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Early Origins of the Besset family

The surname Besset was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Besset family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Besset research. Another 289 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1447, 1470, 1520, 1549, 1609, 1690, 1657, 1746, 1759, 1600, 1612, 1673, 1639, 1645, 1715 and 1675 are included under the topic Early Besset History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Besset Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Besset, Bessez, Besser, Bessey, Bessé, Bessée, Bezet, Bezez, Bezer, Bezé, Bezée, Bessait, Bessais, Bessaie, Bessaies, Bezait, Bezais, Bezaie, Bezaies, Du Besset, Du Bessez, Du Besser, Du Bessé, Du Bezet, Du Bezez, Du Bezer, Du Bezé, Du Bessait, Du Bessais, Du Bessaie, Du Bessaies, Du Bezait, Du Bezais, Du Bezaie, Du Bezaies, De Besseto, Bessette and many more.

Early Notables of the Besset family (pre 1700)

Quelques membres notables appartenaient à cette famille. Parmi eux, on trouve Claude Du Besset, Lord of Besset during the 1600's; François Byssot de la Rivière (1612-1673), French settler to New France before 1639, he...
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Besset Ranking

In France, the name Besset is the 2,102nd most popular surname with an estimated 3,003 people with that name. [1]

Migration of the Besset family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bendeck Besser settled in Philadelphia in 1739; Christopher Besser settled in Philadelphia in 1732; Edward Besser settled in Philadelphia in 1856; Anthony Bessey, aged 26.


Contemporary Notables of the name Besset (post 1700) +

  • Jean-Paul Besset (b. 1946), French politician and environment
  • Jean-Marie Besset, French ten-time Moliere Award nominated contemporary playwright, translator and theater director
  • Timothée Besset, French software programmer, known for supporting Linux, and game development


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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