Melvin I. Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Mary Lapham
William Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Sarah Sweetland
William Bassett (b. 1694) and wife Mary Crossman
William Bassett (b. 1726) and wife Lydia Fisher
James Bassett (b. 1765) and wife Elizabeth Blackwell
Elijah Bassett (b. 1791) and wife Eliza Sherman
Charles Sherman Bassett (b. 1842) and wife Loretta Janette Agard
William Agard Bassett (b. 1877) and wife Mabel S. Thurston
Melvin I. Bassett (b. 1904) and wife Mildred Chase
Perry Record, Perry, New York, June 17, 1916
The Buffalo News, New York, 16 Nov 1995
Mildred Chase Bassett
Services for Mildred Chase Bassett, 89, formerly of West Silver Lake, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, 59 Lake St., Perry. Mrs. Bassett died Sunday (Nov. 11, 1995) in Wyoming County Nursing Facility, Warsaw. Born in the Town of Portage, Livingston County, she was employed for many years at the former Royce, Wright/Rockwell Store in Perry. During World War II, she was a Red Cross volunteer, folding bandages and knitting. She had assisted her husband, Melvin I., in his photography business. He died in 1969. Mrs. Bassett was a member of Perry Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Bette Wardle of Massachusetts, and two grandchildren.