Bassett Family Association Database

John Bass

Male 1773 - 1852  (78 years)


Personal Information

  • Name John Bass 
    Born 14 Nov 1773  Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID ED1D4F13E8FEED4EABBD62E0E308EB98A5D7 
    Died 25 Jan 1852  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1779, Bennington, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Mother Lydia Draper,   b. 7 Oct 1750, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1830, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1772  Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Lakins,   b. 14 Aug 1779, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1854, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Rosannah Bass,   b. 1799, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1858, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. Elizabeth Bass,   b. 1800, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1870, Stillman Valley, Ogle County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +3. Joseph Bass,   b. 3 Sep 1802, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1880, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Lydia Bass,   b. Abt 1804, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1876, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    +5. Samuel Bass,   b. 5 Aug 1807, Augusta, Leeds and Greenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1853, Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     6. Jonathan Bass,   b. 8 Dec 1809, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1830, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     7. David Bass,   b. 28 Jan 1812, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1887  (Age 75 years)
     8. James Bass,   b. 15 Apr 1814, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1886, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +9. William Bass,   b. 3 May 1816, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1901, Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +10. Justus Bass,   b. 1818, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1887  (Age 69 years)
     11. Sarah Bass,   b. 29 Jun 1821, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1849, Ogle, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     12. Hannah Bass,   b. 1824, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F69  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart