Jason WASGATT

1798 - 1865  (66 years)

• Name	Jason WASGATT
  Birth	20 Sep 1798  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jan 1865  [2, 3]
  Burial	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [4]
  	3 JAN 1865, Mt. Desert Street Cemetery (Village Burial Ground)
  Person ID	I2587	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Davis WASGATT,   b. 11 Mar 1750/1   d. 27 Nov 1843 (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Rachel RICHARDSON,   b. 24 Nov 1752, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 30 Jun 1841 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1774  [1, 2, 5]
  	Davis and Rachel's marriage was the first recorded for Mount Desert, and was performed by Daniel Little from Kennebunk.
  Family ID	F282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail RODICK,   b. 1801   d. 14 Apr 1882 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1824  [2, 6]
  Children	1. Benjamin Stanwood R WASGATT,   b. 16 Apr 1827, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 10 May 1863, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States (Age 36 years)   2. Emily WASGATT,   b. 5 Apr 1829, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   3. Asa WASGATT,   b. 21 May 1831, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   4. Jason WASGATT,   b. 12 Dec 1833, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 17 Mar 1837, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 3 years)   5. Stephen R WASGATT,   b. 3 Aug 1836, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 27 Mar 1837, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 0 years)   6. Daniel WASGATT,   b. 5 Feb 1838, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. Feb 1861 (Age 23 years)   7. Irene Phebe WASGATT,   b. 26 Aug 1840, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   8. Ambrose H WASGATT,   b. 17 Sep 1843, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States
  Family ID	F685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Gravestone of Jason Wasgatt

  
  

• Notes

  Eben Hamor states that Jason Wasgatt was a school teacher and "strong earnest" Abolutionist who resided at Cromwell's Harbor, where he died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S278] Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands, 1776-1820, p. 49. [S673] Wasgatt, Davis, 1752-1879, births, marriages and deaths. [S942] (compact disc, images of transcribed manuscript, 2005, original manuscript held at Bar Harbor Histo, family of Jason Wasgatt and Abigail Rodick, book 2, p. 111. [S1445] BOOK: Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island, p. 92. [S1487] BOOK: Mount Desert: A History, p. 264. [S1487] BOOK: Mount Desert: A History, p. 153.