Mary (Bass) Richardson (abt. 1751 - abt. 1844)

Born about 1751 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Bass — married 14 Feb 1777 in Bute County, North Carolina

Wife of Benjamin Richardson — married 14 Feb 1783 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died about 1844 at about age 93 in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States

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Progenitor Haliwa-Saponi tribe of NC Main surnames: Richardson, Boone, Silver, Lynch, Mills, Evans, Dale, Copeland, Hedgepeth, Anstead, Harris, Francis, Daniel, Green, Rudd, McGee, Carter, Wilson

Biography

Descendant of Elizabeth (Nansemond) Bass, progenitor of the Nansemond Indian Nation.

Mary was Nansemond.

Mary was born about 1751 in North Carolina.^[1][2][3] This birth year is based on her pension application for Revolutionary War widows pension in October 1841 at which time she was stated to be 90 years old.^[4] She passed away in 1844 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

Marriage

Marriage bond was posted by Elijah Bass and Richard Scott in Bute County, North Carolina for the marriage of Elijah Bass and Mary Bass on 13 February 1777. In her application for Revolutionary war widows pension, Mary states that she was married to Elijah on 14 February 1777.^[5]

After the death of Elijah in 1781, Mary married Benjamin Richardson on 14 February 1783 in North Carolina.^[4] Three known children of Mary and Benjamin were living at the time of Mary's death in 1844: Jesse Richardson, Lucy (Richardson) Evans, and Absalom Richardson.^[4]

Research Notes

Kianga stated in 2017 about the two Mary's: I will update this blog post when I can confirm my research. Please check back again later. (not confirmed yet)

• UPDATE: Mary Bass (1757-1844) and her husband Benjamin Richardson (1750-1809) are my 5th great-grandparents and are the main progenitors of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe. Before Benjamin Richardson, Mary Bass was married to her first cousin Elijah Bass (1743-1781). It had been assumed by earlier researchers that Mary Bass (1757-1844) was the same Mary Bass who was the daughter of Thomas Bass and Thomasine Bunch of Bertie Co. Thomas Bass was a grandson of John Bass (1673-1732) and Love Harris. However I have extensively reviewed the records for Thomas Bass/Thomasine Bunch and their children and it is very clear that Mary Bass (1757-1844) was not their daughter. A closer examination of the records as well as DNA cousin matches, shows that Mary Bass (1757-1844) was the daughter of Benjamin Bass (1722-1802) and his wife Mary Bass (b. 1722). This means that Mary Bass (1757-1844) was the granddaughter of both Edward Bass (1672-1750) and his brother John Bass (1673-1732). See here

1. Nansemond Indian Nation (Official Tribal Website)

• Nansemond (Wikipedia)
• Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe (Official Tribal Website)
• Haliwa-Saponi (Wikipedia)
• The Nansemond Indian Bass Family of Granville
• Descendants of the Great Dismal
• Richardson Family Chart
• Geni profile for Mary Bass Richardson
• My North Carolina Roots <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwilliams%2D1&id=I1885>

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GWBT-HRW
2. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Bass-1503/4
3. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Bass-1503/89
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Elijah Bass
5. ↑ Elijah Bass Revolutionary war pension file application of widow Mary Bass Richardson. Also includes transcription of marriage bond.

• Source: S-1612425586 Repository: #R-1860937092 Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco Note: APID: 1,1995::0
• Repository: R-1860937092 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

DNA Statements

• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Patty LaPlante QR512166C1, MA and TS who share an 11 cM segment on chromosome 3. Patty and MA are 6th cousins; Patty and TS are 4th cousins 1x removed; MA and TS are 5th cousins. The MRCAs of Patty, MA and TS are Benjamin Richardson and Mary (Bass) Richardson, the 5th great grandparents of Patty and MA; 6th great grandparents of TS.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Amy Bass for creating WikiTree profile Bass-1503 through the import of Southeastern US Families.ged on Jul 23, 2013.