David Basset (fl 1687–1724) was a merchant active in Newfoundland and New England.
[1] Little is known of Basset's earlier years other than that he probably resided in Acadia, married and had a family.
Basset commanded a ship against the French when William Phips, colonial governor of Massachusetts, sailed for Acadia in April 1690 and captured Port Royal.
He agreed to serve the French as a pilot in an agreement arrived at with Governor Villebon.
It is presumed that Basset's trading and privateering career continued until his death from a slit throat in 1724 aboard his ship in the West Indies.