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About Mary Bass
Richard Basse, Sr. Was not the father of her children.
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bass/5241/
Listed among the generations of John and Elizabeth is a son, Richard. Richard was born in 1658 and according to Bell’s book, he married Jane Bryant in 1680 and they had 6 children. Jane is said to have died February 1689/90. The book then lists Richard as marrying Mary Burwell (August 1696) and they had 7 children. Mary died after 1719. Sounds reasonable enough, Jane died, he needed someone to help out, he married Mary. Unfortunately, there exists a document in the courts that give the following information:
- Henrico Co., VA Deeds 1677-1705 31 Feb 1703/4/ 1 Mar 1703/4
“Richard Bass, Sr. of Henrico Co. for 1700 pads tobacco to William Lewis of same I OOA land on the north side of White Oak Swamp next to William Ferris, Richard Ferris, Nicholas Amoss and William Porter; pane of 403A.
Wit: VV1/liam Blackman & C. Evans.
Signed Richard (RB) Bays, Sr. Jane, wife of richard relinquished dower rights
This document creates a problem. Jane appears to have signed away her dower rights to the property her husband was selling, this at a time when she was supposed to he dead (1689/90). If the record is true, Jane was still Richard’s wife while he was supposed to he married to Mary. Either he was a bigamist or there were two Richards, which is apparently the case, Either Bell did not see this document (and one wonders why he did not since it was right there where the other records were) or he chose to ignore it since it presented a problem he did not want to deal with. There is the possibility that neither of these two Richard Basses were the sons of John and current research being done on this line seems to show neither of the Richards found in the records are John’s descendents.” Though there are no records to prove so, it is possible that Richard died as a young man and therefore left no descendents. The Nansemond Tribe will not accept applications generated through the genealogical lines of Richard until there is proper source information to indicate the lineage of the Nansemond Richard Bass. The current preponderance of the evidence does not point to either Richard. When the tribe was first organized, it lacked a trained genealogist and as a result, some Bass lines were allowed to gain membership. As a result, some of our current members were previously accepted through this line and the tribe has elected to allow them to keep their membership since it was no fault of theirs that membership was allowed. However, additional membership applications will not be accepted until the problems has been solved.'
Bass historians say Richard's Y haplo is R1b M269 L21
- Richard 1707 is the son of Mary Burwell but Richard 1658 wasn’t the father of any of Mary Burwell’s children.
- All 9 children were gathered by the same man.. unknown.. haplogroup R1b M269 L21 not Basse L47. .
Mary Burwell Bass Children:
- Andrew Bass: Birth: 9 JUL 1698 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
- Alexander Bass: Birth: 27 JUL 1702 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
- Richard Bass: Birth: 24 JUN 1707 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA. Death: 1790 in Sampson Co, NC
- Mary Bass: Birth: 16 AUG 1709 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
- William Bass: Birth: 19 JUL 1713 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
- Uriah Bass: Birth: 29 OCT 1716 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
- Thomas Bass: Birth: 5 JUL 1719 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
Source: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/183604/I19033/richard-bass/...
This marriage is a subject of controversy.
see: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/families/bass.htm
Richard Basse, seventh of the eight children of John and Elizabeth/Keziah Basse, is said to have been born in Nansemond County, Virginia, on August 2, 1658. This information comes from a certificate said to be in the possession of family members. The certificate says that Richard married Jane Bryant on November 6, 1680; that she died on February 14, 1690, having borne six children in nine years; and that Richard then married Mary Burwell on August 25, 1695 and had six more children by her. Dowd, Sylvestri, and the Nansemonds have produced court records proving that Jane Basse was still alive at least as late as 1701. They claim that the certificate is a forgery; that Richard never married Mary Burwell; and that the last four children (at least) attributed to Richard were probably grandchildren of John's brother Edward (who may also have married an Indian, but if so she was a Chowan rather than a Nansemond). In any case, Richard Basse is said to have died on December 26, 1722.
- Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 9 2020, 16:59:51 UTC
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Mary Bass's Timeline
| 1674 |
1674
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Norfolk , Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1698 |
June 9, 1698
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Norfolk Nansemond, Virginia
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| 1702 |
July 27, 1702
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Norfolk Nansemond Co., Virginia
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| 1707 |
June 24, 1707
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| 1709 |
August 16, 1709
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Norfolk, Virginia
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| 1713 |
July 19, 1713
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Norfolk, Virginia
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| 1716 |
October 29, 1716
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Norfolk, Virginia
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| 1719 |
July 5, 1719
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Norfolk Nansemond, Virginia
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| 1722 |
1722
Age 48
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Norfolk , Virginia, Colonial America
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