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Burwell Bassett (1734 - 1793)

Colonel Burwell Bassett
Born in New Kent County, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 58 in New Kent County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Daughters of the American Revolution
Burwell Bassett is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A007224.
1776 Project
Colonel Burwell Bassett performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Colonel Burwell Bassett

Burwell Bassett, born 3 March 1734, Burgess for New Kent County, 1762-1774, member of the County Committee of Safety, 1775-6, member of the Conventions of 1775, 1776, and 1778, State Senator 1780 and 1788, and member of the House of Delegates.[1][2]

He married (1) in 1753 Anne Chamberlayne who died in 1754.

He married (2) on 7 May 1757 Anna Maria Dandridge, born 30 March 1739, died 17 December 1777. Miss Dandridge was a sister of Martha (Dandridge) Custis-Washington.

June 1780 when Martha returned to Virginia from Morristown in she told her brother-in-law Burwell Bassett: "there was not much pleasure at the camp." [3]

Burwell is buried at his family home, Eltham Plantation, in New Kent County, Virginia.

Birth

Birth Date: 3 Mar 1734[4]
Birth Place: New Kent County, Virginia, USA[4]

Marriage

Husband: Burwell Bassett
Wife: Anne Chamberlayne d. 1754
Husband: Burwell Bassett
Wife: Anna Maria Dandridge (1739-1777)
Children:

Children

  1. Elizabeth Bassett 1758–1773
  2. Anna Maria Bassett 1760–1760
  3. William Bassett1761–1775
  4. Burwell Bassett 1764–1841
  5. George Bassett 1766–1766
  6. Frances Bassett Lear 1767–1796

Death

Death Date: 4 Jan 1793 (aged 58)[4]
Death Place: New Kent County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Eltham Plantation[4]
Eltham, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

Sources

  1. http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/view/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5CRR1334.xml&highlight=
  2. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 Dec 2021), "Record of Colonel Burwell Bassett", Ancestor # A007224.
  3. The Forgotten Victory, The Battle for New Jersey - 1780 by Thomas Fleming, Reader`s Digest Press 1973. New York https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=PgYaAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=burwell+bassett
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 FindAGrave: Burwell Bassett: Memorial ID: 19217396 Created by: vcudean Added: 11 Aug 2018. Last accessed January 5, 2019.




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