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- Vital Records Extracted from the Yates County Chronicle
Editor - Stafford C. Cleveland
May - August 1875
6 May 1875
Died in Wayne on the 15th ult., of old age and paralysis, Mrs. Julia Bishop, widow of the late Captain Orrin Bishop, age 81 years. Her maiden name was Bassett, being a sister of Mr. Allen Bassett of Barrington. She was born in North Haven, Connecticut, in 1794, and when a child went with her parents to South Egremont, Massachusetts, where her father died in 1800. Sometime after this her mother married Mr. John Boice and the family again moved to and resided for some years in Hillsdale, Columbia County. Here she lived adjacent to the Hudson river at the time when Robert Fulton placed his impracticable impossibility upon that noble river in the shape of a steamboat. Here she grew to womanhood and was married to Mr. Bishop, and about the year 1814 in company with Mr. Boice and Hiram Bishop, a brother of her husband who had married her only sister, she came to this section and settled upon the farm now occupied by Mr. A. C. Eaton in Barrington. Some time after this she with her husband came to this village, then known as Harpending's Corners, where he established himself in business as a wagon maker, and erected for a dwelling the house now occupied by Col. H. G. Stafford on Main Street. After residing there several years they sold their property here and returned to Barrington, settling upon a farm of thirty acres adjoining the farm of Mr. Alan Bassett, her brother. Mr. Bishop died in March 1858, leaving her in care of her youngest daughter who had married our youngest son, and with them she has resided during her widowhood. She was the mother of four children, one son and three daughters. The son died over 30 years ago; the daughters are yet living.
Dundee Record.
Early Settlers for the Town of Barrington
History of Yates County, New York
published 1892, by L.C. Aldrich
John Boyce married the widow of Justus Bassett, and came to make their future home in this town in 1812. Polly, Julia and Allen Bassett, children of Justus Bassett, came with them. Their settlement was made on Lot 16, in the eastern part of town. John Boyce and Beulah (Bassett) Boyce had three children: Clorinda, Chauncy, and Harriett.
Excerpt from HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK by Stafford C. Cleveland published in 1872 in Penn Yan, New York, pages 155-159 as well as additional excerpts from the other pages indicated in brackets.
The father of Allen Bassett was Justus Bassett of Connecticut, and his mother Beulah Tuttle of the same State. In 1800 the father died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where they had taken up their abode, leaving their children, Polly, Julia and Allen. The widow afterwards married John Boyce of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, wither the family removed. They came to Barrington, (then Wayne), in 1812. Three children were added to the family by the second marriage, Clorinda, Chauncey and Harriet. They settled on lot 16 where Mr, Boyce died three years later, leaving the mother's oldest son, Allen, the dependence of the family. He has therefore had a large experience of life in a new country, and has borne himself bravely and well in the battle of life.
Polly, the elder sister, married Hiram Bishop of Hillsdale settled in Barrington, and had seven children, who reached adult age and married: Sally, Betsey, Louisa, William, James S., Emily and George W. Emily married Alexander Patten, and resides at Hornellsville. They all reside beyond the limits of Yates county. Julia Bassett married Orrin Bishop of Hillsdale, and settled near her mother and brother in Barrington, where he died leaving four children, Philemon, Mary A., Beulah E., and Harriet. Philemon married Caroline Bigelow of Barrington, and died, leaving his widow and one child, Charles P. This boy was a drummer in the 33rd regiment of New York volunteers, enlisting at the age of twenty, and serving in the Army of the Potomac, through all its campaigns and all its principal engagements, until Grant conquered at Richmond, after which he was honorably discharged.
From page 970: Caroline (daughter of John W. and Mary (Shannon) Bigelow) married Philemon Bishop. They had a son Charles, who married Lois, daughter of Samuel V. Miller.
From pages 702-703: Lois D. (daughter of Samuel V. (1814-) and Adaline (Vorce) Miller) married Charles P. Bishop of Barrington, and they reside at Monterey, Schuyler Co, Mary A. Bishop married George P. Lord of Barrington. They reside at Urbana and have seven children. Beulah E. Bishop married Joseph Westcott of Dundee, a son of James M. Westcott.
From pages 1103-1104: First Christian Society of Starkey and Barrington ... The preachers of this faith have been: Ira Brown, ... James M. Westcott ... The trustees, aside from those already mentioned, have been: Addison B. Lewis, Allen Bassett, ... James M. Westcott.
From pages 1103-1104: First Christian Society of Starkey and Barrington ... Among the members of this church have been the following: Allen Bassett and wife.
From page 1075: James M. Westcott, son of Samuel Westcott, sone of Samuel Westcott and Cynthia Bates his wife, was born n 1809 in the town and county of Otsego, New York. His parents were natives of Rhode Island. His father died in Rushford, Alleghany Col, in 1856, at seventy-five, and his mother is still alive in 1972, at eighty-two. They had four sons and four daughters, and James M. is the oldest son ... In 1831 James married Mary, daughter of Samuel Burt of Livonia, Livingston County. Their children were Joseph B., Martin R. and Ruth.
From page 1075: Joseph B., born in 1832, (son of James M. and Mary (dau. of Samuel Burth of Livonia, Livingsto Co.) Westcott), married Eliza B., daughter of Orrin Bishop of Barrington. He is a lawyer, and now a clerk in the Revenue Department at Washington. Their children are Mary B., Corinne (Carrie), Ella (Ellie) and Ruth. Harriet D. Bishop maried Martin R. Westcott, a brother of Joseph, and resides in Urbana, and has two children, William W. and James M.
From pages 1074-1075: Martin R., born in 1837, married Harriett, sister of the wife of his brother. He is a farmer in the town of Wayne, and was an efficient soldier in the Union service. He was first a soldier of the 44th New York Volunteers, afterwards served in the 105th New York Volunteers, and was nearly three years in the organization of the Sharp Shooters. He took part in eighteen battles. Their children are William W., James O. and one other.
Allen Bassett married Druzilla W. Eddy, and settled near the maternal homestead, where she died in 1829, leaving four surviving children. Mr. Bassett's mother died the same year. The children of the first marriage were Zenecia F., Palmer H., Julia and Richard A.
Zenecia F. married James Thayer of Milo.
From page 705: James (son of Simon (1782-1856) and Elizabeth Lucas (1786-1862) Thayer) married Zenecia, daughter of Allen Bassett of Barrington. He is a substantial farmer on lot 33. They have four surviving children, James A., Emeline, Laura and Fancelia. James A. married Alice, daughter of James Lawrence. They have one child, Mary A. Mary A. died in 1867. Emma married John B. Haas, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and has a daughter Eva P.
Palmer H. married Susan J. Smith, and resides in Dundee, They have had two children, Charles E. and Fred P. Charles E. was a member of the Brass Band of Dundee, and though but a lad of fifteen accompanied them when they enlisted, and went to Norfolk, Virginia, during the war of the Rebellion, where they were stationed as a Post Band. He there died, and was much lamented b his associates and friends, to whom he was greatly endeared both by reason of his personal and musical accomplishments. He was proficient with several musical instruments, but his favorite was the tenor drum. His monument stands in the Dundee Cemetery, a broken column, with his drum and the flag of the Union, representing his untimely death and its accomplishments. Palmer H. Bassett canvassed the county of Yates for the sale of this book.
Julia married Andrew Wortman of Barrington, in 1845. They have three children, Huldah A., Eugene A. and Cassie L. Huldah married Henry Freeman, and they reside in Steuben County.
Richard A. married Mary A. Hendrickson, and has two children, Edward P. and George W., and resides in Warsaw, Indiana. He entered the military service during the late war as First Lieutenant of Company B, 126th Regiment New York Volunteers, of which he was subsequently Captain. He shared the hard fortunes of that regiment through the war, and after the battle of Gettysburg was Captain of the Provost Guard before Richmond, where he participated in the closing scenes of the war.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1794 - 1875 (81 years)
, d. 1800, Great Barrington, Massachusetts