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- MYGATE, MYGATT, sometimes MAYGOTT or MEGGOTT, JACOB, Hartford, s. of Joseph, b. prob. in Eng. for he calls hims. in 1667, 34 yrs. old, m. a. the end of 1654, Sarah, d. of William Whiting, had only two ch. Joseph, and Sarah; d. a. mid. age, and his wid. m. 1683, John King of Northampton, and d. 1706;. Sarah m. first, John Webster, and next, Benjamin, Graham. JOSEPH, Cambridge, came in the Griffin, with famous Cotton and Hooker 1633, freem. 6 May 1635, rem. in the great migrat. to Hartford, was rep. 1658, and oft. aft. deac. call. his age 70, in 1666, had only two ch. Jacob, but it is thot. in 1633; and Mary, 1637. His wid. Ann, wh. was b. 1602, surv. him some yrs. yet he liv. to 7 Dec. 1680, aged 84. Mary m. 20 Sept. or 12 Dec. 1657, John Deming the sec. JOSEPH, Hartford, s. of Jacob, m. 5 or 15 Nov. 1677, Sarah, d. of Robert Webster, had Joseph, b. 23 Oct. 1678; Susanna, 3 Oct. 1680; Mary, 4 Dec. 1682; two, nam. Jacob, early; Thomas, 11 Sept. 1688; Sarah, 9 Mar. 1692; Zebulon, 3 Nov. 1693; and Dorothy, 26 Jan. 1696; and the f. a. 1698. His wid. m. 12 Dec. 1722, as his sec. w. Bevil Waters, then 92 yrs. old, long outliv. him, and Feb. 1744, aged 89.
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Family and Household Part Three
Marriage Contract for Jacob Mygatt and Sarah Whiting
(Hardord, Connecticut, 1654)
Whereas r. Joseph Mygatt .• of Hartford upon the River and in the jurisdico,
lion of Connecticut in New England. have in the 'behalf of my son Jacob
and at his request made a motion to Mrs. Susanna Fitch. in reference
to her daughter Sarab Whiting, that my said son Jacob might with her
good liking have free liberty to endeavor the pining of her said daughter
Sarah's affection towards himself in a way of marriage: now this present
••••• riting sho ••••• eththat the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch having consented there-
unto" 1 do hereby promise and engage that if God. in tne wide disposition
of His providence, shall so order it that my son Jacob and her daughter
Sarah shall be contracted together in reference to marriage, I will pay
thereupon unto my said son as his marriage portion the full sum of two
hundred pounds sterling, upon a just valuation in such pay as shall be
to the reasonable satisfaction of the said Mrs. Fitch. and so much more
as shall fully equalize the estate or portion belonging to her said daughter
Sarah. And I do further engage for the present to build it comfortable
dwellng house for my said son and her daughter to live in by themselves.
as. shall upon a true account cost' me fifty pounds sterling. And [I} will
also give ,them therewith near the said house one acre of ground planted
with appfe trees and other fruit trees, which said house, land, and trees
shall be and remain to my said son as an addition to his mamage perncn,
before mentioned, and to his heirs forever. And I do also further promise
and engage ,that at the day of my death I shall and wtll leave unto him
my said son and his heirs so much estate besides the dwelling house,
ground. and trees, before given and engaged, as shall make the two hun-
dred pounds, before engaged and to be paid [at] present, more than dou-
ble the portion of the said Sarah WhIting. And for the true and sure
performance hereof I do hereby engage and bind over my dwelling house
and an my lands and buildings in Hartford, with whatsoever estate in
any kind is tht:n:in and thereupon. And I do further engage that my
daughter Mary's portion of one hundred pounds being first paid to her •.
I will leave: to my said son and his heirs forever my whole estate at the
day of my death, whatsoever it shall amount unto, and in what way,
kind, or place soever it lies, he paying to my wife during her natural
life twelve pounds a year. and allowing to her a d ••••• elhngenrire to herself
Mania,se sC!ldt:m~nt of Ja.cob )~tt. of Hartford. Conne<:ticut, in CoI11ICfiDtl! "f lilt COIIPKt-
Iklll Histoorical Sodtry, XlV {Hartford, Conn., 1912). Pl>. 558-560.
Chapter 16
Courtship and Marriage.
The ,mark of
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Joseph Mygatt
in the two upper rooms and. cellar belonging to my now dwemng house.
with the going of half the po"dtrY and a pig fQr her (;omfort in tach
year during her s;aJdlifej also ,anowing her the use of half the household
stuff during her life, which she shaH have power to dispose of to Jacob
Of Mary at her death. as :she shalt see cause. And J do further engage
that the portion my,said son shall have with her daughter Sarah shall
(with the good liking of the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch and such friends
as she shall advise wi th) be laid out whoUy upon a farm for the so!e
use and benefit of my said son. her daughter, and their heirs forever.
And upon the contraction mreference to marriage f do engage to jointure
her said. daughterSira in the whole estate or portion my son hath with
her. laid out or to be laid out in a farm as aforesaid or otherwise, and
in the thirds of his whole estate otherwise. to be to her sole and pl'Qpcr
use and beneAt during her life .and aher her death to their heirs: forever.
And lastly I do engage that the: sole beneAt of the Indian trade shan
be to the sole advantage of my son Jacob, and do promise that I win
d~ring my life be [an] assistant and helpful to my said son in th~ best
ways Ican, both in his tradin,g with the Indians. his stilting, and otherwise.
for his comfort and! advan,tage which I will never bring to any account
with him~ only J do explain myself and engage that in case my SQn Jacob
shall depart this lire before her daughter Sarah. and leave no issue of
theit bodies. then her said daughter Sarah shaU have the full value of
her portion left to her, not only for her life as before, but to her as
her property to dispose of at her death as she shall see cause, and her
thirds in aU his other estate for her life, as is before expressed. It being
also agreed and consented to that my Wife after my decease and during
her natural life shan have the use of two milch cows which my son Jacob
shall provide for her, she paying the charge of their wintering and summer~
ing ()(Iit of her annuity of twelve pounds a year; In witness whereunto,
and to every particular on this and the other side, I have subscribed
my name, This 27th of November. 1654.
Witnesses hereunto
John Webster
John Cu~lick
John TaUcott
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edited by John Demos
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Abt 1634 - 1680 (~ 46 years)