Mary Basse, of the Chowan

Seen as child of Winansiske Pattanochus , Robin Tucker, Wero of Nansemond & Amopotuskee, Weroransqua of Nansemond but that seems a mixup. This Mary Tucker was of the Chowan people, not the Nasemond.

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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.

Alberle Co. Court Minutes 1669-1701 P69

Will of Edward Bayes of Chowan Precint.

• My loving wife Mary Base to be my sole Execurtix.,
• to my son John Bayes and
• my three daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Ann Bayes, yearling heifers.
• To my wife my plantation for her natural life then my son John Bayes.
• The remainder of my estate to my wife Mary. Signed 8/8/696
• Proved 10/8/1696. by Capt. Thomas Luten and Mr Cotton Robinson. Nath Chew Clerk

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Edward Basse was born May 08, 1622 in VA, and died September 1696 in Chowan Co., NC. He married Mary Tucker3 Abt. 1644. She died Bef. April 21, 1713. See the Tucker Line.

Notes for Edward Basse: According to the Dowd/Silvestri manuscripts, our Bass line descends from Edward instead of William and Catherine Laneir Bass as shown by researchers prior to these manuscripts. The William and Catherine line apparently came from the Albert Bell book and others.

Edward and Mary went to live with the Chowan Indians after their marriage to pursue a trade, but not in 1644 (John Basse Sermon Book). The Dowd/Silvestri manuscript about Edward and Mary cites the Albemarle Book Land Warrants and Surveys 1681-1706 (page 4). Lewis Williams received land 10 Jan 1696 for transporting people (to Albemarle?). Among the 25 he transported were Edward, Mary, Elizabeth, John and Mary Base (Basse). Where was their daughter Ann? Their son John was married by then, so where was his family? Why would Edward wait until he was 74 to go to Albermarle Co., Chowan Precinct, to pursue a trade? If they didn't go until 1696, John couldn't have been born there.

Page 5 of the Dowd/Silvestri manuscript lists the children of Edward and Mary and notes there could have been others not accounted for. If there were others they would have been listed in his will unless they had already died?

Albemarle Co., NC was formed in 1664 and disolved in 1739. Counties formed from what was Albermarle were Berkely (1670 - name changed to Perquimans Co. in 1681), Currituck (1670), Pasquotank (1670) and Shaftesbury (1670 - name changed to Chowan, 1685).

Notes for Mary Tucker: Mary was a native Indian but her tribe is unknown. Some say she was a Chowan Indian. The William Portland 17 May 1797 document shows that she was a daughter of Great Peter, King of the Nansemonds.

Curtis Bass message #2346 posted to the genealogy.com genform:

William Portlock document, Norfolk Co., VA

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knighthistory/VirginiaKnights

Mary was a Nansemond Indian – d. about 1696 Chowan Co., NC – Edward traded with Showanee Indians in Carolinas

Not the wife of William “elder” Bass, Sr.

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bass/5241/

Edward Basse, the brother to John Basse, married Mary Tucker, a baptized Chowanoac (Chowan) Indian and, according to the prayer book, went to live with her people. Edward and Mary had three (3) daughters and one (1) son,

• John (born 1650, Chowan Precinct), that we know of.

John Sr. had two (2) sons that we are able to determine,

• John Jr. (born 1673) and
• Edward (born abt. 1675).

John married Love Harris and they produced eleven (11) children.
Due to Incorrect information placed on the Internet, many applicants connect John Bass and Love Harris to William Bass and Catherine Lanier, William being the descendent of John Bass and Elizabeth. William Bass and Catherine were raising a family in Virginia (St. Brides Pa and Old Norfolk, which became Norfolk County later the City of Chesapeake in what is now the Deep Creek area along the Dismal Swamp) long before John and Love Harris married in North Carolina. The Indian lineage of Edward’s descendents comes through his wife, Mary Tucker, the Chowan Indian and not through John and Elizabeth. Documents show William and Catherine in Norfolk County with children when John and Love Harris were getting married,

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Mashburn, Steve. (2021). Chowan Indians | Mashburn Genealogy Archives [Dynamic Webpage]. In The Mashburn Genealogy Archives. Retrieved October 31, 2021 from http://mashburngenealogy.com/1700-2/chowan-indians/

Located in the cradle of North Carolina, the territory that is now Gates County was once inhabited by the Weapemoc Indians, a branch of which was later known as the Chuwon (or Chowanoc). It is from Chuwon that the name Chowan derives. Lawson’s 1709 account of these Indians lists the Chuwons as having a single town, that being on Bennetts Creek in present Gates County; their strength was listed as “15 Fighting Men.” …
… In 1752 Bishop Spangenberg wrote from Edenton, “The Chowan Indians are reduced to a few families, and their land has been taken away from them.” A report of Governor Dobbs in 1755 stated that the tribe consisted of two men and five women and childres who were “ill used by their neighbors.”

References

• Burial record: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102446328/mary-bayes