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LT Benjamin Fassett

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LT Benjamin Fassett

Birth
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
22 Jun 1785 (aged 64)
Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.25893, Longitude: -71.39543
Memorial ID
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Son of Josiah and Sarah Fassett.
Was a Representative of the town Sherborn in the Conference at Cambridge in 1775.

1st marriage 4-17-1853 in Westford MA to Rebecca Russel of Litchfield.
2nd marriage 5-27-1759 in Holliston MA to Deborah Sanger.

Per will: husband to Deborah, and uncle to Asa Fassett of Bedford (son of Benjamin’s brother Josiah, who was deceased at the time Benjamin wrote his will on 2-19-1785).

Deborah remarried 1-5-1786 in Sherborn to Capt. Joseph Twitchell. She died 7-23-1786 in Sherborn.
Son of Josiah and Sarah Fassett.
Was a Representative of the town Sherborn in the Conference at Cambridge in 1775.

1st marriage 4-17-1853 in Westford MA to Rebecca Russel of Litchfield.
2nd marriage 5-27-1759 in Holliston MA to Deborah Sanger.

Per will: husband to Deborah, and uncle to Asa Fassett of Bedford (son of Benjamin’s brother Josiah, who was deceased at the time Benjamin wrote his will on 2-19-1785).

Deborah remarried 1-5-1786 in Sherborn to Capt. Joseph Twitchell. She died 7-23-1786 in Sherborn.

Inscription

Reader-Time was like you, I life possessed, And Time shall be when you shall rest.

Gravesite Details

There is a badly broken stone at present, but a circa 1915 inventory showed an intact stone, with inscription written above.



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  • Created by: SCC
  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187357146/benjamin-fassett: accessed ), memorial page for LT Benjamin Fassett (11 Jan 1721–22 Jun 1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187357146, citing Brush Hill Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by SCC (contributor 48705959).