William Bassett and Mary Rainsford
Husband William Bassett 1
Born: Abt 1624 - Plymouth, MA
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Bassett (Abt 1600-Abt 1667) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Bassett ( -Bef 1664) 1
Marriage: Abt 1652
Wife Mary Rainsford 1
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Edward Rainsford ( - ) 1
Mother:
General Notes (Husband)
!BIRTH:"GMB", GMB, Vol.1, pg.127-130
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:Salmons, William, WSalmons@aol.com
!MARRIAGE:Robinson, Randy, Randy Robinson: rirobins@flint h ill.com
William Bassett and Mary Tilden
Husband William Bassett 1
Born: Abt 1600
Christened:
Died: Abt May 1667 - Bridgewater, MA
Buried:
Marriage: betw1651 and 1664
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Bassett ( -Bef 1664) 1 - Abt 1623
Noted events in his life were:
• Emigration, Plymouth, MA, 1621
On the "Fortune".
• Occupation, Blacksmith
• Will, 3 Apr 1667
• Inventory, 12 May 1667
Wife Mary Tilden 1
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Nathaniel Tilden ( - ) 1
Mother:
Other Spouse: Thomas Lapham ( - ) 1
General Notes (Husband)
ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1621 on Fortune FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Duxbury by 1637 [PCR 1:63], Bridgewater by 1656
OCCUPATION: Blacksmith (the first five lines of the inve n t ory included blacksmith's tools, including a pair of be ll ow s, an anvil, a vice, tongs and hammers and coal shove ls , an d "all the rest of the smith shop" items). FREEMAN: In "1633" Plymouth list of freemen, among th o s e admitted before 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]; also in l i s t of 7 March 1636/7 EPCR 1:52]. In Duxbury portion of l i s t of 1639 [PCR 8:174]. In Bridgewater portion of list w hi c h has been dated in 1658 [PCR 8:202]. EDUCATION: Inventory included more than twenty books lis t e d by title, mostly theological, valued at &9 18s. OFFICES: Plymouth coroner's jury, 2 March 1635/6 [PCR 1: 3 9 ]; committee to admit newcomers to Duxbury, 7 May 163 8 [P C R 1:84]; Plymouth grand jury, 5 June 1638, 6 June 16 54 EP C R 1:87, 3:49]; Plymouth petitjury, 7 March 1636/7 , 2 Janu ar y 1637/8, 6 March 1637/8, 4 June 1639, 3 Septem ber 163 9 [PC R 7:5, 7, 8, 12, 13], Duxbury deputy to Plymo uth cour t, 2 J une 1640, 6 June 1643, 29 August 1643, 5 Ma rch 1643/ 4, 7 Ju ne 1648 [PCR 1:154, 2:57, 60, 68, 123]; c ommittee t o lay ou t land, 3 September 1638, 7 January 163 8/9, 4 Febr uary 1638 /9, 4 March 1638/9, 31 August 1640 , 5 October 164 0 [PCR 1:9 5, 109, 112, 115, 161, 163]; com mittee on bound s between Du xbury and Marshfield, 2 Marc h 1640/1 [PCR 2:9 , 42]; counci l of war for Duxbury, 27 Se ptember 1642 [PC R 2:46]; Duxbur y constable, 3 June 1652 [ PCR 3:8]; committ ee to lay out hi ghways [PCR 3:61, 62]. I n Duxbury portio n of 1643 list of m en able to bear arms [ PCR 8:190]. ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division "William Bass i t e" received two acres as a passenger on the Fortune i n 16 2 1 [PCR 12:5]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattl e, t h e sixth company included William Basset, Elizabeth B asse t , William Basset Jr. and Elizabeth Basset Jr. [PCR 1 2:11].
Assessed &1 7s. in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1 6 3 3 and 27 March 1634 lPCR 1:10, 27].
On 1 July 1633, 14 March 1635/6 and 20 March 1636/7 Wil l i am Bassett was ordered to "mow at the end of his own gr ou nd " [PCR 1:14, 40, 56].
On 23 June 1637 William Bassett of Duxbury released t o M r . Ralph Partridge "so much of the lot of his lands ly in g i n Ducksborrow aforesaid as is now enclosed by the sa i d Mr . Partridg" [PCR 12:18-19], and again on 7 Novembe r 16 3 7 a similar agreement was reached regarding land rel ease d t o William Leverich and Ralph Partridge [PCR 12:25].
On 6 April 1640 Plymouth Colony granted to "William Bas s e t of Duxburrow" one hundred acres of upland with "mead o w co nvenient" [PCR 1:144, 146].
On 3 June 1652 William Bassett of Duxbury gave to "hi s s o n-in-law Leiftenant Perigrine White" forty acres of u pla n d with the meadow adjoining [MD 1:96, citing PCLR 2:1 :5] . O n 16 June 1656 "William Bassett Senior of Duxburro w no w liv ing at Bridgewater" made a deed of gift of his M arshf ield l ands to his "two sons there living viz: Perigr ine Wh ite an d Nathaniell Bassett" [MD 10:25-27, citing PC LR 2:1: 177-78].
William Bassett and Mr. [John] Howland jointly held o n e s hare as Dartmouth purchasers, 7 March 1652 [MD 4:187 , c itin g PCLR 2:1:107]. On 8 November 1666 William Bassett, blacksmith, of Bridg e w ater sold to John Sprague of Duxbury, husbandman, for & 4 0 f our lots of upland containing fourscore acres and f; v e acre s of meadow, with dwelling house, cowhouse, stabl e , barn, o uthouse, orchard and garden; William Bassett ac kn owledged t he deed on 7 November 1666, and on 5 Novembe r 16 66 "Mary Ba ssett the wife of William Bassett Sr. .. . of Br idgewater" c onsented to the sale [PCLR 3:66, wit h dates i n the unlikel y order as given].
On 3 April 1667 William Bassett Senior made a nuncupat i v e will, bequeathing the movables to his wife, and the h ou s e and land to her during her life, after which it wa s t o g o to his son William's son, and bequeathing his too ls t o hi s son Joseph, and "being demanded about his book s whic h h e formerly took care about, answered he could no t now d o it " [MD 16:162, citing PCPR 2:2:37]. His invent ory wa s take n 12 May 1667 and totalled &123 2s. 6d. (whic h inclu ded n o land, but did include his blacksmith's tool s and mo re tha n twenty books) [PCPR 2:2:37-38]. On 5 Jun e 1667 let ters o f administration were granted to Willia m Bassett Jr . on th e estate of William Bassett Sr. deceas ed [PCR 4:155 ].
On 2 June 1669 "William Bassett of Sandwich ... the eld e s t son and heir of William Bassett sometimes inhabitan t of .. . Bridgewater ... now deceased" confirmed to "Josep h Bas set t of Bridgewater my youngest brother" land in Bri dgewat er g ranted him by his father in his lifetime but no t legal ly co nfirmed [PCLR 3:140].
BIRTH: By about 1600, assuming that Elizabeth was his fi r s t wife. DEATH: Bridgewater between 3 April 1667 (date of will ) a n d 12 May 1667 (date of inventory). (The claim that Wi lli a m Bassett died on 4 April 1667 derives from a peculia r mi sr eading of the probate documents, in which the dat e of pr oba te is taken as 5 April rather than 5 June, an d the assu mpti on is made that the death must have occurre d between t he th ird and the fifth.) MARRIAGE: (1) By 1623 (and probably by 1621) Elizabeth __ _ _ _, probably also a passenger on the Fortune in 1621; sh e a pp ears in no record after 1627, and may have died soo n aft e r the birth of the last child about 1634, or she ma y hav e l ived until just before William Bassett married hi s seco nd w ife. (2) After 1651 and before 12 December 1664 Mary (Tilde n ) L apham, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, widow of Thoma s La pha m [see TIMOTHY HATHERLEY]; she was living at Bridg ewate r a s late as 28 March 1690 [Bassett Gen 6, citing Br idTR 1 :320 ]. CHILDREN: i WILLIAM, b. Plymouth about 1624; m. by about 1652 M a r y Rainsford, daughter of EDWARD RAINSFORD [NEHGR 139:29 9]. ii ELIZABETH, b. Plymouth about 1626; m. Sandwich 8 N o v ember 1648 Thomas Burgess [PCR 8:6], from whom she wa s di vo rced on 10 June 1661 [PCR 3:221]. iii SARAH, b. Plymouth say 1628; m. by 6 March 1 6 4 8/9 Peregrine White, son of WILLIAM WHITE [PCR 2:183 ; M F 1: 101-03]. iv NATHANIEL, b. say 1630; m. about 1661 Dorcas Joyc e , d aughter of John Joyce [TAG 43:3-5]. v JOSEPH, b. say 1632; m. (l)by about 1660 Mary _____ ( s aid to be his stepsister Mary Lapham, daughter of Thom a s La pham [see NEHGR 115:851); m. (2) Hingham 16 Octobe r 16 77 Ma rtha Hobart [NEHGR 121:200]. vi RUTH, b. say 1634; m. (1) by 1655 John Sprague, s o n o f FRANCIS SPRAGUE [TAG 41:178-81, citing PCR 6:109 f o r evid ence of marriage]; she m. (2) _____ Thomas [TAG 41 :1 79; Rob ert S. Wakefield suggests that this was John Tho ma s of Mars hfield, who died before 12 January 1691/2, an d wh ose firs t wife had died 2 January 1682/3].
COMMENTS: In 1611 a William Bassett, formerly of Sandwi c h i n England, widower of Cecily Light, was twice betroth e d a t Leiden in Holland. His first bride-to-be died, bu t h e suc ceeded the second time. Some have held that thi s wa s the ma n who came to Plymouth, but this seems unlike ly gi ven the t en-year gap before the arrival in Plymout h in 162 1, and th e lack of evidence for children of the P lymouth m an born be fore that date, assuming that he had b een marrie d at leas t twice before. It is also possible th at the Will iam Basset t of Leiden in 161 1 was the fathe r of the immig rant to Ply mouth in 1621, but there is no e vidence directl y favoring t his hypothesis. (See discussio n in Stratton 24 2-43.) If th e two-acre grant to William B assett in 1623 wa s for Willia m and his wife Elizabeth, th en the first chil d would not ha ve been born until 1624, t hree years after W illiam's arriva l in Plymouth. It is pos sible (though not l ikely) that th e marriage took place i n Plymouth, and Eliza beth came on th e Fortune as a singl e woman.
Savage has misread the 1627 Plymouth cattle division, s o m ehow including daughter Sarah Bassett in this list, wh e n i n fact only two children, William and Elizabeth, wer e i nclu ded. Sarah must have been born soon after 1627, ho weve r, t o have married by the end of 1648.
Pope claims that William Bassett resided at Sandwic h i n 1 650, but this would be the son of the same name.
Munsey-Hopkins (p. 67) lists a "probable" seventh chi l d , a daughter Jane who married a Thomas Gilbert. This mu s t b e a simple error in which "Rossiter" was misread fo r "B asse tt," as there was a Thomas Gilbert of Taunton wh o marr ied J ane Rossiter.
Various secondary sources claim that William Bassett vo l u nteered for service in the Pequot War, and in the ind e x t o the first volume of published Plymouth Colony recor d s h e is listed for the page on which such volunteers app ea r, b ut he does not actually appear in the list [PCR 1:6 1] ; a nu mber of the index entries for William Bassett act ual ly see m to be for William Paddy.
On 6 March 1648/9 William Bassett was fined 5s. "fo r n o t mending of guns in seasonable time," and on 9 Jun e 165 3 h e was fined 10s. "for neglecting to publish and m ake kn ow n an order directed to him from the council of wa r, proh ibi ting provisions for being transported out of th e colony " [P CR 2:137, 3:36]. On 9 August 1655 and 10Jun e 1661 th e colon y treasurer received payment of fines b y William Ba ssett [P CR 3:93, 8:104].
@NI2006@
!BIRTH:"GMB", GMB, Vol.1, pg.127-130
!DEATH:"GMB", GMB, Vol.1, pg.127-130
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:"MF, Eaton/S. Fuller/White", MF Eaton/S. Fuller/ W hite, pg.101
!MARRIAGE:"GMB", GMB, Vol.1, pg.127-130
William Bassett and Mary Tilden
Husband William Bassett 1
Born: 1595 - Sandwich, Kent County, England
Christened:
Died: 4 Apr 1667 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
Buried:
Father: William Bassett (1575-1667) 1
Mother: Cecilia Light (1575-1667) 1
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Tilden (1603-Abt 1627) 1 - London, Middlesex County, England
Wife Mary Tilden 1
Born: Abt 1604 - London, Middlesex County, England
Christened:
Died: After 1654 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
Buried:
Father: Nathaniel Tilden (1583-1641) 1
Mother: Lydia Hatche Huckstepp (1587-1672) 1
General Notes (Husband)
WILLIAM1 BASSETT came from England in 1621. The earl i e s t B assett record in England is of Thurstine de Basse t t , wh o ca me from Normandy in 1066, as Grand Falcone r o f Wi llia m th e Conqueror. His name is in the Domesda y Boo k an d in t he Ba ttle Abbey Roll. Thurstine built Be aupr e Castl e, nea r Cowbr idge in Glamorgan, Wales, soo n afte r the bat tle o f Hastings . His son Lord Ralph Bass ett wa s Chief Jus tice o f England , under Henry I (1068-1 135). T he Bassett s of Engl and are pr obably descended fr om thi s family bu t we have n o records th at show any lin e. The following translation from the records of the c i t y o f L eyden, Holland, where the Pilgrims were then li vi ng , ma y po ssibly refer to William who came in the For tun e , but m ore p robably to his father. "On the 19th o f Marc h , 1611, w ere af fianced William Bassett, drayma n (or jou rn eyman maso n) fro m Sandwich in England, the w idower o f Cec ilia Light , accomp anied by Roger Wilson an d Willia m Brews ter, his fr iends, an d Margaret Butler. " The brid e died be fore the thi rd calling , and was inte rred Apr. 9 , 1611. "O n the 26th o f July, 1611 , were aff ianced, an d on the 13t h Aug. were ma rried Willia m Basse tt, English man, widowe r of Cecilia Ligh t, accompanie d b y Roger Wils on and Edwar d Southworth, hi s friends, an d M argaret Oldh am, young mai d from England." William Bassett was one of thirty-five who came in 1 6 2 1 , i n the Fortune, landing in November. He remaine d i n Pl ym out h until 1638, then went to Duxbury where fo r se vera l ye ar s he and Capt. Miles Standish were altern atel y depu tie s o f the town to General Court. As he wa s rate d one o f th e hig hest on the tax list he must hav e bee n a man o f prope rty. In 1645 the town of Duxbury was granted a plantatio n , t o t h e west, four miles in each direction from a giv e n cen ter . T his was divided between fifty-four, who we r e calle d ori gina l proprietors; among them were John Al de n, Mile s Stand ish , William Bradford, William Bassett , Wi lliam Co llier, C onst ant Southworth and Christophe r Wadsw orth--al l but th e firs t two being Bassett ancest ors. The y paid Ma ssasoit , the fri endly chief of the nei ghborin g Indians, f or thi s land, seve n coats--a yard an d a hal f in each coat --nin e hatchets, eig ht hoes, twent y knives , four moose sk ins an d ten and a hal f yards o f cotton cl oth. Each settle r ha d a grant of a hous e lo t of six acre s. This was incor porat ed as Bridgewate r i n 1656. The nearest corn mill was at Taunton and they often w a l k e d there carrying their grists on their backs. He became a large land holder and had the largest lib r a r y o wned by any of the Pilgrims. He was a blacksmit h a n d "a rmor er." He was a volunteer in the war against the Pequots i n 1 6 3 7 ; a member of Capt. Myles Standish's Military Com pan y , 16 43. He married, probably in England, Elizabeth (???), w h o w a s t he mother of his children. When a division of t h e cat tl e o f the colony was made in 1627, the sixth lo t , consis tin g o f "the lesser of the black cowes came a t f irst in t he A nn , the bigest of the two steers, and t wo s hee goats " cam e t o a company of thirteen persons am ong w hom were W illia m an d Elizabeth Bassett and Willya m Basse tt, Jr., an d Elyz abet h Bassett, Jr., showing the re wer e two childre n at tha t tim e. His wife died before 1650, and he married, after 165 1 , M a r y (Tilden) Lapham, who was baptized in Tenterden , E ng. , 1 61 0, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, and widow o f Th oma s Lap ham --who died 1648. He had no children by h is se con d wife . H e died in Bridgewater in 1667, betwee n Apr . 3--t he dat e o f his will--and May 12--the date o f inven tory. H is wido w, M ary, signed a receipt Sept. 16 67, whic h is th e lates t recor d we have of her. In the i nventor y of his p ropert y appear , "a pair of bellowes, a n Anvill , a vice, t ongs an d hammer s and coal shovels , a feathe r bed and bols ter an d sheets, o ne other sma l feather bed , 2 pillows , 2 blanket s, 4 guns , 1 buggy, " and several b ooks, amon g them being " Wilson's D ixonar y," two concorda nces, and m any commentarie s on book s o f the Bible. Late r a highwa y was laid out t o run by "o l d Goodm. Bassett's ." "The la st will and Testa ment o f Willi am Bassett Sen . (as dictate d by him on his de at h bed) exhib ited to th e court, holdin g at Plymouth th e 1 st day of June , Anno D om. 1667, on th e oath of Willi am Bre tt and John Car ey . The third of th e second mont h Anno Dom . 1667, the la s t will and Testamen t of Willia m Bassett, Se n. being ver y we ak and sick, an d having sp oken to his wife , and said , 'Wife , I must leav e thee, b ut I shall leave th ee wit h the Lord . If God ha d lengthe ned out my life it mig ht h ave been tha t thou mig htest h ave been more comfortabl y p rovided for.' B ut it be ing d emanded of him by one who w a s acquainted wit h his mi n d about the disposition of hi s e state, whether hi s mi n d was as formerly: That he woul d giv e his movable goo d s w ith his chattels to his wife , answere d, yes, it wa s hi s m ind: and that she should ha ve his hous e and grou nds ti l l she died: If she married n ot, and the n he woul d give i t t o his son William, and hi s tools to hi s so n Joseph: an d i t being demanded about h is books whic h h e formerly too k car e about, answered h e could not no w d o it. To satisf y as so on as we may. Pr esent then wi th hi m we have set ou r hands a s witnesses t o the abov e writin g so far as we kn ow.
William Bassett and Elizabeth Tilden
Husband William Bassett 1
Born: 1595 - Sandwich, Kent County, England
Christened:
Died: 4 Apr 1667 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
Buried:
Father: William Bassett (1575-1667) 1
Mother: Cecilia Light (1575-1667) 1
Marriage: - London, Middlesex County, England
Other Spouse: Mary Tilden (Abt 1604-After 1654) 1
Wife Elizabeth Tilden 1
Born: 1603 - Bridgewater, Worcestershire, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1627 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
Buried:
Father: Nathaniel Tilden (1583-1641) 1
Mother: Lydia Hatche Huckstepp (1587-1672) 1
Children
1 M William Bassett 1
Born: 1624 - Plymouth Colony, MA
Christened:
Died: 29 Aug 1684 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Buried: 28 Aug 1684
Spouse: Hannah Dickerman (1622-1684) 1
Marr: 7 Nov 1648 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
2 M Nathaniel Bassett 1
Born: 1628
Christened:
Died: 1709
Buried:
Spouse: Dorcas Joyce (1644- ) 1
General Notes (Husband)
WILLIAM1 BASSETT came from England in 1621. The earl i e s t B assett record in England is of Thurstine de Basse t t , wh o ca me from Normandy in 1066, as Grand Falcone r o f Wi llia m th e Conqueror. His name is in the Domesda y Boo k an d in t he Ba ttle Abbey Roll. Thurstine built Be aupr e Castl e, nea r Cowbr idge in Glamorgan, Wales, soo n afte r the bat tle o f Hastings . His son Lord Ralph Bass ett wa s Chief Jus tice o f England , under Henry I (1068-1 135). T he Bassett s of Engl and are pr obably descended fr om thi s family bu t we have n o records th at show any lin e. The following translation from the records of the c i t y o f L eyden, Holland, where the Pilgrims were then li vi ng , ma y po ssibly refer to William who came in the For tun e , but m ore p robably to his father. "On the 19th o f Marc h , 1611, w ere af fianced William Bassett, drayma n (or jou rn eyman maso n) fro m Sandwich in England, the w idower o f Cec ilia Light , accomp anied by Roger Wilson an d Willia m Brews ter, his fr iends, an d Margaret Butler. " The brid e died be fore the thi rd calling , and was inte rred Apr. 9 , 1611. "O n the 26th o f July, 1611 , were aff ianced, an d on the 13t h Aug. were ma rried Willia m Basse tt, English man, widowe r of Cecilia Ligh t, accompanie d b y Roger Wils on and Edwar d Southworth, hi s friends, an d M argaret Oldh am, young mai d from England." William Bassett was one of thirty-five who came in 1 6 2 1 , i n the Fortune, landing in November. He remaine d i n Pl ym out h until 1638, then went to Duxbury where fo r se vera l ye ar s he and Capt. Miles Standish were altern atel y depu tie s o f the town to General Court. As he wa s rate d one o f th e hig hest on the tax list he must hav e bee n a man o f prope rty. In 1645 the town of Duxbury was granted a plantatio n , t o t h e west, four miles in each direction from a giv e n cen ter . T his was divided between fifty-four, who we r e calle d ori gina l proprietors; among them were John Al de n, Mile s Stand ish , William Bradford, William Bassett , Wi lliam Co llier, C onst ant Southworth and Christophe r Wadsw orth--al l but th e firs t two being Bassett ancest ors. The y paid Ma ssasoit , the fri endly chief of the nei ghborin g Indians, f or thi s land, seve n coats--a yard an d a hal f in each coat --nin e hatchets, eig ht hoes, twent y knives , four moose sk ins an d ten and a hal f yards o f cotton cl oth. Each settle r ha d a grant of a hous e lo t of six acre s. This was incor porat ed as Bridgewate r i n 1656. The nearest corn mill was at Taunton and they often w a l k e d there carrying their grists on their backs. He became a large land holder and had the largest lib r a r y o wned by any of the Pilgrims. He was a blacksmit h a n d "a rmor er." He was a volunteer in the war against the Pequots i n 1 6 3 7 ; a member of Capt. Myles Standish's Military Com pan y , 16 43. He married, probably in England, Elizabeth (???), w h o w a s t he mother of his children. When a division of t h e cat tl e o f the colony was made in 1627, the sixth lo t , consis tin g o f "the lesser of the black cowes came a t f irst in t he A nn , the bigest of the two steers, and t wo s hee goats " cam e t o a company of thirteen persons am ong w hom were W illia m an d Elizabeth Bassett and Willya m Basse tt, Jr., an d Elyz abet h Bassett, Jr., showing the re wer e two childre n at tha t tim e. His wife died before 1650, and he married, after 165 1 , M a r y (Tilden) Lapham, who was baptized in Tenterden , E ng. , 1 61 0, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, and widow o f Th oma s Lap ham --who died 1648. He had no children by h is se con d wife . H e died in Bridgewater in 1667, betwee n Apr . 3--t he dat e o f his will--and May 12--the date o f inven tory. H is wido w, M ary, signed a receipt Sept. 16 67, whic h is th e lates t recor d we have of her. In the i nventor y of his p ropert y appear , "a pair of bellowes, a n Anvill , a vice, t ongs an d hammer s and coal shovels , a feathe r bed and bols ter an d sheets, o ne other sma l feather bed , 2 pillows , 2 blanket s, 4 guns , 1 buggy, " and several b ooks, amon g them being " Wilson's D ixonar y," two concorda nces, and m any commentarie s on book s o f the Bible. Late r a highwa y was laid out t o run by "o l d Goodm. Bassett's ." "The la st will and Testa ment o f Willi am Bassett Sen . (as dictate d by him on his de at h bed) exhib ited to th e court, holdin g at Plymouth th e 1 st day of June , Anno D om. 1667, on th e oath of Willi am Bre tt and John Car ey . The third of th e second mont h Anno Dom . 1667, the la s t will and Testamen t of Willia m Bassett, Se n. being ver y we ak and sick, an d having sp oken to his wife , and said , 'Wife , I must leav e thee, b ut I shall leave th ee wit h the Lord . If God ha d lengthe ned out my life it mig ht h ave been tha t thou mig htest h ave been more comfortabl y p rovided for.' B ut it be ing d emanded of him by one who w a s acquainted wit h his mi n d about the disposition of hi s e state, whether hi s mi n d was as formerly: That he woul d giv e his movable goo d s w ith his chattels to his wife , answere d, yes, it wa s hi s m ind: and that she should ha ve his hous e and grou nds ti l l she died: If she married n ot, and the n he woul d give i t t o his son William, and hi s tools to hi s so n Joseph: an d i t being demanded about h is books whic h h e formerly too k car e about, answered h e could not no w d o it. To satisf y as so on as we may. Pr esent then wi th hi m we have set ou r hands a s witnesses t o the abov e writin g so far as we kn ow.
General Notes for Child William Bassett
"MR." WILLIAM2 BASSETT, son of William1 and Elizabeth B a s s e tt, was born in Plymouth, Mass., 1624. He was on e o f t h e ea rly settlers of Sandwich, and lived there un ti l hi s de ath . He was licensed in 1659, to set up an "o rdi nary, " an d t o draw wines and sell spirituous liquors . H e was C ollec to r and Constable at Sandwich, 1657; Dep ut y to Gener al Cou r t at Plymouth, 1662; member of milit ar y company un der Cap t . Myles Standish, 1643. William B ass ett and Willi am Basse tt , Jr., were on the "rolls o f male s between th e ages of 1 6 a nd 60 able to perform m ilitar y duty in Aug . 1643" at Du xbur y. He was one of th e few i n the colony c alled "Mr." H e marr ied about 1652 , Mary Ra insford, who wa s born in Bost on Jun e 1, 1632 , daughter o f Elder Edward 1 and Mary Raynes ford. H e die d June 10, 16 70, at Sandwich . His children wer e mino r s and Mr. Winslo w and Mr. Hinckl ey were chosen as g uar dians --both of who m later became go vernors of the colo n y. His widow married, June, 1671, Lieut. James1 Perciv a l , w h o came from Virginia about 1670, to Sandwich. Th e y ha d th re e children. He died 1692. His will provide s fo r hi s wif e Ma ry, his sons John and James and daught er El izabe th, da ughte r-in-law (which means wife's daugh ter) , Sara h Lewes , grands on John Williams that dwells w ith m e, so n of Mar y Bassett d ec'd, and son-in-law Natha n Bass ett (t hat is, w ife's son) . Mary, twice widowed, d ied Apr . 12, 1 694, at Fa lmouth.
William Bassett and Cecilia Light
Husband William Bassett 1
Born: 1575 - Sandwich, Kent County, England
Christened:
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Father: Walter Bassett (Abt 1549- ) 1
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Marriage: Abt 1590 - London, Middlesex County, England
Wife Cecilia Light 1
Born: 1575 - Sandwich, Kent County, England
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1 M William Bassett 1
Born: 1595 - Sandwich, Kent County, England
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Spouse: Mary Tilden (Abt 1604-After 1654) 1
Spouse: Elizabeth Tilden (1603-Abt 1627) 1
Marr: London, Middlesex County, England
General Notes for Child William Bassett
WILLIAM1 BASSETT came from England in 1621. The earl i e s t B assett record in England is of Thurstine de Basse t t , wh o ca me from Normandy in 1066, as Grand Falcone r o f Wi llia m th e Conqueror. His name is in the Domesda y Boo k an d in t he Ba ttle Abbey Roll. Thurstine built Be aupr e Castl e, nea r Cowbr idge in Glamorgan, Wales, soo n afte r the bat tle o f Hastings . His son Lord Ralph Bass ett wa s Chief Jus tice o f England , under Henry I (1068-1 135). T he Bassett s of Engl and are pr obably descended fr om thi s family bu t we have n o records th at show any lin e. The following translation from the records of the c i t y o f L eyden, Holland, where the Pilgrims were then li vi ng , ma y po ssibly refer to William who came in the For tun e , but m ore p robably to his father. "On the 19th o f Marc h , 1611, w ere af fianced William Bassett, drayma n (or jou rn eyman maso n) fro m Sandwich in England, the w idower o f Cec ilia Light , accomp anied by Roger Wilson an d Willia m Brews ter, his fr iends, an d Margaret Butler. " The brid e died be fore the thi rd calling , and was inte rred Apr. 9 , 1611. "O n the 26th o f July, 1611 , were aff ianced, an d on the 13t h Aug. were ma rried Willia m Basse tt, English man, widowe r of Cecilia Ligh t, accompanie d b y Roger Wils on and Edwar d Southworth, hi s friends, an d M argaret Oldh am, young mai d from England." William Bassett was one of thirty-five who came in 1 6 2 1 , i n the Fortune, landing in November. He remaine d i n Pl ym out h until 1638, then went to Duxbury where fo r se vera l ye ar s he and Capt. Miles Standish were altern atel y depu tie s o f the town to General Court. As he wa s rate d one o f th e hig hest on the tax list he must hav e bee n a man o f prope rty. In 1645 the town of Duxbury was granted a plantatio n , t o t h e west, four miles in each direction from a giv e n cen ter . T his was divided between fifty-four, who we r e calle d ori gina l proprietors; among them were John Al de n, Mile s Stand ish , William Bradford, William Bassett , Wi lliam Co llier, C onst ant Southworth and Christophe r Wadsw orth--al l but th e firs t two being Bassett ancest ors. The y paid Ma ssasoit , the fri endly chief of the nei ghborin g Indians, f or thi s land, seve n coats--a yard an d a hal f in each coat --nin e hatchets, eig ht hoes, twent y knives , four moose sk ins an d ten and a hal f yards o f cotton cl oth. Each settle r ha d a grant of a hous e lo t of six acre s. This was incor porat ed as Bridgewate r i n 1656. The nearest corn mill was at Taunton and they often w a l k e d there carrying their grists on their backs. He became a large land holder and had the largest lib r a r y o wned by any of the Pilgrims. He was a blacksmit h a n d "a rmor er." He was a volunteer in the war against the Pequots i n 1 6 3 7 ; a member of Capt. Myles Standish's Military Com pan y , 16 43. He married, probably in England, Elizabeth (???), w h o w a s t he mother of his children. When a division of t h e cat tl e o f the colony was made in 1627, the sixth lo t , consis tin g o f "the lesser of the black cowes came a t f irst in t he A nn , the bigest of the two steers, and t wo s hee goats " cam e t o a company of thirteen persons am ong w hom were W illia m an d Elizabeth Bassett and Willya m Basse tt, Jr., an d Elyz abet h Bassett, Jr., showing the re wer e two childre n at tha t tim e. His wife died before 1650, and he married, after 165 1 , M a r y (Tilden) Lapham, who was baptized in Tenterden , E ng. , 1 61 0, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, and widow o f Th oma s Lap ham --who died 1648. He had no children by h is se con d wife . H e died in Bridgewater in 1667, betwee n Apr . 3--t he dat e o f his will--and May 12--the date o f inven tory. H is wido w, M ary, signed a receipt Sept. 16 67, whic h is th e lates t recor d we have of her. In the i nventor y of his p ropert y appear , "a pair of bellowes, a n Anvill , a vice, t ongs an d hammer s and coal shovels , a feathe r bed and bols ter an d sheets, o ne other sma l feather bed , 2 pillows , 2 blanket s, 4 guns , 1 buggy, " and several b ooks, amon g them being " Wilson's D ixonar y," two concorda nces, and m any commentarie s on book s o f the Bible. Late r a highwa y was laid out t o run by "o l d Goodm. Bassett's ." "The la st will and Testa ment o f Willi am Bassett Sen . (as dictate d by him on his de at h bed) exhib ited to th e court, holdin g at Plymouth th e 1 st day of June , Anno D om. 1667, on th e oath of Willi am Bre tt and John Car ey . The third of th e second mont h Anno Dom . 1667, the la s t will and Testamen t of Willia m Bassett, Se n. being ver y we ak and sick, an d having sp oken to his wife , and said , 'Wife , I must leav e thee, b ut I shall leave th ee wit h the Lord . If God ha d lengthe ned out my life it mig ht h ave been tha t thou mig htest h ave been more comfortabl y p rovided for.' B ut it be ing d emanded of him by one who w a s acquainted wit h his mi n d about the disposition of hi s e state, whether hi s mi n d was as formerly: That he woul d giv e his movable goo d s w ith his chattels to his wife , answere d, yes, it wa s hi s m ind: and that she should ha ve his hous e and grou nds ti l l she died: If she married n ot, and the n he woul d give i t t o his son William, and hi s tools to hi s so n Joseph: an d i t being demanded about h is books whic h h e formerly too k car e about, answered h e could not no w d o it. To satisf y as so on as we may. Pr esent then wi th hi m we have set ou r hands a s witnesses t o the abov e writin g so far as we kn ow.
William Bassett
Husband William Bassett 1
Born: 1114 - Colston, Nottinghamshire, England
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Heather Dawn Bassing
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John Bassingborne
Husband John Bassingborne 1
Born: Abt 1012
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1 F Jane Bassingborne 1
Born: Abt 1042
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Spouse: Sir Edward Bartell (Abt 1042-Between 1076) 1
Marr: Between 1058 and 1090
Jimmie Mancell Roye and Ellen Bassinger
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Roy Hume Kuhns and Hazel Bassinger
Husband Roy Hume Kuhns 2
Born: 24 Mar 1888
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Died: 1 Aug 1969 - At Home, Hamburg, Remont Co. IA
Buried: - Hamburg Cem., Hamburg, Fremont Co., IA.
Father: Joseph Alexander Kuhns (1859-1918) 2
Mother: Mahala Catherine (Hattie) Shanley (1859-1936) 2
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Wife Hazel Bassinger 2
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Buried: - Hamburg Cem., Hamburg, Fremont Co., IA.
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1 M Arthur William Kuhns 2
Born: 30 Nov 1913 - Hamburg, Fremont Co., IA.
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Spouse: Jessie Lee Ashlock (living)
Henry Bassinger and Martha Beach
Husband Henry Bassinger 1
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Wife Martha Beach 1
Born: 23 Oct 1787
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Father: Jedediah Beach (1755-1841) 1
Mother: Mary Post ( -1847) 1
Billy Joe Gravely and Nelda Joy Bassinger
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Laverne F. Shanley and Dorothy Bast
Husband Laverne F. Shanley 2
Born: 25 May 1909 - Ellenboro Twsp., Grant Co. Wis.
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Died: 25 Jun 1999 - Lancaster Care Center, Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis.
Buried: 29 Jun 1999 - Hillside Cem., Platteville, Grant Co., Wis.
Father: Clarence Ray Shanley (1880-1969) 2
Mother: Annie Lydia Sinflavin (1888-1970) 2
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Preston Jones Garrison and Susan Bast
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1 M Lance Preston Garrison (details suppressed for this person)
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Jerosme Bastairoux and Jeanne Cortelyou
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Wife Jeanne Cortelyou
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Anthony Beaty Mckee Bastanzio
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Taylor Murphy Mckee Bastanzio
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Baldwin John Pollexfen Bastard
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Edmund Bastard and Jane Pownoll
Husband Edmund Bastard 6
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Father: William Bastard ( -1782) 6
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1 M Edmund Pollexfen Bastard 6
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2 M John Bastard Captain R.N. 6
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Spouse: Frances Wade ( -1835) 6
3 M Philomen Pownoll Bastard Rev (details suppressed for this person)
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1 UPDA 2 PLAC M.P. for Dartmouth
General Notes for Child Edmund Pollexfen Bastard
1 UPDA 2 PLAC M.P. for Devon
Edmund Pollexfen Bastard and Anne Jane Rodney
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1 UPDA 2 PLAC M.P. for Devon
Edmund Rodney Pollexfen Bastard
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William Frederick Chewton Viscount and Fanny Bastard
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John Bastard Captain R.N. and Frances Wade
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Philomen Pownoll Bastard Rev
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Pollexfen Bastard and Bridget Poulett Lady
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1 M William Bastard 6
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William Bastard and Ann Worsley
Husband William Bastard 6
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Father: Pollexfen Bastard ( -1733) 6
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1 M Edmund Bastard 6
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General Notes for Child Edmund Bastard
1 UPDA 2 PLAC M.P. for Dartmouth
William Pollexfen Bastard
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Heinrich August Neuschaefer and Anna Elisabeth Bastet
Husband Heinrich August Neuschaefer 5
Born: 26 Nov 1877 - Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany
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Died: 12 Oct 1927 - Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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Father: Justus Heinrich Neuschaefer (1841-1909) 5
Mother: Elisabeth Margarete Loderhose (1843-1905) 5
Marriage: 26 Dec 1905
Other Spouse: Marie Bastet (1879-1946) 5 - 9 Apr 1919 - Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany
Wife Anna Elisabeth Bastet 5
Born: 23 Aug 1879 - Louisendorf, Hessen, Germany
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1 F Karoline Mathilde Neuschaefer (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Heinrich Neuschaefer (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Alfred Neuschaefer 5
Born: 27 Sep 1909 - Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany
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