She married at Barnstable 25 Oct 1739 Deacon Nathan Bassett Jr. and they had the following children, the first 3 born Middleboro, others at Barnstable:[1]
Mary b 22 Sept 1740
Thankful b. ca 1743
Bethia b. 11 Sep 1747
Nathan b. 30 Dec 1750
Cornelius b. 20 Jan 1753
John
The will of Nathan Bassett of Barnstable decay of age dated 19 Dec 1791, presented 4 Apr 1792 by executor Nathan Bassett of Wareham, mentions son Nathan exec., wife Thankful; son Cornelius and John Bassett's two daughters Sarah Bassett and Thankful Bassett (both under 16); daughters Mary Smith, Thankful Barlow, and Bethia Ellis; and Nathan Smith.[1]
Thankful moved to Lee in 1796; her sons had preceeded her there.[1]
Research Notes
Note that Mayflower Families Vol 4 pg 126-7 only lists 6 children for Nathan and Thankful Bassett. Gershom is not listed.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass, December 1620, Volume Four, Third Edition, Family of Edward Fuller." Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006, pg 126-7
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed AUG 2, 2019), "Record of BASSETT, NATHAN ", Ancestor # A007259. Meehan-411
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful: