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 History of the Bean Family page 36.

The Sarjeant Family


Miss Mary Sarjeant, who died in Hampstead, London in 1911, was 2 years older than my mother and was a Roman Catholic. she lived for many years with her 'aunt' Miss Martha Halsted, and with a niece of the latter, Miss 'Minnie' Halsted (whose real name was Esther) and used to visit us frequently at Peldon Hall. She was, I believe, ...
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History of the Bean Family page 36.
The Sarjeant Family

Miss Mary Sarjeant, who died in Hampstead, London in 1911, was 2 years older than my mother and was a Roman Catholic. she lived for many years with her 'aunt' Miss Martha Halsted, and with a niece of the latter, Miss 'Minnie' Halsted (whose real name was Esther) and used to visit us frequently at Peldon Hall. She was, I believe, the only living relative of Mrs Thomas May, my great aunt (who adopted my mother - CFB). Mary Sargeant and my mother were girls together till my mother left Mersea at the age of twelve: but they remained fast friends all their live. The latter and his son both served in India, where the son died. Mars May's father lived at Orleans Cottage, West Mersea, when the Cottage was only a bungalow. Mr Thomas May lived in West Mersea Hall, and the properties adjoined each other, so a little gate was made between the two gardens to facilitate the courtship of Mr May and Miss Sarjeant ! Great Aunt May should have inherited a good fortune but the father, like most Army men spent it freely, so Great Uncle May had only his own money to live on, which was a life interest in the Hall.


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