BASSETT: Edward M. & Annie Preston BassettBy Belle Preston William Basset came from England in 1621 and the first known individual bearing the last name is Thurstine de Bassett from Normandy 1066. This book. This book shares the history of the ancestors in America tracing back to Marion Bassett Luitweiler, Howard Murray Bassett, Preston Rogers Bassett, Isabell Bassett Wasson, and Helen Bassett Hauser. (359p., 1930)