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Generation: 2
| 2. | 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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| 3. | Mary Bass was born 1732, Nansemond, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Winnie Bass was born 1752, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Pricilla 'Prissy' Bass was born 1764, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- 1. 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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| 4. | 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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| 5. | Lovewell was born 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 7 May 1761, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 2. 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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| 8. | William Bass, Sr. was born 29 Mar 1654, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA (son of John Bass and Elizabeth); died 13 Aug 1741, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Tribe: Nansemond
- Reference Number: 790
Notes:
2. William1 Bass, born 29 March 1654, married Catherine Lanier who died 17 February 1691/2. He was called William Bass, Sr., on 13 October 1715 when he admitted in Norfolk County court that he owed John Hodgson 50 pounds of tobacco [Orders 1710-17, 169]. On 17 March 1726/7 he claimed to have cleared lands near the Dismal Swamp which "hath been used by his and Their forebears since & before English governance in Virginia." He received a certificate from the Norfolk County Clerk confirming his rightful possession of the land and further stating that
William Bass, Senr. & ... his sons Wm. Bass, Thomas Bass and Joseph Bass, & spinster daughter Mary Bass are persons of English and Nansemun Indian descent with no Admixture of negor, Ethipopic blood
He was called William Bass, Senr., and was living in Western Branch District of Norfolk County on 6 January 1729 when he purchased 103 acres in Norfolk County at the mouth of Deep Branch for 25 pounds [DB G:fol.35 (p.183)]. He was taxable with his son Thomas in the Western Branch District of Norfolk County in 1730, 1731 (called William Bass, Sr.), 1732 (with William Horse/Horsey in his household), and 1733-36 living near Richard and Eliza Price and William Price whose wife was taxable in 1736 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1730-50, 20, 38, 73, 94, 138, 183]. He was probably in debt when he made his 1 October 1740 will since he left his land to his daughter Mary, "if she can Save it." The will, proved 17 September 1742 in Norfolk County, mentioned his children William, Edward, Joseph, Thomas, and Mary (executrix), and grandson William Bass [WB H:8]. The record of his death on 13 August 1741 is in the Bass family papers which also record that his son John and his daughter Keziah, Jr., predeceased him [Bell, Bass Families of the South, 12]. .
William married Catherine Elizabeth Lanier 16 Nov 1671, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Catherine (daughter of John Lanier and Sarah Edmunds) was born Abt 1650, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 17 Feb 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | Catherine Elizabeth Lanier was born Abt 1650, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Lanier and Sarah Edmunds); died 17 Feb 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 4. Edward Bass was born Abt 1675, Chowan, North Carolina, USA; died 13 May 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA.
- John Bass, II was born 4 Dec 1673, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA; died 18 Jan 1732, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
- Mary Bass was born 15 Jun 1681, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1740.
- Joseph Bass was born 21 Dec 1679, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1740.
- William Bass was born 28 Oct 1676, Virginia, USA; died 20 Oct 1751, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- Keziah Bass was born 30 Oct 1675, Virginia, USA.
- Thomas Bass was born 13 Nov 1687, Virginia, USA; died Aft 1740, Bertie, North Carolina, USA.
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