Thomas WASGATT

Abt 1745 - 1820  (75 years)

• Name	Thomas WASGATT
  Birth	Abt 1745  [1, 2, 3]
  	The 1800 census lists a male 45 and over, making his birth on or before 1745.
  Gender	Male
  Misc	30 Oct 1763	Castine, Hancock, Maine   [4]
  	See Notes
  Land	Oct 1773	Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States   [5]
  	Buys proprietor's rights, "October, 1773, I went Down and sold 2 rights to Thomas Wescott and his son Thomas, to make them proprietors."
  Misc	1783	Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States   [6]
  	cleared two lots of land in Township No. 1
  Census	1800	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [7]
  	Males Under 10: 0 10-15: 2 16-25: 1 26-44: 0 45 and over: 1 Females Under 10: 2 10-15: 0 16-25: 1 26-44: 0 45 and over: 1
  Land	16 Jan 1807	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [8]
  	sale of land to son Thomas Wasgatt 3rd, Witness, Witness, Thomas sells half-share of lot (owned with Benjamin Stanwood) to son Thomas Wasgatt, 3rd. Likely this is a portion of lot E22 on Peter's Plan of 1807, north of and adjacent to Robert Young's lot and on Duck Brook.
  Land	15 Feb 1808	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [9]
  	sale to son Thomas 3rd, Witness, Thomas Wasgatt, Jr. sold to son Thomas Wasgatt, 3rd: 1/4 part of saw mill at Duck Brook (lower mill); 1/4 part of saw mill at Duck Brook (upper mill) with land; 7/8 of saw mill at Cromwell's Harbor with land
  Census	1810	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [10]
  	For many of the families listed on this census, there appears to be missing a male of the appropriate age. Such is the case with Thomas, who would have been about 55 years of age in 1810. Males Under 10: 0 10-15: 1 16-25: 3 26-44: 0 45 and over: 0 Females Under 10: 0 10-15: 1 16-25: 0 26-44: 0 45 and over: 1
  Death	19 May 1820	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [11]
  Person ID	I1362	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas WASGATT,   b. Abt 1720, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
  Mother	Margaret DAVIS   d. 27 Feb 1805, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States
  Marriage	30 Jun 1745	Berwick, York, Maine   [12, 13]
  	First Church of Berwick, Maine
  Family ID	F823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eunice ROBBINS   d. 21 Jul 1780, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States
  Marriage	1770
  Children	1. Deborah WASGATT,   b. 8 Nov 1771, Union River, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 26 Nov 1845, Maine, United States (Age 74 years)   2. Thomas WASGATT,   b. 21 Jun 1774, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 5 Dec 1825, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 51 years)   3. Eunice WASGATT,   b. 2 Feb 1777, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah THOMAS,   b. 16 Jan 1756   d. 1 Mar 1840, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1781	Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States   [14, 15]
  Land Sale	25 Feb 1806	Great Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, United States
  	Lot originally deeded to Thomas Wasgatt by Degregoire.
  Children	1. Hannah WASGATT,   b. 14 Sep 1783, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 20 May 1870, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 86 years)   2. John Thomas WASGATT,   b. 17 Aug 1785, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 22 May 1853, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 67 years)   3. William WASGATT,   b. 23 May 1787, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States   4. Nicolas WASGATT,   b. 4 Apr 1789, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 21 Jan 1863, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 73 years)   5. Betsey WASGATT,   b. 7 Jun 1791, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 6 Jan 1874, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 82 years)   6. Margaret WASGATT,   b. 21 Sep 1793, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 30 Nov 1821, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 28 years)   7. Zena WASGATT,   b. 8 Dec 1796, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 19 Nov 1797, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 0 years)   8. Zena WASGATT,   b. 31 Mar 1801, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 10 Dec 1871 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Held various positions within the town of Eden, including Constable and Survey of Highways. Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... MISC Signed petition, Petition of T. Westgatt & others. 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

  [S1422] NEWS: Bar Harbor Record, Early Settlers of Bar Harbor; 14 August 1890; families of Job Stanwood and Thomas Wasgatt, p. 2, c. 1; 17 May 2015; Rev. O.H. Fernald, D.D.; Rev. Fernald was great, great grandson of Thomas Wasgatt. STANWOOD_Job_b1726:7_news_1890_08_14_001 [S942] (compact disc, images of transcribed manuscript, 2005, original manuscript held at Bar Harbor Histo, family of Thomas and Margaret (Wasgatt) Davis, book 2, pp. 139 - 143. [S393] Penobscot Pioneers, Vol. 6: Lawrence, Michaels, Perry, Wescott, 28. [S393] Penobscot Pioneers, Vol. 6: Lawrence, Michaels, Perry, Wescott, 27. [S352] The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894, 100. Thomas Wescott and son Thomas Jr. purchase proprietor's rights from Ebenezer Thorndike [S352] The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894, 101. Henry Dyer testifies that Thomas Wasgatt Jr assisted with clearance of two lots of land in Township No. 1 [S1172] CENSUS: U.S., 1800 Maine, Hancock, Eden; 203; Thomas Wasgatt; 28 April 2016. STANWOOD_Benjamin_b1766_census_1800_Eden [S8] Maine, Hancock County, Deeds, Deeds, 22:423, Thomas Wasgatt Jr, sale to T. Wasgatt, 3rd, 16 February 1807. Mount Desert Island, Maine, deed, Thomas Wasgatt Jr. to T. Wasgatt, 3rd, 22:423, dated 16 February 1807., Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth; digital images, Hancock County Registry of Deeds (http://www.hancockcountydeeds.com : accessed 3 November 2011). WASGATT_Thomas_b1745_deed_1807_001 [S8] Maine, Hancock County, Deeds, Deeds, 22:422, Thomas Wasgatt 2nd, sale to T. Wasgatt, Jr, 16 January 1807. accessed : 3 November 2011 Mount Desert Island, Maine, deed, Thomas Wasgatt 2nd to T. Wasgatt, Jr, 22:422, dated 16 January 1807, Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth; digital images, Hancock County Registry of Deeds (http://www.hancockcountydeeds.com : accessed 3 November 2011). WASGATT_Thomas_b1745_deed_001 WASGATT_Thomas_b1745_Peters_Plan_001 [S1174] CENSUS: U.S., 1810 Maine, Hancock, Eden; p. 448; Thomas Wasgatt; 28 April 2016. STANWOOD_Benjamin_b1766_census_1810_Eden [S152] Eden, Maine, Town and vital records, 1796-1891, p. 38, death of Thomas Wasgatt, FHL microfilm 10616. WASGATT_Thomas_b1745_family_record_001 [S1578] NEHGS Register v. 55 (1901), p. 311. [S960] "Records of the First Church of Berwick, Maine," The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe, p. 509. Thomas Westgate and Margaret Davis married 30 Jun 1745 by Mr. Wise [S278] Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands, 1776-1820, p. 38. [S152] Eden, Maine, Town and vital records, 1796-1891, p. 38, marriage of Thomas Wasgatt and Hannah Thomas, FHL microfilm 10616. WASGATT_Thomas_b1745_family_record_001