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Re: need bessent genealogy help
Posted by: Stanley Bessent (ID *****1545) Date: November 22, 2008 at 14:22:25
In Reply to: need bessent genealogy help by Randy R of 128

Descendants of Abraham W. Bessent


Generation No. 1

1. ABRAHAM W.8 BESSENT (PETER G.7, ABRAHAM6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, THOMAS2, GILBERT1) was born November 1827 in Charleston, South Carolina. He married (1) REBECCA FAIR Abt. 1855 in Charleston, South Carolina, daughter of WILLIAM FAIR and MARGARET GENSEL. She was born Abt. 1815 in Charleston, South Carolina, and died 1866 in Charleston, South Carolina. He married (2) LUCINDA C. E. WRIGHT April 22, 1866 in Greene County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN WRIGHT and CECILIA ROWLAND.

Notes for ABRAHAM W. BESSENT:
No direct link to Peter Bessent. However he is the only other Bessent in the part of Georgia and his first wife is the sister of Peter's first wife. Marriage records of Green Co., Ga - Abraham W. Bessent married Lucinda E. Wright on April 22, 1866. The marriage was performed by Albert W. Rowland, M. of the Gospel. See also Southern Christian advocate, issue 23, July 1857. "Died January 7, 1857, Mary Ann Emma, infant daughter of A. W. And Rebecca C. Bessent (his second wife, Rebecca Fair), age 7 months, 7 days". --Arthur Ray Rowland


More About ABRAHAM BESSENT and REBECCA FAIR:
Marriage: Abt. 1855, Charleston, South Carolina

More About ABRAHAM BESSENT and LUCINDA WRIGHT:
Marriage: April 22, 1866, Greene County, Georgia
       
Children of ABRAHAM BESSENT and REBECCA FAIR are:
       i.       MARY EMMA9 BESSENT, b. May 30, 1856; d. January 7, 1857.
       ii.       MARY ANN ENID BESSENT, b. Abt. 1860; d. July 23, 1875, Georgia.
       
Children of ABRAHAM BESSENT and LUCINDA WRIGHT are:
       iii.       LUCINDA E.9 BESSENT, b. 1874, Georgia.
       iv.       MARGARET D. BESSENT, b. 1876, Georgia.
       v.       WALTER BESSENT, b. 1878, Georgia.


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