Born in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Gassett
and Hannah (Walker) Gasset
Brother of
Isaac (Gassett) Gachet, Henry (Gassett) Gachet Gaschel, Hannah (Gassett) Rice, Seth (Gassett) Gachet, Mary (Gassett) Bowman, Sarah (Gassett) Franklin and Levi Gassett
Husband of
Catherine (Witt) Gassett
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joel Gassett
Died
at age 68
in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Biography
Birth
I has been claimed that Reuben was the son of Daniel & Hannah (Walker) Gassett/Gatchet, however the death of this claimed father was long before the claimed birth date of Reuben.
Family
He married Catherine/Katherine "Katy" "Cate" Witt, on 19 Jun 1777 in Middlesex, MA.
- Her parent's identities are controversial.
- + Some claim she was a daughter of Ebenezer & Lydia (Woodbury) Witt.
- +An alternative for her parents were Thomas Witt and Rebecca Gott. They had a daughter with the same name who was born in 1753.
- + Some claim she was a daughter of Ebenezer & Lydia (Woodbury) Witt.
- No documentation for the parents of the wife of Reuben has been found that links Catherine to her parents on the same document as the marriage information.
Their children were Sybil, Lucy, Daniel, Joel, Submit, Jonas, Nahum, Elizabeth, Katherine or Walker
Death
Old Burying Ground, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Page 149. http://www.amitycomputer.com/OldBuryingGround%20Headstones.pdf.
Sources
Research Notes
Note found at Old Burying Ground paragraph page 149. "Reuben Gassett came to Townsend from Northberry between March 1777 and March 1778. Levi Gassett, Thomas Seaver and families had come from Northberry the year before to Townsend, Mass. (443) John Gassett came with family in 1774. (443) Vital Records of Hopkinton, Mass. (Vol 1, 83) indicate that Levi and John are brothers of Reuben.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
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~1.56%
Timothy Gassett
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LW6505192 [compare]
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~0.78%
Krystal Gassett :
23andMe, GEDmatch M431482 [compare]
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~0.78%
Louisa Beal :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A489538 [compare], Ancestry member blackcat743
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