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 1762 - 1819 (57 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | 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]
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| 3. | Nancy Bunch was born 1738, Chowan, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Henry Bunch and Ann Calloway); died 27 May 1811, Nash, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
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.
- 1. 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: 3
| 4. | 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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| 5. | 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.
- 2. Isaac Bass was born 1742, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 27 Dec 1800, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
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| 6. | Henry Bunch was born 1690, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (son of Unconfirmed Bunch); died 21 Apr 1775, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: E1b1a8a
- Reference Number: 6525
- Residence: 1757, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
- Bond date: 29 Feb 1764, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1790, Orange, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
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Henry1 Bunch Sr., probably born about 1690, was a resident of Chowan County on 18 December 1727 when he purchased 200 acres in Bertie County on Reedy Branch. He purchased 640 acres in Bertie on Conaritsat Swamp from Thomas Pollock on 30 May 1729 [DB C:21, 266]. He was taxable on his own tithe and 2 slaves in the 1750 Bertie County summary tax list and was a "Free Mulatto" taxable on 2 slaves in Bertie County from 1763 to 1766 [C.R. 10.702.1, Box 1]. He made a will in Bertie on 21 April 1775, proved in August 1775. He had already deeded 840 acres of land on Conaritsat and Mulberry to his grandson Jeremiah Bunch, Jr., in 1765, and in his will left most of the remainder of his land to his grandson Cader Bass [WB B:34-7]. He named as heirs the following children:
i. Jeremiah1, Sr., born say 1715.
ii. Tamerson, married Thomas Bass.
iii. Susannah, married Lazarus Summerlin, a taxable "free molattor" in Jonathan Standley's 1764 Bertie tax list [CR 10.702.1].
iv. Rachel, married Joseph Collins.
v. Nancy, married Isaac Bass.
vi. Embrey, born say 1730/35.
Henry married Ann Calloway 1740, Bedford, Virginia, USA. Ann (daughter of Joseph Callaway and Catherine Browning) was born 1720, Louisa, Virginia, USA; died 1775, Bedford, Virginia, USA; was buried , Ashe, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Ann Calloway was born 1720, Louisa, Virginia, USA (daughter of Joseph Callaway and Catherine Browning); died 1775, Bedford, Virginia, USA; was buried , Ashe, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6527
- Residence: 1800, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Children:
- 3. Nancy Bunch was born 1738, Chowan, North Carolina, USA; died 27 May 1811, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | 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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| 9. | 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.
- 4. 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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| 12. | Unconfirmed Bunch was born 1670 (son of John Bunch, I); died , USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: E1b1a8a
- Reference Number: 8390
Children:
- 6. Henry Bunch was born 1690, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 21 Apr 1775, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
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| 14. | Joseph Callaway was born 1674, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1735, Essex, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Joseph married Catherine Browning. Catherine was born 1680, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1735, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Catherine Browning was born 1680, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1735, Essex, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 7. Ann Calloway was born 1720, Louisa, Virginia, USA; died 1775, Bedford, Virginia, USA; was buried , Ashe, North Carolina, USA.
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