John Bast
20 October 1784–1862 (Age 77)
Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of John
When John Bast was born on 20 October 1784, in Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Henry Bast, was 40 and his mother, Anna Margaretha Ritter, was 18. He died in 1862, at the age of 78.
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Family Time Line
Jacob Henry Bast
1744–1786
Anna Margaretha Ritter
1765–1826
Jacob Henry Bast Jr
1780–1862
Regina Bast
1782–1852
John Bast
1784–1862
Martin Bast
1786–
Parents and Siblings
1744–1786Male
1765–1826Female
siblings
(4)
1780–1862Male
1782–1852Female
1784–1862Male
1786–Male
World Events (7)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
Age 3
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1808
Age 24
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
1 German: from a short form of the personal name Sebastian .2 French: from bast ‘saddle pad for a beast of burden’, hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such saddles or more probably a derogatory nickname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- John Bast, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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