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Nathaniel Bassett

Male 1758 - 1846  (88 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Bassett 
    Born 26 Jan 1757/58  Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 May 1846  Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Nathaniel was 88 years of age when he died.

      Massachusetts Historical Commission, record by Robert Macintosh, 20 Dec 1982
      Address: Main street Original Owner: Nathaniel Basse

      This house was built around 1825 for Nathaniel Bassett. It is presumed
      to have been built by his brother, Cornelius, (Cornelius was actually h
      cousin) who was Lee's first mason. Nathaniel Bassett was born in Sandwich,
      Mass. in 1758. He joined the colonial army at age 17 and served the
      revolutionary forces at Dorchester Heights outside of Boston. He was in the
      first boatload of Americans to take possession of the fort abandoned by the
      British. Later in the war he was one of a small party who dragged a cannon
      through the woods to the Hudson River at Verplanck's Point and fired on the
      British ship "Vulture" with Andre on board, resulting in Andre's capture and
      the flight of Arnold. Bassett came to Lee in 1778 and soon set up Lee's first
      blacksmith shop, near the corner of Park and High Streets. He was a successful
      businessman and eventually owned nearly all of the west side of upper Main
      Street, including his little brick office. He was sexton of the Congregational
      Church for 40 years. He planted the stately elms that for many years lined
      both sides of Park Street (now all gone). He died in 1846 at age 88. After his
      death the office was converted to a house.
      From about 1850 until 1880 the house was occupied by a woman named
      Laura Bailey. In 1880 it was purchased by David Dresser who owned a lar
      house next door. David Dresser and Benjamin Jull began a coal yard in 1859,
      today the Dresser-Hull Company of Railroad Street. Dresser died in 1904, and
      his widow died three years later. The little house was purchased by C.E. Hull,
      Benjamin Hull's son. It was sold almost immediately after to Mrs. J. Watson
      Bassett who had lived there since 1903. Her husband was Nathaniel Bassett's
      grandson and Joseph Bassett's son. Mrs. Bassett lived there until she moved to
      Pittsfield in 1915. The house has had many short term owners in the 1900's
      Today it is Lyn's Antiques.
    Person ID I01221  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Nathaniel Bassett,   b. 16 Oct 1719, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1814, Falmouth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Hannah Hall,   b. 18 Dec 1726, Yarmouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1790, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 4 Jul 1745  Yarmouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F00286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bethiah Smith,   b. 16 Oct 1761, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1849, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 27 Sep 1781  Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Deborah Webb Bassett,   b. 18 Aug 1782, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876  (Age 93 years)  [Natural]
    +2. Hannah Bassett,   b. 30 May 1784, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1848, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [Natural]
     3. John Smith Bassett,   b. 29 Mar 1787, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1866, Litchfield, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [Natural]
    +4. Abigail Bassett,   b. 14 Dec 1789, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
    +5. Mary Bassett,   b. 26 Feb 1791/92, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     6. Nathaniel Bassett,   b. 12 Jun 1794, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1822, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)  [Natural]
    +7. Isaac Bassett,   b. 19 Jan 1796/97, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1892, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)  [Natural]
     8. Joseph Bassett,   b. 3 Aug 1799, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1800, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [Natural]
    +9. Joseph Bassett,   b. 27 Mar 1801, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1873  (Age 72 years)  [Natural]
     10. Harriet Bassett,   b. 18 Sep 1803, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1896, Lee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F00605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart