Bass (Y-DNA)

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Status summary

Completed as of October 1, 2020:

  • Recruiting additional direct male-line John Bass descendants for NGS/WGS SNP testing. Recruiting patrilineal (all male line) descendants of Rev. John Robinson to NGS/WGS test. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Biography

For more information see: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (ed. by Alicia Crane Williams), Mayflower Family Through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Alden General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA part 1 (first four generations) 1999; part 4 (fifth generation of daughter Ruth) 2015;

First Generation

John Bass was born 18 Oct 1630[1] at Saffron Waldon, Essex, England, son of Samuel Bass and Anne Seville. The family presumably immigrated to New England in 1633 as "Samuell Basse" was admitted to the Roxbury Church with other immigrants.[2] John died at Braintree on 12 Sep 1716. He married 13 Feb 1657 to Ruth Alden. They had seven children, four daughters and three sons: John, Samuel & Joseph

Second Generation

John Bass (II) was born Braintree 26 Nov 1658 and died 30 Sep 1724. He married twice: First about 1687 Abigail Adams (d. 1696) and second 27 Mar 1699 Rebecca Savil. By his first wife John had: John (1688-1762) and Samuel (1691-1774). By his second wife John had: Ebenezer (1702-).

Samuel Bass was born Braintree 25 Mar 1660 and died Bridgewater 20 Feb 1751. He married four times: First about 1685 Ann Kirtland (d. 1689), second Braintree 29 Nov 1689 Mercy Marsh (d. b1694), third Braintree 18 Jul 1694 Mary Adams (d. 1706) and fourth Boston 14 Oct 1706 Bethiah Nightengale (d. 1749). By his first wife Samuel had: Ruth (1688-1722). By his third wife Samuel had: Jonathan (1695-1750), Abigail (1697-1784), Mary (1698-1749), Samuel (1700-1768) and Bethiah (1704). By his fourth wife he had: child (1706-1708), Daniel (1710-1716) and Bathsheba (1711-1764).

Joseph Bass was born Braintree 5 Dec 1665 and died Boston 22 Nov 1733. He married twice first Braintree 5 Jun 1688 Mary Belcher (d. 1707) and second 23 Feb 1708 Lois Ivory (d. 1734). By his first wife Joseph had: Mary (1690-1740), Joseph (1692-1752), Benjamin (1694-1765), Moses (1696-1780), Ruth (1699-1752), John (1702-1702), Elizabeth (1703-1774) and Alden (1705-1737).

Third Generation

John Bass (III) was born Braintree 8 Jun 1688 and died there in 1762. He married twice, first Braintree 18 Feb 1713 Lydia Savil and second Braintree 21 Jun 1716 Hannah Neale. By his first wife he only had an infant child (1715-1715). By his second wife he had six children: John (1717), Benjamin (1719), Jedediah (1721), Joseph (1724), Jonathan (1729), and Hannah (1732).

Samuel Bass was born Braintree 17 Jun 1691 and died there bef 18 Mar 1774 He married three times: first, Braintree 15 Aug 1723 Sarah Savil, second Dorchester 25 Jul 1726 Mary GOULD Nightengale and last Braintree 22 Nov 1750 Mary PAYNE Hayward. By his first wife he had one child: Samuel (1724), He had no known children by his second and third wives.

Ebenezer Bass was born Braintree before 11 Oct 1702 and died after 1768. He married Braintree 3 Jul 1733 Sarah Moseley and they had at least: Ebenezer (1741-1762 unm.).


(Capt.) Jonathan Bass was baptized (with his sister Abigail) Braintree 3 Aug 1697[3] and died there 17 May 1750. He married Bridgewater 17 Oct 1717 Susanna Byram and they had eight children: Johnathan (1720), Susannah (1722), Mary (1725), Mehitable (1728), Bethiah (1730), Bathsheba (1733), Sarah (1736) and Eunic (1737).

(Dea.) Samuel Bass (II) was born Braintree 26 Jul 1700 and died Randolph 3 Apr 1768. He married twice, first Braintree 4 Dec 1722 Hannah White and second Braintree 10 Jan 1743 Jerusha Webb (no known children). By his first wife he had six children: Hannah (1725), Abigail (1728), Samuel (1731), Jonathan (1733), Daniel (1736) and an infant (1740-1740).


(Capt.) Joseph Bass (II) was born 5 Jul 1692 and died Dorchester 9 Jan 1751/2. He married twice, first Dorchester 1715 Elizabeth Breck and second Dorchester 14 Nov 1751 Hannah Glover (no children). By his first wife he had seven children: Elizabeth (1719-1720), Elizabeth, Edward, William (1729-1730), William, Susanna, Benjamin and Hannah.

Benjamin Bass was born Braintree 19 Dec 1694 and died Hanover 24 May 1756. He married Marshfield 3 Nov 1729 Mary Gardner and they had three children: Mary (1730), Elizabeth (1733), and Benjamin (1741 m Mercy Tolman & Mary Eells).

Moses Bass was born Braintree 23 Oct 1696 and died Boston 15 Jan 1780. He married Boston 28 Mar 1729 Hannah Butler and they had six children: Moses Belcher, Henry (d.y.), Hannah, Henry, Joseph and Gillam.

Alden Bass was born Braintree 28 Oct 1705 and died Apr 1737. He married Boston 24 Aug 1727 Mercy Dowding and they had six children (Boston): Mary (1728), Ann (1730), Mercy (1732), Rebecca (1734), Alden (1735) and Sandys (1737).


  1. ↑ Anderson's Great Migration Begisnsseries incorrectly gives the date as 18 Sep 1630.
  2. ↑ Anderson, TGMB I:122.
  3. ↑ www.findagrave.com has born 18 Dec 1695, but no source is given.

DNA results J2a1-PH3882

Previous Y-DNA testing

The Bass(e) surname DNA Project Group: Descendants of Deacon Samuel Bass of Massachusetts currently list two[1] individuals who claims to be a patrilineal (all male line) descendant of Deacon Samuel Bass of Massachusetts (father of John). One of them has done Y-111 STR testing and FTDNA predicts they fall under Haplogroup J-M172. Plugging the 111 modal Y-STR values into the Nevgen Haplogroup predictor gives a result of: J2a1 Z387>L70>PH3882 with a 98.7% probability.

NGS/WGS testing

We need direct male-line descendants of John Bass to WGS/NGS test to both confirm the lineage as well as to refine the haplogroup further and delineate descendant clades.

Speculation

The J2a haplogroup is rarely found in England. While uncommon overall, it is mostly found in areas formerly part of the Roman Empire. It is known where the Roman Empire sent auxillary troops from various parts of its empire to Brittania (now England) during their occupation of the island. Some auxillary troops stayed in the area they were stationed after they retired from the service and raised families. As such, it is possible the patrilineal (Y-DNA) ancestor of this Bass family may have been one of these auxillary soldiers who served in what is now England.

  1. ↑ There is at least one more individual in this project who has Y67 STR tested, but has not given permission to publish his results.

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