Bassett Family Association Database
Lot Bassett
1755 - 1835 (80 years)-
Name Lot Bassett Born 22 Jan 1754/55 Yarmouth, Massachusetts Gender Male Died 23 Jul 1835 Ashfield, Massachusetts Buried UNKNOWN Ashfield at Spruce Corner Notes - Lot moved to Ashfield in 1782, taking his family in an ox cart. He was one of the first settlers of Ashfield.
Cemetery Inscriptions at Spruce Corner
Lot's grave is marked "A Soldier of the revolution and one of the first
settlers of Ashfield".
Deborah's grave is marked "Mother of ten children who all lived to arrive at
the aged of manhood seven of whom survived their parents.
Also a joint stone for Deborah and Polly marked "In memory of Miss Deborah and
Miss Polly Bassett the amiable daughters of Mr. Lot and Mrs. Deborah Bassett.
Polly died January 6th in the 20th year of her age and Deborah died January
30th in the 22nd year of her age. Deborah survived her sister 24 days only"
Person ID I01174 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 23 Sep 2011
Father Captain Elisha Bassett, b. 15 Feb 1713/14, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 12 Feb 1793/94, Yarmouth, Massachusetts (Age 79 years) Relationship Natural Mother Ruhamah Jennings, b. 1 May 1716, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 9 Jan 1796/97 (Age 80 years) Relationship Natural Married 11 Oct 1739 Sandwich, Massachusetts Family ID F00280 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Deborah Howes, b. 15 Nov 1761, Yarmouth, Massachusetts , d. 6 Jun 1846, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 84 years) Married 31 Jan 1781/82 Children + 1. William Bassett, b. 11 Dec 1782, Ashfield, Massachusetts , d. 27 Sep 1860, Hawley, Massachusetts (Age 77 years) [Natural] 2. Deborah Bassett, b. 20 Feb 1783/84, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 30 Jan 1806 (Age 21 years) [Natural] 3. Mary Bassett, b. 19 Jan 1785/86, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 6 Jan 1806 (Age 19 years) [Natural] + 4. Thomas Bassett, b. 10 Apr 1789, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 23 Jan 1869, Plainfield, Massachusetts (Age 79 years) [Natural] 5. Elisha Bassett, b. 27 Jul 1791, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 25 Apr 1815 (Age 23 years) [Natural] + 6. Lydia Bassett, b. 10 Feb 1793/94, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 7 Jul 1880, Greenfield, Massachusetts (Age 86 years) [Natural] + 7. Francis Edward Bassett, b. 14 May 1796, Spruce Corner, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 1876 (Age 79 years) 8. Abigail Bassett, b. 27 May 1799, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 5 May 1881 (Age 81 years) [Natural] 9. Samuel Bassett, b. 26 Jul 1802, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 11 Apr 1876 (Age 73 years) [Natural] 10. Lot Bassett, b. 13 Mar 1805, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 15 Mar 1881 (Age 76 years) [Natural] Family ID F00584 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Lot moved to Ashfield in 1782, taking his family in an ox cart. He was one of the first settlers of Ashfield.