Deacon Nathan Bassett

Deacon Nathan Bassett

• Born: 1713, Chatham, Barnstable, MA 689
• Marriage: Elizabeth Rogers on 2 Jan 1734/35 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA 614,689
• Died: 2 Dec 1800, Chatham, Barnstable, MA at age 87 689

General Notes:

Deacon Nathan4 Bassett (Nathan3), born in Chatham in 1713, died there 2 Dec. 1800, aged 87.

He married in Harwich, 2 Jan. 1734/5, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Eleazer and Martha (Young) Rogers of Eastham (May. Desc., vol. 13, p. 148; The Register, vol. 121, p. 312). She died 6 Oct. 1800, aged 85. Elizabeth is a great granddaughter of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower.

Nathan Bassett was trusted by his fellow townsmen and held public office frequently. He served as a selectman of Chatham from 1762 to 1768 and was town clerk and town treasurer for fourteen years, from 1769 to 1783. In 1774 when a Committee of Correspondence for Barnstable County was formed in response to a letter from the Boston Committee, Deacon Nathan Bassett was chosen as one of the two representatives for Chatham.

Children, all recorded in Chatham (May. Desc., vol. 16, p. 214-215). [Robert Ray King, "The Family of Nathan Bassett of Chatham," NEHGR 125:8]

Nathan married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Eleazer Rogers and Martha Young, on 2 Jan 1734/35 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA 614.,689 (Elizabeth Rogers was born about 1715 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA and died on 6 Oct 1800 689.)

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From his Thomas Rogers Society page:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p38.htm#i1135

Nathan Bassett [1]

• M,
• b. circa 1713,
• d. 2 December 1800

Nathan Bassett was born circa 1713 at Chatham. He was the son of Nathan Bassett and Mary Crowell.

Nathan Bassett married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Eleazer Rogers and Martha Young, on 2 January 1734/35 at Harwich.

Nathan Bassett died on 2 December 1800 at Chatham.

Children of Nathan Bassett and Elizabeth Rogers

• 1. son Bassett b. 21 Jan 1735/36, d. 1 Feb 1735/36
• 2. Elizabeth Bassett b. 29 Feb 1736/37 [sic]
• 3. Ebenezer Bassett b. 4 Sep 1738, d. Nov 1760
• 4. Johana Bassett+ b. 6 Nov 1740
• 5. Nathan Bassett b. 5 Mar 1743
• 6. Peninah Bassett+ b. 14 Sep 1745, d. Feb 1835
• 7. David Bassett (twin) b. 10 Jun 1749
• 8. Jonathan Bassett (twin) b. 10 Jun 1749
• 9. Marcy or Mercy Bassett b. 9 Jan 1752, d. 17 Jan 1753
• 10. Marcy or Mercy Bassett b. 10 Oct 1753, d. 4 May 1766

Citations

• 1. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 98. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.