Person:Joseph Bass (6)

Name	Joseph Bass
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	28 Feb 1723/24	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening^[2]	3 Mar 1723/24	Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	6 Oct 1748	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Banks (add)
Death^[3]	30 Sep 1800	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
p. 754.

Joseph the son of John Bass & Hannah his wife was born the 29 February 1723.
[Note: 1723/24 would be the correct value for a leap year. The following records on the page being all 1724 suggests this is the correct interpretation.]
↑ Sprague, Waldo C., transcriber. Quincy, Mass.Church Records 1672-1870.

[Now follows an account of the children baptized in this Precinct after my settlement which was in May the 18th 1709 (Rev. Joseph Marsh's Records)]
1722
Mar. 3, Joseph son of John Bass Junr.
[Note: for reasons argued above, the year is thought to be 1723/24 and that this is incorrect. There is no evidence (i.e., no death record, only one baptism) to suggest there were two distinct births, so this thought to have been misinterpreted, but without the full context, that amounts to a guess.]
↑ Howe, William. Boston Deaths 1799-1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
p. 9.

1800
Mr Joseph Bass [Died] Sept 30 [Aged] 78
[Note: Source:Bass, Charissa Taylor. Descendants of Deacon Samuel and Ann Bass, p. 26, says Joseph "d. 23 Sep. 1800, age 87". The age at death is off by at least 10 years.]