M, #478, b. 7 September 1756, d. 27 December 1836
Father*Samuel Bassett b. 1723, d. 21 Aug 1806
Mother*Susannah Morris b. 1728/29, d. 1815
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Lee Prescott Pedigree Chart
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Last Edited=15 Jan 2018
     Samuel Bassett was born on 7 September 1756 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.1,2 He was the son of Samuel Bassett and Susannah Morris. He married Jerusha Hotchkiss, daughter of Benjamin Hotchkiss and Martha Brooks, on 30 October 1775 in Cheshire, Connecticut.3,4 He served during the Revolutionary War, first for three months starting on 1 January 1776 as a private in Captain Samuel Peck's Connecticut company.1 He then served six months beginning on 1 June 1776 as a private in Captain Samuel Peck's company of Colonel Douglas' Connecticut regiment, during which he was in the battle of Harlem.1 Lastly he enlisted on 1 April 1779 and served one year as a private in Captain Peter Hepburn's Connecticut company, during which he was stationed in Milford and guarded the adjacent coast.1 He appeared on the census of 1790 in Milford.5 He appeared on the census of 1800 in Milford.6 He appeared on the census of 1820 in New Haven.7 He died on 27 December 1836 in New Haven at age 80.8,9 He was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. The grave was noted to have a Revolutionary War marker.10

Family: Jerusha Hotchkiss b. 10 Mar 1756, d. 3 Nov 1811

Citations

  1. [S368] Letter from A.D. Hiller to Mrs. E.M. Davis, July 18, 1938; Ancestry.com (Provo, Utah, USA).
  2. [S24] Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974), Samuel Bassett entry, pg. 146. Hereinafter cited as Families of Ancient New Haven.
  3. [S146] Frederic W. Bailey, compiler, Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968), Samuel Bassett/Jerusha Hotchkiss entry. Hereinafter cited as Early Connecticut Marriages.
  4. [S373] Joseph Perkins Beach, History of Cheshire, Connecticut from 1694 to 1840: Including Prospect, Which, as Columbia Parish, Was a Part of Cheshire Until 1829 (Cheshire, Connecticut: Lady Fenwich Chapter, D.A.R., 1912), Samuel Bassett/Jerusha Hotchkiss marriage. Hereinafter cited as History of Cheshire, Connecticut from 1694 to 1840.
  5. [S405] Samuel Bassett (II) household, 1790 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, Town of Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, roll 1, page number 38, image 167, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M637.
  6. [S404] Samuel Bassett (II) household, 1800 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, Town of Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, roll 2, page number 209, image 245, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M32.
  7. [S370] Samuel Bassett household, 1820 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of New Haven, page number 328, image 258, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M33, roll 3.
  8. [S372] Died, Columbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut, December 31, 1836, pg. 3. Hereinafter cited as Columbian Register.
  9. [S371] Samuel Bassett, Samuel Bassett Military Pension Final Payment Voucher (General Services Administration). Hereinafter cited as Samuel Bassett Military Pension Final Payment Voucher.
  10. [S61] Charles R. Hale, Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions , 1932-1935, Samuel Bassett entry. Hereinafter cited as Hale Collection.