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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
From Marblehead Marriages : Hendley, Mary and Joseph Nance, March
18, 1794. Intention [to marry] also recorded.
From Essex County Probate: Administration of all the Goods
& Estate of Joseph Nantz late of Marblehead in said County,
mariner deseased Intestate was granted to Sarah Besom who gave
bond with Nathan Bowen esq. and Israel Eaton as sureties to exhibit
an Inventory by the first day of April next and to render an
Account by the first day of January AD. 1799, this first day
of January Anno Domini 1798.
From Essex County Probate: An Inventory
od the Estate of Joseph Nantz late of Marblehead deceased appraised
on Oath by us the subscribers duely appointed to that service
by the Hon[ora]ble Sam[ue]l Holten Esq. Judge of Probate of Wills
for the County of Essex.
Personal
Estate:
Marblehead October 31st 1798
Sarah Besom Adm[inistrator]
Nathan Bowen, Joshua Prentiss, Samuel Devereux: Committee sworn
Essex, Salem November 7th 1798. Then Mrs. Sarah Besom Adm. presented
the a forewritten and made Oath that is contained a true and
perfect Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Nantz late of Marblehead
mariner deceased so far as come to his hand or knowledge and
that if anything further shall hereafter appear, he will cause
it to be added.
Marblehead Messenger
January 26, 1900
Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
"Got Their Money Back"
The heirs of Captain Philip Besom Jr., whose
vessel, the Hannah, was captured by the French about a hundred
years ago have at last received their share of the French Spoliation
Claims. Atty. Seccumb, who has had charge of the case, succeeding
in settling affairs in about two years, and the sum involved
has been divided among the sixty or more heirs. There are four
heirs in Marblehead. Messrs. Joshua L, Eleazer and Philip E.
Graves and Mrs. William Caswell. It was rather singular that
in the final settlement not a Marbleheader named Bessom should
have
received a share.
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Footnote 1-4 NHC,
9/2001
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REFERENCES:
Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts
Vol. II- Marriages and Deaths
Essex Institute [Salem, Ma] 1916
US/Can 974.45/S1 V2e v.4
Essex County Probate
Book page 254/507
FHL film # 861,445
Essex County Probate
Book page 151/399
FHL film # 861,445
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