WILLIAM BASSETT, JR.

(ca. 1651-1732) - Lynn, Essex co., MA

(Third Generation - Bassett Family)

FATHER	MOTHER
WILLIAM BASSETT, SR.	SARAH [SURNAME NOT KNOWN]

TRAGIC TIDBIT	William's wife, Sarah, like so many of her neighbors, was accused of being a witch in 1692. She was tried at Salem on 21 May 1692^[10] and imprisoned in Boston until 3 December 1692. Note that she gave birth to her son, Joseph, on 15 December. In addition, she took her 22-month old child (probably Ruth) with her to prison. She named her next daughter "Deliverance" in honor of her freedom. In 1693, she was recompensed a whopping £9 for her experience. The Case of Sarah Bassett Indictment v. Sarah Bassett Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Essex \ Ano RR & Reginae Gulielmi & Mariare Angliae &c Quarto Anoq'e\Dom. 1692. The Jurors for o'r Sov'r lord & Lady the King & Queen pr'sent The Sarah Bassett wife of William Bassett of Lyn in the County of Essex aforesaid Upon or about the 23'rd day of May last Anno: 1692 aforsaid And Divers other Days & Times as well before as after Certaine Detestable Arts Called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously & felloniously hath used practised & Exercised at & in the Towne of Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid Upon & Against One Mary Walcott of Salem Single Woman By Which Wicked Arts The Said Mary Walcott is Tortured aflicted Tormented Consumed Wasted & Pined the Day & yeare aforesaid & Divers other Days & times as well before as Contrary to the peace of o'r Sov'r lord & lady the King & Queen their Crowne & Dignity & the Laws in that Case made & provided. Wittness Ann Putnam Marcy Lewis Ignoramus [sic] Robert Payne foreman Salem Court 3 January 1693^[61,62] . Complaint v. Sarah Proctor, Sarah Basset, and Susannah Roots Salem May the 21'th 1691 Thomas Putnam and John Putnam, of Salem Village yeomen made Complaint (before us) on behalfe of theire Majest's against [ ] Basset the wife of Basset of Lynn husbandman and Roote of Beverly widow, and Sarah procter of Salem farmes daugter of John procter of sayd place for Sundry acts of Witchcraft by them donne and Committed on the Bodys of Mary Walcot Abigail Williams Marcy Lewis ann Putnam & others Lately whereby great hurt & Injury hath denne donne them therefore Craves Justice Thomas Putnam John Putnam Jun. This Compl't was Exhibited Salem 21'th May 1692 John Hathorne before us Jonathan. Corwin P ord'r of the Govern'r and Councill (At bottom of sheet-inverted) Rebecka Waltham wife of Jno Waltham Bethya Lovett the wife of Jno Lovett Sen'r [Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 130]
BIRTH	William was born circa 1651 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[1].
DEATH	He died in Lynn, Essex co., MA as "Basset, William, "Uncle"" on 16d:8m(Octoiber)(October):1732; he was 81^[5].
CITIZENSHIP	William, Jr. took the Oath of Freeman on 18 April 1691^[33].
RESIDENCE & REAL ESTATE	He & Sarah lived on Nahant Street, Lynn, Essex co., MA. On 13 December 1714, William Bassett, Jr. and his brother John Bassett bought 20 acres of salt Marsh and upland or pine Land" from Hugh Floyd for £90. They bought 13 acres more on the Pine River on 22 May 1725^[51].
MARRIAGE	On 25 October 1675 when William was 24, he married Sarah HOOD, daughter of Richard HOOD Sr. & Mary NEWHALL, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^{[1,19,41,45,52,53,44,54,55,56,57,58]}.

CHILDREN	15.	i.	Sarah BASSETT	Sarah was born on 6 December 1676 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63].
	16.	ii.	William BASSETT, III	William was born in November 1678 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63] and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 4 March 1762; he was 83^[64]. On 14d:11m:(January):1703/4 when William was 25, he married Rebecca BERRY, daughter of Thaddeus BERRY & Hanna FARRAR, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[64,65]. Rebecca was born circa 1678 and died on 2 February 1766; she was 88.
	17.	iii.	Mary BASSSETT	Mary was born on 13 June 1680 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63].
	18.	iv.	John BASSSETT	Please see his own page.
	19.	v.	Hannah BASSETT	Hannah was born on 2 February 1685 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63].
	20.	vi.	Ruth BASSETT	Ruth was born on 16 March 1689/90 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63]. She was imprisoned with her mother during the Witch Hysteria.
	21.	vii.	Joseph BASSETT	Joseph was born on 15 Dec 1691/1692 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63], just 12 days after his mother and sister, Ruth, were released from prison.
	22.	viii.	Deliverance BASSETT	Deliverance was born on 2 August 1695 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[63] and married Samuel BREED, Jr., son of Samuel Breed & Anna HOOD. Deliverance was named for her mother's "deliverance" from prison after the Witch Hysteria.
	23.	ix.	Abigail BASSETT	We currently know nothing more of her.

GENERATION

Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather

FAMILY NUMBER

2028

SOURCES

1. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635., (New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig1634-1635], I:193.

2. Ibid. I:192.

3. Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality., (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974), [Hotten], 98.

4. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], 143.

5. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:425.

6. [GreatMig1634-1635], I:190.

7. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes, (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 5:367.

8. [GreatMig1634-1635], I:191.

9. [EQC], 4:158.

10. [GreatMig1634-1635], I:194.

11. [EQC], 5:61.

12. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], 308:58-60, Case #2048.

13. Ibid. #2048.

14. [GreatMig1634-1635], I:190.

15. [EQC], 6:111.

16. Bodge, George Madison, Soldiers in King Philip's War, (1896), [Bodge], 164-66.

17. [EQC], 8:365.

18. Ibid. 8:440.

19. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 7:77.

20. Essex co., MA Deeds, [EssexDeeds or ELR], 3:39.

21. [EQC], 2:239-30.

22. [EssexDeeds or ELR], 2:106-107.

23. Ibid. 3:51.

24. Ibid. 4:113.

25. Ibid. 5:81-82.

26. [Bodge], 406.

27. [EQC], 5:487.

28. [Bodge], 422.

29. [EssexDeeds or ELR], 9:59-60.

30. Ibid. 9:172-173.

31. Ibid. 9:11.

32. [GreatMig1634-1635], I:191-2.

33. Page, Lucius R., List of Freemen of MA, 1630-1691., [Page-Freemen], III:10-12.

34. [EQC], 6:400; 7:158.

35. Ibid. 4:429; 5:41; 8:440; 9:337,457.

36. Ibid. 2:385; 3:203; 4:66,251; 6:73; 7:1; 8:394.

37. Ibid. *:60.

38. Ibid. 5:198,356; 6:51,325; 7:124,222,319; 8:148.

39. Ibid. 3:335.

40. Ibid. 7:39.

41. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

42. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 17:268.

43. Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 vols., (Hillburn, N.Y.: privately printed, 1939), [Snow-Estes], 2:57,62.

44. Lewis, Alonzo, & James Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Mass., including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, 16219-[1893], (Lynn: George C. Herbert, [1890]), [Lynn Hist.], 184.

45. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:136.

46. The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, Mass., (Lynn, Mass., 1897+), [Lynn Hist. Soc.], 1906:86; 1913:156.

47. Cooke, Harriet Ruth, The Driver Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass., With an Appendix, Containing Twenty-Three Allied Families, (New York: J. Wilson & Son, 1889), [Driver], 479.

48. Flagg, Ernest, Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1926), [FlaggAnc], 250.

49. Reports of the Two Reunions of the Massachusetts Branch of the Bassett Family Association, (Boston: Bailey Printing Co., 1902), [BassettReunion], 1:6,7,23.

50. [GreatMig1634-1635], I:193.

51. Shurtleff, Benjamin, The History of the Town of Revere, (Boston: 1937), [Shurtleff-Revere], 68.

52. [Snow-Estes], 2:8,59,66.

53. McIntire, Robert Harry, Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife, (Norfolk, Va., 1950), [McIntire Anc.], 74.

54. [EIHC], 45:51.

55. [FlaggAnc], 178,252.

56. [BassettReunion], 1:24,18; 2:15.

57. Bosson, Jennie (Hood), John Hood of Lynn, Mass., (Salem: Essex Institute, 1909), [Hood], 3.

58. Bassette, Buell Burdett, One Bassett Family in America, With All Connections in America and Many in Great Britain and France; Principally an Outline of What Ancestors Did to Help Make America; Mainly From Original Records Heretofore Published, ([Springfield, Mass.: F. A. Bassette Co. 1926]), [Bassett(1926)].

59. Waters, Henry F., The Newhall Family, (Salem: Essex Institute, 1882; repr., Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books), [Newhall(1882)], 18.

60. [LynnVR], I:200 [Ct. R].

61. The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Documentary History of 1692, (Salem, MA: The Nova Anglia Company, 2001), [SalemWitch], 13.

62. Suffolk County Court Records (Originals), [SCCR-orig], #2701, page 24.

63. [LynnVR], 1:44.

64. [Shurtleff-Revere], 81.

65. [LynnVR], II:44 [C.R. 1].

66. Ibid. I:45.

67. Ibid. II:425 [P.R. 5].

68. Ibid. II:62.

69. ??????, "First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn", Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff.

70. [LynnVR], II:39 [C.R. 1] and II:43 [C.R. 1].

71. Ibid. II:62 [C.R. 1].

72. Ibid. I:61.

73. Ibid. II:437 [P.R. 5].


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