|
BBB - A+ Rating
- the best there is
An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012
Origins Available: English, German, Italian Where did the English Bassan family come from? What is the English Bassan family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bassan family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bassan family history? The name Bassan is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name was given to a person who was a coiner or minter. The name is derived from a coin called the byzantius, whose name is derived from the city of Byzantium, where they were minted. Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bassan family name include Besant, Besaynt, Bezant, Bessant, Besand, Beasant, Bessent, Beazant, Bayzand, Beszant, Bassant, Bassent and many more. First found in Middlesex, where they held a family seat from ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bassan research. Another 231 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1168, 1190, 1194, 1748, 1752, 1776, 1836, and 1870 are included under the topic Early Bassan History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 37 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bassan Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Bassan or a variant listed above: Bassan Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
The Bassan Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bassan Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 23 September 2010 at 15:38. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
BBB - A+ Rating
- the best there is
|
||
