Person:William Daggett (5)

William DAGGETT was born in 1661 in Marblehead, Kent, Massachusetts. He died before Jan 1695 in Marblehead, Mass. Tradition is that he came from Scotland. He was granted 10 acres in Saco, 3 Dec. 1681, at the head of Wormstall's lot. The early settlers of Saco were not like other fathers of New England, religious secarians. ln 1685/89 he removed to Marblehead, MA and was a carpenter. After the death of his wife he purchased six in Salem, MA.

May 10, 1684 at a town meeting legally held by the freeholders of Saco, William Daggett was chosen to be constable for that year. William continued to reside in Saco until some time between 1685 and 1689 when he moved to Marblehead, Mass. In 1691 he gave evidence in regard to the will of Robert Bennett and was then according to the evidence about 30 years of age. June 11, 1691 he is mentioned in an account with the estate of Jona Catchell. In 1692 a James Beale had small-pox at Marblehead and William was his nurse. March 25, 1693 he executed a mortgage on his cattle and goods for four years rent of a house and land valued at 25L (L meaning libra or pound) to Mr. Erasmus James.

He was married to Rebecca WORMSTALL about 1681 in Saco, Maine. Children were: Susannah DAGGETT, William DAGGETT, Ebenezer DAGGETT, Samuel DAGGETT.

William Daggett of Saco, ME is one of two Daggetts in this ancestry, the other being John Daggett of Martha's Vineyard. It is not known how the two might be related, or if they were. He first appears in Saco, ME in 1681 when he is granted 10 acres at the head of his father-in-law's lot. He was the town constable in 1684 but moved to Marblehead in 1689. His genealogy is recorded in Noyes.