When Lucy Bascom was born on 26 April 1804, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Elisha Bascom, was 34 and her mother, Abigail Raye Hurlbut, was 29. She married Ripley Torrey on 13 January 1822, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Portage, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 28 October 1878, at the age of 74, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (Cornwall): habitational name from either of two places called Boscombe (in Dorset and Wiltshire), both named with Old English bors ‘spiky plant’ + cumb ‘valley’. This surname, which is rare in Britain, is also found in Guyana and in the West Indies. Compare Bascomb and Bascombe .
Possibly an altered form of French Bascon: ethnic name from Old French Bascon, denoting someone from the Basque Country.
History: The surname Bascom was first brought to North America in 1635 by Thomas Bascom (1602–82) from England, who settled in Northampton, MA. He is the ancestor of the great majority of the Bascoms in the US and is believed to be of Huguenot stock. He is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America, while the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors lists his great-grandfather, Robert Bascom (or Bascome or Bascomb or Bascombe), who reportedly fled with his son Jean from France to England c. 1537. It were two of Thomas' nephews who reportedly brought the surname Bascom or its variants to West Indies. However, proof of a French Huguenot origin for the name is difficult to substantiate.
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