Josiah Bassett (1793 - 1877)

Born 12 Jan 1793 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey Bassett — married about 19 Oct 1815 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1877 at age 84 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Josiah BASSETT ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} was born ^[7] 12 Jan 1793. He died ^[8] 2 Mar 1877 and was buried ^[8][9] in Great Hill Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT. Josiah married Betsey BASSETT.

Children:

1. Elliott
2. Amanda
3. Minerva

Connecticut Colony

• From John Maltby:

James and Betty (Canfield) Bassett had children, including:^[10]

Josiah Bassett, born on 12 Jan. 1793 in Derby,^[11] married Betsey Bassett,^[11] daughter of Capt. Isaac and Betsey (Tomlinson) Bassett.^[12] She was born ca. 1796 in CT. Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census. They were living in Seymour, CT, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.^[3] She died on 12 Sept. 1864 in Seymour, CT,^[12] and he died on 2 Mar. 1877 in Seymour, CT,^[11] and they were both buried in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 697, 698.
2. ↑ 1840 Derby Census.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68P-1MK : 19 December 2020), Josiah Bassett, Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).: Josiah Bassett, 57, male, farmer, $4500, born CT Betsey Bassett, 54, female, born CT Elliot R. Bassett, 31, male, farmer, born IL Maria A. Bassett, 24, female, born CT Minerva E. Bassett, 20, female, born CT Martin Sutton, 22, male, farmer, born Ireland
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR3-W66 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Bassett, 1860. "Farmer."
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7K-715 : 2 January 2021), Josiah Bassett, 1870. "Farmer."
6. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387. " ... Resided on Great Hill ..."
7. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 386.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 91. http://www.oxfordpast.com/ghcemscan91.html.
9. ↑ Great Hill Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.com/cem16408.html.
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #16635592 His father James Bassett.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 January 2021), memorial page for Josiah Bassett (12 Jan 1793–2 Mar 1877), Find A Grave: Memorial #16821351, citing Great Hill Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #16821363

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• Vital Statistics of Seymour, Conn. (W.C. Sharpe, Seymour, Conn., 1883) Vol. 1, Page 91: Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery. Vol. 3, Page 61.

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