Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Baskett was born on 6 January 1768, in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Rev William Semple Baskett, was 26 and his mother, Mary Pace, was 23. He married Dicy Barnett on 4 April 1787, in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Shelby, Kentucky, United States in 1815 and Howard, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died in Missouri, United States.
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- Thos Baskett (5 slaves) "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 " Howard MO
- Thomas Basket, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
- Thomas Baskett, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
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World Events (8)
1775
Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English basket ‘basket’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker, or perhaps for someone who carried a basket or pannier as part of his work, for example, carrying baskets of stone to a lime kiln. In some cases it appears to have been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a basket (probably owned by a basket maker).
variant of Bascott, a habitational name from Bascote in Warwickshire, probably so named with an unattested Old English personal name Basuca + cot ‘cottage’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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