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 1734 - 1794 (60 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Jethro Bass was born 1734, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died 27 Sep 1794, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Notes:
Jethro1 Bass (John3, John2, William1, John1), born say 1734, received a deed of gift of 200 acres on the north side of Urahaw Swamp in Northampton County from his father John3 Bass on 24 February 1755 [DB 2:185]. He purchased a total of 740 acres of land in the same area between 1761 and 1777 [DB 4:121, 127, 128, 179; 5:11; 6:125, 326]. He and his wife Susannah sold 50 acres of this land on 12 February 1773 [DB 5:265]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 8 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1790 [NC:74]. His 27 September 1794 Northampton County will, proved March 1795, left land and slaves to his children, but left his wife Elizabeth only the labor of one slave until son Jethro became twenty-one [WB 2:73]. Elizabeth challenged the will in Northampton court when it was proved on 2 March 1795 [Minutes 1792-96, 147, 166].
Jethro married Nancy Susannah Bass Abt 1764, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Nancy was born Abt 1750, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 2
| 3. | Jethro Bass  (1.Jethro1) was born 3 Oct 1782, Nash, North Carolina, USA; died 27 Aug 1850, Model, Stewart, Tennessee, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 7753
- Residence: 1810, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; 1810 United States Federal Census
Notes:
Jethro3, born after 1774 since he was still a minor in 1795. He was head of a white Northampton County household with 20 slaves in 1810 [NC:715].
Jethro married Mary Kelly 26 Jan 1802, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born 16 Jan 1780, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; died 1845, Model, Stewart, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 4. | Council Bass (1.Jethro1) was born 1760, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 7754
- Residence: 1810, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; 1810 United States Federal Census
Notes:
Council, born say 1760, married Patty Griffin, 4 May 1782 Bertie County bond, Cader Bass bondsman. Council was head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1790 [NC:74] and counted as white in 1810 with 8 slaves [NC:715]. His 2 September 1830 Northampton County will, proved December the same year, left twenty-two slaves to his heirs [WB 4:74].
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| 5. | John Reddick Bass (1.Jethro1) was born 1769. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 7755
- Residence: 1810, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; 1810 United States Federal Census
Notes:
John Redick, probably born after 1770, was to receive schooling according to his father's 1794 will. He received land on the road adjoining John Pinner and the Urahaw Swamp by the division of the estate of his brother Burwell Bass in March 1798 [Gammon, Record of Estates Northampton County, I:24]. John was head of a Northampton County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:715] and 9 "free colored" and 2 slaves in 1820 [NC:218]. His 9 April 1828 Northampton County will named his wife Rhody and children: Uriah, Peggy, Sterling, Lovel, Mary, Martha, James3, John12, Gideon, and William6. He stipulated that after moving to Indiana the following Fall, Dolphin and James Roberts were to sell his horses and divide the proceeds among his children [WB 4:40].
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| 6. | Burwell Bass (1.Jethro1) was born 1767. Other Events:
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Burwell, born after 1774 since he was still a minor in 1795. He died before the March 1798 session of the Northampton County court when the land he received by his father's will was divided among his sister Merica and brothers John Redick and Jethro [Gammon, Record of Estates Northampton County, I:24].
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