Mary Hugg

1770 - 1850  (80 years)

• Name	Mary Hugg
  Born	10 May 1770	Bridgewater, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Nov 1850	Spencer, New York
  Buried	UNKNOWN	Evergreen Cemetery, Spencer, Tioga County, New York
  Notes	Waverly New York Advocate Human Petrification 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: 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 ? 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.
  Person ID	I01033	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family	Jeremiah Bassett,   b. 11 Dec 1768, Sharon, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 May 1838, Spencer, New York  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Dunbarton, New Hampshire
  Children	1. Sarah Bassett,   b. 8 Jul 1794, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 28 Jun 1874  (Age 79 years)  [Natural] + 2. Betsy Bassett,   b. 20 Dec 1796, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. Deceased  [Natural] + 3. Maca Shepard Bassett,   b. 21 Feb 1798/99, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 26 Sep 1873, Spencer, New York  (Age 74 years)  [Natural]   4. Rachel Bassett,   b. 15 Sep 1802, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. Abt 1886  (Age 83 years)  [Natural]   5. John C. Bassett,   b. 22 Oct 1804, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 2 Dec 1823  (Age 19 years)  [Natural] + 6. Thomas R. Bassett,   b. 9 Dec 1806, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 12 Feb 1880, Spencer, New York  (Age 73 years)  [Natural]   7. David Bassett,   b. 8 Sep 1808, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 17 May 1869  (Age 60 years)  [Natural]   8. Jeremiah Bassett,   b. 6 Apr 1811, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. Deceased  [Natural]   9. Mary Ann Bassett,   b. 6 Jan 1814, Weare Township, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 25 Dec 1872  (Age 58 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F00520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart