Individual Details

William Bass Jr

(28 Oct 1676 - 20 Oct 1751)

Events

Birth28 Oct 1676Virginia
Legal20 Nov 1713was sued by Elizabeth Price in Norfolk Co. court
Legal21 Aug 1714he sued Thomas Cretcher for A debt of £1.12 due on the balance of A bill.
Legal16 Sep 1715the court Appointed A commission to view the work he had done on John Hodgson's shallop & make A report of the value thereof to the next court [Orders 1710-7, 73, 94, 130].
Admixture-Ethnicity-shared(William Basse Sr) 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.
Property12 Nov 1728purchased 150 Acres Adjoining his wife's land from her nephew William Lovina on 12 NOV 1728 [DB G:110]
MarriageBef 20 Apr 1729Sarah Lovina
Taxes1730 - 1732Southern Branch District of Norfolk Co with John Staple in his household, Deep Creek, North Carolina
TaxesBet 1733 and 1750), from 1733 to 1736, & in 1750 with his unnamed wife & son John Bass [Wingo, Norfolk Co. Tithables, 1730-50, 11, 30, 64, 97, 133, 163, 190].
Property18 Mar 1736, explaining in the deed that it was land "that Major Nichols Gave unto the said Sarah Bass before her marriage to the sd. Wm. Bass" [DB 12:188]. - sold 48 acres of Southern Branch to Thomas Deal, Elizabeth River, Virginia
Property-shared8 Jul 1742(John Bass Sr) purchased in Southern Branch Precinct "Thomas Deall bought of William Bass, the Father of John Bass" [DB 13:17a-18a]. - 50 acres, Norfolk, Virginia
Will-shared17 Sep 1742(William Basse Sr) Will Proved, Norfolk, Virginia
Description20 Sep 1742swarthy, dark eyes, w8 Abt. 13 stone, scar on back of left hand,
Legal20 Sep 1742he appeared before county clerk, After his father's will was proved, & obtained A certificate similar to the one obtained by his father:
TaxesMay 1743taxable in May 1743. Her father William Bass petitioned the Norfolk Co. court on 20 May 1743 to exempt her from the tax on free African American & Indian women because of her weak constitution, & the court Agreed to exempt her during her indisposition [Orders 1742-46, 37]. - Norfolk, Virginia
Death20 Oct 1751
Will17 Apr 1752Norfolk, Virginia - ]. Administration on his estate was Granted to John Bass, , & the Appraisal of his estate was recorded in Norfolk Co. on 19 JUL 1756 [Orders 1750-3, 82; 1755-59, 77]., Norfolk, Virginia

Families

SpouseSarah Lovina (1678 - 1762)
ChildSarah Bass (1727 - )
ChildJohn Bass Sr (1731 - 1771)
ChildWilliam Bass III (1733 - )
FatherWilliam Basse Sr (1654 - 1741)
MotherCatherine Lanier (1655 - 1691)
SiblingEdward Bass Sr (1672 - 1750)
SiblingJohn Bass Sr (1673 - 1732)
SiblingKeziah Bass (1675 - 1704)
SiblingElizabeth Basse (1677 - 1758)
SiblingAnn Basse (1678 - 1758)
SiblingJoseph Bass (1679 - )
SiblingMary Bass (1681 - )
SiblingCharles Bass (1681 - 1780)
SiblingWilliam Thomas Bass (1687 - )