Ethel Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Nathaniel Bassett (b. 1628) and wife Dorcas Joyce
Nathan Bassett (b. 1677) and wife Mary Crowell
Samuel Bassett (b. 1714) and wife Susannah Lombard
Nehemiah Bassett (b. 1743) and wife Dorcas Cole
Nehemiah Bassett (b. 1786) and wife Mary J. Lawson
Nehemiah Bassett (b. 1811) and wife Mary Foster
Henry Bassett (b. 1836) and wife Melissa Jane Harrington
Nathan C. Bassett (b. 1868) and wife Edna B. Webster
Ethel Bassett
The Niagara Falls Gazette, Monday, August 23, 1915
Marriage Ceremony Enables Youth to Leave Lockup
Walter Horner, 18, and Ethel Bassett, 17, are Wed
Guardians Give Consent – Both Working in Buffalo
Walter Horner and Ethel Bassett were yesterday married by the Rev. A. S. Bacon, at the parsonage of the First Presbyterian church. The couple were under age but special permission was given them by parents and guardians to permit the ceremony to proceed in the regular manner. The marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon and was the first official act of City Clerk Thomas H. Hogan upon that official’s return from a convention o9f municipal clerks at Troy. The Horners remained overnight at the home of the bridegroom’s mother in Fourth street and today arranged to go to Buffalo where Horner is said to have employment.
The marriage of the twain is the culmination of a romance involving the elopement of the girl, who is under seventeen years old, from the home of her uncle, Claude Webster, No. 29 West Niagara street, with Horner who is only eighteen two weeks ago. The youth was forbidden in the Webster home when he essayed to pay his attentions to the young girl. They planned to elope and go to Detroit, where they hoped to find employment. In Buffalo their funds ran low and Horner was given employment the remuneration for which enabled the pair to enjoy no better luxuries than the cheap lodging houses. During the wet spell of last week the girl was caught in a heavy shower and her clothing was soaked. In order to get out on the street with her companion Saturday the girl donned a suit of Horners clothing and walked down Franklin street where she was detected by a policeman who proved his suspicions she was not adapted to the wearing of man’s attire.
The girl fessed up she was the one being sought by the Niagara Falls police and she and Horner were detained pending the arrival of an officer from this city. Horner was charged with abduction. Following the return of the couple the mother of the youth and guardians of the girl conferred and all agreed it would be well to have the marriage ceremony and settle all difficulties.