Capt. Samuel Samuel Bassett, Sr.

Captain Samuel BASSETT Esquire [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]was born [11][12][13] 28 Nov 1692 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. He died [14] 15 Sep 1764 and was buried [15][16] in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven, CT. Samuel married [17] Deborah BENNETT on 1 Jan 1719.

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Samuel Bassett (1692 - 1764)

Capt Samuel Bassett

Born 28 Nov 1692 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Son of Robert Bassett and Elizabeth (Riggs) Bassett

Brother of John Bassett, Jonadab Bassett, Robert Bassett, Elizabeth (Bassett) Whitmore and Ebenezer Bassett

Husband of Deborah (Bennett) Bassett — married 1 Jan 1719 [location unknown]

Father of Samuel Bassett Jr., John Bassett, Joseph Bassett, Abraham Bassett, Deborah (Bassett) Tomlinson, Elizabeth (Bassett) Hawkins, Ebenezer Bassett, Amos Bassett, Mary (Bassett) Canfield, Ephraim Bassett and Benjamin Bassett

Died 15 Sep 1764 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut

Sources

↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 85. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/085.html.
↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, pp. 6-7. " "Att a meetting of the Parrish or society of oxford, in the Colony of Connecticut, on the thirtieth Day of June, 1741, being Lawfully warned and held att the house of mr Samuel Twitchels. Isaac Trowbridge, of said Parrish, by a major vote was chosen Clerk of the same, and the oath by Law provided for a society Clerk was to him administered in said meeting pr Samll Bassit, Esquir, Justice of peace. Att said meeting mr Isaac Knowles by a major vote was chosen medderator for said meeting. Voted and Past in said meeting that mr Caleb Perry, mr Ebenezer Riggs, mr John Lumm to be a committe for said society to take care of the prudentials of sd society. Voted and past in said meeting to hier a minister for this Present year. Voted and Past in said meeting that mr John Towner, mr Abial Fairchild and mr Samll Twitchel to be a minister committee for this Present year and to hier a minister upon probation. Voted and Past in said meetting that thear shall be a rate made of five pence upon the pound upon the list in the year 1740, in order to Defray the Charges in heiring mr Birdsey. this vote the inhabitants of Rock house hill are exempted from paying and charges thereof. Voted and past in said meeting that mr Ephraim Washband shall be a Collector and Treasurer and to collect and gather sd five peney rate by the first day of September next ensuing. Voted and Past in said meeting that mr John Towner and mr Samll Woster shall be in with the first committee in order to take care of the prudentials of said society. test per me Isaac Trowbridge Society Clerk"." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/006.html. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 145. ↑ Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 470. . "First Congregational Church - Derby Records of Reverend Daniel Humphreys." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/470.html. ↑ 5Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 804. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, pp. 695-6. " ... came to Derby a young man in 1716-17 to occupy the farm given him by his father ... One parcel was at the foot of Great Hill, still known as the Old Bassett place; three or more pieces were on Great Hill ... was commissioned ensign in 1722, lieutenant in 1732, and captain in 1735, was justice of the peace many years, and held many and responsible offices ... Two of his sons died in the Revolutionary war." ↑ Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts, The Hawkins Association, 1939, p. 247. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 707. ↑ Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 658. ↑ Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: With Annals of the College History, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1907, vol 6, p 322. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 37. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 695. ↑ Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 972. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1, p 37. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 804. "Samuel | Bassett | Esq | 1764." ↑ Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem155.html. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 189. Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911) Vol. 1, Page 500