Samuel Bass

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 29 Nov 1689; Mercy Marsh.
• Married: Abt 1693; Mary Adams, the daughter of Joseph and Abigail Adams. Mary was born 25 February 1667 and died 9 March 1706.
• Married: 14 Oct 1706; Bethia Nightingale.

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 25 (1) 1660.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: say 1660; He was a wheelright and a malster.
• Will: 25 Jun 1716
• Probate/Proved: 22 Oct 1716

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John married Ruth Alden on 3 Feb 1657/58 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) was born about 1636 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Her death date was recorded as 12 (8) 1674.

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Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 3 (12) 1657, and was preformed by John Alden of Duxbury. The Great Migration Begins (1995) gives the place of marriage as Braintree.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1633
• Religion: 1633, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Deacon Samuel and Anne were admitted to the Church in Roxbury.
• Freeman: 14 May 1634, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1640, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Ordained: 6 Jul 1640, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was ordained a Deacon. He lived in that part of Braintree that later became Quincy.
• Offices Held: 2 Jun 1641, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served for twelve years.
• Will: 11 May 1694, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children: John, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, and Thomas.
• Obituary: 1695; The following was recorded by the Town Clerk of Braintree: "Deacon Samuel Bass, aged 94, departed this life upon the 30th day of December 1694; who had bin a Decon of the church of Braintree for the space of above 50 years, and the first deacon of that church; and was the father and grandfather and great grandfather of a hundred and sixty two children, before he died, the youngest whereof was Benjamin Bas, the son of Joseph Bas and Mary his wife, born eleven days before his death. He represented the town in no less then twelve General Courts, served on important Committees, was Selectman innumerable times and active in the Church and all the time continued his farming."
• Inventory: 03 Jan 1694/95, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Samuel's estate was inventoried and valued at £96 1/6d.

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Samuel married Anne Savil on 25 Apr 1625 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of William Savil) was christened on 26 Apr 1601 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died on 5 Sep 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1633, Roxwell, Essex, England; Deacon Samuel and Anne were admitted to the Church in Roxbury.
• Moved to: 1640, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1620; He came to New England on board the Mayflower. When the Mayflower stopped at Southampton, England for supplies, John Alden was brought on board as a cooper. Once in New England, he decided to stay.
• Moved to: 1632, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1641, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was elected the Representative to the Plymouth Colony General Court. He served again in 1642, 1644, 1646, and 1649.
• Offices Held: 1664; John Alden served twice as acting Governor of Plymouth Colony in the absence of the Governor.
• Complier's Note: 2007; There is much confusion about the number and order of John Alden's children. I have chosen to use the number and order from the Great Migration Begins (1995). Some list a Zachariah as a child, but this has been disproved.

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John married Priscilla Mullins about 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Priscilla (daughter of William Mullins and Alice) was born about 1604 in England; died after 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1620; She came to New England on board the Mayflower.
• Moved to: 1632, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 2007; There is much confusion about the number and order of John Alden's children. I have chosen to use the number and order from the Great Migration Begins (1995). Some list a Zachariah as a child, but this has been disproved.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Living: 4 Oct 1595, Dorking, Surrey, England; He was fined 2d for not attending manorial court. He lived in the tithing of Chipping Bourough of Dorking.
• Offices Held: 5 Oct 1604, Dorking, Surrey, England; He was appointed a tithingman of East Borough.
• Occupation: 20 Dec 1612; He was a shoemaker.
• Immigration: 1620; William and Alice along with their son, Joseph, came to New England on board the Mayflower.
• Will: 2 Apr 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; It was a nuncupative will, that is orally given.

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Sources:The parish registers for Dorking are defective from 1572 to 1578; however, John and Joan appear to be the only Mullins family having children during that time. Based on this, we will assume that William, who married Alice, was John and Joan's son.

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William married Alice after Oct 1596 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1620; William and Alice came to New England on board the Mayflower.