The Bassetts

THE BASSETTS OF CORNWALL

The Bassetts can be traced back to the Norman invasion of England in 1066. The name is French (derived from the word for short) but the ancestry is probably Scandinavian, since the Normans were Vikings, who invaded France in the 900s and promtly adopted the French language, no doubt changing all their names along the way. Anyway, there is a record of an Osmond Basset and a Raoul Basset at the Battle of Hastings. What became of them is unclear, but certainly some Bassets soon profited out of the invasion by acquiring a substantial property in Cornwall. The family seat was at Tehidy in the parish of Illogan near Redruth.

The Bassets held on to the property until the 19th century, exploiting the tin resources that were abundant in the area. There is no direct link between them and my ancestors other than proximity. They certainly weren't closely related since they spelt their name with an extra "t" and they certainly weren't wealthy. However, my guess is they probably were related, descended from some younger son many hundreds of years ago, gradually slipping out of the high society. Madron and Gulval are villages on the outskirts of Penzance around 20km from Redruth. Portreath, just a couple of kms from Redruth was formerly known as Basset's Cove.

GENERATION 1

William Bassett m. Ann Ripper 4-11-1705 Redruth

Agnes chr.28-9-1706
Hannah chr.8-8-1708
William chr.8-4-1711
John b.1713 Redruth

GENERATION 2

William Bassett m. Margery Grenfield 23-8-1735 Madron

William chr.29-5-1736 Gulval -- bur.8-12-1819 Madron
William chr.29-5-1736
Francis chr.22-10-1738 Madron
John chr. 11-6-1738 Gulval
James chr.27-4-1740
Anna chr.27-4-1746 Madron
Nicholas chr.8-10-1749 -- bur.20-6-1809 Gulval

GENERATION 3

William Bassett m. Eleanor Sampson 23-3-1761 Madron

William chr. 1762
Eleanor chr. 1765

Nicholas Bassett m. Caroline Semmens 10-1-1796 St Hilary

John c. 1799 -- 20-2-1870 Penzance

GENERATION 4

William Bassett m. Jane Matthews 13-9-1783 Madron

Anne chr. 1784 Madron
Francis chr. 1785 Madron
William chr. 1788 Madron
John chr.5-9-1790 Madron -- 20-2-1870 Penzance
Mary chr. 1792 Madron
James chr. 1796 Madron
Hanna chr. 1798 Madron
Jane chr. 1800 Madron

John Bassett m. Catherine Bealey 18-11-1820 Madron

John 1824 Madron -- 1897 Condobolin NSW
James chr.19-8-1832 Gulval
William chr.6-7-1834 Gulval
Henry c.1836
Catherine 29-5-1839 -- 20-2-1906
Ellen 17-6-1842

GENERATION 5

Henry Bassett m. Eliza Semmens 19-2-1863

Ellen Bassett m. Henry Tonkin 1876

THE BASSETTS IN AUSTRALIA

John and Jane Bassett set sail from Plymouth on 19-9-1848 aboard the William Money and arrived in Adelaide SA on 3-1-1849. They lived happily in South Australia for nearly 20 years until Jane died in 1867. Then then moved to Albury-Wodonga on the NSW-Victorian border and later to Condobolin in the NSW Central West.

GENERATION 5

John Bassett m. Jane Thomas 15-4-1848 Madron CON

James 10-2-1849 Adelaide -- 5-9-1939 Condobolin
John 12-7-1850 Reedy Creek SA -- 4-6-1923 Box Hill VIC
Ellen 4-10-1851 Adelaide -- 4-6-1934 Grafton NSW
Elizabeth 8-1-1854 Reedy Creek -- 5-4-1924 Sydney NSW
William 6-9-1855 Adelaide -- 22-6-1872 Wodonga VIC
Walter 3-6-1857 Adelaide -- 6-12-1857
Walter 29-1-1859 Adelaide -- 7-1-1947 Tempe NSW
Henry 24-3-1861 Mt Pleasant SA -- 1944 Wagga Wagga NSW
Alfred 2-1-1864 Mt Pleasant -- 26-9-1944 Sydney

John Bassett m2. Elizabeth Polmear 26-5-1875 Beechworth VIC

Arthur 1877 Bungowannah NSW -- 17-8-1949 Albury NSW
William 1879 Albury -- 15-5-1940 Grenfell
Hedley 1881 Bungowannah -- 1897 Condobolin
Ernest 1885 Bungowannah -- 1959 Grenfell

GENERATION 6

James Bassett m. Margaret Polmear 22-7-1878 Beechworth VIC

Annie 1879 Albury NSW -- 1895 Condobolin NSW
Catherine 1881 Albury
Mary 1883 Albury
Margaret c.1883 Albury -- 31-3-1960 Condobolin
John 1885 Albury
Louisa 1887 Albury -- 1888 Albury
Henry 1889 Albury -- 17-1-1955 Condobolin
Louisa 1891 Condobolin
George 1893 Condobolin -- 10-1-1979 Coonamble
Hannah 1896 Condobolin

John Bassett m. Martha Loomes 1874 Albury NSW

Lucy 1875 Wodonga VIC
Albert 1876 Wodonga -- 1877 Wodonga
Albert 1878 Albury -- 16-3-1891 Wodonga
George 1880 Albury -- 24-7-1950 Wodonga
John 1882 Wodonga -- 22-1-1974 Tumut NSW
Ada 1884 Wodonga -- 1984
Eva 1887 Wodonga -- 1986

John Bassett m2. Lillian Sadgrove 1901 Brighton

William 1902 Albury
Charles
Elva 1906 Wodonga -- 12-9-1987 Balwyn VIC

Ellen Bassett m. John Carew 1873 Albury NSW

Emily 21-9-1873 Bungowannah

Ellen Bassett m2. Arthur Tuckey 13-8-1881 Wagga Wagga NSW

Ada 21-5-1882 Coonamble NSW -- 1945
Percy 28-12-1883 Coonamble
Henry 26-11-1885 Coonamble -- 1886 Coonamble
Elsie 1887 Berri Jerry NSW -- 1948
Alfred 1889 Grafton NSW -- 28-1-1962 Grafton

Elizabeth Bassett m. John Swann 1875 Albury

Elizabeth Bassett m2. Samuel Needham 1917 Junee NSW

Walter Bassett m. Marian Ridley 12-3-1886 Forbes NSW

Harold 25-12-1886 Condobolin NSW -- 6-7-1967 Coonamble NSW
Linton 2-1-1888 Condobolin -- 8-9-1910 Coonamble
Marion 15-3-1892 Condobolin -- 16-3-1892 Condobolin

Walter Bassett m2. Emily Lucas 19-7-1893 Wagga Wagga NSW

Ella 1895 Condobolin -- 1897
Walter 1900 Coonamble -- 29-5-1965 Coonamble
Ettie 22-2-1902 Orange -- 1999
Hedley 9-11-1907 Coonamble -- 19-1-1993 Dubbo NSW
Leslie 1909 Coonamble

Henry Bassett m. Mary Mackrell 1889 Condobolin NSW

Aveline 1890 Condobolin
Archie 1892 Condobolin -- 21-10-1900 Condobolin
Ethel 1894 Condobolin
Horace 1902 Wagga Wagga NSW
Harvey 1904 Wagga Wagga -- 10-9-1964 Naranderra NSW
Reginald 1907 Wagga Wagga
Alonza 1911 Randwick NSW -- 6-6-1968 Wagga Wagga

Alfred Bassett m. Emma Whiley 25-6-1888 Condobolin NSW

Oliver 29-6-1889 Condobolin -- 15-10-1889 Condobolin
Otha Eveleigh 12-9-1890 Condobolin -- 3-7-1916 near Lille, France WWII
Percy Alfred 12-9-1892 Condobolin -- 19-8-1971
Ida Emelia 22-12-1894 Condobolin -- 27-1-1978
Fonzey Carroll (Foy) 5-10-1897 Condobolin -- 19-11-1983 Berry NSW
Norman Leslie 16-12-1899 Condobolin -- 22-1-1957 Gunnedah NSW
Allen Seymour 28-1-1902 Condobolin -- 20-8-1968 Forbes NSW
Priscilla 25-4-1905 Condobolin -- 1-8-1926
Ivy Rubertine 11-9-1906 Condobolin -- 21-6-1976
Neta Meurone 13-6-1911 Condobolin -- 1973

Arthur Bassett m. Jane Short 1910 Yackandandah VIC

Hannah 27-12-1910 Condobolin -- 11-7-1991
Eva 23-8-1913 Condobolin -- 18-7-1980
Arthur 10-5-1918 Condobolin

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times. If you have any comments, please address them to Christopher Connolly. Thanks to Rhonda and Keith Bassett and Garry Batt for information they have provided on the Bassett family.