Benjamin Harrison and Thomas Jefferson Bassett descend from #5B William Bassett of Virginia as follows:
William Bassett (b. 1604) and wife Bridget Cary
William Bassett (b. 1671) and wife Joanna Burwell
William Bassett (b. 1709) and wife Elizabeth Churchill
Priscilla Bassett (presumed Great grandmother based on all current evidence)
Benjamin Carter Bassett and wife Martha Davis
William Henry Bassett (b. 1796) and wife Eleanor O’Neill
Benjamin Harrison Bassett (b. 1831) and wife Mary Burnett Bassett
Thomas Jefferson Bassett (b. 1833)
Mary Burnett Bassett’s line is as follows:
William Bassett (b. 1709) and wife Elizabeth Churchill
Burwell Bassett (b. 1734) and wife Anna Maria Dandridge
John Bassett (b. 1765) and wife Betty Carter Browne
George Washington Bassett (b. 1800) and wife Betty Burnet Lewis
Mary Burnett Bassett (b. 1839)
Yale Law School, 1853
Benjamin Harrison Bassett was born in the Parish of St. Mary, La., on the 24th of February, 1831. He received his early education at the Jesuit College in Grand Coteau, La, and was a resident of Avoyelles Parish, in the same state, while in the Law School
A few months after graduation he settled in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, in the practice of law. In 1857 he formed a partnership with the Hon. John Sales, which continued, except for the period of the war, for nearly thirty years. He served in the war, on the Confederate side, as an aid on Governor Lubbock’s staff, and later on the staff of General J.P. Major, in the Texas-Mississippi department, with the rank of major. In 1886 he entered into a new partnership, with the firm-name of Bassett, Muse & Muse, and in 1889 removed to Dallas. He had at an earlier period, in connection with his former partner, written several law books which had a side use in the State, and it was with universal approval that in June, 1893, he received an appointment to one of the chairs of law in the University of Texas. He went at once to Austin, to begin his duties, but on his arrival fell and broke an arm on the hotel stairs. He was out-of-doors again in a few days, but blood-poisoning set in, and his death followed on July 16, in his 63d year.
Picture taken 26 Nov 2024 by Jeffrey Bassett