William Bass, Sr.

Male 1654 - 1741  (87 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All

  • Name William Bass  [1
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 29 Mar 1654  Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Ethnicity Native American 
    Tribe Nansemond 
    Reference Number 790 
    Died 13 Aug 1741  Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I790  Families

    Father John Bass,   b. 7 Sep 1616, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1699, Nansemond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth,   b. 1618, Nansemond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1676, Nansemond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 14 Aug 1638  Nansemond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Elizabeth Lanier,   b. Abt 1650, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1692, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1671  Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward Bass,   b. Abt 1675, Chowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)  [natural]
     2. John Bass, II,   b. 4 Dec 1673, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1732, Bertie, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     3. Mary Bass,   b. 15 Jun 1681, Bertie, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1740  (Age > 60 years)  [natural]
     4. Joseph Bass,   b. 21 Dec 1679, Bertie, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1740  (Age > 62 years)  [natural]
     5. William Bass,   b. 28 Oct 1676, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1751, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     6. Keziah Bass,   b. 30 Oct 1675, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Thomas Bass,   b. 13 Nov 1687, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1740, Bertie, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 54 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Mar 1654 - Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Nov 1671 - Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Aug 1741 - Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • 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]. .

  • Sources 
    1. [S304] Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).
      Record for Thomas Bass