William BASSETT
Sources cited here are at SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library unless otherwise indicated William was a blacksmith, gunsmith & worker of metals. Had a large library of books for his time. Was one of the first Proprietors of Bridgewater, Mass. BIRTH: #974.4 D2r: South East Massachusetts Genealogy and Biography, Volume 1:317 - Beers (1912) MARRIAGE: (1) Provo, Ut. BYU FHLib CS 19 .B73 Ancestral Lines Revised, BASSETT:62-3 - Carl Boyer III (1981) (2) IBID as for Birth DEATH: New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 6:188 Abstracts of Earliest Wills of Bridgewater LDS BAPTISM: 1928 - Film #177906 LG Temple Book 8:222 #8398; 1934 - Film #1,262,692 AZ Temple Book 76:777 #18223 ENDOWMENT: 5 Jul 1929 - Film #1,262,692 LG Temple Book N-2:787 #24216l 8 Feb 1938 - Film #1 ,262,692 AZ Temple Book 76:777 #18223 SEALING TO PARENTS: LG Temple Sealings SEALING TO SPOUSES: (1) Stamped Date on Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden (2)Family Search IGI Version 5.0
Sources cited are at SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: Do NOT have proof of who Elizabeth is. She is not on the Christening Record of Nathaniel Tilden's family of Tenterden Parish, Kent, England. #974.4 D2r S.E. Mass. Genealogy & Biography Volume 1:317-318 Beers calls her a TILDEN. The Ancestral File has her as daughter of George and Anne, also of Thomas and a Robert. LDS BAPTISM:TIB Film 1,263,466 SL Temple lists 19 May 1953; 1929 date not yet on IGI as of 1998 Issue IGI Version 1.01 ENDOWMENT: 1929 - Special Collections Film #1,262,692 SL Temple Book 3R:962 #23456; 18 Feb 1931, TIB Film #1,263,466 SL Temple Book 4F:890 #20263 SEALING TO PARENTS: Mar 2003 IGI on Familysearch.org; 18 Nov 1994 JR is the earliest of Version 5.0 IGI as of November 1, 2003 SEALING TO SPOUSE: Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date.
Sources cited here are at SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: #974.4 Dar S. E. Massachusetts Genealogy & Biography:318 (1912) - Beers; #974.492/B1 D2oa Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families:47 - Swift MARRIAGE: IBID last reference for Birth; #929.273 B294b:10 One Bassett Family In America; sometime she is referred to as Mary Burt DEATH: IBID as for 2nd reference of Marriage. LDS BAPTISM: Film #183,528 SL Temple Book 4N:1130 #39629 ENDOWMENT: Special Collections Film #1,262,629 TRIB SL Temple Book 3U:1007 #25987 SEALING TO PARENTS: Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date SEALING TO SPOUSE: Archive FGS of William Bassett and Mary Burt with stamped date 2 December 1952 MT Temple
Sources used here are at SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: #974.492/B1 D2oa Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families:47 - Swift + #929.273 B249b One Bassett Family In America:10 MARRIAGE: (1) IBID as for Birth; One Bassett Family In America:7,8 states their divorce 10 June 1661. (2) William Hatch History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts:111 - Yates DEATH: #974.48 V2n Genealogical & Personal Memiors of Massachusetts Families, Volume 4: 2596 ENDOWMENT: Special Collections Film #1,262,692 SL Temple Book 3-0:1072 #29855 SEALING TO PARENTS: Stamped Date on Archive FGS of William Bassett and Elizabeth Tilden. SEALING TO SPOUSE:(1) IGI United States Massachusetts, April 1988, Page 2,885 Batch #7103434 serial #92 SL Temple & 1998 Issue IGI Version 1.01 for North America; (2) IGI Version 1.01 also
Sources cited here are from SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: # 974.49 B2d2o Genealogical Notes Of Barnstable Families, Volume 1-2:47 - Swift MARRIAGE: IBID as for Birth; (2),#949.49/Y1 V2s Vol 1:132 Yarmouth Vital Record To 1850 - Ruth W. Sherman, Hannah______. DEATH: IBID as for Birth;46 LDS BAPTISM: Film #183,528 SL Temple Book 4N:1130 #39630 ENDOWMENT: Special Collections Film #1,262,692 SL Temple Book 3U:1048 #26947 SEALING TO PARENTS: Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date SEALING TO SPOUSE: Archive FGS of Nathaniel Bassett and Dorcas Joyce with Stamped Date
Sources cited here are at SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: #974.492/B1 D2oa Genealogical Notes Of Barnstable Families:48 - Swift MARRIAGE: IBID as for Birth; 974.48 V2n Genealogical & Personal Memiors Of Massachusetts Families, Volume 4:2596 DEATH: #929.273 B294b One Bassett Family In America:10, she lived to be 81 yrs of age; #974 B2ne New England Historical & Genealogical Register Vol 3:338 LDS BAPTISM: Film #183421 SL Temple Book L:2241 #8641 ENDOWMENT: Film #184091 TIB, SL Temple Book H:361 #12739 SEALING TO PARENTS: Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date SEALING TO SPOUSE: Apr 1988 IGI United States Massachusetts:2,918 Batch #A184620 Serial #8106 SL Temple, there are 4 other dates, this is the earliest one
Sources cited are from SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: #929.273 B294b One Bassett Family Of America MARRIAGE:#974/492/B1 D2oa Barnstable Families:48 - Swift; (2) Thomas ____. LDS BAPTISM: Film #183,516 SL Temple Book 4B:20 #650 ENDOWMENT:Special Collections Film #1,262,692 TIB, SL Temple Book 3A:1141 #33034 SEALING TO PARENTS: Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date SEALING TO SPOUSE: Archive FGS of John Sprague and Ruth Bassett with Stamped Date 23 SL Temple
Sources are from SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH: estimated Date LDS BAPTISM: Film #183530 SL Temple Book 4P:779 #26148 ENDOWMENT: Special Colectionsl Film #1,262,692 SG Temple Book U:966 #25633 SEALING TO PARENTS: Archive FGS of William Bassett and Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date SEALING TO SPOUSE: Los Angelos Temple Sealings
Sources cited here are at SL City, Ut. LDS Family History Library BIRTH:# 929.273 B294b One Bassett Family In America:10 MARRIAGES: (1) & (2) IBID as for Birth & # 974.4 D2oa Genealogical Notes Of Barnstable Families:48 - Swift DEATH: Age 77 years, IBID as for Marriages LDS BAPTISM: Film #177,880 LG Temple Book H:757 #29820 ENDOWMENT: TIB, Special Collections Film #1,262,692 SL Temple Book 3U:1066 #27390 SEALING TO PARENTS: Archive FGS of William Bassett & Elizabeth Tilden with Stamped Date SEALING TO SPOUSE: (1) Archive FGS of Joseph Bassett & Mary Lapham with Stamped Date SL Temple; (2) Archive FGS of Joseph Bassett and Martha Hobart with Stamped Date SL Temple
He married Elizabeth Tilden Abt 1623 . Elizabeth Tilden was born at of England Abt 1607 daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Hucstepe .
They were the parents of 7
children:
William Bassett
born 1624.
Elizabeth Bassett
born 1626.
Nathaniel Bassett
born 1628.
Sarah Bassett
born 1630.
Ruth Bassett
born Abt 1633.
Jane Bassett
born Abt 1635.
Joseph Bassett
born Abt 1637.
William Bassett died 4 Apr 1667 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts .
Elizabeth Tilden died Bef 1650 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts .