Bassfords (a brief synopsis)
- Two who went down with the ship
- Thomas Franklyn Bassford and wife 1829-1856 Atlantic Ocean on the way to Milan
- Frank Jones Bassford 1858-1883; lost off the coast of Alaska on a seal hunting expedition
- One who didn’t
- Joseph MacDonald Bassford 1821-1894:(California arrival 1850); 1857 SS Central America sidewheeler 160 miles off the coast of South Carolina, sailing from Colon, Panama with a full shipment of Gold Rush gold; only 153 of 578 were rescued (primarily women and children;) Joseph was rescued several days after the sinking
- The businessmen
- Abraham 1795-1864 piano and billiard manufacturer
- Thomas Bassford 1792-1852 Tobacconist
- William Burleigh Bassford 1813-1866 jeweler
- Henry Bassford 1814-1897 florist
- George Washington 1824-1896 florist
- Stephen Bassford 1827-1904 cigar merchant
- Abraham B Bassford 1837-1922 Real Estate
- Those who went to California
- Joseph MacDonald Bassford 1821-1894 (1850)
- Those who went to Colorado
- Abraham Lockwood II Bassford 1824-1896
- Henry Evesson Bassford 1854-1935
- Mary Elizabeth Wright Bassford 1832-1908
- Tennis players
- Abraham B Bassford 1876-1947
- The artists
- Abraham Bassford 1795-1864 performed as a musician in the War of 1812
- William Kipp Bassford 1839-1902; composer and musician who performed in both Europe and America
- Thomas Franklyn Bassford 1829-1856; composer of operas
- Isabel Evesson actress
- Estelle Evesson actress