Brief Life History of Nehemiah
When Nehemiah Bassett was born on 1 June 1786, in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States, his father, Nehemiah Basset, was 42 and his mother, Dorcas Cole, was 45. He married Mary Lasson on 4 May 1806. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1830. He died on 27 March 1864, in Madison Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Palmyra Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.
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- Nathaniel Bassett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nehemiah Bassett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nehemiah Bassett in entry for Edward Bassett and Jane E. Mcginveg, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Old French basset ‘of low stature’, a diminutive of basse ‘low, short’, either a nickname for a short person or a status name for someone of humble origins.
Altered form of French Bessette 1 or Besset (see Bessette 2).
History: William Bassett (c. 1598–1667) came to Plymouth, MA, from Kent, England, in the 1620s; c. 1650 he moved to Duxbury and subesequently to Bridgewater. He had many prominent descendants, among them one of the earliest families on Martha's Vineyard. — The surname Bassett of French origin (see 2 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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