Individual Details

Sampson Samuel Bass Sr

(1726 - Bef Dec 1790)

Events

Birth1726North Carolina
Will-shared25 Jul 1748(Edward Bass Sr) will 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
Taxes1758Nathaniel Harris List - Granville, North Carolina, British America
Taxes1762John Pope's List, called Sampson Bass - Bare Swamp District, Granville, North Carolina, British America
Residence2 Apr 1765Brunswick, Virginia
Property2 Apr 1765gave 270 acres near Virginia border to his son Burwell Bass [DB-4:463] - Northampton, North Carolina, British America
Property26 Jan 1771on south side of Cedar Creek on Beaverdam Branch from William Bass [Warren Co. DB 3:224] - 100 acres, Bute, North Carolina, British America
Slave Schedule1780Northampton, North Carolina; taxed on £2,062 property & 12 slaves [LP-46.1] - Sarah
Taxes1780taxed on £2,062 property & 12 slaves - Northampton, North Carolina
Property4 Jun 1784bought 200 acres [DB-7:276] - near Virginia border, Northampton, North Carolina
Will13 Aug 1787Northampton, North Carolina
Slave Owner-shared14 Jun 1790(Sampson Samuel Bass Jr) received A slave by A Halifax Co. deed of Gift from his father on 14 JUN 1790: "1 negro man Nat, now in possession of my Grandson Burgess Bass which sd negro I lent my son Burrell Bass some years Ago" [DB 17:213]. He was head of A Halifax Co. household of 7 "other free" & A slave in 1810 [NC:4].
DeathBef Dec 1790Northampton, North Carolina

Families

SpouseSarah (1726 - 1780)
ChildAnn Bass (1746 - )
ChildHerod Bass (1747 - )
ChildSusanna Snipes Bass (1748 - )
ChildMatthew Bass (1749 - )
ChildSampson Samuel Bass Jr (1750 - )
ChildBurwell Bass (1751 - )
ChildLucy Peebles Bass (1752 - )
ChildPhebe Jordan Bass (1753 - )
FatherEdward Bass Sr (1672 - 1750)
MotherLovewell "Love" Harris (1672 - 1761)
SiblingJoseph Bass (1707 - )
SiblingSarah Bass (1712 - 1783)
SiblingJohn Bass (1716 - 1748)
SiblingKatherine Bass (1718 - )
SiblingDinah Bass (1720 - )
SiblingBenjamin H Bass Sr (1722 - 1800)
SiblingEdward Bass Jr (1728 - 1799)
SiblingJames Bass (1730 - )
SiblingKesiah Bass (1732 - )
SiblingMary Bass (1734 - )
SiblingReuben Bass (1736 - )