John Bass Family Bible Records

              Norfolk County
Virga
This doth certify that William Bass, son of John
Bass and grandson of William Bass , is of English and 
Indian descent and is not a Negroe nor yt a Mulattoe
as by some lately and malitiously stated. His late Mother 
Sarah Ann Bass was a virtuous woman of Indian 
descent, a daughter of Symon Lorina and Joan Tucker 
lawfully begotten. Sd Joan Tucker was a sister of Robin 
Tucker a Christian Indian of ye Nansemund nation.
Ye sd William Bass, ye elder, was a son of Mary Bass 
and William Bass Senr. Mary Bass was a daughter of Great
Peter, King of ye Nansemunds. These are of common knowledge . 
All of the Basses of this County descend from Captn 
Nathaniell Basse, as satisfactorally proved by the records
preserved.
May ye 17, 1797
TEST: WM PORTLOCK