Folks over the last 48 hours or so we have discovered that our 4th great grandfather was married 2 times. The first was in 1781 in New Salem, Hampshire County (New Salem is in Franklin County when it was created in December 1811) Massachusetts. We understand that the marriage was to Hopestill (AKA Haskins) Hoskins daughter of William and Mary (Cole) Hoskins IV. Two children were born to this union Nahum in July 1783 and William O. in 1785. The family then moved west for the free land due the Revolutionary War Veterans in 1785 leaving Massachusetts entirely. After a bit of wandering Amos brought his family to Canaan, Columbia County, NY by the 1790 census. He took land in the Lebanon Springs Valley near the town of New Lebanon. Our newest information on this family is that Hopestill (Haskins) King was living in 1798 or at least named when her father named his daughter as to receive legacy from his estate in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. >From the History of Johnson County, Nebraska we learned recently that Hopestill birthed 6 children and died shortly (the time frame is basically a scratch your header). Amos then married second to a Miss Bassett in or near Canaan who presented the family with 9 more children the youngest two known children are Luther Hiram and Horace. This post is about trying to find any information available on the Bassett Family with whom Amos married as his second wife. Our records show that of the 9 children 7 lived to maturity. At this time we first didn't know of the second marriage and still do not know when Hopestill King died or where Amos, Hope, and Mrs. ______ (Bassett) King are buried. Thanks Daniel Lewis Frommherz