It only takes one ancestor for someone to be eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, but DAR member Loretta Smith actually has four or five ancestors that had a prominent connection to the Revolution and would be considered patriots. The main ancestor that Smith chose for her DAR membership was Reverend William Wait. Born in Rhode Island, Wait came to Cambridge, N.Y., in 1774 and established a Baptist Church there in a small town called White Creek. “We’ve actually been there, it’s in Washington County which is in East New York, along the border with ...