Capt. Wait Rathbun

Wait Rathbun was a Captain in the Continental Army during the Revolution.

Patriot of the Revolution

Sailor, Ship Owner, Merchant and Innkeeper of Stonington, Connecticut and Troy and Lansingburgh, New York

Husband of Susannah Dodge and Mary Brown

Inscription
There are inscriptions on three of the four sides of the Wait Rathbone Stone..

In Memoriam
Capt. Wait Rathbone
Born in the town
Of Stoning, Conn Aug 18, 1744
Died at the home of his son
Wm. P. Rathbone
In Franklin Township
Bergen Co. Nov 14, 1831
And his wife
Mary Brown
Born in Stoning Conn.
Jan 11, 1748
Died at her sons home
Bergen Co. Oct 1834

Another side:
Erected by
John V. Rathbone
In loving memory
Of his ancestors
1896

Third side:

In Memoriam
Elanor Valleau
Born
In New York City, May 11, 1759
Died in New York City
August 1843

A resident of New Jersey
For many years.

GEDCOM Source

@R1153673268@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=162185973&pi...

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5836333/wait-rathbone

GEDCOM Note

Changed name from Rathbun to Rathbone later in life.

22 May 1768- age 24 MARRIED (1) Susannah Dodge - She was a distant
cousin by marriage thru his grandmother, Ann (Dodge) Rathbun. She d. 22
Nov 1777 leaving him with 3 small children.
(2) 18 Feb 1778-3 months after death of Susannah he MARRIED Mary
(Brown) Palmer (picture, page 21 "RATHBONE FAMILY HISTORIAN" (have)

Purchased merchant vessels for coastal trade and apparently went to sea
on the "Eagle" during the war. Listed as captured by the British ship.
"Venus". He is considered as a patriot by the DAR.

Writeup in "RATHBONE FAMILY HISTORIAN" pg 20 (have)

DIED in Hoboken, Hudson, NJ