Jane, Yes, that is my maiden name. BASHAM, sometimes spelled BASSHAM. I don't recognize the one you mentioned. I have done a "whole name" research on the Bashams for 30+ years. For the most part they came from one man, William Basham in VA in the early 1700s. Having said that, there were some in early New England, but the late 1700s. Also some who went to Canada, not sure of the date, and I found a newcomer in the 1880c in CA from England. They originated in England, as far as I am concerned, by my research. We also may have been BARSHAM at some point, but I don't have enough information on that to present it to the Bashams, as yet. Just an idea I am fooling with right now. We had some in Southern Indiana, that I know came out of TN. The VA bunch branched from VA in two lines, cousins, one group to KY, one to TN, then points west. Bet you got more than you wanted to know, and not what you needed? LOL Carleen