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Lieut Joseph Bassett

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Lieut Joseph Bassett Veteran

Birth
Death
6 May 1803 (aged 72)
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.

Bassett, Joseph, Bridgewater. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Edward Cobb's co.; service, 2 mos. 4 days [probably from April 21, 1777]; marched from Bridgewater to Bristol, R. I.; roll endorsed "Col. Titcomb's regt.;? also, Capt. Joseph Keith's co., Col. Cotton's regt.; pay roll for service from Sept. 25, 1777, to Oct. 30, 1777, 1 mo. 5 days; marched to Tiverton, R. I., on a secret expedition; also, Capt. Abram Washburn's co., Maj. Eliphalet Cary's regt.; marched July 30, 1780; discharged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 11 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.

Source Information:
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database online]. Orem, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, - Vol. I-XVII (17). Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.

Bassett, Joseph, Bridgewater. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Edward Cobb's co.; service, 2 mos. 4 days [probably from April 21, 1777]; marched from Bridgewater to Bristol, R. I.; roll endorsed "Col. Titcomb's regt.;? also, Capt. Joseph Keith's co., Col. Cotton's regt.; pay roll for service from Sept. 25, 1777, to Oct. 30, 1777, 1 mo. 5 days; marched to Tiverton, R. I., on a secret expedition; also, Capt. Abram Washburn's co., Maj. Eliphalet Cary's regt.; marched July 30, 1780; discharged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 11 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.

Source Information:
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database online]. Orem, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, - Vol. I-XVII (17). Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896

Inscription

Erected
In memory of
Lieut. Joseph Bassett
he was born March 2d
O.S. 1731
& died May 6th, 1803.

Great God I own thy sentence just,
And nature must decay;
I yield my body to the dust,
To dwell with fellow clay.



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