John Bass

6. John4 Bass (Edward1, John1), born say 1716, died before his father's will was written on 17 July 1748. Elijah may have been his son since his grandfather gave him "land where my late son John dwelt." His son was probably

17 i. Elijah1, born say 1743.

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The Bass family descended from John1 Bass of Norfolk County, Virginia, who married Keziah Elizabeth Tucker, a Nansemond Indian. Their descendants lived in the English colonial community. Some of them became part of the white community. However, their son William1 Bass's son William2 Bass remained in Norfolk County and married the "Molatto" daughter of "Negro" slave Jean Lovina.

1. John1 Bass, born 7 September 1616, was an early settler of Norfolk County, Virginia. On 14 August 1638 he married Keziah Elizabeth Tucker, daughter of

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