Josiah Colby Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Mary Lapham
William Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Sarah Sweetland
Nathan Bassett (b. 1702) and wife Hannah Washburn
Joseph Bassett (b. 1740) and wife Hannah Lathrop
William Bassett (b. 1777) and wife Abiah Williams
William Bassett (b. 1806) and wife Sibyl Pattie Howard
Josiah William Bassett (b. 1843) and wife Ella Cornish
Josiah Colby Bassett (b. 1873)
