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Origins Available: English, German Where did the English Bessen family come from? What is the English Bessen family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bessen family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bessen family history? The ancient name of Bessen finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for 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 Bessen 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 Bessen 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 Bessen History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 37 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bessen 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. Early immigrants bearing the Bessen surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Bessen Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
The Bessen Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bessen 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 7 October 2011 at 09:50. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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