Bassett Family Association Database
Alice Canfield
1696 - Bef 1740 (~ 43 years)-
Name Alice Canfield Christened 3 May 1696 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Gender Female _UID 2A36A9F992657642BAC6F98395FE6D873418 Died Bef 1740 Notes - Josiah Bassett ... married Alice Canfield, daughter of Jeremiah and Alice (Hine) Canfield, on 25 Apr 1717 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Alice was born 3 May 1696 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She died before 1740.
BAPTISM & MARRIAGE: iv. Alice, bapt. 3 May 1696; m. 25 Apr. 1717, Josiah Bassett, who d. after1767, son of Thomas and Sarah (Baldwin?) Bassett. [Source: Nathan Grier Parke II, THE ANCESTRY OF LORENZO ACKLEY & HIS WIFE, EMMA ARABELLA BOSWORTH, Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. (Woodstock, Vermont, 1960), p. 241: (FHL Film # 1015822 item 9)
LAND: Milford, NH, CT Land Records Vol. 7 p. 249,( FHL Film #4919): Jeremiah Canfield of New Milford, New Haven, in the Colony of Connecticut, husbandman, gave seven acres of land in Milford to his daughters Jeruiah [Zerviah] Terrill, wife of Daniel Terrill, and Alice Bassett, wife of Josiah Bassett on 29 Oct 1728. (See Milford Land: #3, p.17)
INHERITANCE: See Alice's, father, Jeremiah Canfield's will in his notes for family relationships. Apparently Alice had the nickname "Els."
Person ID I395 3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut Last Modified 16 Oct 2007
Father Jeremiah Canfield, c. 28 Sep 1662, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 18/18 Mar 1739/40, New Milford (Age ~ 77 years) Mother Alice Hine, b. 16 Dec 1667, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 4/04 Jan 1739/40, New Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 72 years) Married 1687 Family ID F193 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Josiah Bassett, b. say 1692, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. Aft 1767 (Age ~ 76 years) Married 25 Apr 1717 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Notes - Donald L. Jacobus states that Josiah Basett and Alice Canfield were married at Milford on 25 April 1717. (CT: New Haven Co. Milford Pr. Sec. So. #2. Ackley-Bosworth Genealogy, Donald L. Jacobus, Ed., p. 246.)
Children + 1. Josiah Bassett, b. 14 Oct 1719, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 2. Abigail Bassett, b. 20 Mar 1722, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut + 3. Samuel Bassett, b. 1723, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut , d. 21 Aug 1806, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 83 years) + 4. Eunice Bassett, b. 1725, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut + 5. Edward Bassett, b. 1727, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Last Modified 27 May 2015 Family ID F191 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Josiah Bassett ... married Alice Canfield, daughter of Jeremiah and Alice (Hine) Canfield, on 25 Apr 1717 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Alice was born 3 May 1696 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She died before 1740.