"GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES, REPRINT OF AMOS OTIS PAPERS" Revised by C.F. Swift, Barnstable, MS, 1888. pg 500, 505. "tradition says she was only 14 at marriage, ...mother of twins before she completed 15th year...died in the spring of 1694" (more on pag 505.)
"That she was very young when married, the known age of her mother confirms. After the death of her husband, she occupied the easterly part of his house. Her grandson John Bourne resided with her, and her son Jonathan occupied the west part of the house. She died in the spring of 1694, leaving a will dated June 23, 1684." Tradition relates that Anne's mother had children 15 years younger than her grandchild Abigail.
Vol 26, #4, The American Genealogist, pg 193-4. Oct 1950 "ANTHONY1 BESSE WAS BORN ABOUT 1609, FOR ON 13 JULY 1635 'ANTO BESSE' WAS A PASSENGER FOR NEW ENGLAND ON THE JAMES, AGE STATED AS 26. HE DIED IN SANDWICH, MA SHORTLY BEFORE 21 MAY 1657, THE DATE OF INVENTORY OF HIS ESTATE. He married about 1638, JANE____.
His will, dated 10 Feb 1656/7 and proved 3 June 1657 [Plymouth Colony Wills, see The Mayflower Descendant, 14:152] names his wife Jane, daughters DORCAS, ANN, MARY, JANE and ELIZABETH, and sons NEHEMIAH and DAVID. (more data in this article)
ANN b abt 1641; named 2nd in father's will, then unmd,1656/7. According to a Plymouth Colony Ct. Recd dated 4 Mar 1661/2, Dorcas Bessy, Ann Bessy and Mary Bessy were befoe the Court for "crewell and unnaturel practice toward their father-in-law George Barlow. The confession that Ann made to the Court shows that she was unmarried. (Plymouth Co. Ct. Rec.4:10.) She probably md Andrew Hallet soon after, and was probably
the mother of only one child, MEHITABLE HALLET who md JOHN DEXTER.
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GENEALOGY OF THE DEXTER FAMILY IN AMERICA compiled by WARDEN and
DEXTER, Worcester, MA. 1905.
pg 14: footnote: "ANDREW HALLETT, JR., the son of ANDREW HALLETT of
Weymouth, England, came over in 1635 at the age of 28.
ANDREW JR., settled in Lynn, moving to Yarmouth in 1637. Admitted as
freeman before 1640. In 1642 he bought of Giles Hopkins the first house
known to have been built by white men in town, also ten acres of land. He
afterward purchased other lots until he owned 300 acres. He had rights
in the common land for 500 acres more. He also had land in Barnstable.
He was a shrewd calculator and good business man, and before his death
his taxes amounted to 1/20th of the whole tax of the town. He died in
1684 aged 76 [= born 1608] and by his will, after providing for his wife,
ANNIE, (who was a daughter of ANTHONY BESSE of Sandwich) remembered
his daughters and grandchildren, liberally, and giving to his oldest son,
JONATHAN (who married ABIGAIL DEXTER) the little calves pasture so
called, as a token of his right as oldest son. His sons JOHN and
JONATHAN to divide the rest of the property peacefully between them.
His estate was valued at ll80 lbs. Much of his landed estate remained in
the family for years."
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The American Genealogist, Vol 26, No 4, Oct 1950
Andrew Hallet died in 1684 and soon after his death, his widow ANN
made her will 23 Jun 1684, probated 1 June 1694. She mentions first,
"my youngest daughter MEHITABLE DEXTER"; MY GRANDSON John Bourne;
my daughter RUHAMAH BOURNE; my daughter Abigail Alden; and appointed
these 3 daus to execute her will. The inventory was taken 12 Apr 1694;
amont the items was a debt due from widow Hershey. The inventory was
attested by Ruhamah Hersey dau of ye above deceased Ann Hallet.
Abigail Hallet married 10 Dec 1672, Jonathan2Alden. According to her
tombstone she died Aug 17, 1725 aged 81; thus was born about 1644 and
could not have been the dau of Anne (Besse) Hallet, who was born about
1641. She was her step-daughter.
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There is an Archive record on ANDREW HALLET* Jr.
His daughter, Mehitable Hallet who md John Dexter, has an archive
record and it says her FATHER IS ANDREW HALLET* and her mother's
name is ANNIE BESSE.
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Cape Cod Ser Vol # by Leon Clark Hills: names and birth dates of 6
children and spouses, as well as Andrew Hallett Jr. birth "1615?"and
death date and ANNE BESSE death date.
SOURCE: (1) From charts prepared by Miriam Dexter;
INFORMATION: (1) Resided at Sandwich;
