Humphrey Benjamin Basse Sr 1563-1616 (10G)

My 10 times great grandfather, never came to American colonies...but lived in jolly old England all his life. Born either in 1563, 64, 65 or 67...in Walden, Essex probably, and died 4 July 1616 in London.

There are church records about his burial at St. Helen Bishopgate, London, England.

Churchyard at St. Helen Bishopgate, London England (NOTE:  This is an absolutely beautiful medieval church . Just fascinating . There is only one church in London with more memorials than this church and that is Westminster Abbey ! St. Helen’s was the Parish church for William Shakespeare too !! “ St Helen's was one of only a few City of London churches to survive both the Great Fire of London of 1666 and the Blitz during World War II. However in 1992 and again in 1993 the church was badly damaged by two IRA bombs that were set off nearby. The roof of the building was lifted and one of the City's largest medieval stained glass windows was shattered. Additionally many of the older monuments within it were entirely destroyed. by Ancestry member lsizemore78)

Church records, 1538-1812  I think his name is fourth from the bottom on left page. And if you can read what it says, you're better at Olde English than I am!

Another church record...I can't even locate his name on this one...

And whoever saved it hasn't given any clue as to what this record means to Humphrey Basse. But it is record of St. Helen, Bishopgate, London, 1575-1655.

Thi record is from Norfolk, Norwich, St. Steven, 1558-1636

Unfortunately it is all Greek to me.

But we can actually read about him in the following excerpt.

Unfortunately the two pages are just denoted Page 1 and Page 2 (the children of Humphrey and Mary)****************

This lists 17 children. Several of the Ancestry files (including mine) have 20 children born to this marriage. But many of them died within their first few years.

My ancestor (who immigrated to America, was their third child, Nathaniel Basse who I covered in blogs both Here and HERE.)

I was glad to find that Mr. Humphrey B. Basse Sr. invested in the Virginia Company, and he was a merchant and haberdasher...maker of hats. Not a profession that has many members any more!