(1) Welcome
(2) Bassett Family Bible of James Bassett of Butterton, Staffordshire, England
(3) Ichabod Bassett & Bassett Soaps of Taunton, Massachusetts
(4) Charles E. Bassett and Bassett's Fine Millinery of Norfolk, Virginia
(5) WIlliam Edward Bassett, Mormon, and his Polygamy Court Case
(6) Bassett's Pole and Bassetts of Drayton Manor
(7) Edwin P. Bassett & Sons, Hat Manufacturer
(8) New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter
(9) DNA project update
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Section 1 - Welcome
Work continues on adding Bassett material to the website.
The following trees were added to the Bassett website database since the last newsletter:
21B. Allen Bassett of St. Joseph County, Indiana (326 individuals)
23B. Bassetts of Bodiam, Sussex and Albion, Illinois (291 individuals)
266B. John Henry Bassett of Illinois & Nebraska (167 individuals)
350B. John Bassett of Languicke, Wales (20 individuals)
410B. Samuel Bassett of Thrupp, Gloucester, England (37 individuals)
412B. James Bassett of Berwick & Drayton, Oxford, England (52 individuals)
413B. Richard Bassett of Sheen, Staffordshire, England (40 individuals)
414B. John Sherdon Bassett of Thomastown, Ireland (39 individuals)
415B. John Bassett of Atherstone, Warwick, England (50 individuals)
416B. Edwin Bassett of Redditch, Worcester, England (62 individuals)
417B. William Bassett of Oswestry, Shropshire, England (42 individuals)
418B. Antoine Bessette of New York (30 individuals)
419B. John Bassett of Aveton Gifford, Devon, England (51 individuals)
460B. John Bassett of Inistioge, Kilkenny, Ireland (45 individuals)
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Section 2 - Featured Bassett: James Bassett Family Bible of Butterton, Staffordshire, England
The family Bible for James Bassett and wife Anne Birch is for sale at a small charity shop located in Northampton, England. If you are related to this family and are interested in buying it, please contact me and I can give you contact information for the shop. I have included below a copy of one page of the Family Register and a funeral card for Ralph Bassett, son of of James and Anne (Birch) Bassett.
This James Bassett descends from #16B as follows:
John Bassett of Alstonefield, Staffordshire, England (d. 1667) and wife Dorothy
Robert Bassett (b. 1609)
Robert Bassett (b. 1665) and wife Dorothy Ratcliffe
Robert Bassett (b. 1707) and wife Joan Bonsel
Thomas Bassett (b. 1834) and wife Hannah Fraggatt
William Bassett (b. 1785) and wife Theodosia Ford
James Bassett (b. 1845) and wife Anne Birch
Family Register from the Bible of James Bassett and Anne Birch
Funeral card for Ralph Bassett
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Section 3 - Featured Bassett: Ichabod Bassett of Massachusetts
Ichabod Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Martha Hobart
Jeremiah Bassett (b. 1678) and wife Mary Felch
Jeremiah Bassett (b. 1722) and wife Sarah Alden
Jeremiah Bassett (b. 1751) and wife Hannah Woodward
Ichabod Bassett (b. 1792) and wife Joanna Tilden Fuller
Ichabod Bassett (b. 1816) and wife Betsey Ann Allen
Walter Bassett (b. 1857) and wife Bathsheba Alice Tober
Ichabod Bassett (1792 - 1874)
Picture from ancestry.com
Ichabod Bassett Jr. established a very lucrative soap business called "I. Bassett & Co." which flourished until detergent was invented around the late twenties or early thirties. It was at the height of success while under the ownership of Walter Bassett, son of Ichabod Bassett Jr.
The Taunton, Massachusetts 1901 Directory
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Section 4 - Featured Bassett: Charles E. Bassett and Bassett's Fine Millinery of Norfolk, Virginia
Charles E. Bassett descends from #77B William Bassett of Mathews County, Virginia as follows:
William Bassett and wife Susan
Richard Bassett (b. 1799) and wife Charlotte Gilbert
John Wesley Bassett (b. 1835) and wife Josephine V. White
Charles E. Bassett (b. 1861)
Virginia-Pilot, October 3, 1900
Bassett's Fine Millinery Advertisement
Charles was later the head of millinery (Hats) of a large department store on Main St. in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
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Section 2 - Featured Bassett: William Edward Bassett, Mormon
William Edward Bassett descends from #66B Lewis Bassett of Lavernock, Wales as follows:
Lewis Bassett (b. 1683) and wife Frances
John Bassett (b. 1707) and wife Mary Ann William
Richard Bassett (b. 1742) and wife Mary John
Richard Bassett (b. 1778) and wife Mary Millward
Thomas Bassett (b. 1827) and wife Margaret Edwards
William Edward Bassett (b. 1851) and wives Sarah Ann Williams & Catherine Smith
William Edward Bassett, charged with polygamy, would later become involved in a bitter court case that made it to the United States Supreme Court.
Teresa Bassett, a great-granddaughter of William Edward Bassett, has written a history about the William Edward Bassett family. The beginning of her history is seen below.
William Edward Bassett
William Edward Bassett 25 December 1851 - 11 January 1919
William Edward Bassett was the oldest child and son of Thomas Bassett and Margaret Edward. He was born on 25 December 1851 in Newtown (near Canton), Powys County, in the southern part of Wales - a textile area along the Severn River. He was named after his mother's father - William Edward. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to a village named Leckwith, the place where William Edward and Rebecca Williams, his mother's parents and his maternal grandfather and grandmother lived. They lived in an old fashioned thatch house which is common in many of the rural districts of Wales and other parts of Great Britain. At the age of six years old, he attended a country school in the village of Llandough - two miles away from his residence. He walked to and from the school every day.
On 04 August 1854, Mary Bassett, a daughter, was born to Thomas Bassett and Margaret Edward in Leckwith, Wales. Three years later, on 09 March 1857, Rebecca Bassett, a daughter was also born to Thomas Bassett and Margaret Edward in Leckwith, Wales..
While living in Wales, the Thomas Bassett family had a comfortable home with four bedrooms upstairs and four rooms downstairs. Both Thomas and Margaret were devoted Baptists. There was happiness and laughter in the home. There was a garden around the home that supplied vegetables for the dinner table and flowers for the parlor.
The entire family enjoyed music. Thomas Bassett and Margaret Edward were intent upon rising above the humble circumstances of their births and encouraged this attitude in their sons and daughters. The children were admonished not to speak Welsh - the language of the poor. Instead, they were encouraged to speak English. In fact, so much pressure to succeed was put on young William Edward as the eldest son, he developed a stutter that would affect him for many years.
Sarah Ann Williams with sons Charles Windon Bassett (left) and Royal Clarence Bassett (right)
Click on the link below to go to the stories section of our website. From there click on the link for William Edward Bassett to read his story.
Section 6 - Featured Bassett: Bassett's Pole and Lord Bassett of Drayton
Chart showing the descent of the Lords Basset of Drayton (Chart courtesy of James Terzian)
Bassett's Pole is a marker set up by Lord Bassett of Drayton that marked the boundary of the Bassett estates with neighboring lands.
It is located near the boundary of Staffordshire and Warwickshire in England.
Picture courtesy of Tom Bassett
Bassett's Pole
(picture courtesy of Richard Denning)
ON THIS SITE LORD BASSETT OF DRAYTON SET UP A BOUNDARY POLE
IN THE REIGN OF KING JOHN AND THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1201
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Section 7 - Featured Bassett: Edwin P. Bassett & Sons Hat Manufacturer
Edwin Palmer Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Martha Lapham
William Bassett (b. 1677) and wife Sarah Sweetland
William Bassett (b. 1694) and wife Mary Crossman
William Bassett (b. 1726) and Lydia Fisher
Isaac Bassett (b. 1755) and wife Mehitable Makepeace
Joseph Palmer Bassett (b. 1795) and wife Elizabeth Smith
Edwin Palmer Bassett (b. 1832) and wife Elizabeth Barton
Joseph Palmer Bassett
Joseph Palmer Bassett (1795- 1877)
Edwin P. Bassett & Sons
Manufactures of Straw, Felt & Fancy Hats
560 &562 Broadway
Factory: Franklin, Mass
Picture of the Bassett Hat Factory in Franklin, Massachusetts enclosed in a paperweight.
Picture provided by Carrie Clark, great great great granddaughter of Edwin Palmer Bassett
Edwin Palmer Bassett ran a hat manufacturing firm in Massachusetts.
New York Herald Tribune, Friday, May 13, 1898
Bible Page from the Joseph Palmer Bassett (son of Edwin Palmer Bassett) family Bible
Bible pictures provided by Carrie Clark
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Section 8 - New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter
No family lines have been combined/eliminated since the last newsletter.
The following family lines have been added since the last newsletter.
482B. Mariah (Bassett) Wood of Allen County, Ohio
484B. Henry Bassett of Ireland and Liverpool, Lancashire, England
485B. Richard Bassett of Bath, Somerset, England
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Section 9 - DNA project update:
Two new members joined the DNA project, but no new results are back from the lab to report on this month.
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.
