Bassett Family Association Database
Nathaniel Bassett
1758 - 1846 (88 years)-
Name Nathaniel Bassett Born 26 Jan 1757/58 Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Gender Male Died 6 May 1846 Lee, Massachusetts 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 , d. 12 Oct 1814, Falmouth (Age 94 years) Relationship Natural Mother Hannah Hall, b. 18 Dec 1726, Yarmouth, Massachusetts , d. 22 Jun 1790, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) Relationship Natural Married 4 Jul 1745 Yarmouth, Massachusetts Family ID F00286 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bethiah Smith, b. 16 Oct 1761, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 20 Mar 1849, Lee, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) Married 27 Sep 1781 Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Children + 1. Deborah Webb Bassett, b. 18 Aug 1782, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 1876 (Age 93 years) [Natural] + 2. Hannah Bassett, b. 30 May 1784, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 13 Sep 1848, Lee, Massachusetts (Age 64 years) [Natural] 3. John Smith Bassett, b. 29 Mar 1787, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 12 Sep 1866, Litchfield, New York (Age 79 years) [Natural] + 4. Abigail Bassett, b. 14 Dec 1789, Lee, Massachusetts , d. Deceased [Natural] + 5. Mary Bassett, b. 26 Feb 1791/92, Lee, Massachusetts , d. Deceased [Natural] 6. Nathaniel Bassett, b. 12 Jun 1794, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 22 May 1822, Lee, Massachusetts (Age 27 years) [Natural] + 7. Isaac Bassett, b. 19 Jan 1796/97, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 14 Dec 1892, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Age 95 years) [Natural] 8. Joseph Bassett, b. 3 Aug 1799, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 10 Aug 1800, Lee, Massachusetts (Age 1 years) [Natural] + 9. Joseph Bassett, b. 27 Mar 1801, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 3 Sep 1873 (Age 72 years) [Natural] 10. Harriet Bassett, b. 18 Sep 1803, Lee, Massachusetts , d. 25 Oct 1896, Lee, Massachusetts (Age 93 years) [Natural] Family ID F00605 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Nathaniel was 88 years of age when he died.