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Davis WASGATT

Davis WASGATT

Male 1751 - 1843  (92 years)

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  • Name Davis WASGATT 
    Birth 11 Mar 1750/1  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Land 7 Mar 1810  Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 27 Nov 1843  [2, 5
    Burial Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I2774  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Thomas WASGATT,   b. Abt 1720, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother 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  [6, 7
    • First Church of Berwick, Maine
    Family ID F823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel RICHARDSON,   b. 24 Nov 1752, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1841 (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1774  [2, 8, 9
    • Davis and Rachel's marriage was the first recorded for Mount Desert, and was performed by Daniel Little from Kennebunk.
    Children 
     1. Davis WASGATT, Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1775, Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1864 (Age 88 years)
     2. Rachel WASGATT,   b. 12 Nov 1776, Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1864 (Age 88 years)
     3. Cornelius WASGATT,   b. 27 Apr 1778, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1817 (Age 39 years)
     4. Tameson WASGATT,   b. 10 Mar 1780, Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1858 (Age 77 years)
     5. Rufus WASGATT,   b. 17 Nov 1781, Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1782, Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Sarah Haynes WASGATT,   b. 22 Oct 1784, Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1844 (Age 59 years)
     7. Rufus WASGATT,   b. 17 May 1786, Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1844 (Age 58 years)
     8. Hannah Richardson WASGATT,   b. 13 Jun 1788, Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. David Richardson WASGATT,   b. 9 Oct 1790, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1861 (Age 71 years)
     10. Asa WASGATT,   b. 19 Aug 1793, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1879 (Age 85 years)
     11. Margaret Davis WASGATT,   b. 26 Apr 1796   d. 5 Sep 1821 (Age 25 years)
     12. Jason WASGATT,   b. 20 Sep 1798   d. 2 Jan 1865 (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S393] Penobscot Pioneers, Vol. 6: Lawrence, Michaels, Perry, Wescott, 29.

    2. [S673] Wasgatt, Davis, 1752-1879, births, marriages and deaths.

    3. [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.

    4. [S8] Maine, Hancock County, Deeds, Deeds, 30:326-327, George W. Ewing, sale to Davis Wasgatt, 7 March 1810.
      Mount Desert, Maine, deed, George W. Ewing to Davis Wasgatt, 7 March 1810, 30:326-327, Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Ellsworth; images online, Hancock County Registry of Deeds (http://www.hancockcountydeeds.com : accessed 5 November 2011).
      WASGATT_Davis_b1750_deed_001
      WASGATT_Davis_b1750_deed_001


    5. [S1445] BOOK: Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island, p. 274.

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

    7. [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

    8. [S1487] BOOK: Mount Desert: A History, p. 264.

    9. [S278] Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands, 1776-1820, p. 49.



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