Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameHester Besson 
Birth1658, South River, Anne Arundel Co., MD
Deathbef 1692, , Anne Arundel Co., MD
FatherCapt. Thomas Besson (1617-1677)
MotherHester (Chaplin) (~1620-)
Misc. Notes
Her records and her parents are a shambles in the Ancestral File. Start from scratch on this one.
Some sites list her as Anne.
Nicholas Gassaway, Eng. Came to South River, Md., 1650. D--1691. Prominent official
and large landowner. John Collingswood of London was his uncle. M--Hester
Besson, dau--of Thomas Besson. D--prior 1677. A dau--Ann Gassaway,
1670-1742, m--1688, John Watkins 3rd.
Some sites list her as Anne.
Nicholas Gassaway, Eng. Came to South River, Md., 1650. D--1691. Prominent official
and large landowner. John Collingswood of London was his uncle. M--Hester
Besson, dau--of Thomas Besson. D--prior 1677. A dau--Ann Gassaway,
1670-1742, m--1688, John Watkins 3rd.
Spouses
Birthabt Mar 1634, London Town, England
Death10 Jan 1691, , Anne Arundel Co., MD
BurialJan 1691, , Anne Arundel Co., MD
FatherThomas "Gaswaie" Gassaway (<1600-1658)
MotherAnne Collingwood (1615-1647)
Marriageabt 1672