Bassett Family Association Database
John Bass
1773 - 1852 (78 years)-
Name John Bass Born 14 Nov 1773 Vermont Gender Male _UID ED1D4F13E8FEED4EABBD62E0E308EB98A5D7 Died 25 Jan 1852 Ontario, Canada Notes - History of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, from 1749 to 1879
Dr. Adonijah Bass
Dr. Adonijah Bass resided at Bunker Hill, where the celebrated battle was fought. His family, consisting of two sons and one daughter, witnessed the engagement. They were all staunch Loyalists, and determined to remove to Canada. Dr. Bass dying, one son, Joseph, made his waty to Augusta, and having examined the country, returned to his native place, and with his mother and the rest of the family. started for Canada. They had disposed of their farm for stock, which was driven the entire distance by the boys. They settled on the 4th and 5th Concessions. A grandson, James Bass, occupies the homestead. John Bass married Hannah Lakins; Joseph Bass married Sally Lakins. Joseph was for many years a settler on Windmill Point. The family of John consisted of Moses, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, David, James, William Justus, Elizabeth, Lydia, Polly and Hannah. Joseph Sr., had one son and two daughters. Adonijah married Jane Nettelton. During the first years that the Bass family were in Canada, the boys proceeded on foot each winter to Bunker Hill, and returned with stock taken in exchange for property which they had sold.
Person ID I329 Bass2B Samuel Bass of Braintree Last Modified 15 Oct 2020
Father Adonijah Bass, b. 13 Sep 1744, Scotland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts , d. 1779, Bennington, Vermont (Age 34 years) Mother Lydia Draper, b. 7 Oct 1750, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts , d. 9 Apr 1830, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) Married 1772 Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont Family ID F68 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Lakins, b. 14 Aug 1779, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Nov 1854, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) Children + 1. Rosannah Bass, b. 1799, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Nov 1858, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years) 2. Elizabeth Bass, b. 1800, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 Nov 1870, Stillman Valley, Ogle County, Illinois (Age 70 years) + 3. Joseph Bass, b. 3 Sep 1802, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Oct 1880, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) + 4. Lydia Bass, b. Abt 1804, Ontario, Canada , d. 31 Jan 1876, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 72 years) + 5. Samuel Bass, b. 5 Aug 1807, Augusta, Leeds and Greenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Aug 1853, Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (Age 46 years) 6. Jonathan Bass, b. 8 Dec 1809, Ontario, Canada , d. 11 Feb 1830, Ontario, Canada (Age 20 years) 7. David Bass, b. 28 Jan 1812, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Feb 1887 (Age 75 years) 8. James Bass, b. 15 Apr 1814, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Jul 1886, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years) + 9. William Bass, b. 3 May 1816, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 May 1901, Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa (Age 85 years) + 10. Justus Bass, b. 1818, Ontario, Canada , d. 1887 (Age 69 years) 11. Sarah Bass, b. 29 Jun 1821, Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Sep 1849, Ogle, Mercer County, Illinois (Age 28 years) 12. Hannah Bass, b. 1824, Ontario, Canada , d. 1905 (Age 81 years) Last Modified 17 Nov 2021 Family ID F69 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- History of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, from 1749 to 1879