Thomas Bass (1635 - 1720)

Born 18 Sep 1635 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wood) Bass — married 4 Oct 1660 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Susanna (Bates) Bass — married 30 Nov 1680 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1720 at age 84 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Deacon Thomas Bass son of Deacon Samuel and Anne Savile Bass, was born about 1635 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Thomas married first on 4 Oct. 1660, Sarah Wood, the twin sister of Mary Wood who married John Thurston, both being daughters of Nicholas Wood and his first wife Mary Pidge.

Deacon Thomas lived in Braintree until 1657, when he removed to a part of Medfield later called Sherborn. In 1674 a Deed shows him in “Bogestown near the town of Medfield.” on land given him by his father Samuel. Here records show he had two children born; Abigail b. Jan.2, 1667/8 and Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1669 and perhaps a third, Sarah. About 1670 he returned to Braintree and became Deacon of the church. Braintree or Boston rec. fail to reveal ought of any of his girls but Sarah.

Thomas lived in Braintree, Massachusetts and was in King Philip's War

After Sarah Wood's death in 1678, Thomas married Susanna Bates, the widow of Nathaniel Blanchard.

Thomas died 8 January 1719/20 in Braintree or Weymouth, Massachusetts.^[1]

Name

Thomas Bass^[2][3]

Birth

abt. 1635

Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[4][3]

Marriage 1

Husband - Thomas Bass

Wife - Sarah Wood

4 Oct 1660^[5][6]

Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts^[3][7]

Marriage 2

30 Nov 1680

Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts^[3]

Husband: Thomas Bass

Susanna Bate

Chldren of Thomas Bass and Sarah Wood

1. Abigail b. 1667^[8][9]
2. Samuel b. 1669 d. 1690 of smallpox (did not marry Mercy Marsh, that was his cousin, son of John Bass)^[10][11]
3. Mary b. 1672^[12]
4. Sarah m. 1690 Josiah Thayer^[13]
5. John b. 1675 m. Elizabeth Neale^[14]
6. Mehitable b. 1678 d. 1679^[15]

Sources

• Bass&Walton Authors: Emma Lee Walton and Charissa Taylor Bass, Title: Descendants of Deacon Samuel and Ann Bass. Published: Freeport, Ill. Wagner Print., 1940 Available at Hathi Trust. Bass & Walton

• Muno, Patricia Thayer. The Thayer - Tayer - Theyer Families of Gloucestershire, England. 1500 - 1660. Thayer family History Society, Braintree, MA.

• Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA. 1640-1850 (2001). #' 344, 349, [1]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11
2. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) Page 125. View with NEHGS Membership
4. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11
5. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2
6. ↑ Us Int Mar Rec
7. ↑ Vital Records of Medfield through 1850, p. 117, 'Thomas & Sara Wood, October 4, 1660'
8. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2
9. ↑ Vital Records of Medfield through 1850, p. 20, 'Basse' . . .Abagaell,
10. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2
11. ↑ Vital Records of Medfield through 1850, p. 20, 'Basse' . . . 'Samuell',
12. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2
13. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2
14. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2
15. ↑ Source: #Bass&Walton Page: 11,2

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bass-568 created through the import of Coon Family Tree.ged on Dec 31, 2011 by Alan Coon.

• This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• This person was created through the import of thayer jan11.ged on 05 January 2011.

• WikiTree profile Bass-874 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter.

• WikiTree profile Bass-434 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.