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Wesley WaitScope and Content
Copy from
Genealogical and Family History of
Southern New York
and the Hudson River Valley
Compiled by Cuyler Reynolds
Vol. 1
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
New York 1914
Page 256"
WAIT The Wait family is of French origin and the name was
spelled Wight. They were among the earliest settlers of the Isle of
Wight, and were obliged to surrender the island to the Romans in
the year 43. Though the name was found in other counties of England
the ancestors of the American branch were identified with
Somersetshire, where Samuel Wait was a gentleman of good position
and estate.
(II) Samuel (2), second son of Samuel (1) Wait, of
Somersetshire, England, was, according to the English law of
primogeniture, left to his own resources when his elder brother,
Thomas, came into the estate. Entirely dissatisfied with this
arrangement, Samuel Wait, whose means exceeded $50,000,
emigrated to America in 1821, and settled in Newburgh, New York,
Orange County,
and later in Montgomery, New York, where he purchased a farm of
one hundred and forty-eight acres near Neelytown, afterwards
purchasing other farms and becoming a large property owner. The
early part of the nineteenth century saw, in England, that great
religious awakening led by the Wesleys, which gave rise to what is
known in this country as the Methodist Episcopal church. Among the
Copy
from
American Biography
Volume VIII
Published under the Direction of the
American Historical Society, Inc.
New York, 1920
Under the name of Wesley Wait, page 226.
Beginning at middle of column 1, page 228, is the following:
"The American history of the Mould family, whose name has
been spelled in a variety of manners, begins with the arrival of
Christoffel Mool, Maul, or Moll, from his native Holland, prior to
1712. He settled at Esopus (Kingston) and founded a numerous line.
His wife was Anna Julianna Servin (Serving, Sergin, or Zarins).
Descent to the connection of the family with the Wait line is
through his son Johannes, born 1720, died 1804, and his wife, Maria
Catherina Menges, born 1723, died in 1806; Christoffel, born June 7,
1748, and his wife, Rubina Dickerson; to Johannes C., born February 3,
rd, 1783, died in 1869, and his wife, Mary Shafer, born in 1798,
died January 29, 1861, the parents of Mary Mould, wife of Thomas
Wait.
" Colonial and Revolutionary service of merit and importance
is recorded in the family name, beginning with the enrollment in
1715 of Christoffel Mould as a private in Captain Whittaker's
company, in the regiment of Colonel Jacob Rutsen, in Ulster
County, New York. 'Colonial Laws of New York', vol. iv, p. 255, gives
the following: 'Unto Johannes Mole, Sergeant in Captain New Kirk's
Company of Militia, for himself and parties under his command, for
Ranging and Guarding the Western Frontiers in the months of
Jany. Feb. May and June, 1756, as per account, the sum of five
pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence.' Christopher Maul,
Johannes Maul, Johannes Maul, Jr., and Frederick Maul,converts made by that great and ardent spirit, John Wesley, was
Samuel Wait, who like many another convert threw himself heart and
soul into the movement and became one of that great army of
lay preachers through whom the faith was spread. He brought his
religious enthusiasm with him to the new country, and was the
founder of the Methodist church at Montgomery, in which place he
resided until his death. He married, prior to leaving Somersetshire,
England, Mary Walsh of that country. Their sons were: Edward,
Samuel, John, William, Thomas, the first two named having been
cattle and sheep, importers of sheep and cattle, importing the first Southdown sheep in America, and the third having been a large real estate
owner in Newburg. Their daughters were: Mary, married Charles
Downing, of Newburgh, New York, the noted pomologist; Emma,
married a Mr. Bradbury, a broadcloth manufacturer of Lyons,
Connecticut; Flora, married a Mr. Bagg, a planter and slave holder
of Kentucky; Sarah, married a Mr. Smith of Montgomery, New York.
(III) Thomas, son of Samuel (2) and Mary (Walsh) Wait, was
born in Newburg, New York, 1821, died at Montgomery, New York, (1902)
(1903). He married in 1845, Mary, born in 1826, daughter of
Johannes Mould, of Montgomery, New York, and granddaughter of
Christofel Mould, of revolutionary fame. Fourteen children were
born to them, nine of whom lived to mature years: Martha, married
Chauncy Brooks; Charles D., married Eliza Seymour; Mary E.,
married Hiram Hawkins; George 2., married Cornelia Kidd; Alida,
married Ira Green; Effie, married Charles Hill; Wesley, of whom
further; Sarah, married Frank E. Eager; Anna unmarried." Page 369
Johannes C. Mould of Montgomery, New York; b. there 3rd / 14
February, 1783, in the Mould Homestead; d. there March, 1870; m.
17th June, 1815, Mary Shafer, b. 1798, d. 29th January, 1861.
Issue
I. Christopher, b. 16th May, 1816; d., 23rd May, ----. m. 11th December, 1843.
II. Catherina, b. 23rd February, 1818; d., 13th August, 1818.
III. Daniel, b., 6th June, 1819; d. 12th March, 1902.
IV. Moses, b. 6th October, 1821; d. 14th August, 1877.
V. Mary, b. 17th July, 1826; died 1899. M. 27th March 1845 to
Thomas Wait of Montgomery, New York, b. 27th of January
in 1821, d. 1903, son of Samuel and Mary (Welch) Wait
of Banwell, Somersetshire, England, who came to
America in 1821 and settled in Montgomery, New York.
(Here follows the Issue of Mary Mould and Thomas Wait)
On page 379 the following
"Lineage (Mould)
" This surname appears in Colonial documents spelled
variously- Moul, Maul, Mouwl, and Moyl. In the original Dutch
Moul signifies 'mouth'. For a century and a half the name has been
spelled MOULD. According to the records of the Holland Society,
Christopher Christoffel MOUL is the progenitor of the Mould family
in America. He is a son of Johannes Moul of Leyden, Holland. That
the family was of distinguished station is evidenced by the
family crest which is, thus described by Fairbairn, demi-lion
rampant, gardant, or. Christoffel Moul sailed for America on the
ship Friendship, commanded by Captain Heydt, which reached
Esopus (now Kingston, New York), in 1710. Here he lived until 1732.
In 1715 he enlisted under Captain Whittaker in Col. John Rutsen's Thomas Wait born in Newburgh, N.Y. 1821
- a few months after his parents' arrival here from England,
- died in the Thomas Wait home in the village of
Montgomery in 1903
His wife Mary Mould
- born July 17, 1826
- died 1899 in the Thomas Wait home in the village of Montgomery.
(They are buried in the Methodist Cemetery in Montgomery, N.Y.)
Thomas Wait's father was Samuel Wait who when he came from
England settled to the east of Montgomery. His home was the
large brick house just to the east of the village on the
Cochecton Turnpike.
Samuel Wait and his wife Mary Walsh (Welch) were married in
Banwell, Somersetshire, England, July 19, 1802, came to
this country in 1821 and soon settled in Montgomery, N.Y.
(They are buried in the Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery, N.Y.)Relationships
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