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 1742 - 1800 (58 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Isaac Bass was born 1742, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (son of John Bass, III and Elizabeth Winborne); died 27 Dec 1800, Nash, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6505
- Residence: 1757, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1782, Nash, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1790, Nash, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1800, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Isaac Bass (John3, John2, William1, John1), born say 1738, was taxed in his own Bertie County household in the constable's list of Michael Collins in 1756. He married Nancy Bunch, Thomason Bass's sister. He purchased 181 acres in the fork of Peachtree and Back Swamp on 18 February 1754 in what was then Edgecombe County near the present Nash-Franklin County border [DB 4:559]. His 27 December 1800 Nash County will, proved February 1801, left nine slaves and land to his wife Nancy and children who were considered white [WB 1:136].
Isaac married Nancy Bunch 1763, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Nancy (daughter of Henry Bunch and Ann Calloway) was born 1738, Chowan, North Carolina, USA; died 27 May 1811, Nash, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Jesse Bass was born 1768, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 1822, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
- John Bass was born 1766, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 1777, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
- Jethro Bass was born 1762, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 23 Jan 1819, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
- Levicey Bass was born 1778, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 7 Jan 1833, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
- Charles Bass was born 1767, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
- Augustine Bass was born 1767, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 1816, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
- Isaac Bass was born 1770, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 5 Sep 1825, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- Cader Bass was born 1762, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 1790, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- Louise Bass was born 1760, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died , Humphreys, Tennessee, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | John Bass, III was born Abt 1700, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (son of John Bass, II and Love Harris); died 11 Mar 1777, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Reference Number: 726
Notes:
John3 Bass (John2, William1, John1), born say 1700, purchased 200 acres on 10 April 1722 near Urahaw Swamp in the part of Bertie County which became Northampton County in 1742. He purchased 100 acres on Plaquet Branch of Antonkey Marsh, 150 acres on 17 January 1727, and received a patent for 410 acres south of Bear Swamp on 2 August 1727 [DB A:108; B:348, 360]. On 7 February 1736 the Bertie County court fined him for selling brandy without a license [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, I:199]. He was the executor of his father's 1732 will. On 16 August 1736 he bought 200 acres at the mouth of Beech Swamp in Edgecombe County [DB 1:164]. He sold 410 acres of his land in Northampton County to George Anderson on 13 January 1738 [Bertie DB E:530]. He bought 150 acres in Edgecombe on 16 December 1740 [DB F:190] and sold another 400 acres in Northampton by deeds of 2 October and 30 December 1742 [DB 1:40,56]. He was a slave owner by August 1742 when he proved rights on five "whites" and 3 "blacks" in Northampton County [SS 906 by North Carolina Genealogy, 1825]. He voted for Joseph Sikes in the Northampton County election of 1762 [SS 837 by NCGSJ XII:170]. His 14 June 1777 Northampton County will was proved in September 1777. He left 16 slaves and 600 acres to his children [WB 1:292-4]. Most of his children, who were very prosperous, married whites and were considered white.
John married Elizabeth Winborne 1745, Franklin, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth was born 1713, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 1745, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Elizabeth Winborne was born 1713, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 1745, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Euridice Bass was born 1745, North Carolina, USA; died 2 Aug 1828, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA.
- Jethro Bass was born 1734, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died 27 Sep 1794, Northampton, North Carolina, USA.
- 1. Isaac Bass was born 1742, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 27 Dec 1800, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | John Bass, II was born 4 Dec 1673, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA (son of William Bass, Sr. and Catherine Elizabeth Lanier); died 18 Jan 1732, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Tribe: Nansemond
- Reference Number: 717
Notes:
John2 Bass (William1, John1), born 4 December 1673, was living in Norfolk County on 15 October 1701 when a case against him brought by Thomas Hodges, Surveyor, for being delinquent "from the high wayes" was dismissed on his paying costs [DB 6:220]. He was not mentioned in his father's will because he predeceased him. His marriage was recorded in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina:
John Bas and Love Harris was Married ye 8th day of Janewary 1696 both of Nanse Mum County and Nanse Mum Parresh by Mager Samuel Swann Esqr. [Haun, Old Albemarle County North Carolina, 62].
Love Harris was living in Norfolk County on 19 May 1693 when the court acquitted Ann Harris, Love Harris, and Elizabeth Jennett of any wilful neglect in the death of a 5 week old child of Ann Harris. This was probably the same Ann Harris, widow of Richard Harris, who bound her daughter Jean Harris to Malachy Thruston in Norfolk County court that same day. Four days prior to this she bound her son John Harris to James Lowry, and two months later on 18 July 1693 she presented an inventory of "what little estate Richard Harris died seized of" in Norfolk County court [DB 5, pt. 2, 287, 292-3, 298]. On 30 January 1720/1 John Bass bought 200 acres in Chowan Precinct near the head of Horsepool Swamp [DB C-1:115]. A year later on 16 July 1722 he was in that part of Bertie County which became Northampton County where he bought 200 acres adjoining Urahaw Swamp [DB A:105]. Between 1722 and 1729 he purchased 5 tracts of land including a patent for 460 acres, accumulating a total of 1,060 acres adjoining Urahaw Swamp [DB A:129; C:126, 135; Hoffman, Province of North Carolina Land Patents, 225]. His 18 January 1732 Bertie County will named his children, gave his wife Mary "the liberty of the plantation ... for bringing up my small children," referred to "my sd last wife's children," and left 50 acres to his friend, Daniel Wharten Burbegg [SS 876/3:305]. Norfolk County Bass family papers record his death in the year 1732 at the age of fifty-eight. Mary remarried and as "Mary Staples widow and relict of John Bass, Sr." she sold her one third interest in the plantation where she was living on 21 November 1748 [Northampton DB 1:356].
John married Love Harris 8 Jan 1695/96, Perquimans, North Carolina, USA. Love (daughter of William Harris and Alice Stewart) was born 4 Dec 1673, Nansemond, Virginia, USA; died 18 Jan 1731, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Love Harris was born 4 Dec 1673, Nansemond, Virginia, USA (daughter of William Harris and Alice Stewart); died 18 Jan 1731, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- William Bass was born Abt 1700, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 23 Aug 1761, St James Santee, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
- Sarah Bass was born 1704, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 1785, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- 2. John Bass, III was born Abt 1700, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 11 Mar 1777, Northampton, North Carolina, USA.
- Aaron Bass was born Abt 1701, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 1781, Surry, North Carolina, USA.
- Edward Bass was born 1696, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Between 1742 and 1758.
- Moses Bass was born Abt 1697.
- Judith Bass was born 1702, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- Lovey Bass was born Abt 1707, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- Mary Bass was born Abt 1709, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- Anne Keziah, Bass was born Abt 1710.
- Patience Bass was born Abt 1712, Chowan, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | William Bass, Sr. was born 29 Mar 1654, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA (son of John Bass and Elizabeth); died 13 Aug 1741, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Tribe: Nansemond
- Reference Number: 790
Notes:
2. William1 Bass, born 29 March 1654, married Catherine Lanier who died 17 February 1691/2. He was called William Bass, Sr., on 13 October 1715 when he admitted in Norfolk County court that he owed John Hodgson 50 pounds of tobacco [Orders 1710-17, 169]. On 17 March 1726/7 he claimed to have cleared lands near the Dismal Swamp which "hath been used by his and Their forebears since & before English governance in Virginia." He received a certificate from the Norfolk County Clerk confirming his rightful possession of the land and further stating that
William Bass, Senr. & ... his sons Wm. Bass, Thomas Bass and Joseph Bass, & spinster daughter Mary Bass are persons of English and Nansemun Indian descent with no Admixture of negor, Ethipopic blood
He was called William Bass, Senr., and was living in Western Branch District of Norfolk County on 6 January 1729 when he purchased 103 acres in Norfolk County at the mouth of Deep Branch for 25 pounds [DB G:fol.35 (p.183)]. He was taxable with his son Thomas in the Western Branch District of Norfolk County in 1730, 1731 (called William Bass, Sr.), 1732 (with William Horse/Horsey in his household), and 1733-36 living near Richard and Eliza Price and William Price whose wife was taxable in 1736 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1730-50, 20, 38, 73, 94, 138, 183]. He was probably in debt when he made his 1 October 1740 will since he left his land to his daughter Mary, "if she can Save it." The will, proved 17 September 1742 in Norfolk County, mentioned his children William, Edward, Joseph, Thomas, and Mary (executrix), and grandson William Bass [WB H:8]. The record of his death on 13 August 1741 is in the Bass family papers which also record that his son John and his daughter Keziah, Jr., predeceased him [Bell, Bass Families of the South, 12]. .
William married Catherine Elizabeth Lanier 16 Nov 1671, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Catherine (daughter of John Lanier and Sarah Edmunds) was born Abt 1650, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 17 Feb 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | Catherine Elizabeth Lanier was born Abt 1650, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Lanier and Sarah Edmunds); died 17 Feb 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Edward Bass was born Abt 1675, Chowan, North Carolina, USA; died 13 May 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA.
- 4. John Bass, II was born 4 Dec 1673, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA; died 18 Jan 1732, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- Mary Bass was born 15 Jun 1681, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1740.
- Joseph Bass was born 21 Dec 1679, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1740.
- William Bass was born 28 Oct 1676, Virginia, USA; died 20 Oct 1751, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- Keziah Bass was born 30 Oct 1675, Virginia, USA.
- Thomas Bass was born 13 Nov 1687, Virginia, USA; died Aft 1740, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
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| 10. | William Harris was born 12 Mar 1629, Henrico, Virginia, USA (son of Thomas Harris and Joane Osborne); died 24 Aug 1678, Henrico, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
William married Alice Stewart 1667, Charles City, Virginia, USA. Alice was born 1648, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died 1696, New Kent, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. | Alice Stewart was born 1648, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died 1696, New Kent, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Thomas Harris was born 1669, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died 29 Jan 1730, Henrico, Virginia, USA.
- 5. Love Harris was born 4 Dec 1673, Nansemond, Virginia, USA; died 18 Jan 1731, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- John Edward Harris was born 1674, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died 1735, Virginia, USA.
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