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Samuel Bascom II (1723 - 1779)

Samuel Bascom II aka Basco
Born in Northampton, Hampshire Co, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 28 Apr 1743 in Belcherstown, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 56 in Western, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Lt Samuel Bascom II served with Massachusetts during the American Revolution.
Samuel Bascom Jr was born in 1723,[1] was the lone surviving son of Samuel Bascom and Experience Parsons. Samuel married Mary Warner 28 Apr 1743 at Belcherstown Mass[2] then moving to Western (now Warren), Samuel 110 acres of land there in 1744, and was working as a tanner and currier.
He served under Capt Josiah Putnam and Jedediah Foster in the Revolutionary War.[3]
Samuel Bascom died at Western 11 Sept 1779 and is buried beside his father.[4] His widow, Mary, then married Joseph Root, Esq. of Montague.[5]
Children of Samuel and Mary Bascom: [4]
Pioneer Valley
Thomas -b. 6 Feb 1744 d. bef. Oct 1787
Moses - b. 5 April 1745
Aaron - b. 1 Dec 1746 d. 19 May 1914
Caleb - b. 5 Dec 1748
Joshua - b. 24 Dec 1750 d. 30 Sep 1798
Samuel - b. 4 July 1753 d. 12 Jan 1823
John - b. 12 Mar 1755 d. 18 Jul 1759
Joel - b. 8 June 1758 d.15 July 1759
Mary - b.1761 d.3 Jul 1766
Lydia - ?
Joshua - ?

Research Note

Three Bascom brothers, sons of Samuel Bascom and Mary (Warner) Bascom died in the same year, 1759, in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, all at young ages.
  • Joshua 1750 - 30 Sep 1759. age 8 years[6]
  • John 1755-18 Jul 1759 age 4 years, 4 months[7]
  • Joel 1758-15 Ju 1759 age 1 year[8]
Possible cause: [9]
In America, cotemporary with the commencement of the plague in Egypt, appeared the measles, in 1758, and the year 1759 appears, by the American bills of mortality, to have been very unhealthy. The predominant diseases were the measles and dysentery. M. S. le••er from Dr. Betts of Norwalk. The measles appeared in 1758, but was most extensive in 1759. This is an instance of the prevalence of dysentery and measles in the same year.

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCS5-8H3 : 4 December 2014), Samuel Bascom, 13 Jun 1723; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, V 1 P 43; FHL microfilm 186,161.
  2. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-FGH : 4 December 2014), Samuel Bascom, Jr. and Mary Worner, 28 Apr 1743; citing reference pg 133 record 4; FHL microfilm 186,140.
  3. MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 1, P 744
  4. 4.0 4.1 Archive.org Boston Public Library Page 17 in “A genealogical record of Thomas Bascom and his descendants” by Harris, Edward Doubleday, 1839-1919 Published 1870 - Boston, Mass. : W. P. Lunt - Pages 94 - Copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
  5. Find a Grave memorial page for LT Samuel Bascom Jr. (13 Jun 1723–11 Sep 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #38166353, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA .
  6. Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850"
    New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61401 #1219844 (accessed 6 May 2022)
    Joshua Bascom death (age 8) in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
  7. Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81464450 (accessed 6 May 2022)
    John Bascom death 18 Jul 1759 (age 4) in Warren, Massachusetts.
  8. Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81464449 (accessed 6 May 2022)
    Joel Bascom death 15 Jul 1759 (age 1) in Warren, Massachusetts.
  9. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N27531.0001.001/1:12?rgn=div1;view=fulltext. Page 247.




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Basco-1 and Bascom-240 appear to represent the same person because: Basco seems a typo. Married to same woman. Please merge
posted by Beryl Meehan
I was looking for information to do a merge of Bascom-256 and Bascom-253. There is a birth date difference, so trying to resolve it led me to a Bascom Genealogy site. The children list for Samuel has two Joshua's on it. One born in 1750, died 1759. The other was born 1759, died 1797.

It also had a date for Lydia that is missing here.

Lydia BASCOM, b. 1765, d. 28 March 1816 Joshua BASCOM, b. 24 December 1750, d. 30 September 1759

I do not know if that is enough to make the merge, so i will make an unmerged match for Bascom-256 and Bascom-253.