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                   Ancestors of Anthony Besse File by Florence Besse Balantine.
Anthony Besse, Age 26, arrived at Plymouth Colony on the ship "The James" in 1635. Will dated 10 Feb 1656 WP 3 Jun 1657 Prob Plymouth MASS
Jane's Will dated 4 Oct 1693 Barnstable, MASS Probates V19 p. 44-45.
V.R. Sandwich & Rochester. TIB F #1262707
Mrs. William Riggs, 3040 N. Waterford Dr., Florresant, MO 63033
Mayflower Descendant, "Abstracts of Barnstable County, Mass. Probate
       Records," Vol. 19, pp. 44-45


ABSTRACTS OF BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS. PROBATE RECORDS:

Jane Besse Barlow's Will:
       (p. 86)  On 6 August 1693, "Jane Barlow of Sandwich" made her will.  Bequests were as follows:
       "my son John Barlow Shall have my dwelling house and all my Land on which it Stands and Land adjacent . . . . to gether with my great Iron kittle and ye money that he owes me."
       To "my son Nathan Barlow forty Shillings in money and my Fether Hed and ye Iron kittle that be now hath of mine"
       To "my son Nehemiah Bessie one cow"
       To "Alce Hunter and Rebeckah Hunter ye Daughters of my daughter Rebeckah Hunter one Cow apeice"
       To "my three Daughters viz. Anna Hallett Wlizabeth Bodfish and Rebeckah Hunter all my wearing clothes and ye Rest of my Estate to be devided between them at ye discrestion of my sd Executor:"
       "my will is that Stephen Skeffe Esq be my Executor"

       The will was signed by a mark.  The witnesses were William Bassett, Ephraim Tobe (by a mark,) and Sarah Allin (by a mark.)
       "An Invintory of ye Estate of Jane Barlow Late of Sandwich who deceased ye 22 day of August 1693: " was taen "this 4th day of August: 1693:
by William Bassett and Nathan Barlow.  The total was 38 pounds.  No real estate is mentioned.
       The inventory was sworn to, on 5 October, 1693, by "m" Stephen Skeffe"
       The will was probated 4 October 1693, on the testimony of William Bassett and Sarah Allin, two of the wirnesses, and "they did see ye now deceased Ephraim Tobe Sett his hand as a witness to this will"


       Between the writing of Anthony Besse's will (1656) (see his notes) and the writing of Jane's will in 1693  when she had become the wife of George Barlow, Dorcas, Mary, Jane and David had probably died.  She mentions only Ann Hallett, Elizabeth Bodfish, Nehemiah Besse, Rebecca Hunter, John Barlow and Nathan Barlow.  The surname and age of Jane are not known.
       It is of course impossible to recapture the personality of Anthony from the few details we have, but the pattern which he set of inconspicuous participation in public welfare, the habit of church association, dependence on contact with the land and sea, and a careful, tranquil domestic life seems clear, and it has persisted as characteristic of many of his descendants.
       Anthony's son David died 1676 in the battle against the Indians at Rehoboth.  "Early Rehoboth" by Richard Bowen quotes a letter signed by Noah Newman and dated 1/27/1676 "5 of English slain and 11 Indians 5 English from Sandwich were Benjamin Nye, David Bessey, Caleb Blaike, Hoe Gibbs and Stephen Wing."
       Ann Besse married Andrew Hallett, gentleman, presumably as his second wife soon after 1661 when she and her sister Dorcas were before the court on charges of ill treating their step father.  Ann confessed that she had.  Both girls were unmarried at the time and suffering from the severity of Barlow.
       Elizabeth Besse married Joseph Bodfish and had 12 children.
       Rebecca married William Hunter of Barnstable.