Person:William Bassett (73)

Name^[1]	William Bassett
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	2 Oct 1678	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Birth^[2]	Nov 1678	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	14 Jan 1703/04	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Rebecca Berry
Will^[1]	10 Jul 1755
Death^[1]^[3]	4 Mar 1762	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate^[1]	22 Mar 1762

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Flagg, Ernest. Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1926)
178.

"William Bassett³ of Lynn, Mass. b. Oct. 2, 1678 at Lynn, (Nov. 1678, Lynn Vital Rec., 1, p. 45); son of William and Sarah, (Hood²) Bassett² of Lynn, Mass. … d. March 4, 1762; will dated July 10, 1755; probated March 22, 1762. In the record of his death he is called 'Old William Bassett' … He was a husbandman and belonged to the Lynn Quaker Meeting. (Chamberlain's Chelsea, 1 p. 287.) He received from Massachusetts a Narragansett grant of land for the service of his grandfather, William Bassett¹ in King Philip's War. (Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 166 and 422.)"
↑ Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1905)
1:45.

"Bassett, … William, s. William, jr. and Sarah, [born] Nov. __, 1678."
↑ Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1905)
2:425.

"Basset, … William, 'old,' [died] Mar. 4, 1762 (Zaccheus Collins' diary, now [1906] in possession of the Essex Institute.)"