Anthony Besse

Brief Life History of Anthony
When Anthony Besse was born in 1609, in England, his father, John Besse, was 26 and his mother, Jane Skiffe, was 25. He married Jane about 1638, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1635. He died in 1657, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 48, and was buried in Old Town Cemetery, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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• Clarence Almon Torrey. "Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700." published on CD-ROM by NEHGS in 2002. BESSE, Anthony1 (1609±-1657) & Jane _____ (-1693), m/2 George BARLOW bef 4 Mar 1661/2; ca 1640?, ca 1638; Lynn/Sandwich {Randall Anc. 306, 308; Barnstable Fam. 69; Essex Ant. 9:88; Sv. 1:172; Reg. 5:385; MD 14:172, 19:44; TAG 26:193}

brief biography and family

• Birth: 1609 - England
• Death: 1657 - Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Parents: John Besse, Jane
• Wife: Jane, her parents unknown. She survived him and married George Barlow next.
• Children: Elizabeth Besse, Dorcas Bessey, Anne Besse, Rebecca Besse, Elizabeth Bessey, David Besse, Jane Besse, Mary Besse, Anthony Besse, Nehemiah Besse, Dorcas Besse

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1950 Mrs. John E. Barclay published an account of the family of Anthony Bessey; NEHGS followed her judgment on the birth order of the children of the immigrant [TAG 26:193-95].

In 1965 Mrs. Florence Besse Ballantine compiled and edited Descendants of Anthony Besse, 1609-1656.

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Surname has also been reported to be:

• Bessey
• Bessee

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be February 10, 1656 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (unattested).

links

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40788629/anthony-besse
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=butchrose...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bessey-8

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From The Great Migration:

EDUCATION: On 22 September 1651, "Anthony Besse" wrote a letter to an unknown correspondent, "Concerning the Indians" and their religious practices [Florence Besse Ballantine, Descendants of Anthony Besse, 1609-1656 (n.p. 1965), p. 9; no indication of the location of the original]. He signed his will. His inventory included "his books and some other small things" valued at ??1 16s. Her inventory included "a Bible and some sheep's wool and feathers" valued at 8s.

OFFICES: Sandwich highway surveyor, 6 June 1654 [PCR 3:49]. In the Sandwich section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:192].

ESTATE: On 16 April 1640, "Anthony Bessy" received one acre in the division of meadow land at Sandwich [PCR 1:149].

In his will, dated 10 February 1656/7 and proved 3 June 1657, "Anthony Bessey of Sandwidge" bequeathed to "Jane my wife" three cows, three yearlings, two heifers, one bull, a cow, "one yearling steer that Dorkas my daughter hath given unto Jane my wife," and "my bed"; to "Dorcas my daughter" two heifers previously given and one more; to "Ann my daughter" one heifer; to "Nehemiah my son" one heifer previously given; "the house and land now possessed by me unto my two sons viz: Nehemiah and David and two steers likewise to them both"; to "Nehemiah my gun and my cutlass and my boots," apparel and all the meadow to be equally divided between "my two sons"; to "my daughter Mary" one heifer; to "my daughter Jane" one heifer; to "my daughter Elizabeth" one ewe lamb in Mr. Edward Dillingham's hands; debts owing to others for "my wife" to discharge; "in case my mother send anything over to me as formerly she hath done, that it be disposed of among my family in general"; residue "amongst the family until my wife shall marry and then to be divided amongst my children"; if she marry, the five "biggest" children to be "put forth and their cattle with them"; "the little one my wife goeth with that my wife give to it a portion if god give it life"; wife executrix, "loving friends James Skiffe and Richard Bourne" overseers [Plymouth Wills 1:328, citing PCPR 2:51; see also MD 14:152-53].

The inventory of his estate, taken 21 May 1657, was untotalled [about ??70], and like most Plymouth inventories included no real estate [Plymouth Wills 1:329, citing PCPR 2:52].

from Find A Grave Memorial# 36855201

Born about 1609 (aged 26 in 1635). Husbandman from London who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "James." First settled in Lynn; moved to Sandwich in 1637. Died between 10 February 1656/7 (date of will) and 21 May 1657 (date of inventory).

Married by about 1639 Jane _____. She married (2) before 10 January or February 1661/2 George Barlow, and died 22 August 1693 (assuming that the date of the inventory was correctly 24 August).

On 13 July 1635, "Anto Bessy," aged 26, was enrolled at London for passage to New England on the James.

Although there is no record of the presence of Anthony Bessey in Lynn, we assume he resided there briefly, since several of his fellow passengers on the James made that their first residence.

On 5 March 1638/9, "Anthonie Bessie [was] presented for living alone disorderly, and afterwards for taking in an inmate without order." (Anthony Bessey was probably married about the time of this presentment.)

Came to America in the James, July 1635. Settled in Lynn, MA.

•Event: Arrival 1635 Lynn, Massachusetts 6

•Event: MARR 1638 Plymouth, Iowa, United States 3

•Event: MARR 1638 MA 4 5

•Event: Arrival 1635 Boston, Massachusetts 2 1 1 2 6 3 4 5 7 7 7

Sources:

1.Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Author: Gale Research

Publication: - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 150

Page: Place: Lynn, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 266.

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=1308629&ti=0&indiv=...

Text: Birth date: abt 1609Birth place: Arrival date: 1635Arrival place: Lynn, Massachusetts 2.Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Author: Gale Research

Publication: - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 150

Page: Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 152.