_Deacon John FASSETT _+
| (1720 - 1794) m 1741
_Nathan FASSETT _____|
| (1749 - 1821) |
| |_Mary WOOLEY _________+
| (.... - 1782) m 1741
|
|--Benjamin FASSETT
| (1780 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
|_Azubah MONTAGUE ____|
(1753 - 1812) |
|______________________
[4563] BIOGRAPHY: TFG-64-lived and died in Champlain, NY. Unmarried
_Josiah FASSETT _____+
| (1725 - 1802) m 1752
_Josiah FASSETT Sr.__|
| (1761 - ....) m 1789|
| |_Hannah THAYER ______+
| m 1752
|
|--John FASSETT
| (1794 - 1886)
| _Asa STEVENS ________
| |
|_Abigail STEVENS ____|
(1771 - 1845) m 1789|
|_Sarah ADAMS ________
[596]
occ. Postmaster, lumber manufacturer, store owner, road supervisor
Was a pioneer in Scottsville, having come with his parents from Ct. He was a fine businessman and Justice of the Peace for twenty years, and a commissioned Major in the Militia. He was called Major John Fassett. He kept a store with his sons help, and in 1826 he became the first postmaster. Mail was carried from Tunkhannock to Towanda once a week on horseback. The place was named for Judge David Scott of Wilkes-Barre. A Democrat until the Civil War, then a Republican.
BIOGRAPHY: TFG-123-John was a pioneer in Scottsville, having come with his parents from Connecticut. He was a fine business man, Justice of the Peace for 20 years and a Commissioned Major in the Militia. He was called Major John Fassett. He kept a store, with his son's help and in 1826 became the first Postmaster. Mail was carried from Tunkhannock to Towanda once a week, on horseback. The place was named for Judge David Scott of Wilkes-Barre, PA. Of Sally - "She was an intelligent, kindhearted and hospitable lady, and a devout Christian."