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<\/a>Historic Bassett House of North Haven, Connecticut<\/p>\nExcerpt from the article written by Steve Nugent<\/p>\n
The \u201cBassett house \u201d, located in the corner of Outer Ridge Road and Ives Street, is likely the oldest continuously occupied residence in North Haven. Research conducted in the 1980\u2019s by Sylvia Garfield, Mary Krinsky, Lucy Brusic and David Apter has shown that the back \u201chalf house\u201d section, constructed in 1720, succeeds as the oldest residential structure still standing in North Haven.<\/p>\n
But we\u2019re getting ahead of ourselves. After the Mayflower anchored off Cape Cod November 11, 1620; and the New Haven Colony \u201cpurchased\u201d title to a large area of land from Sachem Montowese of the Quinnipiac tribe on December 21, 1638; private land ownership began. Due to the absence of recorded deeds, it is suspected that Samuel Street (1635-1730) , while a Wallingford minister, gained huge tracts of land during New Haven Colony\u2019s third division of 1680. Samuel deeded several parcels located in the northern area of the \u201cneck\u201d, a reference to the area between the Mill and Quinnipiac Rivers, to Samuel Bassett and Captain John Bassett on June 15, 1695 . Thus began the Bassett tenure.<\/p>\n
When Captain John Bassett purchased the Street Farm in 1695 there were no buildings noted in the deed. By the time Captain Bassett\u2019s land was divided in 1719, the farm was described as having \u201cbuildings thereon.\u201d Just how much before 1719 the buildings were put \u201cthereon\u201d or what type they were is not a question that the documents can be made to answer. However, a deed transaction in March of 1720 described the Bassett property as Joseph\u2019s \u201chouse lot,\u201d so the researchers surmise that the house was on the property by early 1720.<\/p>\n
When Captain John Bassett died in 1713\/14, his sons Joseph (1697-1761) and John (1691-1757) Bassett equally divided their father\u2019s 500-acre estate. The property division was delayed until Joseph was \u201cof age\u201d; and John was awarded first choice of the parcels. Capt. John willed the remaining one-third of his estate to his wife Mercy; and sums of money to his two unmarried daughters, Abigail and Rebekah.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/northhavenhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com\/historicproperties\/bassett-house-ridge-rd-and-ives-st\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Captain John Bassett descends from #6B William Bassett of Connecticut as follows: William Bassett and wife Hannah (Dickerman) Ives John Bassett (b. 1652) and wife Mercy Todd Information in this article is courtesy of Steven Nugent and the North Haven … Continue reading