(1) Welcome
(2) Frank Chesley Bassett Grocery of Batesville, Arkansas
(3) Arthur Bassett of Paris, Missouri and ancestry.com passport applications
(4) Jarvis-Bassett Family Bible
(5) New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter
(6) DNA project update
3 donations for a total of $125 have been received since the last newsletter.
Section 1 - Welcome
Several DNA kits were received back at the lab this month from family lines
not yet represented in the study. Hopefully the results will give us some
idea of where to concentrate our research on next for these lines. These
tests include the following lines:
#20B Caleb Bassett of New York
#77B Richard Bassett of Mathews County, Virginia
#234B Bassetts of North Hill, Cornwall now living in Australia
I still have money available for two more 25-markers tests if your Bassett
line has not yet been included in the DNA project and you would like to participate.
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Section 2 - Featured Bassett: Frank Chesley Bassett Grocery of Batesville,
Arkansas
Based on DNA results, Frank descends from William Bassett of Plymouth but
no paper trail has yet been proven to make the connection. His current family
line is as follows:
#56B Jonathan Bassett of New York and wife Amy Finch
John Bassett (b. 1778) and wife Sabra Witter
Elijah Witter Bassett (b. 1802) and wife Anna Snedaker
John W. Bassett (b. 1830) and wife Harriet Elizabeth McIntosh
Frank Chesley Bassett (b. 1862)
Here is information on Frank Chesley Bassett and family. Very little is
currently known about his children.
56B112.4. Frank Chesley Bassett, son of John Bassett
Frank Chesley Bassett, son of John and Harriet
Elizabeth (McIntosh) Bassett, 19 May 1862 in Illinois. He died 21 Feb 1932
in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. He married Mary Wilson. He
was listed as age 69, a merchant in Batesville when he died.
He is buried at Oaklawn in Ruddell Township,
Indepedence County, Arkansas.
1900 Federal Census of Salem Township, Allen County, Kansas (2 Jun 1900)
Frank C. Bassett 38 May 1862 M IL OH ME Head Farm
laborer
Mollie E. 37 May 1863
F MO KY KY Wife
Lilly M. 16
Dec 1883 F MO IL MO Daughter School
Everett S. 13 Nov 1886 M MO IL
MO Son Farm laborer
Minn L. 12 Jun 1888
F MO IL NO Daughter School
Ora Valentine 20 Oct 1879 F MO KY KY SisterL
Sulle F. Folle 2 Jan 1898 F MO KS MO Niece
& 6 Boarders (Married 17 years, 3 children, 3 living)
1910 Federal Census of Vila Precinct, Baca County, Colorado, (22 May 1910)
Frank C. Bassett 48 M IL OH ME Head Farm
Laborer Home Farm
Mollie 47
F MO KY KY Wife
Everett S. 24
M MO IL MO Son Farm Laborer Home Farm
(Married 27 years)
1920 Federal Census of Center Township, Vernon County, MO (23 Jan 1920)
Frank C. Bassett 57 M IL OH ME Head Retail
Merchant General Store
Mollie E. 56
F MO KY MO Wife
1930 Federal Census of Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas (10 Apr
1930)
Frank C. Bassett 67 M IL OH ME Head Proprietor
Grocery
Mollie 66
F IL KY MO Wife
(Married at 21 & 20)
56B11241. Lilly M. Bassett – born Dec 1883 in Missouri.
56B11242. Everett S. Bassett – born 24 Nov 1887 (CDI) in Missouri, died
3 May 1940 (CDI) in Orange County, California, married Edith S.
56B11243. Minn L. Bassett – born Jun 1888 in Missouri.
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Section 3 - Featured Bassett: Arthur Bassett of Paris, Missouri and ancestry.com
passport application files
For anyone with access to ancestry.com either through a subscription
or through your local library, you might want to check out the new information
on passport applications. This is just a sample of information you will
find.
Arthur Bassett is a descendant of #2B Thomas Bassett of Virginia as follows:
#2B Thomas Bassett (b. 1617) and wife Mary
William Bassett (b. 1643)
Thomas Bassett (b. 1668) and wife Elinor
Thomas Bassett (b. 1696) and wife Lydia Howle
Nathaniel Bassett (b. 1721) and wife Mary
Burwell Bassett (b. 1767) and wife Mary Hunter
George Hairston Bassett (b. 1806) and wife Columbia Renfroe Staples
Samuel Staples Bassett (b. 1833) and wife Fannie
Arthur Bassett (b. 1878)
2B112.135.1. Samuel Staples Bassett, son of George Bassett
Samuel Staples Bassett, son of George
Hairston and Columbia (Staples) Bassett, was born in 1833 in Virginia.
He died in 1923. This was Woodson Bassett's first cousin who corresponded
with him for many years and whose family still lived in Paris, Missouri
in the 1950's. He married Fannie Giddings on 24 Jul 1856 in Monroe
County, Missouri.
1880 Federal Census of Paris, Monroe County, Missouri
Samuel S. Bassett 46 M VA VA KY Head Drygoods
Merchant
Fannie F. 43
F MO KY VA Wife Keeping House
George B. 23
M MO VA MO Son Lumber Merchant
Tandy G. 21
M MO VA MO Son Deputy Circuit Clerk
William 16
M MO VA MO Son
Stella 12
F MO VA MO Daughter
Frank 10
M MO VA MO Son
Mary 4
F MO VA MO Daughter
Arthur 1
M MO VA MO Son
Kitty Phillips B 49 F VA VA VA Other Servant
+ 2B11213511. George Braxton Bassett - born 26 Mar 1857 in Middlegrove,
Missouri, died 16 Sep 1940 in Paris, Missouri, married Elizabeth Eleanor
Davis.
2B11213512. Tandy G. Bassett - had dry goods store in Paris, Missouri.
See census above.
2B11213513. William H. Bassett -
2B11213514. Frank Bassett - dentist in Chicago in 1913. See 1900 census
above.
2B11213515. Arthur Bassett - born Oct 1878, lawyer in Mexico City
in 1913, married Abbie.
2B11213516. Stella Bassett - lived with her father, had 2 daughters.
2B11213517. Mary Bassett - married George Dyson, banker, had 1 son,
1 daughter.
Section 4 - Featured Bassett: Jarvis-Bassett Family
Bible
David Bassett descends from #3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut as follows:
Thomas Bassett and wife Joanna Beardsley
Thomas Bassett (b. 1660) and Sarah Baldwin
Josiah Bassett (b. 1690) and wife Alice Canfield
Samuel Bassett (b. 1723) and wife Susannah Morris
David Bassett (b. 1754) and wife Sarah Oviatt
David Bassett (b. 1782) and wife Mary Rhoades
David Bassett (b. 1808) and wife Mary A. Jarvis
The Bible contains information on the family of David Bassett and his
wife Mary Ann Jarvis.
They were married in Cheshire, Connecticut on 6 May 1829.
David and Mary were the parents of John E. Bassett who ran a hardware
store in New Haven, Connecticut and was featured in an earlier newsletter.
Section 5 - New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter
The following family lines have been combined/eliminated
since the last newsletter.
81B. Oliver T. Bassett of El Paso, Texas into the
#1A William Bassett of Plymouth family
285B. Nicholas Bray Bassett of Bridgerule, Devon into
the #22B Bassetts of Ashwater, Devon
The following family lines have
been added since the last newsletter.
81B. William Bassett of Bideford, Devonshire,
England (b. 1831)
285B. William Bassett of Okehampton, Devonshire, England
(m. 1815)
411B. George Bassett of Newfoundland, Canada
412B. James Bassett of Berwick & Drayton, Oxfordshire,
England (m. 1823)
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Section 6 - DNA project update.
As a follow up to DNA results presented in last month's
newsletter, the #178B William Bassett family DNA results
are back, and this line also matches the same group of Bassetts
from in and around London and the group descended through
William Bassett who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts.. Descendants
of both Thomas Bassett and George Bassett, both sons of
William Bassett have been tested and their results are shown
below.
FIRST GENERATION
178B. William Bassett
William Bassett married Mary
Arrow, daughter of Henry and Ann (Fry) Arrow, on 11 Mar
1822 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Mary was born about
6 Sep 1801 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
William and Mary moved to
New York about 1823, possibly to Erie County. Mary returned
to England and married (2) Edward Orram on 11 Dec 1831
in Plaxtol, Kent, England.
1841 British Census of Cage Green, Tonbridge, Kent
Edward Orram 56 M Shoem Not
born in County
Mary 40
F Born
in County
John 7
M Born
in County
Mary 5
F Born
in County
Susanna 2/12
F Born
in County
Thomas Bassett 15 M Ag Lab Not
born in County
George 12
M Not
born in County
+ 178B1. Thomas
Bassett - born about 1825 in New York, married Charlotte Ranger.
+ 178B2. George
Bassett - born about 1826 in New York, married Jane Coppins.
She was born about 1830 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
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tests that will further our project as a whole and benefit all Bassetts worldwide.
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