Brief Life History of Horatio
When Horatio Bassett was born on 24 March 1834, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Horatio Bassett, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Swift Gilbert, was 18. He died on 28 April 1834, at the age of 0.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Horatio Bassett - Published information: birth-name: Horatio Bassett
Parents and Siblings
1807–1885 Male
1815–1841 Female
Siblings (4)
1834–1834 Male
1835–1864 Female
1837–1912 Male
1839–1841 Male
Name Meaning
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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