George W. Bassett descends from #5B William Bassett of Virginia as follows:
William Bassett and wife Anne
Capt. William Bassett (b. 1640) and wife Bridget Cary
William Bassett (b. 1671) and wife Joanna Burwell
William Bassett (b. 1709) and wife Elizabeth Churchill
Burwell Bassett (b. 1734) and wife Anna Maria Dandridge
John Bassett (b. 1765) and wife Betty Carter Browne
George Washington Bassett (b. 1800)
George Washington Bassett inherited the Eltham Plantation upon the death of his father John Bassett. By this time George was residing at his new plantation of Clover Lea, Virginia. The newspaper ad below is for him to sell the Eltham property.
George Washington Bassett and the Clover Lea Plantation was featured in December of 2012. You can read this article at the link below.
http://www.bassettbranches.org/newsletters/2012/12/201212.shtml
The Bassett ancestral home at Eltham was featured in May of 2005. You can read this article at the link below.
http://www.bassettbranches.org/newsletters/2005/20050515/20050515.shtml
Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia
Wednesday, December 11, 1844