Wife of Sampson Bassett, a free negro and land owner.
Sampson Bassett was a free negro and land owner in Chelsea. He died
of old age on April 20/21, 1826 at age 86. He was married to Beulah
Bassett and had one known child. He and his wife were admitted to the
Church at Rumney Marsh on January 27, 1817. Comment by Dr. Tuckerman,
pastor of the Church at Rumney Marsh in 1826 said, He was one of
the worthiest members of the church of here, and now a glorified
member of his church in heaven.
A child of Sampson and Beulah Bassett died on August 10, 1778 at an
age of one year.
A slave to Captain Watts Esq. Married Salam, a slave to Mr. John
Hearod of Boston, on January 24, 1744/45
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Baptised and admitted to full covenant in the church in Chelsea
November 26, 1814 by Reverend Dr. Tuckerman
John Blackstone was a planter and one of the three from the Robert
Gorges colony in Weymouth to make the first known settlements in the
upper bay of Boston. Gorges settled in Weymouth in 1623, but the
colony was failing and he was in poor health. He returned to England
and left John Blackstone to settle Boston, Samuel Maverick at
Winnisimmet and Thomas Walford at Charlestown. Probably around 1624.
On April 3 of 1633 the Governor and his assistants granted to
Blackstone fifty acres of land in Boston. Not much is known about
Blackstone until 1634/35 when John Blackstone left Boston and settled
in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
William Blackstone was a batchelor and owned about 50 acres on the
Boston peninsula. The land was giranted to him by the General Court
on April 1, 1633. In 1634 Boston purchased all of his land except 6
acres, each household paying six shillings or more. He may have been
a brother of John Blackstone.
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Bredane – additional spellings: Breden,
Breeden, Bridden, Breiden
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(Also spelled Buttall, Buttolph)