Charles Bassett and Sarah Anne Bassett née Dennis
Registration number 20090324C
This certifies that heraldic arms of Charles Bassett and Sarah Anne Bassett née Dennis which are the differenced arms of the former's 5th great-grandfather John Bassett are registered and described by the blazon below
Descent from earliest armiger
- Father: Eldad Bassett (1784-1859) Hamden, CT / Owego, Tioga, NY,
- GFather: Hezakiah Bassett (1745-1823) Hamden, New Haven, CT
- 1GGFather: William Bassett (1718-1760) New Haven, CT,
- 2GGFather: John Bassett (1691-1757) New Haven / Hamden, CT,
- 3GGFather: John Bassett (1652-1713) New Haven, CT
- 4GGFather: William Bassett (1620-1684) Bapt. East Keal, Linc. / North Luffenham, Rutland, Eng. / New Haven, CT
- 5GGFather: John Bassett (Abt. 1587/1591) Bassett manor, North Luffenham, Rutland, England / CT
Biographical information
Charles Bassett was born at Hamden, New Haven, CT, on 4, March, 1824. He was the son of Eldad Bassett and Harriet (Stacey) Bassett. His father Eldad moved the family to Owego, Tioga, NY. Harriet died on the 23rd day of November, 1841. There is a discrepancy in the 1850 U.S. federal census regarding the birth place of Fredrick.
Charles and Sarah Anne Dennis were married in New York State, in 1852. They headed west in 1853 from Broome county, NY, according to the Hopkins City Historical Society, arriving in the Minnesota territory in May of 1854. His wife Sarah Anne Dennis was the daughter of Oliver H. Dennis who was a blacksmith born in the state of CT, in 1810. He later settled at Wayzata, MN, where he died on 19, November, 1872. Sarah's mother Almira G. Fish was born in CT, 1812-1813 and died 16, January, 1840 at Otsego, Otsego, NY.
Sarah Anne Dennis was born in September, of 1834 at Otsego, Otsego, New York. Charles and Sarah had some harrowing experiences with the Indians. They made a practice of entering the cabin and taking any bread they found there. One day when they tracked up her newly scrubbed floor, Mrs. Bassett, her patience exhausted, seized a butcher knife and chased them out. However when news of the Sioux uprising reached Hopkins in 1862, Mrs. Bassett did not rely on her butcher knife. Instead, the Bassett family, along with other early settlers sought refuge for the night in the home of the Hopkins family which was then the most substantial structure in the settlement at that time. The next day the party fled to Minneapolis, where they remained for two days before venturing to return to their homes.
Charles and Sarah Anne Bassett were charter members of the Mizpah Congregational church at Hopkins, MN, where Anne Mabel Bassett played the organ. Eleven children were born to Charles and Sarah Ann Bassett. (1) Ellen was born in New York State, about 1853. All of the other children were born on the Bassett farm, at Hopkins Minnesota. (2) Charles was born about 1868. (3) Hattie’s information is unknown. (4) Lyman was born about 1855. (5) Jennie was born about 1857. Lillian was born about 1859. (6) Elizabeth/Lizzie was born about 1865. (7) Clara B. was born about 1863. (8) Viola was born about 1870. (9) Myrtle was born about 1879. The prior birth information has been taken from the U.S. Federal Census. (10) Anne Mabel Bassett was born on the 13th, day of August 1873. She became a teacher at the Burnes school in Hopkins. She met and later Married Jesse Herbert Aberle in Hennepin County, MN, on the 24th, day of June 1896. (11) Two children were born to Jesse Herbert Aberle and Anna Mabel Aberle nee Bassett both at Hopkins, MN. Crystal Leone Aberle on 16, June 1897. Secondly Erwin Bassett Aberle was born on 21, July, 1903.
Mr. Charles Bassett died at his farm on the 11th, day of April 1909 at the age of 85 years. Charles was laid to rest at Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins, MN. Sarah Ann followed in death at Minneapolis, MN, on the 17th day of December 1911 at the age of 77. She was laid to rest next to her husband.
Anna Mabel Aberle nee Bassett died at Minneapolis, MN, on the 25th, day of March 1931 at the age of 57. She was laid to rest near parents, Charles, and Sarah Anne Bassett nee Dennis.
- Father (6th generation in America): Eldad Bassett, the son of Hezekiah and Mary (Ives) Bassett was born in Connecticut in about 1784. He died on the 25th, of day of October in 1859. Eldad Married Harriett (Stacey) the daughter of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Beach) Stacy at Hamden, Connecticut on the 23rd, day of November 1823. She was born in North Haven, Connecticut on the 25th, day of October, 1791. She died on the 23rd day of December 1841 according to the CVR. (The following information has been taken from the 1850 US Federal Census for Owego-Tioga county New York, recorded on the 13th day of September, 1850. Eldad Bassett, age 66 years, male, born in Connecticut, occupation Farmer. Assets, $2,000. Charles age 25, male born in Connecticut, occupation, farmer. Fredrick, age 24, male born in New York State, a farmer by occupation. Roset, 15 female born in New York State.)
- GFather (5th generation): Captain Hezekiah Bassett, the son of William and Mable (Goodyear) Bassett. Hezekiah married Sarah (IVES) Bassett the daughter of Dan and Mary (Platt) Ives on the 15th, day of February, 1770. Sarah was born at North Haven about 1784. She died on the 25th, day of November, 1809. Hezekiah married (2) to Mary Baldwin, the widow of Dan IVES on the 7th day of November, 1710. Hezekiah married (3) to Alice (Barber) Phelps Bliss on the 3rd,day of November, 1818. According to the Phelps family history, Hezekiah was her third husband. She was married to (1) Oliver PHELPS and (2) Captian Elias Bliss. Hezekiah Bassett was a Revolutionary War soldier, according to the Phelps Family of America (1899).
- 1GGFather (4th generation): William Bassett, the son of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Bassett was born in New Haven, Connecticut on the 17th, day of November, 1718, and baptized on the 9th day of April, 1721. William died at Hanover, Connecticut about 1760. He married Mable (Goodyear), the daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wooding) Goodyear, on the 13th, day of June1743. Mable Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut on the 28th, day of March, 1723. She died about 1795.
- 2GGFather (3rd generation): John Bassett, the son of John and Mercy (Todd) Bassett was born at New Haven, Connecticut on the 11th, day of July 1691. He died in Hamden Parish, Connecticut on the 27th, day of March, 1757. John Bassett married Elizabeth (Thompson) the daughter of John and Rebecca (Daniel) Thompson on the 31st, day of January, 1716. Elizabeth was baptized at New Haven, Connecticut on the 26th, day of April, 1693. She died at Hamden Parish, Connecticut on the 3rd, day of September, 1756.
- 3GGFather (2th generation): John Bassett was captain of the trainband and Deputy to the General Court (Legislature) of Connecticut Colony. He the son of William and Hannah Bassett (Dickerman) was born on the 24th, day of December, 1652. The family was located at the New Haven Colony, Connecticut. John Bassett married Mercy (Todd), the Daughter of Christopher and Grace (Middlebrook) Todd. She was born on the 18th, day of February 1665. Mercy died on the 8th, day of April, 1717.
- 4GGFather (1st generation in America): William Bassett the son of John Bassett and Anne Bassett (Kirkman/Kirkham) of Bassett manor, North Luffenham, Rutlandshire, England. William was baptized at East Keal, in Lincolnshire, England in 1620. He first appeared in the New Haven Colony in 1642/43. William married Hannah (Ives) the widow of William Ives (her maiden name was Dickerman) on the 7th, day of November, 1648. He resided in what is now known as North Haven, Connecticut. William died on the 29th, day of August, 1684. In his will he calls Abraham Dickerman and John Cooper his brothers.
Notes
Court records from New Haven Colony concerning Dr. William Bassett By Bill Ives
Dr. William Bassett was born in1620 in England. and died on Aug. 29, 1684 in New Haven . Much has been written about him. He was a medical doctor and married the widow of William Ives on Nov 7, 1648 in New Haven after William Ives died in May 1648. William Bassett was not one of the original New Haven founders in 1639 and first appears in the New Haven court records on March 7, 1643 when he was fined 6 pence along with several others for having a “foole gun.” He is listed as attending the July 1,1644 general court.
At the court of July 3, 1648, he was complained for being absent at the general court. However, he said that “he had some hay which did lie upon storage, there being many cattle lying at it, that if he did not fetch it that day it would have been eaten and spoiled and he endeavored to fetch it the week before but it was so wet that he could not, the hay was scarce worth the fetching, but his necessity required it for preserving his cattle, which the court considering it, past it by without fine.”
After he married the widow of William Ives, the court required that give in security for the children of William Ives, according to the will of William Ives and that he not alter any of the estate until he acquaint the court with it. When he was near marriage to Hannah, the court asked him to provide the same security but he asked to be deferred until after the marriage and the court granted this deferment.
At the court of Feb. 6, 1648, it was recorded that Edward Banister passed over to William Bassett 12 acres of land in the suburbs on this side of the river of the West River and three acres of meadow in the West meadow and 24 acres in the second division. After the 1648 marriage, the Bassett family continued to live in the house of William Ives at 72 – 160 Congress Street until William Bassett sold it in 1651/2 to the widow of Anthony Thompson. He placed eleven pounds worth of cattle as security for John Ives’ portion of the property.
At the court of July 4, 1648, the court complained to him for not bringing his arms to the meeting on the Sabbath day which was his squadron. He answered that “he was changed from one squadron to another and know not that it was his day, and when he saw it he brought them in the afternoon, but he was told it was his neglect and he should know, but the court finding it was not willful neglect agreed that he pay half the fine, which was 2 shillings, 6 pence.”
At the same court it was recorded that “he passed over to Matthew Canfield two acres of meadow, one acre lying on the west meadow and another of the this side of the river between the meadow of Richard Osborne and Thomas Knowles, as well as 8 ½ aces of upland in the suburbs quarter on this side of the West River.” At the court of August 7, 1649, William Bassett passed over to Robert Emry one house and barn that was sometimes Edward Bannister’s with 6 ½ acres of upland. He was fined 12 pence for coming late to his watch at the court of Oct. 2, 1649. In 1661 he acquired a portion of Matthew Gilbert’s place in Hamden, with Richard Newman buying the remainder. William Bassett’s wife died sometime after 1662 and before he wrote his will in 1679.
In her last recorded appearance before the New Haven court of August 5, 1662, Goodwife Bassett apologized to the court for her “sin in meddling with that which did not concern her,” the execution of William Potter, and breaking the fourth commandment. William Bassett also apologized for his role in saying bad things about Thomas Wheadons for his execution, by order of the court, of William Potter. William Potter was the father-in-law of her first daughter by William Ives, Phebe, so this may have given them reason to feel connected to the event.
William Bassett declared to the court that he was low in his estate and asked that they would consider an abatement of his fines for this act. The court said they would consider it. On October 20, 1673, the court granted him ownership of two parcels of meadow that formerly belonged to William Potter that he, William Bassett, had possessed for a number of years. James Bishop and John Cooper witnessed the agreement.
History of the Bassetts in Rutlandshire
Alan Bassett was keeper of the king's escheats in 1232 (fn. 64) and escheator for Rutland in 1246. (fn. 65) He was succeeded by a son Richard, (fn. 66) who was dead before 1263, when Alan's sons, John and Gilbert Bassett, released to William, son of Richard Bassett, two parts of a messuage and two carucates of land in North Luffenham of the inheritance of Alan their father. (fn. 67) In 1305 and 1315 John Bassett held a fortieth part of a knight's fee in North Luffenham . (fn. 68) It was probably this same John who testified to the coming of age of Giles son of Bartholomew de Badlesmere in 1335. He was then 50 years of age, and had a son of the same age as Giles. (fn. 69) He was appointed in 1307 and 1313 to collect a twentieth and a fifteenth in Rutland , and served on various commissions and offices mostly relating to Rutland . (fn. 70) In 1313 John and Peter Bassett were accused of assaulting Robert de Glaston at North Luffenham . (fn. 71) These may be the John and Peter Bassett who were tenants of Thomas la Zouche at North Luffenham in 1345 and perhaps sons of John. (fn. 72) The fee was returned in 1402 and 1406 as held by the heir of John Bassett, (fn. 73) and in 1428 it is returned as late in the possession of Peter Bassett. (fn. 74) The name of John Bassett of North Luffenham occurs in the list of the gentry of Rutland in 1434, who swore not to maintain peace breakers. (fn. 75) John Bassett was lord of this manor in 1498. (fn. 76) He left a son Nicholas, who married Katherine daughter of Lawrence Awnell. (fn. 77) By an undated complaint before the Star Chamber in the time of Henry VIII Anthony Bassett of North Luffenham accused Simon Digby and others of assaulting him in the house of William Islip of North Luffenham . (fn. 78) Thomas, son of Nicholas Bassett, died in 1532 holding the manor of North Luffenham which had been settled on him and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Bewfo, (fn. 79) in 1525. He also held land and a water mill in South Luffenham, and a horse mill in North Luffenham . His son Edward, then aged 24, who succeeded him, (fn. 80) died childless in 1534, and John his brother succeeded to the manor. (fn. 81) John married Anne, daughter of Thomas Rouse of Rowslinch (co. Worc.), (fn. 82) and in 1545 he and his wife conveyed a water mill and land in North and South Luffenham to John Wymark. (fn. 83) In 1569 the manor was settled on John and Anne in tail male. (fn. 84) John died in 1575, (fn. 85) and in 1585 Anne and her son John conveyed the manor for the purpose of settlement to Edmund Rouse. (fn. 86) John Bassett had a large family of children by his wife Elizabeth Lyon. (fn. 87) He was succeeded in 1626 by his eldest son John, (fn. 88) who with his wife Anne sold the manor in 1628 to John Exton, (fn. 89) and in 1636 John Exton, Thomasina his wife and Bridget Exton, widow, sold it to Edward Viscount Campden. (fn. 90) (Source: 'Parishes: North Luffenham ', A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2 (1935), pp. 195-203.)
Design rationale
The shield contains the basic ancient metal of gold and color red of the arms of Ralph Bassetts. The three piles meeting in the base are reminiscent of the Ridel /Ridell arms. The canton was changed to reflect the locality of Bassett manor near the River Chater. The crest is the image of Sarah Anne Bassett nee Dennis as a pioneer woman at what is now known as Hopkin, Minnesota. This is intended to recall her fearless response to an adverse frontier which is mentioned in the Seventh Generation of the Bassett family in America. The crest also is meant to show a new chapter in the family's story. (Source: Heralds Visitation of Rutland 1618; General Armory p. 56.)
Registered by
Craig Scott Aberle