Jane Besse (1647)

Born 1647 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Died [date unknown] in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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New England Colonies

Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Jane Besse

Birth: 1647, Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth

Death: Date Unknown

Vol 26, #4, The American Genealogist, pg 193-4. Oct 1950

[Plymouth Colony Wills, see The Mayflower Descendant, 14:152] names daughters DORCAS, ANN, MARY, JANE and ELIZABETH, and sons NEHEMIAH and DAVID. (more data in this article) Jane b. about 1647; mentioned in father's will, 1656/7, no further record.^[1]

On 3 June 1662, "concerning a cow belonging to Jane, the daughter of Anthony Bessey, of Sandwich, the Court have ordered G[e]orge Barlow, in whose hands the said cow hath been for some time, to return her to the overseers of the estate of the said Anthony Bessey, to be disposed of by them for the use and good of the said Jane Bessey" [PCR 4:17]; no further record.^[2]

A previous version of this profile attached her as daughter to Anthony Annable but there is no evidence to support he had a daughter Jane.

An online tree at Ancestry.com claims she was daughter of Anthony Besse and wife Jane. A merge has been proposed with an existing profile for that daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Jane Besse
2. ↑ Source: Concerning Jane...; Posted by Stephen_Frakes 04 May 2007

• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635: Name: Jane Bessey; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 1647; Household Members: Name: Anthony Bessey, Birth Year: 1609; Ann Bessey, Birth Year: 1641; Dorcas Bessey, Birth Year: 1639; Jane Bessey, Birth Year: 1647; Mary Bessey, Birth Year: 1645; Nehemiah Bessey, Birth Year: 1643
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records: Name: Jane Besse; Parents: Anthony Besse; Birth Place: Barnstable, Sandwich, MA; Birth Date: 1655
• Family Data Collection - Births: Name: Jane Besse; Father: Anthony Besse; Birth Date: 1655; City: Sandwich; County: Barnstable; State: MA; Country: USA
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): Name: Jane Besse; Birth Date: 1650; Birthplace: Eng, Massachusetts; Volume: 13; Page Number: 193; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): Apr 25, 1927, 9341; Jan 11, 1928, 5821
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
• Barclay, Mrs. John E., Ann (Besse) Hallet, Step-Mother of Abigail (Hallet) Alden, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 194.