Stewart and Fox Family History

Hester Keyser (1779 - 1847)

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This information is from The Keyser Family the Bicentnnial Reunion of the Keyser Family 1688 - 1888, Descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam, Compiled by Charles S. Keyser, Philadelphia, 1889, pages 144 and 145.

Born: March 16, 1779, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 25, 1847
Married: John Fox, March 21, 1799, St. Michael's and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parents of John Fox:

Father: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox)
Mother: Sarah "Salome" Lybrand

Parents of Hester Keyser:

Father: Benjamin Keyser, b. unknown, d. unknown, m. Ann Nice prior to 1776.
Mother: Ann Nice

Children of John Fox and Hester Keyser:

1. William Lybrand Fox, m. Marian Holahan

2. Benjamin Fox, m. Louisa Batson

3. Ann Fox, b. 1808; d. July 22, 1856, m. Cephas G. Childs

4. Edward John Fox, m. Martha Chew Johnson
Children of Edward John Fox and Martha Chew Johnson: 1.) William Lybrand Fox; 2.) Thomas Rabb Fox; 3.) Esther Fox; 4.) Edward Wayne Fox; 5.) John Michael Fox b. October 25, 1832, m. Mary J. Simpson February 9, 1859.

Miscellaneous information about Hester Keyser:

John Fox Will Abstract, Philadelphia
Posted on Rootsweb: 10 Jan 2001 12:00PM GMT

Classification: Will
Surnames: Fox
John Fox; not dated; mentioned wife Esther Fox and children; youngest son Edward; properties in Philadelphia, some held in connection with Michael Fox; witnesses Michael Fox, Samuel Fox, Michael Lybrand; Administrations to Michael Fox and Samuel Fox, November 13, 1811

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History: 1813: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vi. P. Limric

LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL DATA
Copyright Vi P. Limric 1999

Source: The Statues at Large of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA, 1911
LAWS PASSED SESSION 1812/13 -- HARRISBURG, PA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly met and is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same.

9. An act authorizing MICHAEL FOX and SAMUEL FOX, administrators with the will annexed, of JOHN FOX, late of the city of Philadelphia, brickmaker, dec., to grant and convey real estate. That it shall be lawful for the administrators to grant and convey the real estate, of John Fox dec., as if they had been nominated and appointed executors of the will.
22 Dec 1812.

Sarah Salome Lybrand (about 1745 - unknown)

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Born: about 1745
Died: unknown
Married: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox), May 25, 1762, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Parents of Sarah Salome Lybrand*:
*Information provided from the Stammbaum der Familien website for Leibbrandt - Leibbrand - Leibrand - Leibrandt - Leipprand; in USA also spelled as: Lybrand - Leibrant; in UK also spelled as: Liebbrandt. http://www.leibbrandt.com/stamm.htm

Father: Johann Konrad Leibbrand, b. 15 July 1701, Leonberg, d. 1753 at sea returning to Germany on the ship "Rhine".
Mother: Regina Salome Weiss, b. abt. 1730 in Leonberg, Württemberg
Emigrated to America: 1751 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, on the ship "Duke of Württemberg".

Children of Johann Konrad Lybrand and Regina Salome Weiss:
1. George Heinrich Lybrand, b. 14 NOV 1734 in Leonberg, Württemberg, d. 23 SEP 1776 in Berks County, Pennsylvania

2. Conrad Lybrand, b. Germany, d. 1792 Philadelphia

3. Johann Christian Lybrand, b. 1744 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 26 NOV 1826 in Philadelphia

4. Sarah "Salome" Lybrand, b. abt 1745

5. Dorothy Lybrand

6. Christina Catherine Lybrand, b. 9 JAN 1754 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Children of Johann Michael Fox and Sarah Salome Lybrand

1. John George Fox
b. February 8, 1763, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Joseph Fox
b. February 29, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. October 30, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3.Mary Dorothea Fox
b. June 11, 1765, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. July 16, 1842, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Johann Frederick Forepaugh, July 9, 1786, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4. Salome (Hannah) Fox
b. February 22, 1767, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. May 12, 1769 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5. John Conrad Fox
b. April 28, 1770, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6. Samuel Fox
b. July 6, 1777; d. August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fox Brick Makers in Philadelphia Directories

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Here is a list of individuals found in Philadelphia Directories who indicated that their profession was brickmaker or bricklayer. Note: I've been told that in early Philadelphia it was common for house numbers to change as new dwellings were built on a block.

1808
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1809
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel M. 23 Sansom
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1811
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel M. 23 Sansom

1813
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry

1814
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th

1816
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th

1817
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry

1825
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1828
Fox, M. 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1829
Fox, M. 37 Filbert
Fox, M. 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1830
Fox, M. 37 Filbert
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox & Bowers South above Broad

1831
Fox, M. 37 Filbert
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1833
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, M. 37 Filbert

1835
Fox, Samuel M. Montgomery Sq.

1837
Fox, Samuel M. 99 Filbert
Fox, John E. 367 Arch
Fox, George 6 near Phoenix Tavern
Fox, Charles Race above 13th
Fox, Samuel 40 Filbert

1839
Fox, James C. 33 Dean
Fox, Charles 469 Sassafras
Fox, Isaac Cadwalader above Master
Fox, Samuel 40 Filbert
Fox, S.M. 99 Filbert
Fox, George 6th above Poplar

1843
Fox, S.M. 32 Madison

1844
Fox, S.M. 36 Rittenhouse
Fox, Samuel 9 Rittenhouse

1846
Fox, S.M. 36 Rittenhouse

1847
Fox, S.M. 3 Park Place

1848
Fox, Samuel M. Rittenhouse N Schuykill 8

1849
Fox, Samuel M. Rittenhouse N Schuykill 8

1855
Fox, Isaac Nicetown Lane
Fox, Elijah J. 401 S. Front
Fox, Lewis Robinson below Montgomery
Fox, Samuel 2 N 16t

George Hinds Sharp (1847 - 1910)

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Note: his name may be George Hines Sharp. My mother identified him on the back of a photo as Uncle Hines.

Born: June 18, 1847, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi
Died: after 1910 possibly in Washington, Louisiana
Married: Leona Gardner, October 20, 1869, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi

Father: Joseph Arrington Sharp, Sr.
Mother: Orleanna McGehee

Here are photos taken about 1921 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The top photo is of my mother, Velma Mae Fox (Stewart). The bottom photo shows, back row l. to r.: Bud, Velma May Fox, Uncle Hines (George Hines Sharp) ; front row l. to r.: Grandma Barwick (Orleanna Sharp Barwick), Aunt Leona (Leona Gardner Sharp). I don't know who Bud is. He may have been a Sharp relative or he may have been a Barwick relative. Both families lived in that area of Mississippi.

Joseph Arrington Sharp, Sr. (1815 - 1902)

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Born: December 28, 1815, Rockingham County, North Carolina
Died: October 7, 1902, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi
Married: Orleanna McGehee, May 8, 1827, Amite County, Mississippi.

Father: George Hinds Sharp
Mother: Mary Hamilton

Story of Joseph Arrington Sharp
Here is a copy of a very old photocopy that my Uncle Red (William Irvin Fox) and Aunt (Martha Chrisman Fox) received about 1980 or earlier when they went to Mississippi looking for information about the family. I don't know where this is from, but the handwriting does look very old. Click image to enlarge.

Story of Orleanna McGehee
This is another handwritten family history that my Uncle Red (William Irvin Fox) and Aunt (Martha Chrisman Fox) received about 1980 or earlier when they went to Mississippi looking for information about the family. I also don't know where this is from, but the handwriting does look very old. Click image to enlarge.

Children of Joseph Arrington Sharp, Sr. and Orleanna McGehee:

1. Edward Christopher Sharp
b. March 20, 1844, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. March 30, 1923, New Orleans, Louisiana; m. Theodosus Mary Jones, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.

2. George Hinds Sharp
b. June 18, 1847, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. after 1910 possibly in Washington, Louisiana; m. Leona Gardner, October 20, 1869, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.

3. David Hamilton Sharp
b. February 12, 1849, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. January 30, 1936, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; m #1 Melissa J. Wilkinson, September 3, 1873; m. #2 Sarah Elizabeth Causey July 2, 1879, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Click here for more information about David Hamilton Sharp and Sarah Elizabeth Causey at Descendants of William Causey, 1744-1828, of Mississippi on Family Tree Maker.

4. Mary Musadorah Sharp
b. April 23, 1851, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. unknown; m. Thomas A. Robinson, October 21, 1869, Mississippi.

5. Verona Jane Sharp
June 19, 1853, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. May 19, 1937, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi

6. William Crawford Sharp
b. October 17, 1855, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. October 20, 1927, Vicksburg, Mississippi, m. Nancy Dixon, December 19, 1852, Amite County, Mississippi.

7. Joseph Arrington Sharp, Jr.
b. January 19, 1858, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. 1951, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi

8. Emma Virginia Sharp
b. November 21, 1861, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. August 11, 1863, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi

9. John Hilton Sharp
b. December 19, 1864, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. July 10, 1934, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; m. #1 Mattie Howell, September 9, 1888, Mississippi.

10. Virgil Hiller Sharp
b. November 14, 1867, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi

11. Orleanna Sharp (a.k.a. Emma Anna Sharp)
b. August 28, 1862, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; d. March 8, 1926, Memphis, Tennessee; m. John Noel Barwick January 8, 1879, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.

In Amite County, Mississippi, just north of Liberty is the Sharp family cemetery at the intersection of Freeman Road and Meadville Road. Here are the inscriptions found on the headstones in that cemetery:

Browder, Emily (McGehee)
Nov. 14, 1823 - Apr. 1, 1903
Married Samuel H. Browder, April 16, 1840

Browder, W. F.
June 2, 1841 - Oct. 13, 1887
Married D. G. Baty, February 26, 1870

Sharp, A. J.
1858 - 1951

Sharp, Mentor & Bud Sharp
(Mentor) Mar. 19, 1899 - Oct. 6, 1889
(Bud) Jan. 19, 1884 - Sept. 25, 1885
Sons of W.C. & M.O. Sharp*

*W.C. Sharp wed M.O. Dixon Dec. 5, 1879

Sharp, D. H. (David Hamilton Sharp)
Feb. 12, 1849 - Jan. 30, 1936
Married Malissa J. Wilkinson, September 3, 1873; married July 2, 1879 Sarah E. Causey, b. September 5, 1856 and d. February 12, 1909

Sharp, Deborah
Jan. 21, 1936 - Jan. 23, 1936

Sharp, Emma V.
Nov. 21, 1861 - Aug. 11, 1863
D/o J.A. & O.A. Sharp

Sharp, Hinds
July 21, 1886 - Aug. 21, 2886
S/o G.H. & L.M. Sharp

Sharp, J. A.
Dec. 28, 1815 - Oct. 7, 1902

Sharp, J. L.
July 19, 1889 - Oct. 30, 1961

Sharp, John H.
1865 - 1933
Married Mattie E. Howell, September 9, 1888

Sharp, Joseph Turner
Stillborn Feb. 7, 1937

Sharp, M. E. (Mattie E. Howell)
Apr, 28, 1869 - Aug. 8, 1910
W/o J.H. Sharp

Sharp, Sarah E.
Sept. 5, 1856 - Feb. 12, 1909
W/o D.H. Sharp

Shanahan, Lelia Sharp
Feb. 2, 1908 - Feb. 18, 1935
D/o Tyson A. and Daisy Cotten Sharp

Sharp, Tyson A. & Daisy Cotten Sharp
(Tyson) Dec. 16, 1882 - Jan. 30, 1967
(Daisy) Feb. 21, 1880 - Aug. 3, 1942

George Hinds Sharp (about 1790 - 1871)

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The earliest Sharp in my family history is George Hinds Sharp. He may have been born about 1790 possibly in North Carolina or Virginia. Paul Walker of Pike County, Mississippi, has supplied much of the information about George Sharp and his wife, Mary Hamilton. Be sure to visit Paul Walker’s “Walker Family of SW Mississippi” information on Rootsweb. As of this writing, George's and Mary's parents are unknown.

Born: about 1790 (assuming he was about 20 when his son was born)
Died: March 31, 1871, Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee
Married: Mary Hamilton, November 25, 1811, Caswell County, North Carolina

Children of George Hinds Sharp and Mary Hamilton:

1. Joseph Arrington Sharp, Sr.
b. December 28, 1815, Rockingham County, North Carolina; d. October 7, 1902, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; m. Orleanna McGehee, May 8, 1827, Amite County, Mississippi.

2. John Winfield Sharp
b. 1825 in Tennessee or North Carolina; d. June 7, 1887, Summit, Pike County, Mississippi; m. Louisa Ann McGehee, May 12, 1842.

In Amite County, Mississippi, just north of Liberty is the Sharp family cemetery at the intersection of Freeman Road and Meadville Road. Here are the inscriptions found on the headstones in that cemetery:

Browder, Emily (McGehee)
Nov. 14, 1823 - Apr. 1, 1903
Married Samuel H. Browder, April 16, 1840

Browder, W. F.
June 2, 1841 - Oct. 13, 1887
Married D. G. Baty, February 26, 1870

Sharp, A. J.
1858 - 1951

Sharp, Mentor & Bud Sharp
(Mentor) Mar. 19, 1899 - Oct. 6, 1889
(Bud) Jan. 19, 1884 - Sept. 25, 1885
Sons of W.C. & M.O. Sharp*

*W.C. Sharp wed M.O. Dixon Dec. 5, 1879

Sharp, D. H. (David Hamilton Sharp)
Feb. 12, 1849 - Jan. 30, 1936
Married Malissa J. Wilkinson, September 3, 1873; married July 2, 1879 Sarah E. Causey, b. September 5, 1856 and d. February 12, 1909

Sharp, Deborah
Jan. 21, 1936 - Jan. 23, 1936

Sharp, Emma V.
Nov. 21, 1861 - Aug. 11, 1863
D/o J.A. & O.A. Sharp

Sharp, Hinds
July 21, 1886 - Aug. 21, 2886
S/o G.H. & L.M. Sharp

Sharp, J. A.
Dec. 28, 1815 - Oct. 7, 1902

Sharp, J. L.
July 19, 1889 - Oct. 30, 1961

Sharp, John H.
1865 - 1933
Married Mattie E. Howell, September 9, 1888

Sharp, Joseph Turner
Stillborn Feb. 7, 1937

Sharp, M. E. (Mattie E. Howell)
Apr, 28, 1869 - Aug. 8, 1910
W/o J.H. Sharp

Sharp, Sarah E.
Sept. 5, 1856 - Feb. 12, 1909
W/o D.H. Sharp

Shanahan, Lelia Sharp
Feb. 2, 1908 - Feb. 18, 1935
D/o Tyson A. and Daisy Cotten Sharp

Sharp, Tyson A. & Daisy Cotten Sharp
(Tyson) Dec. 16, 1882 - Jan. 30, 1967
(Daisy) Feb. 21, 1880 - Aug. 3, 1942

Information about Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia (Samuel Fox family burials)

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Ronaldson's Cemetery, aka Philadelphia Cemetery

The playground that replaced it is a dreary, ugly place.

Ronaldson's Cemetery

This cemetery was incorporated as the Philadelphia Cemetery Company. It was located at Shippen (now Bainbridge), 9th and Fitzwater St. It was established by a deed of trust from James Ronaldson, 1827. Photographed in the collection of the City History Society of Phila.

Article in The Phila. Bulletin (not dated, found at Genealogical Soc. of Pa.)

Old Cemetery in South Phila. Soon to Be a City Playground

by Joseph T. Reichwein

The last chapter is about to be written in the history of Ronaldson Cemetery, an old Philadelphia landmark.

Today workmen began converting the 123- year-old burial ground bounded by Bainbridge and Fitzwater sts. in the block between 8th and 9th, into a city playground.

Thus will end a riches-to-rags existence for the cemetery, which was once considered the most beautiful in the country, but which, for the last 25 years has been a eglected eyesore-a dumping ground for neighborhood junk.

13,500 to be Reburied

First step in the conversion will be the disinterment and reburial of some 13,500 dead.

Included are the bodies of Revolutionary War heroes and stars of the early stage.

The bodies of six patriots and the stones that mark their graves will be transferred to the burial ground behind Old Swedes Church, Swanson and Christian sts. The area is now a national shrine.

The other dead will be reburied in a section of Forest Hills Cemetery, Somerton. Their graves will be marked by bronze tablets and the crumbling old tombstones in Ronaldson's will be destroyed.

Ronaldson's Cemetery was founded in 1827 by James Ronaldson, who came to this city from Scotland and established a type foundry.

Ronaldson founded the burial grounds because there was no place but Potter's Field in which to bury persons who belonged to no religious congregation.

Many Actors There

Ronaldson's is listed in some old records as "the actor's cemetery," because so many theatrical people are buried there. Most actors, in those days, couldn't be placed in church cemeteries, so their friends purchased space in Ronaldson's.

The main entrance was on Bainbridge St. A wide avenue ran back to Fitzwater st., and many gravel walks cut through the plot. The whole place was beautifully landscaped. Flowers bloomed everywhere.

There are little buildings on each side of the massive iron gate. The founder designed one to be the residence of the caretaker.

The other served as the "bell house." In it, persons who died unexpectedly were placed for three days. A string attached to a bell was placed in their hands so that if there was a move of returning life the bell would ring and arouse the caretaker

Mrs. Karl Boesenhofer, whose Father used to be caretaker, still lives in the tiny residence. The bell house has fallen into disrepair. Both buildings will be torn down.

Funds Inadequate

Ronaldson saved a portion of the space at the front of the plot for his family and sold the rest. In 1833, the lot-holders were Incorporated as the Philadelphia Cemetery Company.

Many of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried there were transferred from an old burial ground behind Independence Hall.

As the lot-holders died and the shape of the city changed, interest in the old cemetery declined. The caretaker remained, but funds to keep the place in condition were inadequate.

According to the records, the last persons buried there were several influenza victims in 1918.

Today Ronaldson is littered with tin cans, pop bottles and trash of all sorts. The paths and graves are weed-covered. Many of the high monuments and markers are crumbled.

As far back as 1922 it was proposed that the city take over the land. Finally, in 1946, after a long series of discussions and court proceedings, the city and the cemetery company reached their agreement. The city will foot the bill for the removal and reburial of the bodies.

The work will be done under the direction of Thomas A. Morris, president of the Evergreen Memorial Park Assn.

Rector Makes Search

Dr. John Craig Ronk, rector of Old Swedes Church, when he learned of the proposed move, made a search of the cemetery and located, through still legible stones, the graves of six old soldiers. They include General William Irvine, who died in 1804 after serving in the Revolution and also as a delegate to the Continental Congress: Captain William Moore, who died at the age of 86: Captain Abraham Parsons, who according to his tombstone, "served all through the Revolution and was for a time a prisoner of the British." Captain Wm. McFadden, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who died here in 1839, and Captain John Barber,who served in the war of 1812.

Dr. Ronk has set aside a corner of Old Swedes Cemetery for their new graves.

Morris said the big stone over the grave of Ronaldson, still in fairly good shape, will be placed in Forest Hills as the hub of the new cemetery.

A history & interesting ancedotes about Ronaldson's Cemetery can be found in "Men and Things column" of the Phila. Bulletin, July 22, 1891, a copy of which is in Ashmead's Newspaper Cutting, vol. 4, pp. 137-139

>From Genealogies of Pa. Families by Broderbund Software Inc., Banner Blue Div.

James Ronaldson, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, the first president of The
Franklin Instit. 1824-1841, vice-president of the St. Andrew's Soc.
1829-1830, and owned and laid out Ronaldson's Cemetery. It was a burial
ground for the interment of his friend's and deceased human beings other than
person's of color.

Fox Family Cemetery / Burials Records in Philadelphia

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Samuel Fox originally purchased a cemetery lot in the Philadelphia Cemetery in 1832. Presumably, it was to bury John M. Fox on March 21, 1832. John M. Fox had died and been buried at St. Michael's and Zion Luthern Church, but was disenterred March 20, 1832.

The Philadelphia Cemetery changed hands and became Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia. Ronalson's became neglected and all the graves were moved to Forest Hill cemetery. All that exists at Forest Hill is a mass grave with one monument designating that area as the former Ronaldson's cemetery. The office of Forest Hill has a burial record book containing the burial records from Ronaldson's including the records of the Samuel Fox family burials (see image following the burials listing).

The Calculated Birth Date in the following table is based on the age at death that is shown in the original burial record.

Records of Samuel FOX cemetery lot, Ronaldson's
Cemetery, 9th and Fitzwater Sts., Philadelphia

.	Calculated	.
.	Birth	.
Name	Date	Burial Date
Samuel FOX (FUCHS)	1778	9/15/1870
Elizabeth Wehling FOX	1780	9/8/1837
George FOX	1801	4/19/1839
Eliza Fox HOPPER	1805	6/13/1872
John M. FOX	1807	3/21/1832
Anna Marie Fox HAND	1812	4/13/1892
Elizabeth Fox SIMONS	1814	12/20/1856
Ellen L. FOX	1817	3/17/1844
William P. FOX	1818	6/10/1895
Anna E. FOX	1835	2/28/1839
Samuel FOX Jr.	1836	4/18/1869
Mary E. FOX	1836	10/15/1839
William H. H. FOX	1840	8/18/1863
Harry C. FOX	1842	1/10/1870
John M. FOX	1842	12/2/1842
Emma FOX	1842	4/16/1866
Clifton C. FOX	1843	6/27/1843
Charles FOX	1846	4/14/1854
Lambert T. FOX	1851	9/8/1852
Joseph FOX	1868	12/15/1869
Margaret M. FOX	1869	9/22/1870

Here is a copy of the burial records for the Samuel Fox plot at Ronaldson's Cemetery. Click on the image to enlarge it.

FOX burial records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Race St. below 5th and 6th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

.	Calculated	.
.	Birth	.
Name	Date	Burial Date
Michael FOX	1768	7/14/1838
John FOX	1773	3/5/1811
John FOX	1791	2/5/1855
Anna Margaretta w/o Michael	1778	4/25/1833
John FOX	1791	2/25/1855
John M. FOX s/o Samuel	1807	3/20/1832
Sarah Ann FOX d/o Michael	1807	7/9/1827
Michael FOX s/o Michael	1810	2/4/1812
Michael FOX s/o Michael	1813	7/15/1815
William FOX s/o Michael	1815	10/31/1815
Salome Mary FOX d/o Samuel	1816	2/10/1817
E.W. Kerper gs/o Michael	1825	7/9/1827
Edward FOX s/o Michael	?	5/24/1823
Daniel FOX	?	5/19/1890

Misc. FOX records from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Race St. below 5th and 6th, Philadelphia

Name	Event
Anna Margaretta FOX	birth 4/12/1813 d/o Michael & Margaret
John Michael FOX	birth 12/8/1816 s/o Michael & Margaretta
Joseph Lybrand FOX	birth 5/31/1819 s/o Michael & Margaret
Ann Eliza FOX	birth 8/31/1838 d/o Samuel M. & Mary Ann
Samuel Middleton FOX	birth 2/12/1811 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
John Michael FOX	birth 11/16/1806 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Mary Salome FOX	birth 10/5/1816 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
William Penn FOX	birth 1/7/1818 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Salome Mary FOX	birth 6/19/1819 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
James Coleman FOX	birth 5/29/1809 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Ann Meriah FOX	birth 11/3/1812 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Samuel M. FOX	married Mary Ann Esther 12/9/1834

Misc. records from St. Michael's & Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4th
and Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Name	Event
Samuel FUCHS	birth 6/2/1777 s/o John Michael & Salome
Samuel FUCHS	birth 3/4/1787 s/o Christian & Margaretta
Samuel FOX	married Elizabeth Wehling 1/7/1808
John FOX	married Hester Keyser 3/21/1799 (s/o Michael & Sally d/o Benjamin and Ann)
John Michael FOX	married Salome Lybrand 5/25/1762
Johann Georg FUCHS	birth 2/8/1763 s/o Michael & Salome
Joseph FUCHS	birth 2/29/1764 s/o Michael & Salome
Maria Dorothea FUCHS	birth 6/11/1765 d/o Michael & Salome
Salome FUCHS	birth 2/22/1767 d/o Johann Michael & Salome
Johann Conrad FUCHS	birth 4/28/1770 s/o Johann Michael & Salome

Myrtle Dallas Barwick (1879 - 1942)

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Born: November 28, 1879, Amite County, Mississippi
Died: October 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee
Married: William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr. , July 21, 1898, Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)

Father: John Noel Barwick, b. November 13, 1849, Santee, Mississippi; d. December 23, 1912, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mother: Orleanna Sharp (a.k.a. Emma Anna Sharp), b. August 28, 1862, Amite County, Mississippi; m. John Noel Barwick January 8, 1879; d. March 8, 1926, Memphis, Tennessee.

Children of William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr. , and Myrtle Dallas Barwick:

1. Carl Hall Fox
b. August 1899, Natchez, Mississippi

2. Aubrey Emanuel "Coolie" Fox, Sr.
b. about 1901, Natchez, Mississippi; d. Memphis, Tennessee; m. Allyne Townsley, Memphis, Tennessee

3. Irvin William "Red" Fox
b. November 13, 1907, Natchez, Mississippi; d. ; m. Martha Frances Chrisman

4. Velma May Fox
b. May 14, 1911, Natchez, Mississippi; d. December 20, 1994, Memphis, Tennessee; m. Melvin Dale Stewart, August 6, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee

John Noel Barwick (1849 - 1912)

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Barwick Family History.

This photo which was taken in Summit, Amite County, Mississippi is of John Noel Barwick, his wife Orleanna Sharp (a.k.a. Emma Anna Sharp) and their only daughter, Myrtle Dallas Barwick. This photo is probably from 1887.

Born: November 13, 1849, Santee, Mississippi
Died: December 23, 1912, Memphis, Tennessee
Married: Orleanna Sharp a.k.a. Emma Anna Sharp, January 8, 1879

Parents of John Noel Barwick:

Father: William C. Barwick, b. about 1830
Mother: Susan Hathorn, b. about 1830

Only child of John Noel Barwick and Orleanna Sharp:

1. Myrtle Dallas Barwick
b. November 28, 1879, Amite County, Mississippi; d. October 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee.

Buried: Natchez City Cemetery (Woodsmen of the World headstone)

William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr. (1878 - 1964)

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William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr., about 1950, Memphis, Tennessee

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William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr., about 1885, Natchez, Mississippi

Born: February 6, 1878, Natchez, Mississippi
Died: February 6, 1964, Memphis, Tennessee
Married: Myrtle Dallas Barwick, July 21, 1898, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Children of William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr., and Myrtle Dallas Barwick:

1. Carl Hall Fox
b. August 1899, Natchez, Mississippi

2. Aubrey Emanuel "Coolie" Fox, Sr.
b. about 1901, Natchez, Mississippi; d. Memphis, Tennessee; m. Allyne Townsley, Memphis, Tennessee

3. Irvin William "Red" Fox
b. November 13, 1907, Natchez, Mississippi; d. ; m. Martha Frances Chrisman

4. Velma May Fox
b. May 14, 1911, Natchez, Mississippi; d. December 20, 1994, Memphis, Tennessee; m. Melvin Dale Stewart, August 6, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee

After leaving Natchez, the Foxes lived on the Gayoso farm in northern Mississippi. They moved there by horse-drawn wagon probably in 1913. In was on the Gayoso farm that William H. H. Fox, Jr. lost the eyesight in one eye in an accident. They then moved to Memphis and lived at 1353 Sardis St. on the northwest corner of Sardis and Olive St. William H. H. Fox, Jr., worked for the Illinois Central railroad as a pipefitter. At the home on Sardis, the family had a horse named Pansy and two hogs named Sookie and Sook. We all called him Papa, and all his friends and other relatives called him Willie.

William H. H. Fox, Jr., who was called by his nickname, Willie, was a kind southern gentleman. In his later years, he often visited patients in hospitals and usually gave them a gift of roll candy.

Toward the end of his life, he developed dimentia and lived in several nursing homes. He died of a stroke.

Here's a photo of the Fox family at their home in Memphis, Tennessee, at 1353 Sardis St. In the back row are: Aubrey Emanuel Fox (Sr.), William Henry Harrision Fox, Jr., Myrtle Dallas Barwick Fox, and Orleanna (Emma Anna) Sharp Barwick (Myrtle Dallas Barwick Fox's mother). In the front row are: Velma May Fox and Irvin William Fox. This photo is probably from 1920.

Wife #2: For a short time in the 1950s, he married his second wife, Nannette Brown, in Memphis. The marriage was short, and that's about the best thing that can be said about it.

William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr. (1838 - 1926)

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Born: October 23, 1838, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: January 21, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi
Married: Elizabeth Catherine House, May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi
He was called Billy by his friends.

Children of William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr. and Elizabeth Catherine House:

1. Caradine Mary Fox
b. March 17, 1867, Natchez, Mississippi; d. Natchez, Mississippi; m. Charles William Purnell, Natchez, Mississippi

2. James Alfred Fox
b. July 10, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi; d. August 26, 1943, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Irene Amanda Smith, October 28, 1896, Natchez, Mississippi

3. Casey M. Fox
b. June 25, 1874, Natchez, Mississippi; d. June 24, 1896, Natchez, Mississippi

4. William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr.
b. February 6, 1878, Natchez, Mississippi; d. February 6, 1964, Memphis, Tennessee; m. Myrtle Dallas Barwick

Photo including William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr. (first row, middle) presumably taken in 1923 for the 33rd Annual Reunion of the Mississippi Division U.C.V. and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Natchez, Mississippi, June 12-14, 1923. NOTE: The battle flag in this photo is now stored in the Mississippi State Archives, Jackson, Mississippi, placed there by Irene Cotten and other family members.

Death Notice of William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr., printed in the Natchez Democrat, Friday Morning, January 22, 1926.

Obituary of William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr., printed in the Natchez Democrat

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Samuel Fox -- (1777 - 1870) Philadelphia

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Samuel Fox was a brickmaker in Philadelphia. His company name was Samuel Fox & Sons.

Born: July 6, 1777, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Married: Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parents of Samuel Fox:

Father: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox)
Mother: Salome "Sarah" Lybrand

Children of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling:

1. James Fox

2. Samuel Middleton Fox
b. February 12, 1811, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. ; m. Mary Ann Esther December 9, 1834

3. William Penn Fox

4. Eliza Fox
b. ; d. ; m. Hopper

5. Elizabeth Fox

6. Ellen L. Fox

7. George Fox

8. James C. Fox
b. May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. December 1856, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Catharine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania.

9. John Middleton Fox
b. 1807, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10. Anna Marie Fox
b. 1812, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. John E. Hand, Philadilphia, Pennsylvania. Buried Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

11. Salome Mary Fox
b. October 10, 1816, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Addresses:

Home:

1825: 37 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1837: 40 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1870: 1212 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Business:

1855: 52 N. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Samuel Fox and Samuel M. Fox)

Miscellaneous information about Samuel Fox:

Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part A: 1823: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.

John Stock, Philadelphia, Painter and Glazier. Will written: April 4, 1823; proved May 26, 1823. Executors were: Michael Baker (of Philadelphia) - Hardware Dealer; Samuel Fox, Brickmaker. Witnesses were: Lewis Walker, John Byerly and George Fox.

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Wills: Abstracts, Book 6 - Part A: 1815: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.

John Martin, Philadelphia, Carter. Will written: July 21, 1815; will proved: July 29, 1815. Executors were: Friends George Peterman of said city, flour merchant, and Samuel Fox of same place, brick maker.

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John Fox Will Abstract, Philadelphia
Posted on Rootsweb: 10 Jan 2001 12:00PM GMT

Classification: Will
Surnames: Fox
John Fox; not dated; mentioned wife Esther Fox and children; youngest son Edward; properties in Philadelphia, some held in connection with Michael Fox; witnesses Michael Fox, Samuel Fox, Michael Lybrand; Administrations to Michael Fox and Samuel Fox, November 13, 1811

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Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part C: 1825: Philadelphia Co, PA
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MOORE, ELIZABETH. Philadelphia. Widow.
April __, 1825. April 30, 1825. 8.411.
Mother: Elizabeth Meyers.
Children: Thomas, Marmaduke, Elizabeth, Maria.
Exrs. to be guardian of Elizabeth and Maria.
Exec: Friends: Christopher Tennant, Daniel Oldenburgh.
Wit: A. C. Salaignac, Samuel Fox.

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History: 1813: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vi. P. Limric

LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL DATA
Copyright Vi P. Limric 1999

Source: The Statues at Large of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA, 1911
LAWS PASSED SESSION 1812/13 -- HARRISBURG, PA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly met and is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same.

9. An act authorizing MICHAEL FOX and SAMUEL FOX, administrators with the will annexed, of JOHN FOX, late of the city of Philadelphia, brickmaker, dec., to grant and convey real estate. That it shall be lawful for the administrators to grant and convey the real estate, of John Fox dec., as if they had been nominated and appointed executors of the will.
22 Dec 1812.

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SHEAFLY, MARY. Northern Liberties, City of Philadelphia. November 11,
1806. June 27, 1808. 2.315.
To granddau. Mary Warner, dau. of only son Joseph Sheafly decd., and
her husband John F. Warner, son of Heronimus Warner, all estate
allowing my husband John Sheafly to have his maintenance out of same
during life. Exec: Heronimus Warner and John F. Warner. Letters
granted to John F. Warner. Witnesses: John M. Irwin, Jacob Lybrand,
Samuel Fox.

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In the book History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 By John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, Samuel Fox is mentioned in the Firemen, Fire Companies and Large Fires Section:

Page 1892. “The Diligent Fire Company in 1800 had its apparatus in the house on Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, in front of Mrs. Myers’ lot. In 1807 a removal was made, and a grant of a lot of ground for twenty-one years on Ninth Street, below Market, was procured from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. A brick house was build there in 1811. The original fire-engine, built for the company by Richard Mason, was replaced by another in January 1822, built by Patrick Lyon, the chambers of which were not less than nine and a half inches in diameter. This engine was the most powerful in America, and was know as “Pat Lyon’s masterpiece.” …The meetings of the company were held in 1800 at the house of Mrs. Myers; afterward at the house of John Cordner, in Filbert Street, above Eighth. In 1804 they were held at Amos Holahan’s Golden Lion, Eighth and Filbert Streets; afterward at the Robin Hood, in Filbert Street; and afterward at Keyser’s school room. Among the members after 1800 were James Traquair (marble-mason), John Dunlap (printer), Dr. Thomas Ruston, Henry Sailor, Timothy Banger, Charlee Keyser, Samuel Fox, Samuel Porter, Michael Lybrandt.”

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Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox (the son of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling) by William Struthers, a marble mason in Philadelphia. William Struthers' company, William Struthers & Company, was a marble and contracting business in Philadelphia, whose commissions included the United States Mint, George Washington's sarcophagus and most of Philadelphia's most important monuments, including The Merchant's Exchange, the Philadelphia Exchange, The Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad Building, and the Mechanic's Bank. Note how the letter says, "No brickmakers in the City have had a better reputation than S. Fox & Sons." That's quite a good endorsement from someone as prominent in the United States as William Struthers. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.

Johann Michael Fuchs/Fox (1745 - 1802) Philadelphia

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Until July 30, 2009, I was only been able to trace my Fox family history back to Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox) who lived in Philadelphia. That's the day I found the Goodhart Family website containing more information about the Fuchs/Fox family.

Born: April 16, 1748, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Died: March 5, 1802, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Married: #2** Sarah "Salome" Lybrand, May 25, 1762

Parents of Johann Michael Fox:

Father*: Johann Nikolas Fuchs, b. September 29, 1697 in Gemünden Hunsrück, d. January 11, 1759 in Gemünden Hunsrück
Mother*: Anna Katarina Reuter, b. 1717 in Gemünden Hunsrück, d. November 7, 1780 in Gemünden Hunsrück

*This information is from the GEDCOM provided by Michael Tyler Goodhart. In the GEDCOM, Johann Michael Fuchs' name is shown as Joh Nickel Fuchs. Goodhartfamily.org: Uniting the Families

Children of Johann Michael Fox and Sarah Salome Lybrand

1. John George Fox
b. February 8, 1763, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Joseph Fox
b. February 29, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. October 30, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3.Mary Dorothea Fox
b. June 11, 1765, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. July 16, 1842, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Johann Frederick Forepaugh, July 9, 1786, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4. Samuel Fox
b. July 6, 1777; d. August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5. Salome (Hannah) Fox
b. February 22, 1767, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. May 12, 1769 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6. John Conrad Fox
b. April 28, 1770, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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**Marriage #1: Elizabeth Fox, b. July 6, 1741, d. 06 NOV 1761 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
**Marriage #3: E. K. Breitenbach

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Miscellaneous Information about Michael Fox

Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834

WEISMAN, GEORGE PHILIP. City of Phila. Nailor.
April 7, 1789. May 1, 1789. U.256.
Wife: Catherine. Children: Christina Elizabeth [Wife of Jacob
Heyberger], John Christian Frederick, Susanna Louisa, George Philip,
John William, Catharine Margeretta, John Frederick, Christian Samuel,
Nicholas Emanuel. Exec: Catharine and John Christian Frederick
Weisman. Wit: John Baker, Christopher Baker, Michael Fox.

Parthenia Bessonett Richardson and the Bessonett Lowestoft Bowl

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Here's some information provided by Dave Linfoot of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.

First is a scan of a photocopy of a photo of Parthenia Bessonett Richardson who is the grandmother of Marion E. Wenzell.

Next is an image of a china bowl that was owned by Elizabeth Bessonett, wife of James Bessonett, followed by a description of the bowl...the original handwritten copy followed by a typed version of the handwriting.

The Bessonett Lowestoft Bowl and Assorted Pieces of China

Translation of an undated letter written by Mary A. (Richardson) Wenzell, daughter of Parthenia Bessonett and great-grandmother of David A. and Benjamin R. Linfoot.

"This bowl, the property of Mary A. Wenzell, was bequeathed to her by her grandmother Mrs. Elizabeth Bessonett, wife of James Bessonett of Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1881, and was then 150 years old. When the British troops passed through Burlington, NJ during the Revolutionary war it was securely hidden in a cellar by Elizabeth Fennimore and from her it came into the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Bessonett."

The large Lowestoft bowl is of chinese Import-Export origin, circa 1754. While badly cracked, it has since been expertly restored. It should not be cleaned in water, only wiped with a damp cloth. Hidden with it during the war were the following chinese Import-Export items, again circa 1754: a cup; a seed dish with a piece missing from the rim; a tea cup with a dime-sized flower design (missing); a 4" high porcelain scent bottle (stopper missing), and a handle-less tea cup.

Dave Linfoot
6/14/04

David A. Linfoot
243 Righters Mill Rd.
Gladwyn, Pennsylvania 19035

Bessonet, Bessonay -- France 1431 - 1672

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Here is some information about the early years of the family in France as included in the book Notices genealogiques sur les familles genevoises : depuis les premiers by Jacques Augustin Galiffe, John-Barthélemy-Gaifre Galiffe, Eugène Ritter, Louis Dufour-Vernes, Aymon Galiffe. First is the Google translation from French to English. Second is the original French text. I have not been able to connect these people to the Bessonett family in the U.S. I'm just including it for everyone's information.

ENGLISH VERSION

BESSONAY, BESSONET

This family, originally from Annessy, having properties in Nyon, where a few individuals settled, at least momentarily, from time to time, this results in their genealogy gaps that I could fulfill.

Weapons: I saw two different stamps: one cut: 1 a lion rampant between two laurel branches which meet in a point; the latter a figure expèces or lakes.

The second stamp quartered, 1 to 4 and a lion rampant against a dry, 3 to 4 and a globe surmounted by a cross. These are the character of a letter, addressee, in 1596, to No. Philibert Blondel, by Abel Bessonnet No. of Angles.

Étienne Bessonay said Gallinat, BG was received in 1402 the same year, we see Stephen Bessonay of Annessy, BG: I think that is the same. It paroît have left three enfans:

1. Étienne below.
2. Jeannette, f. John Voland, *
3. Aymon, f. Pierre Cochet, *

* ffeu Etne Bessonay, 1431.

Étienne Bessonay, the young, BG is not ffue Stephen said in an act of 1430, appointing his wife Jeannette, ffeu Aymery Pellionex. They avoient a house in St.-Léger.

I. François Bessonay of Balaison, BG was received in 1473, and left at least two son.

1. Guillaume, who follows.
2. Jean Bessonnet, based in Nyon, and died before 1527, leaving two son Philippe and Jaques made in Nyon, and with undivided funds with their cousins, and with Jean Baud. One forma probably branch of Nicolas, and the other that of Claude, mentioned below.

II. Guillaume Bessonnet, CG, left at least five enfans:

1. Égrége Claude, who married (1) Guillaume, F. of Nycod of Villars, which testa February 6 1524, se; (2) Clauda Pertems widow of John Bernard, which I do not know if it was some enfans. It vivoit with it in 1525 and 26, and vivoit again in 1550.
2. Sébastien below.
3. Égrége Jaques Bessonnet, married, in 1517, with Philibert, Michel Blanc ffeu or Albi.
4. Jean, whose article will follow the descendants of Sebastian.
5. Jeannette, fem. Marc Cohendoz of Balayson it made a donation to his brother Claude, in 1524.

III. Sir Sebastian, or Bessonnet Bastien, said 40-year-old in 1537, died of fever on 23 April 1545.

Micah Ep, f. Nicolas Rolet the trustee, which he had:

1. Claude below.
2. Micah, f. Amaury de Félix 1542.
3. Jeanne, f. Ruffie Guillaume St. Maurice sus Bellerive 1540.
4. Jean Bessonnet, which Aymon White, his wife, it left a son a daughter, Antoine and Antoine.

IV. No. Bessonnet Claude, C.G., had two wives. I do not know who étoit the first, he had a son named Claude, like him. The second, whom he married in 1565, Françoise étoit No. Arsin, widow Pierre Duret dusire Lyon. (Cont. received by Jean Fichet, Note.) It was Abel who follows.

V. No. Bessonnet Abel, residing at Angles, leaving three enfans.

1. No. Janus Bessonnet
2. Philibert, f. No. of Humbert Lanier.
3. No. Jean Bessonnet qualified middle angles in an act of deMonthoux, Note, 1628.

III. Jean Bessonnet (son of William) was CC in 1535. He had married Étiennette, f. Nycod of Courtagier, do not it would:

1. Antoine below.
2. Antoine.
3. Étienne.
4. Françoise, fem. Pierre de Faigniant, C.G.

IV. Antoine Bessonnet, CC in 1556, had éepousé (1) 1552, Bernarde Bonjean (2) 1555, Clauda Fosseret, with whom he vivoit in 1561. It was the second reads a son named Jaques, born in 1558.

III. Étienne Bessonnet died before 1524, I have been paroît son of William, his son being under the tutelage of égrége Claude Bessonnet probably their uncle. Avoit He married Raimondine, f. Pierre Poterel, BG, who appoints its enfans in his will of 22 March 1529. It was:

1. Louis, *
2. Claude, *
* heirs of their maternal grandfather.

Thomas Bessonnet, † before 1539, étoit course of the same family because of Guillaum Villars, first wife of Claude Bessonnet, son of William, made a bequest to his daughter in 1524. He married Antoine avoit, widow of ... ... of Molard, it was:

1. Emma, fem. Pierre Arnolet (cont. 1539. DeCompois Note).
2. Jeanne Antoine, legate of the Guillaum above Villars, 1524.
3. Thomas étoit, in 1539, under the tutelage of Hudriol Molard and his sister: he will in favor of his brother, Claude, and Jean du Hudriol Molard, deprived of all its parens paternal side.

IV. Nicolas Bessonnet, BG and Nyon, residing in this city, son of Philip étoit or Jaques Bessonnet; ep. Urban f. by Thomas de Veruca Bs in Nyon, it was:

1. Nicolas below.
2. Clauda married in 1610, with Jean, f. Laurent Voulthier (cont. from 9 February 1610. Monthoux Summer of Note).

V. Bessonnet Nicolas, born in Nyon on 24 June 1601, in Geneva, ép. (1) February 24 1623, in Nyon, Sara, f. Louis Boussard, B.G.; (2) February 5 1637, Mary, f. Abraham Becquier, Geneva (3) March 26 1643, Guillaume, F. Samuel Pattey, CG, laquille testa, 15 aoust 1677, before Jean de Harsu Note; s'étoit she married Jacob Bourcard, BG

It was first lit:

1. Pauline
2. Micah
3. Louise.

The second:

4. Georgea 5. Samuel, 6. Elizabeth.

And third:

7. Elizabeth
8. Frances.
9. Jean follows.
10. Gedeon, article follow.
11. Marie 12. Martha, 13. Marie.
14. Jeanne, fem. No. of Isaac Fabri (cont. aoust 4 of 1683. She had 20.000 fl. dowry. Harsu of Note).
15. Daniel.
16. Françoise, fem. Jean Bonnet.
17. Judith, fem. Zechariah Cochet.

VI. Jean Bessonnet, born 1650.

Ep., 26 aoust 1670, Elizabeth, ffeu
Att François Rigaud, whom he had:

1. Jacob following *
2. Marie 3. Jaqueline .*

The contract with John Bessonnet Elizabeth, Rigaud, aue was passed December 31 1685, fifteen years after marriage.

VII. Att Bessonnet Jacob, pastor and teacher, born in 1675, tested in 1750; ep., 2 March 1710, Sara, f. No. RILLIET of Jacob and Aymée Mestrézat, it was:

1. Jacob.
2. Elizabeth, born 1712, fem. Jean Cazenove.
3. Marie-Jeanne, fem. No. of Jean-Antoine Grenus.

V. Gédéon Bessonnet, born 1654, tested in 1715.

Ep., 4 April 1672, Hope, f. of (unreadable name) Revilliod which it was:

1. Jacob below.
2. Louis;
3. Elizabeth;
4. Hope, fem. Paul Thors.
5. Jaques, Susanne Gaudet married, he had a son named Bernard.

VI. Jacob Bessonnet.

Ep. Sara Mace, which he had:

1. Abraham;
2. Paul;
3. François;
4. Abraham.
5. Sara, fem. Lenard Bourdillon.

IV. Claude Bessonnet, cousin of Nicolas, was father of Stephen aui follows.

V. Étienne Bessonnet, ép. Françoise George (cont. 22 April 1639. Is Monthoux of Note). He had a daughter named Pernette, born 1651.

Marie Bessonnet, cousin Sebastien (of Verneto, Note, 14 July 1544), married to Andrea Stone, who vivoit with him in 1565, which he had Bessonnet Jeanne, married in 1571, with Sambuside Lazare.

Aymon Bessonnet, BG and his son Stephen, vivoient in 1515. Peronette, daughter of said Aumone or Aymonet is instituted legatee by Guillaume du Villard, fem. égrége of Claude Bessonnet, Septier for a good white wine.

FRENCH BELOW THIS LINE

BESSONAY, BESSONET

Cette famille, originaire d’Annessy, ayant eu des propriétés à Nyon, où quelques individus s’établirent, au moins momentanément, de temps à autre, il en résulte dans leur généalogie des lacunes que je n’ai pu remplir.

Armes: j’en ai vu deux cachets différens : le premier porte coupé : au 1er un lion rampant entre deux branches de laurier qui se réunissent en pointe; au second une expèce de chiffre ou de lacs.

Le second cachet porte écartelé; aux 1 et 4 un lion rampant contre un arbre sec; aux 3 et 4 un globe surmonté d’une croix. Celles-ci se voient au cachet d’une lettre, addressée, en 1596, à No. Philibert Blondel, par No. Abel Bessonnet de Cornières.

Étienne Bessonay, dit Gallinat, fut reçu B.G. en 1402 : la même année, on voit Étienne Bessonay d’Annessy, B.G.: je pense que c’est le même. Il paroît avoir laissé trois enfans:

1. Étienne qui suit.
2. Jeannette, f. de Jean Voland,*
3. Aymone, f. de Pierre Cochet,*

*ffeu Étne Bessonay, 1431.

Étienne Bessonay, le jeune, B.G., n’est pas dit ffue Étienne dans un acte de 1430, qui nomme sa femme Jeannette, ffeu Aymery Pellionex. Ils avoient une maison à St.-Léger.

I. François Bessonay, de Balaison, fut reçu B.G., en 1473, et laissa au moins deux fils.

1. Guillaume, qui suit.
2. Jean Bessonnet, établi à Nyon, et mort avant 1527, laissant deux fils : Philippe et jaques, établis à Nyon, et possédant des fonds indivis avec leurs cousins germains, et avec Jean Baud. L’un d’eux forma sans doute la branche de Nicolas, et l’autre celle de Claude, mentionnées ci-après.

II. Guillaume Bessonnet, C.G., laissa au moins cinq enfans:

1. Égrége Claude, qui épousa (1) Guillauma, f. de Nycod du Villars, qui testa le 6 fév. 1524, s.e.; (2) Clauda Pertems veuve de Jean Bernard, dont j’ignore s’il eut des enfans. Il vivoit avec elle en 1525 et 26, et elle vivoit encore en 1550.
2. Sébastien qui suit.
3. Égrége Jaques Bessonnet, marié, en 1517, avec Philiberte, ffeu Michel Blanc, ou Albi.
4. Jean, dont l’article suivra la postérité de Sébastien.
5. Jeannette, fem. de Marc Cohendoz, de Balayson; elle fit une donation à son frère Claude, en 1524.

III. Sire Sébastien, ou Bastien Bessonnet, dit âgé de 40 ans en 1537, mort de peste le 23 avril 1545.

Ep. Michée, f. du syndic Rolet Nicolas, dont il eut:

1. Claude qui suit.
2. Michée, f. de Félix Amaury 1542.
3. Jeanne, f. de Guillaume Ruffiez de St.-Maurice sus Bellerive 1540.
4. Jean Bessonnet, qui de Aymone Blanc, sa femme, laissa un fils it une fille, Antoine et Antoina.

IV. No. Claude Bessonnet, C.G., eut deux femmes. J’ignore qui étoit la première, dont il eut un fils nommé Claude, comme lui. La seconde, qu’il épousa en 1565, étoit No. Françoise Arsin, veuve dusire Pierre Duret de Lyon. (Cont. reçu par Jean Fichet, Note.) Il en eut Abel qui suit.

V. No. Abel Bessonnet, demeurant à Cornières, laissa trois enfans.

1. No. Janus Bessonnet
2. Philiberte, f. de No. Humbert Lanier.
3. No. Jean Bessonnet, qualifié bourgeois de Cornières dans un acte de deMonthoux, Note, 1628.

III. Jean Bessonnet (fils de Guillaume) fut du CC en 1535. Il avait épousé Étiennette, f. de Nycod Courtagier, don’t il eut:

1. Antoine qui suit.
2. Antoina.
3. Étienne.
4. Françoise, fem. De Pierre de Faigniant, C.G.

IV. Antoine Bessonnet, du CC en 1556, avoit éepousé (1) 1552, Bernarde Bonjean; (2) 1555, Clauda Fosseret, avec laquelle il vivoit en 1561. Il eut du second lit un fils nommé Jaques, né en 1558.

III. Étienne Bessonnet, mort avant 1524, me paroît avoir été fils de Guillaume, ses fils étant alors sous la tutelle d’égrége Claude Bessonnet probablement leur oncle. Il avoit épousé Raimondine, f. de Pierre Poterel, B.G., qui nomme ses enfans dans son testament du 22 mars 1529. Il en eut:

1. Louis,*
2. Claude,*
*cohéritiers de leur grand-père maternel.

Thomas Bessonnet, † avant 1539, étoit évidemment de la même famille, car Guillauma du Villars, première femme de Claude Bessonnet, fils de Guillaume, fait un legs à sa fille en 1524. Il avoit épousé Antoina, veuve de …… du Molard, dont il eut:

1. Emma, fem. De Pierre Arnolet (cont. 1539. DeCompois, Note).
2. Jeanne Antoina, légate de Guillauma du Villars ci-dessus, 1524.
3. Thomas étoit, en 1539, sous la tutelle de Hudriol du Molard, ainsi que sa soeur: il testa en faveur de ses frères utérins, Claude, Hudriol et Jean du Molard, déshéritant tous ses parens du côté paternel.

IV. Nicolas Bessonnet, B.G. et de Nyon, demeurant en cette dernière ville, étoit fils de Philippe ou de Jaques Bessonnet; ép. Urbaine, f. de Thomas de Verucis Bs de Nyon, dont il eut:

1. Nicolas qui suit.
2. Clauda, mariée, en 1610, avec Jean, f. de Laurent Voulthier (cont. du 9 fév. 1610. Ete de Monthoux, Note).

V. Nicolas Bessonnet, né à Nyon, le 24 Juin 1601, établi à Genève, ép. (1) le 24 fév. 1623, à Nyon, Sara, f. de Louis Boussard, B.G.; (2) le 5 fév. 1637, Marie, f. d’Abraham Becquier, à Genève; (3) le 26 mars 1643, Guillauma, f. de Samuel Pattey, C.G., laquille testa, le 15 aoûst 1677, devant Jean de Harsu, Note; elle s’étoit remariée avec Jacob Bourcard, B.G.

Il eut du premier lit:

1. Pauline; 2. Michée; 3. Louise.

Du second:

4. Georgea; 5. Samuel; 6. Elizabeth.

Et du troisième:

7. Élizabeth; 8. Françoise.
9. Jean qui suit.
10. Gedéon, dont l’article suivra.
11. Marie; 12. Marthe; 13. Marie.
14. Jeanne, fem. de No. Isaac Fabri (cont. du 4 aoûst 1683. Elle eut 20,000 fl. De dot. de Harsu, Note).
15. Daniel.
16. Françoise, fem. de Jean Bonnet.
17. Judith, fem. de Zacharie Cochet.

VI. Jean Bessonnet, né 1650.

Ép., le 26 aoûst 1670, Élizabeth, ffeu
Specte François Rigaud, dont il eut:

1. Jacob qui suit,*
2. Marie; 3. Jaqueline.*

Le contrat de Jn Bessonnet avec Élizabeth, Rigaud, ne fut passé aue le 31 déc. 1685, quinze ans après le mariage.

VII. Specte Jacob Bessonnet, pasteur et professeur, né en 1675, testa en 1750; ép., le 2 Mars 1710, Sara, f. de No. Jacob Rilliet et d’Aymée Mestrezat, dont il eut:

1. Jacob.
2. Élizabeth, née 1712, fem. de Jean Cazenove.
3. Jeanne-Marie, fem. de No. Jean-Antoine Grenus.

V. Gédéon Bessonnet, né 1654, testa en 1715.

Ép., le 4 avril 1672, Espérance, f. de (unreadable name) Revilliod, dont it eut:

1. Jacob qui suit.
2. Louis;
3. Élizabeth;
4. Espérance, fem. De Paul Thoras.
5. Jaques, marié avec Susanne Gaudet, dont il eut un fils nommé Bernard.

VI. Jacob Bessonnet.

Ép. Sara Macé, dont il eut:

1. Abraham;
2. Paul;
3. François;
4. Abraham.
5. Sara, fem. de Lénard Bourdillon.

IV. Claude Bessonnet, cousin germain de Nicolas, fut père d’Étienne aui suit.

V. Étienne Bessonnet, ép. Françoise George (cont. 22 Avril 1639. Is. de Monthoux, Note). Il en eut une fille nommée Pernette, née 1651.

Marie Bessonnet, cousin de Sebastien (de Verneto, Note, 14 juillet 1544), épousa Andréa de la Pierre, qui vivoit avec lui en 1565, et dont il eut Jeanne Bessonnet, mariée, en 1571, avec Lazare Sambuside.

Aymon Bessonnet, B.G., et Étienne son fils, vivoient en 1515. Peronette, fille du dit Aumon, ou Aymonet, est instituée légataire par Guillauma du Villard, fem. d’égrége Claude Bessonnet, pour un septier de bon vin blanc.

John Bessonett, Sr. (1779 - 1863)

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John Bessonett, Sr.

Born: November 9, 1779, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Died: June 9, 1863, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Married: Mary Cronin, November 26, 1805, St. Mary's Episcopal Church Burlington, New Jersey; b. January 10, 1788, d. July 11, 1830, Bristol, Pennsylvania

Father: Charles Bessonett b. October 5, 1734, d. 1807 Bristol, Pennsylvania
Mother: Mary Millington

Children of John Bessonett, Sr. and Mary Cronin:

1. Charles Henry Bessonett
b. July 4, 1806, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. October 6, 1880, Verona, Mississippi; m. Elizabeth Swift, October 6, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. John Bessonett, Jr.
b. July 28, 1809, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Hannah Elkington, February 28, 1833, Bristol, Pennsylvania

3. Mary Clolilda Bessonett
b. October 6, 1811, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. July 7, 1838 Selma, Alabama; m. Gaston Green, March 8, 1861, Itawamba County, Mississippi

4. Catherine Ann Bessonett
b. October 26, 1813, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. April 26, 1867, Natchez, Mississippi; m. James C. Fox, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania

5. James Cronin Bessonett
b. October 29, 1815, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. December 3, 1816

6. Edwin Bessonett
b. October 29, 1815, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. unknown; m. Sophia Neal December 25, 1838, Natchez, Mississippi

7. William Theodore Bessonett
b. December 13, 1818, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. August 4, 1840, Sabine, Texas

8. George Monroe Murray Bessonett (Sr.)
b. 1823 Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. August 3, 1897, Brookhaven, Mississippi; m. #1 Mary Jane West November 20, 1844, Natchez, Mississippi; m. #2 Margaret E. Spangler, March 1, 1849, Natchez, Mississippi

James C. Fox (1806 - 1856)

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James C. (Coleman) Fox (Portrait c. 1840)

Born: May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 5, 1856, Natchez, Mississippi
Married: Catherine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania

Father: Samuel Fox
Mother: Elizabeth Wehling

Children of James C. Fox and Catherine Ann Bessonett:

1. Benjamin Duncan Fox
b. c. 1835 Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. c. September 28, 1863, Chickamauga, Savannah, Georgia

2. Joanna Painter Fox
b. September 24, 1838, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. January 3, 1899 Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. George Danial Waddill, September 26, 1864, Natchez, Mississippi

3. William Henry Harrison Fox (Sr.)
b. October 23, 1840, Natchez, Mississippi, d. January 22, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Eelizabeth House May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi

4. Sylvania Penn Fox
b. c. 1842 Natchez, Mississippi; d. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. Samuel House September 20, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi

5. Henry Clay Fox
b. October 26, 1844; d. January 16, 1858

Grave Markers for James Coleman Fox and his wife Catharine Ann Bessonett -- Fox plot in Natchez City Cemetery. Thier son, Henry Clay Fox is buried between them.

Here is a photocopy of a letter written by James C. Fox to his daughter Joanna Painter Fox Waddill from Wolf Lake, Mississippi, 1856. Note the last line which is a notation by a family member that James C. Fox fell out of a hotel window and was killed. We assume he was helping to build the hotel. Date: August 6, 1856 Click the image to enlarge.

Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox by William Struthers, a marble mason in Philadelphia. William Struthers' company, William Struthers & Company, was a marble and contracting business in Philadelphia, whose commissions included the United States Mint, George Washington's sarcophagus and most of Philadelphia's most important monuments, including The Merchant's Exchange, the Philadelphia Exchange, The Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad Building, and the Mechanic's Bank. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.

George Monroe Murray Bessonett, Sr. (1823 - 1897)

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George Monroe Murray Bessonett, Sr.

Born: c. 1823 Bristol, Pennsylvania
Died: August 3, 1897, Brookhaven, Mississippi
Married: #1 Mary Jane West, November 20, 1844, Natchez, Mississippi; #2 Margaret E. Spangler, March 1, 1849, Natchez, Mississippi

Father: John Bessonett, Sr., b. November 9, 1779, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. June 9, 1863, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Mother: Mary Cronin, b. January 10, 1788; d. July 11, 1830 Bristol, Pennsylvania

William Henry Bessonett (1836 - unknown)

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William Henry Bessonett

Born: February 15, 1836, Bristol, Pennsylvania;
Died: unknown
Married: Mary Wright, April 30, 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Divorced February, 1865, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Father: John Bessonett, Jr., b. July 28, 1809, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. unknown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Hannah Elkington, February 28, 1833.
Mother: Hannah Elkington
Sister: Julia Fenton Bessonett, b. October, 1835, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. unknown, possibly New York City, New York; m. Anthony Tatzel, April 25, 1857, Church of the Ascension, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Children: Tony; Julia

Catherine Ann Bessonett (1813 - 1867)

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Catherine Ann Bessonett (Photo c. 1840)

Born: October 26, 1813, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Died: April 26, 1867, Natchez, Mississippi; buried City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi

Father: John Bessonett, Sr., b. November 9, 1779, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. June 9, 1863, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Mother: Mary Cronin, b. January 10, 1788; d. July 11, 1830 Bristol, Pennsylvania

Husband: James C. Fox, b. May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. December 5, 1856, Natchez, Mississippi; married Catherine Ann Bessonett January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania.

Children of James C. Fox and Catherine Ann Bessonett:

1. Benjamin Duncan Fox
b. c. 1835 Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. c. September 28, 1863, Chickamauga, Savannah, Georgia

2. Joanna Painter Fox
b. September 24, 1838, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. January 3, 1899 Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. George Danial Waddill, September 26, 1864, Natchez, Mississippi

3. William Henry Harrison Fox (Sr.)
b. October 23, 1840, Natchez, Mississippi, d. January 22, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Eelizabeth House May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi

4. Sylvania Penn Fox
b. c. 1842 Natchez, Mississippi; d. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. Samuel House September 20, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi

5. Henry Clay Fox
b. October 26, 1844; d. January 16, 1858

Grave Markers for James Coleman Fox and his wife Catharine Ann Bessonett -- Fox plot in Natchez City Cemetery. Thier son, Henry Clay Fox is buried between them.

Bessonett Family in Pennsylvania -- Early Records

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We believe that in the 1860s John Bessonett, Jr. prepared an outline of the early family in this country. There is a letter that mentions in France the existence of a family estate available to Bessonett descendents, and this outline may have been prepared to show the lineage for legally claiming that estate. Copies of that outline were sent to family members, and in this posting you will see two of the copies.

On the copy to the right, note the reference to Switzerland. This implies that the family was in Switzerland at some point in time. In a letter, John Bessonett, Jr. mentions that he has the original family bible which was printed in Switzerland in the 1600s, but that there was no information about the family written in that bible. The whereabouts of that bible are unknown.

The original of the copy on the left is in the possession of George Ralph Bessonette of Mississippi, and the original of the copy on the right is in the possission of Ruth Furnald of Pennsylvania.

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BESSONETT Coat of Arms

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The above image is from the book Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, page 212, located at the Archives of Canton Bern, Switzerland. Click image to enlarge.

Here is a second description as given to cousin Eva Fryer Hedley by cousin Elizabeth Goheen Francis: Bessonet geneve coupe; au d'argent au leopard de gules, pass sur et embrasse par ceux rameaux de 1 de laurier de sui, plies en couronne, les pieds passes en saut, au 2 de sa, a deux b adosses d'arg, celui de sen, bausse sur celui de dextre.

And, here is a third description: This description is found in the book Noblesse Francaise, page 280, by Eva Fryer Hedley. Arms: D'argent a une saule de sinople terrase de meme suimonte trois etoiles d'azur l'angies en chief.

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BESSONETT -- How to spell the name?

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The earliest spelling I have found of a member of the family is John Besonet, Sr. But, there are several other variations of the name:

Besonet...is the name in France
Bessonett...mostly in Pennsylvania records
Bessonette...mostly in Mississippi records
de Bessonette....mostly in Louisiana records

There is a similar name found in the U.S. ...Bissonet... but that family does not appear to be related to the Bessonett family.

Bessonett Family History

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The Bessonett family originally settled in Pensylvania. Charles Bessonett is suposed to be the first Bessonett in this country. I've been unable to trace him back to Europe. The family seems to have originated in the Dauphny region of France.

The original spelling of the name was: Besonet (At least that's the way John Besonet, Sr. signed his name to a letter.)

The family was settled in Bristol Borough which is a short distance north of Philadelphia.

Getting Started

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Welcome my Blog about my family history. You'll find information about the various families from which I am descended. Please feel free to add information to this blog or to use the information in developing your own family tree.

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