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About Richard Bass


Not the same as Richard Basse, Sr.


Richard Bass who married Jane Bryant is the ancestor of the five Bass lines who test into M269 L47 as they all originate in the same section of Virginia.

Richard Bass is according to one document that have have two wives. Those children descended from wife Jane Bryant are in Haplogroup M269 L47. Those children descended from wife Mary (Burwell) Bass are in Haplogroup M269 S1051. While both are M269, the sub classifications have major differences so they two Richard’s cannot be the same person.

No one has yet provided any evidence that the Richard who married Jane Bryant is indeed the father or grandfather of the 5 separate Bass males that all belong to M269 L47 and share a common ancestor.


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.


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.


All 9 of Mary Bass were fathered by the same man.. haplogroup R1b M269 L21 not Basse L47 but took the name Bass.



Working with Bass DNA group to sort this Richard and will update the original and delter this one or will ask for him to be merged with Richard Basse, Sr. and curated as many of the profiles around him already are while his is still in process-

https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/183604/I19033/richard-bass/...

Richard Bass 1658 isR1b M 269 L 47 as are his children by Jane.
Richard Bass 1707 is R1b M 269 L21 as are all children born to Mary Burwell

per https://www.facebook.com/groups/dnabassstudygroup/permalink/1016272...



Parents Father: John Bass: Birth: 7 SEP 1616 in VA or England. Death: 1699 in Norfolk Co, VA Mother: Elizabeth "Nansemond Indian"

Family Marriage: Married: Jane Bryant on 6 NOV 1680 at Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
Jane Bryant: Birth: 17 DEC 1665 in Virginia. Death: 14 FEB 1689 in Virginia Children:

  1. Charles Bass: Birth: 9 NOV 1681 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  2. Samuel Bass: Birth: 20 JAN 1682 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  3. James Bass: Birth: 14 JUN 1684 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  4. Keziah Bass: Birth: 30 NOV 1687 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  5. Matthew Bass: Birth: 24 DEC 1687 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  6. Anne Bass: Birth: 16 DEC 1688 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.

Family Marriage: Married: Mary Burwell on 25 AUG 1695 at Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
Mary Burwell
Children:

  1. Andrew Bass: Birth: 9 JUL 1698 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA. Death: BET JAN 1770 AND 1770 in Craven Co, NC ?
  2. Alexander Bass: Birth: 27 JUL 1702 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  3. Richard Bass: Birth: 24 JUN 1707 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA. Death: 1790 in Sampson Co, NC
  4. Mary Bass: Birth: 16 AUG 1709 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  5. William Bass: Birth: 19 JUL 1713 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  6. Uriah Bass: Birth: 29 OCT 1716 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.
  7. Thomas Bass: Birth: 5 JUL 1719 in Elizabeth Parish, Norfolk Co, VA.

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



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Richard Bass's Timeline

1698
June 9, 1698
Norfolk Nansemond, Virginia
1702
July 27, 1702
Norfolk Nansemond Co., Virginia
1707
June 24, 1707
1709
August 16, 1709
Norfolk, Virginia
1713
July 19, 1713
Norfolk, Virginia
1716
October 29, 1716
Norfolk, Virginia
1719
July 5, 1719
Norfolk Nansemond, Virginia
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