Samuel Bass (1660 - 1751)

Born 25 Mar 1660 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Marsh) Bass — married 29 Nov 1689 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Adams) Bass — married 1694 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1751 at age 90 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Bass, son of John Bass and Ruth Alden, was born on 25 Mar 1660 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA. He died on 20 Feb 1751 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA.^[1]

Samuel married (1) Ann Kirkland.^[2] Ann was born on 16 Apr 1658 in Lynn, Essex, MA, United States. She died before 29 Nov 1689.

Children of Ann and Samuel

1. Ruth Bass

Samuel married (2) Mercy Marsh on 29 Nov 1689 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, United States.^[3] Mercy was born on 2 Apr 1669 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, United States.

Samuel married (3) Mary Adams in 1696.^[4] Mary was born on 25 Feb 1667 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, USA. She died on 9 Mar 1706 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.

Children of Mary and Samuel

They had the following children:

1. Jonathan Bass
2. Abigail Bass
3. Mary Bass
4. Samuel Bass m. Hannah White
5. Bethiah Bass

Samuel married (4) Bethia Nightingale.^[5] Bethia was christened on 21 Mar 1680 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, United States. She died after 22 Feb 1749.

Children of Bethia and Samuel

1. Daniel Bass was born about 1710 in of Braintree, Norfolk, MA, United States. He was buried in 1716 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, United States.
2. Bathsheba Bass m. Naphtali Thayer

Death

Deacon Samuel Bass died East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts in Feb. 20, 1751, in 91st y., according to his gravestone at the Old Central Cemetery on Central Street.^[6] There is a photo of his gravestone at Find A Grave: Memorial #13499170

Research Notes

Sources to look - from Torreys NE Marriages - Key to Abbreviated sources

BASS, Samuel3 & Rebecca FAXON; 30 Jul 1678; Braintree {Reg. 37:347; Bass-Jones; Braintree 719; Faxon 401; Vinton Mem. 291, 311; Parker (,9) 368; Thayer (1835) 54}

BASS, Samuel3 (1660-) & 1wf Ann Kertland [Elizabeth Kertland of Lynn was possibly a previous hitherto unknown wf, per Miss holman]; c. 1687 by 4 Jun 1688, by 1685 {TAG 2t:39 has Ann, 36:89; Reg. 102:267}

BASS, Samuel3 (1660-1751) & 2/wf Mercy MARSH; 29 Nov 1689; Braintree {TAG 25:3; Reg. 59:153; Braintree & Quincy (ms) 224; Braintree & Quincy (ms) 75; Marsh (1886) 22; Paul Anc. 131; Thayer (1835) 66}

BASS, Samuel3 (1660-1751) & 3/wf Mary [ADAMS] (1668-1706), dau Joseph; 4/wf Bethiah NIGHTINGALE 1706; by 18 Jul 1694, prob earlier; Braintree/Sherborn (Bass-Jones wrong); {Reg. 52:436; Vinton Mem. 290, 298; Adams (1898) 393; Sherborn Hist. 2; Book of Corrections 18 Mar 1902; Pilgrim Notes 2:49-50; Baxter 12; Bridgewater 110;Thayer (1835) 38, 59}

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel Bass at Alden Kindred
2. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 104. Bass, Samuel (1660-) & 1/wf Ann KERTLAND [Elizabeth KERTLAND of Lynn was possibly a previous, hitherto unknown wf, per Miss Holman]; ca 1687, by 4 Jun 1688, by 1685 {TAG 25:39 has Ann, 36:89, Reg. 102:267}
3. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 104. Bass, Samuel (1660-1751) & 2/wf Mercy MARSH; 29 Nov 1689; Braintree {TAG 25:3; Reg. 59:153; Braintree & Quincy (ms) 224; Braintree & Quincy (ms) 75; Marsh (1886) 22; Paul Anc. 131; Thayer (1835) 66}
4. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 104. Bass, Samuel (1660-1751) & 3/wf Mary [ADAMS] (1668-1706), dau Joseph; 4/wf Bethiah NIGHTINGALE 1706; by 18 Jul 1694, prob earlier; Braintree/Sherborn (Bass-Jones wrong); {Reg. 52:436; Vinton Mem. 290, 298; Adams (1898) 393; Sherborn Hist. 2; Book of Corrections 18 Mar 1902; Pilgrim Notes 2:49-50; Baxter 12; Bridgewater 110; Thayer (1835) 38, 59}
5. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 104. Bass, Samuel (1660-1751) & 3/wf Mary [ADAMS] (1668-1706), dau Joseph; 4/wf Bethiah NIGHTINGALE 1706; by 18 Jul 1694, prob earlier; Braintree/Sherborn (Bass-Jones wrong); {Reg. 52:436; Vinton Mem. 290, 298; Adams (1898) 393; Sherborn Hist. 2; Book of Corrections 18 Mar 1902; Pilgrim Notes 2:49-50; Baxter 12; Bridgewater 110; Thayer (1835) 38, 59}
6. ↑ East Bridgewater V1. p. 336. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Link at AmericanAncestors ($)

• Possibly, death date does not match: Martin E. Hollick, New Englanders in the 1600s: A Guide to Genealogical Research Published Between 1980 and 2005 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006) p. 15. BASS, SAMUEL, b. ca. 1600, d. Braintree, Mass., 30 December 1694. GMB I:122-27; son John in MF16, four generations all lines; JPG II:340-46.
• source:Alden Kindred Alden Kindred page: Samuel Bass 58 (Via Wayback Machine capture date 20 Nov 2013)

Acknowledgments

Thanks Charles Seamon, Michael Stephenson, Ann Fuller, Steve Sammons, Robert Cherry Stanley Wood - and others in the changes tag.

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