1. Letter to unknown newspaper by Willoughby John Bean referring to Church and Strood trust. Part of the letter:
" In the early part of the last century,...
Date: After 1900
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2. An Auctioneer's Failure. Examination of Mr J.R. Gardner.
Colchester Bankruptcy Court. John Henry Gardner of West Mersea, auctioneer and company...
Date: c1909
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3. Death of Mr Willoughby John Bean. Historian of Mersea Island.
It is with regret we have to record the death of Mr Willoughby John Bean, of Zeitoun, Seaview...
Date: 5 November 1938
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4. Orleans - the residence of Mr Willoughby Bean. Photo by B. Charles.
Fair Haven Temperance Resort brochure. Page 5.
Date: 1900s
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5. History of the Bean Family - leather cover
Accession No. P1077E
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6. History of the Bean Family

Sir Walter Ogilvie married Lady Mary Douglas a daughter of the Earl of Morton
Their daughter Mary<...
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7. History of the Bean Family

Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, who perished on the scaffold for treason 9 Apr 1747, married Margaret, fourth daughter of Sir...
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8. History of the Bean Family. Page 1.

It is probable that the name of Bean was deduced from the feudal MacBean, once a small clan, the origin perhaps of...
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9. History of the Bean Family opposite Page 2, contd from opposite page 1.

For three years he was a prisoner of state, and he seems to have principally...
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10. History of the Bean Family Page 2.

John Bean had a large farm in the parish of Dishpen, and a fine place and property in the neighbourhood of...
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11. History of the Bean Family opposite page 3, continued from opposite page 2.

crying, "You old rascal, I begin to think you will be hanged at last!"....
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12. History of the Bean Family page 3

The old Dowager Countess of Seafield died in Oct 1911 and had been widowed since 1881. She was for many years a...
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13. History of the Bean Family opposite Page 4.

22 July 1957 Oil millionaires sudden death. Mr Armor Archbold, the American oil millionaire, died in Oban....
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14. History of the Bean Family Page 4.
[ 1911 - funeral of Countess of Seafield ]

company of pipers, the procession, a mile long, moved thro' the...
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15. History of the Bean Family opposite Page 5.

March 1923 Empire Unity - Lord Strathspey's Warning.
March 1923 He Hon. Barbara Ogilvie-Grant,...
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16. History of the Bean Family Page 5.
[ Continued from Page 4 James Ogilvie Grant ]

likely to benefit his tenantry and gained a reputation for...
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17. History of the Bean Family Page 6.

John and Janet Bean had a son named John, who was brought up to the Church of England but never took order...
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18. History of the Bean Family
Jane Roberts died about 1849
Sophia Strong died about 1846
Clement Strong died in 1898 (he was the father of Agnes...
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19. History of the Bean Family Page 7.
[ James Bean contd. ]
Jane married 2 Dec 1798 to Rev. Alfred Wm. Roberts, Rector of Little Burstead, Essex, and...
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20. History of the Bean Family opposite Page 8.
Death of Sir Guy Fleetwood-Wilson. Distinguished public servant.
Date: 28 December 1940
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21. History of the Bean Family Page 8.
[ Children of John and Barbara Bean contd ]

4th John, died young

5th David, died in...
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22. History of the Bean Family
Lieut General Alexander Watson, who married Emily Bean, was Commandant of the 6th Battn. Royal Artillery and died at Brighton...
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23. History of the Bean Family Page 9.

[ Children of Alexander and Anne Bean contd ]
4. Willoughby born 19 June 1772, died at 8, Sydney Place Ba...
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24. History of the Bean Family
Antecedents of Mrs Alexander Bean nee Anne Dickenson

It is supposed that the family of Grosier came over from France...
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25. History of the Bean Family Page 10.
Samuel Dickenson, who died in London 1823 and left two sons and five daughters, of whom Mrs Treslove was the eldest....
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26. History of the Bean Family Page 11.
The Burton Family

Harriet (see page 8) second daughter of Alexander Bean and Anne Dickenson his wife, was born...
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27. History of the Bean Family Page 12.
[ Alfred Burton contd. ]
Battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar under Lord Nelson: and subsequently in the Royal...
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28. History of the Bean Family Page 13.
[ Burton family contd. ]
acted as adjutant to the Royal Marines, banded for the protection of the British...
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29. History of the Bean Family Page 14.
[ Burton family contd. ]
She is a widow and has one married daughter. The youngest daughter Elizabeth Laura...
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30. History of the Bean Family 15.
[ Burton family contd. ]

8th and 9th Twins Edwin John and Harriet Emma, born 19 Nov 1802. The boy died of fever 15...
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