John (b. 7 Sep 1616, in London, Middlesex, England – m. 14 Aug 1638 (Keziah) Elizabeth, dau. of Great Petter, King of the Nansemond Indians–ch. Nathaniel, Keziah, Elizabeth, Jordan, Samuel, William, Richard, John–d. 2 Apr. 1699, Norfolk-Nansemond Co., VA.). John was rescued by friendly Nansemond Indians during the 1622 Indian Massacre.

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Book of John Basse-Norfolk County Virginia

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Call No. 400.1.1.418

Nathaniell Basse and Mary Jourdan was marrid ye 21 day of May in ye

yeare of our blessed Lord and Savior 1613

Humphrey Basse sonne of Nath'll and Mary Basse his wife was borned

ye 15 day of ye month of July in ye year of our blessed Lord 1615,

dyed in 1622

John Basse was borned ye 7 day of viiber in ye year of our Lord 1616,

ye sonne of Nathaniell and Mary Basse his wife

William Basse sonne of Nathaniell and Mary Basse was borned on ye xxv

day of Xber in ye year of our blessed Lord God 1618

Anthony Basse sonne of Nathaniell Basse and Mary his wife was borned

on ye xiii day of March in Gods yeare of 1620

Edward Basse ye sonne of Nathaniell Basse and Mary his wife was borned

ye 8th day of Maye in ye yeare of God 1622

Anne Basse the daughter of Nath'll and Mary his wife was born in ye

yr of X't 1624, ye 9 day of Sber

Geneveve Basse ye daughter of Nathaniell Basse and Mary his wife was

borned on ye 9 day of Sber in ye year of our blessed Lord God 1624,

about ten minutes after Anne was borned

Blessed be God for His tender Mercies. Amen

Humphrey Basse sonne of Nath'll and Mary dyed ye 22nd day of March in

ye yeare of our Lord 1622

John Basse married ye dafter of ye King of ye Nansemund Nation, by

name Elizabeth in Holy Baptism and in Holy Matrimonie ye 14 day of

August in ye yeare of our blessed Lord 1638

William Basse sonne of Nath'll and Mary Basse was married to Sarah Batten

ye 20th day of September in ye yeare of our Lord 1641 A.D.

Edward Basse sonne of Nath'll & Mary Basse yt unregenerated by the Spirit

of God took in marriage one virtuous Indian mayd'n by the Christian name

of Mary Tucker and went to live amongst the Shownanocs in Carolina in

1644 A.D. - He went to Carolina in later years in persute of trade and

not in 1644

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John Basse borned in 1616 - John Basse dyed in 1699 A.D.

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This doth certify that William Bass, son of John Bass and grandson of

William Bass, is of English and Indian descent and is not a Negroe nor

y't a Mulattoe as by some lately and malitiously stated. His late Mother

Sarah Ann Bass was a virtuous woman of Indian descent, a daughter of

Symon Lorina and Joan Tucker lawfully begotten. Sd Joan Tucker was a

sister of Robin Tucker a Christian Indian of ye Nansemund nation.

Ye sd William Bass, ye elder, was a son of Mary Bass and William Bass,

Senr. Mary Bass was a daughter of Great Peter, King of ye Nansemunds.

These are of common knowledge.

All of the Basses of this County descend from Capt'n Nathaniell Basse,

as satisfactorally proved by the records preserved

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John was rescued by friendly Nansemond Indians during the 1622 Indian Massacre.

May ye 17, 1797 Test: Wm Portlock

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Humphrey and Mary had a son, Nathaniel Basse, who was born in London in 1589. He was married to Mary Jourdan who was born circa 1595. They had a son, John Basse, who was born in 1616 in London. He is the one who came to America and settled in the Virginia Colony. There he met and married Keziah Elizabeth Tucker (1620-1676), the daughter of Elder Robin Tucker, Chief of the Nansemond Tribe.

John and Keziah resided in the Virginia Colony and reared their family there. He died in 1699 and she, in 1676. Among their children was a son, John Edward Bass, Sr., who was born in 1673 and died in 1732 in North Carolina. (Note the first generation to use the Bass spelling.) He was married to Mary Love Harris who was born circa 1675 in Virginia and died in 1748 in North Carolina. Their son, John Edward Bass, Jr., was born circa 1700 and died in 1777. He was married to Elizabeth Winborne (ca 1706-ca1777).