When Mehetabel Bassett was born on 22 June 1697, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Bassett II, was 33 and her mother, Bethia Eaton, was 29. She married Nathaniel Holloway Junior on 20 June 1733, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died before 1754, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): from Old French basset ‘of low stature’, a diminutive of basse ‘low, short’, either a nickname for a short person or a status name for someone of humble origins.
Altered form of French Bessette 1 or Besset (see Bessette 2).
History: William Bassett (c. 1598–1667) came to Plymouth, MA, from Kent, England, in the 1620s; c. 1650 he moved to Duxbury and subesequently to Bridgewater. He had many prominent descendants, among them one of the earliest families on Martha's Vineyard. — The surname Bassett of French origin (see 2 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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