On 17 Oct 1717 when Joseph was 20, he married Elizabeth Sheffield, daughter of Joseph Sheffield (22 Aug 1661-8 Feb 1706) & Mary Shrieve (say 1660-ca 1719).464 Born on 1 Jun 1698 in Portsmouth, RI.

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sheffield) Wait, born at North Kingstown:
    i. Joseph Wait, b. ca. 1717/8, d. 1744, m. Elizabeth Gifford;
    ii. Margaret Wait, b. 15 Aug 1720;
    iii. George Wait, b. 16 Oct 1722, m. Sarah;
    iv. Elizabeth Wait, b. ca. 1726, m. at Exeter, RI, 21 Dec 1746 George Wightman (son of George & Mary (Clarke) Wightman;
    v. Samuel Wait, b. ca. 1728, m. 26 Jul 1752 Ancilla Jenckes;
    vi. Alice Wait, b. ca. 1730, m. 1st Stephen Albro, m. 2nd a Mr Bentley;
    vii. Benjamin Wait, b. ca. 1732, m. Sarah Browne;
    viii. Damaris Wait, b. 16 Mar 1734, m. at Exeter 5 Jun 1757, m. Daniel Wightman (son of George & Mary (Clarke) Wightman;
    ix. Phoebe Wait, b. 1736, m. at Exeter 28 Jan 1755 Robert Bailey; and
    x. Mary Wait, d. before 7 Jan 1774.464

Samuel married Sarah.

Children of Samuel and Sarah Wait, the first eight born at North Kingstown, the other five at Exeter:
    i. Deborah Wait, b. 11 Jul 1725;
    ii. Caleb Wait, b. 11 Sep 1727;
    iii. Martha Wait, b. 4 Dec 1729;
    iv. Ruth Wait, b. 12 May 1732;
    v. Lucretia Wait, b. 22 Jan 1734;
    vi. Eleanor Wait, b. 9 Jan 1736, m. at Exeter 23 Nov 1752 Robert Moon;
    vii. Samuel Wait, b. 1 Jan 1738, d. 1811 in Canada, m. at East Greenwich, RI, 8 Jun 1758 Ann Gardiner (d. 14 Jan 1794 at Exeter);
    viii. Catherine Wait, b. 19 Jun 1740;
    ix. Henry Wait, b. 7 Jan 1742/3;
    x. Jonathan Wait, twin, b. 7 Jan 1742/3;
    xi. Benjamin Wait, b. 5 Jan 1745/6;
    xii. Alice Wait, b. Jun 1747, m. Samuel Albro; and
    xiii. George Wait, b. 22 Mar 1749.464

Ca 1724 Benjamin married Abigail Hall, daughter of Benoni Hall. Abigail died ca 1760.

Children of Benjamin and Abigail (Hall) Wait, born at Wickford, RI:
    i. Henry Wait, b. 27 May 1725, d. young;
    ii. Benjamin Wait, b. 13 Oct 1727, d. 21 Nov 1811 at South Kingstown, RI, physician, m. Dorcas;
    iii. William Wait, b. 9 Jan 1730/1, d. 30 Mar 1826 at Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, Baptist minister, m. at West Greenwich, RI, 21 Jul 1751 Mary Nichols (, b. 8 Dec 1731 at East Greenwich, RI, d. 28 Dec 1822 at Cambridge, NY, dau. of Joseph & Mary (Spink) Nichols), resided first at Exeter, RI;
    iv. Sarah Wait, b. 9 Jan 1733, m. 1st 14 May 1766 Peter Crapo, m. 2nd Tripp Vaughn;
    v. Virtue Wait, b. ca. 1739, m. at Exeter 24 May 1755 Joseph Tripp;
    vi. Abigail Wait, b. ca. 1739, m. 29 Dec 1763 Joseph Case of Cambridge, NY; and
    vii. John Wait, b. 11 Aug 1742, d. 19 oct 1817, goldsmith, m. 13 Sep 1767 Margaret Sheffield.

Abigail’s second husband was a Mr Nichols.

27 Feb 1728/9 John married Sarah Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith (ca 1661-) & Sarah Stafford (-bef 5 Jan 1726/7), in North Kingstown, RI.464

Children of John and Sarah (Smith) Wait:
    i. Lydia Wait, m. 1st John Babcock (b. 27 Jan 1727/8, d. 30 Mar 1760 at Exeter, son of Samuel & Bethia Babcock), m. 2nd Joseph Holloway;
    ii. Sarah Wait, m. at Exeter 9 Feb 1758 Joseph Babcock (brother of John who married Sarah’s older sister Lydia);
    iii. Alice Wait, m. at Exeter 19 Mar 1746 Benjamin Reynolds;
    iv. Eunice Wait, b. 18 Jan 1735, d. 25 Oct 1802, m. at Exeter 20 Jan 1757 Capt. Robert Reynolds (b. 21 Feb 1736, d. 6 Sep 1806); and
    v. Mary Wait, m. Henry Hall.