January 21, 1841. Although his burial was in Oxford, there are no extant records which show an Oxford residence. It is most likely he was from the Seymour area of Great Hill.
    Bassett marched to Lexington in the alarm of 1775, and later served as a guard at Horseneck, which was under the jurisdiction of the Derby Town Meeting. In addition, Bassett saw three separate tours of duty during the American Revolution.
   Bassett was a member of the First Regiment in 1775, serving in New York under General Wooster, and spending the fall in the Great Lakes area. He completed his tour of duty in Montreal. Like others who served in this regiment from this area, he served from May 16 to December 20, 1775.
    On June 25, 1776, Bassett enlisted again, joining Col. Couch's Company of Col. Bradley's Battalion, General Wadsworth Brigade. He was discharged on January 11, 1777.
    He enlisted again on May 19,1777 in the Second Troop of Sheldon's Light Dragoons for the duration of the war.
    His gravestone is now standing in the Riverside Cemetery, being one of those moved from the Zoar Bridge site when the Zoar Dam was built. The stone has a figure of a hand pointing to heaven on it.

Levi Towbridge:
Levi Trowbridge was a resident of the area which later became Oxford and is buried in the Oxford Congregational Cemetery. He served for two days in the Lexington Alarm, and there appear no further records of military service.
    He was admitted to the Oxford Congregational Church on March 18, 1784 with his wife Hannah.

Oliver Chatfield:
Oliver Chatfield was the son of John and Anna Chatfield, from the old Town of Derby. However, Oliver's son, Oliver 2nd, was baptized at the Oxford Congregational Church on December 19,1758. From this, we may infer that the father, Oliver Chatfield, was an established resident of the Oxford area at that time, and it is probable he was still an Oxford resident when he marched to Lexington. He was buried in Hawkins Cemetery, Oxford, which adds credence to such an assumption.