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- The Bassetts of Eltham, Blisland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, were descended from the Bassetts who for a long time had lived in Southampton, England.
William is possibly related to James Bassett and Mary Roper. James Bassett, Gentleman of the Royal Chamber, died in 1558. He married Mary Roper, daughter of William and Miss Moore Roper of Eltham in Kent, England. Miss Moore was the daughter of Sir Thomas Moore, Lord Chancellor of England. This may be where the Eltham name in Virginia came from. The arms on the tomb of the emigrant William Bassett and upon the family silver corresponds with the arms of the Bassetts of Umberly.
William Bassett, son of William Bassett, came to Virginia and was living on the Pamunkey River in February of 1664.
This William Bassett had been an officer in Rutherford's Regiment at the Battle of Dunkirk, and was a close friend of the group of Royalists who came to the Pamunkey River during the time of Cromwell. His military experiences secured for him the task of securing the defenses of the Colony, for which services he received 10,000 pounds of tobacco.
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