Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18567, John Bassett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bassett, John Basset Elizabeth
W. 18567
CONTENTS

Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Basset widow of John Basset who was a Pri & Virg in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Dec 1843 and sent to
Amos Eliz Yarmouth Port, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 1 Page 37

State of Massachusetts } County of Barnstable }
On the Twenty Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate a Court of record within and for the County of Barnstable Elizabeth Bassett a resident of Yarmouth in said County aged Eighty two years, who being duly sworn according to law with an oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of a provision made by an act of Congress passed June 7th. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" - That she is the widow of John Bassett of said Yarmouth who was a private in the Militia in the service of the State of Massachusetts that he enlisted in said service as she believes in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Five about the first of July or last of June in a company of Infantry commanded by Captain Joshua Gray of said Yarmouth for six months and served as a private as aforesaid for said time - That he was also in said States service as she believes in Rhode Island in Captain Eliska Hedges company of said Yarmouth and believes that he the said John was there for the space of six months and knows that he was from home for a longer period than he enlisted for -
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She further states that she was married to said John Bassett at said Yarmouth on the third day of August in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Six that her husband the said John died on the ninth day of October in the year Eighteen Hundred and six - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four, viz at the time above stated
Elizabeth Bassett
Witness: Abiah S. Hunt
Barnstable ss Court of Probate - Sworn to and subscribed on the day in open court day of year above written first - Nathan D. Merrill - Judge Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable ss. bond of Probate Aug 27. 1838 I Timothy Reed Register of Probate the bond of Probate in and for the county of Barnstable hereby certify that the Rev. Josephus Mans- ton is the judge of said bond and that the signature on the opposite side of this paper pur- porting to have been made by him is his genuine signature affixed in my presence - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said bond the day afore said Timothy Reed Register Prob-

"Elisabeth Taylor born September eleventh, seventeen hundred and fifty five"
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
"Sept. 11. 1755." Attest Simeon Crowell
"Marriages solemnized by the Rev. Timothy Alden"
"John Basset & Eleareboth Taylor mar. August third, seventeen hundred and eighty six"
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
"Augt 3. 1786" Attest Simeon Crowell
State of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss.
Yarmouth August 30 th 1838
I Simeon Crowell above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town, and State afore- said and that the above are true extracts from the records of said Town with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Simeon Crowell Town Clerk
Affirmed to before me, Simeon Crowell Justice of the Peace,

Given under my hand of all attachments Barnstable
I Timothy Read clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Barnstable do hereby certify that Simon Lowell is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Barnstable duly sworn and qualified and was so on the 30 th August last, and that I be- lieve the within signature purport- ing to have been made by him to be his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth Sept. 1838
Timothy Read clerk

1787 Declaration of Wid w Elizabeth Russell
for pension 19-197-
out 7 July 88 Sept 1-88
m 86. Vol 36. p 15. 16. 75- 5mo. 20 19:197 79 Sept 1. 4
adm d 1 mo. 40s 5c 5 v 20 pri 24.53. $
No deduction
J. Reed Barnstable Mass.

I John Reed of Yarmouth in the county of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence testify and say that I removed to Yarmouth about thirty years ago when I have some time - that I have always lived in said Yarmouth a very near neighbor to the Widow Elizabeth Bassett now an applicant for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her deceased husband. I further state that thirty years ago she was called a Widow & report said her husband John Bassett was lost at sea about thirty three years ago.
John Reed
Barnstable S.S. Sep 11. 1838.
Personally appeared before me this day the above named John Reed and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true in all its parts.
Caleb Sturges Jus. Peace
Barnstable p. Sep. 11. 1838
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Reed. that he is a man of truth and a credible witness
Caleb Sturges

I am now within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wareham 13/
I Timothy Read beareth of the County of Barnstable that Caleb H. Hovey Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as was so on the 11th September and that the within signature is nothing to have been made by him his genuine signature
genuine signature In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 13th Sept. 1838
Timothy Read Clerk
His Excellency The Rev. Dr. Dyer

✓ Samuel Taylor of Yarmouth in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts aged eighty two years depose and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War for nearly the term of five years. That I well knew John Basset of said Yarmouth - that I always knew him from a boy having been born and always lived in the same town and near him. I well remember and know that the said Basset enlisted in the or about the first of July in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Five in a company of State Militia under the command of Captain Joshua Gray of said Yarmouth for the term of six months and that I enlisted at the same time and in the same company with the said Basset and know that the said Basset served in said company for the time that I was in said company. and that I also know that said Basset was in service for the six months for which he enlisted having served on the same service and in the same company with him and that we were discharged at the same time
That this Samuel Taylor knows and well remembers that I saw said John Basset at Bristol in Rhode Island on the or about the first day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven. in the company commanded by Captain Elisha Hedges of said Yarmouth That I saw him there till the twentieth day of February following when I returned to Yarmouth and know that he did not return to Yarmouth before the month of March following at which time the company in which the said Basset was serving had not returned and I always understood that he served there for the term of three months - as he told me while there that he enlisted for three months - That Elizabeth Basset is the Widow of the said John. and that she has ever remained his widow -
Samuel Taylor

State of Massachusetts
Barnstable p. September 10 th A.D. 1838
Then personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county of Barnstable the above named Samuel Taylor and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed was true
Caleb S. Hunt Jus. Peace.
Barnstable p. September 10. 1838
I hereby certify that the above named Samuel Taylor is a man of good character, a man of truth and a credible witness. I certify to the above from a personal acquaintance with the said Deponent.
Caleb S. Hunt
Barnstable p -
I further Reelack of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Barnstable hereby certify that Caleb S. Hunt Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Barnstable duly commissioned & qualified and was so on the 10 th Sept. instant and that I believe the above signature & printing to have been made by him to be genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this 13 th Sept. 1838 Brother, R. D. Lusk

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State of Massachusetts Barnstable County } ss. Be it known, That before me Amos Otis a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Basset, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of John Basset a Private & Sergeant in the war of the Revolution that she was a pensioner under the act of the seventh of July 1838, the certificate whereof has been surrendered to the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Boston, that she is the identical person named in said certificate that she was entitled to a pension of twenty four Dollars and fifty three cents, under said act, that she now resides in Yarmouth, and has resided there for the space of eighty seven years past, and that she has not intermarried since the decease of the said John Basset.
And
Elizabeth Basset
Sworn & subscribed this thirtieth day of August, 1843 Before me
Amos Otis Justice Peace.
And the said Elizabeth Basset requests of the Hon. Secretary of War of the United States that a new certificate may be issued to her agreeably to the above declaration.
Witness
Amos Otis
Elizabeth Basset

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Barnstable ss
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Courts within and for said County of Barnstable hereby certify that Amos Otis Esquire is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified and was so on the Thirtieth day of August last and that the within signatures pur- porting to have been made by him are his genuine signatures
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this second day of Septem- ber A.D. eighteen hundred and forty three
Timothy Reed Clerk

Recy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 185-67 Elizabeth Bassett Widow of John Bassett Sergt. Rev. War. Act: Mar. 3 rd 1873 Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Wm. Steele Maf. Sept 15. 1878 J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions Sir Please examine the en- closed papers of Elizabeth Bassett & make return to me in obedience yrs respectfully Dorothy Root

Let Hon Plead Jan. 2 '39
Massachusetts 1,366 Elizabeth Bapst, widow of John Bapst, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 9 th Dec r 1836 of Barnstable in the State of Mass s who was a S er & P er in the Company commanded by Captain H ey of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Mass s time for 6 mos 24 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 53 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r '38, and sent to J. Bapst Barnstable, Mass s
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r - $ 61. 32 Semi-annual allowance ending _____ 12. 26 $ 73. 58
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. B. Elliott Clerk. Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 71.

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Sept. 8, 1843.
Herman P. Am
Sept 11th 3
Ely. Bapett
Mand 5-1843
Mass.
$24:53. ref a
Amos Otis
Yarmouth Port, Mass
Bill of Sale for
Series of Judgments Washington City
D. R.
free

Yarmouth Port, Mass. Sep. 4. 1843
J. P. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
I enclose
the Declaration & petition of wid. Elizabeth Basset, of this town, for a pension under the late acts of Congress. I have no forms of papers & I am not certain that the enclosed are drawn agreeably to the requirements of the Department. Mrs. Basset is infirm & very poor, & I know that she is entitled to a pension, & hope it will be granted though there may be some informality in the papers.
Please forward the certificate to me.
There is another widow in this neighborhood entitled to a pension. Will not the Clerk Certificate here with sent answer for both?
Respectfully Yours.
Amos Oles