Bassett Family Association Database

Richard Bassett

Male 1799 - 1857  (58 years)


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  • Name Richard Bassett 
    Born 23 Feb 1799  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 1E47D6E7006FE047AE4C1DD844C3B1FE5D9F 
    Died 7 Nov 1857 
    Notes 
    • From "Tombstones of Mathews County, Virginia, 1711-1986" - page 84
      Bassett Cemetery, Route 625
      East side of gravel pits
      SACRED/
      to the memory of
      RICHARD BASSETT
      Born February 23, 1799
      Died November 7, 1857
      "Many are the afflictions of the
      righteous; but the Lord deliver
      eth him out of them all."
      There is a marble stone signed J.D. Couper, Norfolk. There is a rock headstone and a rock footstone next to Richard with no information.

      1850 Federal Census of Matthews County, Virginia
      Richard Bassett - 51 - M - Virginia - Farmer
      Charlotte - 36 - F
      William - 22 - M
      Elizabeth - 18 - F
      John W. - 15 - M
      Martha C. - 11 - F
      Charlotte - 10 - F
      Thomas C. - 8 - M
      Priscilla - 8 - F
    Person ID I3  77B Richard Bassett of Mathews County, Virginia
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2012 

    Father William Bassett 
    Mother Susan 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charlotte Gilbert,   b. 21 Oct 1803,   d. 18 Dec 1848  (Age 45 years) 
    Children 
     1. Bassett
     2. Mary A. Bassett,   b. 2 Jun 1825,   d. 22 Jun 1844  (Age 19 years)
     3. Susan Bassett,   b. 17 Dec 1826
    +4. William Burwell Bassett,   b. 23 Mar 1828,   d. 29 Sep 1856  (Age 28 years)
    +5. Sarah Bassett,   b. 11 Mar 1830, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 69 years)
     6. Bassett
     7. James Gilbert Bassett,   b. 30 Mar 1833,   d. 1834  (Age 0 years)
    +8. John Wesley Bassett,   b. 20 Jan 1835, Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb or 11 May 1920  (Age 85 years)
     9. Elizabeth Bassett,   b. 6 Jun 1837
     10. Martha Bassett,   b. 14 Jan 1839,   d. 27 Aug 1856  (Age 17 years)
     11. Charlotte Temple Bassett,   b. 21 Jun 1840
     12. Thomas Coke Bassett,   b. 9 Dec 1842,   d. 18 Oct 1856  (Age 13 years)
     13. Priscilla Bassett,   b. 9 Dec 1842,   d. 1908  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charlotte,   b. Abt 1814 
    Children 
     1. George G. Bassett,   b. Abt 1851, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart