Captain Nathaniel Basse, arrived in 1622 on the Furtherance (probably at Jamestown) and founded the Isle of Wight in 1607 (that's what Ancestry says...perhaps it was given to him from the Englishmen who made land decisions - maybe a company supporting this exploration.) He did establish his own plantation "Basse's Choice, " He was my Great times nine grandfather.
I am descended from some of the Powotan tribes of Virginia, with links to the famous Pocahontas.
They had to learn a way to communicate, and the Christian efforts of churchmen brought many of the Native Americans into their flock. As one would expect, the Natives had to learn English. Of course they couldn't read or write it, but were able to communicate adequately for meeting the demands of the Englishmen.
His son John Tucker Basse married a Baptized Native American woman, Elizabeth Tucker (Kesiah Tucker) Basse. There are documents of John and Elizabeth's marriage. She had to have been given a Christian name, of course, so Kesiah was not used any more. But interestingly enough, many decendants did gete the name Kesiah in my tree.
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