[Ancestor] Jessop

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Husband [Ancestor] Jessop

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1 M William Jessop ¹

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         Spouse: Margaret Walker (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Jessop

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The Jessop family was among the earliest settlers in America. There are as many as twenty-five ways of spelling the name, that used by this branch of the family being considered the older English form.
In recalling the notable deeds of members of the family, it is interesting to know that the first public railway in England was established by William Jessop and that the principal law adviser of the ministry during the reign of Queen Anne was Judge William Jessop, whose writings may be found among the Harleian manuscripts. To Richard Jessop of Broom Hall, son of William Jessop, of Rotherham, was granted a coat of arms July 17, 1575. The same has been in the possession of and used by the descendants of Edward Jessup in their various and widely separated branches for a century or more. It is a shield with six transverse bars, alternately silver and blue, each silver bar with three red stars. The crest is a dove standing on an olive branch, in natural colors. For the reason that the Jessops of Maryland spelled their name the same as Richard Jessop of Broom Hall, using the older English form, they reason that their earlier ancestors very likely came from the same part of England as he to whom the coat of arms was granted, and so claim an equal right to the use of the same.
John Jessup was the first of the name in America. He came here prior to 1641 and was a landed proprietor in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where his name appears on the record as John Gossope. With about twenty others he founded the town of Stamford, which he helped to build. It is probable that he came from Yorkshire, England. Prior to 1649 an Edward Jessope settled in New England. Thirty years later William Jessop established himself in Maryland. One of the friends of William Penn bore the name of Joseph Jessop; he was of great assistance to Penn during his dealings with the Indians. A Thomas Sidney Jesup, Major General of the United States Army, was born in 1788, and although too late to take part in the Revolutionary war participated in the war of 1812. Gen. Winfield Scott said of him after the battle of Chippewa, "He deserved everything which conspicuous skill and gallantry can win from a grateful country." [HAC 1914, 416]

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 416.