Joseph John Harvey Bassett descends from #44B Emanuel Bassett of St. Enodor as follows:
Emanuel Bassett (d. 1676) and wife Grace
Thomas Bassett (b. 1628) and wife Lowdy
John Bassett (b. 1658) and wife Phillipa Richard
John Bassett (b. 1703) and wife Alice Benallack
John Bassett (b. 1725) and wife Mary Roberts
William Bassett (b. 1761) and wife Mary Symons
John Bassett (b. 1788) and wife Mary Frances Harvey
Joseph John Harvey Bassett (b. 1833) and wife Christiana Blakney Trenwith
Philip John Harvey Bassett (b. 1863 in Chile, South America)
Photos below provided by Carin Ganjon
Mother’s Diary, England to South America 1862
Below are the first two weeks from the diary.
Christiana B Bassett on her voyage from England to South America
Christiana B Bassett, passenger
May 8, 1862 Thursday morning 9AM our pretty ship Arames of 620 tons commanded by Capt. Fowler along with his gallant crew of 20 men sailed form South Shields bound for Valparaiso. At ten the pilot left us and then we had such a splendid view of the old ruins of Tynemouth Priorey and also the monument of Sir Admiral Collingwood, he who succeed Nelson at the battle of Trafalger, and then we proceeded on our way along the coast of Hull, the wind being favorable.
Friday 9. Rough sea and could not get on far until about 12, when a fair wind broke up and there was no sleep on board until we passed Dungeon lights, where there is a great sand banks.
Saturday 10. Head wind, rough sea. Passed Southold on our way.
Sabbath 11. First Sunday at sea. Head wind. Let go our anchor and we had such a nice view of Romogate and Margate. Got up the anchor at 1pm and pursued our course again and passed along the Goodwin sands right on to the down and saw the coast of France, then let go the anchor again. Our pilot left us at 5PM.
Monday 12. Not a breath of wind. We lay becalmed alongside the coast of Kent. There we saw Deal also Dover Castle and about 9AM we saw an Irish steamer going towards London with a great many Irish passengers on board, also the Star Tasmania homeward bound from Australia in full sail. We also saw about four miles from Deal. Walmer Castle where the Duke of Wellington drew his last breath, and we were quite amused to see two seals hopping up and down in the water and then a slight breeze broke away from the east and we commenced sailing away and we had such a splendid view of the Chalky Cliffs, the day being very fine and on our way we passed one of Peter Nelson’s ships on her way to New Zealand full of emigrants and now we are come to Shakespeare’s Cliff. It does indeed look well.
Tuesday 13. Now we have a steady wind from the north-east and we have reached the Isle of Wight and a little farther on is Portland.
Wednesday 14 Favorable light winds and now we have got to the Lizard Point, the last land we shall see for a long time, so now we must bid adieu to Old England.
Thursday 15 Very little wind, making very little progress.
Friday 16. Head wind but really beautiful weather and now we have come to the Bay of Biscay and being on deck all day we were amused to see a shoal of porpoises darting up and down in the water and following the ship.
Saturday 17. Head wind, no progress whatever.
Sabbath 18. Second Sunday at sea. Still head winds but very warm. At 4PM we shall met in the cabin and had service. The text taken from the 65th Psalm, the 5th verse, O God of our Salvation, who art the Confidence of all the ends of the earth and of them that are afar off upon the sea. It was indeed pleasant to hear the voices of 27 persons arising in praise to our Heavenly Father from the billows.