<p><img class="caption" src="images/stories/220px-frenchprotestantchurch.jpg" border="0" alt="French Huguenot Church in Charleston, SC" title="French Huguenot Church in Charleston, SC" align="left" />The Basyes were originally French Huguenots, as the Protestants were known in France during the Reformation, and in the religious struggles in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many of these Protestants were executed or banished after having their property confiscated by fanatical Catholics. Many fled to Germany, Holland, Switzerland, England, and America between 1538 and 1789.</p>
<p>Walter Noah Basye was born around the year 1615, somewhere in England. Sometime around the year 1644, he married Susannah McFarland who was born around 1625, also in England. Together, they had a son named Edmond Basye in the year 1645. Edmond moved from England to Virginia, where he made out his will October 2, 1714, added a codicil on January 28, 1724, and it was probated on March 19, 1724.</p>
