William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts arrived in the New World on the ship Fortune in 1621. He married Elizabeth, surname still unknown. More than 15 years ago, in an attempt to identify her surname, I did a search to find a direct descendant of hers through the female line. She had three daughters as seen in the chart below. After nearly a year of searching, I found a direct descendant in the female line and had Sarah Kay Tucker Marvin take a mtDNA test. For 15 years, we have had no match.
However, a few months ago we got our first match! A female line descendant of Mary Porter Johnson from Roxbury, Massachusetts was an exact match. What this means is that Mary Porter Johnson and our Elizabeth Bassett, wife of William Bassett, share a common ancestor via the mitochondrial line.
Mary Porter Johnson married William Bartholomew III. She was the daughter of Isaac Johnson and Elizabeth Porter.
Elizabeth Porter was born in 1617 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. She was the daughter of Adrian Porter and Elizabeth Allott.
Elizabeth Allott was born in 1582 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. She was born the daughter Robert Allott and Joan. Joan was born in 1560 in Hertfordshire, England.
Does anyone descended from this family have some time to devote to finding out more about the Johnson, Porter, Allott line? We need to expand this family to find out if we can place Elizabeth into this family.