Individual Details
Deacon Samuel Bass
(1600 - 30 Dec 1694)
He was possibly the Samuel baptized May 4,1600 at Saffron Walden, Co.Essex, the son of Benjamin and Mary Bass. Some sources have indicated he is the Samuel Bass, baptized at London on Aug 20,1598, son of Humphrey Bass and Mary (Bouchier) Bass.
He married Ann Saville (also spelled Savil, Savell in various records) on Apr 25,1625 at Saffron Waldon, Co.Essex, England.
Children: Samuel Bass Jr, Mary Bass Capen, John Bass, Hannah Bass Paine Wilbore, Thomas Bass, Joseph Bass, Ruth Bass Walesby, and Sarah Bass Stone Penniman.
Deacon Bass came to Roxbury about 1630. Names enrolled as members of the first church; made freeman May 14, 1634; moved to Braintree in 1640, was first deacon 50 yrs.
Was representative in 1641 and often later.
He married Ann Saville (also spelled Savil, Savell in various records) on Apr 25,1625 at Saffron Waldon, Co.Essex, England.
Children: Samuel Bass Jr, Mary Bass Capen, John Bass, Hannah Bass Paine Wilbore, Thomas Bass, Joseph Bass, Ruth Bass Walesby, and Sarah Bass Stone Penniman.
Deacon Bass came to Roxbury about 1630. Names enrolled as members of the first church; made freeman May 14, 1634; moved to Braintree in 1640, was first deacon 50 yrs.
Was representative in 1641 and often later.
Events
| Birth | 1600 | Saffron Walden, Essex, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 25 Apr 1625 | Saffron Walden, Essex, England - Ann Saville | | ||
| Death | 30 Dec 1694 | Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Saville (1601 - 1693) |
| Child | Samuel Bass (1626 - 1653) |
| Child | John Bass (1630 - 1716) |
| Child | Mary Bass (1631 - 1704) |
| Child | Hannah Bass (1632 - 1710) |
| Child | Ruth Bass (1637 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Bass (1639 - 1714) |
| Child | Deacon Thomas Bass (1639 - 1719) |
| Child | Sarah Bass (1643 - 1739) |
| Child | Benjamin Bass ( - ) |
Notes
Death
Bass Samuel, Dea. M, Dec 30 1694, pg 660, aged 94Endnotes
1. Bass, Charissa Taylor, Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass (Freeport, Ill.: Priv. print., 1940, 231 pgs. ), p. 1.
2. Bass, Charissa Taylor, Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass (Freeport, Ill.: Priv. print., 1940, 231 pgs. ), p. 1 (written in margin).
3. Bass, Charissa Taylor, Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass (Freeport, Ill.: Priv. print., 1940, 231 pgs. ), p. 1.
4. Vital Records of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1793 Edited by Samuel A. Bates 1886. Rootsweb by Frank Dyer online [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/braintre.htm?cj=1&sid=gcom&o_xid=0001769072&o_lid=0001769072&o_xt=1769072], accessed Sept 2007.