This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.fulton/2503.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I also have Mohawk Valley Wait's in the family, sisters Amy Ann Wait and Catherine Margaret Wait who married two Staley 1st cousins. Amy married Joseph Staley in 1818 and they moved to Wisconsin. They had one son, Albert J. Staley. soon after moving to Wisconsin Joseph Staley died and Amy Ann remarried and had a daughter who died as a child.Albert was returned (by his stepfather) to the Mohawk Valley to live with Catherine and John Staley. Catherine married John Staley (they had children John Henry and Courtland. If you think there is any connection I would be glad to look through the correspondence i have to see if there is any more information on the Wait family. I have many letters written by Albert's daughter, Mrs. Margaret Staley Shaw.