Bassett Family Association Database
Sarah Oviatt
1768 - 1842 (74 years)-
Name Sarah Oviatt Born 1768 Christened 27 May 1798 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Gender Female _UID 5F63668D501E314A9F88A0F67738EA6A5E08 Died 27 Dec 1842 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Notes - BIRTH, CHR., MARR., & DEATH: Susan Woodruff Abbott, comp., FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD, CONN., Baltimore, MD: Gen., Pub. Co., Inc., 1979 (FHL US/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a), p.65: "David Bassett married Sarah Oviatt who was born ca 1768 and died 27 Dec 1842 ae 75. She was baptized 27 May 1798 (MC2)."
BAPTISM OF SARAH AND CHILDREN: The above reference shows that the mother, Sarah, and most of the children were baptized on the same day, 27 May 1798. There is some confusion concerning birth dates and other details. To help with the analysis, the information on the children is copeid below as it appears in Susan Abbott's record:
Children:
David b ca 1782 bpt 27 May 1798 (MC2)
Nehemiah b ca 1784 bpt 27 May 1798 (MC2)
Jonah b ca 1786 bpt 27 May 1798 (MC2)
Marcus b ca 1788 lost at sea with his father
Isaac b ca 1792 dy
Daniel b 12 Feb 1795 bpt 27 May 1798 (MC2)
Reuben b ca 1797 (not in church records, prob dy)
Susannah b 31 [sic] Apr 1799 (MVR) bpt 16 June 1799 (MC2) died 7 Sep 1874 mar Milford 13 Jan 1817 Isaac S.
Baldwin b 3 May 1791 died 11 Sept 1872 s of Daniel & Philena (Baldwin)
Elizabeth bpt 27 May 1798 (MC2) mar Southbury, Ct 12 Jan 1822 Eli or Burton Camp mar/2 ( ) Doolittle of
Watertown, Conn. [Note: If she was baptized 27 May 1798, she would have been born before 1801.]
Eunice bpt 24 May 1801 (MC2) mar Frederick Baldwin s of Daniel
Lois bpt 27 May 1798 (MC2) mar /1 23 July 1815 Lyman Bradley b ca 1790 died 1830 (MVR) mar /2
John Beers s of John & Sarah (Gillett) (Pond MSS)
MARR.: Rev. War. Pension File of David Bassett (W17241) (FHL film #970170): "David Bassett & Sarah Oviatt were married 16 July 1785 by Stephen Gunn, Justice of Peace in the home of Ebenezer Oviatt [of Milford]."
CENSUS: Sarah was found in the 1790 and 1800 censuses. See notes for David Bassett.
Person ID I446 3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut Last Modified 8 Oct 2012
Father Isaac Oviatt Mother Mehatible Tibbals Family ID F2493 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family David Bassett, b. 1754, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 16 Jan 1803, Guadalupe Island, West Indies (Age 49 years) Married 16 Jul 1785 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Children + 1. David Bassett, b. 1782, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 20 Feb 1842, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 60 years) + 2. Nehemiah Bassett, b. 1784, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 15 Apr 1830, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 46 years) + 3. Jonah Bassett, b. 1786, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 23 Nov 1845, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 59 years) 4. Marcus Bassett, b. Abt 1790, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 16 Jan 1803, Died at sea (Age ~ 13 years) 5. Isaac Bassett, b. Abt 1792, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. Bef 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age ~ 5 years) + 6. Daniel Bassett, b. 12 Feb 1795, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 14 Feb 1876, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 81 years) 7. Reuben Bassett, b. Abt 1797, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. Bef 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age ~ 0 years) 8. Lois Bassett, c. 27 May 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut + 9. Susannah Bassett, b. 3 Apr 1799, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 17 Sep 1874, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 75 years) 10. Elizabeth Bassett, c. 27 May 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 11. Eunice Bassett, c. 24 May 1801, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Last Modified 27 May 2015 Family ID F214 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- BIRTH, CHR., MARR., & DEATH: Susan Woodruff Abbott, comp., FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD, CONN., Baltimore, MD: Gen., Pub. Co., Inc., 1979 (FHL US/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a), p.65: "David Bassett married Sarah Oviatt who was born ca 1768 and died 27 Dec 1842 ae 75. She was baptized 27 May 1798 (MC2)."