amuel⁴ Bassett (Nathan³) was born in Chatham before 1728. There is a great deal of uncertainty about Samuel Bassett. William C. Smith (A History of Chatham, Part III, p. 215) claims that Samuel probably died at Louisburg, Cape Breton Island, during the attack on this French fortress by Colonial armies. The only source he cites for this, however, is the fact that a Samuel Bassett was included in the lists of New England soldiers who fought at Louisburg (The Register, vol. 25, p. 260). Josiah Paine in his manuscript on the Bassett family notes that Samuel was married (Paine manuscript, p. 84), but he gives no further information on him. In a Bassett family genealogy by Mack (?) published in the Boston Transcript, 31 December 1906, which is quite accurate in some regards and surprisingly inaccurate in others, Samuel the son of Nathan and Mary (Crowell) Bassett is said to have married a "Sarah" Lombard of Truro and settled in West Barnstable.

There was indeed a Samuel Bassett who married 15 June 1743 Susannah Lombard (not Sarah), the daughter of Jedediah Lombard of Truro. This couple apparently lived in West Barnstable for a while, but later removed to Truro. Susannah died there 11 Sept. 1755 in her 33rd year (May. Desc., vol. 12, p. 4). Samuel "of Truro" married secondly in Eastham, 12 Jan. 1756/7, Phebe (Fish) Young of Eastham, the widow of Israel Young. Because this Samuel does not fit properly into the other Bassett families on Cape Cod, he is probably the son of Nathan³ and Mary (Crowell) Bassett.

Known children of Samuel Bassett and his first wife Susannah, born in West Barnstable (May. Desc., vol. 1, p. 84).

1. Nehemiah, b. 12 Sept. 1743 and bapt. First Church of Truro 30 Oct. 1743 (May. Desc., vol. 17, p. 237); mar. (int. in Eastham 14 May 1763) Dorcas Cole of Eastham (ibid., vol. 28, p. 7). Issue, two children: 1. Jedidiah, bapt. First Church of Orleans 27 March 1774 (ibid., vol. 10, p. 231). 2. James, bapt. First Church of Orleans 14 April 1776. There were probably others. Nehemiah is not listed in the 1790 Census for Massachusetts, but in Flatlands Town, Kings Co., N. Y., a Nehemiah Bassett is shown with one male over 16, four males under 16, and one female.
2. Ebenezer, b. 27 Dec. 1744 and bapt. 30 Dec. 1744 in West Barnstable Church. He mar. Jane ______ who died 18 April 1777, in her 33rd year. They had a son, Nehemiah b. 1772; d. 14 Nov. 1776 in his 5th year. There may have been others. Ebenezer does not appear in the 1790 Census.

Known child of Samuel Bassett and second wife Phebe:

3. Sarah, bapt. in Truro, 13 March 1757.
   There were probably others.

[Robert Ray King, "The Family of Nathan Bassett of Chatham," NEHGS 125:10]

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