Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJohn BASS
Birth14 Nov 1773, Walloomsac, Rensselaer, New York165,2153,7287
Memodate calculated
Removalabt Jun 1789, Augusta, Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, Canada468 Age: 15
Memofrom Vermont
Death25 Jan 1852, Augusta, Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, Canada165,472,2335 Age: 78
BurialMaynard Cemetery, Grenville, Ontario, Canada165,477
FatherDr. Adonijah BASS (1744-1776)
MotherLydia DRAPER (1750-1830)
Individual Notes
• Birth Date of Dec 1773.2028

• The brothers also got in touch with their father’s relatives in Connecticut. John Bass “of Augusta, County of Granville [sic], Upper Canada, sells to Ebenezer Bass of Windham, Connecticut, land belonging to the heirs of Zebulon Bass.” Zebulon and Ebenezer were brothers of John’s father, Adonijah.135

• Land board certificate. Recommended for 200 acres, if not granted before.2516
Census
• 1796 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.1547
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 1 man, 1 woman, 7 sons, 2 daughters.1587
Spouses
1Hannah LAKINS
Birth14 Aug 1779, Augusta, Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, Canada165,2028,4021
Memodate calculated
Death24 Nov 1854, Augusta, Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, Canada165,482 Age: 75
BurialMaynard Cemetery, Grenville, Ontario, Canada165
FatherJohn LAKINS (<1753-)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• [Sisters] with native Iroquois inheritance.7285
Census
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 1 man, 1 woman, 7 sons, 2 daughters.1587
Marriage9 Sep 1798, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada472,482,490,2027,7287
Family Notes
• John and Hannah had twelve children, all born on the same farm. One son was Samuel and one was Justus. Justus is Beryl’s direct ancestor through John William Bass, Harper Bass, and Beryl’s mother Winnifred Bass. Both Beryl and I are quite familiar with the farm which had been in the family name for just short of 190 years.7285
ChildrenRosannah (1799-1858)
 Elizabeth (1800-1870)
 Joseph (1802-1880)
 Lydia (1804-1876)
 Samuel (1807-1853)
 Jonathan (1809-1830)
 David (1812-1887)
 James (1814-1886)
 William (1816-1901)
 Justus (1818-1887)
 Sarah (1821-1849)
 Hannah (1824-1905)
Last Modified 24 Apr 2020Created 6 May 2025 using Reunion 14 for Macintosh
Updated 6 May 2025
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