Rufus Wasgatt

1786 -

• Name	Rufus Wasgatt
  Birth	17 May 1786	Trenton, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I6284	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Davis Wasgatt,   b. 11 Mar 1751   d. 27 Nov 1843, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachel Richardson,   b. 24 Nov 1752, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jun 1841 (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Aug 1774	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2]
  	Rachel and Davis Wasgatt are buried together
  Family ID	F4909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Gott,   b. 31 May 1786
  Marriage	22 Dec 1809
  Family ID	F2035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 May 1786 - Trenton, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] William Otis Sawtelle, Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer, (Date: 1926;), Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants, 929.2 G6852. NOTES ON THE GOTTS OF NEW ENGLAND The name of Gott is of Old English origin, meaning a water way or water course, to be recognized in our word gutter and gut, meaning a channel of restricted limits. As early as the fourteenth century Gotts appear in the English records and later as residents in Yorkshire and in Kent. A diligent search among the parish records of Old England has failed to locate the antecedents of Charles Gott and his wife Sarah, first of the name in New England. In the publications of the British Records Society the name is frequently met with and also in the numerous English county genealogies; but no mention of any Charles Gott of whom Hubbard thus speaks: “With Mr. Endicot in the year 1628 came Mr. Gotte, Mr. Brokenbury, Mr. Davenport and others who being added to Capt. Trask’s preparations for a new colony that was coming over.” The Captain Trask mentioned by the New England historian was Captain William Trask and it is interesting to note this early mention of two family names well known in the Mount Desert region. As the history of any region is contained in family records I make no apology in presenting these papers relating to the Gotts of New England who spread from Salem, Massachusetts, to Connecticut and to New York; to various parts of Maine, especially Mount Desert where many of them were among the first permanent settlers. La Petite Plaisance of Champlain is our Gott’s Island of today; a name for which the lack of euphony is more than compensated by its significance in the pioneer history of Mount Desert. Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants [S11084] Find a Grave: RICHARDSON Rachel Wasgatt 1752-1841, Rachel Richardson Wasgatt. Daughter of James Richardson and Rachel Gott. Married Davis Wasgatt August 9, 1774 in Mt. Desert, Maine. Rachel and Davis Wasgatt are buried together https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80698605/rachel-wasgatt