Family of Thomas ADGATE and Marie Mary MARVIN

Husband:	Thomas ADGATE (1620-1707)
Wife:	Marie Mary MARVIN (1628-1713)
Marriage	1660	Of Great Bentley, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Husband: Thomas ADGATE

Name:	Thomas ADGATE
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	Dec 16, 1620	Great Bentley, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Title		Deacon
Death	Jul 21, 1707 (age 86)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Wife: Marie Mary MARVIN

Note on Husband: Thomas ADGATE

Deacon Thomas Adgate was born about 1620 (based on his age of 87 at his death in 1807), probably in England.

 

Married Second:

It is not known precisely when he married his second wife, Mary Marvin, the widow of Richard Bushnell. Richard, her first husband, died between 1 Dec 1659 and 17 July 1660. The first child of Thomas and Mary was born in August of 1661. "Marey Adgate Deceased ye 29th day of March: 1713"

 

Died:

The month and year, July 1707, are carved into Thomas' gravestone. This sentence from the New London probate records establishes the date as the 21st: "Inventory of estate of decon Thomas Adgat of Norwich Disceased 21 Jul 1707, taken 12 Aug. 1707 by Solomon Tracy and Josephs Renells. Thomas Adgate made oath." He is buried at the Old Norwichtown Cemetery. On a rounded stone is the following inscription.

HEARLIES

THEBODYOF

DEACoNTHOMA

SADGATEWHO

DYEDJULY1707

AGED87YEARS

 

There have been no records found for Thomas prior to his time in Saybrook, CT. Two daughters, by his unnamed first wife were born and recorded in Saybrook, Elisabeth in Oct. 1651, and Hannah born Oct. 1653.[4]. The Saybrook early records are very sketchy, but he is listed as attending a town meeting Jan. 7, 1655/6.[5]

 

"Norwich, when purchased of the Indians, June 6, 1659, consisted of a tract of wild land nine miles square, in the heart of the Mohegan territory, at the head of what was then called Mohegan or Pequot river"[5], today known as the Thames. Into this wild land went Thomas Adgate and his family along with other men from Saybrook and their families. They were the thirty-five founders of Norwich.

 

Thomas was a deacon of the church in both Saybrook and Norwich, CT. It is believed that he performed this office for over fifty Years. He was a Townsman of Norwich in 1674, 1676, 1679, 1680, 1682, 1684, 1686. In 1662, he was chosen as part of a commission to serve on what today would be small claims court. In 1694, he was part of the committee to “treat” with Mr. Jabez Fitch in the matter of his succeeding his father James Fitch as pastor of the church.[5]

 

Hinman, in his catalogue of Puritan Settlers, says, “This was a respectable, pious and good family.”

Note on Wife: Marie Mary MARVIN

Mary Marvin was born circa 1628 in Great Bentley, Essex, England. She was baptized on 16 December 1628 in Great Bentley, Essex, England. She immigrated with Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth Marvin in 1635 to Hartford, Connecticut. She married Richard Bushnell, son of Francis Bushnell and Ferris Quenell, on 11 October 1648 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She married Deacon Thomas Adgate. Her husband, Deacon Thomas Adgate, died at age 87 years on 21 July 1707 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. She died on 29 May 1713 in Norwalk, New London County, Connecticut. She was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. (bio by: Wendell Wilcox)

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Parents:

Matthew Marvin (1600 - 1678)

Elizabeth Marvin (1604 - 1640)

Spouses:

Richard Bushnell (1623 - 1660)*

Thomas Adgate (1620 - 1707)*

Children:

Elizabeth Adgate Bushnell (1651 - 1713)*

Joseph Bushnell (1651 - 1746)*

Richard Bushnell (1652 - 1727)*

Mary Bushnell Leffingwell (1654 - 1745)*

Mercy Bushnell Cary (1656 - 1741)*

Abigail Adgate Tracy (1661 - 1711)*

Sarah Adgate Huntington (1663 - 1705)*

Rebecca Adgate Huntington (1666 - 1748)*

Thomas Adgate (1669 - 1760)*

 

alt. child list:

Children: Hannah Lathrop (born Adgate), Thomas Bushnell, Elizabeth Bushnell, Joseph Bushnell, Richard Bushnell, Esq., Hannah Bushnell, Mary Leffingwell (born Bushnell), Maretia Cary (born Bushnell), Benejah Deacon Bushnell, Elizabeth Bushnell (born Adgate), Abigail Tracy (born Adgate), Sarah Huntington (born Adgate), Rebecca Huntington (born Adgate), Thomas Adgate, Mary Adgate, Daniel Tracy Benedict, Mercy Mary Benedict, Hanna Benedict

Siblings:

Matthew Marvin (1626 - 1712)*

Mary Marvin Adgate (1628 - 1713)

Abigail Marvin Bouton (1636 - 1680)*

Rebecca Marvin Clark (1639 - 1712)*

Rachel Marvin Smith (1649 - 1687)**

 

Inscription:

HERE LIES THE BODY OF MRS MARY ADGATE WHO DIED MARCH 1713

Burial:

Old Norwichtown Cemetery

Norwich

New London County

Connecticut, USA

Sources

1	Ancestry.com, "Public Member Trees" (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Database online. Text From Source: Record for Mary Bushnell
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2	Ibid. Database online. Text From Source: Record for Marie Mary Marvin