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the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln (1703-1765)

1. the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln, son of Revd. William BASSETT (c. 1663-1729) and Lydia ADDERLY (c. 1675-1729), was born on 7 June 1703. He was a Clergyman. He married Elizabeth WHICHCOT on [Julian] 19 February 1729 in Glentworth, Lincs.. He died in 1765. He was buried on 13 July 1765 in Glentworth.

 

William was vicar of Glentworth in 1725; curate of Toft-by-Newton in 1727 and subsequently became Archdeacon of Stow.

Bassett, William (d. 1765) - Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln, 1751-1765, III, ix. 23. http://www.history.ac.uk/fasti/fasti1541b.html5;

William Bassett M.A. 1751-1765.

 

Elizabeth WHICHCOT, daughter of Colonel George WHICHCOT MP, of Harpswell (1653-c. 1720) and Frances MERES (1669-1733), was born on [Julian] 24 February 1705. She was baptised on [Julian] 20 March 1705 in Harpswell. She died circa [Julian] 14 February 1774. She was buried on [Julian] 19 February 1774 in Glentworth. She and William BASSETT had the following children:

 

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Frances BASSETT (1731- )

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Katherine BASSETT (1732- )

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Elizabeth BASSETT (1734-1736)

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Harriet BASSETT (1735-1736)

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William BASSETT (c. 1737-1738)

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Ann BASSETT (1739- )

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George BASSETT (1740- )

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Lydia BASSETT (1742- )

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Charlotte BASSETT (1743- )

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Richard BASSETT (1744-1805)

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Thomas BASSETT (1746- )

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John BASSETT (1747-1805)

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Charles BASSETT (1749- )

Second Generation

2. Frances BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 22 February 1731.

 

3. Katherine BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 14 January 1732.

 

4. Elizabeth BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 14 April 1734 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 16 May 1734. She died on 30 May 1736 in Glentworth.

 

5. Harriet BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 4 November 1735. She died on 19 May 1736.

 

6. William BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born circa 1737. He died on 18 November 1738.

 

7. Ann BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born in 1739. She was baptised on 24 May 1739.

 

8. George BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 27 September 1740. He was a Clergyman.

 

George was the vicar at the marriage of his sister Lydia to William Martindale. According to Lincolnshire Pedigrees he followed his father as vicar of Glentworth in 1756; rector of Toft-by-Newton in 1768; resigned about Easter 1779; then vicar of Gainsborough and Willoughton; died at Bath 16 December 1796 aged 57. He was buried at Glentworth.

 

9. Lydia BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 17 February 1742. She married William MARTINDALE on 8 September 1775 in Glentworth.

 

10. Charlotte BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 20 September 1743. She married Benjamin CODD on 17 April 1766.

 

This lady is the ancestor of Jackie Wildgoose.

 

Benjamin CODD was the son of John CODD ( - ) and Mary UNK ( - ).

 

11. Richard BASSETT of Glentworth, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 15 September 1744 in Glentworth. He was a Gentleman, Soldier. He married Martha ARMITAGE on 1 July 1774. He died on 12 July 1805 in Glentworth. He was buried on 17 July 1805 in Glentworth. He married Mary UNK.

 

... of Glentworth, Lincs. His will is available at the National Archives, and Philip Wilson has a copy which he will be transcribing for these records. According to Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Richard was in the army.

 

Mary UNK died in 1771. She was buried on 11 October 1771.

 

Martha ARMITAGE, daughter of Joseph ARMITAGE of High Royd, Huddersfield ( - ), married Thomas DUNGWORTH on 24 October 1810. She and Richard BASSETT had the following children:

 

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Martha BASSETT (1776-1869)

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Henry BASSETT (1778-1852)

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Harriet BASSETT (1781-1785)

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Louisa BASSETT (1787-1796)

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Richard BASSETT ( -1792)

 

12. Thomas BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on [Julian] 22 January 1746 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 23 July 1746 in Glentworth.

 

13. Revd. John BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on [Julian] 22 February 1747. He was a Clergyman. He died in 1805. He was buried on 10 January 1805.

 

According to "The Plantagent Roll of the Blood Royal" by Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval Staff: ".

 

14. Charles BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 21 July 1749 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 21 July 1749 in Glentworth.

 

He is noted in Lincolnshire Pedigrees as living in Glentworth in 1811 with his wife.

Third Generation

15. Martha BASSETT, daughter of Richard BASSETT of Glentworth and Martha ARMITAGE, was born in 1776 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 27 September 1776. She married John WILSON on 17 October 1798. She died on 18 February 1869.

 

John WILSON, son of John WILSON (bap.1730, d.1821) and Sarah LUCAS ( -1817), was born on 24 February 1767. He appeared in the census. He and Martha BASSETT had the following children:

 

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Richard Bassett WILSON (1806-1867). Richard was born on 3 April 1806. He was a Magistrate and Landed Proprietor. He married Anne FITZGERALD on 5 December 1839. He died on 18 February 1867.

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John WILSON (1808-1891). John was born on 1 January 1808. He married Anna Maria Isabella MACLEOD on 13 April 1846. He died on 29 January 1891.

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Jane Lydia WILSON (1815?-1898). Jane was born in 1815 (estimated). She married William SPOONER on 6 October 1841 in Whitkirk, Co. York. She died on 17 August 1898 in 8 Norham Gardens, Oxford.

 

16. Henry BASSETT, son of Richard BASSETT of Glentworth and Martha ARMITAGE, was born in 1778. He was baptised on 12 April 1778. He died on 1 May 1852.

 

"Bassett, John Fardell: son of Rev. Henry Bassett, vicar of Glentworth, Lincs. Born there. School, Louth. Admitted pensioner, Jan. 27, 1846. Age 19. B.A. 1850. Ordained deacon (Linc.) 1850: priest (do.) 1851. Curate of Willoughton, Lincs. 1850-8. Vicar of Normanby, and Glentham, 1858-94. R.D. of Aslackhoe, 1883. Died March 5, 1894."

From Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College.

Does this entry refer to this Henry??

 

17. Harriet BASSETT, daughter of Richard BASSETT of Glentworth and Martha ARMITAGE, was born on 24 April 1781 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 24 April 1781 in Glentworth. She died in 1785 in Glentworth. She was buried on 27 May 1785 in Glentworth.

 

18. Louisa BASSETT, daughter of Richard BASSETT of Glentworth and Martha ARMITAGE, was born in 1787 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 7 July 1787 in Glentworth. She died in 1796 in Glentworth. She was buried on 24 November 1796 in Glentworth.

 

19. Richard BASSETT, son of Richard BASSETT of Glentworth and Martha ARMITAGE, died in 1792 in Glentworth.