Here's what I have about the Stearns and Wait connection. The information came from both Bond's book about Watertown, Mass. and Van Wagenen's book about Isaac Stearns. Basically, it states that Lydia Stearns married Elijah Smith and one of their children (Susan Smith) married a Nathan W. Wait. So, the connection seems to be an in-law one. Jeanne ________________ Descendants of Lydia Stearns 1 Lydia Stearns b: 19 April 1778 . +Elijah Smith b: 28 May 1769 m: 17 April 1800 d: February 1830 Father: Josiah Smith Mother: .. 2 Francis Augustus Smith b: December 1800 .. 2 Horatio Austin Smith b: 12 June 1802 ...... +Elizabeth Learoyd b: 11 September 1806 m: 27 November 1828 Father: John Learoyd Mother: Ann ??? ....... 3 Francis Augustus Smith b: 20 October 1829 ....... 3 Ellen Elizabeth Smith b: 3 September 1831 ....... 3 Horatio Austin Smith b: 3 December 1833 ....... 3 Charles Albert Smith b: 16 March 1836 d: 1 June 1837 ....... 3 Mary Brooks Smith b: 20 November 1838 ....... 3 Caroline Smith b: 12 November 1840 ....... 3 Isabel Smith b: 22 September 1843 ....... 3 Evelyn Smith b: 14 December 1846 .. 2 Elizabeth Ann Smith b: 27 November 1803 ...... +Edmund Symmes b: 14 August 1795 m: 15 November 1821 Father: John Symmes Mother: ....... 3 Edmund Augustus Symmes b: 2 March 1822 ....... 3 Elizabeth Ann Symmes b: 12 May 1824 ........... +Hosea Dunbar b: 1817 m: 3 January 1847 Father: Mother: ....... 3 Lorenzo Symmes b: 28 August 1827 ....... 3 Lydia Maria Symmes b: 15 April 1831 ....... 3 Theodore Symmes b: 11 August 1835 ....... 3 Samuel Smith Symmes b: 11 May 1840 .. 2 Susan Smith b: 25 September 1805 ...... +Nathan W. Wait b: 19 June 1799 m: 19 July 1826 Father: Nathan Wait Mother: ....... 3 Nathaniel Williams Wait b: 21 August 1827 ....... 3 Francis Augustus Wait b: 28 July 1829 ....... 3 Elijah Smith Wait b: 1 April 1831 ....... 3 Susan Maria Wait b: 13 February 1833 ....... 3 Mehitabel Fulton Wait b: 28 January 1835 ....... 3 Sarah Howe Wait b: 3 May 1837 ....... 3 Nathan Williams Wait b: 25 September 1841 .. 2 Albert Smith b: 13 July 1807 .. 2 Sarah Bemis Smith b: 4 October 1809 .. 2 Elijah Brown Smith b: 4 April 1813 .. 2 Lydia Maria Smith b: 3 February 1817 ...... +John Symmes, Jr. b: 3 November 1812 m: 6 June 1839 Father: John Symmes, Sr. Mother: ....... 3 Maria Amelia Symmes b: 24 March 1841 .. 2 Octavius Smith b: 1 March 1819