Individual Details

Edward Bass Sr

(19 Oct 1672 - 13 May 1750)

Events

Birth19 Oct 1672Virginia
Legal17 Nov 1698Appeared in Norfolk Co. court & Admitted that he owed Hugh Campbell 500 pounds of tobacco
MarriageAbt 1699Nansemond, Virginia, British America - Lovewell "Love" Harris
Property16 Nov 1699from John Fulsher who was the slave owner who freed the Anderson family by his Norfolk Co. will in 1712. - 15 acres on Western Branch, Elizabeth River, Virginia
LegalJun 1702he Admitted that he owed Thomas Whinfield 70 pounds of tobacco for Goods he purchased At the sale of the estate of William Whitehurst
Legal15 Feb 1709he sued Henry Lawley for A debt of £3.
Legal20 Jul 17111711 he was presented by the Norfolk Co. court for retailing liquor without A license, but the presentment was dismissed At his cost when he convinced the court that it was A mistake.
Legal16 Dec 1715he sued Joseph Muns, Jr., for £20 damages for riding his mare [DB 6, no.2, fols. 36, 170, 255; Orders 1708-10, 124b, 141a; 1710-17, 14, 100, 136].
Property30 Jan 1720Edward Bass of Norfolk Co., VA, Parish of Elizabeth" when he purchased 100 Acres Adjacent to his brother John, near the head of Horsepool Swamp in Chowan Precinct, NC [DB C-1:113]. - Norfolk, Virginia
Property26 Mar 1723Granted 200 Acres in what became Northampton Co. after 1741. [Hoffman, Province of NC Land Patents, 192]. - Urahaw Swamp, Virginia
Property28 Mar 1726sold their land in Chowan Co. by deed of 28 MAR 1726 [DB C-1:609]. - Chowan, Chowan, North Carolina
PropertyBet 12 Aug 1728 and 15 May 1744he purchased Another 615 Acres Adjoining his land [Bertie DB C:135, Northampton DB 1:40, 89, 129]. - Northampton, North Carolina
Will-shared17 Sep 1742(William Basse Sr) Will Proved, Norfolk, Virginia
Will25 Jul 1748will was proved in AUG 1750 & left over 525 Acres to his children with the remainder to be sold to discharge debts. He left his wife Lovewell 100 Acres during her life [Original At N.C. Archives]. More than 10 years later on 7 May 1761 she & her heirs, Lucy Jones & Thomas Cugley, sold this land for £75 to Jethro Bass, her deceased husband's Grand nephew [DB 3:121]. Grandfather Gave him "land where my late son John dwelt." Benjamin1 Bass (Edward1, John1), born say 1722, was the executor of his father's Northampton Co. will by which he received 125 Acres where his father was living on Quarter Swamp in Northampton Co. [Original At N.C. Archives]., Northampton, North Carolina
Death13 May 1750Northampton, North Carolina, British America
Property-shared18 Aug 1757(Benjamin H Bass Sr) sold the 50 Acres which he received by his father's will on 18 AUG 1757 & A further 50 Acres in Northampton while A resident of Granville Co. on 2 SEP the same year [DB 2:399, 489]. - Quarter Swamp, Northampton, North Carolina
Property-shared15 May 1758(Edward Bass Jr) received by his father's will. He sold this & Another 20 Acres in Northampton Co. on 15 May 1758 [DB 2:462]. - 50 Acres, Northampton, North Carolina, British America
ResidenceNorth Carolina
Admixture-Ethnicitymullato - William1 Bass's other sons, Edward1 & John2 Bass, moved to NC & had free African American descendants.

Families

SpouseLovewell "Love" Harris (1672 - 1761)
ChildJoseph Bass (1707 - )
ChildSarah Bass (1712 - 1783)
ChildJohn Bass (1716 - 1748)
ChildKatherine Bass (1718 - )
ChildDinah Bass (1720 - )
ChildBenjamin H Bass Sr (1722 - 1800)
ChildSampson Samuel Bass Sr (1726 - 1790)
ChildEdward Bass Jr (1728 - 1799)
ChildJames Bass (1730 - )
ChildKesiah Bass (1732 - )
ChildMary Bass (1734 - )
ChildReuben Bass (1736 - )
FatherWilliam Basse Sr (1654 - 1741)
MotherCatherine Lanier (1655 - 1691)
SiblingJohn Bass Sr (1673 - 1732)
SiblingKeziah Bass (1675 - 1704)
SiblingWilliam Bass Jr (1676 - 1751)
SiblingElizabeth Basse (1677 - 1758)
SiblingAnn Basse (1678 - 1758)
SiblingJoseph Bass (1679 - )
SiblingMary Bass (1681 - )
SiblingCharles Bass (1681 - 1780)
SiblingWilliam Thomas Bass (1687 - )