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Samuel Bass
1600 - 1694 (94 years)-
Name Samuel Bass Birth 1600 Saffron Walden, Essex, England 
Gender Male Death 30 Dec 1694 Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Burial Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Notes - Samuel arrived in Boston from England about 1630. He is in Roxbury,MA as early as 1632 and is a freeman 14 May 1634. In 1640 he removed to Braintree,MA where he was the first deacon of the church there for over fifty years. Samuel held many town offices in Braintree including Representative to the General Court in 1641 and Deputy to the Court in 1643. Both Samuel and his wife, Ann, were in their 90's when they died. Samuel died in 1694, aged 94, having seen 162 descendants.
This information is taken from the book: written in 1939 by Charissa Bass. An obit tribute, written by the Town Clerk, of Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1694.
"Deacon Samuel Bass, aged 94, departed this life upon the 30th day of December 1694, who had been a Deacon of the Church of Braintree for the space of 50 years and was the father and grandfather and great grandfather of a hundred and sixty and two children before he died, the youngest whereof was Benjamin Bass the son of Joseph Bass and Mary his wife, born seven days before his death. He represented the town in no less than twelve General Courts, served on important Committees was Selectman innumerable times and active in the Church and all the time continued his farming."
Person ID I1032 OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor Last Modified 1 May 2025
Family Ann Saville, b. 26 Apr 1601, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. 5 Sep 1693, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 92 years) Marriage 25 Apr 1625 England Children + 1. Captain John Bass, b. Sep 1630, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. 12 Sep 1716, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 85 years)+ 2. Mary Bass, b. 1628, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. 29 Jun 1704, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)Family ID F568 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Samuel arrived in Boston from England about 1630. He is in Roxbury,MA as early as 1632 and is a freeman 14 May 1634. In 1640 he removed to Braintree,MA where he was the first deacon of the church there for over fifty years. Samuel held many town offices in Braintree including Representative to the General Court in 1641 and Deputy to the Court in 1643. Both Samuel and his wife, Ann, were in their 90's when they died. Samuel died in 1694, aged 94, having seen 162 descendants.
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Birth - 1600 - Saffron Walden, Essex, England 
Marriage - 25 Apr 1625 - England 
Death - 30 Dec 1694 - Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts 
Burial - - Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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