Person:John Adsit (2)

Note that it is not certain the the John Adsit who married Sarah Hayward is the same John Adsit who died in 1734/35. The genealogy compiled by Newman Ward Adsit (1878-1949) and published posthumously (about 1959) identifies the mother of George Adsit as Sarah Howard^[1], but this was later shown to be incorrect^[1]. In 1960, George E. McCracken states "Sarah Howard's husband was probably about her age, and if so, then he would have been nearly eighty years old when his last child, Stephen, was born in 1730. We therefore conclude that the probability is that the two men were not identical."^[1] Of course, Sarah's husband could have been several years younger than her (she was 35 at the birth of her first known child), and it is not unknown for men to father children into their seventies.

Will

John Adsit's will dated January 15, 1734/1735 probated Jan 28,1734/35 is as follows:The last will and testament of John Ageet,Senr,of Lymein New London County being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory prased br God I give and bequeath unto my son John that I had by my late wife Mary all ye humstead house lying in ye first Society in sd Lyme lying North East on ye highway yet leads from the Widow Hays house to ye beckwith provided he takes my youngest son Stephen and bring him up until he is of age and if my son John will not bring him up att his charge Stephen and all ye term of time when Stephen is one and twenty years old-pay Stephen ten pounds this my my mind and meaning is that Stephen shall have one third part of sd humstead Land.I give and bequeath unto my other two sons Saml and Benjamin that I had by sd wife that Land in ye east Society in ad Lyme to be equally divided between them paying their youngest brother Stephen fifteen pounds a piece when he comes of age 21y. I give and bequeath unto mt two daughters Sarah and Mary that I had by sd wife all ye movable estate and horse kind and whatever else beloning to me after my just debts be paid. I have given or paid portions to ye children I had by my former wife already yet nvertheless my mind and meaning is that my sd son John pay unto George Ageet five shillings when he sd John come of age. I appoint my well beloved son John and constitute make and ordain him my executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannual all and all manner of former wills and testament legacies and bequeath and execute by me in and any way before named willied and bequeathed rattifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness wherefor ?I" have hereunto set to my name and seal on ye date above mentioned. Signed sealed Publishied and pronounced his (seal) John X Ageet Sir and declared by ye John Ageet Sen. his last will and testament in ye presence of us ye subscribers her Sarah Lester mark her Rachel R Smith mark Uriah Roulin. Sarah Lester,Rachel Smith and Uriah Roulin personally appeared in LYme this 28th of January A.D. 1734/1735 and made following oath tht they saw John Ageet the with in named teastor sign ye within instrument and that he was then of a sound and disposing mind and memory according to their best judgement and that they did together set their hands as witness in ye presence of ye testor before John Griswold Justice of the peace. recorded in the sixth book of wills for New London, District folio 176-177, June 12-1735. Pr Richard Christopher Clerk.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} "A Hartford Miscellany: Howard, Stone, Adsit-Edgett", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
   36:36-37, 1960.