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Lydia Bassett (Norton)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: 1790 (63-64)
Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: 322 South Road, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, 02535, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Norton and Hepzibah Norton
Wife of Cornelius Bassett
Mother of Sarah Bassett; Samuel Bassett; Pvt. Ebenezer Bassett, Rev. War Casualty; John Bassett; Martha Bassett and 3 others
Sister of Hepsibah Butler; Mary Norton, #1 died young; John "Tertia" Norton, III; Mary Coffin; Child Norton, died young and 3 others

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About Lydia Bassett

Lydia Norton Bassett

  • BIRTH 21 Jun 1726 Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 1790 (aged 63–64) Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Burial Details UnknownMEMORIAL ID 61223367

Lydia Norton was born on June 21, 1726 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, the daughter of John and Hepsibah (Coffin) Norton. Lydia married Cornelius Bassett in about 1746. He died on October 1, 1778. Lydia is listed in the 1790 U.S. census as a widow residing in Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard.

Spouse Cornelius Bassett 1722–1778 (m. 1746)

Children
Sarah Bassett Bassett 1747–1818
Ebenezer Bassett 1751–1822
Martha Bassett Bassett 1756–1790

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61223367/lydia-bassett

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Lydia Bassett's Timeline

1726
June 21, 1726
Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
1746
January 13, 1746
Dukes County, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
1748
March 18, 1748
Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
1751
1751
Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
1753
1753
Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
1756
September 5, 1756
Marthas Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
1758
1758
Marthas Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
1760
May 22, 1760
Dukes County, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
1770
May 22, 1770
Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA