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Basse/Bass Family Biography


Humphrey Basse was born 1564 in France and died 04 June 1616 in
England. Humphrey married Mary Buscher in 1589. She was born in
France and died 22 July 1616 in St. Helens, Bishopsgate, England.
Humphrey and Mary (Buscher) Basse were parents of:
Nathaniel Basse
Richard Basse
Humphrey Basse
William Basse
Mary Basse
Hester Basse
Humphrey Basse
Thomas Basse
Barnaby Basse
John Basse
Lidea Basse
Abigail Basse
Luke Basse
Sarah Basse
Samuel Basse

Nathaniel Basse was born sometime in or after 1589. Nathaniel married
Mary Jordan 21 May 1613. In the "History of Isle of Wight County" by
Colonel E.M. Morrison, the following history about Nathaniel Basse is
given: "In the early spring of 1608 Captain John Smith, driven by the
necessity of obtaining food for the famishing colonists at Jamestown,
crossed the river (James) and obtained from a tribe of Indians called
Worrosquoyackes fourteen bushels of corn. This transaction was the
dawn of the history of Isle of Wight County, as well, almost that of
America." "Again, in December of this same year, Captain Smith while
on his way to visit Powhatan, who was then on the York River, spent his
first night with this same tribe of Indians." "And in the spring of
1611, after that terrible, in which five hundred colonists died of
starvation and disease, that sad heartened remnant of sixty
emaciated, half famished men, who had determined to abandon the
colony, also spent their first night with this same tribe." "This
tribe of Indians occupied a village near what is now known as
"Fergusson's Wharf", in this county, and their hunting grounds
extended along the James River about five miles and inland about
twenty and had a fighting strength of fourty or fifty warriors."
"Captain Smith records that the King of this tribe furnished him with
two guides, with whom he sent a valiant soldier, named Sicklemore, to
explore the country around Roanoke Island for traces of the "Lost
Colony of Sir Walter Raleigh", with no successful result; and that he
the king of this tribe, warned him against the treachery of Powhatan;
and yet this same savage, in a very few years, tried and nearly
succeeded, in killing every colonist on the south side of the James
River." "In the western part of the county, now Southampton County,
there was another tribe, called the Notoways, who were identified
with our earliest history." "They were intimately connected with the
white settlers and for more than one hundred years lived on their own
lands, bartered the products of their hunting and fishing with the
white people for guns, blankets, etc; sold to them their lands and
except for their fondness for rum, seem to have been a peaceful and
well disposed people, more sinned against than sinning." "For in 1752
the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act declaring "that if any
person or persons shall hereafter, under any pretense whatever, take
from the Indians any of their guns, blankets or other apparrel, such
persons so offending shall pay to the Indian or Indians so injured
the sum of twenty shillings for every such offense; and if the
offender be a slave, he shall receive, for such offense, on his or
her naked back, twenty five lashes, well laid on." "But generally the
Indians were treated with the greatest kindness, until the time of
the great Indian massacre, in 1622, for the colonists were thoroughly
imbued with the idea of converting them to Christianity." "The first
English settlement in Isle of Wight County was made by Captain
Christopher Lawne and Sir Richard Worsley, knight baronet and their
associates, viz: Nathaniel Basse, gentleman; John Hobson, gentleman;
Anthony Olevan, Richard Wiseman, Robert Newland, Robert Gyner and
William Willis." "On April 27, 1619, they arrived at Jamestown, with
one hundred settlers, in a ship commanded by Captain Evans." "They
immediately settled near the mouth of a creek on the south side of
the James River, still known as "Lawne's Creek" (sometimes improperly
written Lyon's Creek), which was, in 1642 made the dividing line
between this county and Surry County." "Captain Lawne and Ensign
Washer represented the settlement known as "Lawne's Plantations", in
the first House of Burgesses, which met at Jamestown on the 30th day
of July 1619." "It seems to be a fact that all new settlements are
unhealthy and this proved to be remarkably so; for within  about a
year, Captain Lawne died and the "London Company", November 30 1620,
ordered that: "In regard of the late mortality of the persons
transported heretofore by the late Captain Lawne, his associates be
granted till midsummer, 1625, to make up the number of persons they
were disposed to bring." "It also declared that the plantation was to
be henceforth called "Isle of Wight Plantation", for which change of
name we are very thankful, on account of the difficulty of spelling
and pronouncing its former name, which it took from the tribe of
Worrosquoyacke Indians." " We find this name spelled in every
conceivable way, some of them Warrosquyoke, Warrosqueak,
Warrasquoyke; nevertheless, it was several years before the new name
of Isle of Wight was in general use among the colonists." "This name
was given it, very probably because the famous "Isle of Wight" off
the coast of England had been the home of some of the principal
patentees; at least, one of them was certainly from Isle of Wight-Sir
Richard Worsley, who came over in 1608."
"Many of the early settlers were of cavalier origin and came from the
city of Bristol, England and its vicinity and for many years, as
shown by the old records, the "Bristol ships" made frequent trading
voyages to this county, bringing with them, at every trip, batches of
immigrants." "On November 21, 1621, Edward Bennett, a rich merchant
of London, was granted a patent for a plantation, upon the condition
of settling two hundred emigrants." "Associated with him in that
patent were his brother, Robert Bennett and his nephew, Richard
Bennett, Thomas Ayres, Thomas Wiseman and Richard Wiseman; and in
February, 1622, the "Sea Flower" arrived with one hundred and twenty
settlers, under the command of Captain Ralph Hamor, one of the
Council." "Among them were Reverand William Bennett and George
Harrison, kinsmen of Edward Bennett." "Their place of settlement was
called Warrosquoyacke, or sometimes "Edward Bennett's Plantation" and
was located at the place on the James River known as the "Rocks", the
estate of the late Dr. John W. Lawson, who for many years represented
this county in the General Assembly of the State, the Second
Congressional District in Congress and this county in the late
Constitutional Convention." "On this day the patent last mentioned
was granted, Arthur Swaine, Captain Nathaniel Basse and others,
undertook to establish another plantation in the same neighborhood."
"Captain Basse came over in person and his plantation was known as
"Basse's Choice" and was situated on Warrosquoyacke (now Pagan)
River." "The houses of Captain Basse's Plantation were building when
a great calamity happened to the infant colony." "At midday on Good
Friday, March 22, 1622, there were twelve hundred and forty
inhabitants in the state of Virginia." "Of these, three hundred forty
seven, in a few hours, were killed by the Indians in the eighty
settlements on the north and south sides of the James River, of which
number fifty three were residents of this county." "After the death
of Powhatan, his brother Opecancanough, who hated the whites, joined
all the tribes in Eastern Virginia into an oath-bound conspiracy to
kill the whites and we were astonished with what concert of action
and secrecy this great plot was arranged, when we reflect that the
savages were not living together as a nation, but were dispersed in
little hamlets, containing from thirty to two hundred in a company."
"Yet they all had warning given them, one from another, in all their
habitations, though far asunder, to meet at this day and hour for the
destruction of the English." "So well was the dread secret kept, that
the English boats were borrowed to transport the Indians over the
river to consult on the "devilish murder that ensued" and even on the
day itself, as well as on the evening before, they came as usual,
unarmed, into their settlements, with their turkeys and other
provisions to sell; and in some places sat down with the English on
the very morning to breakfast." "They spared no age, sex or
condition; and were so sudden in their indiscriminate slaughter that
few could discern the blow or weapon that killed them." "Those who
had treated them with especial kindness and conferred many benefits
upon them, fared no better than the rest." "The ties of love and
gratitude, the sacred rights of hospitality and reciprocal
friendship, oath, pledges and promises were broken or forgotten in
obedience to the commands of their chief for the execution of a
great, but diabolical, stroke of State policy." "With one and only
one, of all who had been cherished by the whites, did gratitude for
their kindness and fidelity to his new religion prevail over his
allegiance to his king and affection for his people." "A converted
Indian, who resided with a Mr. Pace, and who was treated by him as a
son, revealed the plot to him in the night of the 21st. Mr. Pace
immediately secured his house and rowed himself to Jamestown, where
he disclosed the inhuman plot to the Governor, by which means that
place and all neighboring plantations, to which intelligence could be
conveyed, were saved from destruction; for the cowardly Indians,
wherever they saw the whites upon their guard, immediately
retreated." "Some other places were also preserved by the undaunted
courage of the occupants, who never failed to beat off their
assailants, if they were not slain before their suspicions were
excited." "By these means the larger portion of the colony was saved
from total annihilation in a single hour by this well conceived, well
concealed and well executed plot of those inhuman, but weak and
simple adversaries." "Some miraculous escapes were reported in the
Warrosquoyacke settlement." "The Indians came to one Baldwin's house,
wounded his wife; but Baldwin, by repeated firing of his gun, so
frightened them as to "save both her, his house, himself and diverse
others." "About the same time they appeared at the house of Mr.
Harrison, half mile from Baldwin's, where was staying Thomas Hamor, a
brother of Captain Ralph Hamor, who also lived nearby." "The Indians
sent a message to Captain Hamor that their king was hunting in the
neighborhood and had invited him to join them." "The Captain, not
coming out as they expected him to do, they set fire to a tobacco
warehouse and murdered the whites as they rushed out of Harrison's
house to quench the fire." "Many were killed, but Thomas Hamor was
saved by chance delay." "He remained to finish a letter which he was
engaged in writing." "When he went out, he saw the commotion and
although he received an arrow in his back, with twenty two others he
fought his way back to the house, which was being set on fire by the
Indians, he left it to burn and fled to Baldwin's." "In the meantime
Captain Ralph Hamor was in utmost peril." "Going out to the king, he
saw some of the wretches murdering unarmed whites." "He returned to
his house, where, armed with only spades, axes and brickbats, he and
his company defended themselves till the Indians gave up the siege
and departed." "At the house of Captain Basse, in the same
neighborhood, everybody was slain." "Captain Basse, who was in
England at the time, of course, escaped." "The consternation produced
by this horrid massacre caused the adoption of a ruinous policy."
"Instead of marching at once bold to meet and drive the Indians from
the settlement, or reduce them to subjection by a bloody
retalliation, the colonists were huddled together from their eighty
plantations into eight." "Works of great public utility were
abandoned and cultivation confined to a space too limited merely for
subsistence." "These crowded quarters produced sickness and some were
so disheartened that they sailed for England." "All Warrosquoyacke,
from Hog Island down the river for fourteen miles, was abandoned."
"At the census taken 1624-1625, it is recorded that three hundred and
forty seven out of a population of twelve hundred and forty were
murdered by Indians in the massacre of 1622." "In July of 1622, the
colonists headed by Sir George Yeardley, moved against the savages,
driving out the Worrosquoyackes and Nansemonds, burning their houses
and taking their corn." "On May 21, 1623, Captain Roger Smith was
ordered to build a fort on the Worrosquoyacke shore, opposite to
Tindall Shoals, where Captain Samuel Each had a blockhouse in
building." "In the summer of 1623 Captain William Tucker, of
Kecaughton (Hampton), commanded an expedition against the
Worrosquoyackes." "He killed many, cut down their corn and burned
their houses." "And this state of fierce warfare continued to rage,
with uninterrupted fury, until a peace was concluded in 1632, under
the administration of Governor Harvey." "In the course of this
warfare the Indians were not treated with the same tenderness, which
they had generally been before the massacre; but their habitations,
cleared lands, pleasant sites, when once taken possession of, were
generally retained by the victors and the vanquished forced to take
refuge in the woods or marshes." "Truly the founding of our nation
was no mere holiday amusement."
"The census of 1623-1624 (February) showed as then living at
"Worwicke-Squeak" and "Basse's Choice."
The children of Nathaniel and Mary (Jordan) Basse were:
Humphrey Basse
Samuel Basse
John Basse
William Basse
Anthony Basse
Edward Basse
Mary Basse
Genevieve Basse
Ann Basse
Richard Basse
Gregory Basse
George Basse
stillborn child

John Basse was born 07 September 1616 and died 02 April 1699 in
Virginia. John Basse married Elizabeth Keziah Tucker on 14 August
1638. Joh and Elizabeth (Tucker) Basse were parents of the following
children:

Nathaniel Basse
Keziah Basse
Elizabeth Basse
Jordan Basse
Samuel Basse
William Basse
Richard Basse
John Basse

William Basse was born 29 March 1654 and died 13 August 1741. William
Basse married Catherine Lanier in 1672. They were the parents of the
following children:
Edward Basse
John Basse
Keziah Basse
William Basse
Joseph Basse
Mary Basse
Thomas Basse

John Bass was born 04 December 1673 and died 1732 in Bertie, North
Carolina. John Bass married Love Harris in 1696 in Perquimans, North
Carolina. They were parents of the following children:
Edward Bass
William Bass
Judith Bass
Sarah Bass
John Bass
Lovey Bass
Mary Bass
Aaron Bass
 Patience Bass
Moses Bass
Keziah Bass

John Bass Jr. was born about 1706 and died 1777 in Northampton, North
Carolina. He married ? on 18 January 1731 or 1732. They were parents
of the following children:
John Bass
Jacob Bass
Isaac Bass
Abraham Bass
Jethro Bass
Drury Bass
Alice Bass
Euridice Bass
Elizabeth Bass

Jacob Bass was born about 1734 in Perquimans, North Carolina and died
13 August 1791 in Franklin County, North Carolina. Jacob Bass married
a Prudence (?) about 1752. Jacob and Prudence Bass were parents of
the
following children:
Theophilus Bass
Reddick Bass
Solomon Bass
Ferabe Bass
Alexander Bass
Jacob Bass
Warren Bass
Orren Bass
Jordan Bass
Sarah Bass
? Bass

Jacob Bass was born about 1765 and died 1810 in North Carolina. Jacob
Bass married Ann Cook about 1785. Jacob and Ann (Cook) Bass were
parents of the following children:
Nancy Bass
Sally Bass
Betsy Bass
Boykin Bass
Jacob Bass
Wyatt Bass
Guilford Bass
Cynthia Bass

Guilford Bass was born about 1797 in Franklin County, North Carolina
and died ?. Guilford was first married to ?, he may have later
married Keziah Hill in 1855 in Fayette County, Il. Their children
were: John Bass Jacob Bass

Jacob Bass was born 1823 in Sevier County, Tennessee and died 27
March 1884 in Marion County, Il. Jacob married Nancy Davis, daughter
of William and Phoebe Buford (Crews) Davis on 12 June 1845 in Fayette
County, Il. Jacob and Nancy (Davis) Bass were parents of the
following
children:
John Marshall Bass
Henry Bass
Elizabeth Bass
Francis Marion Bass
Harden Bass
Caroline Bass
Jasper N. Bass
Levina Bass

John M. Bass was born 1846 in Marion County, Il and died 10 March
1913 in Marion County, Il. John Bass married Josephine Barron in
Marion County, Il. They were parents of the following children: May
Jones Bass Benjamin F. Bass Martha Elizabeth Bass Robert E. Bass

Martha Elizabeth Bass was born 19 August 1875 in Marion County, Il
and died 14 December 1951 in Pana, Il. Martha married Charles Henry
Clayton on 29 June 1898 in Rosamond, Il. Charles and Martha were
parents of the following children: Charles Leo Clayton Ethel Lillian
(Clayton) Bradford Kupiec

Charles Leo Clayton was born 05 April 1900 in Nokomis, Il and died 23
August 1987 in Hillsboro, Il. Leo married Suavilla Isadora Hulbert,
daughter of Warren Franklin and Lulu Luetta (Gage) Hulbert on 08 June
1921 in Nokomis, Il. Charles Leo and Suavilla Isadora (Hulbert)
Clayton were parents of the following children: Paul Clayton Dale
Everett Clayton Warren Charles Clayton Carl Melvin Clayton

Dale Everett Clayton was born 01 August 1924 in Nokomis, Il. He
married Lavonne Armentrout, daughter of John Thomas and Myrtle Alice
(Eddington) Armentrout on 01 March 1945 in Witt, Il. Lavonne was born
22 April 1925 in Witt, Il. Dale and Lavonne (Armentrout) Clayton are
parents of: Kenneth Melvin Clayton Merle Everett Clayton Olin Dale
Clayton Anita Elaine (Clayton) Wahlsmith Yvonne Marie (Clayton) Hicks
James Dean Clayton Lester Norman Clayton Gail Irene (Clayton) Kessler
Janice Eileen (Clayton) Volentine

Olin Dale Clayton was born 20 March 1951 in Hillsboro, Il. Olin
married Barbara Hays, daughter of the late Dewey and Florence
(Altevogt) Hays, on 06 August 1976 in Witt, Il. Olin and Barb (Hays)
Clayton are parents of: Belinda Suzanne Clayton Andrew Olin Dale
Clayton

The following is my husband's, father's, paternal grandmother's
lineage. A great deal of this data was done by my husband's cousin,
Dick Atkinson of Jacksonville, Alabama.


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