Show i I CORNER IN ANCESTORS I Flourished for Centuries In Great Britain Britain Among Among Founders of Towns In This Good Country Country Good Ance Ancestors tor to Have on Family Tree I li-i. li Il A native of or the tho Basque provinces Is spoken of as nc a Basque which through change hange of or pronunciation may have havo o ha come o 0 bo be Bass Dl'S or 01 Basso Basse Dasse The latter later Is th the themore themore and colonial or or- more common English ane 01 Among Amon those of the tho race who have renown re re- re- re fown mention ma may bo be bl marl made of or George Gorge Bass explorer and amid surgeon of a man man- 11 war of-war ot nr who was wa the first to discover er ID- ID 11 of ot a channel separating Tas- Tas from Victoria This was wa the latter latter lat lat lat- ter LeI part of the eighteenth century In ils mis honor the tIme name Bass Easa Bas strait was given 0 o It Il Bass Basis na rock near the entrance to he Firth of or Forth purchased from the theLander theLander Lander tander tal family talIn In 1671 16 by Charles II II I was converted Into a it l place of oC con- con for or state prisoners At the evolution Jamess James's adherents got got possession posses posses- Ion sion of ot the 1 Island land and amid held lucid out after aCer ho he whole of ot eat Gm-eat Britain had submit submit- i pd ad Id Bass rock Is now private property RI le Ie Ba Bas Bat son Fon of or Jean lo Ic line Das o onen of Coca Caen nen Norman Normandy was on ono one of the found- found s ii-s rs t of ot tho the family In England and ut at atme me time he hold held an Important place at Rt ourt Ills Ils granddaughter Rebecca marled marled mar mar- led time th first Earl of ot Harcourt Harcourt governor to the Prince e of ot Wales Vales afterward George GeorgeIn III In Richards Richard's brother Jacques le Ie Ba Da Bas nude nado a R home homo In South Somali Carolina In A. A Charles le Ie Bas of oC En England land loft Ion a leg lepf- le icy IC to his Cousin Stephen second son f Cousin Paul Peter lo Ie Bas of or Carolina This his record Is ly found round In aird's Huguenot Hugue not ot ot Emigration which shows that the family were refugees and ant found foune home bounce in tn n Great Britain and the time United States States Grot In New Now England w wo we find that Samuel Ua lass 8 or Bate Basse with wih wife Anne Amine settled n a Roxbury Mass 08 In Iii 1 i 11 30 Ten years cars ater ho lie hp removed to e. e now Iter and was ono one of or the lending leading men jf if the the town Own and of ot strong strong and vigorous Ho Jo nas t-rg t 9 representative e to the general iral court for tor tw twelve twive lve years The he tol quaint chronicle Is of or atif fe fet M 1 f if t December t 1594 who had bin a a le- le leson son on n of the church of t Brt Braintree tel for GO 60 yrs yrA and anal th the tho nr first t elcon l con of ol olho o ho ho the church and wa was al father f Jel father rathor and great K grandfather gr oC of ot IC hildren before ho 10 died the youngest thereof hidren wits was Benjamin Bas Bass son gon of Joeph Jo Jo- eph Bass Base 08 and ant Mary IRry f fa its a tM wife born 7 7 before his death says hays 38 death It Is 18 to be noted that th there rn Is B a pleasing I variety in th the spoiling spelling an and that wo vie are arc given a a between VO illiterate deacon and anil decon It I was an erate Individual in those days wh could not vary U his spelling according lo to hl his fancy tOney Another Samuel Bass ss was wa the tho thC founder found found- er or of or the family Smuel In Vermont r removing there there from eI from about the tho end of the eighteenth century He lived at nt perhaps thus named L by hy him fr from his native place Time brook I VV neat nea I which wh Ich he lived is 18 called Bass Dass brook Beverly River Mass was formerly Bass River Samuel and wi wife were wore two if r the eight founders of th time tho Congre meeting at ut Vt VI atonal Samuel muel however was under censure at atme atmo ne mo time and reprimanded by the congregation con con- for riding horseback or or OT Sunday when the time now snow was so IO deep hi tic not got get to his cattle cott to feed e d thorn thom on foot foot lie le rode past the time mooting mooting moot moot- ing house shunning the eves ves of no one and Ir cared cred for his hla flock fock He Ito was wa charged with breaking the tho Sabbath and the matter math r was vias brought before the meeting lie Ho listened to the tho complaints complaints com corn plaints against himself himsel and then re replied rE- rE me plied plied- Brethren I am sorry to hurt hurl your our feelings but it If the time same timing thing happens again I shall shoJI do the time sauna same thing again t for r t I rant cant see my cattle catte starve Ills Ils confession was satis satis- factory The family ramly w war r record Is 18 of ot the time best In King Philips Philip's war John Basse na en enlisted en- en listed April 24 2 2 2176 also In the tho same year Samuel and Thomas Thoma Basse Dasse of Braintree Mass enlisted Jonathan Bass was colonel in the Revolution and Moses and Hannah Butler Duter Bass gave their six sons to tho Continental army member of the tho fa famous fa- fa One Henry was was a n inous Boston oston tea t n party part and his mOUI brother rother was a a. 0 mem r r of the committee of at correspondence It lt I was wasat wasat at the house of Henry HenY Bass that lint Samuel Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Adams often passed a convivial con evening and ate ato a n Sunday dinner dinner evening During the siege e of Boston Doston tho the house of Moses loses Bass lass was marked makeL with wih the fatal cross signifying that It was under the ban Imn of ot the British h soldiers but hut Mrs Bass faced an with the plea plen of asick a n asick sick husband which was true and und the house remained unmolested That me ne was prominent In Boston Is attested attested attested at at- tested family by Y old records record one referring to the funeral of Mrs Irs Moses Bass DaHs mentions that four governors were ero present affiliations affil affil- has linus The Bass Dass family ramly Mayflower oCl- oCl for ci John na Bass 8 married February 3 3 lC 7 j. j Ruth daughter of John and Pris- Pris Priscilia cilia cia Aldon the Alden the Why hy dont don't you OU speak for yourself your ol John John Bass Baas was son of Deacon Samuel of Braintree Mass ass John and and Ruth Buth had three sons and four daughters one daughter dau Hannah married mar mar- ned ried Joseph Adams dams their grandson was John Adams they W went wen T tl therefore grandparents grandparents grand grand- parents to ono one President and amI great great- grandparents to 0 o another nother Another Mayflower connection Is traced through Ro Robert rt Bass and wife Mary daughter of Richard r Warren trin Robert iio rt Bass Dass traced back to the and tho the Belchers of Braintree aro are al also o of ant this connection The first bishop ishop of ot Massachusetts Ed Ed- Edward ward Bass Baas was a great grandson of or John and Ruth nuth Alden Ho He Te was wa consecrated d dIn In 1707 at Pullam palace chapel by I the tue bishop of London At 13 he had entered Harvard ITo Ho was waa wo a sound divine divino a critical scholar le an nn accomplished gentleman gentle gentle- gente- gente man HI Ills his manners worn vom-cu polished his temper mild mid his conversation con n Improving I his chartty charLy unlimited I Burkes Burke's ago gives arms for Bass 1 sable a Crest Creat 0 out of a n ducal ucal coronet two I I wings proper pcr For Fot Basse liasse Rule gules a n between three plates for or chevron urgent argent chevon roundels which symbolize generosity I Crest a n lon deml-lon miles gules ulc resting his paw on an nn oval shield In or I I chur charged ed with fleur dc ls azure I |