Bassett Family Association Database

Prentice Aldrich

Male 1836 - 1845  (8 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Prentice Aldrich was born on 25 Aug 1836 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (son of William Aldrich and Sarah Anne Bassett); died on 5 Aug 1845.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Aldrich was born on 25 Sep 1809 in Cooperstown, New York (son of Rufus Aldrich and Mary Smith); died on 21 Apr 1870 in Henderson, Knox County, Illinois; was buried in Knoxville Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    William and Sarah were living next door to Norman Bassett in the 1850 census.

    1850 Federal Census of Boone Town, Boone County, Illinois
    Wm. Aldrich 39 M New York Farmer
    Sarah A. 38 F Pennsylvania
    Jesta 15 F Pennslyvania
    Chauncy 12 M Pennslyvania
    Owen 10 M Pennsylvania
    Frances A. 8 F Pennsylvania
    Julian A. 6 M Illinois
    Dorana 4 M Illinois
    Lauren 2 M Illinois
    Clara 6/12 F Illinois

    1860 Federal Census of Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois (8 Aug 1860)
    W. Aldrich 50 M New York Farmer 2000 465
    J.A. 48 F Pennsylvania
    Chauncy 22 M Pennsylvania Farm Labor
    Owen 20 M Pennsylvania Farm Labor
    Frances A. 18 F Pennsylvania Domestic
    Julian 16 M Illinois Farm Lab
    W.D. 14 M Illinois
    Louran 12 M Illinois
    Clara 10 F Illinois
    AB 8 F Illinois
    Alando 6 M Illinois
    Norman 4 M Illinois

    William married Sarah Anne Bassett on 30 Mar 1834. Sarah (daughter of John Bassett and Clarissa Kellogg) was born on 26 Jul 1812; died on 24 Jan 1902; was buried in Knoxville Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Anne Bassett was born on 26 Jul 1812 (daughter of John Bassett and Clarissa Kellogg); died on 24 Jan 1902; was buried in Knoxville Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois.
    Children:
    1. Jasta A. Aldrich was born on 17 Jan 1835 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died on 21 Apr 1870.
    2. 1. Prentice Aldrich was born on 25 Aug 1836 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died on 5 Aug 1845.
    3. Chancy S. Aldrich was born on 31 Dec 1837 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died in Deceased.
    4. James Owen Aldrich was born on 13 Jan 1840 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died in Deceased.
    5. Frances A. Aldrich was born on 5 Nov 1841 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died on 14 Mar 1909.
    6. Julian B. Aldrich was born on 2 Feb 1844 in Boone County, Illinois; died in Nov 1917.
    7. Dorrence William Aldrich was born on 1 Apr 1846 in Boone County, Illinois; died on 8 May 1909.
    8. Lauren Winfield Aldrich was born on 11 Mar 1848 in Boone County, Illinois; died on 28 Nov 1928.
    9. Clara E. Aldrich was born on 19 Dec 1849 in Boone County, Illinois; died in Deceased.
    10. Nora A. Aldrich was born on 5 Feb 1852 in Illinois; died in Deceased.
    11. Orrin Percy Aldrich was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Illinois; died on 24 Oct 1896 in Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa.
    12. Norman K. Aldrich was born on 10 Oct 1856 in Illinois; died in Deceased.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rufus Aldrich died in Deceased.

    Rufus married Mary Smith. Mary died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Smith died in Deceased.
    Children:
    1. 2. William Aldrich was born on 25 Sep 1809 in Cooperstown, New York; died on 21 Apr 1870 in Henderson, Knox County, Illinois; was buried in Knoxville Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois.

  3. 6.  John Bassett was born on 30 Jan 1769/70 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island (son of Sergeant Samuel Bassett and Tabitha Waite); died between 20 and 25 Jun 1842 in East Smithfield, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    All descendants of John and Clarissa are Mayflower descendants as follows:
    Samuel and Sarah (Rogers) Kellogg, Samuel and Mary (Steele) Kellogg,
    Ebenezer and Susannah (Merrill) Steele, John and Meletiah (Bradford) Steele,
    Maj. William and Alice (Richards) Bradford, Gov. William and Alice Carpenter
    (Southworth) Bradford.

    1820 Federal Census of Smithfield, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
    John Basset 231110-20010
    2mU10,3m10-16,1m16-18,1m16-26,1m26-45,2fU10,1f26-45

    1830 Federal Census of Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
    John Bassett 00113001-0111001
    1m10-15,1m15-20,3m20-30,1m50-60,1f5-10,1f10-15,1f15-20,1f40-50

    1840 Federal Census of Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
    John Bassett 000010001-00000001
    1m20-30,1m60-70,1f50-60

    John married Clarissa Kellogg on 14 Jun 1802 in Buck's Tavern, Mill Town, Bradford County. Clarissa (daughter of Samuel Kellogg and Sarah Rogers) was born on 16 Nov 1781 in Goshen, Connecticut; died on 15 Feb 1879 in Knoxville, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Clarissa Kellogg was born on 16 Nov 1781 in Goshen, Connecticut (daughter of Samuel Kellogg and Sarah Rogers); died on 15 Feb 1879 in Knoxville, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Clarissa died at the home of her daughter, Sarah Anne Aldrich.

    Children:
    1. John Waite Bassett was born on 23 Feb 1803 in Mill Town, Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died on 10 Jan 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Oakwood.
    2. Samuel Kellogg Bassett was born on 27 Nov 1804 in Mill Town, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died in Apr 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois.
    3. Charles Rogers Bassett was born on 3 Aug 1808 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died in Deceased.
    4. Orville Pierce Bassett was born on 8 Jan 1810 in Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Sep 1866 in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois; was buried in Knoxville Cemetery.
    5. 3. Sarah Anne Bassett was born on 26 Jul 1812; died on 24 Jan 1902; was buried in Knoxville Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois.
    6. Chauncey Bassett was born on 25 Oct 1814 in Pennsylvania; died in Deceased.
    7. Susan Bassett was born on 23 Dec 1816; died in Deceased.
    8. Norman Austin Bassett was born on 10 Mar 1820 in East Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died in 1900.
    9. Julia Clarissa Bassett was born on 26 Nov 1821; died in Deceased.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Sergeant Samuel Bassett was born between 1736 and 1740 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island (son of Samuel Bassett and Alice Weaver); died in 1808 in Burlington, Otsego County, New York.

    Notes:

    Samuel and Tabitha first moved to Shaftsbury, Vermont for a few years, and
    then moved to Otsego County, New York. Samuel was a cooper and farmer.

    Samuel Bassett purchased 100 acres of land for $300 good silver
    dollars on 7 Sep 1797 and 50 acres of land for $200 good silver dollars in
    1797 in the County of Otsego, New York. The land was in the Town of
    Pittsfield, latter to be the Town of Burlington in 1802. This was part of the
    George Grophan patent and part of Lot No. 3 of the Turtle Lake Lot. Samuel
    Bassett of the Town of Pittsfield, County of Otsego, New York purchased 120
    acres and one quarter acre of land in the Town of Burlington, County of Otsego,
    New York in 1800 for the sum of $650.

    Samuel Bassett with his wife Tabitha Bassett sold the same 150 acres
    of land purchased in 1797 for $700 on 16 Apr 1808. Samuel Bassett so
    acres of land in the Town of Burlington, County of Otsego to Samuel Bassett
    Jr. in February 1808 for $150.

    1790 Federal Census of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island
    Bassett, Samuel 2-3-4

    1800 Federal Census of Burlington, Otsego County, New York
    Basset, Samuel 10101-00301-00
    1mU10,1m16-26,1m45+,3f16-26,1f45+


    West Greenwich, Rhode Island, Records Book 2, page 172: Westgreenwich october the 10th 1762 This may certifie all ministers of Justice that Samuel Bassett son of Samuel Bassitt of Coventry and Tabitha Waite, Daughter of John Waite of Westgreenwich was Lawfully Joyoned together in Marriage Before Preserved Hall Justice peace.

    FHL Film 000,287 = Bassett Manuscript (filmed at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, New York, in 1942. Author unknown)
    Sergt. Samuel was a cooper and farmer. He and Dorcas Bassett -- probably his aunt -- bout a farm in Coventry a little distance east from where the creek from Quidneck Reservoir crosses the railroad, an old dam on this creek on the west line of the farm serving as a roadway, as well as the remains of a mill-race and old mill foundations were still to be seen in 1924.
    Samuel removed to Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont, then to Otsego Co., New York, first settling in Pittsfield in 1797 and then in Burlington in 1800. Not long before his death, he parcelled out his farm among his children, giving deeds.
    Elizabeth Stone, Waite Bassett, Tabitha Bassett, and Sarah Chapin were all named in the will of their Aunt Alice Bassett of Coventry in 1805 (1803?). Samuel Bassett III's children were probably all born in Coventry, Rhode Island.
    Sergt. Samuel Bassett served in Capt. William Roy's Company in Cole Kassons Regiment of Militia, State of Rhode Island. (From page 165 of a private collection in the library of Col. Snepley of Providence, Rhode Island.)
    He also served as a private in Capt. Joseph Davis's Company of North Kingston, Dyre's Regt., from 22 August to 31 August 1778.

    Otsego Co., New York, Will Book B, page 178: Letters of Administration issued November 24, 1808, to Samuel Bassett, Jr., for the Estate of Samuel Bassett, dec'd. Inventory filed May 23, 1809.

    Samuel married Tabitha Waite on 10 Oct 1762 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Tabitha (daughter of John Waite and Elizabeth Sullivant) was born on 31 Dec 1741 in Greenwich, Rhode Island; died about 1808 in Burlington, Otsego County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Tabitha Waite was born on 31 Dec 1741 in Greenwich, Rhode Island (daughter of John Waite and Elizabeth Sullivant); died about 1808 in Burlington, Otsego County, New York.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Bassett was born about 1763 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island; died in Deceased.
    2. William Bassett was born about 1765 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island; died in Deceased in New York.
    3. Sarah Bassett died in Deceased.
    4. 6. John Bassett was born on 30 Jan 1769/70 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island; died between 20 and 25 Jun 1842 in East Smithfield, Pennsylvania.
    5. Waite Bassett died in Deceased.
    6. Samuel Bassett was born between 1774 and 1775 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island; died in Deceased.
    7. Tabitha Bassett died in Deceased.
    8. Joseph Bassett was born on 13 Dec 1778 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island; died on 14 Dec 1862 in South New Berlin, New York; was buried in South New Berlin, Chenango, New York.
    9. Benjamin Bassett was born on 10 Jun 1780 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island; died on 25 Apr 1863.

  3. 14.  Samuel Kellogg died in Deceased.

    Samuel married Sarah Rogers. Sarah died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Sarah Rogers died in Deceased.
    Children:
    1. 7. Clarissa Kellogg was born on 16 Nov 1781 in Goshen, Connecticut; died on 15 Feb 1879 in Knoxville, Illinois.