HERE LYES Ye BODY
OF Mr. NATHAN BASSETT
WHO DECd. NOVr. Ye 16th.
ANNO: DOM: 1743
IN Ye 77th YEAR OF
HIS AGE.
Nathan Bassett was a blacksmith and gentleman resident of Sandwich, Falmouth, and Chilmark. He was the son of William Bassett and Mary Rainsford, and the husband of Mary Huckins.
For more information, see Sketches of the Early Settlers of Chilmark.
