| Hi all, another Basnett here. In the US, the Basnet name evolved in to Basnight. The original Basnet that I found was William Basnet that came to Lower Norfolk County, Lynnhaven Parish, Virginia around 1637. They later moved to North Carolina and then branched out to several other states from there. I haven't found in England where he was originally from, that's the brick wall I've run into. I have also run across a Richard Basnet in Burlington, NJ during the 1690s and John Basnet in Virginia also in the 1600s. I'm happy to share my packet of info, it's in MS Word. Nice seeing this website.
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