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 1790 - 1850 (60 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Absalom Richardson was born 1790, Warren, North Carolina, USA (son of Benjamin Richardson and Mary Bass); died 1850, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6498
- Residence: 1810, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1850, Warren, North Carolina, USA
Absalom married Rhoda Morgan 1816, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Rhoda was born 1796, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA; died 25 Jan 1869, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Gideon Cofield Richardson was born Abt 1809, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA; died Jan 1880, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
- Hardy Richardson was born Jul 1832, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1910, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Benjamin Richardson was born 1750, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (son of Joseph Richardson); died 14 Jul 1809, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6476
- Residence: 1786, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1790, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1800, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Benjamin Richardson, married Mary Bass, widow of Elijah Bass, 13 February
1783 Granville County bond with Philip Pettiford as bondsman. She was also
called Mary Bass on her 13 February 1777 Bute County marriage bond to Elijah
Bass [M804-2038, frame 0533]. Mary made an application on 11 October 1841
application for his Revolutionary War pension. He "went out of Halifax and Warren
Counties" and enlisted in the militia in September 1780 [M804-2038, frame 0520].
He was head of a Halifax County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:338].
John King of Franklin County and David King of Warren County testified on her
behalf that they also served in the Revolution and were acquainted with both
her husbands. J.R.J. Daniel of Halifax County called their family, "free persons
of color & generally ... industrious & well behaved people" on 24 May 1855 when
he wrote an affidavit for the pension application of Benjamin and Mary's children
[M804-2038, frames 525-7, 0537].
Benjamin married Mary Bass 13 Feb 1783, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Bass and Thomasine Bunch) was born 1751, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Nov 1844, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Mary Bass was born 1751, Northampton, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Bass and Thomasine Bunch); died 20 Nov 1844, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6473
- Residence: 1800, Warren, North Carolina, USA
Children:
- Hardy Richardson was born 1788, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 24 May 1855, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- James Richardson was born 1777, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
- Benjamin Richardson was born 1775, Halifax, Virginia, USA; died , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
- Lucy Richardson was born 1775; died 1850, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- Moses Richardson was born 1770, Franklin, Alabama, USA; died Jul 1850, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
- 1. Absalom Richardson was born 1790, Warren, North Carolina, USA; died 1850, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Joseph Richardson was born 1725, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 24 Jul 1809, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 2. Benjamin Richardson was born 1750, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Jul 1809, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- William Richardson was born 1744, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA; died 1798, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
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| 6. | Thomas Bass was born 13 Jul 1726, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA (son of Thomas Bass and Nancy Martha Willis); died Sep 1766, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Thomas married Thomasine Bunch. Thomasine (daughter of Henry Bunch and Ellenor Boysson Baypson) was born 1735, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1755, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Thomasine Bunch was born 1735, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Henry Bunch and Ellenor Boysson Baypson); died 1755, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 3. Mary Bass was born 1751, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Nov 1844, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 12. | Thomas Bass was born 13 Nov 1687, Virginia, USA (son of William Bass, Sr. and Catherine Elizabeth Lanier); died Aft 1740, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Thomas married Nancy Martha Willis 22 Jun 1724, Nansemond, Virginia, USA. Nancy was born 1700, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 13 Jul 1726, Carlow, Ireland. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Nancy Martha Willis was born 1700, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 13 Jul 1726, Carlow, Ireland. Other Events:
Children:
- 6. Thomas Bass was born 13 Jul 1726, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA; died Sep 1766, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- William Bass was born 10 Aug 1725, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; died 1726.
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| 14. | Henry Bunch was born 1690, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (son of Unconfirmed Bunch); died 21 Apr 1775, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: E1b1a8a
- Reference Number: 6525
- Residence: 1757, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
- Bond date: 29 Feb 1764, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1790, Orange, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Paul Heinegg..http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Brooks_Byrd.htm
Henry1 Bunch Sr., probably born about 1690, was a resident of Chowan County on 18 December 1727 when he purchased 200 acres in Bertie County on Reedy Branch. He purchased 640 acres in Bertie on Conaritsat Swamp from Thomas Pollock on 30 May 1729 [DB C:21, 266]. He was taxable on his own tithe and 2 slaves in the 1750 Bertie County summary tax list and was a "Free Mulatto" taxable on 2 slaves in Bertie County from 1763 to 1766 [C.R. 10.702.1, Box 1]. He made a will in Bertie on 21 April 1775, proved in August 1775. He had already deeded 840 acres of land on Conaritsat and Mulberry to his grandson Jeremiah Bunch, Jr., in 1765, and in his will left most of the remainder of his land to his grandson Cader Bass [WB B:34-7]. He named as heirs the following children:
i. Jeremiah1, Sr., born say 1715.
ii. Tamerson, married Thomas Bass.
iii. Susannah, married Lazarus Summerlin, a taxable "free molattor" in Jonathan Standley's 1764 Bertie tax list [CR 10.702.1].
iv. Rachel, married Joseph Collins.
v. Nancy, married Isaac Bass.
vi. Embrey, born say 1730/35.
Henry married Ellenor Boysson Baypson 29 Feb 1764, Bertie, North Carolina, USA. Ellenor was born 1740, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 1757. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Ellenor Boysson Baypson was born 1740, Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died 1757. Other Events:
Children:
- 7. Thomasine Bunch was born 1735, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1755, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
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