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Anne Bessant[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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  • Name Anne Bessant  [2, 4]
    Birth 1811  Millbrook, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Baptism 28 Apr 1811  Millbrook, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    • Besant. Parents John and Frances
    Residence 1832  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Marital Status: Single
    Residence 1841  Millbrook, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Living with Fanny Bessent, her mother, and newborn baby
    Person ID I320101465196  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father John Bessant,   b. 1779   d. 1823, Wimpson, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Mother Fanny Heath,   b. Abt 1779, Hursley, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1860, Wimpson, Millbrook, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Marriage 21 Jun 1800  Millbrook, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Family ID F4332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Read,   b. Abt 1810
    Marriage 15 Jan 1832  St. Mary, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Single. Why married out of parish? Possibly because the then Parish Church, was St Nicholas Church. The nave was demolished and rebuilt in 1828, but the damp problem was not resolved.
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Read,   b. 1840, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1109392215] Ancestry.com, 1841 England Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Class: HO107; Piece: 402; Book: 14; Civil Parish: Millbrook; County: Hampshire; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 24; Page: 7; Line: 15; GSU roll: 288802.

    3. [S_1015225351] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S_996910237] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S_2088604247] Hampshire Genealogical Society, Hampshire Genealogical Society, (Hampshire Genealogical Society), Hampshire baptisms Transcription.

    6. [S_2088604247] Hampshire Genealogical Society, Hampshire Genealogical Society, (Hampshire Genealogical Society), Hampshire Marriages Transcription.


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