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William Bassett Jr.

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William Bassett Jr.

Birth
Death
13 Dec 1776 (aged 50)
Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9687325, Longitude: -71.1802524
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"1776, Dec. 13. G S R: William Bassett Jun'r dies at fifty, before his father, at Norton. He died intestate in these early days of the war. A stone three feet high marks his grave in the Centre Cemetery at Norton, in the same lot as his father, third lot from the entrance."

"The Revolutionary War was raging. That William had had a short service in this war is vouched for by the careful historian John McIlvene."

Buell Burdett Bassette, "One Bassett Family in America" (Springfield, Mass, The F. A. Bassette Co., 1926) p. 20; PDF digital document.
"1776, Dec. 13. G S R: William Bassett Jun'r dies at fifty, before his father, at Norton. He died intestate in these early days of the war. A stone three feet high marks his grave in the Centre Cemetery at Norton, in the same lot as his father, third lot from the entrance."

"The Revolutionary War was raging. That William had had a short service in this war is vouched for by the careful historian John McIlvene."

Buell Burdett Bassette, "One Bassett Family in America" (Springfield, Mass, The F. A. Bassette Co., 1926) p. 20; PDF digital document.

Inscription

In memory of
Mr. William Bassett
Ju who d Dec
ye 13th 1776 in ye
50th year of his
Age

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Revolutionary War Patriot



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