Mary (Martin) Bass (abt. 1777 - 1849)

Born about 1777 in Williamstown, Orange, Republic of Vermont

Ancestors

Wife of Joel Bass — married 22 Dec 1796 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1849 at about age 72 in Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Mary (Polly) Martin was born in Windham, Connecticut, on 8 October 1777,^[1][2] a daughter of Aaron Martin and Eunice Flint. The Windham birth record calls her Mary, but most later records call her Polly (which was a common nickname for Mary).

Polly Martin and Joel Bass were married in Windham, Connecticut, on 22 December 1796. That same year they went to Williamstown, Vermont, where they settled on a farm, and where their eleven children were born.^[3]

She passed away on 4 December 1849 in Williamstown, Vermont.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Watson and Smith, pages 32-34.
2. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records 1692-1850, Windham, M-O.
3. ↑ Watson and Smith, page 45.
4. ↑ Watson and Smith, page 45.

See also:

• Add sources here.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQH-TTWS : 21 September 2019), Mary Martin, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM4-ZLSZ : 9 December 2019), Mary, 1777.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112978495/polly-bass, Mary, ; Burial, Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States of America, East Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 112978495, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNS-HMW : 19 February 2021), Mary Bass, 1849.
• Watson, Elliot Burnham, M.D. and Rev. Alven Martyn Smith. George Martin of Salisbury, Mass. and his Descendants. So. Pasadena, Calif.: Alven M. Smith, 1929.

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Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Ellen Smith
• Thank you to Katharine Miller, Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

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