Bashant History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Bashant

What does the name Bashant mean?

The name Bashant is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in or around either of the settlements called Barsham in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Early Origins of the Bashant family

The surname Bashant was first found in Norfolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Bashant family

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Bashant Spelling Variations

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 Bashant family name include Basham, Bosham, Barsham, Bassham, Bashan, Bashum and many more.

Early Notables of the Bashant family

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Migration of the Bashant family

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 Bashant surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Andrew Basham, who sailed to Virginia in 1639. Ann Basham journeyed to Virginia in 1651 and Peter Bashan sailed to New York in 1822.