> I am looking for information on the descendants of Lewis Bazden/Basden
free
> person of color.  He was born around 1760 to Martha Basden b. 12 Jul 1732
in
> Isle of Wight county VA the daughter of James Basden 1690/1700 - 20 July
> 1770 of Isle of Wight and Southampton  Counties Virginia.
>
> Lewis had at least one sibling.  I don't know if it was a male or female.
> The clerk of Southampton county wrote his "r" and "s" almost identical so
> the sibling could have have been listed as Bardin in the early marriage
> records.  Lewis Basden (listed as Bardin) married Sarah Tann 27 Oct 1803
in
> Southampton County Virginia.  He married second Ava Dunkins 06 Jun 1817 in
> Southampton County Virginia.  He also lived for a while in Surry county
> Virginia.
>
> There is a Basden house listed as an historic structure in Surry County
> dating from the 1820's.  Is this structure his home?  I don't know of
other
> Basden's living living in Surry County.
>
> Deborah Byrd
> Baisden family researcher
>
>
>

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