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Children.
9. John, born June 23. 1680: died young.
IO. Samuel, born Nov. 28, 1602.
II. Jonadab, born July 20, 1695.
12. Robert, born July 11, 1690.
13. Elizabeth, born Dec. 15, 1701; m. Francis Whitemore.
14. Ebenezer, born Jan. 31. 1707; m. Sarah Tomlinson.
IO. Capt. Samuel, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Riggs) Bassett, married Deborah, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Clark) Bennett, Jan. 1. 1719. at New- town, Ct. Deborah was born Feb. 15, 1695-6. Samuel was commissioned Ensign in 1722, Lieutenant in 1732, and Captain in 1735. He was justice of the peace from 1739 to 1761. He represented the town of Derby in the gen- eral court from 1733 to 1704. He built a house on land given him by his father in 1727, in Derby, Ct., which is now standing. Samnel died Sept. 15. 1764. Deborah died July, 1773.
Children.
15. Samuel, born Nov. 20. 1719.
16. John, born Feb. 15. 1721; 111. first, Naomi Wooster; second, Sarah Gunn.
17. Joseph, born Aug. 31. 1722; 111. Sarah Hawkins. 18. Abraham, born Feb. 27, 1725.
19. Deborah, born March 22, 1726: m. Capt. Jolin Tomlinson.
20. Elizabeth, born March 15. 1728: m. Capt. Abraham Hawkins.
21. Ebenezer. born June 19. 1731: m. Hannah Smith.
22. Amos, born Jan. 7, 1734: m. Olive Glover.
23. Mary, born Nov. 21, 1734; 111. first, Dr. Samuel Canfield; second. Samuel Bassett.
24. Ephraim, born Feb. 7. 1738: died young.
25. Benjamin, born Nov. 20, 1740; m. Molly Hinman.
15. Samuel, son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Bennett) Bassett, married Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Hannah ( Prindle) Botsford, Oct. 26, 1748, in Derby. Ct. He lived on Great Hill; was a merchant and farmer. Samnel died. 1802. Sarah died, 1802.
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Children.
26. David, born Nov. 25, 1749; m. Nabby Tomlinson.
27. John, born Nov. 14, 1751; died in Revolutionary war.
28. Abraham, born March 21, 1753; in. Mary Baldwin.
29. Hannah, born June 30, 1755; m. Adam Lim.
30. Eunice, born Jan. 9, 1759; m. Amos Hine.
31. Sarah, born Feb. 14. 1761; died unmarried.
32. Molly Camp, born July 28, 1764; m. Noah Tomlinson.
33. Isaac, born Dec. 16, 1767; m. Betsey Tomlinson.
28. Abraham, son of Samuel and Sarah (Botsford) Bassett, married Mary, dan. of Dr. Silas and Mary (Plumb) Baldwin, of Derby, 1780. Abra- ham was in the Revolutionary war, in the battles of Long Island, New York, and White Plains. Enlisted, first, May 15, 1775; discharged Oct. 31, 1775; enlisted, second, June, 1776; discharged Dec. 25, 1776. Was a pensioner in 1832. Abraham died Nov. 17, 1833. Mary died Dec. 25, 1849.
Children.
34. Abijah, born 1782; m. Mary P. Durand.
35. Samuel, born 1784: m. first, Mary Lyman; second, Laura Fanton.
36. Lucinda, born 1788; died Oct. 8, 1878; unmarried.
37. Abel, born 1789: m. Martha Peck.
38. Jared, born Dec. 16, 1791; m. Sally B. Johnson.
39 Glover, born Oct. 14, 1793; m. first, Elizabeth Baldwin; second, Nancy N. Gilyard.
40. Grace, born Nov. 15. 1798; m. Bronson Wheeler.
41. Marcus, born Feb. 6, 1802; in. Mary L. Rogers.
42. Harvey, born 1808; went to New Orleans, La.
35. Samuel, son of Abraham and Mary (Baldwin) Bassett, married, first, Mary, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Davis) Lyman, of Oxford, Ct., April, 1809; married, second, Laura, dau. of Moses Fanton, Sept. 21, 1845. Samuel lived in the house just north of the Swift place on West street, and owned what is now known as the Betts farm. Samuel died Sept. 28, 1851. Mary died Oct. 26, 1835. Laura died April 19, 1866.
Children by Mary Lyman.
43. John, born 1811; m. Catherine Gilbert.
44. Mary, born Dec. 17, 1820; m. Dr. Ambrose Beardsley.
37. Abel, son of Abraham and Mary (Baldwin) Bassett, married Martha Peck, of Milford, Ct., 1809. He resided on Derby avenue, Seymour, in the first house south of Mr. Charles Houghtaling. Abel died March 23, 1863. Martha died Sept. 6, 1850.
Children.
45. Jason, born June 28, 1810; m. Mary Bassett.
46. Truman, born May 25, 1813; was drowned June 14, 1826.
47. David P., born Dec. 14. 1816; died March 10, 1855; unmarried.
48. Charles, born June 8, 1819.
49. Julia Ann, born Dec. 2, 1824; m. first, Rockwell Dan, 1814; second, Elisha Clark, 1852.
50. John L., born Dec. 17, 1826; died Nov. 26, 1845.
51. Martha Grace, born May 23, 1831; m. George W. Divine.
48. Charles, son of Abel and Martha (Peck) Bassett, married Jane E., dau. of Edmund and Eunice (Loveland) Storrs, of Seymour, Ct., Oct. 22, 1843. in Derby, Ct. Charles died June 17, 1873. Jane E., died Feb. 11, 1864.
Children.
52. John L., born 1847; died June 30, 1848.
5.3. Novce E., born Jan. II, 1849.
54. Emma E., born Aug. 3, 1851; died Sept. 2, 1856.
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55. Katie May, born May 15. 1853: died Sept. 1, 1856.
56. Samuel Le Grand, born Jan., 1858, at Le Grand, Minn.
53. Noyce E., son of Charles and Jane E. (Storrs) Bassett, married Ida L., dau. of Noble and Elizabeth ( Frost) Terrill, of Waterbury, Conn .. July 2. 1877. Noyce E., ated Dec. 11, 1890, in Canada; buried in Seymour. Ct. Children.
57. Raymond, born Dec. 11, 1878.
58. Leon Noyes, }
born Feb. 24, 1881.
59. Louis, twins. born Feb. 24. 1881.
56. Samuel Le Grand, son of Charles and Jane E. (Storrs) Bassett, mar- ried Emma Jennie, dau. of Engene O., and Laura (Wheeler) Cooper, of Brazer, St. Lawrence Co., New York, May 30. 1800, in Shelton, Conn. Re- sides in Seymour, Ct.
Children.
60. Harold Eugene, born June 7, 1892.
61. Laura Elizabeth, born May 5. 1898. 62. Martha Grace, born Dec. 17, 1900.
38. Jared, son of Abraham and Mary ( Baldwin) Bassett, married Sallie B., dau. of Rev. Jesse and Hepsibah ( French) Johnson, March 28, 1817. Sal- lie B. was born Sept. 6. 1797. Jared was a stone-mason by trade, and a very active member of the M. E. church. Jared died May 16, 1869, in Seymour. Ct. Sallie B., died June 12, 1878, in Seymour, Ct. Jared resided on Smith street, in the house where Henry Mannweiller now lives.
Children.
63. Julius, born Feb. 20, 1818.
64. George, born Sept. 21. 1819.
65. Sheldon, born Dec. 19, 1821.
66. Henry, born April 26, 1824.
67. Sarah B., born Dec. 8. 1826; m. Sylvester Smith. 68. Thomas G., born Jan. HI, 1831; m. Catherine Ann Lake.
63. Capt. Julius, son of Jared and Sallie B. (Johnson) Bassett, married, first. Augusta Ann, dau. of Walter and Ann Lake, of Oxford, Ct., Sept. 23. 1841; married, second, Henrietta, dan. of Denzil and Betsey (Carrington) Hitchcock, of Seymour, Conn .. April 19. 1852. They were divorced. He married, third, Sarah, dan. of Capt. John and Augusta ( Wooster) Lum. Aug. 4. 1856, of Oxford. Conn. He enlisted at the breaking out of the Civil war. and was commissioned Captain. He was shot at Kingston, North Carolina. March 8. 1865. The shot passed through his hips. Augusta Ann died April 3. 1851, aged 38. Sarah died Oct. 22, 1868, aged 36.
Children by Angusta A. Lake.
69. Frederic Burton, born Aug. 1842.
70. Sarah Elizabeth, born
71. Heber Lockwood, born
72. Ann Augusta, born March 19, 1851.
Child by Sarah Lum.
73. Flora E., born July 6, 1840; died July 11, 1884.
69. Frederic B., son of Capt. Julius and Augusta Ann (Lake) Bassett, married Fannie A. Thomas, Dec. 13. 1865. Resides in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Children.
74. Julius W., born Oct. 6. 1866; died Aug. 19. 1892.
75. Frederic Brewster, born Jan. 4. 1860. He graduated at Annapolis Naval college, Md. He was Lieut. on the gunboat Marietta, that came around with the battleship Oregon during the war with Spain.
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64. George, son of Jared and Sallie B. (Johnson) Bassett, married, first.t Laura, dau. of Truman and Nancy (Perry) Tomlinson, Dec. 24, 1846, of Ox- ford, Ct .. (by the Rev. John D. Smith;) married, second, Elizabeth Williams Whipple, of Meriden, Ct., Aug., 1856. His business was mason builder. He built the State Reform school at Meriden, Ct. He removed from Meriden Ct .. to Owego, New York, where he died March 12, 1894. Laura died March 21, 1855, in Meriden, Ct. Elizabeth W. died June 25, 1896, in Owego, N. Y.
Children by Laura Tomlinson.
76. Bernard G., born Sept. 27, 1845; died Aug. 16, 1870, in Indianapolis Indiana.
77. Minerva M., born Sept. 24. 1847; m. John Willeston Page.
78. Laura Elizabeth, born July 1, 1850; died Sept. 12, 1867, in Meriden Ct.
65. Sheldon, son of Jared and Sallie B. (Johnson) Bassett, married Eliza- beth Sperry, of Betliany, Ct., April 27, 1848. He was a blacksmith by trade Sheldon died in Westville, Jan. 9, 1888. Elizabeth died in Westville, Jan. 6 1892.
Children.
79. Ida A., born Feb. 2, 1850; m. Marshel E. Terrill.
80. Hattie, born July 12, 1860; died April 23, 1894; unmarried.
39. Glover, son of Abraham and Mary (Baldwin) Bassett, married, first Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Hine) Baldwin, of Woodbridge, Ct. married, second, Nancy N., dau. of Thomas and Lois (French) Gilyard, o Humphreysville, Ct., Oct. 21, 1839, (by the Rev. Samuel R. Hicox.) He re- sided at the old Bassett homestead, on Bungay. Glover died Feb. 10, 1847 Elizabeth died Oct. 26, 1835, aged 46 years. Nancy N. died Jan. 19, 1892, agec 801/2 years.
Children by Elizabeth Baldwin.
81. Amos, born Oct. 5, 1820.
82. Jane, born 1823; in. Willis Baldwin.
83. Louise, born July 6, 1825; died Feb. 20, 1826.
84. Hannah Elizabeth, born April 4, 1829; died May 17, 1853.
85. James Harvey, born Oct. 25, 1835; died Nov. 22, 1872. Child by Nancy Gilyard. 86. William G., born May 8, 1841; died Dec. 2, 1862.
81. Amos, son of Glover and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Bassett, married Hul dah Keziah, dau. of Isaac and Huldah (Moulthrop) Rowe, of Humphreysville Ct., Sept. 10, 1845. (By the Rev. John D. Smith. ) Resided at the old Bas sett homestead, on Bungay, (Seymour, Ct.) Amos died Aug. 31, 1862. Hul: dal K. died Oct. 26, 1873.
Children.
87. Frank G., born Sept. 28, 1847.
88. Homer I., born April 30, 1849.
89. Alice J., born April 30, 1851; m. Robert Healey.
90 Mary E., born April 14, 1854; died Sept. 2, 1874.
91. George A., born Dec. 30, 1857; died Sept. 15, 1858.
92. Hattie K., born Oct. 10, 1860; died Dec. 24, 1882.
87. Frank G., son of Amos and Huldah K. (Rowe) Bassett, married Hat tie L., dau. of William N. and Lavinia E. (Chadwick) Storrs, of Seymour, Ct. Jan. 9, 1878. (By the Rev. Joseph Vinton.) Resides in Seymour, Ct. Children.
93. Louis Storrs, born Oct. II, 1880; died Sept. 9, 1881. 94. Clara Belle Storrs, born Oct. 19, 1882.
88. Homer I., son of Amos and Huldah K. (Rowe) Bassett, married Sar
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ah Sanford, of Waterbury, Conn., July 31. 1860, at Waterbury, Ci. He is a mason by trade. Resides in Waterbury, Ct. Sarah died March 20, 1891, aged 41.
Children.
95. Mary Keziah, born May 28, 1870; in. Branch D. Milton.
96. William A., born June 30, 1871: died Sept. 29, 188.
97. George S., born Oct. 6, 1872.
98. Daisy V., born March 2, 1874: died April 3. 1879.
99. Homer E., born Aug. 5. 1876.
100. Harris A., born Feb. 14. 1878.
IOI. Frank J., born Feb. 6, 1879; died Aug. 6, 1880.
102. Frank G., born Dec. 11. 1881.
103. Charles, born Oct. 31, 1883.
104. Walter I., born Dec. 8. 1885.
105. Louis, born Feb. 27, 1887; died March 1, 1888.
41. Marcus, son of Abraham and Mary (Baldwin) Bassett, married Mary Louise Rogers, of Milford, Ct., 1833, in New York city. She was born Dec.
19, 1809. in Milford, Ct. He was a mason builder. He built the Custom House, in New Haven, Ct., and other large buildings. He was a very prom- inent member of Hiram Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M. Was a Past Master. Marcus died Oct. 13. 1867, in New Haven. Mary L. died Dec. 19, 1846, in New Haven.
Child.
106. Roger Marcus, born April 17, 1846; m. Francis Lewis, at Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 10. 1869. Resides in Chicago, Il. Children.
107. Lewis Gorham, born June 10, 1870, in New York city.
108. Julian Marcus, born Dec. 4. 1874, in New York city.
109. Roger Francis, born Dec. 7. 1876, in New York city.
110. Ida, born Aug. 21, 1878, in Bath, L. I.
JII. Mary Louise, born June 4, 1881, in New York city.
33. Isaac, son of Samuel and Sarah (Botsford) Bassett. married Betsey Tomlinson, 1788. Resided on Great Hill, on the old homestead. Isaac died June 8. 1850. Betsey died April 14, 1839.
Children.
112. Samuel, born Jan. 31, 1789; m. Fanny Johnson.
113. Hepsibah, born June 14, 1790; m. Walker Lake.
114. Ira, born Oct. 24, 1792; m. Sally B. Smith.
115. Sally, born Aug. 24, 1794: in. David Gillette.
116. Betsey, born Ang. 4, 1796; m. Josiah Bassett.
117. Eunice, born July 10, 1798; m. William F. Moulthrop.
118. Isaac, born Dec. 7, 1800; m. Pamelia French.
119. Amos, born March 9, 1803; died Ang., 1804.
I 20. Susan, born Aug. 22, 1805; died July 21, 1879; unmarried.
I21. Caroline, born Feb. 11, 1808; m. Daniel Wooster.
122. Amos Glover, born May 25, 1810; m. Eliza Hull.
112. Rev. Samuel, son of Isaac and Betsey (Tomlinson) Bassett, married Fannie Jounson, Oct. 5. 1828. Occupation, Methodist minister. Resided in West Haven, Ct. Rev. Samuel died Jan. 9, 1871, in West Haven. Fannie died in West Haven, Ct .. April 1. 1863. Lived on Great Hill in the early part of his life.
Children.
123. Marshel Lindsey, born July 28, 1830, on Great Hill.
124. Jane Eliza, born Feb. 4, 1833; m. Montthrop. I25. Julia Pelton, born Aug. 16. 1835; m. Elliot Bassett, (third wife.)
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123. Marshel Lindsey, son of Rev. Samuel and Fannie (Johnson) Bassett, married Ann Amanda Bunnell, of Great Hill, Sept. 18, 1855. Ann Amanda was born Jan. 3, 1836. He removed from Great Hill to West Haven, where he now lives.
Children.
126. Fannie, born Aug. 1, 1858; died Aug. 26, 1858.
127. Hattie Jane, born Feb. 4, 1860.
128. Eddie Marshel, born Sept. 5, 1862; died Oct. II, 1882.
120. Mary Julia, born Dec. 14, 1864; m. Isaih Lyman, 1884.
1 30. William, born Oct. 26, 1866; died Nov. 15, 1866.
114. Ira, son of Isaac and Betsey (Tomlinson) Bassett, married Sally Betts, dau. of Fitch Smith, of Derby, Ct., April, 1818. He removed to Eliza- bethtown, Hardin Co., Ill., where he died Feb. 2, 1845.
Child.
131. Isaac Fitch, born Nov. 30, 1819.
118. Isaac, son of Isaac and Betsey (Tomlinson) Bassett, married Pamelia, dau. of Enoch and Comfort (-) French, Sept. 8, 1822. Isaac resided on Great Hill. Was a stone mason by trade. Isaac died July 24, 1879. Pamelia died Dec. 1, 1885, aged 87 years. Children.
I32. William, born Oct. 16, 1823.
1.33. Mary Jane, born 1825; m. Edward C. Lum.
132. William, son of Isaac and Pamelia (French) Bassett, married, first, Caroline Norton; married, second, He enlisted and served through the Civil war. After the war he obtained a position in the Pension Office at Washington, D. C., where he remained until his death. William died in Washington, D. C., 1898.
Child by Caroline Norton. 134. Frederick Norton, born Jan. 22, 1853.
122. Amos Glover, son of Isaac and Betsey (Tomlinson) Bassett, mar- ried Eliza, dau. of Alfred and Sarah (Lum) Hull. Resided on Great Hill. Eliza died Sept. 10, 1857. Amos Glover went away and never returned. Children.
I35. Fannie H., born -; m. Judge James G. Haswell of Ken-
tucky.
136. Child, born -; died in infancy.
I37. Harriett, born 1833; died Feb. 16, 1839.
16. Lieut. John, son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Bennett) Bassett, . married Naomi, dau. of Edward and Elizabeth (Watkins) Wooster, Dec. 15,. 1746. She was born Jan., 1725; married, second, Sarah Gunn, widow of Jabez. Thompson. John marched to Boston at the time of the Lexington alarm. He was commissioned Lieutenant of Militia. Lieut. John died May 8, 1804.
Naomi died May I, 1772. Sarah died May 3, 1804, aged 72. Children.
138. Elizabeth, born March 3, 1750; m. Daniel Bassett.
139. Esther, born 1752; m. Ebenezer Plant.
140. Hannah, born June 17, 1753; m. Westover.
I4I. Maria, born 1755; in. Joseph Durand.
I42. Abigail, born 1756; m. Capt. John Poole.
143. John, born June II, 1758; m. Keziah Judson.
144. Ebenezer, born Dec. 12, 1760; died unmarried.
I45. Edward, born 1762; m. first, Hannah Lum; second, Alice Curtiss; third, Damaras Curtiss.
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146. Truman, born 1764: m. Annie Pangman. . 147. Lewis, born 1768; died Ang. 3. 1786.
17. Joseph. son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Bennett) Bassett, mar ried Sarah Hawkins, Nov. 16. 1748. He resided on Great Hill. in the house just north of where Mr. Willard Tomlinson lives. He died and was buried in the Great Hill cemetery, but there are no stones to mark his last resting place.
Children.
148. Joseph, born 1749; m. Molly Hinman, 1779.
149. Samuel, born June 25, 1751: m. Sally Atwell, 1791.
150. Taphene, born Jan. 12, 1762; m. William Lake.
151. Deborah, born Feb. 12, 1704: m.
152. Saran, born 1769; m. Beers Tomlinson.
153. Anna, born 1771. (This family went west.)
18. Abraham, son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Bennett ) Bassett, mar ried Phebe, dan. of Jonathan and Zereriah (Wooster) Miles of Derby, Ct .. 1752; married, second, Mary Bryan, widow of Caleb Tomlinson, 1775-6. Re- sided on Chestnut Tree Hill, Oxford, Ct. He was selectman of the town of Derby, Ct., in the following years: 1779-81-82-83-84. Was commissioned Captain of the Militia company. 1776. Abraham died Sept. 13, 1805. Phehe died April 30, 1774, aged 45. Mary died. 1820, aged 96.
Children.
154. Abraham, born March 22, 1753. Was with Gen. Tryon. Died at Danbury with camp fever.
155. Abijah, born Dec. 25, 1754. Was with Gen. Tryon. Was shot
at Fairfield, Ct.
1 56. Hannah, born Feb. 17. 1757; m. David Hitchcock.
157. Samuel, born April 5. 1759.
1 58. Sarah, born April 21, 1761; m. Sherman Hatch.
159. Zerviah, born July 24, 1762; m. Nathan Tomlinson.
160. Jonathan Miles, born March 14, 1764: m. Mariam Ward.
161. Anne, born Ang. 27. 1767; m. Rev. Jonathan Hitchcock.
157. Sammel, son of Abraham and Phebe (Miles) Bassett, married, first, Mary McNiel, dan. of John McNiel, of New Haven, Ct., 1782. Mary was born Feb. 6, 1766; married, second, Abigail, or Nabby, dan. of Samuel and Esther (Rowland) Patterson, of Stratford, Ct., Aug. 7, 1814. She was the widow of John Fairchild, of Stratford, Ct. Resided on the Oxford road. near Mr. Edward Hoadley's sawmill. Samuel died July 16, 1854. Mary
died April 14, 1813. Abigail died 1862, at Galesburg, Ill.
Children by Mary McNiel.
162. Russell, born Jan. 23, 1784: died at Charleston, S. C., 1814.
163. Keziah, born Aug. 20. 1785; m. Reuben Tucker.
164. William, born Jan. 13, 1788.
165. Hannah P., born Aug. 9, 1790; died in New Haven, July 11, 1871. unmarried.
166. Ebenezer, born Sept. 15, 1792; died at Orangeburgh, South Car- olina, Oct. 5. 1819.
167. Eneas, born Aug. 16, 1794; m. Jane Lees, May 13, 1821.
168. Samuel MeNiel, born Dec. 17, 1796; m. Hannah Lees, Oct. 15, 1834.
169. Polly Minerva, born Jan. 5. 1800; died in New Haven. April 2, 1820. unmarried.
170. Marcus, born May 10. 1802; died in Farmington, Ct., 1824.
171. Grace, born June 1, 1804: died in New Haven, Feb. 7. 1871, 1111- married.
172. Abraham, born July 4, 1808; m. Harriet Stiles, 1831.
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Child by Abigail Patterson.
173. John Russell, born April 30, 1815; m. Mary Ann Thomas, 1837.
164. William, son of Samuel and Mary (McNiel) Bassett, married Nancy, dau. of Enoch and Comfort ( -_- ) French, Jan. 29, 1811. Mr. Bassett was a shoemaker by trade. He bought and spent the last days of his life in the house now occupied by Wilbur Bassett, on Maple street. Nancy was born Dec. 22, 1785. William died March 17, 1871. Nancy died Feb. 23. 1870.
Child.
174. John William, born Oct. 10, 1812.
174. John William, son of William and Nancy (French) Bassett, married Maria, dau. of Silas and Tabitha (Perry) Baldwin, of Humphreysville, Ct., March 3, 1836. Mr. Bassett held the office of county commissioner of New Haven county, was a member of the board of education, and vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church, for a number of years. He lived where his son Wilbur now lives, on Maple street. John W. died July 1, 1898, in Seymour. Maria died Feb. 6, 1892, in Seymour, aged 81.
Children.
175. Francis M., born Dec. 25, 1836; m. first, John B. Gibbs; second, Levi Stewart.
176. Mary M., born 1839; died Sept. 10, 1842.
177. Wilber F., born Feb. 6, 1841; m. Margaret McCambridge.
178. William Marcus, born March 28, 1847; died Aug. 14, 1851.
179. Charles H., born Aug. 1, 1851; m. Jennette Johnson.
21. Ebenezer, son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Bennett) Bassett, mar- ried Hannah Smith, of Milford. Ct., March 17, 1756. Resided on Great Hill. Ebenezer died May 30, 1760, and was buried in the old Colonial burying- ground at Derby, Ct. His widow married Josiah Coe. Hannah died Feb. 25, 1803, aged 75, and was buried in the Great Hill cemetery.
Child.
180. James, born Sept. 16, 1757.
180. James, son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Smith) Bassett, married Bet- sey, dau. of Thomas Canfield, of Derby, Ct. Resided on Great Hill. Mr. Bassett was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. James died Oct. 24. 1848. Betsey died May 10, 1826, aged 70.
Children.
181. William, born Jan. 18, 1781.
182. Marvin, born Sept. 10, 1782; mn. Luicy
183. Ebenezer, born Dec. 21, 1783.
184. Aurelia, born April 19, 1785; m. Bradley Couch.
185. James J., born June 6, 1788; m. first, Irene Smith, 1818; second, Emily Hull, 1820.
186. Josiah, born Jan. 12, 1793.
18I. William, son of James and Betsey (Canfield) Bassett, married Lucy, dau. of Josiah and Esther Smith, of Derby. 1804. He was a merchant and. farmer. He lived in the house now occupied by Mr. Hotchkiss, the Florist, at Kinneytown. Lucy was born June 15, 1787. William died Nov. 25, 1863. Lucy died Oct. 10 1869.
Child.
187. Sheldon, born 1805.
187. Sheldon, son of William and Lucy (Smith) Bassett, married Harriet S., dau. of Lieut. Samuel and Charlotte L. (Phelps) Hull, of Derby, Ct., Jan. 21, 1827. Harriet S. was born 1800. Sheldon was the business manager of the Birmingham Iron Foundry at his death. His son, Royal M., became the
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president, and his son, Theodore S., the secretary and treasurer of the com pany. Sheldon died June 26, 1864. Harriet S. died July 22. 1872.
Children.
188. William Hull, born Oct. 21, 1827; in. Mary E. Stratton. 1881/2. Royal M .. born Oct. 22. 1828: m. Frances J. Stratton.
189. Lucy M., born May 20. 1830; died Aug. 28, 1831.
I90. Ellen Sophia, born Jan. 24. 1832; m. George HI. Norton.
IQI. Lavinia Hull. born April 17. 1834: m. Thomas DeForest.
192. Lucy D .. born May 10, 1837: in. Charles F. Colt.
193. Theodore Sheldon, born April 26, 1830: m. Caroline Wells.
183. Ebenezer, son of James and Betsey (Canfield) Bassett, married Sarah, dan. of Jesse Smith, of Humphreysville, 1808. He lived in a house which he built in 1810, on Great Hill. Ebenezer died Jan. 21, 1866. Saralı died Oct .. 1849.
Children.
194. Jennette, born 1800: m. first. Thomas Spence; second. Vinus Wooding.
195. Laura, born 1814: in. William Smith.
186. Josiah, son of James and Betsey (Canfield) Bassett, married Bet- sey, dau. of Capt. Isaac and Betsey (Tomlinson) Bassett, of Derby, Oct. 19. 1815. Resided on Great Hill. Josiah died March 2, 1877. Betsey died Sept. 12, 1864.
Children.
196. Elliot R., born Oct. 15, 1818. 197. Elizabeth S., born Oct. 24. 1824; m. Ransom Smith.
198. Maria A., born Jan. 20, 1826; m. Charles Howland. 199. Minerva E., born July 27, 1829: died Oct. 21, 1901.
196. Elliot R., son of Josiah and Betsey Bassett, married, first, Julia Ann Miner, May 27, 1848; married, second, Ann Alida Andrews, April 15, 1852; married, third, Julia Pelton, dau. of Rev. Samuel and Fannie (Johnson) Bas- sett, of West Haven, Ct., Dec. 29, 1870. Resided on Great Hill. Elliot R. died June 1, 1881. Julia Ann died Aug. 30, 1848; born Jan. 8, 1824: Ann Alida died Nov. 16, 1869; born April 13, 1827.
Children by Ann Alida Andrews.
200. Mary Eliza, born Jan. 24, 1853; died Aug. 24. 1884. 201. Kev. Edward Dally, born Sept. 22, 1855; m. first, Hattie (Curtis)
Howes; second, Kate (Adams) Bassett.
202. Emily Andrews, born April 21, 1858; m. Thomas S. Perrins. Aug. 23, 1882.
203. James Josiah, born Aug. 11, 1860; burned to death March 27, 1882.
204. Elliot Ross, born May 31, 1863; burned to death March 27, 1882.
205. Rev. Charles Howland, born Dec. 10, 1864; m. Kate Adams, June 26, 1890.
206. Ann Alida, born Feb. 27, 1869; died Oct. 3, 1876.
22. Dea. Amos, son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Bennett) Bassett. married Olive Glover: of Newtown, Conn., 1759-60. Resided at Westquan- tock, (Seymour,) in a house on the Housatonic river road, at the corner of the road that runs to the top of Great Hill. Mr. Bassett took a very active part raising and clothing of the soldiers during the Revolutionary war. He was one of the first deacons of the Congregational church on Great Hill. He was considered one of Derby's best citizens. Deacon Amos died July
1, 1802. Olive died Nov. 25, 1822.
Children.
207. Olive Glover, born 1762; died 1762.
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SEYMOUR, PAST AND PRESENT.
208. Amos, born June 17, 1764. 200. John Glover, born Nov. 5. 1765: died Sept. 30, 1793, unmarried. 210. Philo, born - -; died unmarried.
208. Rev. Amos, D.D., son of Deacon Amos and Olive (Glover) Bassett .. married, first, Sally Tinker, of Hebron, Conn., March 30, 1796, at Hebron, Ct .; married, second, Sophia Bull, of Farmington, Ct., May 21, 1801; married, third, Eunice Pomeroy. Jan. 18, 1807. Sally Tinker was born, 1774. Sophia Bull was born Oct. 24. 1769. Rev. Amos, D.D., graduated from Yale col- lege in 1784, was licensed to preach by the New Haven West Association, in 1792. In 1794 he was called to preach at Hebron, Conn., where he remained until 1824. In 1824 he succeeded the Rev. Mr. Daggett as principal of the Cornwall Mission school. He was a member of the Yale college corpora- tion from 1810 to 1824. He is said to have been an excellent scholar, and an upright and Godly man. Rev. Amos died April 3, 1828. Sally died Feb. 26, 1798. Sophia died, 1805.
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