(1) Welcome
(2) DNA results for the #20B Caleb Bassett family line
(3) Bassett Family Reunion pamphlets purchased on e-bay
(4) Letterhead of the Buffalo Meter Company
(5) Bain (Bean) Bassett portrait of Madison County, Illinois
(6) New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter
(7) DNA project update
Four donations for a total of $170 were received since the last newsletter.
Section 1 - Welcome
As we enter the 6th year of the Bassett DNA project, I am still amazed at
how a simple y-chromosome DNA test can aid us in determining whether research
done in the past is accurate or not. In section 2, you will read about the
latest DNA test result that came back this week with what were surprising
results for me. With new donations, I now have money to pay for four 25-marker
DNA tests for any family line not yet represented in the DNA project. Please
contact me if you might be interested in taking part.
I was the keynote speaker at a genealogy conference last week held in Tinley
Park where I talked about DNA and the Bassett DNA project. I have another
talk scheduled for Saturday May 17, 2008 in Richmond, Illinois. If you want
details on the upcoming talk, send me an e-mail and I can give you more information.
Welcome to the more than three dozen new recipients of the Bassett newsletter
this month, most of whom reside in England.
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Section 2 - Featured Bassett: DNA Results of #20B Philo Bassett line
DNA results are back for the following line:
Caleb Bassett
James Bassett
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Philo Bassett
Alonzo Devlin Bassett
Kenneth Ashley Bassett
Eldwin Robert Bassett
This line is solid back to Philo Bassett, and Philo is thought to be the
son of James Bassett and James to be the son of Caleb Bassett. Previous research
had shown that Caleb was related to #1A William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
I will now seek another descendant of this Caleb Bassett to see if the DNA
results confirm this placement.
You can see in the results table below, that Philo Bassett descendants match
to the other Bassetts of Wales, but also note the mutated 18th (with a value
of 23 in yellow) marker. This marker does not match the other Bassetts of
Wales, but does match both descendants of #25B George W. Bassett of LaGrange
County, Indiana. What this means is that Philo Bassett and George W. Bassett
share a common ancestor, this possibly being Caleb Bassett.
Watch future newsletters for an update on this family.
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Section 3 - Featured Bassett: Bassett Family Reunion Pamphlets from 1897
I purchased these original Bassett Family Reunion Pamphlets dating from
1897 on e-bay this month. I will be posting more information from these
pamphlets as time permits onto the website under the Bassett Family Association
History section. You can check back later in the year at the link below.
Section 5 - Featured Bassett: Bain (Bean) Bassett and wife Mary J. Sloan
The following picture was found at ancestry.com and was posted by Debbie
Small.
Bain descends from the #34B Family of County Down, Ireland as follows:
John Bassett
John Bassett Jr. and wife Mary Casement
Bain Bassett and wife Anne Gough
Bain Bassett (b. 1835) and wife Mary J. Sloan
Bain (Bean) and Mary J. (Sloan) Bassett
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Section 6 - New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter
The following family lines have been
added since the last newsletter.
414B William Joseph Bassett of Wimbledon, England, born in India
(b. 1883)
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Section 6 - DNA project update.
DNA results are back from the #77B Richard Bassett of Mathews County,
Virginia family and those results match the other two groups of
Bassetts from Mathews County shown in the chart below.
I am still looking for a male Bassett from the #10B Richard Baxter
Bassett family line (related to historian John Spencer Bassett)
to volunteer for the project so that we can prove that line also
is related to this group of Bassetts.
FIRST GENERATION
77B. Richard Bassett of Mathews County, Virginia
Richard Bassett was born around
1799 in Virginia. He married (2) Charlotte. Charlotte married
(2) William Blake before 1860.
From "Tombstone of Mathews
County, Virginia, 1711-1986" page 84, we have Bassett
Cemetery, Route 625
East side of gravel pits
SACRED
to the memory of
RICHARD BASSETT
Born February
23, 1799
Died November 7, 1857
"Many are the afflictions
of the
righteous; but the Lord deliver
eth him out of them
all."
There is a marble stone signed J.D. Couper, Norfolk. There
is a rock headstone and a rock footstone next to Richard with
no information.
1850 Federal Census of Matthews County, Virginia
Richard Bassett 51 M Virginia Farmer (See
#28B)
Charlotte 36 F
William 22 M
Elizabeth 18 F
John W. 15 M
Martha C. 11 F
Charlotte 10 F
Thomas C. 8 M
Priscilla 8 F
1860 Federal Census of Mathews County, Virginia (8 Sep 1860)
Benjamin T.R. Wiatt 57 M Mathews, Virginia Farmer
800 300
Caroline M. 42 F Mathews,
Virginia Dress maker
Caroline 21
F Mathews, Virginia Seamstress
Mary F. 19
F Mathews, Virginia Seamstress
Virginia 15
F Mathews, Virginia Seamstress
William A. 13 M Mathews,
Virginia
Robert L. 9
M Mathews, Virginia
Richard F. Bassett 5 M Mathews, Virginia
William B. Bassett 3 M Mathews, Virginia
Living with Benjamin Wiatt Family
Living next door
William Blake 58 M Gloucester,
Virginia Farmer 7,000 12,400 (#77B)
Charlotte A. 45 F Mathews,
Virginia
Charlotte T. Basssett 18 F Mathews, Virginia Milliner
Priscilla Bassett 16 F Mathews, Virginia
George G. Bassett 9 M Mathews, Virginia
John W. Lewis 12 M
Joseph Benn B 57 M Nansemond
1870 Federal Census of Norfolk, Ward 3, Norfolk County, Virginia
(14 Jul 1870)
George W. Jethro 33 M North
Carolina Engineer
Elizabeth 35
F Virginia Keeping House
Sarah A. Bassett 18 F Virginia
Franklin 16
M Virginia
William B. 13
M Virginia
77B1. William Bassett - born about
1828 in Virginia.
77B2. Sarah Bassett - born about
1830 in Virginia, married John A.
Bassett of Matthews
County, Virginia. See #28B Family.
77B3. Elizabeth Bassett - born
about 1832 in Virginia
+ 77B4. John W. Bassett
- born about 1835 in Matthews County, Virginia.
He died in 1920.
He married Josephine V. White.
77B5. Martha C. Bassett - born
about 1839 in Virginia.
77B6. Charlotte Bassett - born
about 1840 in Virginia.
77B7. Thomas C. Bassett - born
about 1842 in Virginia.
77B8. Priscilla Bassett - born
about 1842 in Virginia, married Thomas
Walton Ingram. Thomas
died in 1894. Priscilla died in 1908.
77B9. George G. Bassett - born
about 1851 in Virginia.
+ 77BA. Richard
Franklin Bassett - born about 1855 in Virginia, married
Jessie A.
+ 77BB. William B.
Bassett - born about 1857 in Virginia, married Lena.
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Donations of any amount can be made to the Bassett DNA project by clicking
on the link below. Any funds donated will be used to fund select Bassett DNA
tests that will further our project as a whole and benefit all Bassetts worldwide.
