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Birth:
22 Nov 1754: Abigail Nickerson, [w. Benjamin Bassitt]. Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2]
Military
Abigail (Nickerson) Bassett, born 22 November 1754, and her husband Private Benjamin Bassett, born 01 August 1752, are honored for service in Massachusetts during the American Revolution:
1) CAPT. NATHAN SMITH, Their children included Elizabeth (Bassett) Davis.[3]
Marriage
22 Jan 1778: Abigail Nicholson, [dup. Nickerson], and Benjamin Bassett [dup. Bassitt], were married at Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts.[4] Benjamin Bassitt/Bassett. [h. Abigail (Nickerson)], b. Aug. 1, 1752. Benjamin was born at Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Family
Children born at Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA:
BASSITT (Basset, Bassett):
Eliabeth, b. 13 June 1780. Elizabeth and siblings are also recorded here. Surname: Bassett[5]
Zipporah [dup. Bassett], ch. Benjamin and Abigail, June 18, 1782. [Ziphorah Bassett, d. Benjamin Esq. and Abigail. GR].
Abigail [dup. Bassett], ch. Benjamin and Abigail, June 28, 1784. [Bassett. GR]. BASSITT (Bassett), Abigail, ch. Benjamin and Abigail, passed away on Oct. 26, 1808. [Bassett. GR].[6]
Benjamin [dup. Bassett], ch. Benjamin and Abigail, Oct. 21 [dup. Oct. 2], 1787.
Ruth [dup. Basset], ch. Benjamin and Abigail, Sept. 4, 1789.
Jonathan, [dup. Bassett], ch. Benjamin and Abigail, Mar. 20, 1792.[7]
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 10, 2023), "Record of Benjamin Bassett", Ancestor # A007223.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-5DYZ : 10 November 2020), Abagail Nickerson in entry for Benjamin Bassett, 1 Aug 1752; citing Birth, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009804.
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