Edward Bass

Male Abt 1675 - 1750  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Edward Bass  [1
    Born Abt 1675  Chowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1741  Northampton, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Urahaw Swamp 
    Death 25 Jul 1748  Northampton, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 13 May 1750  Northampton, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    civil Aug 1750  Northampton, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Ethnicity Native American 
    Tribe Nansemond 
    Reference Number 836 
    Person ID I836  Families

    Father William Bass, Sr.,   b. 29 Mar 1654, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1741, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine Elizabeth Lanier,   b. Abt 1650, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 16 Nov 1671  Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lovewell,   b. 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1761, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Bass, Sr.,   b. Abt 1725, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1798, Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)  [natural]
     2. John Bass,   b. Abt 1716, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1758  (Age ~ 42 years)  [natural]
     3. James Bass,   b. Bef 1714, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1771, Brunswick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 57 years)  [natural]
     4. Joseph Bass,   b. Abt 1700,   d. Bef 1762  (Age ~ 61 years)  [natural]
     5. Katherine Bass,   b. Abt 1708  [natural]
     6. Dinah Bass,   b. Bef 1712  [natural]
     7. Keziah Bass,   b. Abt 1713  [natural]
     8. Mary Bass,   b. Abt 1714  [natural]
     9. Sampson Bass,   b. Abt 1720  [natural]
     10. Reuben Bass,   b. Aft 1725,   d. 1 Nov 1777  (Age < 50 years)  [natural]
     11. Edward Bass, II,   b. 1729, Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1800, Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1675 - Chowan, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Urahaw Swamp - 1741 - Northampton, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jul 1748 - Northampton, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 May 1750 - Northampton, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapscivil - Aug 1750 - Northampton, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Edward1 Bass, born 19 October 1672, was living in Norfolk County on 16 November 1699 when he purchased 15 acres of land on the Western Branch of Elizabeth River from John Fulsher who was the slave owner who freed the Anderson family by his Norfolk County will in 1712. Edward appeared in Norfolk County court on 17 November 1698 and admitted that he owed Hugh Campbell 500 pounds of tobacco, in June 1702 he admitted that he owed Thomas Whinfield 70 pounds of tobacco for goods he purchased at the sale of the estate of William Whitehurst, and on 15 February 1709 he sued Henry Lawley for a 3 pound debt. On 20 July 1711 he was presented by the Norfolk County court for retailing liquor without a license but the presentment was dismissed at his cost when he convinced the court that it was a mistake. On 16 December 1715 he sued Joseph Muns, Jr., for 20 pounds damages for riding his mare [DB 6, no.2, fols. 36, 170, 255; Orders 1708-10, 124b, 141a; 1710-17, 14, 100, 136]. On 30 January 1720/1 he was called "Edward Bass of Norfolk County, Virginia, Parish of Elizabeth" when he purchased 100 acres adjacent to his brother John, near the head of Horsepool Swamp in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina [DB C-1:113]. On 26 March 1723 he was granted 200 acres on Urahaw Swamp in what became Northampton County after 1741 [Hoffman, Province of North Carolina Land Patents, 192]. He and his wife Love sold their land in Chowan County by deed of 28 March 1726 [DB C-1:609].

      Between 12 August 1728 and 15 May 1744 he purchased another 615 acres adjoining his land [Bertie DB C:135, Northampton DB 1:40, 89, 129]. His 25 July 1748 Northampton County will was proved in August 1750 and left over 525 acres to his children with the remainder to be sold to discharge debts [Original at N.C. Archives]. He left his wife Lovewell 100 acres during her life. More than ten years later on 7 May 1761 she and her heirs, Lucy Jones and Thomas Cugley, sold this land for 75 pounds to Jethro Bass, her deceased husband's grand nephew [DB 3:121].

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:1999;;), Database online.
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