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| Name |
Sampson Bass |
| Born |
Abt 1720 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
6620 |
| Person ID |
I6620 |
Families |
| Father |
Edward Bass, b. Abt 1675, Chowan, North Carolina, USA  , d. 13 May 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Lovewell, b. 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA , d. 7 May 1761, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F289 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Sampson/ Samuel2 Bass (Edward1, John1), born say 1724, sold the 50 acres he inherited from his father to his brother Benjamin on 22 May 1758 [Northampton DB 2:460]. He was taxable in Granville County in Nathaniel Harris's list in 1758 and in John Pope's list for Bare Swamp District in 1762, called Sampson Bass. This part of Granville County became Bute County in 1764 and Sampson bought 100 acres in Bute County on the south side of Cedar Creek on Beaverdam Branch from William Bass on 26 January 1771 [Warren County DB 3:224]. He was a resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, on 2 April 1765 when he gave 270 acres in Northampton County near the Virginia border to his son Burwell Bass of Northampton County [DB 4:463]. He was taxed on 2,062 pounds property and 12 slaves in Northampton County in 1780 [LP 46.1]. He was called Samuel, Sr., when he bought 200 acres near the Virginia border on 4 June 1784 [DB 7:276]. His 13 August 1787 Northampton County will was proved in December 1790 [WB 1:408]. He left land and six slaves to his wife Sarah and children, most of whom were considered white. They were
i. Ann2.
ii. Herod.
iii. Susanna Snipes.
iv. Matthew.
v. Samuel3, who received a slave by a Halifax County deed of gift from his father on 14 June 1790, "1 negro man Nat, now in possession of my grandson Burgess Bass which sd negro I lent my son Burrell Bass some years ago" [DB 17:213]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [NC:4].
vi. Burwell.
vii. Lucy Peebles.
viii. Phebe Jordan.
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