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- 3B32356. Josiah Bassett - baptized 25 Sep 1785 at the First Congregational Church in Milford, Connecticut.
CHR.: Milford First Congregational Church Records, Vol.1, p.109 (FHL film #1012263): Chr. 25 Sept 1785 Josiah & Elizabeth son & daughter of Edward Basset."
See also Susan Woodruff Abbott, comp., FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, (Baltimore, MD: Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p.64. (FHL US/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a).
NOTE: There is a Josiah Bassett listed in the 1850 & 1860 Census of Milford, New Haven, Conn. living in an alms house, listed as a pauper. It could be this Josiah. The information is given below:
BIRTH: Year of birth, 1782, derived from 1850 and 1860 census listings. See details below.
DEATH: Index to Milford Vital Records, Vol. 4, p.48 (FHL film #1428120 item 1): Died, Bassett, Josiah, 6 Sep 1863, Vol. 6, P. 76.
CENSUS: Josiah Bassett was found in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.
In the 1850 census of Milford, New Haven, CT, p.407 (BYU film #3074 Roll 46) Josiah Bassett lived in an Alms House with the following info listed on him: Josiah Bassett, age 68, male, born Conn., pauper. Census taken 14 Aug 1850.
In the 1860 census of Milford, New Haven, CT, p.511/591 (BYU film #803084) Josiah lived in a household with info listed as follows: Polly Hine, age 84, f., pauper, born Conn.; Josiah Bassett, age 78, m., pauper, born Conn.; Polly Davidson, age 76, f., pauper, born Conn.; Nancy Davidson, age 57, f., pauper, born Conn.; Henrietta Davidson, age 52, f., pauper, born Conn.; and Charles Benjamon, age 24, m., black, pauper, born Conn. Census taken 16 July 1860.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1785 - 1863 (~ 77 years)