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Chowan County, NC - John Basse Bible Record
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Book of John Basse-Norfolk County Virginia
NC Archives - Bibles
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
This the Book of John Basse - Steal it not...
John Basse borned in 1616 - John Basse dyed in 1699 A.D.
Norfolk County
Virg'a
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
May ye 17, 1797 Test: Wm Portlock
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