Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, Massachusetts lawyer

Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:

William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
William Bassett (b. 1624) and wife Mary Raynesford
William Bassett (b. 1656) and wife Rachel Williston
William Bassett (b. 1681) and wife Abigail Bourne
John Bassett (b. 1716) and wife Mercy Newcomb
Thomas Bassett (b. 1759) and wife Lydia Mendall
Anselm Bassett (b. 1784) and wife Roselinda Holmes
Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett (b. 1814)

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Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett House from Wikipedia
On the National Register of Historic Places

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts
Volume I, 1912

        Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, son of Anselm and Rosalinda (Holmes) Bassett, was born in Westport, Mass., July 10, 1814, and began his education there. For a time he lived with his uncle, Charles Jarvis Holmes, in Rochester, Mass., and there also attended school. He studied law and was admitted to the Bristol county bar, but did not practice. He was cashier of the Taunton National Bank, and later of the Hanover National Bank of New York City, and was recalled to the Taunton Bank, of which he became president. He was a member of the Congregational Church. He married, Jan. 20, 1840, Emeline Deane Seabury, who was born in Taunton, Mass., Oct. 2, 1817, daughter of John Westgate Seabury, and died April 1, 1842. On Aug. 14, 1845, Mr. Bassett married (second) Nancy L. Gibbs, who was born in Sandwich, Mass., Feb 28, 1823, and who at the time of her marriage was living in Bridgewater, Mass. She died May 12, 1848, and Mr. Bassett married (third) Dec. 25, 1850, Martha B. French, of Pawtucket, R.I., who was born June 2, 1825. Mr. Bassett died Sept. 3, 1891. His children were: Sarah S., born in 1840, who married Erastus Morse, of Taunton; John S. and Charles A. (twins), born in 1842, the former of whom married Marianna C. Perry, of Taunton; Louisa L., born in 1846, who married George H. Rhodes, of Taunton, Mass.; Isabel, born in 1848; Henry F., born in 1851, who married Emma C. Jackson, of Taunton, Mass., Rufus W., born in 1853; Martha E., born in 1855, who died in 1881; Mary R., born in 1858, who married Col. Henry Pierce, of Pawtucket, R.I.; George F.H., born in 1862; and Susie A., born in 1864.

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