Mary Bassett Clarke descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Mary Lapham
William Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Sarah Sweetland
William Bassett (b. 1694) and wife Mary Crossman
William Bassett (b. 1726) and wife Lydia Fisher
Jedidiah Bassett (b. 1751) and wife Elizabeth Chandler
John Chandler Bassett (b. 1795) and wife Martha St. John
Mary Bassett Clarke (b. 1831)
Mary Bassett Clarke, daughter of John Chandler Bassett, Noted Poet
From the Magazine of Poetry, Volume 6 By Charles Wells Moulton