Person:Ruth Bassett (2)

Her parents were William Bassett

    born abt 1595 in Sandwich, Kent, England
    died April 3, 1667 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass

and Elizabeth Tilden

    born abt 1603 in Tenterden, Kent, England
    died bef 1650 in Bridgewater or Duxbury, Plymouth, Mass

They were married August 13, 1621 in Bridgewater.^{citation needed}

William Basset arrived in America in 1621 aboard the ship Fortune (Thomas Barton, Master).

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

WILLIAM, Plymouth, came in the Fortune 1621, with w[ife]. Elizabeth m[arried]. at Leyden, as his sec[ond]. w[ife]. 13 Aug. 1611, being the earliest m[ention]. of any of our pilgrims in that foreign l[an]d. had Sarah, William, and Elizabeth count[ed]. in the div[ision]. of cattle 1627, but neither of the three is reckon[ed]. in the div[ision]. of l[an]d. 1623, so that we may believe they were b[orn]. in the interval, liv[ing]. at Duxbury in 1637, and was rep[resentative]. 1640, and four y[ea]rs. more; in 1652, with Gov[ernor]. Bradford and others join[ed]. in purch[asing]. of Dartmouth, rem[oved]. to Bridgewater, and d[ied]. 1667. Other ch[ildren]. beside a sec[ond]. William, were Nathaniel, Ruth, Jane, and Joseph. His d[aughter]. Sarah m[arried]. 1648, Peregrine White; and Elizabeth m[arried]. 8 Nov. of the same y[ea]r. Thomas Burge.

1. ↑ International Genealogical Index. (LDS Church, 1999-2005).

   Ruth BASSETT; Female; Birth: 1633 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Death: 26 MAR 1676; Father: William BASSETT; Mother: Elizabeth; No source information is available.

2. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), Vol. 1, p. 136.