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Deborah WASGATT

Deborah WASGATT

Female 1771 - 1845  (74 years)

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  • Name Deborah WASGATT 
    Birth 8 Nov 1771  Union River, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Nov 1845  Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I1886  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Thomas WASGATT,   b. Abt 1745   d. 19 May 1820, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Eunice ROBBINS   d. 21 Jul 1780, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage
    • 1770
    Family ID F445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen HIGGINS,   b. 10 Nov 1771, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1852, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Y  [5
    Children 
     1. HIGGINS,   b. 8 May 1789   d. 16 May 1789 (Age 0 years)
     2. Henry HIGGINS,   b. 22 Jul 1790, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1843 (Age 52 years)
     3. Amos HIGGINS,   b. 7 Nov 1792, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Eunice HIGGINS,   b. 25 Jul 1795, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mercy HIGGINS,   b. 1 Nov 1798, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Oliver HIGGINS,   b. 16 Jun 1800, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Hannah HIGGINS,   b. 20 Oct 1802, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1813 (Age 11 years)
     8. Margaret HIGGINS,   b. 16 Jun 1805, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Thomas HIGGINS,   b. 17 Feb 1810
     10. Stephen HIGGINS,   b. 8 Dec 1812   d. 18 Dec 1891 (Age 79 years)
     11. Hannah HIGGINS,   b. 1817, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1901, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • According to Eben Hamor, Stephen and Deborah (Wasgatt) Higgins "settled on the east side of Main Street near where Miss Mariam Higgins house now stands, Bar Harbor."

  • Sources 
    1. [S278] Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands, 1776-1820, p. 38.

    2. [S152] Eden, Maine, Town and vital records, 1796-1891, p. 38, family record for Thomas Wasgatt and Eunice his wife, FHL microfilm 10616.
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    3. [S1445] BOOK: Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island, p. 89.

    4. [S1166] Find A Grave, 12 November 2011; memorial page for Deborah Higgins ( -1845), Find A Grave Memorial no. 49,618,216, .
      Citing Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine; the accompanying photograph submitted by user Holly Green provides a moderately legible image of the inscribed data.
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      WASGATT_Deborah_b1771_grave_001


    5. [S645] "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970", entry for Deborah Wasgatt, great grandmother of applicant, Edward L. Higgins, national no. 28307, state no. 732, accessed 12 November 2011.
      Citing National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, lineage society applications approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970
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