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Generation: 1
| 1. | Washington Day was born 1827, Orange, North Carolina, USA (son of Reuben Day and Nancy Spencer). Other Events:
- Reference Number: 11133
- Residence: 1860, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1870, Mangum, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1880, Wake, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Birth:
District 1
Washington married Mary Harris 26 Dec 1863, Orange, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born 1843, North Carolina, USA; died 1891. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Mary Francis Day was born 30 Nov 1882, Mangum, Durham, North Carolina, USA; died 24 Feb 1944, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Reuben Day was born 1786, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Jesse Day and Pricilla 'Prissy' Bass); died 1860, Orange, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 953
- Residence: Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1820, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1820, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1840, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1840, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1850, Orange, North Carolina, USA
Reuben married Nancy Spencer. Nancy was born 1795, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Orange, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Nancy Spencer was born 1795, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Orange, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 11136
- Residence: 1850, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1860, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1860, Orange, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1870, Mangum, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Jesse Day was born 1761, Northumberland, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Jesse married Pricilla 'Prissy' Bass 6 Nov 1782, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Pricilla (daughter of Benjamin Bass, Sr. and Mary Bass) was born 1764, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Pricilla 'Prissy' Bass was born 1764, Granville, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Benjamin Bass, Sr. and Mary Bass). Other Events:
Children:
- John Day was born 1785, North Carolina, USA.
- 2. Reuben Day was born 1786, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1860, Orange, North Carolina, USA.
- William Day was born 1794, North Carolina, USA.
- Rhoda Day was born 1790, North Carolina, USA.
- Benjamin Day died , USA.
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Generation: 4
| 10. | 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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| 11. | Mary Bass was born 1732, Nansemond, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Winnie Bass was born 1752, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- 5. 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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