Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Walter BASFORD (52) & Sarah KNOWLES

158. Henry BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 16 Apr 1808 in Chester, NH. [191] Henry died in Boston, MA, on 9 Jun 1882. [321, Vol. 339, p. 145] Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA. [191] Occupation: Grocer, Carpenter. [640, births, Vol. 1, p. 22], [321, Vol. 339, p. 145]

Removed to Massachusetts and married there. [2]

1840 federal census for Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 156 [554]
Henry Basford
3 males 20-29 (brothers?)
1 male 30-39 (Henry)
1 female 20-29 (Mary Jane)

1850 federal census for Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA, 15 Aug 1850, p. 52 [303]
Henry Basford, male, age 50, b. NH, grocer, real estate 1800
Mary J., female, age 30, b. MA
Henry, male, age 8, b. MA
George W., male, age 1, b. MA
Mary C. Barker, female, age 25?, b. MA
Nancy R. Brown, female, age 35, b. MA
Augustus C. Thompson, male, age 1, b. MA

1860 federal census of Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA [492]
Henry Basford, male, age 52, b. NH, carpenter, real estate 2000, personal estate 300
Mary J., female, age 39, b. MA
Henry, male, 19, b. MA, clerk dry goods
George W., male, age 11, b. MA
Mary W., female, age 8, b. MA
Jane W. Thompson, female, age 16, b. MA

1870 federal census for Boston 14th Ward, Suffolk Co., MA, 16 Jul 1870, p.169 [522]
Henry Basford, male, age 63, b. NH carpenter
Mary J., female, age 49, b. MA, keeps house
Geo. W., male, age 21, b. MA, book keeper
Mary W., female, age 18, b. MA
Melzar W., male, age 6, b. MA, at school
Hazen, male, age 60, b. MA, real estate 10000, personal estate 3700
(He is listed in the same dwelling as his son Henry, Jr.)

1880 federal census of Boston, MA, p. 261B. [526]
Henry Basford, male, age 72, b. NH, father b. NH, mother b. NH, carpenter
Mary J., female, wife, age 60, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA, keeping house
Mary W. Russell, female. daughter, age 28, b. MA, father b. NH, mother b. MA, at home
Fred C. Russell, male, son-in-law, age 41, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA,
clerk in clothing store
Melzar W. Basford, male, son, age 16, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA, at school
Walter B. Russell, male, grandson, age 5, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA, at home
Fred W. Russell, male, grandson, age 2, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA, at home
Hazen Basford, male, brother, age 68, b. NH, father b. NH, mother b. NH, retired Mcht.
CeliaPendighast, female, other, age 25, b. Ireland, father b. Ireland, father b. Ireland, servant
Christina Campbell, female, other, age 18, b. Nova Scotia, father b. Nova Scotia,
mother b. Nova Scotia, servant

[2] give birth as 17 May 1808.

[191], [303], [492], [526], [2], [641], [522], [640, marriages, Vol. 2, p. 24], [554], [321, Vol. 339, p. 145], [642]

He married Mary Jane WATERMAN, daughter of Melzar WATERMAN & Mercy HOLMES, on 23 May 1839 in Roxbury, MA. [641], [640, marriages, Vol. 2, p. 24] Born abt 7 Dec 1820 in Halifax, MA. [642] age 73 years 15 days at death. Mary Jane died in Boston, MA, on 22 Dec 1893. [321, Vol. 438, p. 518], [642] aka: Jane. [640, births, Vol. 1, p. 22]

[191], [303], [492], [526], [2], [641], [522], [640, marriages, Vol. 2, p. 24], [321, Vol. 438, p. 518], [642]

They had the following children:
447 i. Henry Jr. (1841-1901)
448 ii. Nathan Knowles (Died as Child) (1844-1847)
449 iii. George Walter (1848-1920)
450 iv. Mary Waterman (1852-?)
451 v. Melzar Waterman (1863-1951)

[191] and [2] give marriage as 23 May 1838.

159. Hiram BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 1 Nov 1809 in Chester, NH. [191], [2] Hiram died in Chester, NH, on 6 Aug 1879. [189, p. 177] age 69 years 3 months. Buried in Chester, NH. [194]

1850 federal census of Chester, NH [315]
Hiram Basford, male, age 40, b. NH, laborer
Triphena, female, age 43, b. NH
Julia D., female, age 3, b. MA
Mary Hills, female, age 69, NH (prob. Triphena’s mother)

1860 census of Chester, Rochkingham Co., NH, p. 1199 [325]
Hiram Basford, male, age 50, b. NH, farmer, real estate 1200, personal estate 1000
Triphenia, female, age 55, b. NH
Julia A., female, age 13, b. MA
Mary Hills, female, age 74, b. NH

1870 federal census for Chester, Rockingham Co., NH, p. 62 [335]
Hiram Basford, male, age 60, b. NH, carpentry, real estate 2000, personal estate 1000
Tryphena, female, age 64, b. NH, keeping house

[2] gives birth as May 1810, and death as 8 Aug 1879 in one set of notes.

[194] gives death as 8 Aug 1879.

[191], [194], [2], [325], [335], [189, p. 177]

He married Tryphena HILLS, daughter of Daniel HILLS & Mary KNOWLES, bef 1847 in Chester, NH. [2] Born on 5 Oct 1804 in Sanbornton, NH. [204, place], [2] Tryphena died in Chester, NH, on 1 Apr 1881. [204], [643, p. 437], [189, p. 177] age 76 years 6 months. Buried in Chester, NH. [194] Death Cause: Dropsy and Cancer. [204] aka: Triphena. [332]

She was living with the family of her daughter Julia (Basford) Lawrence at the time of the 1880 census. [332]

Her funeral was 4 Apr 1881. [2]

[2] gives parents names as Daniel and Mary (Knowles) Hills of Chester. [191] also gives the name of Tryphena’s father as Daniel. However Tryphena’s death record gives her father’s name as Moses. [204]

[17] gives birthplace as Chester, NH in one place.

[191], [204], [315], [194], [2], [2], [195], [643, p. 437], [325], [335], [189, pp. 177, 437]

They had one child:
452 i. Julia D. (Adopted) (~1847-?)

Hiram and Tryphena were cousins. [191]

160. Hazen BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 10 Mar 1812 in Chester, NH. [194], [644, p. 177] Hazen died in Roxbury, MA, on 21 Feb 1882. [194], [321, Vol. 339, p. 46], [189, p. 177] Buried in Chester, NH. [17]

Unmarried. [191]

1850 federal census of Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA [303]
Hazen Basford, age 35, b. NH (age is a little off, but I don’t know of any other Hazens.)
(living with Samuel Downer, Charlotte Tonage, and Sophia Cannes)

He is living with his brother Henry in the 1870 census of Boston, MA. [522]

Living with his brother Henry in the 1880 census of Boston, MA. [526]

[191], [303], [526], [194], [2], [195], [321, Vol. 339, p. 46], [189, p. 177]

161. Herman BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 20 Mar 1815 in New Hampshire. [315, place], [2] Herman died in Chester, NH, on 29 Dec 1878. [189, p. 177], [190] age 63 years 9 months. Buried in Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, NH. [190] aka: Heman. [190]

Living with his parents at the time of the 1850 census. [315]

1860 federal census for Chester, Rockingham Co., NH, p. 1212 [325]
Heman Basford, male, age 45, b. NH, farmer
(living with family of Seth Lane)

1870 federal census for Chester, Rockingham Co., NH, p. 54 [335]
Herman Basford, male, age 55, b. NH, farm laborer
(living with family of Seth Lane)

Gravestone at Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, NH [190]
Heman Basford/Died/Dec. 29, 1878/Aged 63 yrs./& 9 mos.

Died unmarried. [191]

[191], [315], [194], [2], [195], [325], [335], [189, p. 177], [190]

162. Daniel Hills BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 9 Feb 1817. [191], [2] Daniel Hills died in Chester, NH, on 22 Jul 1856. [194], [189, p. 177], [645] age 39. Buried in Chester, NH. [194] aka: Nathan Hills?

1850 census of Boston, 3rd Ward, MA, 17 Aug 1850 [303]
D. H. Basford, age 35, b. NH, carpenter
(living in a boarding house)

He died unmarried. [191]

He was of Boston, MA at the time of his death. [646]

[191], [303], [194], [2], [195], [189, p. 177], [645], [646]

163. John Knowles BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 21 Sep 1819 in Maine. [191], [2] John Knowles died aft 1856. [191]

Wandered away from his home in Wisconsin and disappeared in 1856. [191]

Could he be the John Basford (age 50, b. ME, porter in store) listed in the 1870 census for Boston, 4th Ward, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 188? [522]

[2] gives birth as 9 Jan 1819.

[17], [191], [2], [640, marriages, Vol. 2, p. 25], [647], [648]

He first married Margaret A. BURNS on 16 Sep 1849 in Roxbury, MA. [647], [648] St. Joseph’s Church. Born in 1823. [191] Margaret A. died in 1850. [191] aka: Maggie. intentions recorded on 18 Aug 1849 at Roxbury, MA. [640, marriages, Vol. 2, p. 25]

[17], [191], [640, marriages, Vol. 2, p. 25], [647], [648]

He second married Elizabeth HARRISON on 4 Jul 1851. [191] Born in 1829-1830 in Scotland? [649], [583] age 30 in 1860 census, age 51 in 1880 census. Elizabeth died in 1893. [191]

1860 census of Lemonweir, Juneau Co., WI, 5 Jul 1860, p. 862. [583]
Elizabeth Basford, female, age 30, b. Scotland, farmer, real estate 400, personal estate 150
John, male, age 9, b. Wisconsin
Edward, male, age 5, b. Wisconsin
Seymour, male, age 2, b. Wisconsin

She may be the Elizabeth Monroe, age 36, b. Scotland, who her sons John and Seymour are living with in the 1870 census. [650] If so, she must have remarried after the death of her first husband.

She was living with her son John at the time of the 1880 census. [649]

[191], [649], [583]

They had the following children:
453 i. John Knowles (1852-~1912)
454 ii. Edward (~1855-?)
455 iii. Seymour (~1858-1921)

164. Nathan BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 13 Jan 1822 in New Hampshire. [315, place], [2] Nathan died in Chester, NH, on 14 Apr 1854. [194], [189, p. 177], [320] age 32. Buried in Chester, NH. [17], [194]

He was living with his parents at the time of the 1850 census. [315]

He died unmarried. [191]

[191], [315], [194], [2], [195], [189, p. 177], [320]

165. Sarah Knowles BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 8 May 1824. [191], [2] Sarah Knowles died in Chester, NH, on 19 Apr 1850. [194], [189, p. 177] age 26. Buried in Chester, NH. [194] Death Cause: Consumption. [204]

Unmarried. [191]

[2] gives death as 19 Apr 1850.

[204] only gives death as Apr 1850, Chester, NH.

[191], [204], [194], [2], [195], [189, p. 177]

166. Mary Lane BASFORD (Walter5, Ebenezer4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 17 Nov 1828 in Chester, NH. [189, p. 194], [319, p. 55] Mary Lane died in Chester, NH, on 28 Oct 1918. [2], [189, p. 194]

Living with her parents at the time of the 1850 census. Her age was given as 20 which would correspond to a birth date of abt 1830. [315]

[2] gives birth as 17 Nov 1828 or 1830 in one set of notes. Her age in the 1850 census would support the 1830 date.

[2] gives father’s name as WIlliam in one place.

[191], [315], [2], [23], [189, pp. 194, 489], [319, p. 55]

She married Seth Doten LANE, son of Jason LANE, on 9 May 1854 in Chester, NH. [23] Born on 2 Jan 1832 in Raymond, NH. [189, p. 489], [319, p. 55] Seth Doten died in Chester, NH, on 16 Dec 1910. [189, p. 489]

[191], [2], [23], [189, pp. 194, 489], [319, p. 55]

They had the following children:
456 i. Luther B. (1855-?)
457 ii. Austin J. (1857-?)
458 iii. Augusta S. (1861-?)

[2] gives marriage as 9 May 1844.

[23] gives marriage as 9 May 1845 in some records and 9 May 1854 in others.

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