Currently the Geni tree shows William Bassett & Ann Dickeson
BUT
From https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=388&p...
>In Old New Kent County, by Dr. Malcolm Harris, I show:
>Mary Bassett, daughter of '''Joseph Bassett and Mary Roper''', married Joseph Foster of Southampton. Mary Bassett was sister of Capt. William Bassett of Eltham and she was living at Foster's Castle in 1671.
Quoting from William Bassett in Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I.
Name: William Bassett, son of William Bassett, "yeoman," of Newport, in Isle of Wight, England, had seen military service; came to Virginia prior to 1665, when he was made commander of the workmen employed in building a fort at Jamestown; was paid 10,000 pounds of tobacco for his services; acquired a large estate, and died in 1672, leaving a son, William Bassett, of "Eltham," New Kent county, member of the council, by Bridget Cary, daughter of Capt. Miles Cary.
http://rhead-burtonconnections.com/bassett%20ancestors.html
From http://www.vintagedesigns.com/architecture/ggn/eltham/index.htm
Eltham was situated in New Kent County, Virginia. The property was owned by the Bassett family. Captain William Bassett was reportedly the first of the family to come to Virginia. He died in 1672 and was succeeded by his son, William Bassett, who died in 1673. This second William Bassett was a member of the Virginia Council. There was a third William Bassett, who inherited the place and was a member of the House of Burgesses. The son of the third Bassett, William Burwell, became owner of Eltham and also a Burgess.
Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places, Volume 1 by Malcolm Harris Genealogical Publishing Com, 2006 - Reference - 568 pages page 139, 140-141 "The Foster Family"
https://books.google.com/books?id=vRGlwBKE_RUC&lpg=PA139&ot...
https://books.google.com/books?id=vRGlwBKE_RUC&lpg=PA139&ot...
"Mary Bassett, daugther of James Bassett and Mary Roper, married Joseph Foster of Southampton"
Mary Bassett & James Bassett, MP
But according to http://www.thomasmorestudies.org/docs/Descendants_John.pdf
Mary & James had only two children 1. Philip 2. Charles [became a Jesuit]
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Encyclopedia_of_Virginia_Biog...
William Bassett was a son of William Bassett, from county Southamp- ton. England, captain in British army at Dunkirk, settled in Blissland parish, New Kent county, Virginia, died in 1671, and his wife, Bridget (Gary) Bassett. William Bas- sett was a son of William Bassett, yeoman, of Newport, Isle of Wight, England.
http://www.bassettbranches.org/newsletters/2005/20050515/20050515.s...
Bassett Family Association, Newsletter May 2005
The Bassetts of Eltham, Blisland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, were possibly descended from the Bassetts who for a long time had lived in Southampton, England.
William is possibly a descendant of James Bassett and Mary Roper.
James Bassett, Gentleman of the Royal Chamber, died in 1558. He married Mary Roper, daughter of William and Miss Moore Roper of Eltham in Kent, England. Miss Moore was the daughter of Sir Thomas Moore, Lord Chancellor of England. This may be where the Eltham name in Virginia came from. The arms on the tomb of the emmigrant William Bassett and upon the family silver corresponds with the arms of the Bassetts of Umberly.
William Bassett, son of William and Ann Bassett of Southampton, England, was born in 1640 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England. He died in 1687. He married Bridget Cary, daughter of Miles and Ann (Taylor) Cary. She was born in 1645 in Warwick County, Virginia. She died in 1702 in New Kent County, Virginia. He was a member of the House of Burgesses, and of the Council for 1667.
From https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=865&...
If James and Mary Bassett had had a daughter Mary she would have had to have been born between 1555 and 1558 when Mary died.
I believe the dates for the Joseph Foster II who is said to have married Mary are around 1655-1715. This means that Mary would have been over ninety years of age when her future husband was born!
From https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/surnames.bassett/715/mb.ashx
Need to clarify first name of Mary/Elizabeth/Mary Elizabeth/ Bassett b. ca. 1634 England, wife of Joseph Foster. She was a sister of William Bassett b.ca. 1630 England, whose wife was Bridget Carey & were g g grandp. of Wm. Henry Harrison, 9th Pres. of U.S.
Need to know who the real parents of Mary/Elizabeth/Mary Elizabeth & William were.
The following sources say it was....
Willaim Bassett b.ca. 1604 d. 1646 Newport, Isle of Wight, England & wife Anne --- b. ca. 1608 d. aft. 1671, who later remarr. -----Dickeson.
1. "Wm. & Mary Quarterly" Vol. 2 p. 217
2. "Tyler's Quarkerly" Vol. 2 p. 140
3. "Colonial Families of The Southern States of America" by Hardy p.43
4. "Winston of Va. & Allied Families" by Torrence p.345
5. "Americans of Gentle Birth & Their Ancestors" by Pittman Vol. 1 p.287
6. "Ancestors of American Presidents" by Roberts pp.11-14
7. Archive Record, Morman Family Group Sheet, submitted by Agnes Rencher of Sandy, Ut. 1960