History of the Bean Family page 34.
[ wives of Henry John May contd from FBN_069 ]

4th wife Mrs Green, a widow with 8 children, two of whom were Daniel and Isaac Green, and four daughters who married respectively to Dr Partridge, Mr Charles Cooper, Mr Slee and Mr Mason. She died in 1829 and there is a tablet to her memory in West Mersea Church [ TM6_20628 ]

5th Wife Anne Pullen, whose only child Edward died young.

Mr May was an excellent husband to his many wives, and was well known for his charity and kindness in giving to or visiting sick people. He had 2 brothers: Edward who married Mrs Clarke [Clark] (formerly Miss Messingote [Mazengarb] ) and they lived at Copped [Copt] Hall, Little Wigborough, which was near Mrs Clarke's home when she married. Her gravestone is behind the church at Little Wigborough. He was buried in the vault at West Mersea.
Mr May's second brother John died at the White House, Peldon, and was buried at West Mersea. He had 4 sons who kept hounds and lived gay lives (My Uncle Harry Bean remembers them well. CFB). One of these sons William, married a daughter of Dr Jones of D'Arcy
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