| ![Show Contents]() Bastos History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Etymology of BastosWhat does the name Bastos mean? The Bastos name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Yorkshire, where they took their name from Bairstow in West Yorkshire. The place-name is derived from the Old English terms beger, for berries, and stow, for grow. It referred to "the place where berries are grown". 1 Early Origins of the Bastos familyThe surname Bastos was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D. Alternatively, the Barton variant could have originated at Barston, a parish, in the union of Solihull, Solihull division of the hundred of Hemlingford in Warwickshire. "In Domesday Book it is written Bercestone, the name, it is supposed, of a possessor in the time of the Saxons. It was anciently given to the Knights Templars and the Hospitallers." 2 Early History of the Bastos familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bastos research. Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bastos History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bastos Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bastos has undergone many spelling variations, including Barstow, Bairstow, Bairstoe, Barstoe and others. Early Notables of the Bastos familyMore information is included under the topic Early Bastos Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Bastos familyTo escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bastos were among those contributors: George and William Barstow who settled in Massachusetts in 1620; George Barstow settled in Boston, Massachusetts in 1663; William Bairstow arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1872..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bastos (post 1700) | + |
- José Manuel de Bastos (1929-2020), Portuguese footballer who played as goalkeeper
- José Morieira Bastos Neto (1953-2014), Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Bishop of Três Lagoas (2009-2014)
- Augustos Roa Bastos (b. 1917), one of the greatest Paraguayan novelists of all time, and indeed among the most important Latin American writers
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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