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Thomas Adsett

Male 1799 - 1870  (71 years)


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  • Name Thomas Adsett 
    Born 1799  , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1826  North Chapel, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1829  North Chapel, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1832  North Chapel, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 1852  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-48685 
    Died 21 Apr 1870  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 8] 
    Cause: grangia Linilis? 
    Buried Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I48685  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family 1 Matilda Penfold,   b. 24 May 1819, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1896  (Age 76 years) 
    Married , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fanny Adsett,   b. 1836, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ellen Adsett,   b. 1841, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F12696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Scutt,   b. Abt 1800, of, North Chapel, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1832, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1824  Petworth, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Emma Adsett,   b. 1824, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Charles Adsett,   b. 1826, North Chapel, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1908  (Age 82 years)
     3. Sarah Adsett,   b. 1828, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Harriet Adsett,   c. 11 Mar 1832, North Chapel, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1832, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F40767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Thomas Adsett, formerly of Northchapel, to Thomas Scutt, his Father in law, Bignor, near Petworth.

      September 9th 1832

      Dear Father,

      I am sorry to be the messenger of bad news: but we are in a land of disappointment: if we go to bed at night, well and hearty, we may not rise in the morning alive. April 11th. Set sail from Portsmouth. Fair wind for some days. Children and Wife quite well, self quite sick, and so I continued for a month. May 19th. Harriet failed with the hooping cough, and continued getting worse: wife and the children quite well, all the way over. June 2, reached Quebec: 7th to Montreal; after a passage of 8 weeks and 1 day; and almost all the way very rough sea. Here we left the Melville, and took the Durham Boats: here we was put hard to it, being exposed to the weather until we reached York. 19th. Reached York: Harriet kept getting worse: we did not stop at York above 5 or 6 hours: next came Hamilton: wife failed in eating: left and came to Waterloo: child very bad; wife quite poorly; and kept getting worse. July 1st Harriet died. 2nd. Wife very bad. 3rd. died. The doctor said, that it was the scarlet fever: the other children all well. Sarah (2½ years old) a gentleman by the name of Chapman, a Carpenter, came and took her, the 7th. Charles (6 years old) is at a Weavers: Emma (7 years old) is at Mr. Tottles, in Dumfries: and are well; and like the place quite well. I get plenty of work, at 5s. York, that is 2s. 3½ of your money, and board. Here is plenty of whisky, at 1s. per quart; here is no beer; and the water is not so good in many places as in England. They live in quite a different way to what they do in the old country; but they live much better. The produce is wheat; oats; winter barley; rice; indian corn; and potatoes; but this is truly the wooden world. If we find so many houses as at Crouch, we should think that we should be in a city: the houses are about half a mile a part. Here is plenty of pheasants; and pigeons; and deer, that will weigh 20 stone; and bears; foxes; wolves; and hares. I can say no more at present. Write to me as soon as possible, and send word how they all are. Direct, Thomas Adsett, Galt, Dumfries, U. Canada, N. America.

      Petworth Emigration, 1832, Letter from Thomas Adsett to His Father-in-law - https://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/letters/adsett.html 2009

  • Sources 
    1. [S429] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist CC#4587 Internet Link.
      In memory of/ Thomas Adsett/ who died/ April 21, 1870/ aged 70 yr's/ Matilda Penfold/ beloved wife of the above/ Died April 24, 1896/ Aged 78 Yr's. 10 M's 15 D's

    2. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 12.
      Thomas ADSETT Farmer born England Methodist 50
      Matilda ADSETT born England Methodist 33
      Fanny ADSETT born Canada Methodist 15
      Ellen ADSETT born Canada Methodist 10

    3. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 10145 (1870), Thomas Adsett, accessed 24 Mar 2010.
      Thomas Adsett, d. 21 Apr 1870 Guelph, aged 70, occupation dairy man, b. Suffolk, England, cause: grangia Linilis?

    4. [S1808] z England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, christening of Charles Adsett; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02215-4 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 1068526 Reference ID: item 5 p 72.
      Charles Adsett, chr. 18 Jun 1826 Northchapel, Sussex, England c/o Thomas Adsett and Sarah

    5. [S1808] z England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, christening of Sarah Adsett; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02215-4 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 1068526 Reference ID: item 5 p 72.
      Sarah Adsett, chr. 15 Nov 1829 Northchapel, Sussex, England

    6. [S1808] z England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, christening of Harriet Adsett; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02215-4 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 1068526 Reference ID: item 5 p 72.
      Harriet Adsett, chr.11 Mar 1832 Northchapel, Sussex, England c/o Thomas Adsett and Sarah

    7. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 12.

    8. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 52.

    9. [S1803] zzEngland, Marriages, 1538-1973, marriage of Thomas Adsett and Sarah Scutt; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M07089-1 System Origin: England-ODM GS Film number: 0918253-255.
      Thomas Adsett married 18 Oct 1824 Petworth, Sussex, England to Sarah Scutt

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1799 - , Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Oct 1824 - Petworth, , Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1826 - North Chapel, , Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1829 - North Chapel, , Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1832 - North Chapel, , Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1852 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: grangia Linilis? - 21 Apr 1870 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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