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Thomas WASGATT

Thomas WASGATT

Male Abt 1720 -

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  • Name Thomas WASGATT 
    Birth Abt 1720  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Land 27 Sep 1749  Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Sells 1/4 share of lot 108
    Land 8 Aug 1751  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • John Frost to Thomas Westgatt (added to DB 20 NOV 2011)
    Land 7 Oct 1751  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • John Frost, grantor, to Thomas Westgatt, 1/2 of Lot 15 (added to DB 20 NOV 2011)
    Misc 27 May 1752  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Signs first town petition
    Land 3 Mar 1753  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Sells Lot 16 to John Frost (added to DB 20 NOV 2011)
    Land 14 Nov 1755  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Robert Miller to Thomas Westgatt, a messuage and tract of land (added to DB 20 NOV 2011)
    Misc 1756  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Signed second town petition
    Court 31 Mar 1759  Phillipstown (now Sanford), York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Thomas Wasgatt testifies regarding John Stanyon's home
    Military 16 Jul 1759  Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Corporal, 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).
    Residence 1761  Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • "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."
    Military 7 Apr 1761  Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Private, 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).
    Residence 1763  Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Testifies 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 & 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.
    Misc 30 Oct 1763  Castine, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • See Notes
    Misc 1772  Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Cares for E. Thorndike's home
    Land Oct 1773  Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Buys proprietor's rights, "October, 1773, I went Down and sold 2 rights to Thomas Wescott and his son Thomas, to make them proprietors."
    Land 28 Mar 1792  Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • DeGregoire to Thomas Wasgatt, 1792, Peter's Plan lot #F19.
    Census 1800  Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    • Enumerated were:
      Males
      1>45
      Females
      1>45
    Death Cause: Y 
    • Y
    Person ID I1977  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Thomas WESCOTT 
    Mother Mary (_____) 
    Family ID F533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret DAVIS   d. 27 Feb 1805, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1745  Berwick, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    • First Church of Berwick, Maine
    Children 
     1. Nancy WASGATT
     2. Mary WASGATT
     3. 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)
     4. Davis WASGATT,   b. 11 Mar 1750/1   d. 27 Nov 1843 (Age 92 years)
     5. Hannah WASGATT,   b. 23 Jun 1755
     6. Abigail WASGATT,   b. 17 Feb 1762   d. 1 Sep 1834 (Age 72 years)
     7. William WASGATT,   b. Abt 1771   d. 15 Aug 1797, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     8. Margaret WASGATT,   b. Abt 1771   d. 4 Mar 1808, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     9. Susannah WASGATT
     10. John WASGATT
     11. Moses WASGATT   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Documents
    STANWOOD_Job_b1726:7_news_001    		STANWOOD_Job_b1726:7_news_001

  • Notes 
    • According to the Pioneers of Penobscot Volume 6 (page 27), we know the following about Thomas Wescott (Wasgatt/Westcott, 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, 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 
    1. [S393] Penobscot Pioneers, Vol. 6: Lawrence, Michaels, Perry, Wescott, 27-30.

    2. [S219] Rochester, New Hampshire, deed, Thomas Westgate, Margaret Westgate and Mary Levallee to Charles Bake.
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1749_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1749_001


    3. [S367] Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, John Frost to Thomas Westgatt, Buys messuage, lot 16, 8 Augu.
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1751__Aug_08_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1751__Aug_08_001


    4. [S968] York County, Maine, York County Deeds, 30:136, John Frost, grantor; Thomas Westgatt, grantee, 7 Octo.
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1751_Oct_7_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1751_Oct_7_001


    5. [S393] Penobscot Pioneers, Vol. 6: Lawrence, Michaels, Perry, Wescott, 27.

    6. [S285] The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900, Harvard University, 1901, page 45.

    7. [S911] Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, Thomas Wasgatt to John Frost, lot 16 in Phillips Town, 3 Mar.
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1753_March_03_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1753_March_03_001


    8. [S427] Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, Robert Miller to Thomas Wasgatt, messuage and tract of land,.
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1755_Nov_14_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1755_Nov_14_001


    9. [S767] Phillipstown, York County, Maine, deed, Thomas Wasgatt testifies regarding John Stanyon's home, 31 M.
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1759_Mar_31_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1759_Mar_31_001


    10. [S829] The Maine Historical Magazine, Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer, 1889–1890, 96.

    11. [S352] The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894, 2.
      Thomas Wescott, settles 1761 in Penobscot

    12. [S352] The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894, 102.
      Thomas Wasgatt testifies of his settlement at Township No. 1 near Union River;

    13. [S352] The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 8 , Bangor, Maine: Chas. H. Glass & Co., 1894, 100.
      Thomas Wescott cares for home/land of Ebenezer Thorndike

    14. [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

    15. [S8] Maine, Hancock County, Deeds, Deeds, 1: 368-369, DeGregoire, sale to Thomas Wasgatt, Sr., 100 acres bounded by William Wasgatt and Solomon Higgins.
      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).
      WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1792_001      		 WASGATT_Thomas_b1720_deed_1792_001


    16. [S1172] CENSUS: U.S., 1800 Maine, Hancock, Eden; 203; Thomas Wasgatt; 28 April 2016.
      STANWOOD_Benjamin_b1766_census_1800_Eden      		 STANWOOD_Benjamin_b1766_census_1800_Eden


    17. [S1578] NEHGS Register v. 55 (1901), p. 311.

    18. [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



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