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- Friends Records, Dover, New Hampshire Monthly Meeting
Joseph Varney, of Wolfborough, in the county of Strafford, in the state of New Hampshire, son of Moses Varney, of said Wolfborough, and Mary his wife, and Hannah Bassett, daughter of John and Ruth Bassett, of said Wolfborough, married in Rochester, February 28, 1800.
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.
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Bassett Family Association Database
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