John Jr. Bassett^[1]

Abt 1820 - 1865  (~ 45 years)

• Name	John Jr. Bassett
  Born	Abt 1820
  Christened	25 Jun 1820	Germoe, Cornwall
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Nov 1865	Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Australia
  Buried	Whitehills Cemetery, Bendigo, Australia
  Notes	John Bassett, his brother William Bassett and Stephen Davey arrived in Melbourne in 1857 on the SS Royal Charter. John and William were miners and owned with their brother James a quartz crushing plant. 10 In the matter of the Petition of John Bassett of Sailors Gully Eaglehawk near Sailors Gully Eaglehawk near Sandhurst County unnamed in the Colony of Victoria, Quartz Crusher. I, John Bassett of Sailors Gully Eaglehawk near Sandhurst – County unnamed in the Colony of Victoria Quartz Crusher make with and say as follows 1. That in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven I arrived in the colony aforesaid with a sum of one thousand and five hundred pounds and machinery of the value of four hundred pounds. 2. That five months after my arrival one of my children was taken ill and died. 3. That I came to Sailors Gully aforesaid almost immediately after my arrival and put up a Crushing machine which paid pretty well for two or three years and with the profits I improved the plant and machinery and purchased the land and erected my dwelling. 4. That in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty one WN Paul who was indebted to me for purchase price of a quartz claim to the amount of three hundred pounds and against whom I recovered a verdict because insolvent and I lost the said sum and also nearly one hundred pounds in law expense. 5. That I have lost four valuable horses worth three hundred pounds one was lost in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty two. Two were stolen in the same year and one died in one thousand eight hundred and sixty one. 6. That in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty I was taken seriously ill and from that time to the present have never been able to do a days work and I am at the present time confined to the house and am a confirmed invalid. 7. That I have paid for Doctors Bills a sum of two hundred pounds at least. 8. That being unable to attend to the machine it didn't pay and in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty three I applied to one William Davey to advance me money on mortgage of my land and buildings thereon and is now the sum of four hundred and ninety pounds due to him thereon. 9. That in the month of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty three one of my children was taken ill and died and two other of my children were laid up with fever and caused me great expense, 10. That Henry Rodda the Elder Henry Rodda the younger and Robert Grieve have served me with summonses out of the County Court to appear on Tuesday next-and I fear that they will issue an execution against me goods and then a warrant against my person. 11. That my health is so very bad I have no hopes of being able to attend to my business again and there despair of paying my creditors that I have a wife and three children depending on me for support. Sworn at Sandhurst in the Colony of Victoria this twenty third day of September eight hundred and sixty five – John Bassett Before me (unable to read signature) a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria for taking Affidavits.
  Person ID	I84	149B William Bassett of Redruth
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	John Bassett,   b. Abt 1790,   d. 25 Nov 1868, Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Australia  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Martha Carbis,   b. Abt 1793, Mousehole, Penzance, Cornwall, England ,   d. 22 Mar 1882, Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Australia  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1812	St. Austell, Cornwall, England
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Davey,   b. 2 Jan 1824, Bodmin, Cornwall, England ,   d. 1890, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia  (Age 65 years)
  Married	12 May 1843	Breage, Cornwall
  Children	+ 1. Francis Davey Bassett,   b. Abt 1843,   d. 23 Dec 1927, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 84 years)   2. John Bassett,   b. 1846,   d. 1867  (Age 21 years)   3. Catherine Davey Bassett,   b. 1848, Cornwall, England ,   d. 8 Jan 1934, California Gully, Victoria, Australia  (Age 86 years) + 4. Martha Bassett,   b. 1851,   d. 31 Aug 1929, Iron Bark, Victoria, Australia  (Age 78 years)   5. Nanny Davey Bassett,   b. 1859, Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Australia ,   d. 3 Feb 1942, Long Gully, Victoria, Australia  (Age 83 years)   6. Elizabeth Bassett,   b. 21 Oct 1861, Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Australia ,   d. 4 Mar 1863, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 29 August 2009.