52 Ancestors: #26 Why Did William Bassett Leave Keene?
William Bassett 1779-1833 In 1826, William Bassett and his wife Elizabeth Stone Bassett and their five daughters packed up a wagon in Keene, New Hampshire, and headed out for the new settlement of...
View ArticleKeene NH, Bunker Hill, and American Independence
In the History of Keene New Hampshire, 1874-1904 Frank H. Whitcomb (1904) reports the response of the people of Keene to the battle of Lexington. Samuel Bassett, my 4 times great grandfather, was...
View ArticleA True Patriot: Samuel Bassett, a Fifer
Revolutionary Ancestors Samuel Bassett, (1754-1834) showed that even a fifer can be a hero. When I read his story I am so proud to be descended from a man of his strength of character and modesty....
View Article1843: Jesse Morgan, A Letter Home
A Letter Home Mary refolded the letter home that contained promises and husbandly instruction, and placed it carefully in the wooden chest that she had brought to Ohio as a girl. When Jesse Morgan set...
View ArticleWhy Did William Bassett Leave Keene?
William Bassett 1779-1833 In 1826, William Bassett and his wife Elizabeth Stone Bassett and their five daughters packed up a wagon in Keene, New Hampshire, and headed out for the new settlement of...
View ArticleKeene NH, Bunker Hill, and American Independence
In the History of Keene New Hampshire, 1874-1904 Frank H. Whitcomb (1904) reports the response of the people of Keene to the battle of Lexington. Samuel Bassett, my 4 times great grandfather, was...
View ArticleA True Patriot: Samuel Bassett, a Fifer
Revolutionary Ancestors Samuel Bassett, (1754-1834) showed that even a fifer can be a hero. When I read his story I am so proud to be descended from a man of his strength of character and modesty....
View Article1843: Jesse Morgan, A Letter Home
A Letter Home Mary refolded the letter home that contained promises and husbandly instruction, and placed it carefully in the wooden chest that she had brought to Ohio as a girl. When Jesse Morgan set...
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