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Personal data Captain William Bassett II 

• Also known as of Sandwich.
• He was born in the year 1624 in Plymouth Colony, New England.
• He died on January 10, 1670 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, New England, he was 46 years old.
• A child of William Bassett and Elizabeth Unknown

Household of Captain William Bassett II

He is married to Mary Rainsford.

They got married in the year 1652 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, he was 28 years old.

Notes about Captain William Bassett II

{{Puritan Great Migration Adjunct}}
:'''NOTE:''' This William Bassett is distinct from [[Bassett-318|William Bassett of New Haven, Connecticut]] who was about the same age (and who married Hannah Ives Dickerman).
:::He is also distinct from the [[Bassett-464|William Bassett of Lynn, MA]] who arrived 1635 on the ''Abigail'' and married Sarah Hood(?).
:::Due to this confusion, Wikitree's PGM project is tracking and protecting him.

== Biography ==
Some believe he was the same William as he christened 30 MAY 1624 in Dorking, Surrey, England citing "The Bassett Family of Yarmouth," in Cape Cod Library, Vol. 1 (C. W. Swift, Publisher and Printer; The "Register" Press 1912), pg. 1260 (not online 2019) but THAT William Bassett has been confirmed to be William of Lynn.
This William Bassett, son of William and Elizabeth (_____) Bassett, married Mary, dau of Edward Rainsford, about 1652.Charles Robert Anderson, ''Great Migration Begins,'' Boston, MA: 1995, p 129. At [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158318-00201?pid=44176 ancestry.com]. Although William was a resident of Plymouth or Sandwich at the time, Mary was probably still living with her parents in Boston and they were probably married there.

"William Bassett, son of William and Elizabeth Bassett, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1624. He was one of the early settlers of Sandwich,
and lived there until his death. He was licensed in 1659 to set up an 'ordinary', and to draw wines and spiritous liquors. He was Collector a
Constable at Sandwich in 1657; Deputy to the General Court at Plymou1662; member of military company under Capt. Myles Standish in 1643. William Bassett and William Bassett Jr. were on the rolls of males between the ages of 16 and 60 able to perform military duty in Aug. of 1643 at Duxbury. He was one of the few in the colony called Mr. He married about 1652, Mary Rainsford, who was born in Boston on 1 Jun 1632, the daughter of Elder Edward and Mary Raynesford. He died 10 Jun 1670 at Sandwich, Massachusetts. His children were minors and Mr. Winslow and Mr. Hinckley were chosen as guardians - both of
whom later became governors of the colony. His widow married Lieut. James Percival in June of 1671, who came from Virginia about 1670 to Sandwich. They had three children. He died in 1692. Mary, twice widowed, died 12 Apr 1694 at Falmouth, Massachusetts."http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I00007&tree=1A

=== Death ===He died 1 July 1670 in Sandwich or Barnstable, MA.Bassett Family, op cit., p 1260
The date of William II's death was either 29 May 1670 or 10 June 1670.http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I00007&tree=1A
An inventory of William Bassett, late of Sandwich, was taken 9 August 1670, and shown at the Plymouth court 11 Aug 1670 "on the oath of mistris Mary Bassett Widdow." No real estate was mentioned. Some items: Cattle at Jacob Burges and at Saconesset; the boat; owing from the English to the widdow; and money due from Lt. Ellis."William Bassett's Inventory." The Mayflower Descendant 18:253. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12572/253/139439051
Link at AmericanAncestors ($)]

=== Children ===Source:Preston, Belle. ''Bassett-Preston Ancestors''. 1930. pp 25-26. At [https://archive.org/details/bassettprestonan00pres/page/24 achrive.org].

#Mary b. 21 Nov 1654
#William b. 1656 d. 1721
#Nathan b. 1657 d. 1743
#Sarah m. Thomas Lewes
Banks' History of Martha's Vineyard names the following children of William and Mary. Charles Edward Banks. The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts (Volume 3) online. (page 4 of 45) [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-edward-banks/the-history-of-marthas-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-volume-3-kna/page-4-the-history-of-marthas-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-volume-3-kna.shtml EBook]
# Mary, 3 b. 21 Nov. 1654; m. John Redding 22 Oct. 1676.# William, b. 1656; m. Rachel Willison 9 Oct. 1675; he was prominent in military and civil life in Barnstable Co., holding high rank in each quality.
#Thomas, b. (1659) of Falmouth 1703.
#Sarah, b. (1662); m. (Thomas) Lewis (of Falmouth ?)
#Richard, b. (1665) of Falmouth.
#Nathan, b. 1667.

== Sources ==

See also:* Rasmussen, James A., "Edward Raynsford of Boston: English Ancestry and American Descendents," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 139, p. 299. At [http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image/?volumeId=14286&pageName=299&rId=264772627 americanancestors.org].*Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985.) "BASSETT, William2 (1624-1670) & Mary RAYNESFORD (1632-1694), m/2 James PERCIVAL; ca 1652; Sandwich
**MD 18:253; his inventory see above **[https://archive.org/details/onebassettfamily00bass/page/n43 Bassett (1926) 10;] does not list his children.
**Bassett-Preston 25, 26, 229; List of children above.
**Gen. Adv. 3:75;
**Martha's Vineyard 31;
**Munsey-Hopkins 65, 66}"

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