Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 49
Truro, and had born in Barnstable, Xehemiah, Sept. 22,
1743; Ebenezer, Dec. 27, 1744, and probably others.
There was also a Nathan Basset, jr., called of Middleboro',
who settled at West Barnstable and married Oct. 25, 1739,
Thankful Fuller, and had born in Barnstable, Nathan, Dec.
30, 1750, and Cornelius, Jan'y 20, 1753, and perhaps
others.
Joseph, son of Nathaniel, is the ancestor of the Yai"mouth
and Hyannis families. He married Feb. 27, 1706-7,
Susannah Howes, she died Feb. 27, 1718-19, and he married
for his second wife Thankful Hallet, Dec. 3, 1719.
His childre>i were Sarah, born Dec. 10, 1707, died July 3,
1736; Joseph, June 15, 1709; Daniel, Nov. 17, 1710;
Joshua, Sept. 13, 1712; Susannah, Jan. 22, 1714-15, married
JohnHawes, Jan'y 2, 1732; Samuel, Oct. 23, 1716, a
whaleman died unmarried, 1740 ; John, Dec. 14, 1720
Ebenezer, July 9, 1722, died Aug. 16, 1723 ;
Thankful, mai-ried
1750, Joshua Brimhall of Hingham, and Nathan, Oct.
17, 1725.
Mrs. Thankful Basset died Aug. 12, 1736, and Mr.
Joseph Basset, Jan'y 6, 1749-50.
Joseph Basset, son of Joseph, married Feb. 25, 1737,
Mary Whelden. He died Sept. 5, 1833, aged 94. He had
1st, Joseph, Dec. 23, 1738, who inherited the paternal estate
; married three times. One of his wives was a daugh-
ter of Capt. John Bearse, who came over as a revenue officer
before the lievolution. He bought the Kev. Mr. Smith's
house, in Yarmouth, where Joseph Basset and Elisha Doane
afterwards kept a public house. He had two children who
lived to mature age, Susannah, who married the late Elisha
Doane, Esq., and Joseph, now living, unmarried, on the
Basset farm. 2d, Mary, Oct. 20, 1744, married Edward
Sturgis, jr., Jan'y 28, 1767. 3d, Jonathan, Nov. 10, 1746,
and Samuel, Dec. 4, 1748, both of whom removed to Hallowell,
Maine.
Daniel Basset, son of Joseph, married July 1, 1735,
Elizabeth, daughter of Seth Crowell, and had one son,
Daniel, born Aug^ 7, 1736. The father died soon after and
his widow married in 1742, Hezekiah Marchant, and removed
to Hyannis. Daniel, the grandfather of the present
Hon. Zenas D. Basset, resided at Hyannis, and is the ancestor
of the Bassets in that vicinity. He married a daugh-