John Ray Bassett descends from #8B John Bassett of New Jersey as follows:
John Bassett of New Jersey
John Bassett and wife Sabrina Ray
Isaac Bassett (b. 1790) and wife Frances Asbury Hall
John Ray Bassett (b. 1821) and wife Cynthia Ann Strickett
John Ray Bassett from ancestry.com
Rock Island Argus, September 29, 1913
Relatives in this city have received the sad news of the death of Judge John R. Bassett which occurred at his home in Burlingame, Kansas, last Friday at the advanced age of 92 years. Judge Bassett was a brother of Judge I.N. Bassett and Mrs. Frances Rice and Mrs. Mary Mills of this city, and was for many years a highly respected and influential citizen of Aledo. Judge Bassett was born in Lewis county, Kentucky, August 2, 1821. He began the practice of law in 1852 and moved to Illinois in 1857, where he practiced law in Aledo until 1869, when he purchased a large stock farm and spent a few years on the farm.
He was elected judge of Mercer county in 1865 and served four years. In 1873 he was reelected and served until 1878, making nine years in all. In all that time while there were many cases appealed he never had a case reversed. He was also master in chancery for three more years. Judge Bassett was married to Miss Cynthia Strickett, Dec. 21, 1856, who with their seven children to mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband and father. The children are William and Frank Bassett, and Mrs. H.C. Green of Topeka, Kansas, Lewis and Arthur Bassett of Burlingame, Kansas, Clay Bassett of Kansas City, Kansas and Mrs. A.M. Stahl of Turlock, California.