Edward. F. Bassett descends from #6B William Bassett of Connecticut as follows:
William Bassett and wife Hannah (Dickerman) Ives
Samuel Bassett (b. 1654) and wife Mary Dickerman
Abraham Bassett (b. 1692) and wife Mehitable Street
Abraham Bassett (b. 1733) and wife Lydia Smith
Isaac Bassett (b. 1762) and wife Rosanna Pardee
Zerah Bassett (b. 1795) and wife Marinda Doolittle
Edward F. Bassett (b. 1823) and wife Laura Linsley
This store was established by E.F. Bassett in 1855 on Bank Street.
History of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume 2
Biographical Sketches
Edward F. Bassett, born in Woodbury, Conn., in 1823, is s son of Zerah, a native of North Haven, born October 11th, 1795. His grandfather was Isaac Bassett, a soldier in the revolutionary war. His great-grandfather was Abram Bassett. Zerah was a carriage maker, and carried on business in Woodbury for upward of 25 years. He settled in Seymour about 1836. He married Miranda Doolittle, of Wallingford, Conn., born August 1st, 1795. They had two children, Edward F. and Maria L. Zerah Bassett died October 23d, 1839, and Miranda, his wife died January 21st, 1867. Maria L. Bassett married Isaac H. Davis. Edward F. married, in 1849, Laura Linsley, of Woodbury, Conn. They have one daughter, Jennie L. Mr. Bassett engaged in the furniture, undertaking and house furnishing business in Seymour in 1847, which he conducted until 1889, when he retired. He was town clerk for one year. His store was burned with all its contents in 1882, but he rebuilt and continued the business.
Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley
Its Fire Department
On the 18th of April, 1882, E.F. Bassett’s large, three story furniture store on Bank Street was destroyed by fire, together with two smaller stores owned by S.Y. Beach and a house owned by L.A. and S.P. Camp. The impossibility of extinguishing the fire until four buildings had been burned, made the necessity of efficient fire apparatus quite evident.
Seymour and Vicinity, Business Directory
E.F. Bassett, dealer in Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, and General Furnishing Undertaker, Maple street, near First.