Family:Yelverton Wait and Margaret Whitford (1)

Parents: Joseph Wait and Elizabeth Gifford Yelverton Wait b. 14 Sep 1743 Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States d. 29 Feb 1816 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States	Parents: Robert Whitford and Margaret Fones Margaret Whitford b. 10 May 1744 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 1825

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]	20 Dec 1761	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Divorce^[2]	Apr 1781	Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	William Wait	2 Jul 1761 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States	30 Jun 1849 Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, United States
2.	John Wait	22 Oct 1766	2 Feb 1835 Winsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
3.	Anne Weight
4.	Elizabeth Weight
5.	Martha Weight

References

↑ East Greenwich Marriages, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
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WEIGHT, Elverton, and Margaret Whitford, of Robert; m. by Giles Peirce, Justice, Dec. 20, 1761.
↑ Bruce, Katherine. "Kent County Divorces from Court Records", in Rhode Island Roots. (Cumberland, Rhode Island: The Rhode Island Genealogical Society)
Vol. 14, p. 42.

April 1781: Yelverton Weight divorced wife Margaret Whitford. He was accused of having fathered children by two Colvin sisters; Margaret went to live with her sister, and he accused her of being unfaithful.