When Gilbert Bascom was born on 10 January 1796, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Elisha Bascom, was 26 and his mother, Abigail Raye Hurlbut, was 21. He married Cynthia Clark on 23 March 1822, in Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1915. He died on 4 April 1883, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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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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