| 1988John Bassett came from Lynn, Mass., in 1790, and settled on a lot of land which has ever since been known as the Bassett Farm. The buildings were erected at a considerable distance from the main road, the location where they stood being now approached by Mill Street, which has been somewhat recently opened. During the management of affairs by his grandson, Daniel Bassett, Jr., the two-story part of the house was removed to North Main Street, and is now, with a portion of the farm, owned and occupied by the heirs of the late Abel Haley. The one-story part still remains with another portion of the farm where the buildings were first erected. Mr. Bassett's children wew: Daniel, married Abigail Bean,; John, married Ruth Wiggin; Lydia, married Samuel Nowell; Hannah, married Joseph Varney; Sally, married Jonathan Buffum; Rebecca, married William Lyons. |