"By [Sarah Kent], [John Waite]had ten children as follows, viz., Benjamin, born October 15, 1725, married Abigail, daughter of Isaac Ilsley, and had several children;" also "Benjamin and Stephen, sons of the elder John, were respectable merchants before the revolution; Benjamin died in Falmouth, to which place he had removed; both of them left children, some of whom in each branch are now surviving."