Dear Marsha,

I found on the Ancestry.co. message board that in 200o you were enquiring about the origin of the Bascomb name. Were you succesful?

It seems that in the early 15th century a man called Gilburtus left the town of Tartas in the south of France, the French Basque country, and migrated to the extreme north of France. His family was not the only one to do this. The family of another man, Jacques Calwel, did the same.Maybe others too. I suspect they were involved in some religious difficulties, which was common in that area at the time. The Calwel family later emigrated to Scotland and are now know as Caldwell. Apparently Gilburtus was referred to as the 'Basque Man', or in French, Le Bask'homme - hence the orgin of the Bascom name.

Perhaps you have found this out already.

Gilbertus Bascom (b. 1382, Mondort, France) - married Jehanne De Mons (b. 1386, Montfort, France)
their son Guillaume Bascom (1410-1490) married Marie De La Croix
their son Guillaume Bascom (1443-1511) married Adelaide De Chabanne
their son Jean Bascom (1470-1562) married Suzanne Barbey
their son Robert Bascom (1499-) married Marie Dornant
their son Jean Bascom (-1617) married Margaret Barber - they had at least six children
their second son John of Fordington Bascom (1570-1625) married Jane Beaumont. They had five children.
their second son (third child) Thomas Bascom emigrated to America.

My interest in the Bascom family history is because I am descended through my grandfather, Frederick William Bascomb, from Jean Bascon and Margaret Barber, grandparents of Thomas Bascom,who emigrated to the USA and from whom the American Bascom(b)s are descended, and of William Bascom from whom my family is descended.

Frederick Bascomb and my grandmother, Maud Smith, lived together for many years but were never married. Frederick's family seem to have been instrumental in breaking up the relationship (he was already married to someone else) and in the unpleasantness associated with this my grandmother changed her name, and her son's (my father) to Baker. As 'Mrs' Baker she was able to achieve a level of respectability (this was in the 1920s) and to distance herself from the Bascomb scandal! My father said he was about 14 years old when he last saw his father, which was very difficult for him.

It is interesting to know that there are so many Bascombs (of various spellings) in the USA. There are also a number in UK. The relationships must be very distant!

If you trace the ancestory back, beyond Robert Bascom who came to England from France in the early 1500s, you can find an amazing and fascinating landscape of European history, going right back to the early Vikings - people alive at the time Jesus Christ was a young man. I was intrigued to discover that Antoine de Chabannes, father of Adelaid de Chabanne who married Guillaume Bascom in 1469, fought with Joan of Arc. Antoine's wife, Marguerite of Naunteuil was Count of Dammartin in her own right, and descended from William I of England (William the Conqueror) - whose ancestory can be traced back to Njorth the Wealthy who died in 20 AD.

Following another line through Guillaume's wife you come to King Alfred the Great of England (b. 849) and many other distinguished folk. A third line includes French and German nobility, including King Robert I of France and the Haspengau dynasty.

Following the Bascom name takes us back only as far as Gilbertus Bask'omme, born in 1382 in Montfort in the south of France. But, of course, we are as much descended from our mothers as from our fathers, and there may yet be more interesting lines of ancestory to be discovered!

Below I have pasted-in a document showing the lines of ancestory I have mentioned above, which I hope you will find interesting and useful. I was able to get the information mostly from www.familysearch.org, but I have cross-checked with other sites and with historical information whenever possible.

I have found out so much in my researches but there hasn't been time to document it properly. I hope one day to write a book about it all and about all these fascinating characters, and if possible to visit the relevant places in Europe. However, that might have to wait for my retirement. As I am 57 now maybe it's not to far away!

With very best wishes,

Philip Baker



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Njorth the Wealthy of Vanir b.? Svithjoth, Vanir, Russia, d.20? AD

father of ↓

Frey Yngvi of Uppsala b.? Scythia, Vamir, Russia, d. 10 AD Uppland, Denmark

father of ↓

King Fjolnir Yngvifreysson of Uppsala b.? Uppland, Denmark, d. 14? AD

first Yngling King

father of ↓

Sveigthir Fjolnirrson of Uppsala b.? Uppland, Denmark, d. 34?AD

father of ↓

Vanlandi Svigthirrson of Uppsala b.? Uppland, Denmark, d. 48 AD

father of ↓

Visbur Vanlandisson of Uppsala b.? Finland, d. 98AD

father of ↓

Domaldi Visbursson of Uppsala b.? d. 130 AD

father of ↓

Domar Donaldisson of Uppsala Drotmar b.? d. 162 AD Uppland, Denmark

father of ↓

King Diggvi Domarsson I of Uppsala b.? d. 190 AD Uppsala or Upland, Denmark

father of ↓

Agni Dagsson of Uppsala b.? d. 260 AD

father of ↓

Alrek Agnisson of Uppsala b.? d. 280 AD Forest of Stokk Sound

father of ↓

Yngvi Alreksson of Uppsala b.? d. 300 AD Uppland, Denmark

father of ↓

Jorund Yngvisson of Uppsala b.? d. 313 AD Odda Sound

father of ↓

Aun Jorundsson of Uppsala b.? d.? Uppsala or Upland

father of ↓

Egil Aunsson of Uppsala b.? d.4?? AD East Forest

father of ↓

Ottar Egilsson of Uppsala b.? Uppsala or Upland, d. 460 AD Battle of Limjford, Denmark

father of ↓

Athils Ottarsson of Uppsala b.? d. 505 AD = Yrsa the Thrall of Saxland, Queen of Sweden

parents of ↓

Eynstein Athisson of Uppsala b.? Uppsala or Upland, d. 631 AD Lofund

father of ↓

Ingvar Eysteinsson of Varmland b. 620? AD, d. 645 Uppsala or Upland

father of ↓

King Braut-Anaud of Varmland b. 645? AD, d. 665? AD

King of Uppland

father of ↓

King Ingjald I Anundsson of Varmland b. 665 AD, d. ? = Gauthild Algautsdotter of Gautland

King of Uppland or Uppsala

parents of ↓

King Alov I Ingjarldsson Tretegja of Varmland b. 690? AD Uppsla, Sweden, d. 710 AD = Solveig de Solor

King of Vestfold, Norway

parents of ↓

Halvdan I Olavsson Hvitbein of Vermaland b. 710? AD Varmland, Seeden, d.? Tjolling in Vesfold = Asa Oysteindotter Hardrape

parents of ↓

King Eystein I halvdansson Fjert of Vestfold and Romerick b. 735? AD, d. 750? Borre in Vestfold = Hilda Eiriksdotter de Vestfold

parents of ↓

Halvdan II Oysteinsson the debonair of Vestfold b. 750? AD d. 802? AD = Liv Vestmar

parents of ↓

Ivar Oplaendinge of Heidmark b. 780? AD d.?

Jarl of Moere

father of ↓

Eystein II Glumra Ivarsson of Heidmark b. 810? AD, Maer, Norway, d. 872 = Aseda de Vestfold

Jarl de Moere

parents of ↓

Jarl Ragnvald Eysteinsson the wise of Heidmark b. 835? AD Uppland, Demmark or Maer, Norway, d. 890? Orcades, Scotland = Comtesse Ragnhilde of Moere

parents of ↓

Rollon (or Robert) I of Normandy b. 860 AD Maer, Norway, d. 927 or 933 AD (buried in Rouen) = Popa of Bayeux

1st Duke of Normandy

parents of ↓

Guillaume (William) I Longue Epes of Normandy b. 900? AD Hermeville, France, d. 17-12-942 Picquigny = 1. Leutgarade of Vermandois, Count of Champagne

Duke of Normandy = 2. Sprotta of Senlis

parents of ↓

Richard I the Fearless (mother = Sprotta of Senlis) b. 28-8-933, d. 20-11-996 = 1. Emma of France (m. 960 AD)

Duke of Normandy, Regent of France = 2. Gunnor of Crepon

parents of ↓

Richard II b. 974? d. 23-8-1026, Fecamp (mother = Gunnor of Crepon) = Judith of Bretagne

Duke of Normandy

parents of ↓

Robert I the Devil (or the Magnificent) b. 1002?, d. 22-11-1035, Nicea – Herleve (or Harletta) of Falaise

Duke of Normandy

parents of ↓

King William I The Conqueror b. 14-10-1024 Falaise, d. 7-9-1087 Hermeville = Matilda of Flanders

King of England, Duke of Normandy

parents of ↓

Adela of Normandie (of England) b. 1062? d. 8-3-1137 = Etienne dit Henri de Blois Count of Champagne (m. 1080) (see line 3 further on in document for his ancestry)

Countess of Blois

parents of ↓

Thibaut IV the Grand b. 1085? d. 9-1-1152 = Mathilde of Corinth

Count of Blois

parents of ↓

Etienne of Blois b. ? d. 1191 Acre,Palestine = Alix (Mathilde) of Donzy (m. 1153)

Count of Sancerre

parents of ↓

Guillaume I of Sancerre b.? d. 1217 = 1. Marie of Charenton (m. 1203)

parents of ↓ = 2. Eustachie of Courtenay

Louis I of Sancerre b. 1203? (mother = Marie of Cherenton) d. 1268 = 1. Blanche of Courtenay (m. 1223)

parents of ↓ = 2. Isabelle of Mayenne

Jean I of Sancerre (or Chamagne) b. 1235 d. after 1280 = 1. Marie de Vierson, Dame of Menetou-Sal (m. 1259)

parents of ↓ = 2. Marie of Donzy

Jean II of Sancerre (mother = Marie of Vierson) b.? d.? = Louise of Beaumez

Count of Sancerre

parents of ↓

Jeanne of Sancerre b. ? d. 1354 = 1. Jean III of Trie, Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓ = 2. Jean I of Chatillon-Porcean, Lord of Chattilon

Jacqueline of Dammartin b. 1350? (father = Jean III of Trie) d. 1388 = Jean I of Chatillon-Porcean (see line 2 further on in document for his ancestry)

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marguerite of Chatillon-Porcean B. 1380? d.? = Guillaume of Fayel

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Guillaume of Fayel b. 1400? d.? = Marguerite of Chatillon-Porcean

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marie of Dammartin b.? d? = Reynauld V of Nanteuil-Aci

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marguerite of Nanteuil b. 1420? d.? = Antoine of Chabannes b. 1408? d. 1488 Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Adelaid of Chabanne b. 1449 Pont-a-Mousson d.? = Guillaume Bascom b. 1443 d. 1511 (m. 11-2-1469, Nouzon)

parents of ↓

Jean Bascom b. 1470/76? Monthermé, Champagne, Ardennes d. 3-3-1562 Nouzon = Suzanne Barby b. 1477

parents of ↓

Robert Bascom (Bascon) b. 1499 Montherme, France d. 1562 England = Marie Dornant b. 1505

parents of ↓

Jean Bascon b. 1534 Montherme, France, d. 1626 Dorset, England = Margaret Barber b. 1536 d. 1586

parents of ↓ also parents of ↓

Henry Bascom b.1569 Dorset = John of Fordington Bascom b. 1570 d. 1624 = Jane Beaumont

from whom Frederick William Bascomb b. 1862 was descended parents of ↓

and his subsequent descendants ↓ Thomas Bascom b. 1602? d. 1682 USA= Avis

from whom the USA Bascom(b)s are descended









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Cuthred of Wessex b. 635? AD d. 661 AD

father of ↓

Inglid of Wessex b. 660? AD

father of ↓

Eoppa of Wessex b. 690? AD d. 718 AD

father of ↓

Eoffa of Wessex b. 715? AD d. 789

parents of ↓

Ealhmund of Wessex b. 745? AD d. 827 AD = N… of Kent

(King of Kent through his wife)

parents of ↓

King Egbert of England b. 775? AD d. 4-2-839 = Redburge

King of Wessex and the Anglo Saxons

parents of ↓

King Aethelwulf of England b. 810? AD d. 13-1-858 = 1. Osburge

King of Wessex and Kent = 2. Princess Judith of France

parents of ↓

King Alfred the Great b. 849 AD, Wantage, Berkshire d. 26-10 899 (buried in Winchester) = Elswitha of Gainsbrough (Mercia)

King of Wessex

parents of ↓

King Edward the Elder b. 871? AD d. 17-7-924 = 1. Elfeda of the Bernicie, of Wiltshire

King of Wessex and the Anglo Saxons = 2. Egwina

parents of ↓ = 3. Edgifre of Meopham

Elflada of England b. 910? d.? = Aubrey of Orleona b. 900? AD d?

parents of ↓

Lord Bouchard I of Montmorency b. 940? AD d. 980? = Hildegarde of Blois

parents of ↓

Lord Bouchard II ('Le Barbu') de Montmorency b. 970? AD d. 1020? = Ildelinde of Chateau-Basset

parents of ↓

Lord Bouchard III of Montmorency b. 1010?= Adeliza of Clermont

Lord of Marly, Feuillarde and Chateau-Bassett

parents of ↓

Herve of Montmorency b. 1047? d. 1110? = Agnes of Eu (of Soissons) (m. 1073?)

Lord of Marly, Bouteiller of France

parents of ↓

Mathieu: Bourhard IV of Montmorency b. 1077? d. 2-1-1132 =1. Agnes of Beaumont sur Oise, Dame of Conflans sur Laterne (m. 1096?)

parents of ↓ = 2. Agnes of Pontoise (m. 1105)

Adelaide of Montmorency b. 1096? (monther = Agnes of Beaumont) = Guy of Guise b.? d.?

parents of ↓

Lord Bouchard of Guise b. 1125? d. 1166? = Adelaide b.? d.?

parents of ↓

Alix (or Adelphie) of Guise b. 1150? d. 20-2-1205 = Jacques of Avesnes b.? d.?

parents of ↓

Matilde of Avesnes b.1183 d. 5-11-1236 = 1. Louis The Young of Chigny (m. 1205?) = 2. Count Louis II of Chigny (m. before 1206)

parents of ↓ = 3. Baron Nicholas IV of Rumigny

Adele of Rumigny b, 1200? (father = Baron Nicholas IV of Rumigny) = Anseau IV of Garlande, Lord of Tournan-en-Brie b. 1225? d.?

parents of ↓

Isabelle of Villebaue (Villebeon) b. 1240? d. 1282 = Robert I of Dreux, Viscount of Beu (m. 1263)

Dame of La Chapelle-Gontier and Bagneaux

parents of ↓

Isabelle (Isabeau) of Dreux b. 1264 d. 1300 = Count Gaucher V of Chatillon-sur-Marne, Count of Porcien (Porcian)

Dame of Nesle-en-Tordenois

parents of ↓

Gaucher II of Chatillion-Porcean b. 1281? d. 1325 = Marguerite of Dampierre-sur-L'Aube

parents of ↓

Gaucher III of Chatillon-Porcean b.? d. 1342= Jeanne of Conflans (m. 1323)

Count of Porcean

parents of ↓

Jean I of Chatillon-Porcean = Jacqueline of Dammartin b. 1350? (father = Jean III of Trie) d. 1388

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marguerite of Chatillon-Porcean B. 1380? d.? = Guillaume of Fayel

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marie of Dammartin b.? d? = Reynauld V of Nanteuil-Aci

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marguerite of Nanteuil b. 1420? d.? = Antoine of Chabannes b. 1408? d. 1488 Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Adelaid of Chabanne b. 1449 Pont-a-Mousson d.? = Guillaume Bascom b. 1443 d. 1511 (m. 11-2-1469, Nouzon)

parents of ↓

Jean Bascom b. 1470/76? Monthermé, Champagne, Ardennes d. 3-3-1562 Nouzon = Suzanne Barby b. 1477

parents of ↓

Robert Bascom (Bascon) b. 1499 Montherme, France d. 1562 England = Marie Dornant b. 1505

parents of ↓

Jean Bascon b. 1534 Montherme, France, d. 1626 Dorset, England = Margaret Barber b. 1536 d. 1586

parents of ↓ also parents of ↓

Henry Bascom b.1569 Dorset = John of Fordington Bascom b. 1570 d. 1624 = Jane Beaumont

from whom Frederick William Bascomb b. 1862 was descended parents of ↓

and his subsequent descendants ↓ Thomas Bascom b. 1602? d. 1682 USA= Avis

from whom the USA Bascom(b)s are descended





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Charibert of Haspengau b. 575 AD d. 636 AD

father of ↓

Chrodobertus I of Haspengau b. 600? AD d. after 6.30 AD

father of ↓

Lambert I of Haspengau b. 620? AD d. after 650 AD

father of ↓

Count Chrodobertus II of Haspengau b. 650? AD d.? = Doda b.? d.?

Chancellor of King Clotaire III

parents of ↓

Count Lambert II of Haspengau b. 685? AD d. after 741 AD

parents of ↓

Duke Robert I of Haspengau b. 710? AD d. after 764 AD = Williswinthe of Wormsgau

Count of Wormsgau and Oberrheinsgau

parents of ↓

Thurinberg of Wormsgau b. 740? AD d. after 770 AD

father of ↓

Robert II of Wormsgau b. 765? AD d. 12-7-807 AD = 1. Theodorate

Count of Wormsgau and Oberrheinsgau = 2. Isengarde

parents of ↓

Count Robert III of Wormsgau b. 790? AD (mother – Theodorate) d. 834? AD = Wiltrude of Orleans

Count of Wormsgau and Oberrheinsgau = 2. Isengarde

parents of ↓

Count Robert IV The Strong b. 815? AD d. 15-9-866 = 1. Adelaide of Tours, Duchess of France

Count of Anjou and Tours = 2. Agnes

parents of ↓

King Robert I b. 866 d. 15-6-923, Soissons = 1. Beatrice of Vermandois or of Senlis (m. 893?)

King of France = Aelis or Adele of Alsace (Maine)

parents of ↓

Richilde of Poitou b. 892 d.? = 1. Count Thibault The Old, of Blois (or Tours)

Princess of France = 2. Guillaume II of Angouleme-Taillefer, Count of Perigord = 3. Guillaume I of Perigord

parents of ↓

Count Thibaut The Cheat, of Blois b. 910? (father = Count Thibault The Old) d. 16-1-974 Abbey St Florentin, Samur = Leutgarade of Vermandois, Count of Champagne

parents of ↓

Count Eude I of Blois b. 945? AD d. 12-3-996 = 1. Berthe of Bourgogne (m. 983)

parents of ↓ = 2. Mauhaut of Normandy

Count Eude II of Blois b. 989? (mother = Berthe of Bourgogne) d. 15-11-1037 = Irmengarde of Auverne (m. 1010)

parents of ↓



Count Thibault III of Blois b. 1012? d. 29-9-1089, Eperney = 1. Gersande of Maine (m. 1037) = 2. Adelaide of Valois, Princess of France (m. before 1060)

Count of Chartres, Tours and Troy = 3. Adelaide or Adele of Crepy

parents of ↓

Etienne dit Henri de Blois Count of Champagne = Adela of Normandie (of England) b. 1062? d. 8-3-1137 (m. 1080)

Countess of Blois

parents of ↓

Thibaut IV the Grand b. 1085? d. 9-1-1152 = Mathilde of Corinth

Count of Blois

parents of ↓

Etienne of Blois b. ? d. 1191 Acre,Palestine = Alix (Mathilde) of Donzy (m. 1153)

Count of Sancerre

parents of ↓

Guillaume I of Sancerre b.? d. 1217 = 1. Marie of Charenton (m. 1203)

parents of ↓ = 2. Eustachie of Courtenay

Louis I of Sancerre b. 1203? (mother = Marie of Cherenton) d. 1268 = 1. Blanche of Courtenay (m. 1223)

parents of ↓ = 2. Isabelle of Mayenne

Jean I of Sancerre (or Chamagne) b. 1235 d. after 1280 = 1. Marie de Vierson, Dame of Menetou-Sal (m. 1259)

parents of ↓ = 2. Marie of Donzy

Jean II of Sancerre (mother = Marie of Vierson) b.? d.? = Louise of Beaumez

Count of Sancerre

parents of ↓

Jeanne of Sancerre b. ? d. 1354 = 1. Jean III of Trie, Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓ = 2. Jean I of Chatillon-Porcean, Lord of Chattilon

Jacqueline of Dammartin b. 1350? (father = Jean III of Trie) d. 1388 = Jean I of Chatillon-Porcean

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marguerite of Chatillon-Porcean B. 1380? d.? = Guillaume of Fayel

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marie of Dammartin b.? d? = Reynauld V of Nanteuil-Aci

Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Marguerite of Nanteuil b. 1420? d.? = Antoine of Chabannes b. 1408? d. 1488 Count of Dammartin

parents of ↓

Adelaid of Chabanne b. 1449 Pont-a-Mousson d.? = Guillaume Bascom b. 1443 d. 1511 (m. 11-2-1469, Nouzon)

parents of ↓

Jean Bascom b. 1470/76? Monthermé, Champagne, Ardennes d. 3-3-1562 Nouzon = Suzanne Barby b. 1477

parents of ↓

Robert Bascom (Bascon) b. 1499 Montherme, France d. 1562 England = Marie Dornant b. 1505

parents of ↓

Jean Bascon b. 1534 Montherme, France, d. 1626 Dorset, England = Margaret Barber b. 1536 d. 1586

parents of ↓ also parents of ↓

Henry Bascom b.1569 Dorset = John of Fordington Bascom b. 1570 d. 1624 = Jane Beaumont

from whom Frederick William Bascomb b. 1862 was descended parents of ↓

and his subsequent descendants ↓ Thomas Bascom b. 1602? d. 1682 USA= Avis

from whom the USA Bascom(b)s are descended