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Elizabeth Basse, Nansemond Indian 1618-1676, my eight times great grandmother, born in Virginia Colony...aka Powhatan confederation of tribes.
A link here to read a bit about her from a genealogist.
And I went exploring further and found this wonderful site..."Descendants of the Great Dismal - The History of the Nansemond Indian Tribal Association." This article is great in bringing the history of the Nansemond Tribe into current day.
But I'm interested more in Elizabeth Basse. She was married to John Basse, according to his "Prayer Book" which is still owned by the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia. Look at this post to remind you of the details of his life. They married Aug 14, 1638.
She is also known as Kesiah Tucker, which is not the way the Nansemond Tribe chooses to remember her.
Some records give her father's name as Chief (or Elder) Robin Pattanochus (of the Nansemond Indian Nation) born in 1590 died Dec 4, 1676. No records give her mother's name, but Ancestry says she was probably born around 1595 and also died Dec 4, 1676.
Chief Robin Pattanochus' father was Peter Great Nansemond Wanaton-Tucker. There are many Ancestry trees with conflicting information.
Elizabeth Basse, a Nansemond Indian, and John Basse (raised for some of his childhood by Nansemond Indians) apparently had 8 children. Since she was baptized, I think she wanted to join the Christian English culture and be part of her husband's traditions. However I'm pretty sure she was not welcome, nor were her children, into Virginia's very bigoted civilization. They were part of a separate and new culture, the natives who had tried to leave their own traditional ways and take on those of the dominant English style culture.
They must have benefited from some of the English traditions, as well as those of the Indians who knew the terrain and weather patterns from having lived in the Virginia low county for generations.
The above page is from North America, Family Hitories, 1500-2000 as a quote from 500 years of Wittel and related families.
Their son, Richard was to become my 7th great grandfather.
Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week.
But I'm interested more in Elizabeth Basse. She was married to John Basse, according to his "Prayer Book" which is still owned by the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia. Look at this post to remind you of the details of his life. They married Aug 14, 1638.
She is also known as Kesiah Tucker, which is not the way the Nansemond Tribe chooses to remember her.
Some records give her father's name as Chief (or Elder) Robin Pattanochus (of the Nansemond Indian Nation) born in 1590 died Dec 4, 1676. No records give her mother's name, but Ancestry says she was probably born around 1595 and also died Dec 4, 1676.
Chief Robin Pattanochus' father was Peter Great Nansemond Wanaton-Tucker. There are many Ancestry trees with conflicting information.
Elizabeth Basse, a Nansemond Indian, and John Basse (raised for some of his childhood by Nansemond Indians) apparently had 8 children. Since she was baptized, I think she wanted to join the Christian English culture and be part of her husband's traditions. However I'm pretty sure she was not welcome, nor were her children, into Virginia's very bigoted civilization. They were part of a separate and new culture, the natives who had tried to leave their own traditional ways and take on those of the dominant English style culture.
They must have benefited from some of the English traditions, as well as those of the Indians who knew the terrain and weather patterns from having lived in the Virginia low county for generations.
The above page is from North America, Family Hitories, 1500-2000 as a quote from 500 years of Wittel and related families.
Their son, Richard was to become my 7th great grandfather.
Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week.
