The bessant Surname

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The bessant name in History

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bessant Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of bessant Families in the US in 1920

Number of bessant families

6-10

3-5

1-2

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Ancestry	INUTTER	19
Bessant History	Annette Bessant	19
BESSANT	jonathanjrhodes	8
Georgia Bessants - McIntosh Co, Ware Co, ~1810	AmandaMParker	8
BESSANT	Margaret Bessant	9
Hampshire Bessants on the Titanic	Cameron Bell	13
BESSENTS IN LONDON	SUZANNE	12
Does anyone have any details on Alice Bessant of Southampton/ Eling UK	parkerfluengandy	0
southampton	SUZANNE	11
Bessant	Terrence_Skillan	0

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