Elisabeth Ames, eldest daughter of Sarah Washburn and John Ames, born in Bridgewater, MA, on 9 Dec. 1697,[1] married Joseph Bassett, son of William and Sarah (Sweetland) Bassett, of West Bridgewater,[2] on 13 Jan. 1724 in Boston, MA.[3] He was born on 15 Feb. 1695/6 in Bridgewater,[4] a grandson of Joseph and Mary (Lapham) Bassett, of West Bridgewater.[5]
Joseph Bassett died intestate on 4 Apr. 1741 in Bridgewater.[6] Elisabeth (Ames) Bassett died on 18 Jan. 1743/4 in Bridgewater.[7]
Elizabeth also died intestate and on 7 March 1743/44, Benjamin Eames of Bridgewater was granted the administration of her estate. Her inventory was taken on 7 March 1743/44 in Bridgewater.[8]
Elisabeth Ames and Joseph Bassett had children, including: [9]
Dorothy Bassett, born on 24 Apr. 1726 in Bridgewater, married David Packard (Jr.), son of David and Hannah (Ames) Packard, as his second wife, on 31 Dec. 1767 in Bridgewater and she was his first cousin once removed. Dorothy (Bassett) Packard probably had no children, and she died a widow on 27 Oct. 1801 in North Bridgewater, aged 75 years.
Lt. Joseph6 Bassett (Jr.), born on 2 Mar. 1730/1 in Bridgewater, married 1.) Phebe Cushman, daughter of Jabez and Sarah (Paddleford) Cushman, on 2 Dec. 1756 in Bridgewater. She died in 1796, and he remarried to 2.) Sarah (Prior) (Fobes) Eaton, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Moore) Prior, and widow of Josiah Fobes (Jr.), of Bridgewater, and of John Eaton, of Greenwich, CT, on 14 Jan. 1798 in Bridgewater. He died testate on 6 May 1803 in Bridgewater.
Sarah Bassett, born on 10 June 1734 in Bridgewater, married Christopher Dyer on 17 Nov. 1757 in Bridgewater, Sarah (Bassett) Dyer died testate on 9 Oct. 1805 in Bridgewater, aged 71 years. They had children.
↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 32.
↑ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations, published as “Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12,” Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 284; Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], pp. 111-112; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 51.
↑ Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 50; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 111, Mary Lapham was the first wife of Joseph Bassett, and Martha Hobart, whom he married in 1677, was his second wife. His son William was born ca. 1667, therefore William’s mother must have been Mary Lapham.
↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 434; Plymouth County Probate Docket #1438.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-JKG8 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 128 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, says they had Dorothy 1726, Joseph 1731, and Sarah 1734.
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Middletown, CT.
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