When Jane Bassett was born in 1673, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Bassett, was 42 and her mother, Mary Lapham, was 35. She died on 6 June 1673, in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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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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