Martin Francis Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
William Bassett (b. 1624) and wife Mary Raynesford
Nathan Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Mary Huckins
Samuel Bassett (b. 1693) and wife Martha Pease
Cornelius Bassett (b. 1722) and wife Lydia Norton
Ebenezer Bassett (b. 1751) and wife Abigail Adams
Francis Bassett (b. 1793) and wife Mary Cushing
Martin Francis Bassett
The Ogle County Press, Polo, Illinois, Saturday, 30 March 1872
Tri-County Press, Polo, Illinois, 1 September 1913
The Ogle County Press, Polo, Illinois, Saturday, 16 August 1873