William Basset

1803 - 1871  (68 years)

• Name	William Basset
  Birth	4 Mar 1803
  Gender	Male
  _UID	40C28B68927BC74FA1A95505B595755CD785
  Death	21 Jun 1871
  Notes	William Bassett died at sixty-eight years of age. He was the first city clerk of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was prominent in the early anti-slavery movements. William was cashier at the Lynn Mechanics Bank. 1850 Federal Census of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts William Bassett - 44 - M - Massachusetts - City Clerk Mary B. - 44 - F - Maine Sarah - 16 - F - Massachusetts William Jr. - 10 - M - Massachusetts (Living two houses from Isaac Bassett, father)
  Person ID	I724	4B William Bassett of Lynn, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Isaac Basset,   b. 6 Oct 1779, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts d. May 1867, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Ruth Breed,   b. 26 May 1782, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
  Marriage	21 Apr 1802	Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Boyce
  Marriage	23 Jun 1824
  Children	+ 1. Susanna Smith Bassett,   b. 2 Jan 1826   2. Eliza Bassett,   b. 24 Nov 1827   d. 20 Nov 1836 (Age 8 years) + 3. Mary Ann Bassett,   b. 6 Apr 1829   4. William Herschel Bassett,   b. 6 Feb 1831   d. 28 Jun 1833 (Age 2 years)   5. Joseph Bassett,   b. 6 May 1832   d. 12 Jul 1837 (Age 5 years) + 6. Sarah Bassett,   b. 13 Apr 1834   7. William Bassett,   b. 24 Jun 1836   d. 19 May 1839 (Age 2 years) + 8. William Basset, Jr.,   b. 30 Sep 1839, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 14 Mar 1925, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)   9. Edmund Quincy Bassett,   b. 9 May 1841   d. 24 May 1843 (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart