Thomas Besbidge (1589 - 1674)

Biography
'''Hon. Dea. Thomas Besbidge''' was born on 3 Mar 1589 in Biddenden, Kent, England and died on 9 Nov 1674 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. He is buried in North Cemetery in Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. His will was written on 25 Nov 1672.

Facts and Occupation
In 1634 he arrived in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America on the ship Hercules. On 2 Jan 1637/38 he was a freeman. On 22 Feb 1637/38 he was invested as a deacon and was one of the first deacons in Rev. John Lothrop's church. In 1643 he was chosen Representative from Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. On 6 Jan 1643 he was Deputy for Duxbury to the Plymouth General Court. He was on a petit jury on 2 Jan 1637/38 and 6 Mar 1637/38. He was on a grand jury on 4 Sep 1638 and on 1 Mar 1641/42. On 3 May 1642 he was on a committee that the Plymouth court appointed to set the ancient boundaries between the lands of Mr. Thomas Beesbeach and John Washbourn.

Lineage
Hon. Dea. Thomas Besbidge (1589 - 1674)

Mary Bisbee (1624 - 1703)

m. William Brown (1608 - 1687)

Maj. Thomas Brown (1645 - 1709)

m. Patience Foster (1646 - 1706)

Elizabeth Brown (1677 - )

m. Hopestille Bent (1672 - 1725)

Thomas Bent (1706 - 1775)

m. Mary Stone (1718 - 1775)

Lois Bent (1740 - )

m. James Glover (1734 - )

Lois Bent Glover (1762 - 1800)

m. Asa Nurse (1754 - 1803)

Sally Nurse (1795 - 1819)

m. Nathan Fairbanks (1788 - 1825)

William Nelson Fairbanks (1818 - 1854)

m. Abby Augusta Reed (c.1826 - 1899)

Helen Suzette Fairbanks (1841 - 1921)

m. Frederic Crowninshield (1845 - 1918)

Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866 - 1951)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Chevalier Quinn Josiah Crowninshield Bradlee, KJ (b. 1982)

Children

 * The Pioneers of Massachusetts; A Disriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, 2007, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 47.

Immigration

 * The Pioneers of Massachusetts; A Disriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, 2007, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 47.

Will

 * The Pioneers of Massachusetts; A Disriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, 2007, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 47.