Cornelius Bassett (1722 - 1778)

Born 1722 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Norton) Bassett — married about 1746 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1778 at about age 56 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Colonel Cornelius Bassett performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Cornelius Bassett is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A113280.

Cornelius Bassett was born in 1722 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

He married Lydia Norton in 1746.^[1]

He signed the petition in 1776; he was on the committee of correspondence from Chilmark in 1774 as per his DAR Record A113280. ^[1]

He passed away in 1778, and is buried in the Abel Hill Cemetery, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts.^[2]

Slaves

From "The African American Heritage Trail of Martha¹s Vineyard.":^[3]

1. Rebecca (Beck) (not listed in Will) born in Guinea, West Africa. (Picture in source above) second wife of Elisha Amos (Native American- free) d. 1763 - not on Bassett's farm
2. Cato - son of Rebecca
3. Pedro (18) - son of Rebecca, sold to Joseph Allen in 1779
4. Nancy (7) - daughter of Rebecca, sold to Joseph Allen in 1779
5. Chole (Chloe?) 27 - Negro women

Governor Thomas Mayhew’s grandson, Samuel Sarson, who died August 24, 1703, included in his estate “a Negro woman valued at twenty pounds.” In 1734, the estate of Ebenezer Allen of Chilmark included “Negroes” valued at 200 pounds along with two beds for servants, glasses, one pound five shillings, knives and forks at 18 shillings and 600 pair of sheep at 510 pounds and 17 shillings.” Jane Cathcart of Chilmark, in June 1741, willed her “molato (mulatto) servant, Ismael Lobb, now in the service of Captain Timothy Daggett of Edgartown .. his freedom during life after he shall arrive at age 30.” Cornelius Bassett’s personal estate at the time of his death in 1779 included “one Negro boy, Pero, 33 pounds. One Negro woman, Chole (Chloe?) 27 years … 150 pounds. One garl (girl), Nancy 7 years … 180 pounds.” Samuel Bassett of Chilmark owned land in both Chilmark and Edgartown. His Will, probated in 1770 details his property listing “one Negro woman, two boys … sixty pounds .. pitchforks, scythes, rakes.” ^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Jan 2024), "Record of Cornelius Bassett", Ancestor # A113280.
2. ↑ * Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 October 2021), memorial page for COL Cornelius Bassett (1722–1 Oct 1778), Find A Grave: Memorial #221663016, citing Abel Hill Cemetery, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA.
3. ↑ Weintraub, Elaine Cawley "The African American Heritage Trail of Martha¹s Vineyard." accessed on Library of Congress Web Archives 03-08-2022 Rebecca Amos
4. ↑ Nancy Michael - The African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard
5. ↑ * “Probate Records, 1782-1813”; Dukes County Courthouse, Edgartown, Massachusetts. FamilySearch database with images (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-J958-Y?i=285 : accessed 12 Mar 2022). Probate records for Cornelius Bassett, listing wife Lydia and children Samuel, Ebenezer, John, Norton, Sarah, Martha the wife of Nathan Bassett, Mary, and Lydia. Vol. 7-8 photographed 9 Aug 1972 by L. Shepherd, film Mass 8-003, Roll 104. Dukes County Massachusetts Probate Records, Vol. 7, pp. 11-15, images 286-288 of 612.

See also:

• "Colonel Cornelius Bassett." Bassett Family Association. Accessed August 14th, 2019.
• "Col Cornelius Bassett." Family Search. Accessed August 14th, 2019. (This Checks out.)]
• "Cornelius Bassett." Geni. Accessed August 14th, 2019.
• "Sandy Humphrey's Family Database." Accessed August 14th, 2019.
• Provides death date. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-5ZKH : 17 October 2017), / in entry for Norton Bassett, 22 May 1770; citing Birth, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 1,993,385.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSR-QF7 : 10 February 2018), Cornelious Bassett in entry for Sarah Bassett, 13 Jan 1747; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZST-6R6 : 10 February 2018), Cornelious Bassett in entry for Samuel Bassett, 18 Mar 1749; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQT-44W : 10 February 2018), Cornelius in entry for Norton Bassett, 22 May 1770; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 1,396,139.
• 1778 Service PS, State Mass. BASSETT, CORNELIUS DAR Ancestor # A113280.
• The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Vol III Family Genealogies pp 1-3. The Adams Family. Gives birth and marriage. farmer, innholder in Chilmark 1782. Removed to Washington, Co., NY. See Vol II page 29-41/
• "The African American Heritage Trail of Martha¹s Vineyard." Samuel and Cornelius Bassett's Wills list Negro Slaves.
• Mayflower Family Trees on FS - "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV7S-Z6F : accessed 2024-04-05), entry for Cornelius Bassett, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 2020-02-24 by FamilySearch.