| Birth | 29 Mar 1654 | Nansemond, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Marriage | 6 Nov 1671 | Nansemond, Virginia, British America - Catherine Lanier | | | |
| Alt name | 13 Oct 1715 | William Bass Sr | | | |
| Legal | 13 Oct 1715 | when he Admitted in Norfolk Co. court that he owed John Hodgson 50 pounds of tobacco [Orders 1710-17, 169] | | | |
| Admixture-Ethnicity | | English & Nansemun Indian descent with no Admixture of negor, Ethipopic blood; William Bass, the Bearer, tall, swarthy, dark eyes, w8 Abt. 13 stone, scar on back of left hand, is of English & Indian descent with no Admixture of negro blood, numbered As A Nansemun by his own Choosing. The sd. Bass dwells in this Co. & hath A Good name for his industry & honesty. | | | |
| Property | 6 Jan 1729 | 103 Acres in Norfolk Co. At the mouth of Deep Branch for £25 [DB G:183]. - Western Branch District, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Taxes | 1730 - 1736 | He was taxable with his son Thomas in the Western Branch District of Norfolk Co. in 1730, 1731 - Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Taxes | 1732 | (with William Horse/Horsey in his household) - Nansemond, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Taxes | 1733 - 1736 | 1733-36 living near Richard & Eliza Price & William Price whose wife was taxable in 1736 [Wingo, Norfolk Co. Tithables, 1730-50, 20, 38, 73, 94, 138, 183]. - living near Richard & Eliza Price & William Price whose wife, Wingo, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Will | 1 Oct 1740 | Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Death | 13 Aug 1741 | Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Will | 17 Sep 1742 | Will Proved, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Legal | On 17 MAR 1726 | he claimed to have cleared lands near the Dismal Swamp which "hath been used by his & Their forebears since & before English Governance in VA." He received A certificate from the Norfolk Co. Clerk confirming his rightful possession of the land & further stating that | | | |
