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Submitted by: Betty Patterson
Email address: <bettypatterson@sbcglobal.net>
 

Husband: John BESSE
Birthdate: 08 Feb 1782
Birthplace: Wareham, Plymouth, MA
Death date: 16 Jul 1867
Place of death: Hebron, Oxford, ME
Burial: Hebron, Oxford, ME
Father: John BESSE, Sr.
Mother: Hannah CUSHMAN

Marriage date: 25 Sep 1803
Marriage place: Hebron, Oxford, ME

Wife: Betsy W TRIPPE
Birthdate: 05 Jul 1785
Birthplace: Hebron, Oxford, ME
Death date: 03 Jun 1837
Place of death: Hebron, Oxford, ME
Burial: Streaked Mt.Cmtry., Pairs, Oxford, ME
Father: John TRIPPE, Rev.
Mother: Jedidah (unknown)
 

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Erastus BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 06 Jul 1804
Birthplace: Pairs, Oxford, ME
Death date: 1870
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Marriage date: 28 Jan 1839
Marriage place: Greenwood, Oxford, ME
Spouse's name: Mary M LeBROKE

Child No. 2: Cyrus BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Jan 1806
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: Mary BEMIS

Child No. 3: Miranda Tripp BESSE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 13 Sep 1807
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
Death date: 23 Jan 1834
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Child No. 4: Olive BESSE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 30 Oct 1809
Birthplace: Pairs, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: John HOLT

Child No. 5: John Grafton BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Jul 1811
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Child No. 6: Betsy Orson BESSE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 05 Jun 1813
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: Ethic FARRAR

Child No. 7: Sylvester BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 Jun 1815
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Child No. 8: Roxanna BESSE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 Jun 1817
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
Death date: 04 Jul 1892
Place of death: Peabody, Essex, MA
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Marriage date: 22 Feb 1846
Marriage place: Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
Spouse's name: George WRIGHT(DWIGHT)

Child No. 9: Fessenden BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 Apr 1819
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
Death date: 20 May 1903
Place of death: Avon, Norfold, MA
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Marriage date: 12 May 1853
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Spouse's name: Lydia FLINT

Child No. 10: Henry Osgood BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 03 Jun 1821
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: Elmira CROOKER

Child No. 11: Hannah BESSE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 02 Jun 1823
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: Henry M WATKINS

Child No. 12: Sarah/Sally Smith BESSE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 Jun 1825
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: (---) DONALD

Child No. 13: Harlock Augustus BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Mar 1827
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
Death date: 19 Mar 1895
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Marriage date: 11 Oct 1851
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Spouse's name: Eliza W MESSER

Child No. 14: Charles Brainard BESSE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 Sep 1830
Birthplace: Paris, Oxford, ME
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Spouse's name: Hannah GILLISON
 
 

 Documentation: History of Paris, Maine from its Settlement to 1880 with
a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771 Together with Personal Sketches; a
Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix.     1850 census of
Danvers, Essex, MA,  1860 census of So.Danvers, Essex, MA,  1870 census
of Peabody, Essex, MA,   Birth Records from Town of Paris, ME,   Vital
Records, Paris,ME, Vol.I,   Record of Marriage from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, office of the Secretary of State,   Rhode Island Vital
Records, Record of John Tripp, Minister of Hebron,   "Old Graveyards in
the Town of Paris" .