Eben Pierce Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Martha Hobart
Jeremiah Bassett (b. 1678) and wife Mary Felch
John Bassett (b. 1725) and wife Sarah Shephard
Jesse Bassett (b. 1733) and wife Mary Smith
Benjamin Franklin Bassett (b. 1810) and wife Charlotte King
Alpheus Bassett (b. 1839) and wife Elizabeth Lane Wheelden
Eben Pierce Bassett (b. 1876)
Eben was active in Bassett genealogy from the 1890’s into the 1940’s. His research papers can be found at the NEHGS library in Boston.
Bangor, Maine Daily News, 29 May 1961, p.16
Searsport – Eben Pierce Bassett, 84, died Saturday evening at a Belfast hospital following a long illness.
He was born at Providence, R.I., August 18, 1876, son of Alpheus and Elizabeth (Lane) Bassett.
He was a graduate of the University of Maine in 1899 as an electrical engineer. He was a second lieutenant in Coburn Ports Corps, ROTC. He worked for General Electric Company at New York until 1929, when he retired. Following his retirement he lived at Bayside for many years. He moved to Searsport seven years ago.
He died research for the Penobscot Marine Museum on ships and sea captains. He was a member of the New England Genealogical Society and the American Genealogical Society. He compiled the Bassett genealogy.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bassett, of Searsport; a cousin, Albert Pierce of Bangor.
Funeral services will be at the First Congregational Church of Searsport Tuesday at 1 p.m. Robert Sargent will officiate.
Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor.
Friends may call at Young’s Funeral Home, Searsport, Monday evening.