When Loren Elias Bassett Sr was born on 5 March 1809, in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Elias Bassett, was 28 and his mother, Lucy Gillett, was 30. He married Rachel English about 1828, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Ulster Township, Floyd, Iowa, United States in 1860. In 1830, his occupation is listed as farmer in Iowa, United States. He died in June 1880, in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Providence City Cemetery, Providence, Cache, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, 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.
Possible Related NamesDavid Edwin Bassett was born 9 Oct 1846 – the second child of Loren Elias Bassett and Hulda Dimeras Vaughn Harmon. He was part of a “yours, mine, and ours” family, being Hulda’s eleventh child and Lo …
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