Jonathan Bassett

1808 - 1884  (75 years)

• Name	Jonathan Bassett
  Born	2 Sep 1808	Moscow, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 May 1884	Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine
  Notes	The Bingham records show the banns for Jonathan and Harriet's marriage were published on 18 Apr 1840. Harriet was born 29 Feb 1816 in Bingham, Maine. She died 13 Oct 1893 in the old Baker home at Moscow, Maine. She was a friend and schoolmate of Lydia Parlin, who married Hartson Bassett, walking to rural school and church with her. She taught school for some time before her marriage. When Jonathan was courting her, she was teaching school on the Pleasant Ridge side of the Kennebec and he would ford the river on horseback Saturday or Sunday afternoon to call on her. One night the boys of the home where she boarded hid his saddle before going to bed. When he went for his horse, he found he had the choice of fording the river in the dark bareback, or staying overnight. He stayed. The boys enjoyed the couple's embarrassment immensely. Wagons were just coming into use, similar to the present 2-seated ones, the oxcarts were in use. Jonathan and his two brothers, Hartson and Joseph, owned adjoining farms on the east shore of the Kennebec and built their houses before they were married. The old Baker home and several hundred acres of land were given to Jonathan in return for living there and caring for his mother, Pheobe Weeks Bassett Baker, in her old age. He built an addition to the house for his family since his mother claimed a large part of the old house for herself. 1850 Federal Census of Moscow, Somerset County, Maine (7 Aug 1850) Jona. Bassett 41 M Maine Farmer 1500 Harriet 34 F Maine Octavia 9 F Maine Olive 5 F Maine Calista 3 F Maine Sophronia 1 F Maine Henyon Churchill 9 M Maine Phebe Baker 63 F Maine Cynthia 20 F Maine John 20 M Maine Laborer 1860 Federal Census of Moscow, Somerset County, Maine (25 Jun 1860) Jonathan Bassett 51 M Maine Farmer 2500 1000 Harriet 44 F Maine Housework Octave 20 F Maine School Teacher Olive 16 F Maine Housework Calerta 13 F Maine Laury (twin) 5 F Maine Flora (twin) 5 F Maine Lyman 3 M Maine Living next door Phebe Bassett 73 F Maine George Roundly 10 M Maine Oragan H. Nichols 13 M Maine
  Person ID	I03573	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Captain Joseph Bassett,   b. 17 Mar 1784/85, Yarmouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Oct 1821, Kennebec River, Solon, Maine  (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Phoebe Weeks,   b. 24 Dec 1786,   d. 4 Sep 1863  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F00797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet N. Goodrich,   b. 29 Feb 1816, Bingham, Maine ,   d. 13 Oct 1893, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine  (Age 77 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1840	Bingham, Maine
  Children	+ 1. Octavia Weeks Bassett,   b. 18 May 1841, Moscow, Maine ,   d. 9 Mar 1916, Moscow, Maine  (Age 74 years)  [Natural] + 2. Olive Patterson Bassett,   b. 17 Aug 1843, Moscow, Maine ,   d. Jul 1928, Iowa  (Age 84 years)  [Natural] + 3. Callista Barton Bassett,   b. 12 Mar 1847, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine ,   d. 13 Sep 1910, Moscow, Maine  (Age 63 years)  [Natural]   4. Sophronia G. Bassett,   b. 27 Mar 1849, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine ,   d. Abt 1855  (Age 5 years)  [Natural]   5. Laura Eliza Bassett,   b. 16 Mar 1855, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine ,   d. 27 May 1938, Bingham, Maine  (Age 83 years)  [Natural]   6. Flora Elizabeth Bassett,   b. 16 Mar 1855, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine ,   d. 1920, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine  (Age 64 years)  [Natural]   7. Lyman Wyckliff Grover Goodrich Bassett,   b. 4 Dec 1856, Baker Homestead, Moscow, Maine ,   d. Feb 1933  (Age 76 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F01650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart