William Bass (abt. 1703 - 1761)

Born about 1703 in North Carolina Colony

Ancestors

Died 23 Aug 1761 at about age 58 in St James Santee Parish, Craven, South Carolina

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Biography

William Bass was a North Carolina colonist.

William Bass was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

William was born about 1703 in Bertie County, North Carolina.^[1] He was the son of John Bass and Mary Staples. He passed away about 1761, possibly in St James Santee, Craven County, South Carolina. No documentation has been found for this death date and place.

William is named in his father's will dated 8 January 1731/32 and proved at February Court 1732, Bertie County, North Carolina.

Item I give (?Exels?) my loving son Wm. Bass my land at ye Beaver Dam and So (south) through the swamp (????) to a dividing line. ...My will is further that if my Loving wife Should again marry and my sons (?distirues?) then my Sons Edward and William Bass to have half the Benefit of my orchards on my manor plantation.^[2]

William later sold the land inherited from his father to his brother, John Bass.

30 December 1742 John Bass to William Bass 25 pounds current Virginia money for 200 acres all that plantation of mine whereon I now dwell with all my high land and swamp land given me by the will of my father John Bass decd. Joining Uraha Swamp, Thomas Bryant, decd., Edward bass, the land which John Bass bought of his brother Edward, and William Cannady. Wit: Samuel Peete, Joseph Richardson, William Boon.^[3]

Following the sale of his land, William is said to have moved to South Carolina. There is a William Bass in Granville County, North Carolina Census Index in 1855. This entry may be for this William Bass prior to his reported move to South Carolina.^[4]

Research Notes

St. James Santee Parish, William's purported place of death, was created as an original parish in 1706 from part of Craven County, South Carolina Colony. Craven County was in existence from 1706-1768. South Carolina became a state on 5 February 1778. After several boundary changes, St James Parish Santee served Berkeley County beginning in 1882.

Sources

1. ↑ Bass, James Albert. The Bass Family of Black Creek, North Carolina. Raleigh, N.C.: J. A. Bass, 1986.
2. ↑ Lucas, John: John Lucas of Eastern North Carolina Descendants for transcript of will and some land transactions.
3. ↑ Northampton County, North Carolina, Deed Book 1. Page 56
4. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.