John Jasper

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Husband John Jasper ¹

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1 F Anne Jasper ¹

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         Spouse: Capt. William Crispin (Abt 1610-Abt 1682) 1 2
           Marr: Abt 1650

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2 F Margaret Jasper ¹

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         Spouse: Adm. Sir William Penn (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Jasper

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Rotterdam, Holland - a merchant

Some authorities state that John Jasper was a native of Rotterdam, Holland, others that he was an Englishman by birth. Samuel Pepys, in his Diary, describes John Jasper's daughter, Lady Penn, as a "well-looked, fat, short old Dutchwoman," but her appearance might have been inherited from a Dutch mother, even though her father had been English. Howard M. Jenkins in "The Family of William Penn" (Penna. Mag., vol. xx) remarks, "By one authority he is named a burgomaster, and the editor of Lord Braybrooke's edition of Pepys calls him Sir John." It has also been said that his name was Petre, translated Jasper in Dutch.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 357.

2 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 19 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1931), Pg 346.