Thomas ADGATE

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16 December 1620 , Great Bentley, Essex, England

Died

21 July 1707 , Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

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Born: 16 December 1620 in Great Bentley, Essex, England

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1650.

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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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Thomas ADGATE married

Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Marriage date: abt. 1650
Marriage place: Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony

Marriage notes:

"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

Born: 10 October 1651, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Died: abt. 1727, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Richard BUSHNELL 7 December 1672 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Hannah ADGATE

Born: 6 October 1653, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Died: 18 September 1695, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Samuel LATHROP November 1675 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas ADGATE married

Mary MARVIN
Marriage date: abt. 1660
Marriage place: Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Mary MARVIN was the child of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth UNKNOWN

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"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

Born: August 1661, Norwich, New Haven Colony
Died: 3 September 1711 , Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Daniel TRACY 19 September 1683 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Sarah ADGATE

Born: January 1663, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: February 1705, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Christopher HUNTINGTON 20 May 1681 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Rebecca ADGATE

Born: 1 June 1666, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 28 November 1748 , Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Joseph HUNTINGTON 28 November 1687 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas ADGATE

Born: 16 March 1669, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 10 December 1760, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Ruth BREWSTER 15 June 1692 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

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Birth — 1620
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.

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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 full story

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 full story

1651 Birth of Child
Elizabeth ADGATE was born 10 October 1651, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Thomas was 30 years old.

1653 Birth of Child
Hannah ADGATE was born 6 October 1653, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Thomas was 32 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

Thomas ADGATE - THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER. GLASTONBURY, CT: CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, 1970-. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HIS

THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER. GLASTONBURY, CT: CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, 1970-. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2009.)

1661 Birth of Child
Abigail 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

1663 Birth of Child
Sarah ADGATE was born January 1663, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas was 42 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Rebecca ADGATE was born 1 June 1666, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas was 45 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Thomas ADGATE was born 16 March 1669, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas was 48 years old.

1672 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth ADGATE married 7 December 1672, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Richard BUSHNELL

1675 Marriage of Child
Hannah ADGATE married November 1675, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Samuel LATHROP

1681 Marriage of Child
Sarah ADGATE married 20 May 1681, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Christopher HUNTINGTON

1683 Marriage of Child
Abigail ADGATE married 19 September 1683, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Daniel TRACY

1687 Marriage of Child
Rebecca ADGATE married 28 November 1687, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Joseph HUNTINGTON

1692 Marriage of Child
Thomas ADGATE married 15 June 1692, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Ruth BREWSTER

1695 Death of Child
Hannah ADGATE died 18 September 1695, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas was 74 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1705 Death of Child
Sarah 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.

Thomas ADGATE - Grave of Thomas Adgate - Old Burying Grounds, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

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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Death — 1707
21 July 1707
Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
He died at the age of 86.

Thomas ADGATE - Monument - Founders Cemetery, Post Gager Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut -- The thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich, Connecti

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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