Thomas
ADGATE
(b.
16 December 1620
,
Great Bentley, Essex, England
d.
21 July 1707
,
Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
)
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Thomas ADGATE was born 16 December 1620 in Great Bentley, Essex, England
Thomas ADGATE was the child of ? and ?Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1650.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Elizabeth UNKNOWN abt. 1650 in Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elizabeth UNKNOWN was born abt. 1624 in England (United Kingdom). Elizabeth died abt. 1655 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville).
Thomas married (2) Mary MARVIN abt. 1660 in Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Mary MARVIN was born 15 December 1628 in Great Bentley, Tendring District, Essex, England. Mary died 26 March 1713 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Mary was the child of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth UNKNOWN.
Thomas ADGATE died 21 July 1707 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut .
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Family and Children of Thomas ADGATE
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Elizabeth UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1650 Place: Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
"Thomas (1620?, 1621-1707) & 1-wf _____ _____; by 1651; Saybrook, CT-Norwich, CT {Brainerd Anc. 8; Adgate Anc. 2; Plymouth (Davis) 176; Coxe Anc. 27, 35; Reg. 4:19; Paine (,5) 150-151; Williams (,16) 51; Granberry 144}"
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700
III. Adgate. No other Adgate except Thomas is found among the original settlers of New England, and his name has not been traced until it appears at Say- brook. From whence he came, or when, and whether alone or with wife and children, are alike unknown. It is seldom that any name appears so isolated and untraceable. The following record, with a registry of lands, and his name, as present at a town meeting in 1655, are the chief memorials of him at Saybrook.
Children of Thomas Adgat.
Elizabeth born tho 10th of October, Anno 1651.
Hanna born tho 6th of October, Anno 1653.
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession... Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
Children of Thomas ADGATE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN:
Elizabeth ADGATE (b.10 October 1651, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony d. abt. 1727, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Richard BUSHNELL 7 December 1672 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Hannah ADGATE (b.6 October 1653, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony d. 18 September 1695, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Samuel LATHROP November 1675 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas ADGATE married Mary MARVIN-- Date: abt. 1660 Place: Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Mary MARVIN was the child of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth UNKNOWN
"Thomas (1620?, 1621-1707) & 2-wf Mary (MARVIN) [BUSHNELL] (1628-1713), w Richard; ca 1660; Saybrook, CT-Norwich, CT {Hale (1952) 649, 714; Brainerd Anc. 8; Adgate Anc. 2; Randall Anc. 399; Knapp Anc. 104; Thom Anc. Chart 71; Granberry 145, 188; Reg. 16:251, 53:209; Dawes-Gates 2:578; Waterman (1939) 678, 700; Bushnell (1945) 34; Boardman Anc. 261; Brewster 48; Coxe Anc. (1915) 106; Fairfield Fam. 1:403; Sv. 1:318; Fairfield Prob. 35; Flagg Anc. 293; Huntington 78; Leffingwell 32; Paine (,5) 147, 150; Williams (,16) 51, 69, 129; Marvin 303; TAG 5:230}"
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Children of Thomas Adgat.
Elizabeth born tho 10th of October, Anno 1651.
Hanna born tho 6th of October, Anno 1653.
At Norwich the same children are recorded with those of subsequent birth, as follows : Elizabeth, born in October, 1651 ; Hannah in October, 1653; Abigail in August, 1661; Sarah in January, 1663; Rebecca in June, 1666; Thomas in March, 1669-70. No day of the month is given. The death of the first wife, and his marriage with the second, are not registered. From incidental circumstances it is evident that the second wife was Mary, daughter of Matthew Marvin and widow of Richard Bushnell, and it is probable that the marriage took place about the time of the removal to Norwich. The five daughters married respectively, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lothrop, Daniel Tracy, Christopher Huntington, and Joseph Huntington, all proprietors of Norwich, of the first or second generation. Thomas Adgate was a deacon of Mr. Fitch's church, but at what period chosen to that office is not known. He was older than his pastor, and perhaps his coeval in office. It is probable that he exercised the functions for at least half a century. His will, dated May 22, 1704, commences, "I Thomas Adgit, being in the 84th year of my age," &c. He died July 21, 1707. Mrs. Mary Adgate, his relict, died March 29, 1713.
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession... Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
Children of Thomas ADGATE and Mary MARVIN:
Abigail ADGATE (b.August 1661, Norwich, New Haven Colony d. 3 September 1711 , Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Daniel TRACY 19 September 1683 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Sarah ADGATE (b.January 1663, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. February 1705, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Christopher HUNTINGTON 20 May 1681 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Rebecca ADGATE (b.1 June 1666, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 28 November 1748 , Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Joseph HUNTINGTON 28 November 1687 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas ADGATE (b.16 March 1669, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 10 December 1760, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Ruth BREWSTER 15 June 1692 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Elizabeth UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1650 Place: Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony "Thomas (1620?, 1621-1707) & 1-wf _____ _____; by 1651; Saybrook, CT-Norwich, CT {Brainerd Anc. 8; Adgate Anc. 2; Plymouth (Davis) 176; Coxe Anc. 27, 35; Reg. 4:19; Paine (,5) 150-151; Williams (,16) 51; Granberry 144}"
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700
III. Adgate. No other Adgate except Thomas is found among the original settlers of New England, and his name has not been traced until it appears at Say- brook. From whence he came, or when, and whether alone or with wife and children, are alike unknown. It is seldom that any name appears so isolated and untraceable. The following record, with a registry of lands, and his name, as present at a town meeting in 1655, are the chief memorials of him at Saybrook.
Children of Thomas Adgat.
Elizabeth born tho 10th of October, Anno 1651.
Hanna born tho 6th of October, Anno 1653.
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession... Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
Children of Thomas ADGATE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN:
Elizabeth ADGATE (b.10 October 1651, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony d. abt. 1727, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Richard BUSHNELL 7 December 1672 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Hannah ADGATE (b.6 October 1653, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony d. 18 September 1695, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Samuel LATHROP November 1675 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas ADGATE married
Mary MARVIN-- Date: abt. 1660 Place: Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony Mary MARVIN was the child of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth UNKNOWN
"Thomas (1620?, 1621-1707) & 2-wf Mary (MARVIN) [BUSHNELL] (1628-1713), w Richard; ca 1660; Saybrook, CT-Norwich, CT {Hale (1952) 649, 714; Brainerd Anc. 8; Adgate Anc. 2; Randall Anc. 399; Knapp Anc. 104; Thom Anc. Chart 71; Granberry 145, 188; Reg. 16:251, 53:209; Dawes-Gates 2:578; Waterman (1939) 678, 700; Bushnell (1945) 34; Boardman Anc. 261; Brewster 48; Coxe Anc. (1915) 106; Fairfield Fam. 1:403; Sv. 1:318; Fairfield Prob. 35; Flagg Anc. 293; Huntington 78; Leffingwell 32; Paine (,5) 147, 150; Williams (,16) 51, 69, 129; Marvin 303; TAG 5:230}"
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Children of Thomas Adgat.
Elizabeth born tho 10th of October, Anno 1651.
Hanna born tho 6th of October, Anno 1653.
At Norwich the same children are recorded with those of subsequent birth, as follows : Elizabeth, born in October, 1651 ; Hannah in October, 1653; Abigail in August, 1661; Sarah in January, 1663; Rebecca in June, 1666; Thomas in March, 1669-70. No day of the month is given. The death of the first wife, and his marriage with the second, are not registered. From incidental circumstances it is evident that the second wife was Mary, daughter of Matthew Marvin and widow of Richard Bushnell, and it is probable that the marriage took place about the time of the removal to Norwich. The five daughters married respectively, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lothrop, Daniel Tracy, Christopher Huntington, and Joseph Huntington, all proprietors of Norwich, of the first or second generation. Thomas Adgate was a deacon of Mr. Fitch's church, but at what period chosen to that office is not known. He was older than his pastor, and perhaps his coeval in office. It is probable that he exercised the functions for at least half a century. His will, dated May 22, 1704, commences, "I Thomas Adgit, being in the 84th year of my age," &c. He died July 21, 1707. Mrs. Mary Adgate, his relict, died March 29, 1713.
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession... Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
Children of Thomas ADGATE and Mary MARVIN:
Abigail ADGATE (b.August 1661, Norwich, New Haven Colony d. 3 September 1711 , Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Daniel TRACY 19 September 1683 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Sarah ADGATE (b.January 1663, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. February 1705, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Christopher HUNTINGTON 20 May 1681 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Rebecca ADGATE (b.1 June 1666, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 28 November 1748 , Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Joseph HUNTINGTON 28 November 1687 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas ADGATE (b.16 March 1669, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 10 December 1760, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Ruth BREWSTER 15 June 1692 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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1620 Birth 16 December 1620
Great Bentley, Essex, England
Biography
Thomas Adgate first appeared in Saybook, Connecticut around 1650. According to some sources (for example, Caulkins, 'History of Norwich', p.155) he may have been the only immigrant to New England named Adgate. So it's possible that most, if not all, of the Adgates in America are his descendants.
www.conovergenealogy.com/ ancestor-p/ p14.htm
Dea. Thomas Adgate was born in 1620 at England. His mother was Elizabeth Chester.
He married a Elizabeth unknown abt. 1650 in England and had two children: Elizabeth Adgate and Hannah Adgate. The children were born in CT.
He married Mary Marvin, daughter of Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth Gregory, in 1660 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Dea. Thomas Adgate died on July 21, 1707 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. He is buried at Old Burying Ground, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.
Thomas was first ordained to his office in the First Church of Saybrook in 1646. He was one of the earliest propietors of Saybrook ...Read MORE...
Thomas Adgate first appeared in Saybook, Connecticut around 1650. According to some sources (for example, Caulkins, 'History of Norwich', p.155) he may have been the only immigrant to New England named Adgate. So it's possible that most, if not all, of the Adgates in America are his descendants.
www.conovergenealogy.com/ ancestor-p/ p14.htm
Dea. Thomas Adgate was born in 1620 at England. His mother was Elizabeth Chester.
He married a Elizabeth unknown abt. 1650 in England and had two children: Elizabeth Adgate and Hannah Adgate. The children were born in CT.
He married Mary Marvin, daughter of Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth Gregory, in 1660 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Dea. Thomas Adgate died on July 21, 1707 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. He is buried at Old Burying Ground, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.
Thomas was first ordained to his office in the First Church of Saybrook in 1646. He was one of the earliest propietors of Saybrook ...Read MORE...
Thomas Adgate
'Nothing is know of Thomas Adgate previous to his arrival in Saybrook. The name of his first wife, and the date of her death, are unknown. The births of two daughters are recorded at Saybrook, Elizabeth (b. 1651), and Hannah (b. 1653). Between 1658 and 1660, Thomas Adgate married Mary (Marvin) Bushnell, widow of Richard Bushnell, and daughter of Matthew Marvin or Norwalk. On their arrival at Norwich, the household consisted of Deacon Thomas and his wife, his two daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah, and the four Bushnell children, Joseph, Richard, Mary, and Mercy. Three other daughters were born in Norwich, and one son. The family must have been not only a very united one, but uncommonly attractive as well, for Richard Bushnell married his step-sister, Elizabeth Adgate, and one by one the neighbors' sons succumbed to the charms of the remaining daughters.'
Source: Perkins, Mary E. Old houses of the antient [sic] town of Norwich, 1660-1800 : with maps, illustrations, portraits, and...Read MORE...
'Nothing is know of Thomas Adgate previous to his arrival in Saybrook. The name of his first wife, and the date of her death, are unknown. The births of two daughters are recorded at Saybrook, Elizabeth (b. 1651), and Hannah (b. 1653). Between 1658 and 1660, Thomas Adgate married Mary (Marvin) Bushnell, widow of Richard Bushnell, and daughter of Matthew Marvin or Norwalk. On their arrival at Norwich, the household consisted of Deacon Thomas and his wife, his two daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah, and the four Bushnell children, Joseph, Richard, Mary, and Mercy. Three other daughters were born in Norwich, and one son. The family must have been not only a very united one, but uncommonly attractive as well, for Richard Bushnell married his step-sister, Elizabeth Adgate, and one by one the neighbors' sons succumbed to the charms of the remaining daughters.'
Source: Perkins, Mary E. Old houses of the antient [sic] town of Norwich, 1660-1800 : with maps, illustrations, portraits, and...Read MORE...
1651 Birth of ChildElizabeth ADGATE was born 10 October 1651, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)
Thomas was 30 years old.
1653 Birth of ChildHannah ADGATE was born 6 October 1653, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)
Thomas was 32 years old.
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THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER. GLASTONBURY, CT: CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, 1970-. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2009.)
1661 Birth of ChildAbigail ADGATE was born August 1661, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 40 years old.
In 1662 (Norwich, CT), Thomas Tracy, Thomas Adgate and Francis Griswold were chosen, with the townsmen, to try all cases to the value of 40s. These formed a Court of Commission.
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 Author Frances Manwaring Caulkins Publisher By H.P. Haven, 1874
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 Author Frances Manwaring Caulkins Publisher By H.P. Haven, 1874
1663 Birth of ChildSarah ADGATE was born January 1663, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 42 years old.
1666 Birth of ChildRebecca ADGATE was born 1 June 1666, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 45 years old.
1669 Birth of ChildThomas ADGATE was born 16 March 1669, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 48 years old.
1672 Marriage of ChildElizabeth ADGATE married 7 December 1672, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Richard BUSHNELL
1675 Marriage of ChildHannah ADGATE married November 1675, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Samuel LATHROP
1681 Marriage of ChildSarah ADGATE married 20 May 1681, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Christopher HUNTINGTON
1683 Marriage of ChildAbigail ADGATE married 19 September 1683, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Daniel TRACY
1687 Marriage of ChildRebecca ADGATE married 28 November 1687, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Joseph HUNTINGTON
1692 Marriage of ChildThomas ADGATE married 15 June 1692, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Ruth BREWSTER
1695 Death of ChildHannah ADGATE died 18 September 1695, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 74 years old.
1705 Death of ChildSarah ADGATE died February 1705, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 84 years old.
1707 - Norwich, Connecticut
1707 ADGATE Thomas Adgate, Deceased July 1707: of Thomas Adgate Death
Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913.
1707 ADGATE Thomas Adgate, Deceased July 1707: of Thomas Adgate Death
Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913.
Grave of Thomas Adgate - Old Burying Grounds, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Old Norwichtown Cemetery (Old Burying Ground) (Colonial Cemetery)
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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1707 Death 21 July 1707
Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
He died at the age of 86.
Thomas Adgate Richard Edgerton Maj. John Mason Robert Allyn John Elderkin Dr. John Olmstead Stephen Backus Rev. James Fitch John Pease Lieut.William Backus John Gager John Post John Baldwin Stephen Gifford Josiah Reed Thomas Bingham Francis Griswold John Reynolds John Birchard Thomas Howard Jonathan Royce Morgan Bowers Christopher Huntington Nehemiah Smith Thomas Bliss Simon Huntington John Tracy John Bradford Samuel Hyde Lieut. Thomas Tracy Hugh Calkins William Hyde Ens. Thomas Waterman John Calkins Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell #genealogy #ancestry #familytree>
Monument - Founder's Cemetery, Post Gager Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut -- The thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich, Connecticut were:
Thomas Adgate
Richard Edgerton
Maj. John Mason
Robert Allyn
John Elderkin
Dr. John Olmstead
Stephen Backus
Rev. James Fitch
John Pease
Lieut.William Backus
John Gager
John Post
John Baldwin
Stephen Gifford
Josiah Reed
Thomas Bingham
Francis Griswold
John Reynolds
John Birchard
Thomas Howard
Jonathan Royce
Morgan Bowers
Christopher Huntington
Nehemiah Smith
Thomas Bliss
Simon Huntington
John Tracy
John Bradford
Samuel Hyde
Lieut. Thomas Tracy
Hugh Calkins
William Hyde
Ens. Thomas Waterman
John Calkins
Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell
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Monument - Founder's Cemetery, Post Gager Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Sign in memory of the founders of Norwich - Founder's Cemetery, Post Gager Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Thomas is buried at: Old Norwichtown Cemetery (Old Burying Ground) (Colonial Cemetery)
Old Cemetery Lane
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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