Bashaw (Info from Mrs. Helen Coleman of San Antonia, TX - see DAR #165958 & #548061) 1 James Bashaw b. 14 Aug 1738 d. 1778 m. Frances Taylor (15 May 1744-13 Sep 1825), who was buried in Tennessee. She was the daughter of Benjamin Taylor 2 Peter Bashaw (31 Mar 1763-20 May 1864) m. 4 Mar 1785 Frances Bashaw (14 Feb 1769-16 Jun 1851) d/o Walter Bashaw, brother of Peter�s father James Bashaw. 3 Baheathalen (Hetty) Bashaw (13 Dec 1786-14 Feb 1876) d.s. 3 Byron Bashaw (23 Mar 1788- c. 1864) m. Thomas Cole (1786-1852) 3 James Bashaw (22 Dec 1791-Dec 1793) 3 Fanny (Frances) Bashaw b. 9 Dec 1793 m. Jabez White 3 Thomas (Hammon) Bashaw (20 Dec 1795-27 Jan 1872) 3 Elizabeth (Betsy) Bashaw (23 Mar 1798-18 Nov 1833) d.s. 3 Nancy Bashaw (30 Jan 1800-2 Aug 1807). Other records have her living longer & marrying a Bridwell 3 Benjamin Taylor Bashaw b. 10 May 1802 4 Eliza Virginia Bashaw m. 1849 Dr. Charles W. Dixon 3 James Wesley Bashaw (6 May 1804-12 Nov 1884) m (1) Charlotte Cherry (2) Elizabeth Crutchfield (3) Elizabeth Puckett 3 Sally Edwards Bashaw (6 Mar 1806-20 Aug 1833) 3 Presley Bashaw b & d 4 Sep 1807 3 Lucinda (Lusetta) Bashaw (28 Dec 1808-1835) m. Staneel Wood 3 Joseph Everitt Bashaw b. 25 Mar 1811 m. Nancy Lowrey All of the children through and including Benjamin were born in Virginia. Hetty and Byron died in Tennessee. Peter Sr. (b. 1763) was a private in the Virginia Militia. Tradition says that the Bashaws were French Huguenots who came to Canada before coming to Virginia. The left France and went to the Isle of Wight where the married Scotch-Irish families. Early Bashaws in Virginia include Andrew in Northumberland County 1654; Giles 1648; Mary 1654 Northumberland; William and Jane, 1654 Northumberland, children. In Early Settlers of Maryland, Giles Bashaw of Isle of Kent petitioned to confirm land title granted by Capt. William Clayborn in 1640. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing