Sarah Bassett

Also Sarah Nickerson · Sarah Rogers

Probably a daughter of Nathaniel Bassett of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and sister of Mary (Bassett) Mulford, and the wife of John Nickerson of Harwich, a grandson of William Nickerson the founder of Chatham. Their children were born at Harwich from about 1707; widowed before 1722, she married John Rogers there in 1728. Probably the mother of Sarah (Nickerson) Cole.

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Life

  1. bef. 1709
    Married John Nickerson
  2. 1728
    Married John Rogers
    18 Apr 1728, Harwich, Massachusetts

    "April 18 day 1728 Then John Rogers and Sarah Nickerson both of harwich," married by Joseph Doane.

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Family

Father
Nathaniel Bassett c. 1628–1709

His will (1709/10) names "Sarah Nickerson" among his six children; that she was John Nickerson's wife is the Nickerson genealogy's.

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Mother
Dorcas Joyce c. 1640–1707

Nathaniel's first wife, who died in 1707; the Nickerson genealogy makes Sarah her daughter.

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Spouse 1
John Nickerson d. bef. 1722 · married bef. 1709

Nathaniel Bassett's will of 1709/10 names his daughter "Sarah Nickerson"; that she was John's wife is the Nickerson genealogy's.

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1 child

Spouse 2
John Rogers · married 1728

Her second husband; died 10 Jan 1738/9. Her son Eleazer Rogers called her "Widow Sarah Rogers" in 1744.

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Pedigree

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Notes

Daughter of Nathaniel Bassett of Yarmouth and sister of Mary (Bassett) Mulford: both are named in their father’s will of 1709/10 (record). She married John Nickerson of Harwich, a grandson of William Nickerson, the founder of Chatham; their children, born at Harwich from about 1707, were Reuben, Jeremiah, Jesse and Sarah. Widowed before 1722, she married John Rogers at Harwich in 1728 (record), and was “Widow Sarah Rogers” in 1744 (source).

Through her daughter Sarah she is an ancestor of the Ellingwoods; through her sister Mary, Nathaniel Bassett is an ancestor of the Holbrooks, so Dick Ellingwood and Frances Holbrook descend from the two sisters (research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md).

Open questions

  • Her birth; a probate for John Nickerson (d. before 1722) or John Rogers (d. 1738/9) naming the children would make her daughter Sarah’s parentage firm.
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Connections

In her ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Sarah's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.

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