| Birth | 20 Feb 1731 | Virginia | | | |
| Property | 8 Jul 1742 | purchased in Southern Branch Precinct "Thomas Deall bought of William Bass, the Father of John Bass" [DB 13:17a-18a]. - 50 acres, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Taxes | 1751 - 1761 | for Southern Branch District from Batcheldor's Mill to Portsmouth near (his brother) William Bass. - Colonel Craford's list of tithables, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Residence | 1752 | Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Will-shared | 17 Apr 1752 | (William Bass Jr) Norfolk, 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 | | | |
| Legal | 15 Nov 1753 | was sued in Norfolk Co. court by Richard Freeman, but the case was dismissed when both parties reached An Agreement [Orders 1753-55, 2]. | | | |
| Residence | 1756 - 1757 | Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Property-shared | 14 Mar 1757 | (Sarah Lovina) Sarah Bass & John Bass ("Son of Sarah") & his wife Elizabeth sold Another 50 Acres of her land on the north side of the head of Deep Creek, the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River Adjoining John Bass's line, "being part of A Tract of 2 hundred Acres of Land Given the Above mentioned Sarah Bass by Will of Majr Nichols" [DB 18:41-2b]. - Elizabeth River, Virginia | | | |
| Taxes | 1761 - 1765 | he shared A household with (his cousin?) William Bass [Wingo, Norfolk Co. Tithables, 1751-65, 18, 41, 54, 88, 100, 115, 138, 174, 205]. - Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Legal | 30 Aug 1763 | He & Robert Kinder received A patent for 181 Acres in Norfolk Co. near the head of Deep Creek Adjoining Bass's own land | | | |
| Property | 14 May 1764 | sold land & they sold A 50 Acre tract Adjoining this land to Ebenezer Hall [DB 35:362: 21:86B, 200A]. - 90 acres, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Legal | 16 Nov 1764 | John & (his cousin?) William Bass were sued for debt in Norfolk Co. court by Solomon Hodges on [Orders 1763-65, 162]. | | | |
| Taxes | 1766 - 1776 | New Mill Creek - 100 acres, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Legal | 19 Apr 1770 | he Appeared in court & declared that he had 6 or 7 barrels of corn belonging to John Smith who was indebted to John Ivy [Orders 1768-71, 150, 158, 167]. | | | |
| Death | 11 Mar 1771 | Norfolk, Colonial Virginia | | | |
| Alt name | | John Basse | | | |