BASSANO FMILY

IN THE 15TH CENTURY THE FAMILY LIVED AND OWNED LAND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CRESPANO.
BAPTISTA PIVA PLAYED THE PIVA OR BAGPIPE AND WAS THE SON OF ANDREA DE CRESPANO.
THEY WERE MUSICANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS
EARLY IN THE 16TH CENTURY THE FAMILY NAME WAS CHANGED TO A COMBINATION OF THE PATRONYMIC PLUS PLACE NAME, BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED TO BASSANO.
AFTER JOINING HENRY VIII COURT THEY CHANGED THEIR FAMILY NAME TO BASSANO.

JERONIMO BASSANO

HE WAS THE HEAD OF A FAMILY OF ITALIAN MUSICANS WHO MOVED FROM VENICE TO ENGLAND AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF HENRY VIII TO SERVE THE COURT.
BORN 1490 BASSANO DEL GRAPPA, VENICE, ITALY DIED 1545 VENICE,ITALY
HE WAS A WELL KNOWN TORMBONE OR SACKBUT PLAYER, WHO WORKED FOR THE DOGE OF VENICE NAMED MAESTRO JERONIMO DA BASSAN.

CHILDREN
ANTHONY
MARRIED ELENA DE NAZZI

JACOMO DIED 15666
MARRIED ORSETTA GRITI

AKVISE DIED 1554

JASPER DIED 1577

JOHN DIED 1570

BAPTISTA

JERONIMO SON OF BAPTISTA PIVA

ANTHONY BASSANO AND ELENA DE NAZZI

ANTHONY BORN 1511, BASSANO,ITALY
DIED oct 19, 1574
FAMILY FIRST MOVED FROM ITALY TO SPAIN AND THEN TO ENGLAND TO AVOID THE FRENCH INQUISTION. ANTHONY WAS REFERRED TP AS TJE VEMETIAN MUSICAN OF THE ROYAL ORCHESTRA.

ELENA BORN 1515 VENICE,ITALY
MARRIED AUG 10, 1536


CHIDREN

LUCREECE 1555 DIED JAN 4, 1634
MARRIED NICHOLAs lanier

ANGELICA BORN 1537

MARGARETTA BORN 1541

ISABELLA BORN 1545

MARK ANTHONY BORN 1546 DIED 1599
MARRIED ELLEN GAMBAL

AUTHUR BORN 1547 DIED 1624
MARRIED MARGARET LOTHBURY

NICHOLAS BORN 1550 DIED 1551

EDWARD BORN 1551 DIED 1622
MARRIED ALICE AUSTEN

ANDREA BORN 1554 DIED 1626

JEROME BORN 1559 DIED 1635
MARRIEDDOROTHY SYMONDS

ELIABETH BORN 1545 DIED 1582
MARRIED AMBROSE GRASSO

ANTHONY SON OF JERONIMO BASSANO
ELENA DAUGHTER OF BENEDITTO DE NAZZI