LUNENBURG FOUNDING FAMILIES

BESANSON
other spellings:
Basanson, BAYZANTSON, BAYZENSON, BAZANSON, BAZANTSON, Beisenzon, Besancon, BESANGON, BESANSON, BESANTSON, BESANZON, Bezancon, BEZANSON, BEZANTSON, BEZANZON, Berzinzon, BISSANA? Bissason, BUCSSON, BYSANSON, BYSANTSON

SOME DOCUMENTS WHERE THIS FAMILY NAME HAS BEEN CITED
"Nova Scotia Immigrants" p 291 [NS2]
"Planters & Pioneers" p 55 [PP2]
"The Foreign Protestants" p 290 [FP2]
"History of the County of Lunenburg" p 70, 275, 286, 411 [HL2]
Birth Records [DS2]
Marriage Records [DS2]
Death Records [DS2]
SSGS Cemetery Inscriptions [CI2]
Probated Will(s) [PW1]
Halifax Obits 1962-92 [HO2]
on 1864 AF Church & Co Map [CM1]
in Census 1871 [CC2]
in "Bell's Notes" [BN2]
Montbeliard Memorial
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Jean George
aged 44, occupation a Farmer , left Montbeliard France [PL2]
and sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the Ship Speedwell the summer of 1752 [PL2]
He did not appear on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not found
Town Lot Registry of 1762
not found
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
1st Div E-20 [GL1]
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
not found
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
North West Range A-36 [30A1]
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
not found
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
not found

John James
He did not appear on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not found
Town Lot Registry of 1762
not found
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
not found
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
North West Range B-55 [BN2]
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
not found
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
not found
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
445 Acres [TG1]

John Nicolas
He did not appear on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not searched
Town Lot Registry of 1762
not found
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
not found
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
not searched
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
not found
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
3rd Div A-16 [300A1]
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
not found

Details on Individuals in the first generation of the family
will appear here later.

For more information on this family, see
Allen Fletcher's Web Page.

This page was last modified 7 February 2000.

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