Individual Details

Jethro Bass Sr

(1732 - Bef 27 Sep 1794)

Events

Birth1732North Carolina
Property24 Feb 1755received a deed gift on north side from his father John Bass [DB 2:185] - 200 acres, Urahaw Swamp, Bertie, Virginia
Property-shared10 Nov 1755(Lewis Anderson Sr) sold (for 31 Gallons of brandy to Jethra Bass of Northampton Co.) 100 Acres in Northampton Co. on the north side of Urahaw Swamp "being All the land bequeathed the sd Sarah Anderson by the will of her father John Bass dec'd" [DB 2:233].
PropertyBet 1761 and 1777purchased land in the same area [DB 4:121, 127, 128, 179; 5:11; 6:125, 326], - 740 acres, Urahaw Swamp, Bertie, Virginia
Property12 Feb 1773sold [DB 5:265]. - 50 acres, Urashaw Swamp, Northampton, North Carolina
Slave Owner17903 slaves
Census1790Northampton, North Carolina - Northampton, North Carolina
MarriageBef 1794Elizabeth
DeathBef 27 Sep 1794Northampton, North Carolina
Will27 Sep 1794Northampton, North Carolina
Legal-shared1801(Prudence Bass) She bound her children Jethro & Cullen to her brother Jason in 1801 [Bell, Bass Families of the South, 159].

Families

SpouseSusannah (1734 - )
ChildCouncil Bass (1760 - 1830)
ChildJohn Redick Bass (1770 - 1828)
ChildBurwell Bass (1774 - 1798)
ChildJethro Bass Jr (1774 - 1810)
ChildMaria Merica Bass (1776 - 1794)
SpouseElizabeth (1734 - )
FatherJohn Bass Jr (1700 - 1777)
MotherElizabeth Winborne (1702 - )
SiblingThomas Bass (1723 - 1764)
SiblingJohn Bass III (1726 - 1786)
SiblingJacob Bass (1728 - 1777)
SiblingAbraham Bass (1730 - )
SiblingIsaac Bass Sr (1733 - 1800)
SiblingDrury Bass (1735 - )
SiblingAlice Earp Bass (1737 - 1796)
SiblingUridice Bass (1739 - )
SiblingElizabeth Bass (1740 - )
SiblingDempsey Bass (1747 - 1790)
SiblingJob Bass (1748 - 1836)
SiblingRobert Bass (1749 - )