Bassett Family Association Database
Colonel Burwell Bassett
1734 - 1793 (58 years)-
Name Burwell Bassett Prefix Colonel Birth 3 Mar 1734 Eltham, New Kent County, Virginia 
Gender Male _UID D5B5709817BE5041A0F5144BEABC4A5E3ADA Death 4 Jan 1793 Eltham, New Kent County, Virginia Notes - Burwell Bassett was frequently a member of the House of Burgesses. He was active as a patriot during the Revolution. He married Anne Chamberlayne when he was 19. They had no children. His second wife was Anna Maria Dandridge, daughter of John Dandridge and sister of Martha Washington.
He was a Burgess for New Kent, 1762-1774; member of the County Committee of Safety, 1775-1776; of the Conventions of 1775, 1776 and 1788; of the State Senate 1780 and 1788; and of the House of Delegates, 1789.
Burwell Bassett and General George Washington were intimate friends and brothers-in-law, and it is certain that George Washington spent more time at Eltham than at any private home in America outside of Mt. Vernon. He visited Eltham frequently, stopping on his way to Williamsburg to meetings of the General Assembly, and on business trips to the Pamunkey River Estates of which he had charge for the Custis Heirs. He hunted at Eltham, he fished for sturgeon in the Pamunkey, he hauled seine, and visited in the neighborhood. There are many records of his social activities with Col. Burwell Bassett in New Kent around Eltham.
Person ID I77 5B William Bassett of Viriginia Last Modified 21 Apr 2012
Father Colonel William Bassett, b. 8 Jul 1709, Eltham, New Kent County, Virginia d. Abt 1744, New Kent County, Virginia (Age 34 years) Mother Elizabeth Churchill, b. 1710, Busky Park, Middlesex County, Virginia d. 16 Apr 1779, Eltham, New Kent County, Virginia (Age 69 years) Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Anne Chamberlayne Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Anna Maria Dandridge, b. 30 Mar 1739 d. 17 Dec 1777 (Age 38 years) Marriage 7 May 1757 Children 1. Elizabeth Bassett, b. 21 Jan 1758, New Kent County, Virginia 2. Anna Maria Bassett, b. 16 May 1760, New Kent County, Virginia d. 23 Jul 1760 (Age 0 years)3. William Bassett, b. 19 Sep 1761 d. 1775 (Age 13 years) 4. Anna Maria Bassett, b. 26 Feb 1763 + 5. Burwell Bassett, b. 18 Mar 1764 d. 26 Feb 1841 (Age 76 years) + 6. John Bassett, b. 30 Aug 1765 d. 1826 (Age 60 years) 7. George Bassett, b. 7 Aug 1766 d. 7 Aug 1766 (Age 0 years) + 8. Frances Bassett, b. 19 Dec 1767 d. 1796 (Age 28 years) Family ID F38 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Burwell Bassett was frequently a member of the House of Burgesses. He was active as a patriot during the Revolution. He married Anne Chamberlayne when he was 19. They had no children. His second wife was Anna Maria Dandridge, daughter of John Dandridge and sister of Martha Washington.