Husband of Dorothy Sackett.
Father of Ann M. (Benjamin Fall) Bassett.
from "Biographical review of Calhoun County, Michigan":
"The mother of Professor [Delos] Fall was born near Mendon, New York, January 12, 1813, a daughter of **Henry and Dorothy (Sackett) Bassett. Her father was a son of Henry and Mary (Percy) Bassett, the latter a daughter of Sylvanus and Abigail (Durein) Percy, and a granddaughter of Lord Percy of England, who was a member of one of the most distinguished and forceful families, according to history, in England. Henry Bassett, grandfather of Professor Fall, bore a Christian name which was also borne by his father and grandfather. The family was established in New England during an early epoch in the colonization of the new world and the first Henry Bassett was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Henry Bassett, the grandfather, and Dorothy Sackett, were married in 1797, and it was their daughter Ann M. who became the wife of Benjamin F. Fall. Her death occurred in Albion in 1898, when she was eighty-six years of age. She had three children who reached mature years. The eldest son, Charles S. Fall, was a soldier of the Civil war and received from Congress a gold medal in recognition of bravery displayed at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House. "
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Rootsweb shows he was born August 27, 1771 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
Husband of Dorothy Sackett.
Father of Ann M. (Benjamin Fall) Bassett.
from "Biographical review of Calhoun County, Michigan":
"The mother of Professor [Delos] Fall was born near Mendon, New York, January 12, 1813, a daughter of **Henry and Dorothy (Sackett) Bassett. Her father was a son of Henry and Mary (Percy) Bassett, the latter a daughter of Sylvanus and Abigail (Durein) Percy, and a granddaughter of Lord Percy of England, who was a member of one of the most distinguished and forceful families, according to history, in England. Henry Bassett, grandfather of Professor Fall, bore a Christian name which was also borne by his father and grandfather. The family was established in New England during an early epoch in the colonization of the new world and the first Henry Bassett was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Henry Bassett, the grandfather, and Dorothy Sackett, were married in 1797, and it was their daughter Ann M. who became the wife of Benjamin F. Fall. Her death occurred in Albion in 1898, when she was eighty-six years of age. She had three children who reached mature years. The eldest son, Charles S. Fall, was a soldier of the Civil war and received from Congress a gold medal in recognition of bravery displayed at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House. "
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Rootsweb shows he was born August 27, 1771 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
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Henry Bassett, died Jan. 24, 1826, aged 55
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