Martin Besse (M)
Last Edited=10 Nov 2005
Patience was born at Wareham, Plymouth, MA, on 12 December 1770. She was the daughter of
Jabez Besse and
Margaret Norris. She married
Abraham Gifford at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, on 29 December 1788. She died at Chesterfield, OH, after 1837.
Last Edited=2 Jan 2003
Children of Patience Besse and Abraham Gifford- Marvin Gifford b. 10 Dec 1789, d. 21 Apr 1867
Prussia Gifford+ b. 25 Oct 1791
Roxana Gifford b. 2 Nov 1795, d. 1845
Abraham Gifford b. 13 Feb 1798
Alexander Moore Gifford b. 13 Mar 1800
Patience Gifford b. 17 May 1802
Owen Gifford b. 25 Mar 1805, d. 27 Jul 1867
Jonathan Burton Gifford b. 25 Sep 1807, d. 1896
Harriet Gifford b. 27 Sep 1807, d. 1893
Marietta Melissa Gifford b. 20 Jun 1809, d. 1901
Mary B. Gifford b. 27 Jul 1816, d. 5 Oct 1889
Reuben was born at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, on 12 May 1744. He was the son of
Ebenezer Besse. He married
Keziah Handy at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, on 7 January 1768. He died at New Sandwich, Lincoln, Maine, after 1790.
Last Edited=29 Oct 2005
Children of Reuben Besse and Keziah Handy- Deborah Besse+ b. 19 Oct 1769, d. bt 25 Jan 1800 - 13 Jan 1802
Reuben Besse Jr.+ b. 24 Jul 1770, d. 11 Jan 1864
Abigail Besse+ b. 17 Jan 1773, d. 5 Oct 1845
Jonathan Besse+ b. 24 Jul 1775
Samuel Besse b. c 1777
Jemima Besse b. c 1777
Susanna Besse+ b. 31 Jul 1780, d. 13 Sep 1847
Richard H. Besse (M)
b. July 1931, d. 16 April 1985
Richard H. Besse was born in July 1931 at Wareham, Plymouth, MA. He died on 16 April 1985 at age 53.
Last Edited=16 Oct 2004
Her body was interred at Wayne, Kennebec, Maine.
Sarah was born in November 1844. She was the daughter of
Charles K. Besse and
Lydia O. W. Read. She died at Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, on 4 February 1859.
Last Edited=2 Jan 2003
John Beswick (M)
Last Edited=22 Dec 2004
Elizabeth Beth (F)
Last Edited=23 Aug 2004
Child of Elizabeth Beth and Jacob Bovee- Philip Bovee+ b. 18 Sep 1792, d. c 1855
(1st wife) (?) Betsey A. Farris (F)
d. 1894
Last Edited=31 May 2005
Deacon William Betterly (M)
b. 6 October 1788, d. 10 July 1870
William was born at New Fane, Vermont, on 6 October 1788. He married
Charlotte Foster Wing at Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI, on 27 February 1848. He died at Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI, on 10 July 1870. Deacon William Betterly was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI.
Last Edited=21 Dec 2004
Anna A. Beving (F)
Last Edited=22 Mar 2005