Jeremiah Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth<\/p>\n
William and Elizabeth Bassett
\nNathaniel Bassett (b. 1735) and wife Martha Hobart
\nJeremiah Bassett (b. 1678) and wife Mary Felch
\nJohn Bassett (b. 1725) and wife Sarah Shephard
\nJeremiah Bassett (b. 1768) and wife Mary Hugg<\/p>\n
Waverly New York Advocate
\nHuman Petrification<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How human bodies or other bodies, become petrified has long been a mystery. The fact, however, is abundantly established. The following quite remarkable case is furnished us by John A. Nichols, Esq. of Spencer:<\/p>\n
Mary Bassett, wife of Jeremiah Bassett, died Nov. 8, 1850; was buried on the farm of her husband about two miles north of the village of Spencer in this county. At the time of her death she was 81 years old, and rather fleshy \u2013 the disease being dropsy. Her remains were taken up by Phineas Brazen, in May, 1873, and removed to the cemetery in the village of Spencer. The body was found to be in a petrified state, except the eyes, which were gone. The body was quite plump, the chest full size, color yellowish, which, no doubt, was caused by the earth in which the body lay. The hair was viable and natural. By tapping on the body it appeared to be a hard substance. It was very heavy, quite as much so as when a live, and ropes had to be got under it to lift it out of the grave; and in raising it the neck broke off and let the head drop. The coffin was nearly all gone, and left the body lying in the earth. There were three other members of the family buried in the same grave yard, and within a few feet of this woman, all of whom died since the mother; and their bodies were all entirely decayed, nothing but the bones remaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jeremiah Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth William and Elizabeth Bassett Nathaniel Bassett (b. 1735) and wife Martha Hobart Jeremiah Bassett (b. 1678) and wife Mary Felch John Bassett (b. 1725) and wife Sarah Shephard Jeremiah Bassett (b. 1768) … Continue reading