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- Jane Bassett (c1788 - )
Jane Bassett a housewife, was born about 1788, probably at Wellfleet,
Massachusetts. She married Ebenezer Atwood on the twenty-fifth day of February
1808, at Bucksport, Maine.
Back in colonial times when Jane was growing up, there were few
schools. Instead, children learned to read and write at home. Parents taught
their children to read using a hornbook, and they often practiced reading from
the Bible. They learned to write with a quill pen made from a feather, dipped
into ink made from colored powder and water. To keep the ink from blotting,
they sprinkled it with pounce, which was like sand. Paper was expensive, so
most children practiced writing their letters from one edge to the other in a
copybook. Often they made the copybooks by sewing sheets of paper together
with needle and thread.
Sometimes the boys, but not the girls, went to a grammar school where
they learned subjects such as geography, Greek, and Latin. Boys could start
there when they were twelve years old and stay in the same school all the way
through college.
Jane and Ebenezer lived on their farm.
Jane died when is not known, at Bucksport. She is buried in Evergreen
Hill Cemetery.
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1788 - Deceased