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Thomas Wasgatt (1725 - 1805)

Thomas Wasgatt
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
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Son of and
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Husband of — married 30 Jun 1745 in Berwick, York, Mainemap
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Died at about age 80 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Thomas Wasgatt was a pioneer settler of Bar Harbor.


Thomas Wasgatt was was born in 1725. He was the son of Thomas Westget and Mary Levallee.

Marriage

Thomas married Margaret Davis (1725 - 1805) on 30 Jun 1745 in Berwick, York, Maine.

Research Notes

children:

Thomas Wasgatt Jr. m (1) [...] Robbins; (2) Hannah Thomas

Mary Wasgatt m. Richard Webber

Davis Wasgatt b. age 92 y. at death - m. 9 August 1774 Rachel Richardson - d. 27 November 1843 - bur. Wasgatt Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine

William Wasgatt (~1771 - 1797) m. Thankful Hopkins

Hannah (Wasgatt) Hannah Wasgatt m. (1) Thomas Day; (2) John Richardson

John Wasgatt

Sarah Wasgatt m. [...] Haynes

Susannah Wasgatt m. Joseph Googins

Abigail Wasgatt m. John Emery

Nancy Wasgatt m. Benjamin Atherton - d. [...] - bur. Richardson Burying Ground Mount Desert, Maine

Margaret Wasgatt m. Benjamin B. Stanwood

Moses Wasgatt (~1772 - ) m. (1) Eunice Higgins (d. 28 September 1807); (2) Johanna Cousins Wasgatt Genealogy

Name

Thomas Maine /Wasgatt/[1][2][3]

Residence

United States[4]
1763
Maine Colony, ME[5]
1763
Maine Colony, ME[6]

Death

Thomas Wasgatt passed away in 1805 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine. (Eden, Hancock, Massachusetts)

1805-02-27
Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States[7]

Event:

TYPE DATE Place Note
MISC27 MAY 1752Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N710. Source: #S340 27Source: #S353 page 45
Land27 SEP 1749.Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. Note: #N707. Source: #S340 27-30Source: #S351
Military16 JUL 1759Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine, United States.Note: #N714. Source: #S340 27
Court31 MAR 1759Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N713. Source: #S352
MISC30 OCT 1763Castine, Hancock, Maine, USA.
Map:Latitude: N44.387852. Longitude: W68.799736. 		Note: #N718. Source: #S340 27
LandOCT 1773Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States. Note: #N720. Source: #S355 100 Thomas Wescott and son Thomas Jr. purchase proprietor's rights from Ebenezer Thorndike
MISC1756Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N712. Source: #S340 27Source: #S353 page 45
Land7 OCT 1751Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N709. Source: #S309
Land3 MAR 1753 Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N3302. Source: #S1259
MISC1772Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States. Note: #N719. Source: #S355 100 Thomas Wescott cares for home/land of Ebenezer Thorndike
Land14 NOV 1755Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N711. Source: #S1260
Military7 APR 1761Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine, United States. Note: #N716. Source: #S340 27
Land8 AUG 1751. Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States. Note: #N708. Source: #S1258
Land28 MAR 1792Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States. Note: #N721. Source: #S335

Residence

1761 Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States. Note: #N715. [8][9]
1763 Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States. Note: #N717. [10]

Census: 1800 Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States. Note: #N722. [11]

Note: #N724.

Marriage Husband Thomas Wasgatt. Wife @I480@. Child: Thomas Wasgatt. Child: @I187@. Child: @I498@. Child: Abigail Wasgatt. Child: William Wasgatt. Child: Margaret Wasgatt. Child: @I193@. Child: @I196@. Child: @I194@. Child: @I183@. Child: @I185@. Marriage 30 JUN 1745. Berwick, York, Maine, USA. Map: Latitude: N43.265915. Longitude: W70.864510. Note: #N3131. [12][13]

Notes

Note N3302Sells Lot 16 to John Frost (added to DB 20 NOV 2011).

Note N707Sells 14 share of lot 108.

Note N708John Frost to Thomas Westgatt (added to DB 20 NOV 2011).

Note N709John Frost, grantor, to Thomas Westgatt, 12 of Lot 15 (added to DB 20 NOV 2011).

Note N710Signs first town petition.

Note N711Robert Miller to Thomas Westgatt, a messuage and tract of land (added to DB 20 NOV 2011).

Note N712Signed second town petition.

Note N713Thomas Wasgatt testifies regarding John Stanyon's home.

Note N714Corporal, French and Indian War, Ft. Pownall, Soldier at Fort Pownall (Waldo County) from 16 July 1759 to 6 April 1761 as corporal and 7 Apr 1761 to 31 Aug 1762 as a private (Massachusetts Archives v98 p164, 419; v99 p188).

Note N715"It is impossible to say positively who was the first settler in our town; but it is recorded, that in 1761, Joseph Basteen, Paul and Caleb Bowden, John corner, John Grindle, Archibald Haney, Thomas Wescott and Israel Veazie were here and had built themselves houses and were engaged in cultivating the soil and in fishing.".

Note N716Private, French and Indian War, Ft. Pownall, Soldier at Fort Pownall (Waldo County) from 16 July 1759 to 6 April 1761 as corporal and 7 Apr 1761 to 31 Aug 1762 as a private (Massachusetts Archives v98 p164, 419; v99 p188).

Note N717Testifies about settlement, Thomas testified between 1792-1794: "that about 30 years ago I bought of Capt. Ebenezer Thorndike a Proprietor's Rights in the township No. 1, lying & adjoining to the eastward of Union River now called Trenton, & in consequence thereof I settled in said township & built a Mill there & have continued there and on Mount Desert Island ever since. I also testify that I am knowing to Joseph Barnes now living in said town & <i>to Capt. Thorndike clearing part of the lot where said Barnes now lives & cutting timber there for I assisted him & helped get them to my mill.".

However, Thorndike states the proprietor's rights were purchased in 1773.

Note N718See Notes.

Note N719Cares for E. Thorndike's home.

Note N720Buys proprietor's rights, "October, 1773, I went Down and sold 2 rights to Thomas Wescott and his son Thomas, to make them proprietors.".

Note N721DeGregoire to Thomas Wasgatt, 1792, Peter's Plan lot #F19.

Note N722Enumerated were:

Males

1>45

Females

1>45

Note N723Y.

Note N724According to the Pioneers of Penobscot Volume 6 (page 27), we know the following about Thomas Wescott (WasgattWestcott, Westgate):

He was one of the Phillips town men who signed the 1752 and 1756 petitions to erect the town of Sanford, which was done in 1768. York deeds v 35 p222 lists Thomas Wescott in Sanford on 31 March 1759 when he testified about a house inhabited by John Stanyon.

"Thomas Wescott served as a soldier at Fort Pownall from 16 July 1759 to 6 April 1761 as corporal and 7 Apr 1761 to 31 Aug 1762 as a private (Massachusetts Archives v98 p164, 419; v99 p188). He headed the Majabagaduce petition which has several times been inadequately transcribed for both text and signers.".

W.M. Pierce in Old Hancock County Families, 1933, page 91, states "In 1763, Thomas Wasgatt was living in what is now Penobscot, or vicinity. About 1765, he bought of Capt. Ebenezer Thorndike a proprieter's rights in Township No. 1 (now Trenton, parts of Hancock and Ellsworth, and Lamoine), where he settled; and where he built a mill at the head of Jordan's River. In or before 1790, Thomas Wasgatt settled at what is now Bar Harbor.

"It is claimed that Thomas Wasgatt was of German ancestry. He was a committee member on Mount Desert Island; also, a surveyor of highways.".

Event Memos from GEDCOM Import...

MISC

Headed petition, <i>Petition of T. Westgatt </i>& <i>others.

</i>To His Excellency Francis Bernard Esqr Governor & Commander in Chief of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay.

The Petition of Thomas Westgatt and others inhabitants of a Tract of Land known by the name of Majabaagadoose in said Province Humbly Sheweth.

That most of your Petitioners were Soldiers in his Majesties Service in the Pay of this Province & were Dismissed from the Service after the Peace was settled & being Humbly of opinion that some of the Lands they had Conquered would be as likely to fall to their Share as to others they settled upon the aforesd tract of Land a Place where no English inhabitants had ever before settled & at Great Peril Labour & Expence they Cleared & cultivated Some Small Spots of Land & have got themselves Comfortable houses Suffering beyond Expression the Last winter & after having grappled through those Difficulties they have been able this Summer to Raise sauce & a few necessaries to Support their families & have been in hopes to have had their Settlements confirmed to them & accordingly Petitioned to the General Court for this purpose Long before the sd Land was granted to 60 others but your Petitioners being Poor & not able to attend and further their Petition they are informd it never reachd the General Court & that now the fruit of their heavy toil & Labour is like to be reapt by others unless your Petitioners will Submit to very hard terms offered them by the new proprietors your Petitioners are glad of an opportunity to lay their Distress Before your Excellency & Humbly Pray you wod take it into your Wise Consideration & Lay the Same Before your Assembly for their Consideration and Grant them Such Relief as your Excellency & their Honours shall think Just & Reasonable & your Petitioners shall Ever Pray.

Dated at Majabragadoose October ye 3d 1763 Thomas Wasgatt John Trott Sam Trott.

Matthew Toben hateviel C Ichabod C.

Thomas Wasgatt junr.

We whose Names are underwritten Do Sign the Within written Petition.

John Moore John Corson Soldier Samuel Matthews.

Stephen Littlefield Jacob D Samuel Westcot.

Joshua Gray John Gray Andrew X Gray.

James 8 Gray Andrew Westcot Joseph Lowel.

John Daley David Daley John Daley Junr.

Jonathan Stover John Hanson Stephen Goodwin.

Nathan Lankester Thons Simon John Smart.

Thomas Laighton Samuel Leighton Thomas Laighton Jun.

Thoder Laighton Hatuel Laighton Thomas Laighton.

Trustram Pinkhan Josiah Tucker Eyod Howard.

James Howard Benj Howard ArChibell haney.

Joseph Sessions Jeremiah Springer John Grindal.

Jeremiah Veasey William Westcot John Dame.

Jonathan Swett Joshua Ebenezer Low.

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S-2075806093 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mecen&h=12157511&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1763 Residence place: Maine Colony, ME APID: 1,3551::12157511
  2. ↑ Source: #S-2075806093 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mecen&h=12157510&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1763 Residence place: Maine Colony, ME APID: 1,3551::12157510
  3. ↑ Source: #S-1638826902 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=300302&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Death date: 1798 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::300302
  4. ↑ Source: #S-1638826902 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=300302&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Death date: 1798 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::300302
  5. ↑ Source: #S-2075806093 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mecen&h=12157510&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1763 Residence place: Maine Colony, ME APID: 1,3551::12157510
  6. ↑ Source: #S-2075806093 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mecen&h=12157511&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1763 Residence place: Maine Colony, ME APID: 1,3551::12157511
  7. ↑ Source: #S-1638826902 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=300302&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Death date: 1798 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::300302
  8. ↑ Source: #S354 96
  9. ↑ Source: #S355 2 Thomas Wescott, settles 1761 in Penobscot
  10. ↑ Source: #S355 102 Thomas Wasgatt testifies of his settlement at Township No. 1 near Union River;
  11. ↑ Source: #S338 p. 203, Thomas Wasgatt
  12. ↑ Source: #S357 p. 311
  13. ↑ Source: #S358 p. 509 Thomas Westgate and Margaret Davis married 30 Jun 1745 by Mr. Wise
  • Wasgatt Genealogy

http://www.vfthomas.com/Mainegenealogy/Wasgatt.htm


  • Source: S-1638826902 Repository: #R-2141145124 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Note: APID: 1,2204::0
  • Repository: R-2141145124 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S-2071783534 Repository: #R-2141145124 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23696058&pid=196
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  • Source: S1258 Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, John Frost to Thomas Westgatt, Buys messuage, lot 16, 8 August 1751, 30:136, York County Registry of Deeds, Alfred
  • Source: S1259 Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, Thomas Wasgatt to John Frost, lot 16 in Phillips Town, 3 March 1753, 30:246, York County Registry of Deeds, Alfred
  • Source: S1260 Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, Robert Miller to Thomas Wasgatt, messuage and tract of land, 14 November 1755, 34:116, York County Registry of Deeds, Alfred Note:
  • Source: S309 York County, Maine, York County Deeds, 30:136, John Frost, grantor; Thomas Westgatt, grantee, 7 October 1851; York County Registry of Deeds, Alfred NOTETYPE: Deed
  • Source: S335 Mount Desert Island, Lincoln County, Commonweatlh of Massachusetts, 1: 368-369, Thomas Wasgatt, Sr., purchased of DeGregoire 100 acres bounded by William Wasgatt and Solomon Higgins; Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth; images online, Hancock County Registry of Deeds (http://www.hancockcountydeeds.com : accessed 5 November 2011) NOTETYPE: Deed
  • Source: S338 1800 U.S. Census, Maine, Hancock, Eden, Population Schedule, NARA Microfilm Publication M32 NOTE1800 U.S. census, population schedule. Maine. Hancock, Eden. NARA microfilm publication M32, roll 7. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Digital images. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com).
  • Source: S340 Philip Howard Gray Penobscot Pioneers, Vol. 6: Lawrence, Michaels, Perry, Wescott Publication: Name: Picton Press; Location: Camden, Maine; Date: 1996;
  • Source: S351 New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301, citing New Hampshire Provincial deeds, 82:448-450 Rochester, New Hampshire, deed, Thomas Westgate, Margaret Westgate and Mary Levallee to Charles Baker, 27 September 1749, 82:448-450; Note:
  • Source: S352 Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, Thomas Wasgatt testifies regarding John Stanyon's home, 31 March 1759, 35:222, York County Registry of Deeds, Alfred Note:
  • Source: S353 The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900, Harvard University, 1901 NOTEThe history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900, Harvard University, 1901. Emery, Edwin images online. Google Books. http://books.google.com.
  • Source: S354 The Maine Historical Magazine, Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer, 1889–1890 NOTEThe Maine Historical Magazine, Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer, 1889–1890. Porter, Joseph W., Editor and Publisher images online. Google Books. http://books.google.com.
  • Source: S355 The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894 NOTEThe Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894. Porter, Joseph W., Editor and Publisher images online. Google Books. http://books.google.com : accessed 20 November 2011 : 29 January 2009.
  • "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-YVB : accessed 13 November 2021), Thomas Wescott, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 87, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.
  • "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-Z6C : accessed 13 November 2021), Thos Wasgatt, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 203, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 218,677.

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Claire Farley for creating WikiTree profile Wasgatt-47 through the import of Walter Dixson Farley Tree (1).ged on May 25, 2013.





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