The surname Bassett is part of the ancient legacy of the early Norman inhabitants that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Bassett was a Norman name used for a person of small stature having devived from the Old English word bas, meaning short.
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other versions of this surname
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- http://www.bassettbranches.org/
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/basset1.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/basset2.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/basset3.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/basset4.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/basset5.php (membership required to view without interruption)