Nelson Adset was born about 1808, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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1808– Male
1810– Female
Altered form of English Adsett, itself a variant of Adshead: habitational name from Adshead Green in Over Alderley (Cheshire). The second element is clearly Middle English heved, hed ‘head, headland, hill’ (Old English hēafod), but the first is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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