Revd. William BASSETT ( - )
1. Revd. William BASSETT was a Clergyman, vicar of North Kilworth, Leicestershire.
William BASSETT had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. Revd. William BASSETT, son of Revd. William BASSETT, was born circa 1663. He was a Clergyman. He married Lydia ADDERLY on 28 October 1697 in St. Mary's, All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He died in 1729. He was buried on 10 May 1729 in Glentworth.
This is the first mention found of a Bassett in the parish records for Glentworth. William became vicar of Glentworth in 1696, and curate of Harpswell. His birth is calculated from Lincolnshire Pedigrees, which state that he died at the age of 66.
s. William, of North Kilworth, co. Leicester, cler. Magdalen Hall, matric. 4 May, 1693, aged 17; B.A. from Pembroke Coll. 1697, M.A. 1700, one of these names vicar of Glentworth, co. Lincoln, 1696-1729, and of Toft, co. Lincoln, 1719-29, his father rector of North Kilworth 1666. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Lydia ADDERLY was born circa 1675. She died on 13 May 1729. She was buried on 15 May 1729 in Glentworth. She and William BASSETT had the following children:
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Third Generation
3. Elizabeth BASSETT, daughter of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born on 20 September 1698.
4. Ralph BASSETT, son of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born in 1700.
5. the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln, son of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, 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:
| 11 | Frances BASSETT (1731- ). Frances was born on 22 February 1731. |
| 12 | Katherine BASSETT (1732- ). Katherine was born on 14 January 1732. |
| 13 | Elizabeth BASSETT (1734-1736). Elizabeth was born on 14 April 1734 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 16 May 1734. She died on 30 May 1736 in Glentworth. |
| 14 | Harriet BASSETT (1735-1736). Harriet was born on 4 November 1735. She died on 19 May 1736. |
| 15 | William BASSETT (c. 1737-1738). William was born circa 1737. He died on 18 November 1738. |
| 16 | Ann BASSETT (1739- ). Ann was born in 1739. She was baptised on 24 May 1739. |
| 17 | George BASSETT (1740- ). George was born on 27 September 1740. He was a Clergyman. |
| 18 | Lydia BASSETT (1742- ). Lydia was born on 17 February 1742. She married William MARTINDALE on 8 September 1775 in Glentworth. |
| 19 | Charlotte BASSETT (1743- ). Charlotte was born on 20 September 1743. She married Benjamin CODD on 17 April 1766. |
| 20 | Richard BASSETT (1744-1805). Richard 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. |
| 21 | Thomas BASSETT (1746- ). Thomas was born on [Julian] 22 January 1746 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 23 July 1746 in Glentworth. |
| 22 | John BASSETT (1747-1805). John was born on [Julian] 22 February 1747. He was a Clergyman. He died in 1805. He was buried on 10 January 1805. |
| 23 | Charles BASSETT (1749- ). Charles was born on 21 July 1749 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 21 July 1749 in Glentworth. |
6. Lydia BASSETT, daughter of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born in 1705. She married Robert CAPPS on [Julian] 19 February 1729. She married Robert ATHORPE on 27 September 1739 in Glentworth. She married John STOW on 20 June 1747 in Glentworth.
7. John BASSETT, son of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born in 1708. He was baptised on 30 September 1708.
8. Ann BASSETT, daughter of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born on 7 September 1710 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 7 September 1710 in Glentworth. She died on 7 September 1710 in Glentworth. She was buried on 8 September 1710 in Glentworth.
9. Charles BASSETT, son of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born in 1712. He was baptised on 24 July 1712 in Glentworth. He died in 1763. He was buried on 13 July 1763. He married Elizabeth UNK.
Elizabeth UNK and Charles BASSETT had the following children:
| 24 | Mary BASSETT (1748-1748). Mary was born on 15 January 1748 in Glentworth. She died in January 1748 in Glentworth. She was buried on 18 January 1748 in Glentworth. |
10. Katherine BASSETT, son of Revd. William BASSETT and Lydia ADDERLY, was born in 1715 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 14 July 1715 in Glentworth.