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Thomas Bassett

Male 1700 - 1772  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Thomas Bassett 
    Born say 1700  Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID CEF3294DBDC8964E9CE531BE73C5852AF7A0 
    Died 5 Oct 1772  , Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 3B36. Thomas Bassett, son of Thomas and Sarah (Baldwin) Bassett, was born about 1700 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. He died 5 Oct 1772 in Fairfield, Connecticut. He married (1) Sarah Pearson 24 Aug 1727. She died in Stratford, Connecticut in 1750. He married (2) the widow Annie Burwell. Annie died in Newtown, Connecticut on 30 Apr 1798.

      BIRTH & MARR: From: Nathan Grier Parke II, THE ANCESTRY OF LORENZO ACKLEY & HIS WIFE, EMMA ARABELLA BOSWORTH, Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. (Woodstock, Vermont, 1960), p. 246: (FHL Film # 1015822 item 9): "Thomas, b. [say 1700] at Milford; res. Derby and Newtown, Conn.; m. at Derby, Conn., 24 Aug. 1727, Sarah Pierson, b. at Derby, 19 Aug. 1709, dau. of Abraham and Sarah (------) Pierson."

      BIRTH, MARR, & DEATH: See also Sheldon Brainerd Thorpe & Frank G. Bassett, GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON BASSETT AND ALLIED FAMILIES, Vol. 21, p. 488: Thomas son of Thomas and Sarah (Baldwin) Bassett married first Sarah Pearson Aug 24, 1727. Married (2) the Widow Annie Burwell [This has been challenged, see below.]. Resided in Milford, Derby, Fairfield, & Newton. Religion: Congregationalist. Occupation: Farmer & Shoemaker. Thomas died at Fairfield, Ct. Oct 5 1772. Sarah died at Stratford, Ct 1750. Annie died at Newton, Ct. April 30, 1798.

      NON MARRIAGE:In: FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD CONN. by Susan Woodruff Abbott (Baltimore, MD; Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1979): "Bassett MSS [above] says he [Thomas] had a second wife Ann [Widow Annie Burwell], but this is incorrect. The Thomas Bassett that married Ann is not the same. This Thomas that married Ann was of Stratford, and made his will on the 10th of November 1752 and it was proved 11 March 1756. In the Stratford Records the births of John and Henry are given as children of Thomas and Ann, and John Brown of Stratford was appointed as guardian to Henry.

      LAND: Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Land records; V. 12, p. 6. Thomas Bassett's (1660) land is deeded by his children [including Thomas Bassett of Derby] to eldest son, John Bassett, on 7 Feb 1736/7. (See Thomas' notes for full record.)
      NOTE: In this land transaction, Thomas (1700) is mentioned as one of the children, but his wife Sarah is not mentioned.
    Person ID I408  3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 6 May 2015 

    Father Thomas Bassett,   b. say 1660, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1737, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Sarah Baldwin,   b. 29 Mar 1668, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1687  , , Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Pierson,   b. 19 Aug 1709, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1750, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1727  Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eliphaz Bassett,   b. 11 Jan 1729, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Joel Bassett,   b. 11 Jan 1734, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1829, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +3. John Bassett,   b. 6 Aug 1738, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Susannah Bassett,   b. 12 Oct 1741, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Henry Bassett,   b. 9 Jan 1744, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1816  (Age 71 years)
     6. Samuel Bassett,   b. 28 Sep 1746, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 May 2015 
    Family ID F205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Annie Burwell,   d. 30 Apr 1798, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 May 2015 
    Family ID F2615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart