Frederick Leonard Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Nathaniel Bassett (b. 1628) and wife Dorcas Joyce
Samuel Bassett (b. 1670) and wife Elizabeth Jones
Samuel Bassett (b. 1700) and wife Alice Weaver
Samuel Bassett (b. 1736) and wife Tabitha Waite
John Bassett (b. 1770) and wife Clarissa Kellogg
Samuel Kellogg Bassett (b. 1804) and wife Jane Augusta Bradford
Owen Abbott Bassett (b. 1834) and wife Josephine Eliza Butland
Frederick Leonard Bassett (b. 1873)
The following two articles is about the same story, but shows how things can get distorted when reported by different newspapers.
The Lawrence Gazette, Thursday, October 20, 1892
Fred Bassett, son of Judge O. A. Bassett, of Lawrence, shot W. E. Higgins and John Craycroft, students at the university, the other day because they crossed his father’s yard contrary to his orders. They will recover. Young Bassett, who is only 18 years old, was arrested.
Bay City Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1892
Two Students Shot
They Trespassed Upon a Farmer’s Land After Being Warned
Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 12 – Fred Bassett, a farmer, shot and seriously wounded E. Higgins and Jack Cracoft, students of the Kansas university, because they walked across his land which he had warned all the students to keep off of. Both were members of the University football team and returning home from a practice game. The shooting was done with a double barreled shotgun. Higgins’ wounds are probably fatal, his left hand and arm being torn away and a number of shots lodged in his left breast. Cracoft is shot in the right leg but will recover. Bassett has been arrested and acknowledged that he did the shooting.