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 Abt 1794 - 1820 (~ 26 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Sarah Frances Anderson was born Abt 1794, Granville, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Lewis Anderson and Winnie Bass); died 1820. Other Events:
- FSID: LLML-HMQ
- Reference Number: 10136
Sarah married John Chavis 5 Jun 1815, Granville, North Carolina, USA. John (son of Jesse Chavis) was born 1790; died 15 Jun 1838, Orange, North Carolina, USA; was buried , Rougemont, Durham, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Anderson Chavis was born 1810, North Carolina, USA; died 1899, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 3. | Winnie Bass was born 1752, Granville, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Benjamin Bass, Sr. and Mary Bass). Other Events:
Notes:
Winney, born about 1752 since she was first taxable in 1764 in Samuel Benton's list. Her bastard child Jacob was bound to Lewis Anderson, Junior, who she married about 1767 [CR 044.101.2].
Children:
- George Anderson was born 16 Aug 1776, North Carolina, USA; died 25 Oct 1846, Tennessee, USA.
- Winnie Anderson was born 1780, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
- 1. Sarah Frances Anderson was born Abt 1794, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1820.
- Rhoda Anderson was born 1770, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1840, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Lewis Anderson was born 1713, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (son of Elizabeth 'Betty' Anderson); died Abt 1785, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Lewis married Sarah Bass 18 Jan 1732, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Sarah (daughter of John Bass, II and Love Harris) was born 1704, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 1785, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Sarah Bass was born 1704, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (daughter of John Bass, II and Love Harris); died Bef 1785, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Reference Number: 763
Notes:
Sarah2 Anderson, born say 1704, wife of Lewis Anderson, received 100 acres in Northampton County by her father's will. She and her husband Lewis sold this land on 10 November 1757 [DB 2:233].
Children:
- Tamor Anderson was born Abt 1740, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1785, North Carolina, USA.
- 2. Lewis Anderson was born Abt 1743, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 1805, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Sarah Anderson was born 1745, North Carolina, USA; died 1802.
- Shadrack Anderson was born 1739, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
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| 6. | Benjamin Bass, Sr. was born Abt 1725, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (son of Edward Bass and Lovewell); died Abt 1798, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Reference Number: 937
- Residence: 1761, Granville, North Carolina, USA; Oxford Dist
Notes:
Benjamin1 Bass (Edward1, John1), born say 1722, was the executor of his father's Northampton County will by which he received 125 acres where his father was living on Quarter Swamp in Northampton County [Original at N.C. Archives]. He moved to Granville County where he bought 103 acres on Fishing Creek on 7 March 1758 [DB C-2:429]. On 4 April 1758 he sold 50 acres of his Northampton County land and a month later on 22 May 1758 bought 50 acres adjoining his land in Northampton from his brother Samuel [DB 2:460, 461]. In addition to the 125 acres he received by his father's will he had title to another 150 acres since on 10 February 1759 he sold 275 acres of his land in Northampton County which his father had purchased in 1743 and 1744 [DB 3:53].
In 1761 he was taxable in Oxford District, Granville County, with his wife Mary and brother James on 3 "Black polls," and he and his wife and children were taxable in the remaining colonial tax lists for Oxford District. On 10 November 1764 he purchased 50 acres in Northampton County near the Maple Spring Hills from his brother James [Granville DB H:63]. On 19 November 1772 Rodey Bass, a five-year-old orphan, was bound as an apprentice to him [CR 044.101.2-7]. Perhaps she was his grandchild. In 1780 he was taxed on an assessment of 607 pounds in Oxford District, Granville County. In 1782 he was taxable on 103 acres, 2 horses, and 3 cattle. On 5 August 1782 he purchased an additional 480 acres in Granville for which he paid 1,000 pounds. He sold 100 acres of this to his son Benjamin Bass, Jr., for 5 pounds on 18 August 1783, sold 21 acres on 3 November 1794, sold 20 acres on 14 December 1797, and sold the remainder on 14 May 1798 [DB O:197, 331; P:100; Q:115, 199]. He and his wife Mary sold 100 acres in Northampton County at Urahaw Swamp on 26 July 1784 [DB 7:267]. He was head of a Tar River household of 7 males and 4 females in the state census of 1786. His son Absalom was charged with his tax in Tar River District in 1797 and 1798 [Tax List 1796-1802, 132]. He purchased 119 acres on Falling Creek in Halifax County, North Carolina, from John Richardson on 22 April 1799 [DB 18:460].
Benjamin married Mary Bass Bef 1762. Mary was born 1732, Nansemond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Mary Bass was born 1732, Nansemond, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 3. Winnie Bass was born 1752, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Pricilla 'Prissy' Bass was born 1764, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Milly Bass was born 1765, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Reuben Bass was born 1761, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Absalom Bass was born 1760, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Morning Bass was born 1756, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Benjamin Bass, Jr. was born 1756, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Hardy Bass was born 1755, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Sallie Cary Bass was born 1752, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died , Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- Selah Selia Bass was born 1750, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 10. | 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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| 11. | 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.
- 5. Sarah Bass was born 1704, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 1785, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- 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. | Edward Bass was born Abt 1675, Chowan, North Carolina, USA (son of William Bass, Sr. and Catherine Elizabeth Lanier); died 13 May 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Tribe: Nansemond
- Reference Number: 836
- Residence: 1741, Northampton, Virginia, USA; Urahaw Swamp
- Death: 25 Jul 1748, Northampton, Virginia, USA
- civil: Aug 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA
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].
Edward married Lovewell. was born 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 7 May 1761, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Lovewell was born 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 7 May 1761, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 6. Benjamin Bass, Sr. was born Abt 1725, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died Abt 1798, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- John Bass was born Abt 1716, North Carolina, USA; died Oct 1758.
- James Bass was born Bef 1714, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 1771, Brunswick, Virginia, USA.
- Joseph Bass was born Abt 1700; died Bef 1762.
- Katherine Bass was born Abt 1708.
- Dinah Bass was born Bef 1712.
- Keziah Bass was born Abt 1713.
- Mary Bass was born Abt 1714.
- Sampson Bass was born Abt 1720.
- Reuben Bass was born Aft 1725; died 1 Nov 1777.
- Edward Bass, II was born 1729, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1800, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
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