Frances Bassett Lear
BIRTH
Dec 19, 1767
New Kent County, Virginia
DEATH
March 25, 1796
Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER:
Burwell Bassett Sr.
(1734-1793)
MOTHER:
Burwell Bassett Sr.
(1734-1793)
MOTHER:
Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett
(1739-1777)
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Lear, Frances "Fanny" Bassett
(1767-1796)
Frances “Fanny” Bassett Lear was Martha Washington’s niece and a member of the Mount Vernon household. She married George Augustine Washington and, after his death, Tobias Lear, George Washington’s secretary; she died in 1796 after a brief marriage to Lear.
BIRTHPLACE:
MARKER
Eltham Marker
1860 Eltham Rd, West Point, VA
GRAVE:
MUSEUM
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121
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BROTHER
John Dandridge Jr
(1700-1756)
HUSBAND
George Augustine Washington
(1759-1793)
HUSBAND
Tobias Lear
(1762-1816)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Eltham Marker | 1860 Eltham Rd, West Point, VA | MARKER |
DIED:
Virginia
Mar 25, 1796
Frances Bassett Lear was born on Dec 19, 1767 in New Kent County, Virginia. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Frances Bassett Lear is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Frances Bassett Lear died on Mar 25, 1796 in Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.