Bassett Family Association Database
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| 4051 | " This Sir Alan, who died 17 Henry III., had a son and heir, Gilbert, who was ancestor of the Bassets of Wycombe, Bucks, (a baronial family,) whose sole heiress married Roger de Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. From: 'General history: Nobility, earldom and ennobled families', Magna Britannia: volume 3: Cornwall (1814), pp. LXXII-LXXVIII. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50614. Date accessed: 21 August 2008. | Bassett, Gilbert (I3184)
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| 4052 | "2nd son and 4th child" married Susannah McGregore. Thomas Bassett lived in Atkinson. He was a merchant in Deerfield and removed to Londonderry in 1804 where he died. 1800 Federal Census of Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Thomas Bassett 20010-10010 2mU10,1m26-45,1fU10,1f26-45 1810 Federal Census of Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Thomas Bassett 02010-20010 2m10-16,1m26-45,2fU10,1f26-45 | Bassett, Thomas (I01030)
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| 4053 | "A Garden of Verses" by Mary E. Stone Bassett, was privately printed for Lewis Albert Bassett in memory of his wife, Mary E. Stone Bassett by the Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1900 Federal Census of Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA (Jun 1900) L.A. Bassett 41 M Nov 1858 MI MI MI Head Treasurer 41 F May 1864 MI MI MI Wife Dean 13 M Jun 1886 PA MI MI Son School Don 15 M Sep 1884 PA MI MI Son School L.M. Amith 32 M Feb 1868 UN UN UN BinLaw Book Keeper Elizabeth Thomas 21 F Jun 1878 WL WL WL Servant Servant Maud Rhol 23 F Sep 1876 EN EN EN Servant Servant (Married 18 years, 2 children, 2 living) 1910 Federal Census of Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA (30 Apr 1910) Lewis A. Bassett 51 M MI NY EN Head President Manufacturing Co. Mary E. 51 F NY NY NY Wife Donald L. 23 M PA MI MI Son Droughtsman Clair Monahan 19 F PA EN PA Servant Servant Alice 17 F PA EN PA Servant Servant (Married 30 years, 2 children, 1 living) 1920 Federal Census of Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA 23 Jan 1920) L.A. Bassett 60 M MI NY NY Head Mfg Co. Mary E. 55 F MI NY NY Wife Mary Manson F PA PA PA Servant Ursula Osnach F PA RU RU Servant (RU - Russia) | Bassett, Lewis Albert (I25)
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| 4054 | "another son, born 1944, was a photographer with three sons and a daughter born between 1968 and 1972." Jeffrey Bassett | Bassett, unknown (I486)
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| 4055 | "daughter and heiress of Wigot de Wallingford,a noble Saxon Lord of Wallingford,co Berkshire.Married 1066-7. Buried beside her husband in Abingdon Abbey". The Topographer and Genealogist.John Gough Nicols. | Aldgitha (I2985)
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| 4056 | "Following Sir Francis Basset's death on 14 Feb 1835, Tehidy passed to his spinster daughter Frances Basset. The Basset barony died with her (22 Jan 1855). Tehidy was inherited in succession by three grandsons of Francis Basset's younger brother John Basset - John Francis Basset (died 9 Feb 1869), Arthur Basset (died 7 May 1870), Gustavus Lambart Bassett (died 24 Jul 1888) - then passed to the son of this last, Arthur Francis Basset. It was he who had to sell the estate to pay his gambling debts, and then took all the papers out of the estate and burnt them." According to John Collins The Cornishman Thursday, August 2, 1888 Death of Mr. Basset of Tehidy Mr. Gustavus Lambart Basset, of Tehidy, died at half-past five o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the news of the sad event was received in West Cornwall generally with extreme surprise. It was known that Mr. Basset had been for years in delicate health (he suffered from paralysis of the lower limbs,) but it was not widely known that the lord of one of the largest manors, the finest properties, and the greatest mineral wealth in Cornwall had been suffering from cancer. His death, however, has brought this fact to light. For the past three months Mr. Basset had been a victim to cancer in the lip, and it is understood that the disease spread to the throat. Mr. Basset left London as late as Tuesday night. Sir William Gull was in charge of the case, and his well-known patient had just before undergone a painful operation. That operation had more immediate effect than, it is believed, was anticipated. It is locally rumoured also that Mr. Basset underwent an operation in June, Sir James Paget being surgeon. Mr. Bassett had been told by other medical men that he was suffering from the smoking of too many cigarettes. When Sir James Paget saw deceased, however, the latter was informed that he had cancer. The lip was cut open, but it was then ascertained that the disease had spread to the glands of the neck. Mr. Basset was however, afterwards seen at the Harrow and Eton match. He drove up in his carriage and viewed the match while seated in a bath-chair. But the deceased gentleman’s delicate health arose years before these weakening and fatal diseases. He had been an invalid for many years. Soon after his accession to the Tehidy estate he was sorely stricken with an affection - said to have been the result of exposure in the trenches during the Crimean war - which resulted in the paralysis of his lower limbs. At one time his case was regarded as so critical that Sir William Gull attended him at Tehidy. Subsequently he recovered to some extent the powers of locomotion and was able to resume some public duties. There was, until a few months ago, a gradual and very gratifying improvement in his condition, and as recently as May last he occupied his position as chairman of the East Penwith petty sessions, sitting at Camborne. Soon afterwards he removed to London for the season, and whilst there he had a serious relapse, and several times rumours of his death were circulated. On his last journey by special train to the ancestral home of so many generations Mr. Basset seemed cheerful. Mrs. Basset, a physician, and attendants were with him. Those who witnessed his arrival on Tuesday evening, at the railway-station and at Tehidy, were surprised at the ravages disease had made. Mr. Basset not only looked seriously ill; he seemed dying. There were hopes that the fatigue of the journey partly accounted for these sad appearances. On Wednesday morning it was reported that Mr. Basset was somewhat better. In the afternoon it became known that his son had been hastily summoned to the bedside of his father, and a messenger on horseback dashed into Camborne at half past six with the intelligence of the decease of his master. Mr. Gustavus Lambart Basset was the eldest surviving son of the late Mr. John Basset, of Stratton, (who once represented Helston in Parliament, and who died in 1843) by Elizabeth Mary, daughter of the late Sir Rose Price, Baronet of Trengwanton. He was born in 1833, and was therefore 55. He succeeded his brother to the estates in 1870. Mr. Basset was one of the largest and wealthiest landowners in Cornwall. The largest of his estates were in the West, in and around Camborne and Redruth, but he was also the owner of considerable tracts of land at St. Justin-Roseland, at Tywardreath, at Stratton, and on the banks of the Tamar. He was chief of the mining lords, the important mines of Colcoath, East Pool, Cook’s Kitchen, New Cook’s Kitchen, Carn Brea, West Basset, Weald Basset, South Frances, and West Seton being on his property. He was also part lord of West Frances and other mines in Cornwall; and the Red River and other principal tin streams of Cornwall ran through his estates, and were a large additional source of income. He was also owner of Portreath barbour. In mining matters he took a great interest. It was chiefly through his exertions that the rock drill was introduced into the county, he having contributed £500 towards the first experiment made at Carn Brea. Afterwards he gave valuable help to other mines, introducing the rock-drill. The Mining Institute, the Miners’ Association, and the Royal Cornwall polytechnic society reckoned him among their warmest and most liberal friends. It was also through his instrumentality that what was known as the five-weeks-month was abolished, a movement which was regarded as greatly for the benefit of the working miner. Mr. Basset was a man of most kindly disposition, and when, a few years ago, hostile feeling was aroused by what was known as the Do coath fine, it was directed more against his advisers than against him. His agricultural tenants knew him as a considerate landlord; the poor of Camborne and Redruth and the immediate locality of Tehidy mourn him as a generous benefactor. He was a liberal supporter of every movement that had for its object the promotion of the social, moral and religious well-being of the people. A staunch Churchman, he was a liberal donor to all schemes of Church buildings, extension, and restoration within his district, and he also showed his catholicity of spirit by giving sites for Nonconformist chapels, and, in not a few cases, subscribing to their building funds. To the Jubilee scheme of the Wesleyans of Camborne he last year subscribed £100. Mr. Basset was the patron of five livings, including Illogan, Redruth, Camborne, and Bodmin. Of the Tehidy working-men’s club at Camborne he was the founder, giving the large and commodious building, and making a large annual grant to the funds, whilst leaving the management almost entirely to the working men themselves. He was also a generous donor to the building-fund of the science and art schools at Redruth and Camborne. Owing to ill-health Mr. Basset did not fill the place in the public life of the county it was hoped he would fill when, in the prime of life and in apparently robust health, he succeeded to the valuable Tehidy property; but whenever he was able he discharged his duty as a county magistrate. For several years he was chairman of the Illogan school-board, and he became president of the East Penwith agricultural society. Politically, Mr. Basset was a Liberal, and in 1874 when Sir Colman Rashleigh and Mr. Reginal Kelly contested East Cornwall against Mr. Tremayne and the late Mr. Pole Carew, he supported their candidature by his presence and speech at the meeting held at Calstock. When, however, Mr. Gladstone adopted the Parnellite policy of home-rule he joined the ranks of the Unionists. It was at home that Mr. Basset was seen at his best. The owner of one of the handsomest mansions and most beautiful parks in Cornwall, he seemed to find his greatest happiness in entertaining his guests, and never was a cricket-match played at Tehidy without his driving to the ground, seeing to the comfort and entertainment of the players, and watching with interest the progress of the game. He succeeded to the estates after his brothers (John Francis and Arthur) had passed away. The latter’s tenure of the estate was very brief. About eighteen years ago Mr. Basset married Miss Elmhirst, a sister of Major Elmhirst, who has since almost permanently stayed at Tehidy. Mr. Basset is succeeded in the ownership of the valuable Tehidy estates by his son, the only child of marriage, who is said to have been the first direct heir to the Tehidy estates for the last one hundred years. He is about 16 years of age. The sad news of Mr. Basset’s death caused profound sorrow in Camborne and district. It cannot by gain-said that there never was a better friend to the Cornish mining community than the deceased. Mrs. Basset will now have sole charge of the estate, and public opinion is that there need be no fear in regard to the poor, that lady having always been exceedingly kind to them. The death of the lord of Tehidy (Mr. G.L. Basset) was the absorbing subject of conversation throughout the district on Thursday. His praise was on everyone’s lips, his sterling worth and his princely liberality were universally acknowledged. All seemed able to recall some fact testifying to his benevolence. Mention was made of the fact that when he was requested to allow his son to lay the foundation stone of the schools in connection with the Centenary Chapel of the Wesleyans, he not only consented, but added, And I will give you £100 towards the scheme. He also recently subscribed £30 towards the new chapel at Rosecroggan, intimating that if the front elevation was a pleasing one, he would give a second subscription to the building fund. Perhaps that most dwelt upon by the people was his kindness to the Illogan postman whose duty it was to trudge every day to and from Camborne. Very frequently Mr. Basset, out for a drive, would take up the aged postman, convey him into the town, wait at the post-office, and drive him back to the village again. His death is declared to be the severest blow that has fallen upon the district for a generation. The heir being under age the estates will be administered for the next five years by trustees, who it is feared, will not have the power to continue those reductions of rents and dues which Mr. Basset made in so many cases to meet the exigencies of the times. If that fear is realized, it will indeed be a serious matter for the district. The funeral was fixed for the day previous to the opening of the exhibition of the Mining Association of which he was the president, and in which he took a great interest. It appears that Mr. Basset was anxious to return to Cornwall before Tuesday, but his medical advisers thought he was not in a fit state to travel. He had a presentiment that he was going home to die, but although seriously ill he was able at Carn Brea to give gratuities to the guard, the driver, and the fireman of the special train in which he had travelled from London. One of the traits of his character was a keen appreciation of services - often trifling services - rendered him, and it was thus illustrated within a few hours of his death, which was due to paralysis and not to cancer. Dr. Frank Hichens, of Redruth, who attended Mr. Basset professionally before his departure for London, received a letter from Mrs. Basset on Tuesday asking him to be at Tehidy at eight o’clock on that evening, that he might meet Mr. Basset’s London physician, who was accompanying him home, and confer with him as to the case. Dr. Hitchens went to Tehidy at once, and did so again Wednesday evening. Mr. Basset seemed to have borne the journey quite as well as was expected; he was cheerful, and talked pleasantly of local matters, inquiring particularly as to how affairs were going at the Miners’ hospital at Redruth. Dr. Hichens was much struck with the change in his appearance since he left Cornwall, but did not expect death so soon. Universal sympathy is being expressed for Mrs. Basset, who has greatly endeared herself to the people of Illogan, Redruth, and Camborne, and also for the young heir, who is deprived of his father at a critical period of his life. Mrs. Basset’s brother, Major Elmhirst, who was the late Mr. Basset’s companion in arms in the Crimean war, and who has for some years resided at Tehidy, is fortunately there at this time. The list of good things done for the inhabitants of Cornwall by Mr. and Mrs. Basset would be sadly incomplete without reference to their constant and thoughtful kindness to the patients of the Miners’ hospital at Redruth. From the first they subscribed liberally to the funds of the hospital, and about five years ago they increased their subscription to £180 per annum. And not content with thus munificently subscribing they, during the summer months, at short intervals, sent conveyances for the patients and entertained them with marked liberality at Tehidy, themselves superintending all arrangements, taking the patients through the house and sending them back to the hospital thoroughly refreshed and delighted at the kindness shown them. Mr. Basset, when in Cornwall, regularly attended the weekly meetings of the Hospital Committee, and took a personal interest in the welfare of the inmates. In all probability, the Women’s Hospital would never have been built but of the action of Mr. and Mrs. Basset. When the suggestion, first made by Dr. Carlyon was afterwards practically seconded by Mr. Wilson, both Mr. and Mrs. Basset readily took up the scheme, being anxious that is should be carried through, and offered the handsome contribution of £500 towards building and furnishing, as well as £200 per annum towards it maintenance. Mr. Basset himself took the chair at all preliminary meetings, nor rested until the scheme was successfully launched. But for Mr. and Mrs. Basset the church of St. Andrew’s, Redruth, would not have been built. Their first liberal contribution of £500 decided the rector and committee to commence the work, and Mrs. Basset laid one of the foundation stones, and afterwards gave the communion service. Mr. Basset himself attended the consecration service being lifted from his carriage and carried into the church in his chair. And last year, when the Building Committee were almost in despair at the existing debt the owners of Tehidy again came liberally to their help, offering £200 towards the debt provided the remainder of the deficit could be raised by the end of May, an offer which so stimulated the committee that the debt is now entirely wiped out. At Redruth on Thursday the Union Jack was hoisted half-mast high at the Clock Tower. Dr. G. Moore, of Hertford-street, Mayfair, London, attended the late Mr. Basset for several years, up to the time of his death. The Cornishman Thursday, November 29, 1894 The Tehidy Estates The Late Mr. Basset’s Will In the Chancery division, on Thursday, before M. Justice Stirling, the adjourned summons was heard in the case of Basset v. St. Levan. The question was one of construction arising on the will of Mr. Gustavus Lambert Basset. Mr. Basset made his will on March 6th, 1888, and died in the following July. At the time of his death he was tenant for life under a settlement of March 3rd, 1854, of the Basset estates at Camborne in Corwnall. That settlement contained certain limitations, amongst them being a limitation of the estate to Gustavus Lambert Basset for life with remainder to the first and other sons in tail. The settlement contained a power of sale and a direction that the proceeds of any such sale should be invested in the purchase of land either in Cornwall or elsewhere. There was also created under the settlement a term of 99 years in trustees who, during the minority of any tenant in tail, had power to enter and manage, and after making certain provisions out of the rents, were under the obligation of investing the surplus rents in the purchase of land. At the time of Mr. Gustavus Lambert Basset’s death there were considerable funds, which under the trusts of the settlement were liable to be laid out in the purchase of land, the amount of money being now £140,000. The testator left surviving him an only son, the plaintiff, Arthur Francis Basset, who had attained the age of 21, and during his minority considerable accumulations were made of the rents of the real estate comprised in the settlement. The testator, by his will, stated that he was desirous that the Tehidy manor and estates should be sold in the event of failure of his own issue, and he directed his son, Arthur Francis, “within six months of my death, or on this attaining the age of twenty-one years, whichever shall first happen, to effectually disentail the said manor, estate, and all other estates and hereditaments,” subject to the limitations in the settlement of March 3rd, 1854, and to execute within the time aforesaid an effectual resettlement thereof to the use of Arthur Francis Basset during life with remainder to his first and other sons in tail male. The questions left for the determination of the Court was what property was to be comprised in the disentailing deed and resettlement which the testator desired his son to execute, it being contended by the trustees that these funds would not come within the scope of such disentailing deed. On the other hand it was contended that these funds were restated or hereditaments which at the time when Arthur Francis Basset attained his majority were subject to the limitations of the settlement of March 3rd, 1854. It was stated in the course of the case that the trustees (Lord St. Levan, Mr. Higgins, and Mr. Marriott) had not the slightest desire to interfere with the plaintiff’s enjoyment of the estate in any way, but simply desired to safeguard the interests of those who were entitled to remainders over. Mr. Justice Stirling, in the course of a very elaborate judgment, decided that the funds were described by the words “all other estates and hereditaments subject to the limitations or the settlement of the 3rd of March, 1854,” saying that in order that a proper disentailing assurance and resettlement should be made according to the directions in the testator’s will it was necessary that both the disentailing assurance and resettlement should include these funds. - Judgement accordingly. There was a second summons in the case under the title of Basset v. Higgins, in which Arthur Francis Basset was plaintiff and the trustees were defendants. The object of the summons was to obtain sanction for setting aside certain securities so as to satisfy certain annuities left by the testator. The annuities amounted to £795, and the plaintiff proposed to set apart securities which would produce an annual income of £814. In addition there were two annuities amounting to £1300, which the testator had granted during his lifetime, and which was secured upon certain property. The trustees did not oppose, and the Court sanctioned the application. Mr. Graham Hastings, Q.C., and Mr. Arthur Challis for plaintiff; and Mr. Gifford, Q.C., and Mr. Morton for the trustees. The Indianapolis Star Saturday, November 13, 1915 A sensation has been created in Cornwall by the announcement of the private sale of Tehidy estates, which have been owned by the Bassett family for 700 years. The Bassetts established themselves in Cornwall shortly after the Norman conquest. About a century later they obtained Tehidy by marriage with the heiress of the noted family of DeDunstanville. They were lucky in marrying a succession of heiresses in Devon and Cornwall after they had almost lost their fortune in the war of the roses. Francis Bassett was created a baronet in 1779, and in 1796 he was raised to the peerage by Mr. Pitt as Baron DeDunstanville. Like so many other peers, he followed the family tradition by marrying an heiress and left a daughter, who succeeded under a special remainder to the barony of Bassett, which had been created in 1797. On her death the estates passed to a collateral branch, and they have been owned for many years by A.F. Bassett. Tehidy Park, near Camborne, comprises about 900 acres. The place was greatly improved about half a century ago by F.A. Bassett, who rebuilt the house, which contains a gallery of fine pictures, old masters and portraits. In the grounds is a striking memorial to Susannah, first wife of Lord DeDunstanville, who died in 1823. The estates include valuable mineral rights, notably the famous Dolcoath mine. The mines for years produced about $85,000 a year for the owner, but the return now is much smaller. The sale has excited a feeling of consternation in the district, when most of the farmers on the estates at Michaelmas received notices to terminate their tenancies within twelve months. FLANEUR | Basset, Gustavus Lambert (I634)
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| 4057 | "Following Sir Francis Basset's death on 14 Feb 1835, Tehidy passed to his spinster daughter Frances Basset. The Basset barony died with her (22 Jan 1855). Tehidy was inherited in succession by three grandsons of Francis Basset's younger brother John Basset - John Francis Basset (died 9 Feb 1869), Arthur Basset (died 7 May 1870), Gustavus Lambart Bassett (died 24 Jul 1888) - then passed to the son of this last, Arthur Francis Basset. It was he who had to sell the estate to pay his gambling debts, and then took all the papers out of the estate and burnt them." According to John Collins The Indianapolis Star Saturday, November 13, 1915 A sensation has been created in Cornwall by the announcement of the private sale of Tehidy estates, which have been owned by the Bassett family for 700 years. The Bassetts established themselves in Cornwall shortly after the Norman conquest. About a century later they obtained Tehidy by marriage with the heiress of the noted family of DeDunstanville. They were lucky in marrying a succession of heiresses in Devon and Cornwall after they had almost lost their fortune in the war of the roses. Francis Bassett was created a baronet in 1779, and in 1796 he was raised to the peerage by Mr. Pitt as Baron DeDunstanville. Like so many other peers, he followed the family tradition by marrying an heiress and left a daughter, who succeeded under a special remainder to the barony of Bassett, which had been created in 1797. On her death the estates passed to a collateral branch, and they have been owned for many years by A.F. Bassett. Tehidy Park, near Camborne, comprises about 900 acres. The place was greatly improved about half a century ago by F.A. Bassett, who rebuilt the house, which contains a gallery of fine pictures, old masters and portraits. In the grounds is a striking memorial to Susannah, first wife of Lord DeDunstanville, who died in 1823. The estates include valuable mineral rights, notably the famous Dolcoath mine. The mines for years produced about $85,000 a year for the owner, but the return now is much smaller. The sale has excited a feeling of consternation in the district, when most of the farmers on the estates at Michaelmas received notices to terminate their tenancies within twelve months. FLANEUR The Cornishman Thursday, December 4, 1947 Death of Mrs. A.F. Basset Formerly Miss Rebecca Trelawny About fifty years ago Mr. Arthur Francis Basset brought as his bride to Tehidy Mansion, Camborne (after the deaths of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Basset), Miss Rebecca Harriet Buller, the charming and popular daughter of the late Sir William Salisbury Trelawny, baronet.... Tehidy, it will be recalled, became a County Council hospital for the treatment of tubercular patients, and it has grappled worthily with this difficult and widespread disease. Part of the estate was acquired by the members of the Tehidy Golf Club, and many of the farms and dwellings were purchased by the occupiers; although it was regretted that the historic significance of the castle and monument on Carn Brea Hill had lost its significance, together with the connection of Tehidy with the Cornish tin and copper mines, with the death of Mr. Gustavus Lambert Basset and his wife, whose mansion was valued at £100,000, while the entire estate was more than quarter of a million. Owing to the decline of Cornish mining, Mr. Arthur F. Basset negotiated a successful business deal, through Mr. Goddard and others connected with the estate, but he would have been welcomed as a leader in Cornish mining, business, social matters, and county life generally, with such a colleague as the charming lady of an ancient Cornish family, who has just died at the age of 72. Mr. Basset was the lord of Dolcoath and other mines, but his mineral royalties passed eventually to Tehidy Minerals, Ltd., of which Mr. Donald Thomas is now the chairman. H.T. | Basset, Arthur Francis (I640)
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| 4058 | "King John's "beloved and faithful" Alan de Dunstanville,the present Barons of de Dunstanville and Basset allege a lineal descent ;but Tehidy in Cornwall,from which they take their title,remained with the elder branch of the family long after the era of this Alan "-Eyton." Cleveland | de Dunstanville, Alan (I3179)
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| 4059 | "Notwithstanding the death of Lord Basset ,thus in arms against the king,his widow was so favoured by the monarch as to have the chief of his estates settled on her for life,but soon afterwards taking the veil she passed her title in those lands to her son." Burke. | de Someri, Margaret (I3055)
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| 4060 | "Ralph Bassett who had livery of his lands upon dpoing homage in the 42nd year of the reign of Henry III. He was succeeded by his son" Burke 1825 | Bassett, Ralph\Richard (I3167)
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| 4061 | "Ralph Bassett who,in the 2nd year of King Henry III., paid 30 marks for the fifteen knight's fees he then held upon the levy of the first acutage of the king. He died sometime before the year 1257 and was succeeded by his son". Burke.1825 | Bassett, Ralph of Weldon (I2999)
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| 4062 | "This second Hugh commences the epoch of the family's importance and power in the State. He received the great office of Justice of England in 1259 from the insurgent barons with whom he was in arms ; and after the victory of Lewes, had the custody of five of the strongest castles in the kingdom : Oxford, Nottingham, Devizes in Wilts, Orford in Suffolk, and Barnard Castle in the Bishopric of Durham. He was summoned to parliament as Hugh le Despencer Justtf Anglice in 1264, and was one of the Council of twenty-four barons appointed to govern the realm. Though, owing to some grudge or discontent, he fell off for a time from " the haughty-spirited Montfort," the breach was of short continuance, and he died loyally by his side at Evesham. When the Earl saw that the day was lost, " he bade Hugh Despencer and all the rest of his comrades fly from the field. ' If he died,' was the noble answer, ' they had no will to live.' " Green By his wife, Aliva Basset, the widowed Countess of Norfolk, he was the father of another Hugh, styled Hugh Senior, to distinguish him from a son of the same name, who was the celebrated favourite of Edward II Duchess of Cleveland | le Despenser, Sir Hugh (I3155)
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| 4063 | "W.A. Kinnett and Hannah Belle Turner were indeed first cousins. Hannah's mother Elizabeth was a sister to Tomas Wiley Kinnett, father of W.A. That perhaps explains the marriage bond." Lee J. Smith "W.A. Kinnett and Hannah Belle Turner were indeed first cousins. Hannah's mother Elizabeth was a sister to Tomas Wiley Kinnett, father of W.A. That perhaps explains the marriage bond." Lee J. Smith The Kinnett family lived next to the family of Hannah's sister, Dora (Turner) Cartee, and one house away from the home of her parents, George and Elizabeth Turner. | Family: William Albert Kinnett / Hannah Belle Turner (F878)
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| 4064 | # # # # # The Free Lance-Star, Frederickburg, Virginia, Sunday, May 17, 2020 Nancy Maro Bass Nancy Maro Bass age 74, passed away Friday April 24th 2020. She was loved by many and enjoyed spending time with family, especially her siblings and grandchildren. Nancy was very generous and never hesitated to help anyone in need. She will be greatly missed by all. Nancy is preceded in death by her husband Edward H. Bass, her father Daniel W. Fenton, her mother Ella E. Fenton, Son-in-Law James Rudy Bailey III, and 2 great-granddaughters Paisley and Kinsley Graham. Her survivors include her daughter Karen M. Mullins, 2 granddaughters Danielle and Shawna Bailey, 4 great-granddaughters Paige, Kaydence, Shayla and Jordyn. Her siblings Frances Fenner, Sonja Basore, and Daniel Fenton, and numerous nieces and nephews with a special thanks to her neice Waneta Linner for her unwavering support and unconditional love. Also, many cousins and friends. With special thanks to Donna and Alexis Doggett and Marion Manor of Stafford for their amazing care Condolences may be sent at mullinsthompsonfredericksburg.com. | Fenton, Nancy Maro (I42946)
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| 4065 | #003895-78 (Hastings Co): Samuel Bassett, 27, mill wright, Mulmer, Huntingdon, s/o Francis and Jane married Eva Ketcheson, 21, Sidney, Belleville, d/o James and Esther Witnesses were James Grass and Minnie Ketcheson, both of Belleville 27 Jun 1878 at Belleville 1871 Canadian Census of Collingwood Town, Simcoe North, Ontario, Canada Francis Bassett - 55 - M - England - English - Carpenter - Church of England Jane - 50 - F - Ireland - Irish - Church Presbyterian Samuel - 21 - M - Ontario - English - Wagon maker - Church Presbyterian Wm. James - 14 - M - Ontario - English - Church Presbyterian Francis Amote - 12 - M - Ontario - English - Church Presbyterian Isabella Atkinson - 10 - F - Ontario - English - Church Presbyterian | Bassett, Samuel (I4)
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| 4066 | #003895-78 (Hastings Co): Samuel Bassett, 27, mill wright, Mulmer, Huntingdon, s/o Francis and Jane married Eva Ketcheson, 21, Sidney, Belleville, d/o James and Esther Witnesses were James Grass and Minnie Ketcheson, both of Belleville 27 Jun 1878 at Belleville | Ketcheson, Evaline Jane (I10)
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| 4067 | #013747-08 (Muskoka Co) Louis Allen, 22, farmer, Chaffey twp. same, s/o L.H. Allen & Alice Maria Ward, married Minnie Hebner, 23, Sinclair twp., Grandview Man, d/o John W. Hebner & Laura Maria Bassett. Witn: C. Adams & G.W. Adams, both of Chaffey twp., 19 June 1908 at Huntsville. | Hebner, Minnie (I221)
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| 4068 | #013845-81 (Toronto) Edward Bassett, 21, Bowmanville, same, b, cabinet maker, s/o Thomas & Naomi Bassett, married Amy (Annie) Waterhouse, 20, England, Toronto, s, d/o James & Mary Ann Waterhouse, witn: Harry Ryrie, James Dyke, both Toronto, married 16 September 1887 by S.A. Dyke. | Bassett, Edward M. (I39)
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| 4069 | #06839/84 (Muskoka District) George Gordwainer, age 27, b. Canada, of Macaulay Township, bachelor, farmer, son of John & Eleanor, married Fanny Bassett, age 26, b. Canada, of Macaulay Township, spinster, daughter of Thomas & Esther; witnesses: Mrs. J.W. Wasdell & Mrs. H.S. Matthews, both of Bracebridg March 1884 at Bracebridge. | Bassett, Frances Jane (I162)
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| 4070 | #11B524 | Bassett, Adeline Annette (I12626)
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| 4071 | #13190/91 (York Co.) Wm. James Bassett, age 24, b. Co. of Victoria, of Aurora, bachelor, butcher, son of Thomas Bassett & Esther (Wary) Bassett, marri Florence Packar, age 23, b. Aurora, of same, spinster, daughter of William & Elizabeth Packer; witnesses: A. Crawford & Bessie Packer, both of Aurora; 28 May 1891 at Aurora. | Bassett, William James (I168)
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| 4072 | #82 S. Prospect Street East Hartford, Conneecticut Mr. Arthur H. Bassett 1902 N. Prospect St. Tacoma, Wash. My dear Sir and namesake: It was with great pleasure and surprise that I received and read a letter from a person with a name so completely like my own. I am only doubtful of your middle name but your initial is the same so maybe it is 100% like mine. I suppose you wonder what took me so long in answering your questionaire. Well, not living very close to all my folks it took me some time to get in touch with each one and secure the correct information. I trust my efforts & answers prove satisfactory and of value to you. My father, of which I suppose you are the most interested in, being left an orphan at the age of eight doesn't give us much to work on, on his side of the story. As far as I know we have no relatives on his side, so naturally we would be greatly surprised and pleased if any were located & could get in touch with them. I am a Tool & Die maker by trade and am at present working the Engineering Dept. of a large electrical factory in Hartford, Connecticut. We own our own home and trust that good fortune will call on us quite often. May I hear from you again? And I would deem it a great pleasure to receive a picture of you, autographed by you with your full name. Just a snapshot would be cherished. I haven't a very recent picture of myself but will make it a business of having one taken and sent it to you, if you wish it. I trust at some time I may have the pleasure of meeting you personally. Hartford is a big insurance city you know. Very truly yours, Arthur Harry Bassett (postmarked May 17, 1937) 1910 Federal Census of Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut (21 Apr 1910) Harry Bassett - 47 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - House Painter Rose - 43 - F - NY-GM-GM - Wife Fred - 17 - M - CT-NY-NY - Son Irene - 16 - F - CT-NY-NY - Daughter Mildred - 11 - F - CT-NY-NY - Daughter Arthur - 9 - M - CT-NY-NY - Son Vera - 1 - F - CT-NY-NY - Daughter (Married 19 years, 6 children, 5 living) (Living at 7 Main Street) 1920 Federal Census of Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut (6 Jan 1920) Rose Bassett - 54 - F - NY-GM-GM - Head Irene - 26 - F - CT-NY-NY - Daughter - Clerk Mildred - 21 - F - CT-NY-NY - Daughter - Office General Arthur - 18 - M - CT-NY-NY - Son - Machinist Vera - 10 - F - CT-NY-NY - Daughter (Rose lists herself as married in the 1920 census, Harry lists himself as divorced in the 1920 census.) 1930 Federal Census of Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut (21 Apr 1930) Arthur Bassett - 39 - M - CT-NY-NY - Head - Tool Maker Plastic Parts Manufacturer Martha - 28 - F - GM-GM-GM - Wife (Married at 27 and 26) (Living on South Main Street) | Bassett, Arthur Harry (I363)
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| 4073 | (005775-1888(Kent) Edwin Bassett, 21, farmer, Canada, Tp of Chatham, s/o Edwin & Mary Ann Bassett, married Leena McFadden, 19, Canada, Tp Chatham, d/o Robert and Ann Jane McFadden; wit: JA TAYLOR, Julia TALLACH, Dresden. 11 Apr 1888 at Dresden) | Bassett, Edwin (P22)
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| 4074 | (3) Shirley Prunier and Charles Elmer Bessette. She previously had Richard Elmer Prunier, Cynthia Arline Prunier, Theresa Marie Prunier, Janet Prunier, and Dorna Prunier. | Prunier, Shirley (I10454)
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| 4075 | (a widow with a son named Miller) | Jessie (I403)
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| 4076 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I4962)
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| 4077 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I4961)
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| 4078 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I4943)
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| 4079 | (adopted) - had the same father as Bill Bassett, son of Winifred May Bassett. He was a policeman. | Bassett, Harold Frederick (I81)
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| 4080 | (BCMR - Bibb County Marriage Record) 1840 Federal Census of Macon County, Georgia John W. Bassett 0001000-2000100 Total 4 1850 Federal Census of Houston County, Georgia John W. Bassett 32 M South Carolina Farmer 700 Martha 32 F South Carolina John 65 M South Carolina Farmer William Pzer? 22 M North Carolina Farmer Mahala F. Bassett 13 F Georgia Mary L. 11 F Georgia George W. 9 M Georgia William 7 M Georgia James 4 M Georgia John 3 M Georgia Nancy 1 F Georgia 1860 Federal Census of 5th District, Houston County, Georgia (30 Jul 1860) John W. Bassett 42 M Florida? Farmer 1500 2880 Martha 42 F Florida? Mary 21 F Georgia George 19 M Georgia Wm 17 M Georgia James 15 M Georgia John F. 13 M Georgia Nancy C. 11 F Georgia Naomi 10 F Georgia Virginia 8 F Georgia Benjamin 5 M Georgia Julia 3 F Georgia 1870 Federal Census of Perry, Houston County, Georgia (19 Jul 1870) John W. Basset 52 M South Carolina Farmer 1600 500 Martha 52 F South Carolina Keeping house Nancy 20 F Georgia At home Virginia F. 18 F Georgia At home Benj. A. 16 M Georgia Attending school Julia C. 14 F Georgia Attending school James R. 24 M Georgia Farm laborer 1880 Federal Census of Pike County, Georgia (21 Jun 1880) John W. Bassett 62 M SC SC SC Head Farmer & minister Martha 62 F SC SC SC Wife Keeps house Nancy 31 F GA SC SC Daughter Bob? 25 M GA SC SC Son Laborer Julia 20 F GA SC SC Daughter Martha W. Tucker 12 F GA GA GA G-daughter John 10 M GA GA GA G-son Laborer George T. 1900 Federal Census of 481 Milita District, Bibb County, GA (27 Jun 1900) Benjamin A. Bassett 43 M Nov 1856 GA GA GA Head RR Texana 54 F Jan 1846 GA GA GA Wife (Married 12 years, 3 children, 2 living) 1910 Federal Census of 2nd ward, Macon, Bibb County, GA (28 Apr 1910) Texana Bassett 63 F GA GA GA Head Florence Hinchman 33 F GA GA GA Daughter Dressmaker Caby? Bidwell 14 F GA GA GA Louis Buchanan 6 F GA GA GA Mildred 4 F GA GA GA (Living at 108 Jackson Street) (Texana 3 children, 2 living) (Florence 5 children, 3 living) 1920 Federal Census of 2nd ward, Macon, Bibb County, GA (2 Jan 1920) John Snyder 56 M IL IL IL Head Yard Foreman RR Co. Florence H? 43 F GA GA GA Wife Louise A. Hinchman 15 F GA GA GA Stepdau. Saleswoman Ten cent store Mildred E. 14 F GA GA GA Stepdau. Texanna E. Bassett (Wd)73 F GA GA GA MotherL John M. Robinson (Wd) 61 M GA GA GA Uncle Georgia, Bibb County, To any Judge, Justice of the Inferior Court, Justice of the Peace, or Minister of the Gospel, You are hereby authorised to join John Bassett and Martha A. Corley in the holy state of Matrimony, according to the Constitution and Laws of this State; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient License. Given under my hand and seal, this 20th day of May 1935. Isaac H. Smith C.C.O. Georgia, Bibb County, I certify that John Bassett and Martha A. Corley were duly joined in Matrimony by me, this 21st day of May 1835. M. Coxvill J.P. Recorded this 25th day of Sept. 1835. | Corley, Martha Ann (I159)
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| 4081 | (Both marriages from EPB). Census lists his wife as Amelia Priscill 1900 Federal Census of Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts (5 Jun 1900) George M. Bassett 48 Jul 1851 M MA MA MA Head Machinist Priscilla 49 Jun 1850 F EN EN EN Wife Alice S. 17 Apr 1883 F MA MA EN Daughter Lillian A. 13 May 1887 F MA MA EN Daughter At School George A. 9 Dec 1890 M MA MA EN Son At School (Living at 36 Oxford Street) (Married 19 years, 4 children, 3 living) | Bassett, George Melvin (I13352)
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| 4082 | (CVR list his mother as Achiiles. Another source lists his parents as Charles Sylvester Bassett and Grace Maude Achilles). | Bassett, Chester (I74)
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| 4083 | (Cyrial U. Bassett, born 3 Nov 1928 (SSDI), died 12 Jun 1992 (SSDI)) (Cyrial U. Bassett, born 23 Dec 1952 (SSDI), died 14 Sep 2007 (SSDI)) Florenia Ridgeway, daughter of Julian and Rosetta Ridgeway, born 11 Nov 1930 in Choctaw County, Alabama. She died 19 Jan 2011 in Mobile, Alabama. She married Cyrial U. Bassett. They had four children. | Bassett, Cyrial Ulysses Jr. (I39)
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| 4084 | (Father not listed on his Birth Certificate). He was living with his grandfather John Bassett in the 1871 census. 1881 British Census of Trebanog 13, Llantrisant, Glamorgan Moses Bassett 23 M Head St. Mary Hill, Glamorgan Coal Miner Elizabeth 25 F Wife Eglwys Helen Psh, Glamorgan Richard 3 M Son Penllyne, Glamorgan John 11/12 M Son Llanwonno Psh, Glamorgan Thomas Thomas 16 M Boarder Llanrabon Psh, Glamorgan Coal Miner Maer Thomas 13 F Servant Llantwit Farder, Glamorgan Dom Serv 1891 British Census of 105 Trebanog, Llantrissant, Glamorgan Moses Basset 30 M Head Llantrisant, Glamorgan Coal Miner Elizabeth 31 F Wife Llantrisant, Glamorgan Richard 12 M Son Llantrisant, Glamorgan John 11 M Son Llantrisant, Glamorgan David 9 M Son Llantrisant, Glamorgan Thomas 7 M Son Llantrisant, Glamorgan William 5 M Son Llantrisant, Glamorgan Bessie 2 F Daughter Llantrisant, Glamorgan 1901 British Census of 42 Trebanog, Llantrisant, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan Moses Bassett 39 M Head St. Mary Hill, Glamorgan Coal Hewer Elizabeth 41 F Wife Leforest, Glamorgan Richard 22 M Son Tuellyne, Glamorgan John 20 M Son Hopkanstown, Glamorgan David 19 M Son Trebanog, Glamorgan Thomas 16 M Son Trebanog, Glamorgan William 14 M Son Trebanog, Glamorgan Elizabeth 12 F Daughter Treharris, Glamorgan Rhys 4 M Son Trebanog, Glamorgan Elizabeth Thomas 25 F Servant Housemaid Domestic | Bassett, Moses (I106)
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| 4085 | (FL1942) refers to a letter written by Miss Elsie M. Bassett of 2416 N. Tyon St., Colorado Springs, Colorado to Arthur H. Bassett of Tacoma, Washington written in March of 1942. FIRST GENERATION 116B. John Bassett of Northampton, England John Bassett was born about 1796 in Northamptonshire, England. He married Jane. She was born about 1801 in Northamptonshire, England. 1841 British Census of Rushton Lane, Rothwell, Northamptonshire John Bassett 15 M Ag Lab Born in County John 45 M Carpenter Born in County Jane 40 F Born in County William D. 12 M Born in County | Bassett, John (I1)
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| 4086 | (Forrest William Bassett's Grandfather) Decatur County Journal Thursday, August 10, 1916 William Eaton Gammon was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, April 29, 1827, and died at his home in Leon, Iowa, July 26, 1916, at the age of 89 years, 2 months and 27 days. His parents moved from Tennessee to Putnam County, Indiana, when he was one year old. Here he grew to manhood, obtaining what edcuation the country schools offered in the settlement of a new country. On April 26, 1849, he was united in marriage to Caroline Jenkins. Their five daughters and one son are all living, and with their mother, his beloved wife and life-long companion, were all at his bedside when he passed away. The children are Mrs. O.E. Bassett, of Farnhamville, Iowa; Mrs. Ellen E. Long, Mrs. W.A. AllBaugh and Mrs. J.L. Mitchell and Mr. Roy H. Gammon, of Leon, Iowa, and Mrs. H.E. Davisson, of Chicago, Ill. Besides his wife and children, he leaves eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. With his wife he moved from Indiana to Iowa in the fall of 1850 and spent the winter in Monroe County, and the following spring moved to Decatur County, and settled on the farm four miles southeast of Leon where they lived until the summer of 1909, when they moved to Leon where they lived since that time. They celebrated their golden wedding April 26, 1899, and on April 26, 1916, they celebrated their sixty-seventh anniversary at the home of Mrs. W.A. Allbaugh. But few people, comparatively pass so many happy years of married life together. His aim in life was to make a comfortable and happy home for his family and give them the best advantages within his power. His home was always a hospitable one, and in an earlier day when the country was new, many a traveler, or people driving stock to market found accommodations and entertainment in his home, never turning anyone away were it possible to accommodate them....... | Bassett, Forrest William (I265)
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| 4087 | (Handwritten at top of page - Gift of 21 Oct 1943 Mrs. Bassett, 58 Pomeroy Terrace, Northampton, Massachusetts Typed as original - misspellings included) John Spencer Bassett Soon after the war of 1812, in Virginia two young Bassetts, William and Richard, became heirs of their father's plantation near Williamsburg, called Eltham, and a small property of their mother's, whose maiden surname was Spencer. They decided to divide and settle up their possessions. Richard left the ancestral home, bought a few slave carpenters, and opened a contracting business in Williamsburg. His son, Richard Baxter, continued his father's business for a time, but later moved to North Carolina. Williamsburg, although the home of one of the oldest societies in America, was then and still is, a place where there is the greatest amount of equality. This mingling of the good people of the town made a deep impression on the plantation-born elder Bassett, and the democratic idea waxed greater in his son. Richard Baxter Bassett in his building career in North Carolina designed, as well as built, many structures of note in his adopted state. And it was while he was building at Tarboro that his second son, John Spencer Bassett, was born December 19, 1867. The son has this to say of his father: "My father was unlike anybody else I have ever known. He was as pure-minded as a woman. I never heard him make an improper or profane remark. He was strict in his household, but never unkind. He was deeply religious, absolutely opposed to slavery, charitable, hospitable, industrious, and generous in his expenditure of money." The mother of John S. Bassett, Mary Jane Wilson, whose father was John Wilson, a Maine yankee, was a woman of remarkably sweet disposition and great personal beauty. I quote "My mother possessed a very quick and retentive mind, a clear Madonna-like face, fine complexion, and handsome, grey eyes." The earliest education of the boy John was in the neighborhood schools of Richlands, a plantation his father owned in Eastern North Carolina, and at Goldsboro, not far away; the town that became the permanent residence of the Bassett family. It was here that John graduated from the high school in June, 1883. In the high school under the instruction of a man of good spirit and modern educational methods literature came to mean something to the sensitive, impressionable, and somewhat shy boy. At this point, however, a delicate state of health, as the result of a severe attack of pneumonia, interrupted his attendance at school for two years. (continued under John Spencer Bassett) 1850 Federal Census of Pasquotank County, North Carolina Will. A. Bassett - 24 - M - North Carolina - Painter Living with Edward Mason, Hotel Keeper 1860 Federal Census of Tarboro, Edgecomb County, North Carolina William A. Bassett - 34 - M - Virginia - Painter 4000 Chlory A. - 28 - F - North Carolina Ida G. - 7 - F - North Carolina Tho C. - 3 - M - North Carolina Sarah - 2 - F - North Carolina Mollie - 1 - F - North Carolina (White, Black, Mulato has check mark for this family) 1870 Federal Census of Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina (2 Jun 1870) William A. Bassett - 43 - M - Virginia - Painter 700 Ida A. - 16 - F - North Carolina - Keeping House Thomas C. - 14 - M - North Carolina - At home Lucius V. - 9 - M - North Carolina - At home Chloe E. - 6 - F - North Carolina - At home Sarah Judkins - 5 - F - North Carolina Thomas Sewell - 22 - M - North Carolina - Apprentice to Painter Darius J. Obrien - 17 - M - Virginia - Apprentice to Painter John Locklin - 33 - M - England - Painter Minnie Lodge - 17 - F - North Carolina - Cook 1880 Federal Census of Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina William A. Bassett - 50 - M - VA-VA-VA - Head - Painter Ida A. - 26 - F - NC-VA-AR - Daughter - Keeping House Lucius - 19 - M - NC-VA-AR - Son - Painter Clora E. - 15 - F - NC-VA-AR - Daughter Thomas C. - 24 - M - NC-VA-AR - Son - Painter Ida M. - 15 - F - NC-NC-NC - Daughter-in-law - Keeping House | Bassett, William Amos (I3)
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| 4088 | (Handwritten at top of page - Gift of 21 Oct 1943 Mrs. Bassett, 58 Pomeroy Terrace, Northampton, Massachusetts Typed as original - misspellings included) John Spencer Bassett Soon after the war of 1812, in Virginia two young Bassetts, William and Richard, became heirs of their father's plantation near Williamsburg, called Eltham, and a small property of their mother's, whose maiden surname was Spencer. They decided to divide and settle up their possessions. Richard left the ancestral home, bought a few slave carpenters, and opened a contracting business in Williamsburg. His son, Richard Baxter, continued his father's business for a time, but later moved to North Carolina. Williamsburg, although the home of one of the oldest societies in America, was then and still is, a place where there is the greatest amount of equality. This mingling of the good people of the town made a deep impression on the plantation-born elder Bassett, and the democratic idea waxed greater in his son. Richard Baxter Bassett in his building career in North Carolina designed, as well as built, many structures of note in his adopted state. And it was while he was building at Tarboro that his second son, John Spencer Bassett, was born December 19, 1867. The son has this to say of his father: "My father was unlike anybody else I have ever known. He was as pure-minded as a woman. I never heard him make an improper or profane remark. He was strict in his household, but never unkind. He was deeply religious, absolutely opposed to slavery, charitable, hospitable, industrious, and generous in his expenditure of money." The mother of John S. Bassett, Mary Jane Wilson, whose father was John Wilson, a Maine yankee, was a woman of remarkably sweet disposition and great personal beauty. I quote "My mother possessed a very quick and retentive mind, a clear Madonna-like face, fine complexion, and handsome, grey eyes." The earliest education of the boy John was in the neighborhood schools of Richlands, a plantation his father owned in Eastern North Carolina, and at Goldsboro, not far away; the town that became the permanent residence of the Bassett family. It was here that John graduated from the high school in June, 1883. In the high school under the instruction of a man of good spirit and modern educational methods literature came to mean something to the sensitive, impressionable, and somewhat shy boy. At this point, however, a delicate state of health, as the result of a severe attack of pneumonia, interrupted his attendance at school for two years. (continued under John Spencer Bassett) | Wilson, John (I30)
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| 4089 | (Handwritten at top of page - Gift of 21 Oct 1943 Mrs. Bassett, 58 Pomeroy Terrace, Northampton, Massachusetts Typed as original - misspellings included) John Spencer Bassett Soon after the war of 1812, in Virginia two young Bassetts, William and Richard, became heirs of their father's plantation near Williamsburg, called Eltham, and a small property of their mother's, whose maiden surname was Spencer. They decided to divide and settle up their possessions. Richard left the ancestral home, bought a few slave carpenters, and opened a contracting business in Williamsburg. His son, Richard Baxter, continued his father's business for a time, but later moved to North Carolina. Williamsburg, although the home of one of the oldest societies in America, was then and still is, a place where there is the greatest amount of equality. This mingling of the good people of the town made a deep impression on the plantation-born elder Bassett, and the democratic idea waxed greater in his son. Richard Baxter Bassett in his building career in North Carolina designed, as well as built, many structures of note in his adopted state. And it was while he was building at Tarboro that his second son, John Spencer Bassett, was born December 19, 1867. The son has this to say of his father: "My father was unlike anybody else I have ever known. He was as pure-minded as a woman. I never heard him make an improper or profane remark. He was strict in his household, but never unkind. He was deeply religious, absolutely opposed to slavery, charitable, hospitable, industrious, and generous in his expenditure of money." The mother of John S. Bassett, Mary Jane Wilson, whose father was John Wilson, a Maine yankee, was a woman of remarkably sweet disposition and great personal beauty. I quote "My mother possessed a very quick and retentive mind, a clear Madonna-like face, fine complexion, and handsome, grey eyes." The earliest education of the boy John was in the neighborhood schools of Richlands, a plantation his father owned in Eastern North Carolina, and at Goldsboro, not far away; the town that became the permanent residence of the Bassett family. It was here that John graduated from the high school in June, 1883. In the high school under the instruction of a man of good spirit and modern educational methods literature came to mean something to the sensitive, impressionable, and somewhat shy boy. At this point, however, a delicate state of health, as the result of a severe attack of pneumonia, interrupted his attendance at school for two years. (continued under John Spencer Bassett) 1870 Federal Census of Goldsboro Township, Wayne County, North Carolina (3 Aug 1870) Richard Bassett - 27 - M - Virginia - Farmer 2000 700 Mary G. - 24 - F - North Carolina - Keeping House Richard B. - 4 - M - North Carolina John S. - 2 - M - North Carolina Albert F. - 1 - M - North Carolina 1880 Federal Census of Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina (11 Jun 1880) Richard B. Bassett - 47 - M - VA-VA-VA - Head - Farmer Mary - 37 - F - NC-ME-NC - Wife - Keeps House Richard B. Jr. - 15 - M - NC-VA-NC - Son - Works on farm John S. - 13 - M - NC-VA-NC - Son - Works on farm Albert L. - 11 - M - NC-VA-NC - Son - Works on farm Mary E. - 9 - F - NC-VA-NC - Daughter William S. - 6 - M - NC-VA-NC - Son Lena H. - 4 - F - NC-VA-NC - Daughter Bessy W. - 1 - F - NC-VA-NC - Daughter Susan Willson - 70 - F - NC-NC-NC - Mother to Mary Bassett - At home Janie Foster - 36 - F - NC-NC-NC - Servant Sallie Foster - 2 - F - NC-NC-NC 1910 Federal Census of 34th Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (27 Apr 1910) Richard Bassett - 45- M - NC-NC-NC - Head - Accountant - Machinery Co. Mary - 41 - F- IL-NY-IR - Wife Arnold - 16 - M - IL-NC-IL - Son Allen - 5 - M - IL-NC-IL - Son Two lodgers (Married 17 years, 2 children, 2 living) | Bassett, Richard Baxter Jr. (I34)
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| 4090 | (He was 19, she 18 at their marriage) | Bassett, Caroline (I36)
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| 4091 | (He was 20, she 19 at their marriage) | Bassett, Hannah (I21)
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| 4092 | (He was 23, she was 20 at the time of their marriage) | Bassett, Selina (I24)
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| 4093 | (int. 24 Oct 1827) | Family: George Bassett / Thursa Merrill (F01171)
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| 4094 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I15215)
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| 4095 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I15216)
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| 4096 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I15217)
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| 4097 | (Laura Bassett's Grandfather) Decatur County Journal Thursday, August 10, 1916 William Eaton Gammon was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, April 29, 1827, and died at his home in Leon, Iowa, July 26, 1916, at the age of 89 years, 2 months and 27 days. His parents moved from Tennessee to Putnam County, Indiana, when he was one year old. Here he grew to manhood, obtaining what edcuation the country schools offered in the settlement of a new country. On April 26, 1849, he was united in marriage to Caroline Jenkins. Their five daughters and one son are all living, and with their mother, his beloved wife and life-long companion, were all at his bedside when he passed away. The children are Mrs. O.E. Bassett, of Farnhamville, Iowa; Mrs. Ellen E. Long, Mrs. W.A. AllBaugh and Mrs. J.L. Mitchell and Mr. Roy H. Gammon, of Leon, Iowa, and Mrs. H.E. Davisson, of Chicago, Ill. Besides his wife and children, he leaves eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. With his wife he moved from Indiana to Iowa in the fall of 1850 and spent the winter in Monroe County, and the following spring moved to Decatur County, and settled on the farm four miles southeast of Leon where they lived until the summer of 1909, when they moved to Leon where they lived since that time. They celebrated their golden wedding April 26, 1899, and on April 26, 1916, they celebrated their sixty-seventh anniversary at the home of Mrs. W.A. Allbaugh. But few people, comparatively pass so many happy years of married life together. His aim in life was to make a comfortable and happy home for his family and give them the best advantages within his power. His home was always a hospitable one, and in an earlier day when the country was new, many a traveler, or people driving stock to market found accommodations and entertainment in his home, never turning anyone away were it possible to accommodate them....... | Bassett, Laura (I266)
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| 4098 | (named after Howard Creek at Bassett House) | Lusk, Howard (I124)
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| 4099 | (NCMR = Newton County Marriage Records) 1880 Federal Census of Beaver Township, Newton County, Indiana (16 Jun 1880) Isaac Bassett 22 M IN PA OH ----- Laborer Living with Joseph Zaborosky Family 1900 Federal Census of Newton County, Indiana Page 231A Isaac S. Bassett 41 M Mar 1859 IN IN IN Head Farmer Mary J. 30 F Nov 1869 IN IR IN Wife Oscar S. 17 M Jul 1882 IN IN IN Son Elizabeth Richard 55 F May 1845 IR IR IR Servant Servant | Nugent, Jane (I17)
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| 4100 | (NOTE: EPB - "Sister Mary Agnes") | Bassett, Emeline F. (I12530)
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