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John Bassett

Male 1739 - 1811  (72 years)

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  • Name John Bassett 
    Birth 22 Jan 1739  Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 37FAEAE35E358F4E91B73C504626751F4280 
    Death 14 Mar 1811 
    Burial Wolfborough, Strafford County, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • John Bassett was living in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1784.

      Friends Records
      Dover, New Hampshire Monthly Meeting
      Daniel Bassett, of Wolfborough, in the county of Strafford, and state of New Hampshire, son of John Bassett, of said Wolfborough, and Ruth his wife, and Abigail Bean, daughter of Joel Bean, of Alton, in state and county aforesaid, and Mary his wife, married in Gilmanton, December 29, 1808.

      1790 Federal Census of Wolfboro Township, Strafford County, New Hampshire
      Bassett, John 2-1-3

      Wolfborough New Hampshire Cemeteries
      Lakeview Plot #165
      Joseph Varney - d. Sep 9 1852 age 81 years
      Hannah h/w - d. Nov 30, 1853 age 57 years
      Isabella D. t/d - d. Oct 10, 1810 age 21 years
      Susan t/d - d. Nov 30, 1824 age 21 years
      Augustus C t/s - d. Nov 26, 1821 age 11 months
      Joseph E. t/s - d. May 13, 1826 age 8 months
      Richard D. t/s - d. Feb. 21, 1819 age 4 years
      Charles Wheeler s/o David C. & Mary B. Breed - d. Feb. 17, 1812 age 5 months
      Huldah H. d/o Paul H. & Sarah Varney - d. Dc. 21, 1826 age 12 years
      Huldah B. w/o Lindley M. Hoag - d. Jun. 17, 1843 age 42 years
      Jonas C.M.. Varney - d. Nov 13, 1825 age 27 years
      Daniel Bassett - d. May 27, 1861 age 88 years
      Abigail h/lw - d. Nov. 8, 1838 age 54 years, 2 months, 20 days
      Susanna J. h/w - d. Sep. 5, 1849 age 66 years 3 months
      John Bassett - d. Mar. 14, 1811 age 71 years
      Ruth h/w - d. Sep 1821 age 81 years

      History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire
      Parker (1901)
      John Bassett came from Lynn, Mass., in 1790, and settled on a lot of land which has ever since been known as the Bassett farm. The buildings were erected at a considerable distance from the main road, the location where they stood being now approached by Mill Street, which has been somewhat recently opened. During the management of affairs by his grandson, Daniel Bassett Jr., the two-story part of the house was removed to North Main Street, and is now, with a portion of the farm, owned and occupied by the heirs of the late Abel Haley. The one-story part still remains with another portion of the farm where the buildings were first erected. Mr. Bassett's children were: Daniel, married Abigail Bean; John, married Ruth Wiggin; Lydia, married Samuel Newell; Hannah, married Joseph Varney; Sally; married Jonathan Buffum; Rebecca, married William Lyons.
      Daniel, the eldest son, succeeded his father in the management of the farm, becoming a successful farmer. He spent most of his active life in Wolfeborough, but in old age accompanied his son, Daniel Bassett, Jr., to Minnesota, whither some of his children had previously emigrated. Following is a list of his children: John, went west when a young man; Hannah, married Amos Jones, of Gilmanton; Joel, went to Minneapolis and accumulated a large property; Daniel, married Jane Campney; Philip, went west; Ursula, married Joseph Canney, of Dover.
      Daniel Bassett Jr.'s children were Abbie Susan, born Feb. 14, 1846, and Maria Jane, born Sept. 22, 1849. Mr. Bassett remained in Wolfeborough until middle age, and was thrifty; he then went to Minneapolis, and became wealthy. He was quite active in his adopted home politically and financially. His decease occurred in 1899.
      John Bassett, second son of John the settler, was a farmer and school-teacher. For twenty-eight successive years he had charge of winter district schools, and during that period taught a few terms in the summer. He became the owner of a farm on the borders of Wolfeborough and Tuftonborough, the dividing line between the two towns passing through his house. Here he resided a number of years, but afterwards purchased the Thomas-Townsend-Fox-Tuttle farm, now occupied by his son George W. Bassett. His son John Newell Bassett then took possession of the Wolfeborough-Tuftonborough farm, where he reared a family consisting of one son, Charles S., who now lives on the farm, and two daughters. Mr. Bassett married Ruth Wiggin, a daughter of James Wiggin, and had children as follows: Daniel W., born Feb. 5, 1812, died young; John N., born March 2, 1815, married Lydia Langley; Charles D., born May 13, 1816, went west; Ruth, born May 7, 1820, married Isaac Lovering, of Freedom; Gulielma, born Jan. 28, 1822, married Jacob K. Purington, of Dover; James, born Sept. 23, 1825, west to Boston; George W., born March 28, 1829, married Roxanna Fullerton. George W. Bassett has three children, James A., Emma, and Clara.
    Person ID I300  4B William Bassett of Lynn, Massachusetts
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2012 

    Father Daniel Bassett,   b. 26 Sep 1716, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 25 Aug 1771 and 2 Dec 1771, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Lydia Hood,   b. 17 Apr 1714 
    Marriage 30 Nov 1736 
    Family ID F56  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Newhall   d. Sep 1821 
    Marriage 14 Oct 1772 
    Children 
    +1. Daniel Bassett,   b. 31 Mar 1773, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1861 (Age 88 years)
    +2. John Bassett,   b. Abt 1786   d. 5 May 1867, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +3. Lydia Bassett
    +4. Hannah Bassett,   b. 29 Jan 1783(?), Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1853
    +5. Sally Bassett
    +6. Rebecca Bassett
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart