Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20660, Lot Bassett, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bassett Lot Deborah
NUMBER
N. 20660
CONTENTS

No. 119 Massachusetts
Lot Bassett
of Ashfield in the State of Mass who was a Provost in the Company commanded by Captain Rye of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bassett in the Mass time for 12 months Private } 2 " Corporal } 7 " 15 days Sergeant } M d State
79 Franklin
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 84 - Dollars - 88 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1833 and sent Hon. Geo Grennell Secretary War
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $169.76 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 42.44 $212.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. B. Mason Clerk, Book E Vol. 2a Page 4

Lot Bassett Ashfield
22347
The Deed of Lot Bassett for Pension

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY SS.
ON THIS sixteenth day of October A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Commonwealth Court of Common Pleas of the Probate said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Lut Basset a resident of Ashfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein
I Lot Basset of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was born in Yarmouth, Nova Dennis in the County of Barnstable in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty five; the records of my age is in Dennis a copy of which is herewith annexed, I lived in Yarmouth at the time of all the following incidents, I have lived in Ashfield in the County of Franklin ever since the revolutionary war and I live in said Ashfield at the present time.
I enlisted into the service of the United States as a private, in the month of January in the year of our Lord 1776 in a Company of State Troops, for the term of One Year, commanded by Captain Sage in a Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Basset, for the purpose of guarding the Island of Neshann in the Vineyard Sound; on to which Island I went and there did duty a few weeks and was then detached to Roxbury for two months, and at Roxbury and Dorchester heights I did duty for about two months, and while there the British evacuated Boston, and then I returned with the said Company to the said Island and I served there until some time in October of the same year during the term of nine months, and then I procured a Substitute to serve the year out, for which I had enlisted the substitute name was Grinnell I was then dismissed had no written discharge, for proof of the above Campaign see the affidavits of Nathaniel Basset and Cornelius Basset.
Again the fore part of the summer in the year 1777 I enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of two months, in the capacity of Corporal in a Company of Militia of State Troops commanded by Capt Palmer in Col. Whitney's Regiment and marched to Providence in Rhode Island where I did duty for one month, and then marched to Gardner Ferry where I did duty during the...

Again the fore part of the summer in the year 1777 I enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of two months, in the capacity of Corporal in a Company of militia of State Troops commanded by Capt Palmer in Col. Whitney's regiment, and marched col. to Providence in Rhode Island, where I did duty for one month, and then marched to Gardner Ferry where I did duty during the remainder of said two months when I was dismissed at that place, had no written discharge for proof of the above service see the affidavit of Nathaniel Basset and Cornetius Basset.
Again I enlisted into the service of the United States in the capacity of an Orderly Sergeant in the fall of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven into a Company of militia commanded by Capt. Elisha Hodge in Col. Nathanial Green's regiment for one month in what was called the secret expedition and marched to the State of Rhode Island and I served during said month when I was dismissed had no written discharge, for proof of this see the affidavit of Joshua Vincent.
Again I enlisted into the service of the United States as a private, in the month of December in the year 1777 for the term of three months into a Company of militia commanded by Capt. Elisha Hodge in a part of a regiment commanded by Major Issac Winslow and marched to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and there was stationed and did duty during said three months when I was dismissed, I had no written discharge, for proof of this service see Rev. Howes affidavit.
Again I enlisted, in the capacity of an Orderly Sergeant, into the service of the United States for the term of three months I believe about the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight into a company of militia commanded by Captain Micah Hamlin in Col. Reed's regiment and marched to Cambridge to guard the prisoners taken with Burgoyne and I served in guarding said prisoners during said time and was then dismissed had no written discharge for the proof of this service see Josiah Vincent Affidavit.
Again I enlisted into the service of the United States I think in the latter part of July in the year of our Lord 1778 as an Orderly Sergeant into a Company of militia commanded by Capt. Matthias Toby and to the best of my recollection in Col. [illegible] R [illegible]

during said three months where I was dismissed, I had no written discharge, for proof of this service see Ned Howes affidavit.
Again I enlisted, in the capacity of an Orderly Sergeant, into the service of the United States for the term of three months I believe about the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight into a company of militia commanded by Captain Micah Hamlin in Col. Reed's regiment and marched to Cambridge to guard the prisoners taken with Burgoyne and I served in guarding said prisoners during said time and was then dismissed I had no written discharge for the proof of this service see Joshee Vincent Affidavit.
Again I enlisted into the service of the United States I think in the latter part of July in the year of our Lord 1778 as an Orderly Sergeant into a company of militia commanded by Capt Matthias Toby and to the best of my recollection in Col. Reed's regiment for the term of four months and marched to Cambridge for the purpose of guarding the prisoners taken with Burgoyne and after guarding them some time at Cambridge, they were ordered to the south and I with some others were detached as a guard to conduct them on the route, and were marched through Worcester, and Brookfield to Springfield in company where we were relieved by other troops, and returned to Cambridge and duty there a few days and I served in this last service more than three months upon the completion of my enlistment and upon completion I had permission of my Officers to return home I had no written discharge and I know of no person whose testimony who can testify to this my last service and I served in the whole of the foregoing campaigns twenty one months and an half.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
H. E. Newman Judge of Probate Lot Bassett
WE, Henry Bassett Caleb Packard Joseph Gurney
residing in Ashfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lot Bassett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
H. E. Newman Judge of Probate Henry Bassett Caleb Packard Joseph Gurney
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Bassett Esq. a Justice of the Peace, Caleb Packard and Joseph Gurney who have severally signed the preceding certificate are all residents in Ashfield and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. It was inconvenient for the clergyman of Ashfield to attend this court.
H. E. Newman Judge of Probate
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lot Bassett for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

Lot Bassett off

I hereby certify that Mr Lot Bapsett was born in the East precinct of Yarmouth now Dennis 22 d day of January AD 1755 according to the first book of records of Dennis
Attest Nehemiah Baker { Town Clerk Dennis

I Obed Haines of Dennis in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts yeomanaged Seventy five do depose. testify and say that in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven in the month of December I enlisted in a Company of militia commanded by Capt Elisha Hodge. at Yarmouth in that part now Dennis. Lot Barnett at Yarmouth now Dennis enlisted in the same Company and at the same time. and we marched from said Yarmouth to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and was stationed at that place. Said Lot Barnett was with me for the period of three months and then I was discharged and returned home to Yarmouth after said further the deponent saith not
Obed Haines
Barnstable ss
August 29 th 1832 then Obed Haines personally appeared before me and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true to the best of his knowledge
Am Haines Justice of the peace
Barnstable ss
August 29 th 1832 I hereby certify that I have for many years been acquainted with Obed Haines the above deponent and that he is a man of truth and honesty
Am Haines Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Barnstable ss. I Almon Davis, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of record, in the County of Barnstable, do hereby certify that Obed Haines, Esquire, before whom the above deposition was executed, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Barnstable. And that I believe his name therein subscribed to be his true & proper signature.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, at Barnstable, on this thirty first day of August, one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Henry Davis Clerk

Lot Bapett 22,347
7 Mos 15 Days, Sept 2 80 Centaur 12 80 Pual 21 15
adma
$84.88
E. Alvord Esq Greenfield, Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Sot Bassett  of Ashfield  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? Seventy seven years 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In Jan'y In 1776 9 private Col o Buffum & Capt. Nye   1777 2 Corporal Col o Whitney & Capt. Palmer   1777 1 Sergeant Col o Freeman & Capt. Hedge   1777 3 private Capt. Hedge   In April 1778 3 Sergeant Col o Reed & Capt. Hamlin   1778 more than 3 15 Sergeant Col o Reed & Capt. Toby  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None named 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Yarmouth 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Four living witnesses and Traditionary evidence 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correctly authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

2169. Massachusetts
Deborah Bapett widow of S gt Bapett who was a Private Corp. & Serj. d in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 84 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of December 1843 and sent to Honorable J. C. Bates
United States Senate
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 37.
Reported 20 Dec. 1843

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Deborah Bassett
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adml 12 mo pri 40. 2. Corp! 7.33 7 1/2 Seng! 37.50  $84.83.  Deborah Bassett Q. station  (No deduction)
Hon.
G. N. Briggs H.R.

State of Massachusetts } ss Franklin County }
On this nineteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Probate Court held in and for said county Deborah Bapett a resident of Atfield in the County of Franklin aforesaid aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Lot Bapett who was a Sergeant Corporal and private in the Army of the Revolution that he served in Col Whitney and Freeman's Regiments and Capt Hedges Tobys & Hamlin's Companies from age and infirmity she is unable to state the length of time her husband was in the Army and the places where he performed his service that he was a pensioner under the law of June 7 1832 and received a Pension certificate dated March 20 1833 for the sum of eighty four dollars and eighty eight cents per annum for further evidence to support her claim she must rely on that forwarded to the war department in the latter part of the year 1832 to obtain the aforesaid pension
She further declares that she was married to the said Lot Bapett on the thirty first day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and that her husband the aforesaid Lot Bapett died on the twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty five that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated that my maiden name was Deborah Hemen
Deborah Bapett
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written
Before R. E. Knowlton Judge of Probate

And the said Judge of Probate doth hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the said Lot Bassett was a soldier in the Revolutionary army and for his services therein was placed on the pension roll of the United States as stated in the within declaration that the within named Deborah Bassett was married to the said Lot as within declared - and that the said Lot Bassett died on the twenty third day of July A. D. 1835
R. E. Newcomb
Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord, Register of Probate for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb is the Judge of Probate in and for said county; and that the within and above signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Probate Court for said county this tenth day of October 1838
E. Alvord Reg. Prob.

Barnstable Nov 16
6
Mr Horus Chapman East Dennis mass

"Deborah Howes was born November ye fifteenth seventeen hundred and sixty one" allied there was
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 "Novm r ye 15 th 1761"
Attest Simeon Crowell
"Marriages solemnized by y. Rev. Nathaniel Pierce"
"Lot Bassett & Deborah Howes married January thirty first seventeen hundred and eighty two"
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 "Jan y 31 st 1782"
Attest Simeon Crowell
State of Massachusetts Barnstable ss.
I joined Garrison December 6 th 1838
I, Simeon Crowell above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above are true extracts from the Records of said Town with the exceptions abovenamed as certified by me.
Simeon Crowell Town Clerk Affirmed to before me, Simeon Crowell 3 d Justice of Peace,
Nowes Chapman Clerk Dennis

Barnstable county ss
Barnstable county ss
I Dorothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid hereby certify that Simon Gorell Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that I believe the within signature purporting to have been made by him to be his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of November A.D. 1838
Dorothy Reed Clerk

in reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Lot Bassett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Wid F. 20,660
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ Jan. 1776. 9 mos. Pri. Elisha Nye. Lieut Col. Bassett Mass.   Summer, 1777. 2 mos. Cop. Joseph Palmer Whitney   * Oct. 1777. 1 " Ord Sgt. Elisha Hedge Nathaniel Freeman   Dec. 1777. 3 " Pri. Elisha Hedge Maj. Zenas Winslow   Apr. 1, 1778. 3 " Ord Sgt. Elisha Hamlin Reed   July, 1778. 3 1/2 " " " Matthias Toby. Reed.  
Battles engaged in, * In what was called the "Secret expedition" to R.I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 19, 1832. His cl. was a l.
Residence at date of application, Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass.  born in the east part of Yarmouth afterwards called Dennis, Mass.
Age at date of application, Jan. 22, 1755. He died July 23, 1835.
Remarks: He mar. Jan. 31, 1782, Deborah Hawes (?) illegible
She was allowed pension on an age. ex. Oct. 9, 1838 while 76 yrs. old and a res. of Ashfield, Mass. The Rev. War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Elisha Bassett of Mass.
Very respectfully.

I Nathaniel Bassett of Lee in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy four years of age depose and say that I was in 1776 well acquainted with Lt Bassett then of Yarmouth in the County of Barnstable Commonwealth aforesaid now a resident of Ashfield in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth aforesaid; that the said Lt Bassett in January 1776 enlisted into a company of State Troops under Capt Elisha Nye for the defence of the sea coast; I was a member of the same company & went with the said Lt Bassett to Nauset Island where he the said Lt did duty as a soldier until we were detached to go to Boston, the said Lt went with me to Boston & performed duty on Dorchester heights & in Roxbury for about two months, until the British evacuated Boston; after which we returned to Nauset Island where the said Lt continued in the service of the State as a soldier until sometime in the month of October as I verily believe. I further depose and say that the said Lt Bassett in the summer of 1777 enlisted into a company of State Troops for the term of two months under Capt Joseph Palmer the whole of which time he served as a soldier in the capacity of corporal in said company at Providence & vicinity in the State of Rhode Island I served at the same time in the same company. And further the Deponent saith not Nathaniel Bassett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss Lee August 16 th 1832 Then Nathaniel Basset personally appear- ed and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
William Porter Jr Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been for more than thirteen years now past intimately ac- quainted with Nathaniel Basset who has sub- scribed & sworn to the foregoing deposition. The reputation of the said Basset for truth & veracity is good. He is a resident in Lee and is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit
William Porter Jr Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Berkshire
I Cornelius Basset of Lee in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy eight years of age, declare and say that I was in 1776 well acquainted with Lot Basset then of Yarmouth in the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth aforesaid now a resident of Ashfield in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth aforesaid; That the said Lot Basset; that in Janua- ry 1776 the said Lot Basset was a soldier with me in a company of State troops on Naskawun Island under Captain Elisha Nye & did duty there until we

were detached to go to Boston & the said Lot went with me & did duty on For- chester light at Roxbury for about two months when the said Lot returned with me to Nashawtucket Island & contin- ued in the service of the State until I enlisted on board the State Sloop of war Republic 7 th May 1776 & I then left the said Lot there in said service. I further depose say that the said Lot served with me in the summer of 1777 as a soldier in the State service under Captain Joseph Palmer at Providence & the vicinity in the State of Rhode Island for the term of two months, I having served the same length of time in the same company. And further the Deponent saith not Cornelius Bassett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss Lee Aug 17 th 1832. Then Cornelius Bassett personally ap- peared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscrib- ed before me William Porter Jr. Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been for more than thirteen years now just intimately acquainted with Cornelius Bassett who has subscribed & sworn to the fore- going Deposition. The reputation of the said Bassett for truth & veracity is good. He is a resident in Lee and is a credible person and

his statement is entitled to credit William Porter Jr Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Berkshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire p
I Charles Sedgwick a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Berkshire do certify that William Porter Junr Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Berkshire that his signatures to the foregoing certificates are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of August A D 1832 Chas. Sedgwick Clerk.
Set Bussell aff.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Dickhard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Eliphalet Dickhard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

Deborah L. Bassett
$ 84. 83
Hon. J. H. Bates Senate
7886

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss On this fifteenth day of July 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Deborah Basset a resident of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid aged eighty years who is personally known to me who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the widow of Sol Basset who was Sergeant and private in the Army of the Revolution in Capt Hodge Hamlin and Tobey's Companies and Col. Whitney and Freeman's Regiment and that she received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 of eighty four dollars and eighty eight cents per annum She further declares that she is still a Widow Sworn and subscribed Deborah Basset on the day and year above written Before me Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I Sam l D. Symon Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire before whom the above declaration was sworn and at the time thereof one of the justices of the Peace within and for said County duly and regularly appointed and that his signature there purporting to be his I know to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of July A.D. 1843 Sam l D. Symon Reg r of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County
I Samuel Bapst of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I was present at the death of Sol Bapst late of said Ashfield deceased who was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States that he died to my certain knowledge on the twenty third day of July eighteen hundred and thirty five and that he left Deborah Bapst his widow now resident in said Ashfield who has been since the death of her said husband remained his widow Cummington Oct 15 1838 Samuel Bapst
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire County
On this fifteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared Samuel Bapst who is a credible person and subscribed and sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me Eliphatet Puckara justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Samuel F Lyman Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that Eliphatet Puckara before whom the above deposition was taken was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly and regularly appointed and the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his I know to be genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Sam F Lyman Bage of Prob.

Joshua Vincent's Deposition.
Lot. Bassett
aff

I Joshua Vincent of Coleraine in the county of Franklin and commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, depose, testify and say, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven about the first of October in said year at Yarmouth in the county of Barnstable together with Lt Basset of of Franklin Ashfield in said county enlisted in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Elisha Hodge and in Col. Nathanial Freeman's regiment in an expedition called the 'secret expedition' for one month and both of us served the whole time out and were stationed in the state of Rhode Island and were then both of us dismissed the said Lt Basset served as orderly sergeant of said Hodge's company for the whole of said term of time. — and that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight about the first of April in said year at said Yarmouth I enlisted with the said Lt Basset in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Micah Hamble in Col. Prentiss's regiment for three months and were stationed near Boston to guard the prisoners in Burgoyne's army we served the whole time of three months together and were then dismissed the said Lt Basset the whole of said time as orderly sergeant of said Hamble's company.
Joshua Vincent
Franklin ss. August the 10 th 1832 then personally appeared Joshua Vincent above named and mad solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me Henry Basset, justice of the peace.
Franklin ss. August the 10 th 1832. I do hereby certify that for thirty five years last past I have been acquainted with the said Joshua Vincent and he has ever been considered as a person of truth and honesty Henry Basset, justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do certify that Henry Bassett Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made and sworn to is a Justice of the Peace; and that his name subscribed thereto appears to me to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the sixteenth day of October A.D. 1832
E. Alvord Clerk

Massachusetts. 1480
Deborah Bassett, widow of Lot Bassett, Dec 2 d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 8 and who died on the 23 d July, 1835-
of Fran lin in the State of Mass ts . who was a per. corp. & sq d in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t - commanded by Col. Whitney in the Mass ts - line for 12 mos. pri. 40 2 " corp. 7.33 7 1/2 " serg. 37.50 84.83
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 84 Dollars 83 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of Mch. 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of De- cember, 1838 and sent to Hon. G. V. Briggs, Sec. H. H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $212.07 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mch 39 - 42.41
$254.48
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elish Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1, Page 71

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Hist. Feb. 18. '08, To Carrie Bassett S...
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20660
Deborah Basset widow of Lott Basset Sergt Prov Mar
Act: March 30. 43
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Commissioner of Pensions, Dept of the Interior, Washington, D. C., Dear Sir
Will you please write me if you have any data in regard to Elisha and Lot Bassett who were in the Revolutionary War from Yarmouth Massachusetts (now Dennis) Lot received a pension of $96 per year but I am not sure whether Elisha received a pension. Elisha died in 1794.

Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of a reply I am, yours truly Carrie Bassett Sanborn.
1018 Ninth Street, Greeley, Colorado, February sixth, Nineteen Hundred & Eight.