Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameCapt. Thomas Besson 
Birth1617, St Andrew's, Plymouth, Devon, England
Birth1616, England
Death15 Oct 1677, South River, Anne Arundel Co., MD
Death1679, South River, Anne Arundel Co., MD
FatherThomas Besson (~1595-)
Misc. Notes
Event(s):
Thomas BEESON/BESSON
b. 1616/19 England.
Arrived from London to VA in the
"Assurance" about 1635.
Died: Apr 1679 South River, Anne Arundel, MD
Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical List,
new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.
Entries in bold refer to members of the General Assembly from 1635 to 1789 whose
biographies were published in A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature,
1635-1789 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979-85).
(listed in Bold) Besson Thomas, ca. 1617-1679
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he married Hester,
Capt. Thomas, m. by 27 March 1679, Hester, widow of Henry Caplin of AA Co. (Source Maryland Archives marriages: ARMD 51:262).
They had one child:
2 i. Thomas (~1642-)
2. Jr. Thomas BESSON. Born abt 1642 in South River, Anne Arundel, MD.
abt 1672 when Thomas was 30, he married Margaret SAUGHIER, in Of Philip, Baltimore, MD. Born in 1646 in Vi.
They had one child:
3 i. Margaret (1673-1740)
Thomas BEESON/BESSON
b. 1616/19 England.
Arrived from London to VA in the
"Assurance" about 1635.
Died: Apr 1679 South River, Anne Arundel, MD
Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical List,
new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.
Entries in bold refer to members of the General Assembly from 1635 to 1789 whose
biographies were published in A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature,
1635-1789 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979-85).
(listed in Bold) Besson Thomas, ca. 1617-1679
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he married Hester,
Capt. Thomas, m. by 27 March 1679, Hester, widow of Henry Caplin of AA Co. (Source Maryland Archives marriages: ARMD 51:262).
They had one child:
2 i. Thomas (~1642-)
2. Jr. Thomas BESSON. Born abt 1642 in South River, Anne Arundel, MD.
abt 1672 when Thomas was 30, he married Margaret SAUGHIER, in Of Philip, Baltimore, MD. Born in 1646 in Vi.
They had one child:
3 i. Margaret (1673-1740)