the theory.1,2 She was the daughter of George Wait and Elizabeth (?) Sophia Wait married Jonathan Gorham before 1795. Sophia Wait died on 27 July 1842 at Huntingdon Co, Quebec.1 She was buried at Union Church Cemetery, Havelock, Huntingdon Co, Quebec. She witnessed the baptism of Hannah Paulina Gorham Wait on 21 June 1825 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.3 Sophia Wait witnessed the baptism of Peter Alexander Gorham on 21 June 1825 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec; Nathan Smith was an additional witness.4 Sophia Wait witnessed the death of Jonathan Gorham on 2 July 1825 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec; He had been a shipwright.5,6 Sophia Wait witnessed the baptism of Sarah Brown Gorham on 19 September 1830 at Caldwell's Manor, (now Missisquoi Co), Quebec. Family: Jonathan Gorham b. c 1769, d. 2 Jul 1825; Children: William Henry Gorham b. 1795; Joseph Edwin Gorham+8 b. 23 Dec 1801, d. 2 Jul 1875; John Alfred Rex Gorham+9 b. 15 Nov 1804, d. 22 Jan 1881
  Sarah Paulina Wait Gorham10 b. 28 Jun 1807; Peter Alexander Gorham+4 b. 10 Jan 1815, d. c 1880; Citations
  [S89] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com, Quebec, Huntingdon Co, Havelock: Union Church Cemetery. [S667] Personal Research & Conjecture of Pam Wood Waugh. [S82] Caldwells' & Christie's Manor Ang 1815-1831;, M-128.42. [S82] Caldwells' & Christie's Manor Ang 1815-1831;, M-128.42, Baptism of Peter Alexander Gorham, 1825. [S82] Caldwells' & Christie's Manor Ang 1815-1831;, M-128.42, Burial of Jonathan Gorham, 1825.
  [S89] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com, Quebec, Missisquoi Co, Clarenceville. Clarenceville Anglican, Jonathan Gorham. [S750] Ancestry.ca, 2007: Quebec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 , Caldwell's and Christie's Manor Anglican. Bapt of Sarah Brown Gorham. [S82] Caldwells' & Christie's Manor Ang 1815-1831;, M-128.42, Baptism of Joseph Edwin Gorham, 1825. [S82] Caldwells' & Christie's Manor Ang 1815-1831;, M-128.42, Baptism of John Alfred Rex Gorham, 1825.
  [S82] Caldwells' & Christie's Manor Ang 1815-1831;, M-128.42, Baptism of Sarah Paulina Gorham, 1825." from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹
• Married Name: circa 1794; Gorham¹
• Note: 1797; Upper Canada; Immigration list shows George Wait came to Canada in 1797 and he is the only one listed. He also appears in the list of settlers in Haldimand in 1797. He appears alone in the 1803 Census in Haldimand Twp. - no children. Later, Joseph, Samuel and Garner are married and appear in Haldimand under their own census records. The older three kids ended up in Quebec. Are they the same family???

Jonathan Gorham¹

• Birth*: circa 1769; from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1794; U.S.A.; "She was the daughter of George Wait and Elizabeth (?) Sophia Wait married Jonathan Gorham before 1795." from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy..
  (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.; Principal=Sophia Wait¹
• Death*: 2 July 1825; Noyan, Missisquoi Co., Quebec; Date July 2, 1825 per FindaGrave. "Sophia Wait witnessed the death of Jonathan Gorham on 2 July 1825 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec; He had been a shipwright." from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.^1,2
• Burial*: 4 July 1825; Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Jonathan Gorham; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 2 Jul 1825; BURIAL: Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 39871832; Note: Inscription
  Sacred to the memory of Jonathan Gorham, who departed this life July 2, 1825 in the 56th year of his age. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39871832/jonathan-gorham?_gl=1*13veac6*_gcl_au*MTA4ODQwNjUxNC4xNjkwODMyNzkx)²

William Henry Gorham¹

• Father*: Jonathan Gorham¹ b. c 1769, d. 2 Jul 1825
• Mother*: Sophia Wait¹ b. c 1773, d. 27 Jul 1842

• Birth*: 1795; from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹

Joseph Edwin Gorham¹

• Father*: Jonathan Gorham¹ b. c 1769, d. 2 Jul 1825
• Mother*: Sophia Wait¹ b. c 1773, d. 27 Jul 1842

• Birth*: 23 December 1801; Noyan, Quebec; Date Dec 23 1801 from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.
  Date Dec 23 1801 & location Noyan, Quebec per family tree of beannutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.^1,2
• Death*: 2 July 1875; Quebec; Date Jul 2 1875 from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.
  Date Jul 2 1875 per family tree of beannutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.^1,2
• Burial*: 4 July 1875; Union Church Cemetery, Havelock, Monteregie Region, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Joseph E Gorham; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 2 Jul 1875; BURIAL: Union Church Cemetery, Havelock, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 92063516; Note: Aged 74 years. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92063516/joseph-e-gorham)³

John Alfred Rex Gorham¹

• Father*: Jonathan Gorham¹ b. c 1769, d. 2 Jul 1825
• Mother*: Sophia Wait¹ b. c 1773, d. 27 Jul 1842

• Birth*: 15 November 1804; from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹
• Death*: 22 January 1881; from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹

Sarah Paulina Wait Gorham¹

• Father*: Jonathan Gorham¹ b. c 1769, d. 2 Jul 1825
• Mother*: Sophia Wait¹ b. c 1773, d. 27 Jul 1842

• Birth*: 28 June 1807; from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.¹

Peter Alexander Gorham¹

• Father*: Jonathan Gorham¹ b. c 1769, d. 2 Jul 1825
• Mother*: Sophia Wait¹ b. c 1773, d. 27 Jul 1842

• Birth*: 10 January 1815; Quebec; Date Jan 10 1815 from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023. Date Jan 10 1815 & location Quebec per family tree of beanutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.^1,2
• Marriage*: 26 July 1843; Dunham, Quebec; per family tree of beanutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.; Principal=Susannah Johnson²
• Death*: 7 April 1880; Brome, Brome Co., Quebec; Date c. 1880 from "Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood and Randy.. (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~waughp/genealogy/mine/p14423.htm) Link sent to me via email by Sam Price, Aug 30 2023.
  Date Apr 7 1880 & location Brome, Brome, Quebec per family tree of beanutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.^1,2

Susannah Johnson¹

• Birth*: circa 1827; Quebec; per family tree of beanutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.¹
• Marriage*: 26 July 1843; Dunham, Quebec; per family tree of beanutputter on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.; Principal=Peter Alexander Gorham¹

• Married Name: 26 July 1843; Gorham¹

Mary Selleck¹

• Father*: Nathaniel Selleck¹ b. 9 Oct 1704, d. 5 Jan 1746
• Mother*: Mary DeMil¹ b. 24 Aug 1707, d. 30 Aug 1786

• Birth*: 13 July 1727; Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Sissy Walker on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.¹
• Marriage*: 23 August 1748; Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Sissy Walker on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.; Principal=Shubael Gorham¹
• Death*: 13 July 1827; Ball Town, Albany Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Sissy Walker on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.¹

• Married Name: 23 August 1748; Gorham¹

Shubael Gorham¹

• Birth*: 11 April 1727; Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Sissy Walker on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.¹
• Marriage*: 23 August 1748; Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Sissy Walker on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.; Principal=Mary Selleck¹
• Death*: 5 November 1771; Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Sissy Walker on ancestry.ca, Aug 31 2023.¹

Elizabeth Wait¹

• Father*: Briggs Wait¹ b. 26 Feb 1778, d. 7 Oct 1870
• Mother*: Mary Shear¹ b. 24 Mar 1776, d. 6 Mar 1820

• Birth*: 10 June 1799; Quebec; Date Jun 10 1799 per Baptism Record.¹
• Baptism: 6 August 1815; Episcopal Church, Caldwell, Quebec; "On this sixth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifteen, I baptised Elizabeth, daughter of Briggs Wait of Caldwell Manor, farmer, and Mary his wife, born on the tenth day of June, seventeen hundred and ninety nine, Enoch Wait and Abigail French being witnesses - Elizabeth Wait. Enoch Salls, Abigail French. M. Townsend, Minister" from Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, for Briggs Wait; I, Iberville, Episcopal Church, Caldwell and Christie, 1815, pg. 18 of 24, second item on right. (https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1091/images/d13p_32310362?pId=8051990)
  ¹

Joseph Salls^1,2

• Father*: Isaac Searls² b. 2 Jun 1723, d. c 1800
• Mother*: Hannah Hawley² b. 17 Nov 1725, d. a 1810

• Birth*: 1750; New York, U.S.A.; Date c 1750 & location NY per family tree of James Gregory McHone on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023. per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Death*: 1810; Canaan, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of James Gregory McHone on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²

Samuel Salls^1,2

• Father*: Isaac Searls² b. 2 Jun 1723, d. c 1800
• Mother*: Hannah Hawley² b. 17 Nov 1725, d. a 1810

• Birth*: 1752; Westbury, North Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Marriage*: circa 1774; New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Rachel Leigh Sibley²
• Death*: 28 September 1810; Canaan, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²

Rachel Leigh Sibley^1,2

• Birth*: 1756; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Marriage*: circa 1774; New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Samuel Salls²
• Death*: 14 April 1796; Canaan, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²

• Married Name: circa 1774; Searls²

Hix Salls^1,2

• Father*: Isaac Searls² b. 2 Jun 1723, d. c 1800
• Mother*: Hannah Hawley² b. 17 Nov 1725, d. a 1810

• Birth*: 1752; Westbury, North Hampstead, Nassau Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Marriage*: 1775; Chatham, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Catherine Salls Salazar on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023. per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Mary Briggs²
• Death*: 26 April 1826; Clarenceville, Monteregie, Quebec; per family tree of James Gregory McHone on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023. per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Burial*: 28 April 1826; Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Hix Salls Esq; BIRTH: 1752, New York, USA; DEATH: 26 Apr 1826 (aged 73–74), Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; BURIAL: Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 39871864; Note: Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Hix Salls, Esq., who departed this life April 26, 1826. Age 74 yrs. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39871864/hix-salls)³

• Census*: 1790; Canaan, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; 1790 US Fed Census: Hix Salls; 1 male 16 and over; 4 males under 16; 2 females; Total: 7 (1790 US Fed Census: Canaan, Columbia Co., NY, pg. 3 of 6, line 20 from the bottom, left side, ancestry.ca)
  Note: Samuel Salls is just above.⁴

Mary Briggs¹

• Father*: Col. Elkanah Briggs¹ b. 12 May 1735, d. 1814
• Mother*: Susannah Hunt¹ b. Sep 1742, d. 31 Dec 1822

• Birth*: 1 January 1757; Chatham, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.¹
• Marriage*: 1775; Chatham, Columbia Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Catherine Salls Salazar on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023. per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Hix Salls¹
• Death*: 24 June 1839; Noyan, Le Haut-Richelieu, Quebec; Date Jun 24 1839 & location Noyan, Le Haut-Richelieu, Quebec per family tree of Catherine Salls Salazar on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023. per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.¹
• Burial*: 26 June 1839; Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Mary Briggs Salls; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 24 Jun 1839; BURIAL: Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 39871896; Note: Inscription:
  Mary wife of Hix Salls, Esq., died June 24, 1839. Age 82 yrs. 6 mos. 24 dys. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39871896/mary-salls)²

• Married Name: 1775; Salls¹

Isaac Salls Jr.^1,2

• Father*: Isaac Searls² b. 2 Jun 1723, d. c 1800
• Mother*: Hannah Hawley² b. 17 Nov 1725, d. a 1810

• Birth*: 2 September 1757; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Death*: 8 May 1759; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²

Abraham Salls^1,2

• Father*: Isaac Searls² b. 2 Jun 1723, d. c 1800
• Mother*: Hannah Hawley² b. 17 Nov 1725, d. a 1810

• Birth*: 1760; Westbury, North Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York, U.S.A.²
• Marriage*: 1780; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Thankful Salls²
• Marriage*: 1792; Clarenceville, Quebec; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Phebe Filer²
• Death*: 1827; Clarenceville, Le Haut-Richelieu, Quebec; per family tree of James Gregory McHone on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²

Thankful Salls^1,2

• Birth*: circa 1762; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²
• Marriage*: 1780; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.; Principal=Abraham Salls²
• Death*: 1792; per family tree of liLOLadehoo on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2023.²

• Married Name: 1780; Searls²