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Jane Pelham

Female 1803 - 1879  (76 years)


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  • Name Jane Pelham 
    Born 3 Aug 1803 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 989FF7AEC8D1C040B2D235B68E1300E166B0 
    Died 6 Aug 1879  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Clarksfield Methodist Church Cemetary, Huron County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Brig Emma

      Port of Arrival: New York, 19 Apr 1830
      Port of Departure: Rye
      Place of Origin: Great Britain
      William Bassett 32 M
      Jane Bassett 28 F
      Edward 8 M
      Elizabeth 5 F
      William 3 M
      Thomas 1 M



      William and Elias Bassett came from England to America, the former in 1830 and the latter in 1828. William and his family were on the ocean for more than six weeks. They lived in New York state for six months and then came to Townsend township, Huron County, O., and lived in the old block house for some time, then bought a small farm two miles from the Center. In the fall of 1832 they came to Clarksfield and lived in a house belonging to Johnson Wheeler, at Hayesville until the following spring, then moved to the Hollow and lived in a house across the street from Capt. Husted's probably just west from the Hotel. In 1834 they bought the Myron Rogers farm, of Levi Barnum. This was on the Norwalk road a half mile west of the Hollow. In 1838 they bought of Lucius M. Curtis 30 acres of land north of the Hollow and east of the river. In 1846 they bought out George Pelham and built the house which was owned by M.B Bissell for many years and is now owned by John Gardiner. In 1856 they moved to the Hollow, where Mr. Bassett died in 1862 at the age of 66 years. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Pelham, died in Michigan in 1879 at the age of 76 years. Their children were Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas, born in England, Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam and Ellen were born in Ohio. Edward went to Defiance county about 1841 and married there. He now lives in Nebraska. Elizabeth married Alanson Hamlin, a cousin of Noah, and they went west. She died in 1867. William became a blacksmith and worked at the Hollow. About 1852 he married a lady from Ashland county and moved to Defiance county, where he died in 1896. Thomas married Lydia Merrifield in 1856. He went to Defiance county and died there in 1892. Lucy married C.E. Mead, of Bronson Township, in 1853. They lived in Bronson, then Kansas and are now living in California. George was drowned in the Mississippi River in 1855. Samuel married Emeline Case and lived in Clarksfield until about 1868, when he moved to Missouri, where he died in 1888. Henry married Alcie M. Rogers in 1863, and lived in Clarksfield until 1873, following the profession of teaching. He now lives in Lodi, O., where he is a newspaper publisher. Maylam lived in Clarksfield until the war, and after serving as a soldier for four years, went to Michigan, where he married and lived until his death in 1896. Ellen died in infancy.

      1850 Federal Census of Clarksfield Township, Huron County, Ohio (25 Jul 1850)
      William Bassett 52 M England Farmer 2500
      Jane 46 F England
      Thomas 21 M England
      Lucy 17 F Ohio
      George 15 M Ohio
      Samuel 13 M Ohio
      Henry 10 M Ohio
      John 7 M Ohio
      Ellen 4 F Ohio

      Pioneer History of Clarksfield, pages 121-130

      George Pelham was a brother of William Bassett's wife and came from England to Clarksfield about 1841. He rented teh Benajah Furlong farm and afterward bought the Lucius M. Curtiss farm, north of Clarksfield, and lived there until 1849, when he sold the farm to his sister and moved to Illinois, where he died about 1885. His children were Elizabeth, Mary, Thomas and Louisa.

      Clarksfield Methodist Cemetery, Clarksfield Township, Huron County, Ohio

      Jane Bassett, w/o William Bassett, d. 6 Aug 1879, aged 86y 3 d.
      William Bassett d. 6 Jul 1862, age 66y 3m 6d.
      Ellen M. Bassett, daughter, d. 27 Jy 1851, age 5y 7m 6d
      Samuel B. Bassett, d. 2 Sep 1888, age 51y 4m 7d (Co B 2nd O.V.C.) GAR
      Emeline Bassett w/o Samuel Bassett, d. 7 Oct 1883 age 41y 1d.
    Person ID I6  87B Elias & William Bassett of Ohio
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2013 

    Father Tom Pelham 
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Bassett,   b. 30 Mar 1796, Folkestone, Kent County, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1862  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 15 Jul 1821  Kent County, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Edward Ulysses Bassett,   b. 12 May 1821, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1903, Bassett Valley, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Elizabeth Jane Bassett,   b. 19 Jun 1824,   d. 12 Apr 1866  (Age 41 years)
    +3. William Elias (Earl) Bassett,   b. 10 Jun 1826, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1895, Defiance County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +4. Thomas Pelham Bassett,   b. 5 Apr 1829, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1891, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     5. Lucy Ann Bassett,   b. 14 Jul 1832, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1914, San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     6. George Beusted Bassett,   b. 3 Mar 1835, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1855  (Age 20 years)
    +7. Samuel Benjamin Bassett,   b. 25 Apr 1837, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1888  (Age 51 years)
     8. Henry Edmund Bassett,   b. 13 Mar 1840, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1902, Lodi, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +9. Maylam John Bassett,   b. 19 Oct 1842, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1896, Pompeii, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     10. Ellen Maria Bassett,   b. 21 May 1846, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1851  (Age 5 years)
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart