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WEST FARMS, WESTCHESTER CO., NEW YORK,
AND
HIS DESCENDANTS.
SEitj) an Wrotiuctton antt an ^ppentitx;
THE LATTER CONTAINING RECORDS OF OTHER AMERICAN
FAMILIES OF THE NAME,
WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MEMORANDA.
BY /'^'T'PW^
REV. HENRY GRISVVOLD JESUP.
I set the people after their families.
' 'j ' J -> "!) i ^i ^' ' j ^,'j'\'j''^ ijEHEMIAU iv. 13.
CAMBRIDGE
33ribatclt2 33rintctr for ti)c SlutSor,
BY JOHN WILSON AND SON.
1887.
Copyright, 1887,
By Rev. Henry Griswold Jesup.
/
TO
MORRIS K. JESUP,
AT WHOSE SUGGESTION THE WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN, AND WHOSE
UNFAILING INTEREST HAS FOLLOWED IT TO
ITS COMPLETION,
THIS HISTORY AND RECORD OF THE LIFE AND THE
DESCENDANTS
OF
HIS AMERICAN ANCESTOR
Eg Cortiiallg EnscrtieD.
PREFACE.
THE present work was begun in 1879 at the solicita-
tion of Morris K. Jesup, Esq., of New York city,
and has been prosecuted during intervals of leisure up to
the date of publication, a period of nearly eight years.
The amount of time and labor involved can be justly
estimated only by those who have been engaged in simi-
lar undertakings. The materials have been drawn from a
great variety of sources, and their collection and arrange-
ment, the harmonizing of discrepancies, and, in extreme
cases, the judicious guessing at probabilities, have in-
volved more of perplexity than the ordinary reader would
suppose. Records of every description, and almost with-
out number, have been examined either personally or
through the officials having them in charge, and in one
case as distant as Cape Town in South Africa, — records
of families, churches, parishes, towns, counties, in foreign
lands as well as in the United States ; land records and
probate records, cemetery inscriptions, local histories, and
general histories, wherever accessible. The recollections
viii Preface.
of aged people have often furnished keys which have
unlocked rich treasure-houses of knowledQ:e. It is a
matter of regret that so many of our aged friends who
were greatly interested in these chronicles of bygone
years should have passed away before being permitted
to see the work completed.
Of necessity much has been done by correspondence.
To his large number of correspondents, more than six
hundred at least, between whom and the writer several
thousand letters have already passed, — both public offi-
cials and civilians, on both sides of the Atlantic, and in
distant lands, — he would here make his sincere acknowl-
edgements for the aid they have rendered. A few, to
whom he is under special obligations, are referred to in
connection with the work done by them individually.
With the exception of some names belonging to the later
generations, the record is as complete as circumstances
would permit. In most cases where the record is defec-
tive or doubts remain unsolved, it is because either no
record was found or those who knew the facts failed to
communicate them. That there are errors is very prob-
able. When three or four variations of a given date are
reported, it is a matter of judgment which shall be
chosen. In such cases the oldest private family record is
followed. It is earnestly requested that all well-accredited
corrections be furnished the writer, both for future use
and in the interest of historical verity.
The arrangement of the genealogical tables, it is to be
hoped, will prove both simple and intelligible. The reader
Preface. ix
will wish readily to trace out both the ancestors and the
descendants (if any) of those in whom he is interested.
To enable him to do this, all who bear the family name
and also the children of Tnarried daughters are designated
by a series of numbers, the emigrant ancestor being
No. I. If the record of a son or daughter be brief it is
given with what is said of the parents. If the head of a
family be a daughter, the record of her descendants, so
far as known, will form a part of the record of her own
family. A plus sign (+) is prefixed to the names of chil-
dren of whom fuller histories are given farther on, where
the same name and number will re-appear in heavier type,
followed by the names of the father, grandfather, etc., up
to that of the emigrant ancestor, when a brief count
will readily determine to what generation the individual
belongs. The index numbers attached to the name of
father, grandfather, etc., do not designate generations as
is commonly the case, but point to a preceding part of
the book where in connection with the same number the
full history of the ancestor may be found. For example,
on page 91 we find "+41. Blackleach," appearing for
the first time, in order of descent. Turning forward to
p. 108, "41. Blackleach Jesup " appears in heavy type,
in connection with his full family record, and there it
is seen that he is the son of Edward^ grandson of Ed-
ward"^ and great-grandson of Edward'^, the emigrant
ancestor. He is, then, of the fourth generation ; and
on pages, 41, 74, and 89 the history of his ancestors
will be found, under the numbers i, 4, and 8.
X Preface.
Very nearly the same arrangement is used in connec-
tion with the records of the Jessup famihes given in the
Appendix as also in the record of the family of Thomas
Hunt, Jr. given there, the latter having been prepared
too late to be inserted in its proper place in Chapter
First of the main body of the work. The arrangement
by chapters, instead of the more common one by gener-
ations, is simply the result of the way the material came
into the writer's hands, one line of investigation being
completed before a second was begun. The three well-
marked families which originated with the brothers
Edward, Joseph, and Jonathan, of the third generation, will
doubtless be glad to find their several histories unbroken,
while the mutual kinship of the various members of the
three can still be traced without difficulty.
So far as can be ascertained, all variations in the
orthography of names have the authority of those in
connection with whose records they are found.
H. G. J.
Scientific Department, Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H., January 28, 1887.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
I. RESEARCHES IN ENGLAND.
Begun by Col. Joseph L. Chester, but interrupted by his death ; sum-
mary of work done by him ; distribution of the name in the British
Isles ; social position ; early appearance in Yorkshire ; sympathy of
some of the name with the Puritans ; Pedigree of Richard Jessop of
Broom Hall and traditional connection of Edward Jessup with that
family ; Broom Hall, location and description ; residence there of
Vicar Wilkinson ; early proprietors ; the Swift family, from whom
the Hall and the patronage of the parish of Sheffield passed by mar-
riage to the Jessops ; non-conformist vicars ; Jessop memorials in
the parish church ; arms of Jessop and Swift ; Judge Wm. Jessop of
Broom Hall ; the Rev. Francis of Treeton ; Francis of Broom Hall,
the Scientist, member of the Royal Society, friend of John Ray; ex-
tracts from Ray's letters; Jessop's scientific publications; more
recent history of Broom Hall ; other nearly related families of the
name in Yorkshire ; early home near Sheffield of the Pilgrim Fathers
of New England ; Francis, son of Richard Jessop, a member of the
Rev. John Robinson's Church, and goes with him to Holland ; York-
shire men who came to America, some of whom were at Stamford,
Connecticut, with John and Edward Jessup
Additional Stateinettts by the Rev. Augustus yessopp, D.D. :— early
English history ; further account of the Broom Hall family ; Francis
Jessop, the Puritan, returns from Holland to England ; aids Dowsing
in his official visitation of the Suffolk churches ; history of his fam-
ily; record of the Jessopps of Thurmscoe ; Jessops in the English
counties of Derby, Notts, and Dorset ; reasons for supposing the
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children of Francis, the Puritan, may have come to America ;
opinion as to the derivation of the family name ; further historical
items 22-30
II. RESEARCHES IN AMERICA.
Early emigrants of the name ; Mr. Jessope, secretary of Lord Saye and
Sele; early history of John Jessup, of Stamford, Conn., and South-
ampton, New York ; later families of Thomas of North Carolina,
William of Maryland, William of New York and Ohio, and John of
Southern New Jersey, whose records are given in the Appendix . 30-33
III. THE FAMILY NAME.
Its derivation; prevailing orthography in the United States; varied
orthography in early British and American records ; present use as a
local name in the United States 33-40
CHAPTER I.
EDWARD JESSUP OF WEST FARMS, N. Y., AND HIS DESCENDANTS
OTHER THAN THOSE OF HIS THREE GRANDSONS.
Edward Jessup of Stamford, Conn., 1649 : — record of sale of land in
Fairfield made by him in 1653 ; settlement of Fairfield in 1639 and
Stamford in 1641 ; probabilities of kinship between John and Ed-
ward Jessup, and that both were Yorkshiremen ; removal of Edward
to Middleborough (Newtown) N.Y. ; subscribes to fund for purchas-
ing lands of the Indians ; other real estate purchases ; appointed
magistrate; unwillingness of English on Long Island to submit to
the Dutch ; Jessup sent to Boston for aid and advice ; aids the Dutch
in defending New Amsterdam against the Indians in 1655 ; the In-
dians threaten him with vengeance, as shown by the sworn declara-
tion of witnesses ; his petition to Governor Stuyvesant for permission
to erect a tide-mill; lawsuits in Connecticut courts; unexplained
reference to "the widow Whitmore of Stamford" as Jessup's "moth-
er;" he subscribes to bounty for killing wolves ; Governor Stuyves-
ant's letter demanding the tithes ; names Jessup with others as
delinquent ; Connecticut in 1662 again claims Long Island ; the
Dutch sheriff arrests Christie for treason ; Jessup and others attempt
a rescue ; Laurenson's letter to the Governor denouncing them as
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traitors : disputes between the Dutch and English referred to the
home governments ; English conquest of New Netherlands in 1664 ;
Jessup removes to Westchester 1662-1663; appointed magistrate
there by Connecticut ; represents the town in the Hempstead Assem-
bly in 1665; again magistrate in 1664; the Jessup and Richardson
purchase of West Farms ; copy of the Indian deed ; the Duke's
laws ; other references to Jessup in Westchester records ; copy of
his patent for the half of West Farms in 1666 ; his death soon after
the purchase ; further history of the West Farms property ; passes
into possession of Thomas Hunt ; the heirs of the patentees divide ;
Hunt obtains a new patent ; dispute with Richard Morris ; sale in
1884 of a portion of the old property; present condition and descrip-
tion of Hunt's Point and the family burial-ground ; James Rodman
Drake a connection of the family and a resident at the Point ; copy
of Jessup's will ; persons named in that document ; was he twice
married ; names of his children ; his widow marries Robert Beacham
and removes to Bankside (in Fairfield) Conn. ; record of the settle-
ment of a legacy in Jessup's will ; sale of his Newtown estate ;
Beacham's history ; record of agreement between the settlers of
Bankside and the General Court of Connecticut ; location of the
home lots of the settlers ; further items of Beacham's history and his
previous marriage ; his death ; copy of his will ; letter of EHzabeth
Beacham to her son-in-law Thomas Hunt, Jr. ; record of sale made
by Edward Jessup* to his brother-in-law Thomas Hunt, Jr.; was
"Joseph," the husband of Hannah Jessup,^ the same as Joseph
Lockwood the son-in-law of Beacham ; EHzabeth Beacham's deed of
gift to Edward Jessup* her son, and the probable date of her death 41-72
Elizabeth Jessup, the wife of Thomas Htint, fr. : — Thomas Hunt of
the Grove Farm and his son Thomas ; the history and family record
of the latter to be found in the Appendix 72-74
History of Edward Jessup ^"^ of Fairfield Conn.: — record of final
settlement with Thomas Hunt, Jr. ; curious account of his being wit-
ness at a trial for witchcraft in Fairfield, in 1692 ; removes to Stam-
ford about 1720 ; sells his homestead to his son Edward ^ ; his death
in 1732 ; copy of his will ; his widow dies in 1747 ; provisions of her
will ; place of burial of both with inscriptions on their tombstones ;
names of their children ; history of the son Ebenezer ; family records
of the daughters, Elizabeth (Smith), Hannah (Reynolds), Abilena
(Darling), Deborah (Stevens), and Sarah (Dibble) ; sketch of the
son-in-law, Jonathan Dibble, and his descendants the Valentines and
Varians 74-88
xiv Contents.
CHAPTER II.
CAPTAIN EDWARD JESUP OF GREEN'S FARMS, AND HIS
DESCENDANTS.
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Capt. Edward^ of Green'' s Farms : — purchases his father's homestead
in 1 721 ; copy of deed; the Green's Farms " Common •, " Capt. Ed-
ward's business enterprises ; inscriptions on his tombstone and on
that of his wife ; was the first to spell the family name with one " s " ;
his seven children ; his will 89-94
Capi. Edward ''s^ daughters, their history, families, and descendants : —
• Sarah, wife of Stephen Wakeman of Green's Farms (copy of Wake-
man's college diploma, Wakemans of Westport and Southport) ;
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Couch of Green's Farms (Staples, Banks,
Cottrill, and other families) ; Mary, wife, ist, of John Morehouse, 2d,
of Jeremiah Sturges, 3d, of Lieut. Samuel Taylor of Green's Farms
(Morehouse, Sturges, and Taylor families) ; Abigail, wife of Dr. John
Allen of Fairfield (Taylor, Fairchild, Stewart and other families) 94-108
Capt. Edward'' s ^ sons, their history and fa7}iilies : — Blackleach *^ of
Wilton ; his three wives and nineteen children ; his revolutionary and
subsequent history; his negro slaves; Dr. Ebenezer*^ of Green's
Farms ; his three wives and eleven children ; his medical practice ; a
surgeon in the Revolution; property destroyed by the British ; his
negro slaves 108-116
Capt. Edward'' s ^ grandchildren {children of his sons) : — Joseph* of
Wilton; James Edward ^^ of Virginia ; Blackleach, Jr., s* of Wilton;
Benjamin 85 of New York city ; Mary, v/ife of Abijah Abbott of New
York city ; Sarah, wife of Jesse Ryder of Sing Sing, N.Y. ; Esther, wife
of Dr. Tompkins Close Delavan of Michigan ; Henry ^^ of Michigan ;
Isaac 38 of IlHnois ; Major Ebenezer"" of Westport, Conn., and his
business career ; Arete, wife of Dea. Joseph Hyde of Green's Farms ;
Eleanor, wife of Elizur Wood of New York city; Sarah, wife of
Joseph Baker of New York city ; Abigail, wife of Eliphalet Swift of
Westport, Conn.; Edward "^ of Saugatuck (Westport) ; Mary Ann,
wife of George Asahel Clarke of the Island of Cuba .... 1 16-145
Capt. Edward 's * great-grandchildren {childrcji of his grandsons) : —
Sarah Stebbins, wife of the Rev. John Noyes Hayden of Schodack,
N. Y. ; Benjamin^" of New York city, and copy of his letter to
Gen. T. S. Jesup ; Major-Gen. Thomas Sidney"^ of Washington,
Contents. xv
Page
D.C., and his military career ; Samuel Blackleach ^" of Kentucky, and
a letter addressed by him to his daughter ; William Wilson ^" of
Kentucky ; Mary, wife of Moses Raymond of Ballston, N.Y. ; Lydia,
wife of John Dunning of Wilton, Conn.; William ^^^ of Wilton;
Aurilla, wife of Hiram DeForest of Franklin, N.Y. ; John Edward ^s"
of Michigan; Isaac MuU^^^ of Michigan ; Elizabeth, wife of Walter
S. Eames of Utica, N.Y., and her literary career; Mary, wife of
Major Wm. J. Lewis, British army; John Schermerhorn^^'' of Illi-
nois ; Catalina, wife of Harvey Warren of New York city ; Edward
Henry 153 of Illinois ; Margaret Ann, wife of Henry A. M. Benedict
of Utica, N.Y. ; Maria, wife of John J. Beardsley of lUinois; William
Henry "^ of Westport, Conn.; Edwin i" of Summit, Wisconsin;
Charles "8 of Westport, Conn.; Francis Wright"" of Westport;
Angeline, wife of Edward M. Morgan of New York city ; Colonel
Ebenezer "3 of Southport, Conn 146-184
Capt. Edward'' s^ later descendants : — Charlotte Eunice, wife of Joseph
N. Walker of New York city; Sarah Stebbins, wife of John B.
Staats of Castleton, N.Y. ; Lucy Ann, wife of Col. L. Sitgreaves,
U,S.A. of Washington, D.C. ; Mary S. E., wife of Lieut. James
Blair, U.S.N. ; Jane Findlay, wife of Major A. S. Nicholson, U.S.N. ;
James Edward ^^9 of Kentucky ; Ann O'Neil, wife of George W. Lane
of Kentucky; John Friend ^^^ of Kentucky; Virginia E., wife of
Oscar F. Danforth of Kentucky; Sarah Francis, wife of J. H. Hol-
lingsworth of Kansas ; Caledonia Osborn, wife of M. C. Talkington
of Texas ; William Houston 2*0 of Kentucky ; Louisa, wife of Dr. T.
B. Gunning of New York city, and Dr. Gunning's professional ca-
reer; Elizabeth C, wife of James Reed of Ohio; Charles Odell ^si
of Newark, N.J. ; Mary Ann, wife of Charles Scribner of Wisconsin ;
Jane Mull, wife of Henry V. D. Mull of Stephentown, N.Y. ; John
Henry 2fi4 of Michigan; Jacob Schermerhorn^ss of Michigan; An-
drew S.2" of Michigan; Wm. Burr 292 of New York city; James
R.293 of New York city; Edwin 2" of Kansas ; James B.soo of Minne-
sota; Richard M.so* of New York city; Morris K.^os of New York
city; Francis W.si* of Brooklyn; Kate J., wife of D. A. Tandy of
Kentucky 184-202
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CHAPTER III.
JOSEPH JESSUP OF STAMFORD, CONN., AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
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"Joseph 9 of Stamford: — his family pedigree and armorial bearings ;
his general character and business ability ; removal with his sons
to the "Nine Partners" patent in Dutchess Co., N.Y., about 1744;
various purchases of land made there ; sale of property and removal
of the family to Albany, 1 764-1 771 ; at the Revolution he goes to
Montreal, and dies there in 1778 ; his sons friends of Sir Wm. Johnson
and the Colonial officials ; Ebenezer subscribes to the support of
St. Peter's church, Albany ; the city council grant land, etc., to the
brothers ; the New York Governor calls attention to the unsettled
public lands ; the Jessups engage in large transactions in these lands ;
means necessary to obtain titles to lands ; grant by the Governor
to Ebenezer Jessup and others of 7,550 acres, and again of 4,100
acres, both in Luzerne ; 40,000 acres granted a company represented
by the brothers ; copy of Indian deed of the last grant : the Totten
and Crossfield or Jessup's purchase of 800,000 acres on the upper
Hudson; its history and the voluminous records connected with it
on file in Albany ; the brothers locate at Jessup's Landing ; their
lumbering and other business ; traditional exploit of leaping the river
at Jessup's Falls ; destruction of their property in the Revolution ;
local names which perpetuate their memory ; statements of Colonel -~
Butler and Dr. Holden as to their history and manner of life ; their
stanch loyalty to the English crown ; their part in the Revolutionary
struggle as given by Colonel Stone in "Johnson's Orderly Book,"
and by General Rogers in " Hadden's Journal," with many accom-
panying documents; copy of the New York Bill of Attainder which
stripped them of their property and kept them in exile; the distin-
guished company with which they were associated ; destinations of
the banished loyalists ; their losses, and relief granted by the British
Government " 203-233
fosepJi's^ childreti, their further history aiid fai7iilies : — Major Edward
of Prescott, Canada; the city of Prescott laid out by him; lands
granted him and the men under his command; various commissions
held by him, the patents of which are now in possession of the
family; goes to England to prosecute claims for losses; coat of arms
granted the family in 1788; certificate of General Burgoyne to his
loyalty; curious challenge to a duel from Levi Allen, then also in
London; Captain Joseph of Brockville, Canada; copy of bond
Contents. xvii
Page
given his cousin Blackleach Jesup; liis career; Colonel Ebenezer
of India; goes to England in 1783 with his son to prosecute claims
for losses; his family join him there in 1787; letter of his daughter
Leah, in 1786, from Quebec to friends in Stamford, Conn.; letters
from his daughters Leah and Sarah, from England, in 1789, 1814, and
1 81 6, to friends in America, with valuable family history; comments
on the above letters 234-247
Joseph's 8 grandchildren, their history and families : — Abigail, wife of
James Walker (surgeon) of Canada, with record of her descendants ;
Edward of Prescott, and official positions held by him; Henry James
of London, who marries a daughter of the Earl of Strathmore;
strange career of his wife's step-mother; his commission as "Search-
er of Customs" at Cape Town, South Africa, 1798; visits America,
dies there in 1806, and buried in Stamford (Stanwich), Conn.; in-
scription on his tombstone; his son sells land in Canada; copy of
the deed; Leah, wife of Thomas Boileau of Calcutta; returns to
England, a widow, in 1806 ; interesting statements as to family his-
tory made by her in 1838; her children, — Judge Boileau of Madras,
Major-General Boileau of London, etc., and their career in the Eng-
lish Civil Service ; Sarah, wife of the Rev. Dr. Maddy of Somerton,
England; her descendants, — Admiral Hewett of the British navy,
and others; Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Wright of India; returns
to England in 18 19, visiting America on the way home . . . 248-262
Joseph's^ great-grandchildren {children of his grattdsons), their history
and families : — Edward of Prescott, Canada, donates land for a town
cemetery; inscription on his tombstone ; James of Brockville; official
positions ; notice of his death; Dr. Hamilton D. of Prescott; his
official commissions, Collector of the port, etc. ; Anna Maria, wife of
Edwin Church of Prescott; Eliza, wife of Ormond Jones of Brock-
ville, and sketch of the life of Mr. Jones 262-270
CHAPTER IV.
JONATHAN JESSUP OF GREENWICH, CONN., AND HIS
DESCENDANTS.
fonathan'^^ of Greenwich: — His history and family record; his
widow marries Timothy Knapp of Greenwich and dies aged 93 . 271-272
Jonathan'' s '^^ children^ their history and families, with descendants
of daughters: — Jonathan of Greenwich; Amos of Greenwich;
Nathaniel of Greenwich, a soldier in the Revolution; Deborah,
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wife of David Brown of Greenwich; Samuel of Stamford ; Silvanus
of Somers, N.Y. ; Phebe, wife of George Dibble of Stamford (Stan-
wich), her son Dr. Jonathan Dibble, the loyalist, and her very numer-
ous descendants of the names of Dibble, Waring, Feeks, Ingersoll,
Smith, Cooper, etc 272-283
Jonathan's ^^ grandchildren {children of his sons') , their history and
families : — Jonathan of Greenwich, his widow and children remove
to Ohio; James of Bridgewater; Anna, wife of Jeremiah Randall of
Bridgewater (Randall, Treat, and Beach families) ; Ebenezer of
Greenwich, a Revolutionary Pensioner; Edward of New York city;
Gershom of Greenwich; Timothy of Greenwich; Peter of Greenwich;
Hannah, wife of Peter Lockwood of Greenwich; Sarah, wife of
Daniel Lockwood of Stamford ; Mary, wife of William Peacock of
Greenwich; John of Stamford; Joseph of Stamford; Sarah, wife
of Wilse Webb of New York city; their son Isaac Webb, the great
shipbuilder, with a sketch of his life by his son WiUiam H. Webb;
Jorum of New York city; Jonathan of Stamford ; Hannah, wife of
Samuel Hoyt of Cayuga Co., N.Y. ; George of Beaufort, N.C.;
Phebe of Somers, N.Y. ; Abigail, first wife of Amaziah Mead of
Ontario Co. ; Abraham, of Delaware Co.; Benjamin of Somers 283-303
Jonathan's ^^ great-grandchildren (children of his graftdsons), their
history and families : — Samuel of Greenwich; Joshua Beal of St.
Louis, Mo. ; Jonathan Trumbull (Rufus Allen Lockwood) of Indiana,
his varied career, full sketch of him by Governor Booth of California,
and others, lost at sea in 1857 on board the steamship "Central
America;" Julius Augustus of Missouri ; Ann Eliza, wife of William
F. McCan of Kentucky ; Sarah Jeannette, wife of Jeremiah Howell
of Indiana; Betsey, wife, ist, of John Fenn, 2d, of David Hawley of
Brookfield, Conn. ; Lucy, wife, ist, of John Williams, 2d, of David
Viditoe, 3d, of Stiles B. Curtiss, of Connecticut; Hannah, wife of
J. B. Turner of Newtown; Abigail, wife of Levi Beach of Harwin-
ton; Jonathan of Bridgewater; Ebenezer of New York city; Rheua
Skelding, wife of Dr. Charles Marsh of New York city ; Isaac
Knapp of New York city; Mary Ann, wife of Frederick Lockwood
of Greenwich ; Samuel of Greenwich (son of Peter) ; Jonathan of
Greenwich ; John Philander of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ; Samuel
of Brooklyn ; Sarah Seikins, wife of Ira A. Clark of New York city ;
Juha Ann, wife of James M. Clarke of La Porte, Ind. ; Sally, wife of
Edwin Buxton of Stamford ; Maria, wife of Joseph D. Warren of
Stamford; William of Stamford; George of Stamford; Susan, wife,
Tst, of Isaac Gee, 2d, of Henry Gilbert of Kentucky; William of
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Page
Colchester, N.Y. ; Benjamin T. of Brooklyn, sketch of his life;
Sarah, wife of J. B. Patterson of Walton ; Julia, wife of Elon C.
Galusha of Rochester; Louisa, wife of Edwin C. Wright of Lock-
port; Sally, wife of Edward Finch of Somers; Abigail, wife of
Charles C. Hatch, New York city ; Amy, wife of John N. Crosby
of New York city ; Alexander, of Westchester Co 303-337
Jonathan^ s " later descejidatits, bearing the names of Jessup, Lock-
wood, Terhune, Burns, Welton, Morgan, Bogert, etc 337-346
APPENDIX.
OTHER JESSUP FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
I. John Jessup of Southampton, N. Y.
Earlier generatio7is : — John^ Jessup and his children; John, son of
John,^ extract from his will, his children ; Isaac and Henry, grand-
sons of John,i and their families ; John and Deacon Thomas, great-
grandsons of John,^ and their families ; John, Henry of Quogue,
Zebulon, and Samuel of Florida, N. Y., great-great-grandsons of
John,^ and their families 349-3S3
Later generations : — Isaac of Goshen, N. Y., Matthew of Southampton,
Judge William of Montrose, Penn., Daniel of Florida, N. Y., their
families and descendants 354-355
Additional records: — Nathan or Nathaniel of Richmond, Mass., his
children and descendants in Westfield, Mass., Philadelphia, Penn.,
and elsewhere. Ancestry of the Misses Alice and Phebe Cary ;
Stephen of New Jersey (1735), perhaps the son of Isaac of South-
ampton, N. Y. ; John and Isaac, sons of Stephen of New Jersey,
who go to Ohio, with full records of their families 355-358
II. Thomas Jessop of North Carolina.
Earlier generations : — Thomas ^ Jessop and his family ; Thomas son
of Thomas'- ; his three wives ; full copy of his will ; his twelve chil-
dren 358-361
Grandchildren of Thomas i: — Hannah, wife of Joel Willis of Ohio,
and her numerous descendants bearing the names of WiUis, Thorn-
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burg, Hiatt, etc. ; Joseph of North Carolina and his descendants in
Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, etc. ; Thomas of Indiana and his family ;
Timothy of Indiana and his family ; William of Indiana and his family ;
Caleb of North Carolina ; Jacob of Indiana and his descendants ;
Jonathan of York, Penn. ; his early history ; his account of the battle
of Guilford Court House, in 1781 ; his mechanical skill ; sketch of his
active life ; his family 361-367
Great-grandchildren of Thomas ^ : — Thomas of Indiana, and his chil-
dren ; Isaac of Indiana, and his children ; Nathan and his children ;
Edward of York, Penn., and his family 367-368
III. William Jessop of Maryland.
William^ Jessop ; his life and character ; his family record ; William, son
of William,^ his children and the descendants of his daughter Arietta,
wife of George Ward; Nicholas, son of William, ^ and his children :
Charles, son of WilHam,! and his descendants; William, grandson
of William,^ and two of his children ; Joshua, grandson of William,*
and his five children 369~373
IV. William Jessup of New York and Ohio.
William 1 Jessup of Tompkins County, N. Y., and his family. Children
of William,^ viz. : William of Cleves, Ohio, and his five children ;
James of Newfield, N. Y. ; Chloe (Mrs. Smith) of Watkins, N. Y. ;
Mary (Mrs. Willson) and her five children ; John of Cayuga County,
and his children 373-374
V. The Jessups of Southern New Jersey.
John^ Jessup of Burlington County and his two children ; John, son of
John,^ and his three children. Grandchildren of John 1 ,• — James
and his children ; Sarah, wife of Joshua Lord, and her children ; John
and his children. Great-grandchildren of John "^ : — John, James,
Joseph, West, Isaac Wilkins, Sarah, wife of Joseph Borton, William,
and Charles, with records of their respective families. Za/^r^^«^rfl-
/z^«j- .• — George W. of Camden and his family 375-377
Contents. xxi
11.
THOMAS HUNT, JR., OF HUNT'S POINT, N . Y.
Page
Pedigrees of this branch of the Hunt family, as found in Bolton's " His-
tory of Westchester, N. Y.," and in the " Genealogy of the Hunt
Family ; " conflicting and uncertain records ; Thomas Hunt of the
Grove Farm and his children as named in his will ; Thomas, Jr., the
eldest son, the husband of Elizabeth Jessup of West Farms, N. Y. 378-379
Thomas Hunt, Jr., of West Farms and Him fs Point: — The his-
tory of this family continued from page 74 of Chapter First ; county
records in which the name of Thomas, Jr., occurs ; names of his eight
children ; his son-in-law John Leggett ; his son Thomas and his
children 379-381
Grandchildren of Thomas of Hunt'' s Point : — Thomas who died in 1749
and his family, with the descendants of his daughter, the wife of
Wilkie Dodge of Cowneck, Long Island, bearing the names of Sands,
Prime, Ray, Coster, Jay, etc. ; Augustine of New Jersey and the
families of three of his sons 381-382
Great-grandchildren of Thomas of Hunfs Point : — Thomas of Hunt's
Point, b. 1729, and his family ; Jesse of Westchester County and his
children ; Ward of Westchester and his children 383-384
Later generations : — Dr. Joseph of Seneca County, and his family;
Hon. Montgomery of Utica and his family; Thomas Joshua of
Michigan and his children ; Hon. James Bennett of Michigan and
his children ; Justice Ward Hunt of Washington, D. C, and his
children 384-387
INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES . 39I
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
Broom Hall, near Sheffield, England Frontispiece
Arms of Richard Jessop of Broom Hall 8
Map of Hunt's Point (the Jessup and Richardson Patent) . ^6
Photograph of Major Ebenezer Jesup 128
Residence of Major Jesup 133
Photograph of Major-General Thomas S. Jesup 148
Photograph and Autograph of Morris K. Jesup 200
Arms granted to Col. Ebenezer Jessup 203
Pedigree of Joseph Jessup and his Family 203
Photograph of James Jessup 263
Photograph of Dr. Hamilton D. Jessup 267
Seal and Autograph of Major-General Jesup 148
Seal and Autograph of Major Edward Jessup 234
Seal of Henry James Jessup 253
Fac-simile Autographs also of
Augustus Jessopp, D.D 28
Edward Jessup of West Farms 47
Edward Jessup of Fairfield 80
Capt. Edward Jesup of Green's Farms 93
Major Ebenezer Jesup of Westport . 128
Dr. Ebenezer Jesup of Green's Farms 171
JESSUP GENEALOGY.
INTRODUCTION.
I. RESEARCHES IN ENGLAND.
COULD the early settlers of this country have fore-
seen the earnest desire which so many of their
descendants of the present day would have to trace out
their ancestry on the farther side of the ocean, they would
doubtless have left behind them the necessary data. As
it is, a hint here and there, or a few items of circumstan-
tial evidence, more or less trustworthy, is all that remains
in many cases by which to connect the emigrant ancestor
with the source of his European origin. The difficulty
is increased by the fact that many of the emigrants
of two hundred and fifty years ago were poor, or were
younger sons, and left no estates behind them, however
small, which would have secured the preservation of
their names upon the records. And not a few, leaving
the old country without permission of the government,
for obvious reasons concealed both their names and
destination.
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When, in the summer of 1879, Mr. Morris K. Jesup
was in London, he casually called at a Heraldry office,
and inquired about the genuineness of a coat-of-arms
which had been in the possession of his family, and in
more than one of its branches, for more than a century.
It proved to be the arms of the Broom Hall Jessops, of
Yorkshire.'" An attempt was then made to trace the
connection, if any, between this family and Edward
Jessup of Stamford, Connecticut, and of West Farms,
Westchester County, New York, who came to New Eng-
land with the first generation of the settlers. Eventually,
in 1 88 1, the matter was placed in the hands of the late
Col. Joseph L. Chester, an American residing in London,
whose researches during a period of more than twenty-
five years had contributed more to the English history of
Anglo-American families than those of any other person
then living. He prosecuted the work for one year only,
when it was interrupted by his sudden death in 1882, be-
fore he had prepared a final report. This brief period was
too short for the completion of the proposed work, but
Colonel Chester's exceptionally favorable opportunities
enabled him, notwithstanding, to cover a very wide field
of research. Although unsuccessful in his quest for any
person of the required name known to have come to
America before 1649, his letters, and the memoranda
found among his papers — which were at once forwarded,
through the courtesy of his literary executor, George E.
Cokayne, Esq., of the College of Arms — contain some
things that may be of service should the search ever be
resumed. " I have never attempted," he writes, " to work
" See Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry.
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up the pedigrees of the English Jessops, but I have been
in the habit of collecting everything that I have come
across of the name, wherever I have found it in Parish
Registers, and that is in almost every county in England ;
though predominating perhaps in Yorkshire, Notts, and
Lincolnshire." " My collections with direct reference to
the early New England settlers, being the accumulations
of nearly a quarter of a century, are now so enormous that
it always takes me several weeks — on an average about
six — to go through them, and transcribe the entries of
any particular name." Later he reports : " I have now
exhausted the resources in London, where the great bulk
of the public records of the whole country are deposited.
I have every Jessop will proved here from 1383 to 1700.
So far, within your period, although the Johns ^ are com-
mon enough, there is scarcely an Edward among them.
I have also obtained all the Jessop wills from the York
Registry, and am getting those registered in Lincoln.
So far I do not get the slightest trace of your ancestor.
I am steadily accumulating from various parts of the
country, all that my correspondents can give me about
the Jessops in their respective districts." Later he com-
menced an examination of the Kent County records at
Canterbury, as many of the early emigrants to New Eng-
land were from this county, but failing to find anything
of importance, he writes in what proved to be his last
letter : " I am inclined to the opinion that if we find your
ancestor at all, it will be in the North of England''
And here the matter must rest, for the present at least,
" John jESSUPof Wethersfield, Conn. (1637) and Stamford (1641). was included
in the search.
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with the hope thai as the English records are becoming
more and more accessible, the birth and parentage of our
common ancestor will be relieved from the obscurity
which now surrounds them. Probably no portion of New
England history has been more thoroughly studied than
that which has reference to the origin of the first gen-
erations of the settlers. Every name and date and item
of record has been subjected to the closest scrutiny, and
the interest in the subject has deepened with the lapse of
time. The growth of the nation has begotten in the
descendants of the founders an increase of admiration
for the fathers, and a readiness to grant the very humblest
of these pioneers their full share in the success which has
been achieved.
Colonel Chester's memoranda include abstracts of
thirty-six wills of residents in twelve English counties,
derived from the records of the Prerogative Court of Can-
terbury in London, besides a number of administrations
connected with the name, between the years 1555 and
1672. There is also a list of thirty-two Jessop wills from
the records of the Consistory Court at Lincoln, with
dates from 1600 to 1652, and about seventy-five names
from the Parish Registers of the same county. There is
also a portion of the wills registered in York, which
Colonel Chester was carefully examining at the time of
his death. His practised eye and skilful hand are needed
to arrange these crude materials and draw out their sig-
nificance, and little more can be done here than to testify
to his industry during the twelvemonth of his research,
and to express the hope that some one may complete the
work he had so well begun. The family name is pretty
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well distributed throughout the whole extent of the Brit-
ish Isles, where it is much oftener found than in the
United States ; but the North of England appears to have
been the main centre of distribution, as very many of the
families now located elsewhere may be traced to this por-
tion of the kingdom, as well as the larger proportion of
those who bear the name in the United States.
Colonel Chester's notes are not sufficiently full to de-
termine the social position of the families named, but a
majority of the wills examined by him and which were
registered in London two centuries back, show that the
testators belonged either to the yeomanry or to the gentry
class, with here and there a proprietor of very considerable
estate ; while not a few were doctors of physic, doctors of
the law, and clerks, or clergymen. Burke's " Encyclopedia
of Heraldry " records prominent families of the name in
the counties of York, Dorset, and Derby,'' — the latter
originating in a still older family long resident in Long-
ford County, Ireland. An interesting copy or reprint of
the " London Times," dated the 2 2d of June, 181 5, and
now in possession of the writer, announces the great vic-
tory at Waterloo, and includes in the list of wounded
" Major Jessop, Assistant Quarter-Master General." The
name appears at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, certainly as
early as the time of Edward the Sixth (1547). In the
English " Proceedings in Chancery," as published, and in
our public libraries, the name is first noticed in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth (i 558-1603). And from that time
" William Jessop, whose sons constructed the first public railway in
founded the Derlsy County family, was England. — GlUL^SVl^'s Matttcel of Road-
the distinguished engineer who, in 1789, Making.
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onward it occurs with increasing frequency in public
records and contemporary history, including at the pres-
ent time men of position and influence in both Church
and State, — members of the gentry, as well as of the
yeomanry class, graduates of the universities, magis-
trates, and members of parliament and of the learned
professions.
The earliest traditions of the family whose American
pedigree is about to be given, are so closely associated
with Yorkshire as the probable home of its emigrant an-
cestor, that some mention of what is known about the
early history of the best known Yorkshire family of the
name, will not be found out of place in these pages, es-
pecially as some of its members were actively in sympathy
with the Pilgrim Fathers of New England, whose Eng-
lish home was also in the vicinity of Sheffield. Nothing
of the kind is known to have existed in the case of any
other family of the name.
The pedigree of this family is given in the " Herald's
Visitation of Yorkshire" (1665-1666), published by the
Surtees Society. The more essential portions of this
pedigree are given below, with additions from Col. Joseph
L. Chester's transcript from the Parish Registers of Work-
sop, and from Yorkshire wills. Hunter's " Founders of
New Plymouth," the " History of Hallamshire," "" by the
same author, and other authentic sources furnish ad-
ditional material.
" Hallamshire, the History and Topog- work contains (pp. 361-371) much of in-
raphy of the Parish of Sheffield in the terest as to the families of Jessop and
County of York, by Joseph Hunter, F. Swift, with a pedigree of the two allied
S. A., 1819 ; enlarged edition by the Rev. families and their respective armorial
Alfred Gatty, D.D., 1869. This large bearings.
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Richard Jessop,'' having come into possession of Broom
Hall and the patronage of the parish of Sheffield, by right
of his wife, Anne Swift, the daughter of Robert Swift of
Rotherham, secures the grant of a coat-of-arms, July 13,
1575, which was subsequently used by the Broom Hall
family of the name. A record of it may be found in
Burke's " Encyclopedia," and it has recently been verified
at the Collesfe of Arms in London. It is described in
heraldic terms as follows : " Barry of six argent and
azure^ on the first nine mullets gules^ three^ three^ and
three. Crest : a dove standing on an olive branch proper^
In plain English : A shield with six transverse bars, alter-
nately silver and blue, the silver bars each with three red
stars. The dove and olive branch are " proper," that is,
of their natural colors. The endorsement of the patent
is: "Granted, 13 July, 1575, to Richard Jessop, of Broom
Hall, in the parish of Sheffield, co. York," and signed by
" William Flower, Norroy King-at-arms." *
A coat-of-arms identical with the above has been in
possession of, and used by the descendants of Edward
Jessup in America, in their various and widely separated
branches for certainly a century, and probably much
longer ; though at this late day, and in their failure with
certainty to trace the English lineage of their ancestor,
they are unable to claim more than a presumptive right to
its use. This presumptive right, however, is of interest
to them, in that it emphasizes the very commonly received
tradition of the Yorkshire origin of the family. And this
tradition is further confirmed by the fact that the Canadian
« Hunter (" Hallamshire," p. 368) says the orthography of the name in the time of
this Richard was " Jessoppe."
^ See engraving.
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branch of the family — loyalists during the Revolution of
1776 — obtained in 1788 a grant of arms from the same
College of Arms in London, in which the arms of Hyde
of Norbury are quartered with those of Jessop of Broom
Hall, though in connection with certain specified " differ-
ences," as in such cases was customary.'' In the second
generation in America (1692), there was an alliance with
the Hydes of Fairfield, Conn., who claimed connection
with the Clarendon-Hydes of England, descendants of the
Hydes of Norbury.
Richard Jessop, in his pedigree, it will be noticed, took
no pains to go further back than his father, William Jes-
sop, of Rotherham ; and the first date he gives is that of
the will of his mother, which suggests that the father, as
well as the son, had bettered his fortunes by alliance with
an heiress.
PEDIGREE AND HISTORY OF THE JESSOPS OF
BROOM HALL.
1. William Jessop, of Rotherham, m. Emotte, dau. of John Charles-
worth, of Treeton, Esq. Her will is dated 10 Feb., 1569 ; proved 1570.
His will, in which he styles himself "of Treeton," which was near Rother-
ham, is dated 12 Dec, 1557, and proved 26 April, 1558, at York. His
bequests are : " To ray wife Emotte one third of all my goods j the farm
wherein I now dwell to my wife for life for bringing up of my children,
and after her death to my sons Richard or Lawrence as she may appoint."
He also mentions his daughters, Emotte and Agnes.
Four children : —
2. Richard, of Broom Hall, eldest son.
3. Lawrence, living in 1580; m. Elizabeth Teasdell, 30 Nov. 1612, and
had baptized; (i) Margaret, 1613, d. 1614; (2) Elizabeth, 1615,
" See chap. iii.
ARMS GRANTED RICHARD JESSOP, OF BROOM HALL,
13 July, 1575.
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probably m. Richard Clayton, 1634; (3) John, 1618-19, died young;
(4) Gertrude, 1621 ; (5) John, 1623-4; (6) William, 1626; (7) Aima,
1629; (8) Sarah, 1633, possibly m. John Stacie, 1655.
4. Emotte, mentioned in her father's will.
5. Agnes, m. Nescy.
2. Richard Jessop, of Broom Hall in Sheffield, married Anne, born
1 53 1, being aged 27 years, 5th and 6th of Philip and Mary [the date of
her father's death], died in 1567, eldest daughter of Robert Swift of
Rotherham. His will was dated 8 Oct. 22d of Elizabeth (1580), and proved
22 April, 1581, by Francis Wortley, his executor. He was buried at Shef-
field, 26 Nov., 1580.
He had five children : —
6. William, eldest son, and heir of Broom Hall.
7. Richard, second son, living in 1575, who with his brother Francis
succeeded to his father's estates.
8. Francis, third son, living in 1575 ; m. Frances White, 24 Jan., 1604-5
(Worksop Parish Registers), and in 1625 was living in Leyden,
Holland. (Of him more farther on.)
9. Susan, d. 1575.
10. Margaret, m., 15 Sept., 1582, Thomas Symcocks, Esq., a Justice of
the peace for the counties of Nottingham and Somerset.
6. William Jessop, of Broom Hall, eldest son of Richard,^ was 13
in 1575 ; buried 8 Sept., 1630. His first wife was Margaret, daughter" of
Sir John Atherton, of Atherton, County Lancaster. She was married at
Sheffield, 21 Jan., 1582, and buried there 26 April, 1585.
By this marriage were two sons : —
11. Wortley, eldest son and heir.
12. George, of Brancliffe, in the parish of Anston, Esq., b. at Broom
Hall 29 May, 1584; a barrister of the Middle Temple; will dated
4 Sept., 1651 ; proved 28 Sept., 1653. He was buried at Sheffield
17 Nov., 1651. He m. Martha, dau. of Edward or Thomas Good-
rich, of East Kirby, County Lincoln, and had eleven children : —
(1) Richard, who survived his father, but of whom nothing further
is known.
(2) George, of Brancliffe ; m. and died without children.
(3) Francis, also of Brancliffe, who by his will (1676) conveyed that
estate to his relative Francis Jessop, of Broom Hall [grandson
of his uncle Wortley].
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(4) Ann Laughton; (5) Elizabeth, wife of William Cressy ; (6) Mary
Marshall; (7) Sarah Smith; (8) Gertrude Macqueen; (9) Mar-
garet; (10) Dorothy ; (11) Martha.
The 'second wife of William Jessop® was Anne, daughter of Lyon
Goodrich, Esq., living 5th James I. (1608). By her he had two
daughters : —
13. Margaret, who m. ist, Humphrey Savage, of North Lees in the
parish of Hathersage, gent., and 2d, William Young, Esq., whom
she m. at Sheffield, 27 July, 1646.
14. Ann ; m. Thomas Eyre of High Low in the parish of Hathersage.
II. Wortley Jessop, of Scofton, near Worksop, eldest son of Wil-
liam 6 of Broom Hall; born 13 April, 1583; marriage settlement dated
30 of Jan., 5th of James I. (1608). His will was dated 13 April, 16 15.
He was lost at sea," and his will proved 27 May, 161 7. He married
Catharine, second daughter of Thomas D'Oyley of London, M.D., by
whom he had two children : —
15. William, only son.
16. A daughter who m. Wade, of Nottingham,
15. William Jessop, of Broom Hall, heir to his grandfather Wil-
liam,6 aged four years in 16 14; his will dated i April, 1641. He died
soon after, and was interred at Sheffield on the 15th of the same month.
By his first wife, Mary, daughter of Stephen Bright, Bart., to whom he was
married at Sheffield, i Feb., 1630-1, and who was buried there 13 May,
1 63 [6?], he had three children : —
17. Wortley, bap. at Worksop, 13 Aug., 1633; d. young.
18. William, bap. at Worksop, Oct. 1634; d. young.
19. Esther, buried at Worksop, 21 Jan., 1632-3.
The second wife of William Jessop,i5 was Jane, daughter of Sir
Francis South, of Kelstrom, County Lincoln ; marriage settlement dated
4 June, 1637. She was buried at Sheffield, 10 Oct., 1675. ^y her he
had : —
° He was drowned in 1617 coming from Ireland where he had purchased lands, and
the writings were also lost. — Hunter's Hallamshire, p. 368.
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20. Francis, eldest surviving son and heir.
21. William, a posthumous child ; bap. at Sheffield, 1641 ; buried 1647.
22. Anne, bap. at Sheffield, 24 June, 1640.
20. Francis Jessop, of Broom Hall, Esq., and F.R.S., heir of William
Jessop,i5 aged 27 years, 16 Sept., 1665; his will dated 10 April, 1688,
and buried at Sheffield, 3 April, 1691. He married Barbara, daughter of
Robert Eyre, of High Low and of Holme Hall, Esq., son of Thomas Eyre
and Anne Jessop, in 1675. [His wife was his second cousin.] By her
he had : — ■
23. William, eldest son.
24. Francis, second son ; Rector of Treeton ; bap. at Sheffield, 19 Sept.,
1668 ; d. unmarried, and buried at Sheffield, 25 May, 1728.
25. Francis, d. young.
26. Richard, d. young.
27. Jane, wife of Marriott Pett, of the County of Essex, Esq., b. 27
Nov. 1667.
28. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Burton, M.A., Vicar of Halifax, b. at
Sheffield, 11 Oct., 1671 ; m. there, 20 April, 1700.
29. Anne, b. at Sheffield, 30 Oct., 1674; d. unmarried, and buried at
Sheffield, 23 Oct., 1740.
30. Barbara, wife of John Bright, of Bannercross and Chesterfield ; bap.
at Worksop, 28 April, 1679; m. 4 March, 1701.
23. William Jessop, eldest son and heir of Francis Jessop 20 ; bap.
at Sheffield, 22 Feb., 1664-5; ^ Bencher of Gray's Inn; one of his
Majesty's justices of the peace of Chester, and Treasurer of the Alienation
Office; M.P, for Aldborough. He died at Broom Hall, 15 Nov., 1734,
and was buried in the parish church at Sheffield. He married Hon. Mary
Darcy, daughter of James Darcy of Sedbergh Park, County York (son of
James Darcy of the same place, sixth son of Conyers, Lord Darcy), who
was created Baron Darcy of Navan in the Kingdom of Ireland, 172 1, with
remainder to his grandson, James Jessop. She died 17 June, 1737, and
was buried by her husband. They had : —
24. James, only son, d. in his father's lifetime.
25. Barbara, eldest dau., bap. at Sheffield, 20 Nov., 1697 ; m. there,
3 Sept., 1723, to Andrew Wilkinson of Boroughbridge, M.P. for
Aldborough, and principal store-keeper for the Ordnance, who d.
1784. She d. February, 1768, leaving issue.
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26. Isabella, bap. at Sheffield, 30 July, 1701 ; m. there, 12 Oct., 1721, to
John Eyre, of Hopton, County Derby, son of Sir William Eyre, of
High Low. She d. July, 1738, leaving issue.
27. Mary, d. unmarried.
28. Bertha, bap. at Sheffield, 25 Dec, 1704, d. unmarried; buried
November, 1781.
24. James Jessop, Baron Darcy, succeeded to his grandfather James
Darcy, Baron Darcy, but died unmarried, 15 June, 1733, aged 26 years.
The eldest branch of the family in the direct line became thus extinct.
Broom Hall and its proprietors deserve a more ex-
tended notice than has already been given, and Mr,
Hunter adds many interesting particulars.
The orisfin of the name of the estate is obscure.
" Brome," as it is sometimes spelled, Colonel Chester says
is a corruption of " Broom." Some centuries before
this property came into possession of even the Swifts,
Robert de Ecclesall — himself the last of his name —
mentions in his will " lands which he had in Brom ; " and
the designation has at least the merit of antiquity.
At page 361 of Mr. Hunter's book is a wood-cut of a
portion of the old residence (a rear view of the most
ancient portion), suggestive of a large rambhng pile of
buildings to which many additions had been made
from time to time. English dwellings, it will be recol-
lected, are commonly built of durable materials intended
to withstand the storms of centuries ; and these ancient
stone walls have not a little history connected with them.
Our author says of the Hall : —
" This respectable old mansion is a little to the north of the
Porter [brook], and about a mile west of Sheffield. It is a low
building embowered by trees. The part of it represented in the
eneravins is of an age not later than the time of Henry VIII.
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The Jessops added to the original structure during the time it was
in their possession. The modern part [now (1886) nearly a cen-
tury old] was built by the Rev. James Wilkinson, Vicar of Shef-
field, who resided in the Hall of his maternal ancestors during
nearly the whole period of his incumbency. It was here that in his
character as magistrate he was accustomed to administer justice,
and once suffered from the popular displeasure. In the year
1 79 1 Broom Hall was attacked by a nest of misguided and
thoughtless people, who set fire to the house and much damaged
the library, which had been collected by Mr. Wilkinson's great-
grandfather, Francis Jessop, Esq., one of the earliest members of
the Royal Society. Around the house lay a beautiful estate,
richly cultivated, well watered and well wooded, which descended
in a right line to Mr. Wilkinson from many ancestors."
To return to the early history of Broom Hall. Mr.
Hunter states that John Wickersley (Wycherley .?), who
styled himself as of Broom Hall, Esq., devised the prop-
erty in 1528 to his son Nicholas, whose only daughter,
and the last of the family, married Robert Swift the
younger, son of Robert Swift, gent., of Rotherham. By
this marriage Robert Swift the younger became possessed
of Wickersley, Broom Hall, and various other estates,
making the Hall his principal residence.^ Swift also
obtained the tithes of Ecclesall, Heeley, and Hallam, and
to him and his brother, William Swift, was granted in the
thirty-sixth year of Henry VIII. (1544) the advowson of
the church of Sheffield. A variety of estates had thus
concentrated in the only daughter of Nicholas de Wick-
" Vicar Wilkinson was the son of An- five brothers. He died in 1S05, but none
drew Wilkinson, M. P. and Barbara, sister of the family left descendants.
of James Jessop, Lord Darcy, mentioned * A copy of the Swift arms, quartered
in the pedigree already given of the with those of Wickersley, is now before
Broom Hall family. He was Vicar of the writer. They bear the motto, " Fes-
Sheffield many years, surviving all of his tina lente," — make haste slowly.
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ersley, the wife of Robert Swift, a portion of which came
to Richard Jessop through his marriage with Anne, the
eldest of the three daughters'" of Robert Swift. On the
partition of the estates of the latter in 1561, Jessop
received Broom Hall, as well as other property. The
ecclesiastical grants made to the Swifts passed eventually
into the hands of the Jessop family, and thence by inheri-
tance to the Wilkinson and Cell families, by whom they
have since been administered. In a list of the vicars of
Sheffield, beginning with the year 1 558-1 559, and ending
with 1 85 1, it will be noticed that the first was presented
by William Swift, the twelve following by the Jessops, and
those which follow by the heirs of the latter. Of these
clergymen, some certainly, like the Rev. Thomas Toller
(i597~i635.) were Puritans, and in 1662, at the restoration
of Charles II., among the two thousand clergymen ^ho
refused to submit to the terms of conformity and re-
signed their benefices, are included the Vicar of Shef-
field, the Rev. James Fisher, and his three assistant
ministers, Edward Prime, Matthew Bloom, and Rowland
Hancock.
The burial place of the Jessops, patrons of this church
(now Trinity Church), is at the north end of the chan-
cel, and many of them are there interred. But one memo-
rial of the family is in sight at the present time, and this
of Judge William Jessop (i 664-1 734) and his wife, the
Hon. Mary Darcy, which is accompanied by the quartered
arms of Jessop and Swift as follows : —
" It may be well to note that of the Sir Francis Leake, whose grandson was
other two daughters of Robert Swift the the first Earl of Scarsdale. These mar-
younger, Mary married in 1558, Francis riages explain the occurrence of certain
Wortley, and her sister Frances married names in the Broom Hall pedigree.
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" Quarterly i and 4 Jessop ; Barry of six argent and azure on each
piece of the first 3 mullets gules : 2 and 3 Swift ; Or, a chevron barry nebu-
lae argent and azure between 3 roebucks courant proper."
Judge Jessup was " principal law adviser of the minis-
try in the reign of Queen Anne, in which the Duke of
Newcastle held the ofifice of Lord Privy Seal. Many of
his communications at this period may be found in the
Harleian MSS. 2,262." He represented Aldborough in
Parliament at the time of his death, as he had done for
many years, having been elected nine times. In 1764 he
became Commissioner of the Alienation Office, and in
1728, second Judge of Chester. He also obtained an
Irish peerage for his son, who died before him, as already
noticed in the pedigree. His younger brother, Francis,
was brought up to the church and was Rector of Treeton,
but he had many and great eccentricities. He published
some sermons, and it is he of whom Mr. Guest, in his
" History of Rotherham " (page 446), speaks as a " known
favorer of the Puritans ; " for which offence he was for a
time suspended by his bishop. An epigram in circulation
about that time, in reference to him, is quoted by Mr.
Hunter, a part of which is as follows : —
*' In double offices he serves the Lord,
To fight his battles and to preach his word ;
And double praise is to his merits due,
Who thumps the cushion, and his people too."
This was the retort of a neighboring rector, whose clas-
sical inscription for Lord Molesworth's dog-monument
Jessop had ingeniously parodied.
Another Francis Jessop, of an earlier generation, a
great-uncle of the Francis just mentioned, and youngest
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son of George Jessop of Brancliffe, is not unknown to
science. He was one of the earliest members of the
Royal Society, and much acquainted with literary men
of the day. John Ray, the distinguished scientist, was
his frequent guest at Broom Hall. In one of his letters
to Martin Lester (1668), he thus refers to Jessop: " Prox-
ima statio fuit Sheffeldia in comitatu Eboracensi. Ibi a
vetere amico D. Jessop perbenevole exceptus sum, in cujus
aedibus etiam-num diversor." "■ In another letter he refers
to him again : " Ego ex quo hue veni, partim physicis
partim mathematicis studiis memet exercui ; siquidem D.
Jessop mathematicis imprimis delectatur, in quibus non
contemnendos sane progressus fecit." ^
Francis Willoughby, the friend of John Ray, in the
preface to his " Ornithologia," makes grateful mention of
the assistance he had received from Mr. Jessop, " who
sent us the descriptions and cases of many rare birds,
and discovered and gave us notice of m.any species there-
about [near Broom Hall], which he knew not before to
be natives of England." And Willoughby afterward
associates Jessop with Ray, Skippon, and two other gen-
tlemen as executors of his will.
Mr. Hunter mentions but one work of Francis Jessop.
It is a pamphlet bearing the imprimatur of Lord Car-
bury, President of the Royal Society, dated November 3,
1687, and entitled, " Propositiones Hydrostatics ad illus-
"■ My next stopping-place was Shef- ^ From which place I came hither for
field, in the county of York. I was there the study, partly of natural science and
most kindly received by my old friend partly of mathematics ; since Mr. Jessop
Mr. Jessop, at whose house I still am takes especial pleasure in mathematics,
lodging. — Ray's Philosophical Letters, in which he has truly made advances not
Dereham, 1718, p. 30. to be despised. — Ibid. p. 31.
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trandum Arfstarchi Samii Systema destinate et qucedam
phsnomina naturae generalia."''
In the " Transactions of the Royal Society " are several
of his communications, namely : On Fairy Rings ; on the
Damp in Mines ; on Subterranean Fungus ; on an Un-
known Mineral; and an account of a medical case at
Sheffield. Several of Mr. Jessop's letters may be found
in the Ray Correspondence, which show both his love
for natural science and his attachment to the severer
study of the mathematics.
Mr. Jessop took a leading part in the concerns of the
parish of Sheffield.
The more recent history of Broom Hall can be given
in few words. Its last owner of the name. Judge William
Jessop, had daughters only, and the Rev. James Wilkin-
son, his grandson, was the last of the family to occupy
the Hall. He bequeathed it to his cousin, Philip Cell,
of Hopton, and the estate afterward passed by sale into
the possession of John Watson, Esq., of Shircliffe Hall.
Among the papers of the late Colonel Chester is a note
from Sir Henry E. Watson, the present owner of the
property, to the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., in answer to
inquiries about the Hall, in which he states, under date of
April 20, 1 88 1, that "the old Hall is now divided into
three good dwelling-houses. The back parlors are in
the time of Elizabeth and well worth seeing."^
° Propositions in Hydrostatics, de- see Hunter's " Hall amshire," pp. 237, 254,
signed to Illustrate the System of Aris- 263, 268, 285, and 361-371. Also GuesVs
tarchus of Samos, and certain general " Rotherham " (1S79), P- 5i8, for some-
phenomena of Nature. thing additional as to the Swifts. A large
For further particulars as to Broom amount of both curious and interesting
Hall and the families of Jessopand Swift, information may there be found.
2
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Through the politeness of William B. Esam, Esq., who
occupies the more modern portion of the Hall, we are able
to furnish a view of the building as it now is.'' In a letter
dated " Broom Hall, Sheffield, Oct. 25, 1886," he says that
the sketch in Hunter's " Hallamshire " is " a rear view of
the original Hall, which is in almost the precise condition
as when the sketch was taken," — before 181 9 certainly.
This part is in the extreme background of the picture,
and is the part that dates back three hundred years
and more. One of the two dwellings into which it is
now divided " is furnished throughout almost with good,
old oak furniture, while in front is a sun-dial over the
door." It was in this part, doubtless, that Francis Jessop
the scientist entertained his friend John Ray. " The
surrounding estate," Mr. Esam adds, " has been built
upon, but only handsome villa residences have been
allowed, with a considerable area of grounds to each, so
that the distinctive features of the old spot are interfered
with much less than one would think, having regard to
the proximity of the property to the town." The most
prominent portion of the building as seen in the picture,
and which the writer calls " modern," itself dates back to
the beginning of the present century.
That there were other families of Jessops in the vicinity
of Sheffield besides that of Broom Hall, elder branches
possibly of one original stock, is shown by the parish
records. The name was by no means uncommon from
the times of Elizabeth onward. The pedigree just given
shows that the descendants of Lawrence Jessop, the
younger brother of Richard of Broom Hall, were numer-
« See frontispiece.
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ous, although no Edward is recorded among them. It is
noteworthy, also, that the larger number of those of the
name who have come to America within the present
century, or since the Revolution of 1776, have hailed from
Yorkshire. It cannot fail to be noticed further that in
the Broom Hall family, all of the three sons not only
lived in the midst of that Puritan element of the Endish
Church which ultimately began the settlement of New
England, but were themselves in sympathy with it.
Scrooby, the very cradle of the New England Puritans,
was in Nottinghamshire, near the borders of Yorkshire
and Lincolnshire, and not far from Sheffield.
This was the home of the Rev. John Robinson's church,
to which belonged the Bradfords and Brewsters and
others, names famous in New England history. This
church emigrated to Holland in 1608, and a portion of
it, in 1620, crossed the Atlantic and became the Pilg-rim
founders of New Plymouth.^ William Jessop of Broom
Hall, the eldest of the brothers, in 1597 or 1598, presented
to the vicarage of Sheffield the Rev. Thomas Toller, a
well known Puritan divine. His son, Wortley Jessop of
Broom Hall, seems also to have been a Puritan. Richard
Jessop, the second brother, in 1593, named as supervisors
of his will this same Rev. Thomas Toller, and with him
the Rev. Richard Clifton, another Puritan preacher, who
went also to Holland and died there. Francis Jessop,
" In Richard Mather's journal of the that had lost a good living because of his
voyage from England to Boston in Amer- non-conformity, and wished us all well."
ica, he states that " While lying, on ac- A note adds that he was the father of
count of bad winds, in Milford Haven [on Constantine Jessop also a non-conformist
the coast of Wales], Mr. Jessop came to minister. — Young's Chronicles of the
see the Christians bound for New England. First Planters of Mass. Bay, p. 457.
He was a grave and godly old man, one Brook's Lives of the Puritans, iii. 375.
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the third brother, sold his estates in Tilne and went to
Amsterdam with Clifton, and afterwards is heard of at
Leyden in 1625, where he was a member of Robinson's
church.
Neither Robinson nor Jessop were of the party who
were on board of the Mayflower, but it is quite evident
they intended soon to follow them. In 1625 Robin-
son dies at Leyden, and a letter dated November 30 of
that year is forwarded to the Plymouth colonists, an-
nouncing his death. This letter is signed by Francis
Jessop" (who perhaps wrote it), Thomas Nash, Thomas
Blossom, Roger White, and Richard Maisterson, and they
refer to their strong desire to join their brothers in Amer-
ica. All these are New England names, Jessop much
the less common, and for the reason that the emigrant
ancestors of this name settled finally either in the vicinity
of what is now New York city or on Long Island. Two
of John Robinson's sons came to this country, and
Thomas Blossom also came, and was an offlcer in the
church at New Plymouth.^ As to the families of Richard
Jessop and of his brother Francis (presumably Robinson's
brother-in-law), the pedigree is silent, and is concerned
only with the entail of the Broom Hall estate. In any
case, however, there is certainly space for a reasonable
conjecture that both Edward Jessup and John Jessup,
both of whom belonged to the first generation of set-
tlers in Stamford, Connecticut, were in some way con-
nected with those of their name in Yorkshire."" A writer
« Mass. Hist. Coll. 4th S. i. 155 (Life " Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d S., xi. 346, con-
of John Robinson). tains the following paragraph from cer-
^ Mass. Hist. Coll. 4th S.,i. 157. tain manuscript records of the Long^
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in the " N. E. Gen. Register" (vol. x. pages 357-358)
notes the fact that Rev. Richard Denton, who accom-
panied the first settlers of Stamford on their removal from
Wethersfield, Connecticut, had been a preacher at Hali-
fax in Yorkshire, England, and that another preacher,
then at Wethersfield, was born at Edgton in the same
English county ; while quite a number of the Stamford
families besides those of Denton and Jessup bore well
known Yorkshire names. This conjecture is further
heightened by the fact that the judicial district where
Edward Jessup lived on his removal from Stamford, and
where he was one of the original and most prominent
settlers, was known as the " North Riding of Yorkshire,"
and letters of the family are still on record dated " York-
shire " referring to Westchester county. New York, where
Jessup died.
Since the above was written, the following communi-
cation has been received from the Rev. Augustus Jessopp,
D.D.j'^the well known antiquarian, respecting the English
history of the family, which throws much additional light
upon the whole subject, and cannot fail of being read with
great interest.
Little, etc., Parliaments found in this " Augustus Jessopp, D.D., was born
country, and published by the N. Y. Hist, in 1824, at Cheshunt, Herts, and is now
Society. "On Monday, 19 Jan., 1656-7, Rector of Seaming, East Dereham, Nor-
certain persons were examined under oath folk. He is a graduate of Cambridge
charged with a design upon the Lord Pro- University, and received his D.D. from
tector's Life, etc., before Francis White Oxford. He is an author and writer of
and William Jessop, Esqrs., two of his wide reputation and a distinguished anti-
Highness's Justices of the Peace for the quarian, best known to the American
liberty of Westminster. Mr. Secretary public by his frequent papers on topics
informed the Parliament on the above connected with History or Sociology in
date of these facts, and 13 Feb. prox. a the " Nineteenth Century Magazine" and
day of thanksgiving was appointed for the other English periodicals,
deliverance."
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A family whose name was spelled in a dozen different ways,
from Gisop to Jessoppe, was domiciled in the south of York-
shire from early times. In the 15th century they seem to have
been land-owners and of the gentry class in the neighborhood of
the important towns of Rotherham, Doncaster, and Sheffield.
They were already important people in this district when the
1 6th century opened, and had allied themselves by marriage with
the ancient family of De Vesci," a branch of which have still
lingered about this part of the county down to these times. One
branch of the Jessopps had settled in the county of Nottingham
before this ; and there were some of the name in Lincolnshire, and
I think in Derby, during the reign of Henry VIII., descendants
of which branch are now by far the most flourishing and wealthy
bearers of the name.
Some time during the first half of the i6th century, Richard
Jessoppe of Rotherham, gent, married Anne, eldest daughter of
Robert Swift, of Broom Hall, near Sheffield, and obtained with
her this estate and a large fortune besides. This marriage was
what is popularly described as the foundation of the Jessopp
family, — that is to say, it gave them a chance of showing what
stuff they were made of. The race proved itself worthy of its
possessions, and the estate of Broom Hall was handed down from
father to son for seven generations, and only passed to possessors
of another name at the death of William Jessop of Broom Hall,
without heirs male, on the 15th Nov., 1734. Meanwhile from the
parent stock at Broom Hall there grew up offshoots of the same
family, descended from the younger branches ; and these estab-
lished themselves in other parts of Yorkshire, in Nottinghamshire,
Lincolnshire, and Norfolk. The Norfolk branch are descended
from Francis,^ third son of Richard Jessopp by Anne Swift. He
inherited the estate of Tilne at h'is father's death, in 1581. This
" See Burke's " Encyclopedia " as to ^ It was this Francis Jessop who went
this family. Also Hunter's "Hallam- to Holland with the Rev. John Robinson ;
shire," p. 496, and Guest's " Rotherham," and Robinson's wife is thought to have
p. 23. been a sister of Frances White.
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estate he sold to his brother William. On the 24th January, i6o|-
he married Frances White at Worksop. I much doubt whether
he ever did emigrate to America. On the contrary I believe liim
to have returned to England from Holland after Robinsons death,
and to have settled on the borders of Suffolk and Norfolk in the
neighborhood of Beccles, a district which more than once has
been a favorite refuge for those who in East Anglia were ill-
affected to the dominant religious views and discipline of their
time. By Frances, his first wife, he became father of Jonathan *
Jessopp, who became Rector of Colkirk, in the county of Norfolk,
in 1627, and continued to hold the living without molestation
through all the time of the Commonwealth. This indicates that
he was a sympathizer with the Puritan party.
Francis Jessopp lost his wife Frances some time in 1636, and
on the 27th March, 1637, he, as a "widower of Beccles, gent."
had license to marry Susanna Chubbs of Horsham, spinster, by
whom he had a second family. In 1643 he was undoubtedly
associated with Dowsing* in the detestable vandalism which so
ruthlessly and senselessly obliterated an enormous number of
works of art, monuments, and historical memorials, throughout
the county of Suffolk. That means that the man was a wild
fanatic, swayed by passion, not by reason, and liable to make the
sentiments of hate and ferocity, rather than love and charity,
° " Jonathan " is a common name in days of James I., so that it was with
the present history. See chap. iv. difficulty they escaped the country and
^ Dowsing, in the days of the Com- took refuge in Holland. (See White's
monwealth (1643), was appointed Parlia- "Journal of William Dowsing;" new
mentary Visitor of the Suffolk churches, edition, Ipswich, England, 1885.)
and in that capacity ordered the removal It is of interest here to compare with
of many crosses, paintings, carvings, etc., the above a statement in "Pepys's Diaiy,"
which in his judgment encouraged super- 31st Jan., 1667-6S. Referring to the
stition rather than genuine religion. Jes- English Commissioners of accounts, he
sop is said to have aided him in the adds : " They have Mr. Jessop their
matter, and it is easy to see that this secretary ; and it is pretty to see that
exhibition of zeal without knowledge was they are fain to find out an old-fashioned
helped rather than hindered by his vivid man of Cromwell's to do their business
remembrances of the way in which he and for them, as well as the Parliament to
his co-religionists had been harried in the pitch upon such for Commissioners."
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become the guiding forces of his so-called religious creed. Never-
theless, this Francis Jessopp seems to have prospered in this world.
He had by his second wife three sons, Thomas, Richard, and
Samuel, each of whom is described as " gent," in the parochial
and other documents that I have met with during the latter half
of the 17th century, and they all held land and other property
(which in the aggregate was considerable) in the county of Nor-
folk, within five miles of the parish in which I am now writing.
Of Thomas Jessopp, " of East Dereham, gent.," I know little,
except that he was born in 1638; for his name occurs in a docu-
ment of the date of 1678, in which he is described as " aetatis 40."
Richard, the second son, had a considerable estate hereabouts;
but he lived at Fakenham (about fifteen miles off), and seems to
have been the man of business (possibly family solicitor) to the
Lord Townshend, of Rainham, and to other of the wealthy people
in that neighborhood. His descendants came to an end in the
male line about the middle of the last century, and the last
of them, Francis Jessopp, was buried at Swanton Morley (a
village about five miles from Dereham) in February, 1749, aged
6^] years. A monument to him is still to be seen in the Church,
surmounted by the arms and crest of Jessopp of Broom Hall.
Samuel, the third son of Francis Jessopp, the iconoclast, was
a very successful physician in the county of Norfolk. Of his first
wife I know nothing; but in 1675, he, being described as " Samuel
Jessopp, widower, M. D., of East Bradenlaw" (Norfolk), married
Maria Cooper, of Mileham, spinster. By this second wife he had
a daughter, whom he named after his mother, Susanna, and a son
whom he named after his father, Francis. His stock, too, came
to an end in the male line by the death of his grandson, Richard
Jessopp, without issue, about 1750.
To return to the Broom Hall parent stock. The family to
which I myself belong can trace its descent with perfect certainty
up to Roger Jessopp, of Thurmscoe,*" county York, who was resi-
" " I have all the entries from the as I write. The earliest is of the date
Thurmscoe Parish Registers at my elbow 1635, when Ralph Gissope was buried.
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dent, with his wife, as a man of substance in 1638. My grand-
father remembered Thurmscoe Hall as it was when he was a
child. His father, however, had become reduced in circum-
stances and the son had to make his own way in the world.
He succeeded by great energy and considerable ability, but he
made the enormous mistake of marrying his first cousin, Catha-
rine, daughter and heir of Rev. John Sympson, whose mother
was Anne Jessopp, sister of my great-grandfather, Thomas Jes-
sopp, the last possessor of Thurmscoe Hall. I call this an enor-
mous mistake, because I am informed that my grandmother was
afflicted with attacks of nervous irritation, amounting almost to
insanity, from which her progeny was likely to suffer, and has
suffered accordingly. I believe that a tendency to this excessive
cerebral irritation has appeared in our race from time to time
during all the three centuries that I have been able to trace its
fortunes, exhibiting itself sometimes in mere eccentricity, some-
times in violent outbreaks of temper, sometimes in such senseless
and furious fanaticism as Francis, the iconoclast, surrendered him-
self to in Suffolk, and for which his namesake, Francis Jessopp of
Broom Hall, was notorious in 1682,^* sometimes in other direc-
tions on which I need not dwell. I am so firm a believer in
heredity that I set these things down as a caution to those of
my name who are of the same blood as myself.
The Jessopps have never been deficient in brain power, but
they have in my opinion all along been lacking in nervous vigor.
They seem at all times to have been weak on the emotional side,
too highly strung and impulsive; and while they seem generally
to have been tall, more than ordinarily handsome, with never a
taint of blood, such as comes out in the more common heredi-
tary maladies, they never seem to have been men and women
big of bone and of rugged, muscular frames, without which I do
In 1638, Alice, the daughter of Roger « He is described as " a known favorer
Gissop and Mary his wife, were baptized, of dissenters." See Guest's " Rother-
etc." — Letter of Dr. Jessopp, 2d Feb., ham," p. 446, and Sir John Reresby's
1883. Diary by Cartwright.
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not believe that any family can make a great place, or at any rate
keep it for long when made.
The fortunes of the Broom Hall family may be read in Hun-
ter's " History of Sheffield," where a pedigree "" of the family is to
be found. The pedigree is very ijicompleie, and the account of the
family might be considerably added to ; but this would entail a
much larger expense than it is worth any one's while to incur,
and would really involve and necessitate that an expert should
take up his residence in Yorkshire for several months and devote
himself to the necessary researches. This is not taiiti. Such re-
searches would doubtless lead to further discoveries as to the
fortunes of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Jessopps, all off-
shoots of the same stock. As I have said, the Derbyshire Jessopps
are much the most properous bearers of the name, but I am' told
that there are now Jessopps at Sheffield, who know nothing of their
ancestry, who are getting very rich by hardware manufacture. I
know nothing of them.
With regard to the Dorsetshire Jessopps,* I believe they be-
long to a different stock, or if not that, that their connection with
the Yorkshire family must be thrown back to very early times.
It is hardly worth while to dwell upon them, and the less so, as
they had apparently quite lost touch with the Yorkshire family
before the i6th century, and were extinct before the 17th century
was half over.
I have a strong suspicion, amounting to a conviction, that
the children of Francis Jessopp, the iconoclast, by his first wife
[Frances White], did emigrate to i\merica, and I should not de-
spair of seeing this proved some day if a competent enquirer
could undertake to prosecute the search regardless of expense.
But, again I think it is not worth while, and would be a foolish
experiment for any one to make, unless he had abundance of
leisure, little else to live for, and more money than he knew what
" See the pedigree already given above, this reason fell under the displeasure of
^ Dr. Jessopp elsewhere states that Queen Elizabeth, who cleared them out
this family were stiff Catholics, and for of the country.
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to do with. I cannot account for the almost entire disappear-
ance of the issue of this first marriage except by the hypothesis
that they all crossed the Atlantic without their father. By the
time Francis Jessopp returned from Holland the chances are that
he had already several children who were quite capable of taking
care of themselves, and of one another. I think it far from im-
probable that the Jessopps in America may sooner or later take
up a representative position in the new country. The mixture
of new blood, the influences of a more stimulating chmate, the
effects of such disciphne of self-control and self-help as American
institutions and American vitality afford, the much greater cer-
tainty that the weedy and the worthless will sink, and the fittest
will survive and come to the fore, among Americans than is the
case among ourselves, — all these forces are likely to eliminate
the weaker and more vicious elements in a family than here, and
are likely to bring into prominence and relief such qualities as are
essential to leadership. I hope it may be so. It is pleasant to
think that we are of the same blood with men who have been not
wholly undistinguished in ages past. It is pleasant too to con-
nect one's self in thought with others who may rise to eminence
hereafter, and who, if they shall not spring from our loins, yet
will claim kinship with the same forefathers whom we delight to
call our own.
A word as to the origin of the name of the family. I have
throughout used the spelling of the name which is usual with
me, but I am by no means certain as to how it ought to be
spelled. Nor have I much more than a faint suspicion as to the
origin of the word. A specialist in gentile and geographical
names might be able to throw light on the question. In the
mean time my suspicion is that the syllable Jes, is a softening of
an earlier Gis, which appears in such names as 6^zi"-burn, 6'm-wig,
G^/j"-lingham, and the old Dorsetshire name, Giss-'xzV.. So with
regard to the second syllable of the name ; I meet with it again
in such names as ^oxV-sop, Glos-.?*?/, and A\-sop, though I have
not the least notion what the meaning of either syllable may be.
28 yessup Genealogy.
In conclusion I stretch out across the wide Atlantic a friendly-
hand of greeting to my unknown kindred whom I shall never see
in the flesh, but for whom I hope there may be a worthy future
in the persons of their posterity in a not very remote future.
May they leave us and our common ancestors far behind in every
noble victory over ignorance and injustice and error and sin.
May they ** grow from more to more," with never one who shall
bear our common name to bring reproach or shame upon their
forefathers, and with some worthy records, if it may be so, of
good work done for God and the human race whom he has
placed in this world with a great mission, the mysterious end of
which we cannot yet forecast or imagine.
The Rectory, Scarning, Norfolk,
17 September, 1886.
In reference to the above, Dr. Jessopp adds: —
" As to the details of it all, and all the chapters and verses,
it would take too long time to set them all down, and hunt them
all up again. The facts, alleged as facts, are certainly in the
main true, and capable of complete verification."
A letter from Dr. Jessopp, dated 2d November, 1884,
touches upon some other points, and a few extracts may-
find an appropriate place just here : —
" I have long beheved," he writes, " and I still do believe that
yessopp, yessup, Jesope, Gissop, and a number of other forms of
the name that I have met with are only forms of the Italian
Giuseppe, and I have some suspicion that we are originally of
Jewish descent. I have no doubt at all that we spread from
Yorkshire, but how we got there I dare not conjecture farther
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than by saying that the suddenness of our appearing among the
notables of the county implies to my mind that we were origi-
nally foreign immigrants. Jewish doctors (I mean physicians),
were constantly being slipped into the country (Jews might not
live in England after 1290, till in the Commonwealth days they
were tolerated once more) from time to time, and their medical
skill was notorious over Europe, If an ancestor settled in the
North in the 15 th century, as I am inclined to think he did, he
would be likely to amass money rapidly, assuming him. to be
proficient in his art."
As to the name Edward^ he writes : —
" Among all the Yorkshire Jessopps, I have, so far as I
remember, never come across an Edward. There was an
Edward Jessup who wrote a little book containing a life of
Picus Mirandola, and also a life of Pascal. It was dedicated to
Charles, Duke of Grafton, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land, and was published in 1723. It is a fulsome little book. I
infer from it that the writer was a dependant upon the Duke in
some capacity or other. There are Jessopps, many of them,
settled in Ireland late in the 17th century, rather well up in the
clerical profession ; and indeed they seem to have scattered them-
selves pretty widely by this time in many parts of England.
They came into this county [Norfolk] about the 17th century,
and one of them, Francis, who was certainly of Broom Hall
stock, became a man of some position. There is no Edward
Jessopp among the Norfolk people. Turning to the next
county [Suffolk], I find that at Mendlesham there were some
considerable people of the name at the beginning of the i6th
century. An Edmund Jessopp" appears as grandson and heir of
Henry Jessopp of Mendlesham, gent., in the 20th Elizabeth
(A. D. 1578)."
" Edmund and Edward are almost identical, and certainly transferable at this
time in contemporary documents.
30 yessup Genealogy.
The remark of Colonel Chester given on a previous
page as to the extreme infrequency of the name Edward
will be recalled here.
In review of the summary of " facts and fancies " given
in the above section it should be noted, that in the matter
of English research as connected with the present family
history, actually nothing systematic or thorough has after
all been done. Colonel Chester only began the work.
What is here given has drifted, so to speak, into the
writer's possession through many channels and at long
intervals of time, and is put on record as valuable for
future history. It is a matter of surprise that so much
has already come to light. The " facts " are already many
and important. The "fancies" even sometimes take on
the appearance of well-nigh proven facts, enough so in-
deed to suggest what may possibly be accomplished in
the future when some more ambitious family historian
shall arise to prosecute a genuine research, — one who, as
Dr. Jessopp wittily observes — " shall have abundance of
leisure, little else to live for, and more money than he
knows what to do with."
II. RESEARCHES IN AMERICA.
The family name however spelled {Jesup, Jessup^ Jesop,
and Jessop), cannot be called a common one in the United
States and Canada ; but it is wide-spread, and there is
hardly a State or Province in which there are not some
who represent it. Some early emigrants of the name are
Researches in America. 31
mentioned in Hotten's " Our Early Emigrant Ancestors,
from 1 600-1 700." He records that "■ Jesope Joyner\\\\^
last name either a trade or family name], 22 years
old, sailed from Weymouth bound for New England,
20 March, 1635-6; Walter ^esop, wQ^2iYQ,r, 21 years old,
sailed at the same time ; and Thomas J^esopp^ 1 8 years
old, sailed from London 2 Jan., 1634, in the merchant
vessel ' Bonaventura ' for Virginia." The family had
already begun to seek their fortunes in the New World,
but no traces of the above individuals have ever been
discovered.
Among the Winthrop papers " is a letter dated 1 1 Dec,
1 66 1, from Lord Saye and Sele addressed to the Connec-
ticut Governor when in London for the purpose of secur-
ing a charter for the Colony from Charles IL, in which
Winthrop is referred to Mr. yessope in London for further
information ; the writer adding, " for when we had the
Patenne [Patent] he was our dark." Lord Saye and
Sele was the only survivor of those who in 1631 received
a grant from the Earl of Warwick which included Con-
necticut. Who this yessGpe was is unknown, and it is
improbable that he ever came to this country. The first
emigrant about whom anything is actually known was
John Jessup, one of the original settlers of Southampton,
New York (1649, certainly, according to the town records,
and possibly earlier), and was the progenitor of a large
family, numerously and honorably represented in various
parts of the United States. John Jessup was in Hartford
in February, 1637, when the General Court ordered that
the May following " Mr. Oldham's businesses and John
" Mass. Hist. Coll. 5th S. i. 392.
32 yessitp Genealogy.
Jesopp's are to be handled." Oldham was a merchant ad-
venturer who had just been murdered at Block Island by
the Indians. Jessup was in some way associated with him,
and his estate was to be settled by the upper house of the
Legislature, acting as a Probate Court.'' Before this Jes-
sup had been in Massachusetts near Boston, as in the ad-
judication of a case before a court held at Newton, Dec.
5, 1637, his name appears, and he is referred to as having
"removed from their jurisdiction."^ A reference in
Drake's " History of Boston," p. 210, gives us still further
information. About April i, 1637, Mr. Winthrop wrote
to the Governor of Pl3miouth for advice as to proceeding
against the Peqiiots in Connecticut. Mr. Winslow by
direction of the Governor replies, and says, among other
things : " There is one thing of ill consequence which we
hear from Connecticut, viz : that there are some English
there that furnish the enemy by way of trade. If you
enquire of Mr. Jesop who came in the barke with Mr.
Harding you may receive particular information." This
is thought to refer to John Jessup, then in Connecticut,
and Oldham may well be suspected to have been one of
the traders referred to. Before 1641, John Jessup is a
landed proprietor in Wethersfield, where his name ap-
pears on the records as John Gossope. In the same year
he was one of the party of twenty who with their minister
Richard Denton, organized the new town of Stamford in
South-western Connecticut. In 1644, Mr. Denton, with
some of his friends, removed to Hampstead on Long Island,
and not far from that time John Jessup had made South-
ampton his permanent home. Denton was from Yorkshire
" Colonial Records of Connecticut, i. 12. ^ Records of Mass , i. 218.
Researches in America. 33
as Mather tells us in his " Magnalia," and he ultimately
returned there. His friends may well be supposed to have
been Yorkshiremen, and Jessup among them. The de-
scendants of John Jessup are probably m.ore numerous
than those of Edward Jessup, and it is to be hoped that
at no distant day the complete genealogy of this family
also will be compiled. As the record of the early genera-
tions, continued in some of their branches to the present
time, is soon to be given by the Rev. George R. Howell,
of the New York State Library at Albany, in his forth-
coming second edition of the " Early History of South-
ampton, N. Y.," there is no occasion to attempt any
extended pedigree in this connection. A few notes in
reference to this family will be found in the Appendix to
this volume, as also the records of several other families
which have come to the writer's knowledge during the
progress of his researches, and which have never before
been published. These latter families are those of —
Thomas Jessop, of North Carolina, an emigrant from Leeds,
England, in 1722.
William Jessop, of Maryland, who came from Manchester,
England, before 1753.
William Jessup, who came from Glasgow or Liverness, in
Scotland, before 1768, and that of
John Jessup of Southern New Jersey, whose records go back
probably to about 1730, but whose emigrant ancestor has not
been traced.
3
34 yessup Genealogy,
HI. THE FAMILY NAME.
Col. Joseph L. Chester, in a letter dated 9 July,
1 88 1, says: " I am much interested in the origin of the
name. At first I scouted the suggestion of Mr. Lower,'^
that it was a corruption or variation, or rather Angliciz-
ing of the Italian Christian name, Giuseppe [joo-sep-pa]
= Joseph, but curiously enough, I have come upon several
wills wherein the testators call themselves ' Joseph alias
Jessop' " The wills referred to were discovered in the
Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in Lon-
don. One is that of " Henry Joseph alias Jesszipp,'' of
Penshurst, co. Kent, yeoman, dated 30 January, 1622-
23. The signature, however, is simply ''Henry JessuppT
There is a bequest to " Onessemus Joseph, alias Jessupp,
my brother," but the children of this brother are desig-
nated as " Elizabeth Jessupp, Richard Jessupp, and Henrie
Jessupp." A second will is that of " Isabel Joseph alias
Jesope, of St. Mary at Hill, London, 23 April, 1634."
Both " Joseph " and " Josephs " are cited as surnames in
that very curious work, Bowditch's " Suffolk Co. Sur-
names," Boston, 1 86 1. The suggestion of a distinguished
English antiquarian of the name, that the name is of Jew-
ish origin, would seem more plausible if there were any-
thing connected with the family, aside from the name,
which gave color to the suggestion. Governor Stuyves-
ant of New Amsterdam once, it is true, refers to Edward
Jessup as " Edward Joseph;'' and one of Jessup's descend-
" See Lower's Dictionary of Family Names, i860.
The Family Name. 35
ants of the present generation, resident in Wilmington,
111., writes that his Jewish acquaintances uniformly ad-
dress him as " Mr, Josephr The writer has himself been
addressed in the same way. If this then be the origi-
nal of the name, it is honored in Old Testament history
{Yosep/i, Hebrew), from its connection with the favorite
son of the patriarch Jacob, and as the family name of one
of the most numerous of the twelve tribes. In New Tes-
tament and early Christian times it became popular in its
association with the husband of the Virgin Mary, and all
the more popular when St. Joseph became duly installed
as one of the Saints of the Calendar. " Therewith an
enthusiasm broke forth in Roman Catholic Europe for
the name. All the world in Italy began to call itself
Giuseppe^ " Spain delighted in J^osef or JoseT " Not
to be behindhand in devotion, the Emperor Leopold
christened his son, ' Joseph,' and thus recommended it
to all his subjects."'^
But by what secret alchemy was this Hebrew appella-
tive (Yoseph = Joseph) transmuted into the patronymic
borne by those catalogued within these pages ? How
has the relative position of the only two vowels in the
original name been exchanged, and its modern form as-
sumed 1 When and whence, and in what orthography
came it into England ? For if the proposed derivation be
accepted, it certainly cannot be of Saxon origin, and in
its present English dress or anything similar, the writer
does not know of its having been recognized among con-
tinental surnames. It is true that a flood of new names
came into England at the time of the Norman conquest
" Miss Yonge's Christian Names, p. 23.
36 yesstip Genealogy.
(1066), but none of this name appear on the records until
they are found well established throughout the kingdom
in the i6th century;'" and they were doubtless there in the
century preceding, and we know not how much earlier.
Some of these questions must be left to the philologist to
decide, and others to the antiquarian. It is very possible
that when the spoken English language was the only lan-
guage of the many, it was much easier for the Italian
name, Giuseppe (joo-sep-pa), with its softer initial sounds
to have become in colloquial usage " Jessup," than in the
case of other forms of the same name.'^ That Italians
found their way to England and settled there, is shown
by history.
Reference is hardly needed here to the fact that the
general use of family names is of comparatively recent
date, and that one of the more common sources of their
origin is the Christian baptismal name of the father as
shown in the frequently recurring patronymics, John-son,
Richard-son, William-son, while the same names in an ab-
breviated form — Johns, Richards, Williams — are well
nigh as common. " Joseph " and " Josephs " have already
been referred to, but they are far from common, — rare,
in fact, and if the guess may be permitted, rare because
their place was early preoccupied by that of "Jessup."
The prevailing orthography of the name in the United
States is " yesstip,'' while other forms in use, such as
" Jcsup " and the older English " Jessop',' are being grad-
ually supplanted by the first. The unifying influence of
« See English Chancery Records. as "J," as may be seen by reference to
* Records are to be searched for the pages 37 and 38. May not this fact point
name under the initial letter " G " as well to the Italian original ?
The Family Name. 37
American institutions appears to control questions of
orthography as well as language and race.
In the early settlement of the country, while records
were in many cases kept with scrupulous care, there was
a most surprising amount of ingenuity or rather careless-
ness, exhibited in the spelling of the proper names re-
corded on their pages. The change which has taken
place since is noteworthy. The orthography of a name
is now the name^ and in the eye of the law represents the
person of the one to whom it belongs.
Formerly a man's identity as set forth in the records
depended on the ear rather than the eye. Very likely
he could not himself spell his name, and the clerk who
undertook to do so for him made use of a system of phon-
etics intended to represent what the owner of the name
thought the correct pronunciation ; sometimes, however,
at each subsequent wTiting forgetting what the letters
were which had previously been used, and often in the
same document, at each repetition indulging in some new
arrangement of the consonants and vowels.
'' Jessup-' has an advantage over many names, in this,
that however it may be varied, it is not easy to conceal
its identity. Occasionally a masterpiece of phonetic spell-
ing will occur, as when in the records of Wethersfield,
Conn., about 1637, we find " John Gossope " for John
Jessup, while his namesake figures in the " Connecticut
Colonial Records," vol. i., p. 412, as ""Edward Gishopl'
this last being the exact phonetic representative of a pro-
nunciation the writer has often heard. The early records
of Stamford, Conn., have perpetuated this kind of or-
thography by such forms as Gesseppe, Giseppe, Gesoppe,
38 Jessup Genealogy.
GezMp, and Gishop. " Even these disguises can be pene-
trated, and are less obscure than " Senckiojt" for St. John,
and " Beacham " for Beauchamp/ The EngHsh Chan-
cery Records (i 558-1603), already referred to, present
the name as follows : Gessipp, Jessopp, Jessop^ Jessope^
yesoppe, Jesuppe, Gessopp, and jessup, seldom twice alike.
English Parish Registers between 1600 and 1700 (the
only ones consulted) contain the following : Gissop,
yeseph [very like "Joseph "!], Gisup, Gizup, yessop, yessep,
yessapp, yessap^ Gissope^ yessoppe^ yesupp, yesope^ yesoppe,
yessupp^ yesstp, yesup, yessope, yesop, yesoope^ yessoope,
yeshup, yesopp, yestcpp, yessipp^ yesepe. A record entitled
" Graduati Cantabrigiensis, 1 659-1 824," mentions four
persons of the name between the years 1673 and 1729,
all of whom spell the name " yessop',' which appears to be
one form recognized as correct by the educated class. A
fifth name is strangely registered as " yessapr yessopp,
yessope, yessup, and yessop, are the forms now in use
among the best English families of this name.""
Returning now to American records, those of Stamford,
Conn., contain in addition to forms already mentioned :
yissip, yesIiMp^ ytisup, yessupp, yessuph^ yezup, and yezzup,
these being for the most part the caprice of the official who
made up the records ; as in documents on file containing
autographs, the name is yessup, which is the orthography
used by the emigrant ancestor himself. The Fairfield,
Conn., Town Records give the name as yessop, yesop,
yezup, yos2ip, yessup, yeosup, and yesup, — this latter form
being retained by a large branch of the family in New
« Huntington's Stamford, p. 36. <^ Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry.
6 Hall's Norwalk.
The Family Name. 39
England, New York, and Kentucky. Jesepp occurs in
the records of Southampton, N. Y. It must be borne in
mind that the above variations from the approved ortho-
graphy of the present day, 2hQ>\x\. forty in all, are derived
from public records, not from autographs. They are
mainly curiosities of the transcriber's art, or of the oblig-
ing official who must needs invent a hieroglyphic which
ignorance might accept by appending to it " his mark." "■
So long as the ear was saluted by the well known sounds
the record was sufficient, at least until a generation should
arise " which knew not yoseph " in such a variety of dis-
guises. Happily for the student of family history, the
disguise is seldom difficult to penetrate, and the march of
modern philosophy, with its vast generalizations and uni-
form laws, seems likely ere long to bring the name within
the reach of Herbert Spencer's law of the "survival of
the fittest."
The name of Jessup is not to any considerable extent
associated with the geography of the United States.
There is a " Lake Jesup " in Orange County, Florida,
named for Major-General Jesup, and a corresponding
post office, though both names are at times spelled with
the two s's. One or more forts also have been named
for him, as would be natural. A lake and a river in the
Adirondack region of northern New York, with what until
very recently were known as " Jessup's Landing" and
" Jessup's Falls," on the upper waters of the Hudson
River, are reminders of the residence there of the loy-
" A writei- in the " New England Reg- in imitation of persons o£ official rank,
ister," xli. 95, asserts that as far back as and suggests that the custom of our New
the eleventh century, in the old countries, England ancestors in respect to their sig-
some who could write signed by a cross, natures ireeds further examination.
40 yessiip Gertealogy.
alists of the family before the Revolution. In the list of
post-offices for 1883 are " Jesup, Wayne Co., Geo.," a
thriving place at the intersection of two railroads, named
for M. K. Jesup, Esq., of New York; " Jessup, Susque-
hanna Co., Penn.," named for the late Judge Wm. Jessup,
of Montrose ; " Jessup's Post-office," on the Washington
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in Maryland,
sixteen miles from Baltimore, formerly called " Jessup's
Cut," from Jonathan Jessop, the engineer, of York, Penn.,
who superintended the construction at that point ; " Jes-
sup, Parke Co., Ind.," on the Logansport, Crawfordsville,
and Southwestern Railroad, fifteen miles north-northeast
of Terre Haute, named for a resident (John Jessup),'' whose
house was, in the early construction of the road, used as
a station ; " Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa," on the Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroad, nine miles west of Independence,
named for M. K. Jesup, Esq., and " Jessup, Antelope Co.,
Nebraska," said to have been named from the preceding
office in Iowa."
"■ This John Jessup removed to Parke of Long Island, N. Y., with which the
County many years ago, we are informed, above-mentioned persons were probably
He had a brother Silas Jessup. These connected,
names are common in the Jessup family
CHAPTER I.
EDWARD JESSUP OF WEST FARMS, AND HIS DESCENDANTS
OTHER THAN THOSE OF HIS THREE GRANDSONS.
I. Edward Jessup, the emigrant ancestor of the family whose
history is now to be given, was an Englishman who came to New
England prior to 1649, at which time he was already a citizen of
Stamford," Connecticut, and owned lands in that town, Stamford
was then under the jurisdiction of the New Haven colony. He
may still earlier have been in Fairfield, twenty-five miles nearer
New Haven, the capital of the colony, having landed estate there
on " Sascoe neck,"'' which he sold in 1653 to Thomas Barlowe of
Fairfield, as shown by the following copy of record : —
Thomas Barlowe hath purchased of Edward Jessope, one parcel of
land in Sascoe neck, being in quantity seven acres and a half, more or less ;
bounded on the north with the land of Thomas Staples,^ on the south with
the land of Roger Ludlow '^ Esqr., on the east and west with highways.
Also one parcell of meadow at Sascoe neck, being in quantity half an acre
and a quartre and eighte rods, more or less ; bounded on the south with
the land of Mi : [Michael ?] Fry, on the west with a highway, on the east
with the Beach, on the north with the land of Andrew Ward. Recorded
3 Dec, 1653.
" Huntington's History of Stamford, '^ Thomas Staples, ancestor of Horace
p. 54- -^ Staples, Esq., of Westport, Conn.
^ Fairfield Town Records. Book A of '^ Roger Ludlow, Lieutenant-Governor
Deeds, p. 60. of Connecticut.
42 yessup Genealogy.
The record of the purchase of this land has never been dis-
covered, and the loss is a matter of regret, as it might throw light
on the history of its original proprietor. It is possible that the
needed facts were contained in the " Jurisdiction Records " of the
New Haven colony from 1644 to 1653, which have been missing
for more than a century and a half.
The Town of Fairfield (Un-quo-wa) was settled in 1639 by
Lieutenant-Governor Roger Ludlow, who removed there from
Windsor with eight or ten families, where they were joined by
others, from Watertown and Concord, Mass. Stamford (Rippo-
wam) was settled three years later (1641) by a colony from
VVethersfield. One of these settlers was " John Jessop," who
previously to Dec. 5, 1637°' had been in the vicinity of Boston,
Mass. He finally established himself in Southampton, New York,
about 1653,^ and his descendants are numerous and widely dis-
tributed. Whether any ties of kindred existed between the above
John and Edward is not known. Their common interests and
residence in Stamford, and the family name they shared, suggest
the probability at least of a common ancestry, and such is the
received tradition. The associations and sympathies of both were
strongly with New England, and they may appropriately be
classed among her pioneer settlers. The homes which they
finally made for themselves, the one on the farther side of Long
Island, and the other in Westchester County, New York, were still
in territory over which jurisdiction was claimed by Connecticut,
and at one time they both held official positions in connection
with this colony. It was only as New York also became an
English colony that their allegiance was compelled in another
direction.
Long continued and persevering efforts to ascertain the Eng-
hsh ancestry of Edward Jessup have not as yet met with success.
The researches of the late Colonel Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., who
" elevated the study of English family history from a mere pur-
« Shurtleff's Records of Massachusetts, * Howell's History of Southampton,
i. 21S. First Edition, p. 28.
Edward of West Farms. 43
suit to a science," have already been narrated in the Introductory
Chapter. We must at present be content with his latest expressed
opinion that our common ancestor was " from the North of Eng-
land." Family traditions sometimes refer to Wales, but more
commonly to Yorkshire, especially to Sheffield and its immediate
neighborhood, where many of the name in the United States who
have more recently emigrated are known to have originated. That
many of the first settlers of Stamford and on Long Island were
from Yorkshire or bore Yorkshire names favors this supposition, as
also the fact that the judicial districts on Long Island were named
from those in Yorkshire. The one in which Jessup himself lived,
and which he aided to establish, included, besides Hempstead
and Oyster Bay, also the town of Westchester, where he was then
living, and was officially known as the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Moreover, as late as 1682, his son then in Connecticut addressed
a letter to " Westchester, New Yorkshire."
Edward Jessup did not long remain in Stamford, — not long
enough, indeed, to leave much of any record behind him. When,
in 1652, permission was obtained of Governor Peter Stuyvesant of
the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to establish an English set-
tlement at the west end of Long Island, Jessup joined the party,
and was one of the pioneers of Middleborough" (Newtown). His
house was located on the site of that now occupied by John-
Jacob Moore, a descendant of the Rev. John Moore, the first
minister of the town (Presbyterian). These settlers purchased
their lands from the Indian proprietors in 1656, paying at the
rate of a shilling an acre, and the original list of fifty-five names
with the amount paid by each, varying from two shillings to
four pounds sterling, gives a good idea of the character and
quality of the emigrants. Edward Jessup and Robert Coe, also
a Stamford man, are the only two who paid the larger sum.*
Jessup also purchased real estate of Jonas Halstead (a house and
land) in Jamaica, March i, 1661, which was sold Feb. 15, 1691,
" The Indian name of Middleborough * Newtown Town Records,
was Mespat. Riker's Newtown, p. 13.
44 yessup Genealogy.
by his son Edward, then of Fairfield, Conn., to John Bowne" of
Flushing, a Quaker.
The settlers of Middleborough were allowed the privilege of
nominating to the Dutch Governor and Council six citizens for
magistrates, three of whom should be duly appointed. Jessup's
name is in the list first sent in (1652), though he was not ap-
pointed that year. He served, however, in 1659, 1660, 1661, and
1662, and there are many entries in the records of the town court,
apparently in his hand-writing, the old English script so commonly
found in early New England records.
Soon after the settlement of the town, the jealousy and enmity
existing between the Dutch and the colonies of Connecticut and
New Haven threatened to break out into open hostilities. Both
parties claimed jurisdiction over Long Island, a claim the Dutch
were powerless to enforce, except in that portion of the island im-
mediately adjoining New Amsterdam, and even there the English
settlers yielded only an enforced submission. The governor's
attempt to interfere with their religious freedom by his efforts to
suppress what he called " unlawful conventicles," made them still
more rebellious. The report had been industriously circulated
that should there be a resort to arms, the Indians had been hired
to exterminate the English. In this emergency Middleborough
and its neighbors, greatly alarmed, sought advice and assistance
from New England, and appointed Robert Coe and Edward Jes-
sup, with two from Hempstead, to proceed to Boston and present
their case to the Commissioners of the New England colonies. No
result appears to have been reached, but more pacific measures
prevailed, as Massachusetts was opposed to war. The fears of
the settlers were gradually allayed, and amicable relations restored
between them and the Dutch authorities.^
It was in this same year (1653) that Jessup disposed of his
property in Fairfield, Conn., as referred to already; and it is a
fair conjecture that it was done at the time of his voyage to Boston.
He and his party would naturally stop in Connecticut, on the way,
" Jamaica Town Records. Book i. pp. 37, 119. ^ Riker's Newtown, p. -^pseq.
Edward of JVest Farms. 45
for consultation with those whose interests and sympathies were
so closely allied with their own.
In maintaining friendly relations with the Indians, the English
were commonly more successful than the Dutch; but on one
occasion, at least, Jessup and two of his neighbors incurred their
displeasure, — under the following circumstances: On the 5th of
September, 1655, Governor Stuyvesant, with seven vessels and
some six hundred or seven hundred men, left home on an expe-
dition against the Swedish settlements in Jersey, to punish them
for crowding upon what he judged his territorial rights. The
savages, never very fond of the Dutch, took advantage of the ab-
sence of most of the garrison, and landing at Manhattan Island
on the 15th of September following, with sixty-four canoes and
five hundred to eight hundred warriors (some say two thousand),
began to plunder and threaten the town. Edward Jessup with
two of his neighbors, Henry Newton and Thomas Newton,*" were
present on the night, of the attack and aided in the defence. It
is very possible that they knew of the proposed attack and gave
warning. The Indians, at any rate, were enraged at these three
men for defeating their project, and threatened vengeance and
demanded their scalps.^
The following may find a place here from Fernow's " Docu-
ments relating to the Colonial History of New York," xiii. 41.
Declaration as to the hostility of the Indians.
Sep. 8," 1665. Joseph Safford and Thomas Reed, residing at Mespadts-
Kil [Middleborough], testify that they were this day informed by Joseph
° Thomas Newton was one of the He may have been a kinsman of Capt.
"^five farmers" who, in 1648, settled Brian Newton, who was an English officer
Green's Farms, Conn. In 1645 he repre- for many years in the service of "the Dutch,
sented Fairfield at Hartford. He owned himself also a citizen of Middleborough.
and had the management of a vessel, and ^ New York Genealogical and Bio-
did business both up the Connecticut river graphical Record, vii. 105. Broadhead's
and down at Manhattan with the Dutch. History of New York, p. 607.
He proved an uncomfortable citizen, al- c Mr. Fernow considers this date a
ways in litigation with his neighbors, and clerical error for Sept. 28 or Oct. 8.
in 1656 was a resident of Middleborough.
46 yessMp Genealogy.
Fowler [and others] that some inhabitants of Gravesend had been at
Westchester, and that the sachems of the savages had been there at Lieut.
Wheeler's, and that they would send to the villages on Long Island to de-
liver and place in their hands Thomas Nuton, Henry Nuton, and Edward
Jesop, because they had assisted the Dutch in the Fort [New Amsterdam]
during that night when the savages here did so much harm, while the
savages had forbidden the English to bring any provisions or fuel to the
Manhatans [the island on which New Amsterdam was built], and intended
to bum their huts and houses in case the English would help the Dutch
with fuel and provisions. They declare that this is true, and are willing to
confirm under oath that they have it thus from the above-named persons.
Signed, Joseph Safford,
Thomas Reed.
This was written in the presence of Mr. Lamontagne and the Burgo-
master (Mr. AUard Anthony), and sworn before him.
This Indian threat was not executed.
Amid these tempestuous times, it is very evident that Jessup
was no mere spectator ; and it is equally true that he was
prompt in looking after his own business interests. His petition
for permission to erect a grist-mill on Wassel's Creek, although
Governor Stuyvesant did not see fit to grant it, is a model of its
kind. It is found on the pages of the Newtown records, and the
original is on file in Albany.
The petition of your humble Supplicant Edward Jessup.
Right ITonourable and worthy gentlemen : Your humble petitioner, ap-
prehending a way wherein he may do some service to the common weale,
without any prejudice either to the general or any man in particular, by
erecting or building a tide-mill in the creek commonly called Wassel's
creek, I am bold to petition to your Honour and Honoured Court, the
work being matter of charge and hazard, to grant unto me the liberty of
the above said creek with a small tract of land as your Honours see expe-
dient for a work of that ijature, with a parcel of meadow if it be there to
be found ; and also that you would be pleased to order that none shall
Edward of West Farms. 47
erect either mill or mills so near the said mill that I intend to build as
may be a hindrance or prejudice to the said mill, she doing the work well
and sufiEciently, and dealing honestly as is requisite in the premises. And
likewise that the said creek may be free from any engagements to any
other. It is not my desire to be a hinderance to any man, or any prejudice
to my loving and respected friend Mr. Coe ; for so far as I apprehend as
yet, his mill is over wrought, and the country may well employ or set at
work two mills and both have work enough. Wherefore your humble
petitioner, weighing these things and knowing your Honours' readiness to
further things of common good and concernment, is bold to present these
his desires, hoping you will be pleased to afford a return according to his
poor desires. And so wishing your Honour and Honourable Court all
happiness, I rest
Your Honours' servant to be commanded,
MiDDLEBOROUGH,
15 Jan., 1657.
Novo stilo."
Although a magistrate, the town records show that Edward
Jessup was more than once himself in court, sometimes as plain-
tiff, sometimes as defendant; but the chirography is often so dif-
ficult to decipher that the merits of these various cases cannot
certainly be determined. The cases of " Hony Sisirus Harney (?)
vs. Edward Jesupe," Feb. 2, 1660, and that of Edward Jessup
vs. John Larison (Lawrence?) may safely be left to some future
antiquarian. His removal from Stamford, moreover, had entailed
upon him vexatious delays in reclaiming property left behind in
that town, and obliged him to appeal to the colonial court at New
Haven. The case of Edward Jessup vs. Richard Crabb was tried
March 25, 1657, when Jessup declared that Crabb had taken up
a mare belonging to him, and which had borne his mark or brand
for two or three years; that he had induced Abraham Frost to
change the said mark or brand promising him half the value of
the animal. The record goes on to say : '* But more fully to clear
" Newtown Town Records. The signature from the original at Albany.
48 yessup Genealogy,
the business, Edward Jessup brought Joseph Mead of Stamford,
who was his agent, employed by him, and did mark his mare for
him, as his witness, who did now in open court affirm upon oath
that when Edward Jessup and his mother, widow Whitmore, went
from Stamford to hve elsewhere, they left two mares at Stamford,
and desired him to take care of them," " and added that the mare
in question belonged to Jessup. A special interest is associated
with this record, — not from the suit, but because of the reference
in the record to the "widow Whitmore," as the "mother" of
Edward Jessup. The only person of this name known at this
time to the Stamford records was the widow of John Whitmore,
one of the original settlers from Wethersfield, who in 1648 was
murdered by the Indians. This John Whitmore was a prominent
man, having in 1642 represented the new settlement in the New
Haven Court, and his four children are thought to have been born
in England. Whether his widow was the mother or mother-in-
law of Jessup it seems idle to conjecture. And this is all the
more unfortunate as we have here, and in the reference he makes
in his will to John Burroughs of Middleborough as his " beloved
brother-in-law," the only clews to his antecedent history or con-
nections, and these have thus far failed us.
In another suit in the same court. May 25, 1659, — Robert Usher
vs. George Slawson, — Usher, as Jessup's agent, demands posses-
sion of a horse which the defendant took up as an estray, and
for which Jessup sent an order dated in March of the preceding
year. In the record he is called " Goodman Jessup." *
At a town meeting held in Middleborough March 9, 1660, a
subscription was made to be paid in bounties for the killing of
wolves which were occasioning much loss to the settlers. Here
again Jessup and Coe were the largest subscribers, — one guilder
each. Two years later (1662) John Burroughs,^ Jessup's brother-
° Hoadly's Colonial Records of New — " Mister " being reserved for clergymen,
Haven, ii. 204-206. magistrates, and schoolmasters.
* Hoadly's Colonial Records of New <^ John Burroughs was probably in
Haven, ii. 319-326. "Goodman," and Salem, Mass., in 1637 (see Felt's " Salem,"
" Good wife," were common designations, vol. i. p. 68), and came to Middleborough
Edward of West Farms. 49
in-law (so named in his will) was appointed town clerk, and they
with two others were instructed to arrange for payment of the
town debts by laying a tax of five stivers (lo cents) per acre.
The time was now approaching when the ten years' exemption
from the payment of taxes granted the town by the Dutch gov-
ernment was about to expire, and Governor Stuyvesant, July 3,
1662, addressed his English subjects the following epistle : —
Loving Friends : Whereas the time of ten years and also the free-
dom of tenths is expired, these presents do order the magistrates, and also
all the inhabitants of the town of Middleborough, and all the other planta-
tions in Mespat Kill, that none of them shall presume or undertake to re-
move their fruits or increase, as corn, maize, tobacco, &c., before they
have agreed for the year about the tithes with the Governor-general and
Council, or their commissioners, upon forfeiture of fifty guilders.
Done in Fort Amsterdam, in New Netherland, on the 3d of July, 1662.
P. Stuyvesant.
It is plain from the above what were the more marketable pro-
ducts of the region.
Four days after (July 7), the town met and appointed Edward
Jessup, Richard Betts, and Francis Svv^aine to arrange with the
governor for the tithes then due.'* The impatient governor waits
only one week before (July 10) he publishes a list (including the
name of '' Edward Joseph") of those who are ordered to submit
to the taxation of tenths or to make fair agreements. More than
a year passed without the order being obeyed, and it is not very
probable that the Dutch exchequer was ever enriched by the
tithes demanded.
in 1656, or before ; was for eleven years Woodward, was born in 1665. His eldest
town clerk, being a skilful penman, then son, Jeremiah, was born in 1641. (Riker's
a rare accomplishment. He was a reso- "Newtown," p. 383.) All his children
lute character, and a warm advocate of appear to have been born in this country,
popular rights. He died in August, 1678 and the connection between Jessup and
aged 61. He was twice married, his sec- himself probably originated in a marriage
ond wife being the widow Elizabeth Reed, made here.
His son John by the second marriage, " Riker's Newtown, p. 52.
who married the daughter of Lambert
50 yessup Genealogy.
Soon after the restoration of Charles II, to the English throne,
Connecticut obtained, in 1662, a charter which confirmed the
colony in possession of its acknowledged territory, including the
" islands adjacent." The latter phrase was interpreted to mean
Long Island; and the English settlements there were speedily
informed that they were " annexed to the other side of the
Sound." Nothing could have been more in accordance with
their wishes. James Christie of Middleborough was at once sent
to Hartford with letters of inquiry, and he was desired on his re-
turn to visit the neighboring towns and ascertain their readiness
to transfer their allegiance. Governor Stuyvesant had gone to
Boston to attempt some settlement of the controversy between
himself and his neighbors; but the Dutch sheriff, considering
Christie's movements treasonable, promptly arrested him at
Gravesend, and he was soon within the walls of Fort Amsterdam.
John Coe and Edward Jessup, with others of the town officials,
immediately crossed at night to Westchester and brought back
with them Capt. Richard Panton, a commissioned officer of Con-
necticut with a company of men. (This Captain Panton had
already, in 1656, been imprisoned by the Dutch for treasonable
conduct in Westchester.) These, the next day with a large com-
pany of citizens went to Gravesend with a view to the rescue of
Christie, Finding him beyond their reach, they thought to seize
the sheriff himself, but he had already escaped, and as the story
goes, the crowd dispersed after having treated themselves to the
brandy found in the sheriff's cellar. A demand was sent by the
town for Christie's release, which elicited only some good advice
in reference to keeping the peace. Christie was eventually re-
leased under bonds. On the governor's return one John Lauron-
son (Lawrence) of Middleborough sends him an account of what
had happened during his absence, as follows : —
Right Honorable, the Lord Stuyvesant : The cause of my presenting
these few lines to your honor is to let you understand what traitors there
are in Middleburg. John Coe, Edward Jessup, Ralph Hunt, Richard Betts,
Samuel Toe, John Layton, Francis Swaine, went to Westchester in the
Edward of West Farms. 51
night, and brought Panton and a company of men over to beat arms
against the Dutch, and have taken a copy of Panton's commission to kill
and slay any that opposeth him. He beats up the drum under a color
to train, and when the town is come together, then he plots against your
honor. These seven men set almost the whole town against your honor ;
they call private meetings, and there they conspire against you, and have
put the town in an uproar. And Richard Betts said he would spend his
life and his estate in this cause ; and John Layton abused your honor, and
said that you are a devil, and a wooden-leg rogue, and a picaroon, and
rails against your honor that it is a shame to hear him. Edward Jessup
hath been a traitor for a long time. He went to New Haven to see to put
the town under them, and I never knew of it till they came for money as
would go of his charges. If some come, be not taken with them, they will
never be at rest, but always a doing of mischief. So, having no more to
trouble your honor,
I rest your true and faithful subject,
John Lauronson.
The excitement soon culminated in a formal request from the
English settlements to be received under the jurisdiction of Con-
necticut, only too readily granted, and followed by the deposition
of the old magistrates and the appointment of others who took
the oath of allegiance to Charles II. and to Connecticut. So
great was this outburst of loyalty to the new king that Middle-
borough discarded its name and assumed the name of Hastings,
which in turn was replaced three years after by the present name
of Newtown." So speedy a revolution, however, settled nothing.
Connecticut and the Dutch governor agreed to a truce until the
dispute about Long Island should be determined by the English
Crown and the Government of the Netherlands. This left the
settlers much to themselves, with some doubt as to their fate, but
none as to their wishes. Meanwhile Connecticut treated them as
under its jurisdiction, appointed their magistrates, and welcomed
such representatives as they chose to send to the General Court
at Hartford. The conquest of New Netherlands by the English in
" Riker's Newtown, pp. 55-59-
52 yessup Genealogy,
1664, and the granting to the Duke of York, the king's brother, of a
charter for a new province, which should include Long Island, re-
lieved the inhabitants from the domination of the Dutch, and, what
was much less to their mind, cut them loose from Connecticut.
It was during this unsettled condition of things, and just before
peace with Holland was declared, that Edward Jessup removed
from Hastings to Westchester County on the opposite shore of
the Sound. The records determine the date very nearly, as Jessup
was a magistrate in Hastings in 1662, while the following year
(1663) he was acting in a similar capacity in the town of West-
chester under appointment from Connecticut. The utter dis-
regard of all attention to the orthography of proper names is
amusingly shown in the record of the appointment: "8 Oct.,
1663. The Court appoyntes Mr. Edward Gishop"* a Commis-
sioner for the towne of West Chester, and he is invested with
magistratical power in that plantation untill the Court in May.
Sworn in Court." He was therefore in Hartford at the time. At
the same time two of his townsmen " were accepted to be made
free [freemen or voters] according to order of Courte." These
were Thomas Hunt, whose son Thomas Hunt, Junior, was then
or soon after Jessup's son-in-law, and John Quinby (or Quimby),
who with Jessup represented their town in an assembly convened
by Governor Nicolls at Hempstead in 1665. "Mr. Jessop " was
a second time appointed magistrate " for Westchester " by Con-
necticut in 1664, and "the Court orders that those propounded
for freemen in Westchester shall have the oath administered by
Mr. Jessop."^ As John Jessup of Southampton, Long Island,
was one of the deputies to the Court at the time. Savage and
others have inferred that this appointment had reference to him,
which could not have been the case, as he had lived in South-
ampton certainly since 1653, and in 1664 was one of the three
townsmen or supervisors.
a Trumbull's Colonial Records, i. 412. The name of John Jessop on the ancient
records of Wethersfield, Conn., is spelled " John Gossope."
6 Trumbull's Colonial Records, i. 425-427.
Edward of West Farms. 53
Edward Jessup's new enterprise in Westchester was undertaken
conjointly with John Richardson." They purchased of the Indian
proprietors a tract of land subsequently called West Farms, and
described in the following deed now on record in the ofhce of the
Secretary of State at Albany, Book of Deeds, Vol. ii. pp. 58-59-
" Westchester, March the i2tk, 1664.
These may certify whom it may concerne, that wee Shawnerockett,
Wappamoe, Tuckore, Wawapekock, Cappakas, Quanusecoe, Shequiske,
Passacahem, and Harrawocke have aliened and sold unto Edward Jessup
and John Richardson both of the place aforesaid, a certain Tract of land,
bounded on the East by the River Aquehung or Bronckx, to the midst of
the River, on the Northward by the Trees markt and by a piece of Has-
sock meadow, westward by a little Brooke called Sackwrahung, Southward
by the sea, with a neck of land called Quinnahung, with all the Meadows,
Uplands, Trees, and whatever else besides be upon ye said parcell of lands,
with all other comodities belonging to the same, quietly to possesse and
enjoy the same from us our heires or successors, to their heirs and suc-
cessors forever, and for their cattle to range in the Wood so farre as they
please, without any Molestation or Infringement, and that this is our true
Intent and Meaning, Wee have sett to our hands, the day and yeare above
written.
Signed in presence of Shawnerocketi, Quanuscoe,
Edward Waters, Wappamoe, Shaquiske,
Richard Ponson,^ Tuckore, Passacahem,
Nathan Baily. Wawapekock, Harrawocke.
Cappakas,
Their marks were set to.
« The will of John Richardson, on Richardson and Richard Ponton (Ponson
record in New York city, bears date i6 in the Indian deed). His three daughters
Nov., 1679-80. In it he mentions his wife, were : Bertha, the wife of Joseph Ketcham
Martha, for whom he makes ample provis- of Newtown (son of Lieut. John Ketcham) ;
ion, his three daughters, to each of whom Mary, wife of Joseph Hadley of Yonkers ;
he gives two hundred acres of land, and and Elizabeth, wife of Gabriel Leggett of
Joseph Richardson, his brother's son, now West Farms. — Bolton's Westchester,
in England, to whom he gives one hundred ii. 437.
acres, provided he comes and claims it ^ Richard Ponson was the noted
within a year. Among the overseers of Captain Panton whose aid was invoked
his will are his beloved friends, William by the people of Newtown against the
54 yesstip Genealogy.
March the \2th, 1664.
I Shawnerockett in the name and behalfe of the rest doe acknowledge
to have received of Edward Jessup and John Richardson full satisfaction
for this Tract of Land in the Bill specified.
Witnesse Shawnerockett,
Edward Waters, His marke.
Richard Ponson,
Nathan Baily.
This same year (1664) Col. Richard Nicolls, a member of
the household of the Duke of York was sent to this coun-
try to establish his authority as proprietor and also that of
Charles II. as sovereign. New Amsterdam then became New
York.
The conflict of jurisdiction that had existed for so many years
made it necessary that means should be taken to bring all por-
tions of the colony under a uniform system of government and
methods of legal procedure. Governor Nicolls for this purpose
summoned a convention of the towns, to be held at Hempstead,
Feb. 28, 1665. "A code of laws, previously framed and agreeing
with those then in practice in New England, save that they were
less severe in matters of conscience and religion, were with sun-
dry amendments passed, and promulgated, and distinguished as
the ' Duke's Laws.' The province was erected into a shire, called
after that in England, Yorkshire, which was subdivided into dis-
tricts termed respectively the East, North, and West Ridings.""
Westchester was included in the North Riding, and her represen-
tatives in this the first deliberative assembly ever held in the col-
ony, as already intimated, were Edward Jessup d^ndjohn Qtiimby,
both at the time freemen of Connecticut.
There are two other references to Edward Jessup in the records
of the town of Westchester that may be adverted to in passing.
Thomas Pell, of Fairfield, in 1654 purchased of the Indians a large
Dutch, as already mentioned. Edward less he be identified with Nicholas Baily,
"Waters was a prominent man in West- also a prominent citizen.
Chester. Nathan Baily is not traced un- " Riker's Newtown, 66.
Edward of IVest Farms. 55
tract of land including the present town of Pelham, and extend-
ing west to the Bronx river with the usual indefiniteness of boun-
dary lines. This covered a part of the then town of Westchester,
and was the occasion of much litigation, as there were other claim-
ants for portions of the same territory. For some reason, under
date of June 15, 1664, and only a few months before the date of
the English conquest of New Netherlands, the majority of the in-
habitants surrender their rights to Pell and acknowledge him " as
being the true and proper owner " of the soil. Among the signa-
tures, besides that of Jessup, are the familiar names of John
Quimby, Richard Ponton, John Winter, and Nicholas Baily.
Pell thereupon issues an order to the inhabitants, that having
surrendered their title to him, he desires " Mr. Jessop with the
Townsmen [Supervisors] and freemen " to see that the inhabitants
continue to enjoy their " improvements, home lots, mowings, etc.,
as usual. John Richardson's name does not appear, possibly be-
cause living on the west side of the Bronx river, and therefore not
concerned. Jessup may have been interested as possessed of
some rights covered by Pell's purchase, or more probably because
under appointment by Connecticut as magistrate for that year, as
already shown to have been the case, and Pell would naturally
recognize his official position.
The other reference connects Jessup's name with a paper he
signed, with others, in which they agree to " send the eight Towns-
men to Governor Nicolls, and stand by them in what they do for
the settlement of the town." This may refer to the first charter
which they not long after obtained from the new governor, or
possibly to some dissatisfaction they were known to have with
the new code of laws just promulgated.
Jessup and Richardson, now that the political condition of the
country was settled, lost no time in securing a royal patent for
their new possessions, confirming them in their common claim.
Although joint occupants, each obtained a distinct patent for his
moiety. The patent issued to Richardson may be found in Bol-
ton's •' History of Westchester County," that obtained by Jessup
56 yessup Genealogy.
is recorded in the "Book of Patents" at Albany, i, 40. and reads
as follows : —
A Confirmation of one Moiety of a Tract of Land granted unto
Edward Jessop of Westchester.
Richard NicoUs, Esq., Governor under his Royall Highnesse James
Duke of Yorke, etc., of all his Territoryes in America, To all to whom these
Presents shall come Sendeth Greeting : Whereas there is a certaine Parcell
or Tract of Land within this Government, lying and being neare the Town
of West-Chester, Bounded on the East by the River commonly called by
the Indyans Aquehung, otherwise Bronckes River, to the midst of the said
River, Northward by the marked Trees and by a piece of Hassock Meadow,.
Westward by a little Brooke called Sackwrahung, and Southward by the
Sea, with a Neck of Land called Quinnahung, which said Parcell or Tract
of Land with the Appurten'ces hath heretofore beene joyntly Purchased of
the Indyan Proprietors, by Edward Jessop and John Richardson of West-
Chester aforesaid, and due satisfaction given by the same, as by the Deed
remaining upon Record more at large doth and may Appeare, Now it
being mutually agreed upon by both the aforesaid joynt Purchasers that
an equall Division shall bee made of the said Parcell or Tract of Land
betweene them, the said Edward Jessop and John Richardson their Heirs
and Assignes. And to the end the said Lands may bee the better Manured
and Planted, for a further Confirmac'on unto each and either of them in
their Possession and Enjoyment of the premises. Know Yee that by vertue
of the Commission and Authority given unto mee by his Royall Highnesse
the Duke of Yorke, I have thought fitt to ratify, Confirme, and Grant unto
Edward Jessop aforesaid, his Heires and Assignes, the Moyety or one halfe
of the fore menc'oned Parcell or Tract of Land, Together with the Moyety
or one halfe of all the Woods, Meadows, Pastures, or Marshes thereunto be-
longing, with their and every of their Appurtenances and of every Part and
Parcel thereof, To have and to hold the Moyety or one halfe of the said
land and Premisses, with all and Singular their Appurtenances, to the said
Edward Jessop, his Heirs and Assignes, to the proper use and behoofe
of the said Edward Jessop, his Heirs and Assignes forever, hee or they
rendering and Paying such Acknowledgments and Duteys as are or shall
be Constituted and Ordained by his Royall Highnesse and his Heires, or
such Governor and Governors as shall from time to time bee appointed
The Jessup and Richardson Patent,
HUNT'S Point, Westchester Co., N. Y.
FROM AN ORIGINAL SURVEY.
Edward of IVest Farms. 57
and sett over them. Given under my hand and Seale at Fort James in
New Yorke, the 25th day of Aprill, in the i8th yeare of his Majesties
Reigne, and in the Year of our Lord God, 1666.
Richard Nicolls.
I do certify the aforegoing to be a true copy of the original Record.
Lewis A. Scott, Secretary.
Hardly, however, had he begun to get well settled in his new
home than his enterprising career was terminated by death. His
family was in consequence divided, and the future home of his
descendants of the name transferred to the ancient town of Fair-
field, Conn., where, it is not at all improbable, he himself originally
located. Too Jittle is known of him to judge fully of his character ;
but what is recorded of him is to his credit, and shows him to
have been a man well able to maintain his ground at a time when
men were judged as men, and very little by their antecedents
or accidental surroundings. He had the restless energy of many
of the early emigrants who left the mother country because weary
of the iron restraints there put upon life in every form, — social,
political, and religious. Had he lived, it is altogether probable
that, like his co-patentee Richardson, he had made West Farms
his permanent home. He had a delightful location on the shore
of Long Island Sound, near its western outlet, known as the
East River, — a coast line of unsurpassed beauty, with abundant
meadow and pasture and tillable land, and a limitless range to the
northward for his cattle. All this meant present independence
and ultimate wealth.
As to the extent and boundaries of the patent of West Farms,
Fordham Morris, Esq., who for Scharf 's " History of Westchester
County," (1886) has made a special study of the question, says
(vol. i. p. 770) : " In 1663 that portion of the original town of West-
chester west of the Bronx, including the present village of West
Farms, Hunt's Point, and as far west as Leggett's Creek, was
vested by purchase of the Indians in Edward Jessup and John
Richardson." He locates the northwestern corner of the patent
58 JessMp Genealogy.
at a point just south of the building occupied by one of the
city's charitable institutions, called the Home for Incurables.
Here stood the zvhite-oak tree, " ye corner tree of Richardson and
Hunt" (Jessup and Richardson), referred to in the Indian deed
to Lewis Morris," and the point where the three patents of Mor-
risania, Fordham, and that of Jessup and Richardson joined.
The dividing line between the latter patent and Fordham manor
began at this tree and ran easterly to the Bronx River, meeting
the river at what is now known as Lydig's Mill Pond. From this
point the course of the same river to its mouth marked the
eastern limit. The irregular water-line, including Quinnehung or
Hunt's Point, was then followed westerly as far as Leggett's Creek,
which, with the fresh-water stream. Bound Brook, that emptied
into it, marked the larger part of the western boundary, leading
back to the starting-point, the white-oak tree already mentioned.
Mr. Morris estimates the patent as averaging about two and a
half miles in length from north to south, by perhaps one mile in
W'idth. The history of this property, if fully given, would of itself
form a very considerable chapter. The reader may obtain further
particulars in the two histories of Westchester County already
cited. Included now within the limits of the great city adjoining,
it is destined to increase rapidly in wealth and in population,
though its position has not been hitherto as favorable for rapid
growth as has been that of some of the more favored suburbs of
the metropolis.
Richardson, by the terms of his will, dated in 1679, as already
shown, besides an apparently liberal dower of real estate given
his wife, distributes among his heirs seven hundred acres addi-
tional,— a pa', doubtless of his moiety of the joint patent, and
suggestive as t. ^ ^ extent of the whole. The corresponding
moiety, which soon passed from the Jessup name, through
the removal of the family to the adjoining State, did not after all
pass out of the family, since through inheritance and purchase it
came into the possession of Thomas Hunt, Jr., who married the
" Bolton, ii. 463.
Edward of West Farms. 59
daughter and eldest child of the patentee. The subsequent his-
tory, therefore, belongs to that of the Hunt family.
On the 26th of January, 1668 (1669?), Robert Beacham and
Elizabeth Jessup, "the wife formerly of Edward Jessup of West-
chester," acknowledge the sale to Thomas Hunt of the land and
" housing formerly owned by Edward Jessup, and which he and
John Richardson purchased together," bounded as stated in the
patent already cited.'* The number of acres is not stated ; much
of it probably had never been purveyed. John Richardson, the
surviving patentee, appears to have united with Thomas Hunt the
following year in making an equal division of these lands ; for on
the 1 2th of August, 1669, occurs a record to this effect, signed by
William Hayden, Samuel Drake, Thomas Lawrence, and Jonathan
Hazard as Commissioners. Subsequently, in 171 1,* the heirs of
the patentees agreed to a second division, embracing a tract of
1096 acres; and at the same time reference is made to other lands
still undivided. The order for the survey was signed by Thomas
Hunt, Elizabeth Leggett (widow of Gabriel Leggett, and daughter
of John Richardson), John Lawrence, and Matthew Pugsley (hus-
band of Mary Hunt," daughter of Thomas Hunt). Meanwhile,
Thomas Hunt takes occasion still further to secure himself in his
possessions by obtaining a new patent from Gov. Thomas Don-
gan for the same, dated Jan. 12, 1686, on condition of the annual
payment of one bushel of good winter wheat This rent in 1717
appears to have been neglected for a term of years. The follow-
ing receipt shows in what way the account was settled.
Received of Thomas Hunt, Sen., twenty-five bushels and one-half
wheat, in full for his quit-rent for his land in the County of Westchester,
upon Bronck's river, to the 25th March, last past. Witness my hand, in
New York, this 9th day of April, A. D. 1 7 1 7.
Richard Nicolls, Deputy Receiver.
" Patents, i. io8, Office of Secretary of State, Albany.
^ See Bolton's Westchester, ii. 437-43S, for a fuller statement.
* The grand-daughter " Mary," of Edward Jessup's will.
6o yessup Gejiealogy.
In the southwest corner of West Farms, where the patent just
described joined the Manor of Morrisania, was a tract of land
called the " debatable ground," because claimed by both of the
adjoining patentees. This was located between what is now
known as Leggett's Creek and Bungay Creek. After many years
and much contention a settlement as between the heirs of the
contending parties was obtained, but not before 1740.
The "New York Evening Post" of June 14, 1884, in an article
entitled, "An Historic Estate to be Sold," calls attention to the
original proprietors of West Farms, and mentions that certain
portions of the original patent (260 lots), now in the twenty-third
ward of the city of New York, had been topographically laid out,
and would soon be put on sale by order of the Supreme Court of
the State. It adds that more than two hundred years had elapsed
since the original settlers, Jessup and Richardson, first established
their homes there, where even now their descendants, though of
other names, may yet be found. Some account of the descend-
ants of Thomas Hunt and Elizabeth Jessup will be given in its
proper place, but no complete record has been attempted or
found practicable at present.
Those who are interested sufficiently to wish to visit Hunt's
Point can readily do so by taking a train from New York city on
the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven, and
Springfield Rail Road, and a short walk from the Hunt's Point
station will bring them to the old homestead (now the Spofford
estate), and to the still older burial-place of the family. The
quaint and ancient chart of the " Point" here given, bearing the
names of both John Richardson and Thomas Hunt, and the date
1675, may be found in Bolton's "Westchester," vol. ii., opposite
p. 444. One who visited the spot in 1883 thus describes it : "A
few miles from Harlem, in Westchester County, is a road which
leads from the town of West Farms to the Great Planting Neck,
called by the Indians Quinnahung, upon which are many ancient
and modern country seats. Of these, perhaps, the most ancient
stands at the southern extremity of the Neck, on an estate which
Edward of West Farms. 6i
for almost two hundred years has been known as Hunt's Point.
It passed into the hands of Thomas Hunt by his marriage with
EHzabeth, daughter of Edward Jessup, one of the first patentees.
The old mansion, erected in 1688, occupies a charming situation,
overlooking the East River and Flushing Bay, and near the mouth
of the Bronx River, celebrated in song by Joseph Rodman Drake.
The Hunt family continued to own and occupy the property until
a score of years ago, when it passed into other hands. During its
possession by the Hunts a small tract of rising ground, compris-
ing less than an acre was used by them as a burial-place." " This
burial place is now disused and very much neglected, few of the
inscriptions being legible. Among the Hunt family monuments
and those of other and allied names is one to the poet Drake, who
for many years resided at the Point, and died there in 1820. The
Thomas Hunt who died there in 1808, married successively two
sisters, his second wife being the widow of his brother-in-law,
Moses Drake, and the grandmother of the poet. It was at his
house that the poet was wont to meet his congenial friends De
Kay and Fitz-Greene Halleck, and it was here that, a few days
after the death of Drake, Halleck wrote the poem which furnished
the well-known lines engraven on the monument of his friend : —
" None knew him but to love him,
None named him but to praise."
Edward Jessup died in the autumn of 1666, between August
6th, the date of his will, and November 14th, the date when pro-
bated. He was buried, doubtless, in the ancient cemetery at
Hunt's Point, but no gravestones mark the place either of his
own burial or that of his married daughter, Elizabeth Hunt. His
will is now on record in the Surrogate's Office in New York city
(vol. i. pp. 31-33), and is one of the earliest recorded in English.
It was " proven out of sessions, by the Governor's special order,
at Flushing, L. I., 14 Nov., 1666."
« Gen. James Grant Wilson, in New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
XV. 42.
62 yessMp Genealogy.
The Last Will and Testament of Edward Jessop.
Being sicke and weake in body, yet in perfect memory, I bequeath my
soul to ye Almighty God that gave it, and my body after my death to be
decently buried, my funeral to be discharged and my debts to be paid.
I will and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Hunt twenty shilhngs be-
sides what I have already given her, to be paid in a year and a day after
my decease. I will and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Jessop the
sum of five and thirty pounds with what she has already, to be paid unto
her at eighteen years of age. I will and bequeath unto my sonne
Edward Jessop two mares with two colts by their sides ; one is a gray
mare, and the other is a mare marked on both ears with two half-pence on
each ear,'^ to bee set out for him for his use a year and a day after my
decease.
I will and bequeath unto my grandchild Mary Hunt twenty shillings to
bee payed in a year and a day after my decease. I will and bequeath
unto my couzen [niece] Johannah Burroughs twenty shillings to bee payed
in a year and a day after my decease.
I will and bequeath unto Derrick Gasson a Cow calfe to bee paid unto
him in a yeare and a day after my decease.
Furthermore I constitute and appoint my well beloved wife Elizabeth
Jessop to bee whole and sole executrix, and I do will and bequeath unto
her all my lands and houses, and goods, and cattle, movable and unmov-
able of this my last will and testament, and to receive all debts, dues, and
demands whatsoever, to be at her disposal, and she to pay all debts, dues,
and legacies whatsoever, and she to bring up my two children in the feare
of God.
This I do owne as my last will and testament, and doe disclayme all
other Wills, Guifts, Grants or such like which may any wise trouble or
molest her hereafter, as being of none Effect.
Further I do appoint my well beloved friends Mr. Richard Cornhill,
justice of the peace, Mrs. Sarah Bridges, my well beloved brother-in-law
John Burroughs, and Ralph Hunt, as overseers of this my last will and
testament, likewise to be assistants to my executrix in all causes and diffi-
culties, and this I do owne as my own act and deed, to all true intents and
°- Westchester County Records contain a list of ear-marks and brands of horses,
or jades, of Edward Jessup, recorded June ii, 1664.
Edward of West Farms. 63
meanings, and doe furthermore ratify and confirm it as my owne act and
deed by setting to my hand and seal, the day and year underwiitten.
August the 6th, 1666.
Signed, sealed, and delivered Edward Jessop."
in the presence of witnesses,
WlLL^' GOULDSTONE,
John Richardson,
The mark + of Richard Horton.
Of the names mentioned in the above will, Elizabeth Hunt
was the wife of Thomas Hunt, Jr., and Mary Hunt, with little
doubt, their daughter. JoJianiiah Burroughs, Jessup's cousin (or
niece as the word was then used), was the daughter of John
Burroughs of Newtown, who married a Reeder.* Derrick Gasson
appears to have been a man in his employ. Mr. RicJiard Corn-
hill (or Cornell) was of Westchester, the emigrant ancestor of
a large family of the name. He came to this country between
1655 and 1660, and later settled in Rockaway.'' Mrs. Sarah
Bridges was Sarah, daughter of Thomas Cornell of Cornell's
Neck in Westchester, patented to him July 26, 1646, by the
Dutch governor, WiUiam Kieft. Her first husband was Thomas
Willett of Bristol, England, progenitor of the Willett family in
this country, while her second husband was Charles Bridges,'^
John Burroughs has elsewhere been noticed. Ralph Hunt was
a prominent Newtown man closely associated with Jessup in the
various conflicts between the town and the Dutch. He was the
ancestor of a numerous race. John Richardson is the only one
of the witnesses that has been identified. It was to have been
expected that his name would have been in some way associated
with the above document.
The maiden name of Elizabeth Jessup is as yet a matter of
mere conjecture. Her husband's confidence in her was such that
he puts all his estate into her hands, counselling her to bring
up his two minor children in the fear of God, and giving her
" Orthography of Probate Records. '^ Bolton, ii. 270 and 719.
^ Riker's Newtown, p. 383. ^ Whitaker's Southold, p. 250.
64 yessup Genealogy.
as " overseers " [advisers] four of his most trustworthy friends.
The reference in the will to his " beloved brother-in-law, John
Burroughs," with a legacy to his daughter Johannah whom he
calls " couzen " (niece), suggests that Elizabeth Jessup was either
Elizabeth Burroughs (a very natural conjecture) or the sister of
Burroughs's first wife, as the name of his second wife, then living,
was Elizabeth. That Mrs. Sarah Bridges should have been ap-
pointed one of the " overseers," and the name inserted before that
of his brother-in-law, has led to the inference that she was some
near relative of the family, but nothing in her history throws any
light on this point. She was in any case a near neighbor, living
Just across the Bronx River, on the eastern side of its estuary.
It is not impossible that Edward Jessup may have been twice
married. Without attempting to decide the question, it may be
remarked that when " Jessup and his mother, the Widow Whit-
more," were spoken of on a preceding page as having left Stam-
ford for a residence elsewhere, these two appear to have constituted
the entire adult portion of the family. This was in 1653- That
he had already been married is quite certain, as only thirteen
years after he mentions in his will a married daughter and a
grandchild. His two remaining children were at this time quite
young, — the younger not far from three years of age. It is not
a violent conjecture, therefore, that if the " Widow Whitmore "
was not after all his own mother, she was the grandmother of
his daughter Elizabeth, and would naturally go with them in their
removal. No further record of her has been found.
Edward Jessup's three children were: —
-f2. Elizabeth, in 1666 the wife of Thomas Hunt, Jr., of Westchester,
who then had at least one child, Mary Hunt.
3. Hannah, in 1666 not eighteen, who married, in Green's Farms,
Connecticut, "Joseph" , very possibly Joseph Lockwood,
the " son-in-law " of her step-father, Robert Beacham. (See
p. 71.)
-I-4. Edward, b. 1663, through whom the family name has been
perpetuated.
Edward of PVest Farms. 6^
In 1668,'' Elizabeth Jessup, the widow of Edward Jessup, mar-
ried Robert Beacham (Beauchamp) of what then was called
" Bankside," in Fairfield, Conn, (now Green's Farms, in the town
of Westport). Thither she removed with her two younger chil-
dren, having disposed of the most of her property in both West
Farms and Newtown.
The Westchester County Records show in what way she settled
one legacy in her husband's will, — the specific animals devised
to her boy not being found.
September 27, 1667.
These presents witness that we Thomas Hunt and Henry Gardner do
testify upon oath, if occasion, that Elizabeth Jessup hath fully ordered and
set forth tlaree cows which are, the two black and white feet cows and one
red cow, and two oxen which are called by the names of Swan and Sweet-
ling, for settlement of the legacy given by my husband to my son Edward
Jessup, which legacy was the mares and the colts prized at twenty pounds.
This we can testify upon oath when occasion.
Thomas Hunt,
Henry Gardner,
his = mark.
The Newtown property was purchased by Lieut. John Ketcham,*
who died in that town in 1697, leaving numerous descendants.
The history of the West Farms estate has already been given.
Robert Beacham was in Ipswich, Mass., in 1648,'^ as shown by
the records of that town, where he is assessed to pay the captain
of the military company. In 1655, if not earher, he was in Nor-
walk. Conn., as his name appears in a recorded Table of " Estates
of land and accommodations " of that date, when he is rated at
;^I73, very nearly the average of the entire list of thirty-one
names. The same year he was appointed " Gate Keeper for the
year ensuinge," which is explained by a fuller record of a similar
appointment two years later with a grant of land as compensa-
" The marriage license is dated Nov. ^ Riker's Newtown, p. 89.
4, 1668. — O'Callaghan's New York <= New England Genealogical Register,
Marriages. ■ ii- 51-
5
66 yessup Genealogy.
tion. Feb. 5, 1657, it is " voted and agreed that Rooert Beacliam
shall enjoy and possess that parcell of lande lyinge betweene his
home lott and the Coafe [cove] Banke [bank of Norwalk river],
as his owne, being given and granted by the Towne at the said
meetinge ; and the said Robert Beacham has promised and en-
gaged to keepe and maintaine the gate leading into the necke for
the yeare ensuinge." * The " necke " was a point of land running
into the Sound, used by the town as a common pasture. His re-
moval to Green's Farms must have occurred soon after, as March
II, 1657-8 the Conn. Court by vote allow the inhabitants of
Bankside between Fairfield and Norwalk to take as a co-inhabi-
tant, Robert Beacham, who formerly lived in Norwalk. Oct. 13,
1664, the same court make him a freeman.^
This settlement, so interesting in the present history, was made
originally in 1648, by permission of the General Court of Con-
necticut and the town of Fairfield. The agreement between the
settlers and the court is of sufficient interest to be here given.
" Imprimis. It is agreed that Thomas Newton, Henry Gray, and John
Green shall have liberty to sit down and inhabit at Machamux [Bankside],
and shall have for each of them laid out as in propriety to themselves and
their heirs forever, twenty acres in upland, to be indifferently laid out by
the appointment of said town, in a convenient place, where it may not be
too obnoxious to the depasturing and feeding of the cattle of the town.
And that if they improve the said land, to make a sufficient mound or
fence, or mounds and fences, to secure the said town and land from the
trespass of the cattle of the inhabitants of said town. And their said fence
shall be viewed by the said town, or their deputies, whether sufficient or
no, and shall be therein subject to such orders as the town shall make
about other farms of the town.
" Item. That there shall be sufficient passage and way or ways for the
cattle of said Fairfield to pass to the seashore, and all the way to feed and
depasture to and again in those parts, and that neither the inhabitants of
the said town nor their cattle may be prevented that way.
" Hall's Norwalk, pp. 45-47.
* Trumbull's Colonial Records of Connecticut, i. 310 and 432.
Edward of West Farms, * 67
" /fern. That there be a convenient quantity of meadow laid out by
the inhabitants of said town, or their deputies, to the parties above said,
for their comfortable subsistence in that place. And that the parties above
said shall only keep their own sheep in and upon the said land, and com-
mons adjoining, and not take the cattle to foragement and depasture in the
commons of the said town.
"/fern. That the aforesaid parties and their heirs be subject to all
taxes and rates of the said town wherein they have a common benefit to-
gether with said town, and are subject to the officers of said town, save
only in watching and warding.
" Ifem. That there may be full hberty to said parties to take in two
more inhabitants by full consent and approbation of the town of Fairfield,
and that they be approved as aforesaid.
" Ifem. It is agreed that if the said town and the parties are not
agreed between themselves about the upland and meadow, then the court
to be indifferent judges." "
The two whom they chose to settle with them were Daniel
Frost and Francis Andrews, and the settlement was first known
to the records of Fairfield as " The five farmers of Bankside," and
after 171 1 as " The West Parish of Fairfield." The Indian name
was Machamux, which the settlers themselves changed to Maxi-
mus Farms. Subsequently, about 1732, the name became Green's
Farms, which it now bears, in honor of John Green, one of the
original " five."
" The lands and residences of the above — the only settlers for
twenty years — extended along the shore from near what is Mr.
Phipps's place westward. Daniel Frost lived furthermost east. His
house stood not far from the place now occupied by Mr. Phipps.
Next adjoining Daniel Frost on the west was the lot of Henry
Gray. Next to his was the land of Thomas Newton. West of
Thomas Newton's was the home of John Green. Francis Andrews
lived at the foot of the southeastern slope of Clapboard Hill." ^
« Historical discourse of the Rev. B. J. Relyea on the 150th anniversary of the
founding of the church in Green's Farms, Oct. 26, 1865.
68 Jessup Genealogy.
All but Thomas Newton lived and died in these homes. Newton,
in 1650, sold out his original right, which eventually came into
the possession of Robert Beacham, and here he had already lived
with his wife, Isabel, a number of years preceding her death, as
late certainly as 1659, when, July 6, she signs a deed conjointly
with her husband, conveying to Roger Plaisted land granted him
by the State in 1657-58. The records of Fairfield make frequent
mention of Beacham's name, but he appears not to have been
made a freeman until 1664, at the same time with Joseph Lock-
wood, then or afterwards his son-in-law. The new home he made
for Elizabeth Jessup and her children appears in every way to have
been a pleasant one. His step-son, Edward Jessup, when of age,
makes several purchases of real estate from him, and he gives him
before his death property which he still further secures to him
by direct bequest. A life interest in all his estate is given to his
wife, and he does not forget to restore to her in express terms all
he received from her at their marriage. His will is dated 14 Nov.,
1688; the inventory was taken 2 March, 1690, and both will and
inventory approved the lOth March following; amount, ;^ 179, ioj.,
which included only a part of his estate, as his will distributes
much more than this of personal property alone.
The Will of Robert Beacham.
The last will and testament of Mr. Robert Beacham, of Maximus
Farms in Fairfield, in ye colonies of New England, being weak of body,
but of sound understanding, is as follows, viz :
Item. I commit my soul into ye hands of my most merciful Savior,
hoping for salvation by the alone merits and satisfaction of my Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, and my body to a humble burial, and as for my
worldly goods, my just debts having been first paid, I dispose of them as
follows, viz :
I give and bequeath to my grandchild Robert Lockwood all my lands
and housing in said Fairfield, to enter upon and dispose of ye same after
my wife's decease, and saying within one year after ye same, fourscore
pounds to my grandchild Susanna Lockwood, and threescore pounds a
Edward of IVest Farms, 69
piece to my other grandchildren, John Lockwood and Sarah Lockwood,
when they respectively arrive at age according to law ; excepting only my
second division in Compo, which I have akeady given to Edward
Jessup.
I give and bequeath to my loving wife, Elizabeth Beacham, the use
and improvement of all my houses and lands during her natural life, and
the return of what estate I received with her, according to said former
agreement, she keeping in repair the housing and fences.
I make and constitute my loving son-in-law, Joseph Lockwood, sole
executor of this my last will and testament, so to allow to my said wife
seven pounds to lay out in a parcel for herself.
In witness whereof, and for confirmation whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 24th day of November in the year of our Lord 1688,
in the 4th year of his Majestie's reign.
Robert Beacham."
It will be noticed that his bequests are to his grandchildren
only, two only of the four being of age, and all the children of
Joseph Lockwood.* No name of any child of his is mentioned.
Elizabeth Beacham appears still to have interests in West Farms
to be cared for. In 1682 she sends her son, Edward Jessup, not
yet of age, to visit his brother-in-law, Thomas Hunt, bearing the
following letter and power of attorney, dated March 27 of the
same year. This letter "^ is introduced by a heading which proves
clearly which of the Thomas Hunts, father or son, was the hus-
band of her daughter Mary.
" Probate Records of Fairfield, volume to Joseph Lockwood, of Maximus, the
for years 1 689-1 701. farm of Henry Gray [one of the five
^ Joseph Lockwood was one of the original farmers of Bankside], in payment
seven original members of the church in of debts due said Lockwood, heir of Rob-
Green's Farms, organized in 1715 ; the son ert Lockwood. — Trumbull's Colonial Rec-
of Robert Lockwood,of Watertown, Mass., ords, ii. 239.
b. 6 Aug., 1638, and d. 14 April, 1717, Oct. 13, 1681, Mr. Lockwood was
aged 79. — Fairfield Town Records. deputy for Fairfield. — Ibid., vol. iii.
Oct. 8, 1674, the General Court convey ^ Westchester Town Records, i. 97.
70 yessup Genealogy.
A Record of a Letter from Elizabeth Beacham to her Son-in-law,
Thomas Himt, yr.
Loving son, Thomas Hunt: After my love remembered unto you and
yours, hopeing that you are in good health, as wee are at this tyme, blessed
be the Lord for it. These are to certify you that I doe give my son
Edward full power to receive and dispose of any estate that belongs unto
him. Alsoe I doe earnestly desire you to be helpfull unto him in the
cause. Also I doe give my son Edward order to take up and dispose of
any of my daughter Hannah's Jades," for I have order from my son
Joseph and his wife both. I rest
Your loving mother,
Elizabeth Beachajvi.
March 27, 1682.
The above written letter was recorded the 30th day of June, 1682.
Ffrancis Ffrench, Record".
That Edward accomplished the object of his mission is attested
by a document of only a little later date, as follows : * —
Westchester, New Yorkshire.
Know all men by these presents that I, Edward Jessup, of the town
of Fairfield, New England, have sold, aUenated, and conveighed, and doe
by these presents sell, alienate, conveigh, and deliver, unto Thomas Hunt,
Junior, of the town of Westchester, his heirs, executors, and assigns, all my
right, title, and interest to and in a certain parcell of Mares, Horses, and
Colts, in and within the Government of New Yorke, formerly belonging to
my father Jessup. That is to say, all and every part and parcell of them, the
above-said Jades, and all their increase, excepting to myself one yearling
horse-colt, which I give to the said Thomas' daughter Silly (Cicely), freely
giving and granting the same to the said Silly ; owning and acknowledging
to have received due and full satisfaction for the said Jades of the said
° " Jades." The exact usage of this word is not clear. Apparently it is here and
in the next document used as a designation for horses in general.
^ Westchester Town Records, i. 103.
Edward of West Farms. 71
Thomas Hunt. In witness whereof I have hereunto set to my hand and
seal this 3d of July, 1682.
In the presence of Edward Jessup.
John Cooper,
Roger Barton,
Abraham Whearly.
This is a true copy of the original, recorded the 6th day of July, 1682.
Ffrancis Ffrench, Record".
The phrase, " Hannah's Jades," in the former of these two
documents refers to the practice of branding horses and turning
them loose into the woods to shift for themselves in company with
those of other owners. Most towns had common lands that were
used for this purpose. Many pages in the records are taken up
with a description of ear-marks and brands. The annoyance her
father had in Stamford in consequence of disputed ownership has
already been noticed. The explanatory sentence added in the
same document, " for I have order from my son Joseph and his
wife," can refer only to Hannah Jessup and her husband, but this
is the last and only reference found to the name of this son-in-law.
Several circumstances, however, suggest that she may have been
the wife of Joseph Lockwood, the "son-in-law" of Beacham and
the executor of his estate. The records show that the relations
between this Lockwood and the family were very intimate. Noth-
ing is known as to his wife's name, either through his will or
otherwise, which forbids the supposition. While the distribution
of the property held both by Beacham and by his wife, and the
great improbability that Hannah and her children, if any, would
be ignored, is in its favor. Elizabeth Beacham, Dec. 25, 1690,
transfers by deed of gift all her property to her son Edward,
reserving only for herself a life interest, but makes no reference
to her daughter, who was living only eight years before and
married. Only a few months before this, Beacham's own estate
had been settled. In his will he refers to land given to Edward
Jessup, and leaves the remainder, after his wife's death, to his
72 yessup Genealogy,
grandchildren, Joseph Lockvvood, their father, being executor,
but he makes no allusion to his daughter. If Hannah Jessup
were at this time living, and the wife of Joseph Lockwood, who
was a man of some means, she was already provided for. If already-
dead, her children were provided for by Beacham's estate, leav-
ing his widow free to transfer what she had to her son Edward.
Whether the above conjecture be true or not, it appears the most
reasonable one which the premises suggest.
The date of the death of Elizabeth Beacham is not known.
As the deed of gift to her son was not recorded for more than
two years, the date of record may have been very nearly that of
her death. A copy of this deed is given below: —
Know all men by these presents that I, Elizabeth Beacham, the relict
of Robert Beacham, late of Fairfield, in the Colony of Connecticut, in
New England, deceased, have given and granted, and do by these presents
give and grant, unto my loving son Edward Jesup all my estate, or that
shall be mine, both real and personal for good consideration . . . thereto
to be to him and his heirs forever after my decease as his own free estate,
and do hereby bind myself, my executors, administrators, and assignes to
ratify and confirm tliis grant, as witness my hand and seal, this 25 th
Dec, 1690.
Elizabeth Beacham."
Witness
JosiAH Harvey.
John Barlow.^
The above was put on record, June 16, 1692.
2. Elizabeth Jessup {Edward^), was the eldest child of Edward
Jessup,^ but the date and place of her birth are not known. As
in 1666, the date of her father's will, she was already married and
had at least one child, she may have been born previously to her
father's advent in Stamford in 1649, — a portion of his history as
to which no record has as yet been found. She married Thomas
« Fairfield Town Rec, Book A. of ^ Ancestor of the poet and diplomatist,
Deeds, p. 547. Joel Barlow, of Redding.
Thomas Hunt of Hunt 's Point. 73
Hunt, Jr., the son of Thomas Hunt of the "Grove Farm" in the
town of Westchester. This estate was located on a fine point of
land lying on the Sound, and along the east bank of Westchester
Creek. It was purchased by Hunt from Augustine Hermans soon
after 1652. It was patented to Thomas Hunt, 4 Dec, 1667, by
Governor Nicolls, and subsequently confirmed by Governor Don-
gan, 12 Jan., 1686." It is described as including "two certain
necks of land called by the name and names of Spicer's Neck
and Brockett's Neck." This Thomas Hunt, by his will in 1694,'^
left the Grove Farm to his grandson, Josiah Hunt, the son of his
second son Josiah, who had a life estate in the same, so securing
the entail for his family. At the death of the grandson Josiah, it
passed to his son Thomas Hunt, and when in 1756 he died
without male heirs, it became the property of his daughter,
Mianna Hunt, who married Elijah Ferris. Their sons, John H.,
William, and Charlton Ferris owned it in 1848, and a portion
is even now in the possession of the family. " The mansion
erected in 1697, prettily situated at the entrance of Spicer's
Creek, on the border of Westchester Creek, is surrounded by
old locusts." '^
Thomas Hunt, Sen., appears to have been in Stamford, Conn.,
in 1650; had interests in Middleborough (Newtown) on Long
Island in 1 66 1. In 1663 he was made a freeman by the General
Court of Connecticut, and died 8 Feb., 1694, as noted in connec-
tion with the inventory of his estate, dated on the 14th February
following. Baird, in his " History of Rye," says there is no evi-
dence that he ever lived in that town, as asserted by some writers.
Ralph Hunt, of Middleborough, who was an overseer of Edward
Jessup's will, may have been a kinsman.
At the time of the death of Edward Jessup, it is very proba-
ble that Thomas Hunt, Jr., was living with his father at the
« For copy of patent, etc , see Bolton's " Westchester," ii. 268.
^ Surrogate's Office, New York city, v. 73. It is given in Prime's " Descent of
Comfort Sands," p. 84.
'^ Prime's " Descent of Comfort Sands," p. 83.
74 Jessup Genealogy.
Grove Farm, but soon after he is found well settled at Hunt's
Point, and in due time comes into possession of the whole
estate. He appears to have been a man who, less prudent
than his father, freely expressed his preference for the Eng-
lish to the Dutch rule, and was once on the point of being
banished the province for refusing to take the oath of allegiance
to the States General, but at his father's request was allowed to
remain on acceptance of the oath and giving security for his
good behavior.
The record of the descendants of THOMAS Hunt, Jr., and
Elizabeth Jessup intended for insertion at this point, but not
yet completed, may be looked for in the Appendix to the
present volume.
4. Edward Jessup {Edward'^), was born in 1663 in either
Newtown or West Farms, N. Y., either just before or soon after
his father had crossed the East River to his new plantation on
the north shore of Long Island Sound. He was but three years
old at his father's death, and removing thus early with his mother
to Connecticut on her second marriage, he was more a citizen of
the latter colony than of New York. In due time he became
a freeman of the town of Fairfield, acquired property, and estab-
lished a home and family in the ancient parish of Green's Farms.
He married in 1692, at the age of twenty-nine, Elizabeth Hyde
(born 23 Aug. 1669), a daughter of John Hyde (born 1642) and
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Harvey of Stratford, Her
grandfather, Humphrey Hyde, came from England in 1640, and
early settled in Fairfield, and the family is still represented in
Green's Farms. Besides the patrimony received from his mother,
Edward had from his step-father a tract of land referred to
in Beacham's will as " My second division in Compo." This
name still survives connected with a school district in the town
of Westport, and doubtless includes the tract above referred to,
which was land allotted to Beacham in the distribution of the
common territory claimed by the town of Fairfield. His busi-
ness activity is shown in the frequent purchases of land made by
Edward of Fairfield. 75
him in his own neighborhood between the years 1684 and 1696,
and onward ; purchases made from his step-father and from Joseph.
Lockwood ; also from John Green who gave name to the parish ;
from Joseph Frost, John and Daniel Meeker, Albert Denny and
others, — old names that have now few representatives or none at
all in that region. He was also one of the common proprietors =
of the Island or Horse-pasture now known as Sherwood's Island.
The exact location of his home lot has not been ascertained, but
it must have been near the shore in close proximity to those of
the original settlers. That he still maintained intercourse with
his brother-in-law, Thomas Hunt, is evidenced by a paper in the
Westchester County, N. Y., records, which appears to be a final
settlement of all claims he might still have upon anything in West
Farms that once belonged to his father.
Know all men by these presents : That I, Edward Jessup, of Fairfield,
within the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, have by these presents released,
exonerated, and acquitted Thomas Hunt, Junior, of the West Farms
within the town of Westchester and County there, his heirs, executors,
administrators, or assigns of and from all manner of demands, claims,
rights, or properties whatsoever I have or might have unto any estate real
or personal within the town and county of Westchester, aforesaid, that was
formerly my father Edward Jessup's and may of right belong to me by
inheritance as heir or otherwise, I having now received full and just satisfac-
tion for my right to the same, or against me, my heirs and assigns, I do
own full satisfaction for the same lands and meadows, goods or chatties
from then to the date of these presents, discharging said Hunt of the
premises in as full and ample manner as if this was done in any form of
law as could be advisably done. In witness whereof I have set my hand
and fixed my seal the third of June, 1691, and in the third year of
their Majesties Reighne, William and Mary, over England King and
Queen.
Sealed and delivered before us, Edward Jessup.
John Embree,
W^^- COALES,
Peter Chocke.
76 yes sup Genealogy.
June the 3d, 1691. Then appeared before me Edward Jessup and
owned tliis instrument to be his act and deed,
Joseph Theal, Justice of the Peace.
This is a true copy of the original,
Edward Collier, Recorder^
Mr. Charles Burr Todd in a letter to the " New York Evening
Post," dated 20 April, 1879, tells a curious story of a trial for
witchcraft in Fairfield, 15 Sept 1692,'^ in which Mercy Des-
borough, the wife of Thomas Desborough, of Compo in that
town was indicted for " having familiarity with Satan, and that by
his instigation and help she had in a preternatural way afflicted
and done harm to the bodies and estates of sundry of their
Majesties subjects." Edward Jessup, aged about twenty-nine
years, appears as one of the witnesses, and narrates certain strange
things he observed when at Desborough's house and on his way
home ; how that the food on the table changed its appearance
so unaccountably that he was at first afraid to eat of it ; that
when Moses Sherwood and he disputed the woman's interpreta-
tion of a certain passage of Scripture, neither of them were able
to read the passage in the open Bible, until she had manipulated
the leaves ; and that when going home, his horse could with such
difficulty be kept in the road that he was the greater part of the
night travelling the distance of only two miles. The reputed
witch was convicted, but fortunately never punished. Compo
was a noted locality in the Revolutionary War, as it was at Compo
Point (now called Cedar Point) that the British forces landed and
began their march for the destruction of Danbury in 1777. That
it should have the earlier repute of being a centre of necromancy
was not generally known before to the present generation.
Edward Jessup's occupation was like that of his neighbors.
He was a cultivator of the soil, adding to his crops and cattle the
" Westchester County Records.
^ See Orcutt's History of Stratford (18S7), pp. 152-155, for full account.
Edward of Fairfield, 77
abundance of the sea, which was at his very door. That these
early settlers lived plainly is of course true. That they had, when
once established, a liberal supply of things needed for their com-
fort, is doubtless equally true ; and the spirit of freedom and inde-
pendence which was fostered by their new surroundings favored
their becoming the true citizens and noble men which so many of
them were.
About 1720 Edward removed from Green's Farms to Stamford,
and lived there the rest of his life. In the absence of any defi-
nite date of removal, it may be noticed that, April 28, 1720, he
purchased 125 acres in the eastern part of Stamford, and Jan. 8,
1724, he buys a right in what were called the "sequestered
lands,"" paying £6<^, 33-., <^d., while in October, 1726, he calls
out a committee to settle the bounds of his last purchase.
His younger children went with him to Stamford, six of them
in fact, which accounts for their settling in that part of Fair-
field county, or emigrating still farther west into the colony
of New York. Edward, the oldest son, who married in 1724,
was left in possession of the Green's Farms homestead, and
two daughters, the eldest of the family, were already settled in
Greenfield. Once more then the headquarters of the family are
found to be in Stamford.
The Stamford Records say : " Mr. Edward Jessup died Dec.
28, 1732," and the inscription on his tombstone adds " in the 70th
year of his age." His will, as recorded in Stamford, was dated
Aug. 17, 1731, proven by witnesses in Norwalk, Jan. 5, 1732-33,
and probated at Stamford February 5th of the same year. His
son, Joseph Jessup of Stamford, is appointed sole executor. The
inventory was about ^650. This document is given below as
found on file in the Probate Records.
° The phrase " sequestered lands," purpose than use in common. This is
refers to such of the common lands be- proven abundantly by the early records
longing to the town as were set apart from of the adjoining town of Norwalk. (Hall's
the main body of such lands, and either Norwalk.)
offered for sale or devoted to any other
7 8 yesstip Genealogy.
The Will of Edward Jessup.^
Know all men by these presents : That I Edward Jessup, of Stamford, in
y*^ County of Fairfield and Colony of Connecticut being weak and infirm
in body but of sound mind and memory, thanks be to God, therefore
calling to mind y® mortality of my body, and knowing it is appointed for
man once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament as
follows : —
First of all, I recommend my soul into y^ hands of God who gave
it, and my body to a decent Cliristian burial at y^ discretion of
my Executor hereafter named, not doubting but that I shall receive
y^ same again at y^ General Resurrection ; and as touching such
worldly estate as it hath pleased y^ Lord to bless me with in this
life, I give and devise and bequeath in y^ following manner and
form, viz : —
Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Jessup my beloved
wife y^ use and improvement of my dwelling-house, barn and home-
lot with appurtenances ; and also y*^ use and improvement of one third
part of my land lying at Flat Ridge partly, and partly on y^ eastern
part of y^ plains in Stamford aforesaid, adjoining southerly to y*" land I
formerly' sold to my son Joseph ; y'^ said use of house, barn, homelot,
and land is to be during her natural life. I also give her one third part
of my movable estate to be her own forever. Also, I give her my ser-
vant or apprentice-boy John Franklin until he arrive to be twenty-one
years of age.
Item. I give and devise to my son Joseph Jessup, his heirs and
assigns forever my aforementioned house, barn, and homelot, after my
wife's decease, on condition he pay to my son Jonathan ninety pounds
current money of said Colony, and to my two daughters, Hannah and
Elizabeth, ten pounds a piece, within six months after my said wife's
decease, which with what I have given my said son Joseph is y*^ full
of his portion, except five shillings which I give him ; but if he fail
of paying said ninety pounds or said ten pounds in manner as afore-
said, then I give and devise said house, barn, and lot to my said son
Jonathan, his heirs and assigns forever, after my said wife's decease,
if he pay to my said two daughters, ten pounds apiece within said six
months ; but if he fail thereof, viz : paying ten pounds to my said
Edward of Fairfield. 79
daughters in manner aforesaid, then I give y'' one half of said house,
barn, and homelot to said Jonathan and his heirs forever, and y" other
half to my said two daughters and their heirs forever, after my said
wife's decease.
Item. I give and devise to my son Ebenezer Jessup all my land in Stam-
ford aforesaid, lying partly in y*" Flat Ridge, and part on y*" eastern part of
y^ Plains so called which butts westerly on a highway and adjoins south-
erly to y^ land I formerly sold to my son Joseph, y'^ same to be to y" said
Ebenezer or his heirs and assigns forever, one third part whereof he is not
to have y® use of until my wife's decease. I also give to y*" said Ebenezer
a pair of Steers, a plow and tackling, a cart and y*^ furniture, a yoke, a cow
and an axe if I have y^ same at my decease, and they are to be found as
part of my estate.
Item. I give to my daughter Deborah, eighteen pounds to be paid by
my executor as a debt I owe her, and also I give to my daughter Sarah ten
pounds to be paid by my executor as a debt I owe her, which said eighteen
and ten pounds I order not to be accounted any part of my clear estate,
but first to be paid out as other debts before my wife has her thirds
computed.
Item. I give and devise to my sons, Joseph and Ebenezer, all my
rights in y" Commons in Stamford, aforesaid, and to their heirs for-
ever, on condition they pay to my three daughters, Abilena, Deborah,
and Sarah, forty shillings apiece in six months after my decease ; but
if said Joseph and Ebenezer fail thereof, then I give my said rights to my
said three daughters Abilena, Deborah, and Sarah, their heirs and assigns
forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughters Deborah and Sarah twelve
pounds apiece to be paid out of my movables, and I give and bequeath to
my daughter Abilena eight pounds of my movable estate ; and all y'^ rest
of my movable estate not before disposed of, I give and bequeath to my
five daughters, viz. : Hannah, Elizabeth, Abilena, Deborah, and Sarah, to
be equally divided between them.
Item. And I do hereby constitute, make, and ordain, my aforesaid son
Joseph my sole executor of this my last will and testament, hereby utterly
disallowing, revoking, and disannulling all former wills, devises, and be-
quests, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and
testament.
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In witness aforesaid, y^ 17th day of August, a.d., 1731, and in y^ fifth
year of y*" reign of King George y" Second.
Signed, sealed and publislied, pronounced and declared by y'' said Ed-
ward Jessup y*^ testator, as his last will and testament in y^ presence of us
y" subscribers.
John Waterbury
Mary Isaacs.
Thomas Fitch. < '^ ^ T^cLf^ A
Wt¥,
Elizabeth, the widow of Edward Jessup survived him fifteen
years, and died in Stamford 2 Oct., 1747, in her 79th year. Her
will is dated 15 Sept., 1747, and her son Joseph is appointed
executor; inventory about i^200, all personalty. The witnesses
were David Holly, -Jonathan Hoit, Jr., and Ann Cluxton. She
bequeaths to Joseph the family Bible, the records of which would
now be invaluable, if in existence. This book doubtless shared
the fortunes of her son's family, was taken by them to Canada,
and has since disappeared. She mentions besides her living
children, a granddaughter, Elizabeth Darling, the child, without
doubt, of her daughter, Abilena, the wife of John Darling, of the
Greenfield Hill Parish, in Fairfield. Joseph was absent from
home, it would seem, when the will was executed, and she makes
provision that if he " do not live to return," what she gives him
shall go to his children. This perilous journey of his was a dis-
tance of about seventy-five miles to what is now the northern
part of Dutchess county, New York. He did, however, return,
and attended to the duties assigned him. The name of Elizabeth
Jessup appears on the roll of membership of the First Congrega-
tional Church of Stamford, when the Rev. Noah Welles was pastor.
Both her husband and herself lie buried in an ancient cemetery
near Cove Pond and Noroton River, and the inscriptions on their
tombstones are still legible. This part of Stamford was after-
wards known as Middlesex Parish, now the town of Darien.
Daughters of Edward of Fairfield. 8i
Here lies the Here lies y^ body
Body of Mr. of Mrs. Elizabeth
Edward Jessup, Jessup, Relict to
who died Decern. Mr. Edward Jessup,
the 28th, 1732, who died Oct. y^
the 70th year of 2nd, 1 747, in y<= 79th
his age. year of her age.
Their nine children, all mentioned in the father's will, were
born in Green's Farms. The dates, except that of the first,
are from the records of the First Congregational Church in
Fairfield : —
-1-5. Elizabeth, b. ii Feb., 1693."
+6. Hannah, b, , .
+ 7. Abilena, baptized, 13 Sept., 1696.
+8. Edward, bap. 7 March, 1697.
+9. Joseph, bap. 4 July, 1699.
+ 10. Deborah, bap. 12 July, 1702.
+ 11. Jonathan, bap. 3 Aug., 1707.
+ 12. Sarah, bap. 15 March, 1713.
13. Ebenezer, bap. 27 March, 1714, and died before 28 April, 1741,
at which time the inventory of his estate is recorded in Stam-
ford, amounting to ;^794, 9^"., 10^., of which £,']'] $, loj. is
realty, and he is styled " marinor." He was therefore a sea-
faring man, and appears to have been unmarried. He was
the first of a name which has continued in the family until
nearly the present time. His estate was largely encumbered
with debt, and May 14, 1741, his administrators, Jacob Hart
and Captain Jonathan Maltbie, ask permission of the court at
Hartford to sell property to satisfy the creditors. A similar
request is made in May of the following year. Nothing
further is known of him.
5. Elizabeth Jessup {Edward,^ Edward'^ ), born in Green's
Farms, Connecticut, 11 Feb., 1693, married Aug., 1710, John
Smith (born 8 May, 1688), and lived at Greenfield Hill, a few
" Greenfield Hill Church Records.
6
82 yes sup Genealogy.
miles from her birth-place, and like that a parish in the town of
Fairfield. He was distinguished from several other persons of
the same name as " John Smith, miller." The following entry is
found in the Greenfield Records : " The wife of John Smith (mill.)
admitted to full communion 8 Aug., 1726."" She and her hus-
band signed an agreement, dated 20 Feb., 1733, by which they
" remise, release, and quit-claim unto their brother Joseph Jessup,"
"any right, title, or interest" they have in the " estate of their de-
ceased father, Mr. Edward Jessup," in which they are styled, as of
Fairfield.* This family has not been traced further than the
names of the eleven children given below, taken from Greenfield
Records already cited,
14. Samuel Smith, b. 28 Jan., 17 12.
15. Elizabeth Smith, b. 15 Aug., 17 15.
16. Daniel Smith, b. 19 June, 17 19.
17. Jehiel Smith, b. 2 Sept., 1721. He died when about twenty-one
years of age, at the West Indies, having joined a military ex-
pedition of the British Government against the Spanish posses-
sions in that region. "The whole expedition turned out a
complete failure. The colonial troops had been condemned
to the hardest drudgery of the service, and out of four thousand
men not a tenth part ever returned." '^
18. Deborah Smith, b. 10 March, 1724.
19. Joseph Smith, b. 24 April, 1726.
20. Charity Smith, b. i Sept., 1729.
21. John Smith (twin), b. 24 Oct., 1731 ; d. young.
22. Noah Smith (twin), b. 24 Oct., 1731.
23. Grace Smith, b. ii Dec, 1733.
24. John Smith, b. 2 Feb., 1736.
6. Hannah Jessup (^Edward,^ Edward'^^, was born in
Green's Farms, but no record of her birth has been found.
When her father removed to Stamford she went with him, and
there married John Reynolds, son of Jonathan Reynolds of the
" Records of Greenfield Parish, by '' Stamford Deeds, etc, Book C. 422.
Rev. John Goodsell, first pastor. "^ Hildreth's U. S. History, iii. 382.
Daughters of Edward of Fairfield. 83
neighboring town of Greenwich, and appears to have Hved in that
place. This is incidentally learned from the Probate Records of
Stamford under date 5 Feb., 1733. At the probate of her
father's will on the above date, by her brother Joseph Jessup as
executor, some of the heirs were dissatisfied, and the following
entry is found : " Jonathan Jessup and John Reynolds, both of
Greenwich, y^ one son of y' above deceased, Edward Jessup, y^
other one y' married one of y" daughters of y'' said deceased,
moved for appeal from y^ above judgment [the acceptance of the
will by court], which appeal is granted." A short time after, on
the 20th February, an agreement appears to have been reached
with the executor, in which they join with John Smith and Eliza-
beth Jessup his wife, as stated above, in quit-claiming to the
executor all right and title they may have in the estate. This
settled the difficulty. This family has not been identified, and
probably cannot be, until a genealogy of the entire Reynolds
family of Greenwich and vicinity shall be attempted. The family
name is common in all this region. John Reynolds, of Wethers-
field, was one of the twenty-nine Wethersfield men who, in the
summer of 1641, founded Stamford. Reynolds received one of
the larger allotments of land, eleven acres, and may have been
the ancestor of all of the name in that region. The name John,
however, is so often repeated — as many as three or more of
nearly the same age appearing at the same time on the records —
that every effort thus far has failed to determine which of these
families trace their ancestry to John Reynolds and Hannah
Jessup. More continued research would, without doubt, solve
the difficulty.
7. Abilena Jessup {Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Green's
Farms, Conn., in 1696 (baptized 13 Sept.), married John Darling
of Fairfield before 1729, when she already had four children. In
1734 she with her husband sign a receipt now on file at the
Probate office in Stamford, for a bequest received from her
father. In 1739, 13 March, the same two convey to her sister,
Deborah Jessup, real estate in Stamford, received from her
84 yessup Genealogy.
father." The Greenwich Town Records, under date 12 November
1730, contain a deed of John Darhng of Greenfield in the County
of Fairfield, conveying land in Greenwich to Justice [Justus ?]
Bush. This family resided on Greenfield Hill, and the records
that give us the little known about her sister Elizabeth Smith,
furnish all known at present about her own family, namely, the
names of five of the children : —
25. John Darling, bap. 4 Aug., 1729.
26. James Darling, bap. 4 Aug., 1729.
27. David Darling, bap. 4 Aug., 1729.
28. Jabez Darling, bap. 4 Aug., 1729.
29. Elizabeth Darling, bap. 28 March, 1 730, and mentioned in the
will of her grandmother, Elizabeth Jessup of Stamford.
David Darling ^7 married Sarah, daughter of Jehu Morehouse
of Fairfield, and had a son Jessup Darling, born 20 June, 1758,
and a daughter, Sarah Darling, born 9 Feb. 1760.* This Jessup
Darling lived at Claverack in Columbia County, N. Y., and mar-
ried in Green's Farms (as shown by the church records), 13 Jan.,
1786, Lydia Morehouse of Norwalk.
Nothing more is known of this family, though the name Dar-
ling is quite conimon in the early records of Fairfield, and there
were several whose Christian name was John.
ID. Deborah Jessup {Edward,^ Edward"^), born in Green's
Farms, Conn,, in 1702 (baptized 12 July), married 23 Feb., 1741,
Obadiah Stevens of Middlesex (then a parish of Stamford, now
the town of Darien), and died i March, 1769. In the list of
Stamford estates recorded in 1701 he is rated at ;^79, 7^., 6^.
There were two children : —
30. Deborah Stevens, b. 15 March, 1742; m. Joel Weed of Stam-
ford, perhaps the son of Samuel Weed and Rebecca Hoit,
29 Aug., 1742. She died young leaving two children : Wil-
liam Weed and Ezekiel Weed, who on the second marriage of
« Stamford Town Records, Book D.,225. ^ Fairfield Town Records.
Daughters of Edward of Fairfield. 85
the father, were cared for by their grandfather Stevens. The
grandfather bought 600 acres of land of his brother-in-law,
Joseph Jessup, located near Jessup's Falls on the upper waters
of the Hudson river (now Luzerne), and there WilUam Weed
settled.
31. Obadiah Stevens, b. 17 May, 1745, was a sea-faring man."
12. Sarah Jessup (Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Green's Farms,
Conn,, in 1713 (baptized March 15), was "married by the Rev.
Benjamin Strong, pastor of the church in Stanwich " (a parish
including portions of both Greenwich and Stamford), 11 Nov.,
1736, to Lieut. Jonathan Dibble of Stamford. He lived in the
northwest part of the town, within about a mile and a half of the
Stanwich church, and a short distance from the New York State
line. The homestead farm has long since passed into other
hands, but the old house, with its immense central chimney of
stone, its ample, but low-studded rooms, and its outside cover-
ing of shingles that were brown and weather-beaten with the
storms of more than a century, was still standing in 1854, but
soon after made way for the more modern residence of William
H. Hobby, the present proprietor. It was an historical mansion,
and had been a refuge for the loyalists and sometimes for the
patriots during the stormy period of the Revolutionary War.
John Dibble, who possibly may have been the ancestor of
Jonathan, was an early settler in the most northerly part of the
town of Stamford, which subsequently became a portion of Bed-
ford in the colony of New York. This section of about 7,700
acres was purchased of the Indians and known as the " Hop-
ground " or hop vineyard, and sometimes called the " Vineyard."
"Upon the 4th of February, 1702, the town of Bedford sold to
John Dibble, Cross's vineyard purchase for ;^i8." In January
1703-4 he makes an independent purchase in the vicinity from
the Indians, and in 1704, when the town secured a confirmation
from Governor Cornbury of New York of the first patent granted
" Letter of Miss Alminah Jessup of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1882.
86 yessup Genealogy.
by Connecticut in 1697, ^^^ name appears in the list of resident
proprietors.*
Jonathan Dibble, some thirty years preceding the American
Revolution owned land in New York city, situated near the " tea-
water pump," as it was called. The tea-water pump stood on
the west side of Chatham Square. He also held a lease of the
premises in the Bowery, known as the " Bull's Head Tavern," of
which he was landlord for some years. This tavern stood on the
ground where now stands the Bowery Theatjj^e. A picture of this
tavern may be found in " Harper's Magazine," for November
1883. In this building his only son George was born, who was
afterwards a schoolmate of Col. Henry Rutgers for whom Rut-
gers Street was named, as also Rutgers College in New Jersey.
In consequence of the small-pox becoming epidemic, probably
about 1760, he sold his property in the city and purchased a,
large farm in the " Middle Patent," a district in the present town
of Northcastle. This farm was then situated partly in the town
of Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y., and partly in Stamford,
Conn., Mr. Dibble's residence being in the latter town.* Here
he died 16 April, 1760 (tombstone inscription), sixteen years pre-
vious to the war. His wife survived him many years, and died
II Dec, 1792, in her 82d year. Both lie buried, with other mem-
bers of the family, in a private cemetery near their old home,
now on the farm of John H. Brush of Stanwich. His will, dated
17 Jan., 1760, and probated 5 May of the same year, was not put
on record until 22 April, 1774. In it he mentions his wife, whom
he appoints executrix, and names his five children. He refers to
lands he owned on the west side of the Hudson river at Wall-
kill [Orange County, N. Y.].
The writer, when pastor of the Stanwich Congregational Church
(1853-1862) was once within the Colonial dweUing occupied by
Jonathan Dibble, and visited the family burial-ground ; but it was
° Bolton's Westchester County, vol. i. 14,30, 31, 34.
^ Sketch furnished by James B. Cooper, Esq., of Babylon, N. Y., a great-grandson
of Jonathan Dibble.
Daughters of Edward of Fairfield. 87
not until twenty-five years later that he knew anything of the
peculiar and interesting family history which connected him with
those who were born in this quiet spot, and whose descendants
had acted such prominent parts on both sides of the ocean.
Least of all did he suspect that he had been standing by the
grave of Henry James Jessup, a son of Col. Ebenezer Jessup, the
loyalist, and grandson of Jonathan Dibble.
The five children of this family were as follows, all born, prob-
ably, in New York city ; —
32. Sarah Dibble, b. Oct. ii, 1737; m. Jacob Valentine of North
Hempstead, N. Y., and had five children : i. George Valejitine,
at one time governor of the Alms House in New York city. 2.
Mary Ann Valentine^ who m. William Cook, who removed about
1783 to Beaver Harbor, near St. Andrews, in New Brunswick.
3. Elizabeth Valentine, who m. a Captain Freeman (shipmaster),
and had a daughter, who m. a ship-captain named Elliott, and
had a son George Elliott. She became a widow and m. a sec-
ond time. 4. Deborah ValeJitine ; and 5. a dau. (iia?ne unknown).
One of the last two m. a Captain Manyuse or Mayneuse.
Mrs. Sarah (Dibble) Valentine, after her husband's death and
during the Revolutionary War, resided in New York city, where
she m., 2d, Capt. Drummond Simpson^ of the British Army, and
at the close of the war settled with him in New Brunswick, near
St. Andrews, on Passamaquoddy Bay. He was lost at sea with
his vessel and crew on a voyage to England.
33. Abigail Dibble, b. March 31, 1743; m. her cousin Edward, the
son of Joseph Jessup of Stamford.
34. Elizabeth Dibble, b. April 25, 1745; m. her cousin Ebenezer,
brother of Edward Jessup, both of whom were loyalists.
35. Deborah Dibble, b. June 26, 1739 ; m. James Varian'' of Scars-
dale, Westchester County, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1759, the son of a
French Huguenot emigrant. He (as well as his brothers) was
" Captain Simpson's first wife was * Letter of his grandson William A.
Sarah Chapman, marriage license issued Varian, M.D., of William's Bridge, West-
Feb. 25, 1780. — O'Callaghan's New Chester County, N. Y.
York Marriages,
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a soldier in the Revolution on the patriot side, and then, from
exposure, contracted a cold that resulted in paralysis, from
which he suffered the last 20 years of his hfe. He died in
Scarsdale, Dec. 11, 1800. His wife died April 12, 1823. They
had seven children : Elizabeth, Jonathan, James ^ Michael, Deb-
orah^ Joseph, and Ichabod. Elizabeth m. Judge Caleb Tomp-
kins, brother of Hon. D. D. Tompkins, Vice-President of the
U. S., 1817-24. Judge Tompkins was a member of the New
York Assembly, 1 804-1 806, and of the U. S. Congress 181 7-21.
Jonathan Varian, the eldest son, was a colonel in the War of
18 12, in command at Brooklyn, where he and his regiment were
ordered to aid in repelling an apprehended attack on the city
by the enemy. The regiment was stationed near the spot now
occupied by the Naval Hospital. At the close of the war a
considerable sum was awarded him for money advanced by him
for supphes for his regiment.*
36. George Dibble, b. Dec. 2, 1740; m. his cousin Phebe, dau. of
Jonathan Jessup of Greenwich. (See record of wife, chap, iv.)
« The notes on the Varian and Valentine families furnished by James B.
Cooper, Esq., of Babylon, N. Y.
CHAPTER II.
CAPT. EDWARD JESUP, OF GREEN'S FARMS, AND
HIS DESCENDANTS.
8. Edward Jesup {Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Fairfield,
Conn., and baptized 7 March, 1697; rnarried Sarah, daughter of
Richard Blackleach'' of Stratford, 7 Dec, 1724. He is spoken of
as " Captain," and held this position in the Colonial militia, which
the exposed condition of the new settlements required ever to be
on the alert. He lived in the parish of Green's Farms (Fairfield),
occupying the homestead farm on the shore of Long Island
Sound. This homestead passed into his hands by deed from his
father, dated 7 Aug., 1721, which date indicates very nearly the
time when his father changed his place of residence to Stamford.
As the location of the property is a matter of interest, as also the
names mentioned in the deed, it is given in full as follows : —
Know all men by these presents, that I Edward Jesup of P'airfield in
the Colony of Connecticut for the consideration of eighty-five Pounds,
current money of said Colony, to me already secured by my loving son,
« Richard Blackleach was the son
of an early settler of Stratford of the same
name. His will, dated 27 Feb., 1747-8,
and proved 2 Oct., 1850, is recorded in
Fairfield. In it he gives to Sarah Jesup,
wife of Edward Jesup, ;^5, and to her
children £2P- Inventory of the estate
^977, 8j.
Two deeds are on record, in Stratford,
bearing his signature : one dated 10 Nov.,
1747, conveying property to his daughter
Sarah ; the other, 26 March, 1748, convey-
ing property to his son-in-law, Edward
Jesup.
90 yessup Genealogy.
Edward Jesup of said Fairfield, have granted, sold, made over and con-
firmed, and by these presents do fully, dearly, and absolutely grant, sell,
make over and confirm unto my said son, Edward Jesup, and to his heirs
and assigns forever, my homestead at Maximus or the West Parish in said
Fairfield, containing all my land adjoining together, where my new dwelling
house standeth, be it in quantity more or less ; and it is bounded Easterly
by land of Thomas Couch, South by John Andrews' meadow, or a high-
way in part, and partly by land of John Lockwood ; West in part by a
highway and partly by said John Lockwood ; North by the Common ; «
together with all the buildings, fruit-trees, garden, yard, and fences, and all
other privileges and appurtenances thereof which by any manner of way or
means belong thereunto ; excepting only hberty for Benjamin Rumsey, John
Andrews, John Lockwood, and John Green, their heirs, executors, admin-
istrators, and assigns, to pass and repass through the said homestead at the
usual place in the seasons of the year to gather their salt hay from off their
meadow lying Southward of the said homestead ; also, all my right of com-
monage in said Fairfield : To have and to hold unto my said son Edward
Jesup and to his heirs and assigns forever, the said granted and described
homestead, commonage, and bargained premises for his and their only use
and behoof, except as before excepted, without any let, claim, or molesta-
tion from me, my heirs, executors, or administrators forevermore.
Witness my hand and seal this 7th day of August, Anno Domini, 1721.
Edward Jesup.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of
Thaddeus Burr.
Peter Burr.
Edward Jesup, subscriber to the above instrument, acknowledged the
same to be his free act and deed the day and year written, before me,
Peter Burr, J. P.
Recorded 7th Aug., 1721.*
" This " Common " is a very consid- first church edifice also. It was also used
erable plot of ground, near the Green's as a military parade ground, and was once
Farms station of the New York and much larger than at present, having at
New Haven Railroad, which at the very various times been encroached upon, bi-
first settlement of the neighborhood was sected by the railroad, and narrowed to
thrown open by the adjoining proprietors its present proportions,
for public purposes. The schoolhouse * Fairfield Land Records, iii. 202.
once stood here, and some suppose the
Edward of Green 's Farms. 91
In addition to the above homestead, he owned another and
larger tract of land (six hundred acres) on what is now known as
Harry's Ridge in the present town of Wilton.
A grandson " affirms that he was interested in the West India
trade, which is very probable, as all the towns along the Sound,
even those which at the present time have little or no shipping
interests, were then engaged in such business ventures. He had
one brother, and perhaps two, as well as nephews, that were sea-
faring men. He died 30 Sept., 1750, in the 54th year of his age.
His widow outlived him many years, and died 18 Nov., 1783, in
her 84th year, and the following inscriptions may now be read
upon their gravestones in the " Old Burial Ground " in Green's
Farms. The church which once stood north of this ancient
cemetery, just across the highway, was burned in the Revolu-
tionary war, in July, 1779, when General Tryon destroyed a large
part of the town of Fairfield.
Here Lyes Buried In memory of Sarah
the Body of Mr. Wid^ & Relick of
Edward Jessup,* Edward Jesup '' who
Who departed this life Departed this Hfe
Sept. 30* Anno Dom' 1750. Nov' y'^ iS"' 1783, in
in ye 54* Year of His Age. Y^ 84* Year of her Age.
They had seven children, all born in Green's Farms : —
4-37 Sarah, b. 14 July, 1726.
+38 Elizabeth, b. 13 Feb., 1728.
-1-39 Mary, b. 28 Sept., 1729.
4-40 Abigail, b. 9 May, 1731.
4-41 Blackleach, b. 14 Dec, 1735.
-I-42 Ebenezer, b. 14 March, 1739.
43 Martha, bap. 22 Aug., 1742 ; d. 2 Sept., 1751.
« The late Major Ebenezer Jesup, of began to be dropped, — an accidental
Westport. change doubtless, which, however, has
* The variations in the spelling of the in some portions of this branch of the
family name above, indicate the date family been perpetuated to the present
when one of the s's originally in the name day.
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The will of Captain Edward is dated 8 May, 1750, and is on
record in Fairfield. It was proven on the 2d of October,
following, and is as follows : —
The Will of Captain Edward Jesup,
In the name of God, Amen, the eighth day of May, in y^ year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty, I, Edward Jesup of Fair-
field, in y^ County of Fairfield and Colony of Connecticut, being weak
in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God
therefor, calling to mind y^ mortality of my body, and knowing it is
appointed unto men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will
and Testament.
Principally and first of all. I give and recommend my soul into y^ hands
of God who gave it ; my body I recommend to the earth to be buryed in
a Christian-like, decent manner, at y'' discretion of my executors hereafter
named, nothing doubting but at y^ general resurrection I shall receive y^
same by y^ mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate
it hath pleased God to bless me with in this hfe, I give, devise, and dispose
of y" same in y^ following manner and form : —
Imprimis. It is my will and I do order y' in y^ first place all my just
debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.
Item. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Sarah, two of my
feather beds, with y^ bedsteads and furniture ; also my household goods here
following, viz : all my wooden ware, all my brass ware, also all my iron
ware and all my pewter ; and also two of my bedquilts, two of my cover-
lets, and ten of my sheets, all which is to be her own forever. And also I
give and bequeath to my said wife y" use and improvement of one third
part of my housing and lands during her natural life.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah, y^ wife of Stephen
Wakeman, twenty shillings, old Tenor,'^ which with what I have already
given her is her full share and part of my estate.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth, y^ wife of Thomas
Couch, twenty shillings old Tenor, which with what I have already given
her is her full share and part of my estate.
" " Old Tenor," " New Tenor," etc., refer to different kinds of paper money issued
by the colonies at different dates, and of different values.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 93
Ikm. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary, y^ wife of John
Morehouse, twenty shillings old Tenor, which with what I have already
given her is her full share and part of my estate.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Abigail, my silver tankard,
also six of my large silver spoons, and also six of my teaspoons ; also I
give to my said daughter Abigail out of my movable estate y^ sum of nine
hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid her by my executors hereafter
named.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha out of my movable
estate y^ sum of eleven hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid her when
she shall arrive at y^ age of eighteen years ; but if she shall marry before
she arrive to y^ age of eighteen years, then my will is she shall have it paid
her at her marriage.
Item. I give and bequeath to my two sons, viz : Blackleach and
Ebenezer, and to their heirs and assigns forever in equal proportion, all my
housing and lands lying and being within y*" Colony of Connecticut or else-
where, and my will is y' my real estate herein given to my said two sons
shall be divided and parted, but shall be improved by them together until
my son Ebenezer arrive at y" age of twenty-three years. And then my said
son Blackleach shall part my said real estate into two equal parts, and my
son Ebenezer shall choose which part he likes best, and furthermore my will
is that if either of my said sons shall die without issue lawfully begotten,
y* then three quarters of y*^ real estate y* I have given him, shall be to my
other son y' shall survive ; and y^ other quarter my will is y' if my son shall
leave a widow y' she shall have it during her natural life, and after her
decease the said quarter part shall be equally divided among my afore
named daughters ; and if my said son shall die without leaving a widow,
then at y^ decease of my said son, y^ said quarter part shall be equally
divided between my aforesaid daughters.
Item. My will is, and I do constitute and appoint my said wife Sarah,
and my brother Joseph Jesup to be executors of this my last will and
testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made, declar-
ing this and no other to be my last will and testament.
^cMV'
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Signed, published, pronounced and declared by y^ said Edward Jesup
as his last will and testament, in presence of us witnesses.
Isabel Rumsey.
her
Mary + Guire.
mark
Thaddeus Burr.
On the sixth of March 1750/51, the Inventory of the estate was
presented in court by Benjamin Rumsey, John Andrews, and
John Hyde, Appraisers. Total amount, ^^22,524 Zs. 'jd.'^
37. Sarah Jesup {Edward^, Edward^, Edward'^), born in
Green's Farms, Connecticut, 14 July, 1726, married, ist, 11 Jan.,
1744, Stephen Wakeman of the same place, born 10 March,
1717. (He had been previously married, his first wife having
been Mary , who died 16 Aug., 1741, in her 24th year,
leaving a daughter, Eunice Wakeman, who married a Burritt.)
Mr. Wakeman was a son of Capt. Joseph Wakeman, and grand-
son of the Rev. Samuel W^akeman, the second pastor of the
First Congregational Church in Fairfield (1663-1693). He
graduated at Yale College, class of 1738, was a farmer, and
died 23 March, 1760, before reaching middle life. His will
was dated 8 Feb., 1760, and probated in Fairfield April ist of
the same year; inventory, ;^5I25. He mentions his daughter,
Eunice Burritt, and the five surviving children of his second
marriage, one having died. The records of the Green's Farms
church say that he and his wife " received covenajit"^ 19 March,
1758.
The college diploma of Stephen Wakenian is so ancient and
quaint a document that a copy is given belpw, with the transla-
tion. It was written entirely with a pen, many of the capital let-
ters handsomely illuminated, and on a piece of parchnient about
" Fairfield County Probate Records, gational churches of New England, upon
volume for the years 1748-55. their public acceptance of the church
^ A practice, now obsolete, then pre- covenant. They did not usually com-
vailed of admitting all persons of moral mune, but their children were baptized,
life to partial membership in the Congre-
Edward of Green 's Farms. 95
twelve by fourteen inches. It has been presented to the Li-
brary of Yale College by Mrs. Julia (Wakeman) Jesup, of
Southport, a great-granddaughter. The document reads as
follows : —
Omnibus et Singulis has literas lecturis, Salutem in Domino : Vobis
votum sit quod Stephanum Wakeman candidatum primum in Artibus
Gradura completentem tam probavimus quam approbavimus, quem exam-
ine sufficiente previo approbatum nobis placet Titulo Graduque Artium
liberalium Baccalaurei et adornare et condecorare. In, cujus rei majorem
Fidem, et plenius testimonium Sigillum Collegii Yalensis quo in hac Parte
utimur, Prsesentibus apponi fecimus.
Eliseus Williams, Rector.
Samuel Whitman,
Jared Eliot,
Samuel Woodbridge,
Jonathan Marsh, \ Curatores.
Samuel Cook,
Sajmuel Whittlesey,
Joseph Noyes.
Datum a Collegio predicto quod est
in Novo Portu Connecticuten-
sium, Sep^ 13, A.D., i738.«
The autographs are of interest and are still quite legible. The
seal has long since disappeared. It is noteworthy that in the
college catalogue his name heads the list of the fifteen who com-
prised his class, the arrangement having something to do with the
existing ideas connected with social position.
The six children of this family were : —
44. Stephen Wakeman, bap. 25 Nov., 1744; m. Sarah Whitehead,
29 June, 1789. He was a farmer. Eventually he sold his
homestead in Green's Farms and removed with his family
« To all and singular who shall read
these letters, greeting in the Lord. Know
that we have examined Stephen Wake-
man, a candidate for the first degree in
Arts, as we have seen best, and that we
determine to honor and adorn him, ap-
proved by a sufficient examination, with
the title and degree of Bachelor of Liberal
Arts. For the greater assurance and ful-
ler proof of this we have caused to be
affixed to these presents the seal of Yale
College which we employ here.
Given at the College aforesaid which is
in New Haven, Connecticut, Sept. 13,
1738.
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to Ballston, N. Y., and his descendants now reside in that
State. Where and how he died were never known. After
a visit in Green's Farms he started on his way to his New
York home with a considerable sum of money in his posses-
sion, and was never seen again.
45. Sarah Wakeman, bap. 10 Aug., 1746.
46. Jesup Wakeman, bap. 25 Sept., 1748; m. Amelia, dau. of
Nehemiah Banks of Greenfield, 29 Dec, 1768, and d. 2 Jan.,
1 780. He was the father of Banks Wakeman, whose family
is now represented in Green's Farms by those well known
agriculturists, Talcott B. and Henry B. Wakeman, Another
son was jfesup Wakeman of Southport, b. 12 Feb., 1771 ;
d. 4 May, 1844. He m. Esther Dimon, 29 May, 1796, and
had eight children : Susan (Mrs. Jesup Scott), William, Webb,
Maurice, Zalmon Bradley, Jesup Banks, Julia Frances (Mrs.
Ebenezer Jesup), Esther Dimon (Mrs. Crapo), and Cornelia
(Mrs. Warren D. Gookin).*^ The family has always been one
of wealth and influence.
47. Mary Wakeman, bap. 17 March, and d. 29 Oct., 1751.
48. Mary Wakeman, 2d, bap. 31 Dec, 1752, m. 20 Dec, 1781,
Jonathan Banks of Greenfield.
49. Betsey Wakeman, bap. i June, 1755.
Mrs. Sarah (Jesup) Wakeman married, 2d (2 June, 1768),
Capt. David Banks of Greenfield, who had no children. She was
his second wife, and died in 1805, aged 78. Her mother, the
widow of Capt. Edward Jesup, resided with her from 1772 to
1780.
38. Elizabeth Jesup {Edward,^ Edwaj^d,^ Edward"^), born
in Green's Farms, Conn., 13 Feb., 1728, married Thomas Couch,
son of Thomas Couch, of the same place, 25 Feb., 1750, and
died 25 Nov., 1815, aged 87 years, 9 mos. Ensign Thomas
Couch died 4 Dec, 1764, in his 39th year. They "renewed
covenant" 23 Dec, 1750.
Their seven children were : —
" Mr. Gookin graduated at Dartmouth College in 1830.
Edward of Green s Farms. 97
50. Thomas Couch, b. 12 Feb., 1751 ; m. 2 April, 1772, Sarah, dau.
of Jonathan Nash " of Fairfield, and d. in Redding, 1 6 March,
181 7. He served in the Revolution of 1776 through the en-
tire war, and was present with General Montgomery at the
siege of Quebec. "Their meeting-house and most of their
movables were burned in the Revolution by the enemy ; there-
fore they fled from Green's Farms to Redding." Mrs. Eben-
ezer Hawley of Ridgefield was a daughter, and Thomas Nash
Couch, and E. B. Sanford of Redding are grandchildren.
Eleven children: i. Sarah Couch, b. 9 Aug., 1773, d. young.
2. Thomas Couch, b. 23 Sept., 1774. 3. jfonathan Couch,
b. 13 Feb., 1777, father of Major-Gen. Darius-Nash Couch,
distinguished in the late Civil War.'' 4. Sarah Couch, h. 18
Sept., 1779. 5. Nathan Couch, b. 25 Sept. 1781. 6. Esther
Couch, b. 14 Dec, 1783. 7. Moses Couch, b. 2 Oct., 1786.
8. Edward Couch, b. 7 March, 1789. 9. Hezekiah Couch,
b. 14 March, 1791. 10. Mary Couch, b. 21 April, 1793.
II. jfohn Couch, b. 28 July, 1795.''
51. Simon Couch, b. 6 Nov. (bap. 12 Nov.), 1752, settled in Red-
ding; m. 7 Jan., 1776, Eleanor, dau. of Jonathan Nash of
Fairfield, and d. 16 April, 1829. Ten children: i. Elizabeth
Couch, b. 9 Oct., 1776. 2. yessup Nash Couch,^ b. 3 Aug.,
1778, Judge of the Ohio Superior Court. 3. Seth Couch, b. 31
Aug., 1780. 4. Eleanor Couch, b. 26 Aug., 1782. 5. Simon
« The landed estate of the brothers Democratic candidate for Governor of
Thomas and Simon Couch, in Redding, Massachusetts ; then U. S. Collector at
was obtained through their alliance with Boston, 1866-67; ^r'*^ afterward president
the family of Jonathan Nash. of a Virginia mining and manufacturing
^ Darius Nash Couch, b. in South- company. (Johnson's Encyc.) He now
east New York, of Redding parents, 23 resides at Norwalk, Conn.
July, 1822, graduated at West Point in '^ Todd's Hist, of Redding, p. 189.
1846 ; served in the Mexican war 1847-48, ^ " Jessup Nash Couch, graduated at
and at various posts until 30 April, 1855, Yale College in 1802 ; removed to Chilli-
when he resigned and engaged in busi- cothe, Ohio, in 1804, where he practised
ness. Living then at Taunton, Mass., law until appointed Judge of the Superior
he resumed his sword at the outbreak Court of the State in 181 5. This office
of the civil war, as Colonel of the Sev- he held until his death, in 1821. In the
enth Mass. Vols., and in 1862 became war of 1812 he was aid-de-camp to Gov-
Major-General, serving until the close ernor Meigs of Ohio, and bearer of de-
of the war, in 1865. That year he was spatches to General Hull."
7
98 yessup Genealogy.
Couch,'' b. I Dec, 1784. 6. JVask Couch, b. 23 April, 1787.
7. Priscilla Couch, b. 27 June, 1790. 8. Edward Couch,
b. 14 July, 1792. 9. Simon A. Couch, b. 6 Dec, 1794.
10. Caroline Couch, b. 23 June, 1801.
52. Sarah Couch, b. 30 March, 1754; d. in 1815 ; m. 14 Oct.,
1772, Hezekiah Banks (b. in Greenfield; d. in Easton in
18 12, aged 64), and had eight children : i. Sturges Banks, b.
1773 ; m. a Gould ; d. in Weston, aged 44, and had one child
only. 2. Sarah Batiks, b. 1775 ; ni. Captain Joseph Hill, of
Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y., and d. there, aged 94. They
had 8 children, and have very numerous descendants living in
the same county. One grandson (son of her dau. Sarah who
m. a son of Judge Crary, of Liberty) Horace Staples Crary, now
lives in Binghampton. 3. Hezekiah Banks, jfr., b. 1777 ; m.
Rhuamah Betts, and d. aged 95, and has a large posterity.
The Rev. George W. Banks, of Guilford, Conn. (Yale, 1863),
is a grandson. 4. Patty Banks, b. 1780; d. April, 1858; in
1798 m. John Staples,^ whose oldest son, Horace Staples, now
(1886) 84 years old, is an active and prominent citizen of
Westport. Horace Staples was bom on the old Greenfield
homestead, much of which he still owns ; is President of the
First National Bank, of Westport; founder of the "Staples
High School" of the same town, and a man of large public
spirit. He has a son (Capt. William G. Staples) and several
grandchildren. His second wife, " Charrey " Couch, was a
granddaughter of Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Jessup. A
younger brother (there were five children), Edward Jesup
Staples (b. 181 1; d. 1862), lived in Bridgeport. 5. Mary
Banks, b. 1783 ; m. Sherwood Seeley, of Easton, and d. aged
96, leaving three children. Edward Seeley, of Easton, is a
grandson. 6. Arete Banks, b. 1 788 ; m. William Nichols ; d.
aged 27, leaving no children. 7. yesup Banks, b. 1791 ; m.
« " Simon Couch, graduating at Yale in 27 Nov., 1861. The father was deacon of
1804, settled at Marion, Ohio, and prac- the Baptist Church, in Stratfield (now
tised medicine until his death, in 1826. Bridgeport), for 30 years, and the son
— ToT>T>'s Hist, of Redding, Conn. after him held the office for 46 years
* Capt. John Staples was the son of more.
John Staples of Greenfield, b. 1776 ; d.
Edward of Green s Farms, 99
Laura Sherwood ; d. aged 71. Charles Banks of Bridgeport is
his son. 8. Walter Bajiks, of Easton, b. 1793, and still living
(1886) ; m. ist, Miranda Adams, 2d, Hannah Betts, has had
several children, one of whom is Edwin Banks, of Bridgeport.
53. Elizabeth Couch, b. 23 Jan., 1756; m. Noah Hanford, some-
times called "of Norwalk," and sometimes "of Fairfield."
He d. before 1781, when his estate was inventoried, and she
d. before 1783, when the inventory of her estate is recorded.
Their children were two : i. Ebenezer Hanford, a minor in
1 790, when the Probate Court appointed, as his guardian, his
uncle, Moses Sherwood. 2. Hezekiah Hanford, whose guar-
dian, in 1792, was his uncle, Gideon Couch.
54. Gideon Couch, b. 12 Sept., 1757; m. Eleanor Wakeman, of
Greenfield, 26 Dec, 1781. Six children: 1-2. Gideon and
Charrey, died quite young, 3 Sept., 1796. 3. Wakeman
Couch, bap. 29 May, 1785, now (1883) represented by Rufus
Couch and Mrs. Burritt Wakeman, of Westport. 4. Gideon
Couch, bap. 18 Jan., 1789, and d. 1846, unmarried. 5. Eli
Couch, bap. 24 July, 1791, who m. Matilda Jennings, 27 Jan.,
1827, and left children, — John and William, of Green's Farms,
and Mrs. Horace Smith, of Bridgeport. 6. Charrey Couch,
2d, b. II Feb., 1802, and d. 188 1 (Mrs. Horace Staples).
55. Mary Couch, bap. 15 May, 1760; d. in Green's Farms, Conn.,
13 May, 1824, aged 64, her death being hastened by the
severe shock she received on seeing a man killed at her own
door while felling a tree. She m. ist (5 May, 1 784), " Cornet "
Moses Sherwood, of the Revolutionary army of 1776; 2d, (15
March, 1800), Aaron Sherwood (d. 20 June, 1835, aged 68),
by whom she had one child, Moses Aaron Sherwood. This
son graduated at Yale College, in 1824, married, and had by
his wife, Catharine G. Sherwood, two sons and two daughters.
The sons George and Wallace, died young, but descendants of
the daus. are still living. Moses A. Sherwood d. in Green's
Farms, 18 Feb., 1848, aged 43.
56. Stephen Couch, b. in Fairfield, Conn., 4 May, 1763, m. 29 Jan.,
1784," Ann Edmond, b. in Woodbury, Conn., 18 March, 1764,
" Fairfield, Conn., Town Records.
loo yessup Genealogy,
a dau. of Robert Edmond, of Ridgefield, and sister of Hon.
William Edmond (Y. C. 1777), member of Congress from
Comi., 1 798-1801, and Judge of the State Supreme Court,
1805-19. Another brother, David Edmond (Y. C. 1796), was
a distinguished lawyer in Vergennes, Vt. About 1789, Mr.
Couch emigrated to the northern part of the State of New
Hampshire, then known as the "Cohos country," now the
counties of Grafton and Coos. The Grafton County records
show that in that year he purchased, for seventy pounds, one
hundred acres of land in the town of Landaff. In the deed he
is spoken of as "Stephen Couch, joiner." In subsequent
deeds he is designated, " trader, inn-keeper, and husbandman."
About 1795 he removed to Bath, the next town, and the county
records show that until 181 1 he was largely engaged in the
purchase and sale of lands. One who knew him well," says
"he was a very energetic and popular business man, and
largely controlled the business of the town up to about the
time of the war of 18 12. He also dealt extensively in real
estate in Bath and other towns. He built two houses and put
up a forge for making bar-iron." His son-in-law,'' says that
" he devoted the last years of his life to developing the mineral
resoiurces of the Connecticut valley, bringing into notice the
quarries of mica in Grafton, N. H. ; organizing the Franconia Iron
Works of which he was the first agent, and which first manu-
factured iron from the ore found in Lisbon ; and forming two
companies in Vermont for the manufacture of copperas, which,
after his death, were merged into one at Thetford." He and
his wife both died suddenly of spotted fever, at the age of 49,
in 18 13 ; she, on the ^th of April, and he, on the 21st, and both
are buried in Bath. They had seven children : —
I. Elizabeth Jesup Couch," b. in Fairfield, Conn., 28 April,
1 785 ; m. John Hall, at Derryfield, N. H., 14 April, 1807. They
lived in Manchester, where she d. 2 Dec, 1858, aged 73, He
« Col. J. H. Johnson, of Bath, N. H., c Walter Banks, of Easton, Conn., now
now 82 years of age (1883). (1S84) in his 92d year, remenibers when
* Hon. Robert Morrison, of North- in 1S07 his uncle, Stephen Couch, and
wood, N. H. his cousin, Elizabeth (Betsey), visited
friends in Conn.
Edward of Green 's Farms. loi
also d. there. Four children : (i) Stephen Couch Hall, who
lives in Reno, Nev. ; (2) Edmond Hall, d. young, in Man-
chester ; (3) Ann Hall, m. Lycurgus Sherman, and d. in Castle-
ton, Vt., leaving a son, John Sherman ; (4) Henry Hall, m.
and lived in Manchester.
2, Mary Sherwood Couch, b. in Fairfield, Conn., 31 March,
1788; m. Nathan Applebee, of Wells River, Vt., 1808, and d.
there, 3 April, 1869. He enlisted in the war of 181 2 and was
not again heard from. Their only child, Eliza Applebee, b.
10 Feb., 181 1, in Franconia, N. H., m. Marcus Morton, of
Wells River, Vt., of whose five children one survives, Henry
Couch Morton, of Hoboken, N. J.
3. Catharine Smith Couch, b. in Landaff, N. H., i April,
1792; m. in 1822 Mahlon Cottrill. "She possessed in a re-
markable degree the administrative ability which made her
celebrated as a hostess. She d. in Montpelier, Vt., 28 April,
1 86 1. Mr. Cottrill, b. in Bridport, Vt, in 1797, came to Mont-
pelier in 1826, and was for many years (until 1856) pro-
prietor of the PaviHon Hotel, known both in and out of the
State as the prince of landlords and identified with every public
interest. He was an extensive mail contractor, favorably known
at Washington city. He d. in Kansas City, Mo., 20 Oct., 1864,
while superintending the execution of a contract with the Gov-
ernment for carrying the U. S. Mail from that city to Santa
F6." They had seven children : (i) Wm. Hutchins Cottrill,
b. 6 June, 1823, m. Frances, dau. of Dr. Hall, of Burlington,
Vt., and was a popular hotel keeper in Appleton, Wis. Had
one child, Julia Cottrill, m. and living (1883) in Milwaukee.
(2) Lyman Hawley Cottrill, b. 16 May, 1825, m. and lived in
Oshkosh, Wis., and d. in Oregon, Nov., 1877. He left one
son, Mahlon Cottrill, now (1883) in Berlin, Wis. (3) Charles
Edward Huntington Cottrill, b. 11 July, 1826; d. 3 Feb.,
1833. (4) George Washington Cottrill, b. 18 May, 1828, grad.
Univ. of Vt., 1847 ; is a lawyer of wealth in New York city.
(5) Henry Clay Cottrill, b. 26 June, 1830; d. 12 Feb., 1833. '
(6) Jedd Philo Clarke Cottrill, b. 15 April, 1832, grad. Univ.
ofVt, 1852; a lawyer of wide reputation in Milwaukee, Wis.
102 yes sup Genealogy.
He has been District Attorney of Milwaukee County (1865-66),
member of the commission of three appointed by the Supreme
Court to revise the statutes of the State, and in 1874 elected
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of Wisconsin ; m., and has several children." (7)
Charles Mahlon Cottrill, b. 20 Oct., 1834, went to Oshkosh in
1849 ; in 1859 settled in Milwaukee, where he has ever since
been connected with the steamboat business. He is married.
4. Stephen Edmond Couch, b. Bath, N. H., 28 June, 1794;
removed with his family to Compton, Canada, in 1822 or 1823,
where he purchased and cleared a heavily timbered farm. He
d. of exposure in a winter's storm at St. Cesaire, on his way to
Montreal, 12 March, 1833. He m. Sarah Hibbard, sister of
David Hibbard, of Bath, 18 April, 18 16. She d. in Compton,
16 March, 1852. Seven children : (i) Sally Ann Couch, b. in
Bath, 18 1 7, lived in Manchester, N. H., where she had built
a house and was about to be married, when she suddenly
died, aged 21. (2) Harriet Couch, b. in Bath, 18 18, m.
Daniel Osgood Danforth, who d. in South Merrimac, Dec,
1883, leaving four children, — Stephen Danforth, who d. in the
army during the civil war; John Danforth, m. and living in
Nashua; Catharine Danforth (Mrs. J. R. Carr), with whom, in
Manchester, her mother now lives ; and George Danforth.
(3) Mary A. Couch, b. in Bath, 18 19, m. Frederick T. Bowen,
of Canada, and had three children, — Sarah Joy Keith Bowen,
b. in Canada, m. Albert E. Cole, of Burnett, Wis., and has four
children (Jedd Willis Cole, George W. T. Cole, Albert Edward
Cole, and Ruth Virginia Cole) ; Katie Maria Bowen, who d. in
Pardeeville, Wis., 8 July, i860, aged 7 yrs., 9 mos. ; and Jose-
phine Grace Bowen, who d. in the same place, 28 July, 186 1,
aged 3 yrs., 7 mos. (4) Catharine Couch, b. in Bath, 1822, m.
Jesse Mann of that place, in 1855. Both are now dead. Four
children : Quincy A. Mann, b. i856, lives in Worcester, Mass.,
in the employ of the Boston and Albany R. R. ; Orville Mann,
b. 1859, station-agent at Hancock, Minn.; and Henry Mann,
° Vermont Historical Magazine, vol. iv., and The History of Milwaukee, Wis.
Edward of Green's Farms. 103
b. 1866, with his brother in Worcester ; and one dau., d. at the
age of eight. (5) Lois Wells Couch, b. in Compton, Canada,
1823, m. Levi Henry of the same place, and d. in 1864. Two
daus., — Susan, d. 1883, and Mary, now (1884) living with the
father. (6) Mahlon Cottrill Couch, b. in Compton, 1826, m.
Nancy Martin, of Compton. He d. i Aug., 1882, leaving four
children, who with the mother occupy the homestead, — Ste-
phen Edmond Couch ; Avery HoUis Couch ; Daniel Marcellus
Couch ; and Hattie Ruth Couch. ( 7) Dorcas E. Couch, b.
in Compton, 1828, d. in infancy.
5. Aim Edmond Couch, b. in Bath, N. H., 15 June, 1796;
m. 25 Sept., 1825, in Northwood, N. H. (by the Rev. Josiah
Prentice), Robert Morrison, and died in Northwood, i Jan.,
1872. After the sudden deaths of both her parents, in 18 13,
she taught school in Northwood and vicinity a number of years
until her marriage, advancing her own education meanwhile by
attendance upon the academies in Kingston, and in Bradford,
Mass., where she was a close student. Mr. Morrison was a
native of Northwood, b. 30 June, 1797, and d. in the same
town, 23 Nov., 1884, in his 88th year. He had an academical
education; taught school until 1824-25, when he attended
medical lectures at Harvard University. Receiving an appoint-
ment as teacher in one of the public schools of Portsmouth,
N. H., he taught for ten years, the last three keeping a pri-
vate school; was Superintendent of the public institutions of
the city for five years, until 1841, when he was elected to
the State Legislature. The same year he was made Superin-
tendent of the " Boston Asylum and Farm School for Indigent
Boys," holding this position for fifteen years. Mrs. Morrison
was here his efficient assistant, some of the most interesting
portions of the yearly Reports being written by her, as well as
more or less of the " Farm School Hymns " used by the chil-
dren. Returning to Portsmouth in 1856, he was three times
elected mayor of the city (1857-59). He then purchased a
farm in Northwood in sight of the old homestead where he
was born, and there resided until his death. He was at this
time one of the oldest members of the Masonic Fraternity in
104 yes sup Genealogy.
the State, having joined in 1818. The Northwood Lodge bears
his name. They had two children, both born in Portsmouth :
(i) Ann Edmond Morrison, b. 16 April, 1834 ; m. in Boston,
28 Jan., 1853, Thomas M. Thompson, a lawyer, and lives in
New York city. They have had two children ; one d. in infancy,
the other, James Willson Thompson, b. in Chicago, 9 Nov.,
1876. (2) Augusta Elizabeth Morrison, b. 31 May, 1839, m.
in Portsmouth, N. H., Edward N. Fuller, now (1884) editor ot
the "Tacoma News," New Tacoma, Washington Territory;
has had four children, one (Mrs. Fisher) is married and living
(1884) in Peoria, 111., and has three children."
6. George Washington Couch, b. in Bath, 16 May, 1802.
Nothing appears to have been known about him for many
years, and he is thought to be dead (1883). He had two
children.
7. Robert Thomas Couch, b. in Franconia, 25 Feb., 1808,
and d., aged nine mos.
39. Mary Jesup {Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward"^), born in
Green's Farms, Conn., 28 Sept., 1729, married, ist, John More-
house of the same place, 16 May, 1745. He was the son of
Gideon Morehouse, a man of wealth, and died 13 June, 1753, his
father having died on the 12th May preceding. Administration
on his estate was granted to Mary, the widow, 9 Aug., 1753.
Children of ist marriage, five : —
57. Gideon Morehouse, b. 17 Dec, 1746.
58. Edward Morehouse, b. 3 April, 1748.
59. Mary Morehouse, b. 23 Nov., 1749.
60. John Morehouse, b. 25 Aug., 1751 ; d. 27 Dec, 1795.
61. Joseph Morehouse, b. 11 June, 1753.
Mary (Jesup) Morehouse married, 2d, Gershom Sturges, son
of Jeremiah Sturges of Fairfield, 30 July, 1854. He was born
8 Sept., 1730, one of a family of twelve, of which seven were
" Account of Mr. Morrison furnished by his niece, Mrs. Daniel P. Mason, of
Northwood, N. H.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 105
sons. He died 15 March, 1762. The Probate Records of the
town note that the inventory of his estate was accepted 20 Aug.,
1762.
Children of the 2d marriage, three : —
62. Ann Sturges, bap. 23 March^ i7S5'
(iT^. Martha Sturges, bap. i Oct., 1758.
64. Sarah Sturges, bap. 3 Aug., 1760.
Mary (Jesup) Sturges married, 3d, Lieut, Samuel Taylor of
Norwalk, 7 Feb., 1765, who lived in Green's Farms, and died
there in 1805 at the age of 72. He was the son of Reuben and
Eunice Taylor, and his great-grandfather was John Taylor, of
Northampton, Mass. His will was probated in Fairfield, 22 April,
1805, and in it are mentioned his wife (elsewhere in the records
called "Mary"), his daughters Eunice and Mary, and his sons
Moses and Jesup.
Green's Farms Records mention the following five children of
this 3d marriage : —
65. Jesup Taylor, d. 21 Aug., 1833, aged dZ) b. therefore about
1765. He m. Sarah Coley and had several children: Moses
yesup Taylor ; Hezekiah Coley Taylor, the father of Edward
Jesup Taylor (late Judge of Probate), and of Arthur Taylor,
both of Green's Farms ; Anna Coley Taylor (mother of Silas
Burr Sherwood, now Judge of Probate in Westport) ; Samuel
y. Taylor, etc.
dd. Moses Taylor, bap. 4 July, 1769; m. Abigail Morehouse in
1796 ; no children.
67. Patty Taylor, bap. 2 July, 1771.
68. Gershom Taylor, bap. 6 July, 1772. As there is nothing more
known of these two, they may have died in infancy.
69. Nancy Taylor, bap. 30 April, 1775 (Mrs. Duncomb), who has
living descendants.
In addition to the above it is certain that Lieut. Samuel Taylor
had three children besides, and by a previous marriage as is
supposed, viz : —
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70. Samuel Taylor, drowned i Aug., 1774, returning from Stony
Brook, L. I., with a boatload of oysters, in company with Moses
Jennings.
71. Mary Taylor (Mrs. Abraham Morehouse), who had six children.
72. Eunice Taylor (Mrs. Aaron Jennings), the mother of the ven-
erable jFesup Taylor Jennings, now (1885) in his 87th year,"
whose son is the Rev. William Jesup Jennings of Redding.
That Mary (Jesup) Sturges was the second v^Mo^ of Lieutenant
Taylor is inferred from the fact that her dowry as the widow of
John Morehouse in 1753 was not distributed to his heirs until
1815, when the death of " Mary Taylor, aged 85," is recorded,*
which corresponds with the age Mary Jesup would have reached
at that date.
40. Abigail Jesu^) {Edward^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born
9 May, 173 1, in Fairfield, Conn., married 17 Jan., 175 1, John
Allen of Fairfield, a physician of large practice and great popu-
larity; the son of Gideon Allen and Ann, the daughter of
Nathaniel Burr. He was born 5 Dec, 17 10. At the burning of
Fairfield by the British in 1779, his house and property to the
value of ;^830 was destroyed, and he then removed to the town
of New Fairfield, to that part now known as the town of Sherman,
where he died 21 Dec, 1798, aged 88 years, 10 days. His wife
died 4 July, 1773, before his removal.
They had eight children, born in Fairfield: —
73. GroEON Allen, b. 19 Oct., 1751 ; d. in Sherman, 22 Nov., 1824 ;
farmer and unmarried.
74. Abigail Allen, b. 13 March, 1753 ; m. Feb., 1773, John Fair-
child of Stratford, who d. in Durham, Conn., Sept., 1777,
aged 26. They had one son, Robert Fairchild, b. 19 Jan.,
1775, who m. Esther, dau. of John Brooks, 10 Aug., 1795
(b. II Aug., 1776 and d. 19 Dec, 1819). Robert was grad. at
Yale College, 1793, and d. 9 July, 1835. He was appointed
Marshal of Connecticut by President Madison in 1809 and
" Mr. Jesup Taylor Jennings died i6 April, 18S5.
^ See Green's Farms Church Records.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 107
reappointed by President Monroe, serving until 1821. He
was afterwards Judge of Probate. He was of the sixth genera-
tion from Thomas Fairchild, the first of the name in Stratford.
He had thirteen children: (i) John Fairchild, b. 1796, d.
unm. 1829. (2) Maria Fairchild, b. 1798. (3) Julia Ann
Fairchild, b. 1800, d. 1806. (4) Robert George Fairchild,
b. Dec, 1802, m. Sarah Brintnall of Troy, N. Y., and in i860
had two children. (5) Jane Eraeline Fairchild, b. 1805, dec'd.
(6) Alfred Fairchild, b. 1807, drowned 1832. (7) Julia Fair-
child, b. 1809, d. 1838, in Troy, N. Y., at the house of Lemuel
Brintnall. (8) Frederick Fairchild, b. 1812, d. 1862. (9-1 1)
Cornelia, Catharine, and Sidney Fairchild (triplets), b. and d.
181 4. (12) Henry Fairchild, b. 19 Aug., 18 15, the day his
great-grandfather, Rev. Nathan Birdseye (Yale, 1736) was loi
years old. He m. Eliza Shelton and in i860 had two children.
(13) Samuel Allen Fairchild, b. 18 19, lived in Ohio and had
no children. The mother died within an hour of his birth.
75. Martha Allen, b. i April, 1755.
76. Ann Allen, b. 19 Jan., 1757, was the first wife of WilHam Silli-
man, son of Gold S. Silliman; m. 22 Sept., 1774; d. 14 Jan.
1776; in Fairfield.
77. John Allen, b. 14 Aug., 1759; m. Elizabeth Maltby 29 Nov.,
1803. She d. 3 Jan., 1839, leaving at least two children:
ytdia Allen, who m. a Mr. Gerow, and Ann Allen, who m.
Walter B. Ferris ; all lived at the West.
78. James Allen, b. 14 July, 1762 ; m. 25 March, 1804, Abigail
Dimon, dau. of William Dimon of Southport. Two children :
I. Harriet Dimon Allen, b. 9 April, 1805. 2. John Allen, 2,d,
b. 24 April, 1807; d. i Feb., 1825. Harriet D. Allen m. 24
Oct., 1826, George Taylor, M.D.« of New Milford, b. 24 Aug.
1802, and d. 14 Jan., 1881, having been in medical practice in
that town for fifty-four years. Mrs. Taylor died 19 Jan., 1847.
Of Dr. George Taylor's two children, Charles Taylor, b. 24
" Dr. George Taylor was son of tised Homoeopathy, and was the first to
Col. William Taylor, and grandson of the do so in the State. He was repeatedly a
Rev. Nathaniel Taylor. He graduated at member of the Legislature and prominent
Yale Medical School in 1824, but prac- as a Democrat.
io8 Jessup Genealogy.
Feb., 1829, grad. M.D. in 1852, at the Med. College, Geneva,
N. Y., and since 1854 has practised Homoeopathy in his native
town; m. 15 Jan., 1861, Olivia Craft of Quaker Hill, Dutchess
County, N. Y., and has had three children: (i) Maggie
Taylor, b. 28 Oct., 1861 ; (2) Harriet Allen Taylor, b. 30 Dec,
1864 ; and (3) William Harry Taylor, b. 7 April, 1868, d. 10 May,
1872. Harriet Allen Taylor, the second of the two children of
Dr. George Taylor, b. 17 Dec, 1831, m. 30 May, 1854, Hon.
Thomas E. Stewart, lawyer, of New York city. They have one
son, George Taylor Stewart, M. D., b. 25 Nov., 1855, now
practising medicine in the same city.
79. Samuel Allen, b. 3 Aug., 1765 ; d. 27 Nov., 1837, in Sherman;
farmer and unmarried.
80. Sarah Allen, b. 25 Dec, 1768; d. in Sherman, 15 May,
1847, unmarried.
Three of the sons of Dr. Allen were at different times mem-
bers of the State Legislature. Gideon Allen represented the
town of New Fairfield from 1779 to 1790, and again in 1794, and
the town of Sherman (previously a part of New Fairfield) in 1806.
Samuel Allen represented New Fairfield in 1 791-1792,. also in
1 801-1802, and Sherman in 1803-1804. Samuel Allen was rep-
resentative for Sherman in 18 14.
41. Blackleach Jesup (^Edward^ Edward,'^ Edward}-^, was
born in Green's Farms, Conn., 14 Dec, 1735, but lived the greater
part of his life in Wilton, where he died 22 March, 18 16," at the
house of his granddaughter Lydia (Mrs. John Dunning), while
there on a visit.* He was three times married, and the father of
a patriarchal family of nineteen children. According to the pro-
visions of his father's will (cited above), the portion of the landed
estate, inherited by himself and his younger brother Ebenezer,
was not divided until 1762, when the latter had reached the age
designated, that of twenty-three, — his college course having been
completed in 1760, and his professional studies during the years
° Family Bible of Benjamin Jesup, of Schodack, N. Y.
* Statement of a great-grandson, Richard Dunning, of North Wilton.
Edward of Green's Farms. 109
that followed. The elder brother then, as directed in the will,
divided the property into two portions, and the choice, as stipu-
lated, was offered to the younger. Ebenezer preferring the home-
stead, Blackleach took the Wilton farm, and about the same time
removed there with his family. He may have done so in 1761,
as the baptism of his second child is recorded there at that date.
The eldest child was baptized in Green's Farms in 1759, the par-
ents, according to custom, having ** received covenant " the same
year. Wilton was then a parish in the town of Norwalk, having
been organized in 1725. In 1802 it became a distinct town.
The farm of Blackleach was finely located on the high ground
in the eastern part of the parish, which still retains its original
name, Harry's Ridge.'* An old resident* there told the writer in
1880 that it was so named for " Harry," the negro-servant, who
with his squad was sent in advance to make the first clearing,
and prepare for the first occupation of the land. Here he estab-
lished himself on his six hundred acres, cultivated by his African
slaves, and lived much as did the other farmers, his neighbors, —
" planters " they were called. As his children began life for
themselves, he gave to each a negro. One, named Tom, is still
remembered, who once belonged to his son Joseph. After the
New York act of emancipation, he went to Saratoga Springs as
waiter in one of the fashionable hotels, was prospered, and was
known as " Thomas S. Jesup."
Blackleach, like his father, was interested in the West India
trade, and in similar business enterprises, his vessels sailing from
Norwalk. The Wilton homestead has now passed entirely into
other hands, his numerous descendants having, for the most part,
removed to other portions of the country. One field, however, is
still known as the " Jesup Lot."
Blackleach Jesup was one of the most prominent men in his
portion of the town. During the war for Independence, he took
" So named in the inventory of his father's estate. In Norwalk Records wrongly
called " Harris's Ridge."
** Mrs. Isaac Sterling.
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the patriot side, requiring not a little decision of character in
a section of country where a great diversity of sentiment pre-
vailed, and within fifty miles of New York city, the headquarters
of the British army. Wilton and its vicinity being a hilly region,
distant eight to ten miles from the coast-line, was a refuge for
many who fled from the border warfare between Whig and Tory
that raged throughout Westchester County in the adjoining State,
and which made it also often necessary, on the approach of the
enemy by sea, to withdraw from the shore inland. To all such,
the house and home of Blackleach offered protection.
When the Continental Congress of 1775 proposed the policy of
non-intercourse with the mother country, Norwalk appointed a
committee to see that this policy was carried out, and Blackleach
Jesup was one of this committee. He was also one of the com-
mittee of inspection, whose business it was to see that the arms
and military equipments of the citizens were in order in case of
any emergency; and in 1778 his name was added to the com-
mittee chosen to supply the wants of the families of the soldiers
absent in the Continental army.
Several of his living grandchildren (1884) are quite positive
that he at one time thought of removing to Jessup's Landing on
the upper waters of the Hudson, where his Loyalist cousins were
living just before the Revolution, but changed his plan because
not pleased with the country. His change of plan is explained
by others on account of annoyance received, when he reached
there, from the Indians. The Land Papers, in the office of the
Secretary of State of New York at Albany, show that in 1774 he
purchased a tract of land of his cousin, Joseph Jessup, Jun., in
what is now Warren County, Joseph giving a bond in the sum of
;^I20 to deliver a patent for the same, so soon as paid for. As
two years only elapsed before the loyalists fled to Canada, it is
probable the bargain was never closed ; and this may explain, in
part at least, the story of his removal. In April, 1794, he pur-
chased of John Townsend, for ;^840, one hundred and forty acres
of land in Fredrickstown (afterwards Franklin, now Patterson), in
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 1 1
Putnam County, N, Y., and removed there from Connecticut Miith
his family. In 1803, he and Mary his wife (Mrs. Mary Sturges),
mortgage this property for $850 to Samuel Towner, and in 1805
he buys another home of one Abraham A. Van Valkenburgh in
the town of Schodack, Rensselaer County, and near the Hudson
River." This house is still standing. A portion of this property
he conveyed to his son Henry in 1806, and in 1808 both joined
in a deed, together with their wives, in conveyance of all their
property to Thomas Hitchcock.^ This son lived in Schodack
until he removed to Michigan, in 1840, and it is probable that his
father spent the few remaining years of his life with him.
Blackleach married, ist, Sarah Stebbins, of Ridgefield, 23
Feb., 1757, who died 9 May, 1768, aged 32. He had by her
six children, the last four, and possibly the last five, born in
Wilton : —
+81. Joseph, b. 9 Feb. (bap. 9 July), 1759, in Green's Farms.
82. Sarah, b. 15 Feb. (bap. 22 Mar.), 1761 ; d. 30 April, 1765.''
+83. James "^ Edward, b. 25 Oct. (bap. 5 Dec), 1762.
+84. Blackleach, Jr., b. 4 Aug. (bap. 23 Sept.), 1764.
+85. Benjamin, b. 19 May (bap. 22 June), 1766.
86. Ebenezer, b. 8 May, 1 768 ; went to sea when fourteen as cabin-
boy, becoming in time the captain of a schooner trading be-
tween Norwalk and the West Indies, of which his father was
half-owner. " He was a bright, jovial man, usually leaving
home in high spirits. As he left on his last voyage it is remem-
bered that he turned back and remarked, with unusual serious-
ness, that if he but owned a good farm, he would never go to
sea again." Neither he nor his vessel ever returned. Both
were lost about March, 1794, on the return voyage from
Jamaica to New York. It is said, also, that he visited the
East Indies, as indicated by various articles of curiosity still in
possession of the family, and which he brought home with him,
" Land Records, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
^ Land Records, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
'^ Another family record says : b. i6 Feb. ; d. 13 April.
<* In the Wilton Church Records, the name is " Edward."
112 Jessup Genealogy.
Blackleach married, 2d, Mary Kellogg, of Wilton, 3 Nov.,
1768. They were married by Rev. Isaac Lewis, pastor of the
church, and both were received as members in 1770. She died,
3 Feb., 1796.
They had thirteen children, all born in Wilton : —
+87. Mary, b. 9 Dec, 1769.
88. Smiuel, b. 22 April, 1771 ; d. 7 July, 1775.
+89. Sarah, b. 22 Jan., 1773.
90, Ann, b. 14 Dec, 1774; d. 22 July, 1775.
91. Ann, b. II May," 1776; d. 28 Oct., 1790.
+92. Esther, b. 2 Nov., 1777.
93- Samuel, b. ii July, 1779; d. in Illinois, as the result of an
accident.
94. Richard, b. 28 Jan.,'' 1781 ; d. 30 Jan., 1781.
95. Richard, b. 9 April, 1782; was a sailor, left home when quite
young, and was lost at sea, time and place not certainly known.
+96. Henry, b. .29 Feb., 1784.
97. Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb., 1786; d. 24 May, 1794."
+98. Isaac, b. 2 Oct., 1787.
99. George, b. 9 Dec, 1 790 ; d. in Steuben County, N. Y., " killed
by the fall of a stick of timber."
Blackleach married, 3d, about the year 1798, Mrs. Mary
Sturges,'' widow of Thaddeus Sturges, of Ridgefield, Conn., born
I Sept., 1744. She was the daughter of Deacon Nathan Com-
stock, of Wilton, and sister of Major Samuel Comstock, of the
Revolutionary army. It was not long before this marriage, or
soon after it, that he removed from Wilton to the adjoining State
of New York. The latter years of her life were spent at the
° Another record says 9 May. Sturges, who never married, and died
* Another record, says 31 Jan. at the house of her brother-in-law, Mr.
'^ Another record, says 21 May, 1790. Palmer; William Sturges, who lived in
^ She married her first husband in North Salem, and died there, in 1859;
April, 1762, by whom she had six chil- and Strong Sturges, who lived in New
dren: Anna Sturges (Mrs. Judge Watts, York city, and died there, of cholera,
of Carmel, N. Y.) ; Mary Sturges (Mrs. in 1832, and whose children now (1883)
Eben. Palmer, of Patterson).; Laura reside in Brooklyn and the State of
Sturges (Mrs. Faraday, of Troy); Sally Wisconsin.
Edward of Green 5 Farms. 113
house of her son, Strong Sturges, 47 Rutgers Street, New York
city, where she died after a short illness, 9 March, 1831, aged
87 years and six months.
42. Ebenezer Jesup (Edward^ Edward,'^ Edward'^'), born in
Green's Farms, Conn., 14 March, 1739, was educated at Yale
College, where he graduated in the class of 1760. He intended
studying law, but was deterred by indifferent health, and turned
to the medical profession, becoming a physician of skill and
repute, with an extensive practice. During the Revolution he
was for a time a surgeon in the Continental army, at Cherry
Valley, N. Y.," but the date has not been ascertained.
Living directly on the shore of Long Island Sound, on the old
homestead-farm inherited from his father, he was much exposed
to the raids of the British troops and sympathizers, to whom his
active patriotism made him especially obnoxious, and who repeat-
edly attempted to seize him, but without success. Whenever
news came that the enemy were approaching, his favorite negro-
servant, Governor Tom, — said to have been a king in his own
country, — would yoke the ox-team and remove the family and
the more valuable goods to the hills of the neighboring parish
of Northfield (Weston), or more probably to the home of his
brother Blackleach, in Wilton. This occurred more than once
when Dr. Jesup was absent in the army.
When Gen. Tryon and the British troops burned Fairfield,
7 July, 1779, his home, with those of fourteen of his neighbors,
suffered a like fate on the day following. His house with its
furniture and provisions, barn, and corn-house, were destroyed,
valued at £>^2\ 2s. 4^,,* as subsequently reported to the Legis-
lature, — a loss greater than that of any other person, with a
single exception. These losses were partially compensated by
the State, by an abatement of taxes, and also by the donation, in
" Statement of his grandson, Deacon Godfrey's, £2^2 ; Abraham Andrews',
John S. Hyde. ^468; Jesup Wakeman's, ;ifiQ4; Moss
'' Among other losses were the Meet- Kent's, ^316. — Hinman's Connectiait
ing House and bell,;^6oo ; Rev. Dr. Rip- in the Revolution, Appendix, p. 616.
ley's house and barn, ;^4i4; Nathan
8
114 yessup Genealogy.
1792, of certain wild lands owned by the State in what is now
known as Huron County, Ohio, then called the " Western Re-
serve." These lands were known as " Sufferers' Lands," and the
relief granted the entire town of Fairfield, is stated to have been
^^23,893 \2s. %d.
Dr. Jesup was always an active and efficient supporter of the
church in Green's Farms, during the ministrations of Rev. Heze-
kiah Ripley, D.D., who was pastor for more than half a century.
In 1788 he was chosen deacon, and held the office for twenty-four
years, until the time of his death. As deacon he had charge of the
communion service, some pieces of which are still in the posses-
sion of the church. This silver was often sought for by marauding
parties during the Revolution, but safely hidden In the chimney or
in the well, or, overlooked in the hurried search of the would-
be plunderers, it was never found. At another time when the
enemy had landed and were conveying the cattle of the vicinity
to their vessels, he and his neighbors, by firing upon the cattle,
caused them to " stampede," when many broke away and were
saved.
Like his brother and many others, he owned more or less
negro-slaves, though it was evidently a very mild form of
bondage, the remnants of which disappeared from the State at
the revision of its Constitution in 18 18. The last of his slaves
is still well remembered — " Aunt Lyd " — who lived to a good
old age, and was cared for by some member of the family to the
last. The writer's father once told him that the Christmas holi-
days of his grandfather's servants continued so long as the back-
log on the kitchen hearth continued to burn. A pepperldge log
was commonly selected, whose gnarled and twisted fibres, when
well soaked in the brook, prolonged the festivities for a full week,
during which, under the leadership of " Gov. Tom," they held
high carnival.
A grandson" of Dr. Jesup, who in 1839 spent some time in
Green's Farms, well remembers how many persons then living
« Samuel A. Clarke of Salem, Oregon.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 1 5
testified to the respect and influence commanded by him, and the
great confidence reposed in him. His hberahty was especially
recalled. Even the boy who was so fortunate as to open the
gate as the Doctor rode up was sure of his silver sixpence.
Although he turned from the study of law to medicine, his
name appears often appended to legal documents as Justice
of the Peace, in which capacity he served the town for a number
of years.
His residence was on the south side of the open common, near
the Green's Farms station of the New York and New Haven
railroad. The house built by him to replace the one destroyed
by the British is still standing, though not now used as a dwell-
ing. Its original site is now occupied by the residence of the
present proprietor, Mr. Austin Jennings. Very few of Dr. Jes-
up's descendants now live in this part of the town, and none of
the name. Back of where his house stood is a low ridge of land
— once covered with a growth of fine timber — which extends
some distance into the salt-marsh in the direction of Long Island
Sound. This is " Long Hill," and was a favorite resort for the
members of the family, and noted for its wild flowers and medi-
cinal plants.
Dr. Jesup died 8 Dec, 1812, in his seventy-fourth year, and
lies buried with many members of his family in the ancient burial-
ground in Green's Farms.
Dr. Jesup, like his brother Blackleach, was thrice married,
and the father of a large family. He had eleven children.
He married, ist, Eleanor Andrews of Fairfield, 6 May, 1764,
who died 7 May, 1772, aged 34.
Their children were three : —
-fioo. Ebenezer, bap. i Jan., 1768.
+ 101. Arete, bom 22 April, 1770.
102. Edward, bap. 14 March, 1772 ; d. in infancy.
Dr. Jesup married, 2d, Abigail Squire of Fairfield, 24 April,
1774, who died 14 March, 1787, in her 43d year.
ii6 yessup Genealogy,
They had six children : —
+103. Eleanor, bap. 12 Feb., 1775.
+104. Sarah, born, 14 May, 1776.
+ 105. Abigail, bap. 5 April, 1778.
+ 106. Edward, born 10 Jan., 1780.
107. Martha, bap. 19 May, and d. April, 1782.
108. Martha, bap. 20 Nov., 1785 ; m. Dr. John Woofendale, a den-
tist, and lived in New York city until her husband's death,
when she removed to Westport, Conn., and d. 19 Feb., 1853.
No children.
Dr. Jesup married, 3d, Anna Wynkoop, 22 Jan., 1792, daughter
of Benjamin Wynkoop, Jun., and granddaughter of Benjamin
Wynkoop, of New York city, and Eunice Burr, daughter of
Major Peter Burr, of Fairfield. Her emigrant ancestor was Peter
Wynkoop of Albany (1616), and one of the first of the name in
America." She was born in Fairfield 15 Dec, 1756, and died
9 Nov., 1809.
They had two children : —
109. Harriet, bap. 5 March, 1793; m. William C. Barker, of New
York, nephew of Jacob Barker, the distinguished financier. He
d. suddenly in Louisville, Ky. She lived many years in New
York, and died there. Their only child, Harriet Jesup Barker,
m. Reuben D. Turner. She d. in 1874, ^nd the family is
extinct.
+ 110. Mary Ann, bap. 11 Nov., 1794-
81 . Joseph Jesup {Blackleach, Edward^ Edward^ Edward'^ ),
born in Wilton, Conn., 9 Feb., 1759, lived in that town for a time
on a portion of his father's farm on Harry's Ridge, He after-
wards removed to Schodack, Rensselaer County, N. Y., where he
died, highly respected by all, 29 April, 1838. The text of the
discourse delivered at his funeral was Gen. xlix: 33. He united
with the church in his native place in 1782. He was twice mar-
ried and had five children.
« Burr Genealogy.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 117
He married, ist, Susannah Betts of Norwalk, 19 Oct., 1780,
daughter of Stephen Betts and Mary Burwell, his wife, born 23
Feb., 1 76 1, and died 4 Jan., 1790.
Their only child : —
111. Charles, b. 26 Oct., 1781 ; d. 24 May, 1795.
He married, 2d, Eunice Hanford, 18 Oct., 1790, daughter of
John Hanford and his wife, Mehitabel Comstock, of Norwalk,
born 13 Dec, 1763.
Their four children : —
112. John, b. 6 April, 1794 ; d. 10 Nov., 1796.
+113. Sarah Stebbins, b. 3 Feb., 1797.
4-1 14. Benjamin, b. 16 April, 1800.
115. Joseph, b. 30 July, 1806. He left home in 1829, and was last
heard from in 1832, in New York city, about to sail for Bos-
ton. It is thought he died of cholera, then prevalent.
83. James Edward Jesup {Blackleach,^'^ Edward^ Edward^
Edward'^'), born in Wilton, Conn., in 1762 (baptized 5 Dec),
went when a young man to Virginia, where he settled in Berkeley
County, removing with his family afterward to the northeastern
section of the present State of Kentucky, then claimed by Vir-
ginia, He was one of the early pioneers ; and his descendants,
who now live in the western counties, are numerous and influen-
tial. Very little is known of his history. Others of his kindred
had taken long voyages to distant lands, but he was the first to
penetrate the distant wilderness, and establish there a home and
a name. He was known as " Major Jesup." His son, Major-
General T. S. Jesup, remembers his father's " crooked arm," the
result of a sabre-wound when in the Revolutionary army. While
in Virginia, he married, in 1787, Ann O'Neill, but died early in
hfe, Dec, 1796, and was buried near the town of Washington, in
Mason County, Ky. She was born in Ireland, and was one of
the O'Neills of County Tyrone, Ulster, and nearly related to the
head of the family. She was also a near relative of the last
ii8 JessMp Genealogy.
Spanish governor of Florida. She died in 1844, and lies buried
at Old Union, Bourbon County, Ky.
They had four children : —
+ 116. Thomas Sidney, b. 16 Dec, 1788, in Berkeley County, Va.
+ 117. Samuel Blackleach, b. 12 Nov., 1792.
118. Sarah, who m., ist, a Mr. Shrader, by whom she had one dau.,
now (1880) living in Union County, Ky. ; 2d, a Mr. Wilson,
and settled at Port Royal, Henry County. She has long
been dead.
+119. William Wilson, b, 4 March, 1794.
84. Blackleach Jesup (Blackleach, ^"^ Edward^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Wilton, 4 Aug., 1764; married, 25 Feb., 1789,
Abigail Raymond (born, i July, 1770, and died at the house of
her daughter, Mrs. John Dunning, i May, 1849). He was a man
of fine character and agreeable manners, and she was in every
respect worthy of him. He lived on a farm given him by his
father, near him, on Harry's Ridge. The old and modest farm-
house is still standing (1881). He was killed by lightning, 29
June, 1809, during one of the most severe thunder-storms ever
known, and which is now spoken of as the " Blackleach-Jesup
thunder-storm." An eye-witness" of this storm, then living in
Saugatuck (now Westport), in a letter written in 1882, speaks of
it as " the longest and grandest thunder-storm he ever witnessed,
and which for several hours so blackened the heavens that little
could be seen except when the lightning flashed."
There were nine children : —
-I-120. Mary, b. 13 April, 1790.
-fi2i. Lydia, b. II Oct., 1 79 1.
-}-i2 2. William, b. 20 July, 1793.
4-123. Aurilla (or Orilla), b. i Jan., 1795.
124. Betsey, b. 26 July, 1796 ; m., 17 Nov., 1826, Dr. Philip Mead,
of Wilton, physician (b. 6 July, 1800) ; d. 9 Sept., 1841. No
children.
« Hon. Bradford R. Wood, of Albany, N. Y., April, 1882.
Edward of Green's Farms. 119
125. Ebenezer, b. 1797 ; m. Polly Fillow, 19 Sept., 1821, now living
(1881) ; d. in Wilton, where he was a farmer, 8 May, 1871.
No children.
126. Maria, b. 24 Nov., 1801 ; d. 23 March, 1872 ; m., ist, William
Morgan, b. 23 Jan., 1802, and d. 14 May, 1832. Their two
children (sons) died in California. She m., 2d, Dr. Philip
Mead, her brother-in-law. One child, Mrs. J. Willis Kava-
naugh, who has several children, and lives in South Norwalk.
Dr. Mead died at her house, about 1881.
127. Zadok Raymond, b. 9 Oct., 1803 ; d. 23 Sept., 1856, in Charles-
ton, S. C, where he then resided. His name appears in the
Directory of New York city from 1830 to 1840. He was a
shoemaker. He m., ist, 20 Sept., 1833, Elizabeth Condy, b.
4 May, 1809, d. March, 1840; 2d, 4 May, 1848, Gertrude
Richards, b. 22 Aug., 1828. No children.
128. Sally, b. 27 July, 1805 ; d. 6 June, 1810.
85. Benjamin Jesup {Blackleach,^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Wilton, 19 May, 1766; married Mary M. Styer,
of New York city. He was a boot and shoe dealer in the city,
and died there, i Jan., 1842. His will is dated 21 July, 1832;
proven 31 Jan., 1842. The citation issued by the court, 10 Dec.
previous, enumerates by name all the next of kin connected with
his father's family to the number of twenty, much to the aid of
the genealogist who is looking up the family history.
His wife died about 1854, Her will is dated 11 Sept., 1849;
proven, 19 Oct., 1854. She directs the Protestant Episcopal
service to be read at her funeral. "Uncle Benjamin" and "Aunt
Mary" were held in high esteem by their numerous nephews and
nieces, who still remember their abundant hospitality and kindly
interest in them all.
Having no children they adopted a niece of Mrs. Jesup, —
129. Elizabeth, who m. John G. Pentz, of New York city, and had
two children : i. Benjamin Jesup Pentz, long since dead ;
2. Mary Ann Pentz, who m. Cornelius Everitt of the same
city. She d. some years since, and Mr. Everitt d. in 1875.
120 yessup Genealogy.
His will distributes his estate among his brothers and sisters,
showing he had no children. At the time of his death he
was Secretary of the New York Gas Light Company.
87. Mary ^^z\yp {Blackleach,^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward^),
born in Wilton, 9 Dec, 1769; d. 13 April, 1790, in New York
city, and was buried in the cemetery of the " Brick Presbyterian
Church," then on Nassau Street, but since removed. She was
the first wife of Abijah Abbot of New York.
They had three children : —
130. Abijah Abbot, ist, who d. 15 Jan., 1787, aged 2 mos., 2 days,
and was buried in Wilton.
131. Abijah Abbot, 2d, b. 28 Feb., 1788. At his mother's death
he was taken and brought up by a friend, — a Mr. Knapp of
Wilton, Conn. He lived in New York city, and was con-
nected with several banks. He m., ist, Susan B. Low and
had one child, Ann Eliza Abbot, who m. and left two chil-
dren. He m., 2d, Clarissa Harley of Shelter Island, N. Y.
Nine children: i. Siisa?i Post Abbot, b. 11 March, 1820; d.
unmarried, 15 July, 1864. 2. Catharine Warner Abbofy
b. 8 April, 1824 ; m. D. B. Harlow; has had seven children,
and lives in New York city. 3. Frank Asbury Abbot, b. 22
Feb., 1828 j m. Mary Carigan ; has five children, and lives in
Harrison, N. Y. 4. Joseph Benson Abbot, b. 10 July, 1830 ;
d. at sea, 2 Aug., 1850. 5. Mary Fletcher Abbot, b. 6 April,
1834; d. 25 Sept., 1884; m. George M. Bowen, and has six
children, living in Harlem. 6. Clara Fuller Abbot, b. 6 Aug.,
1836 ; m. George W. Kemper, and has had four children, and
lives in Harlem. Three others, J^ohn Wesley Abbot, Mary
Amelia Abbot, and Hester Ann Abbot, d. many years ago.
132. Mary Jesup Abbot, left an infant at her mother's death, was
brought up in the family of her aunt, Mrs. Sarah (Jesup)
Ryder of Sing Sing ; m. Moses S. Adams, farmer, and lived
in South Salem. Two sons, Messrs. G. P. Adams and Ed-
win Adams, are of the firm of Adams Brothers, hat manufac-
turers, South Norwalk, Conn.
Edward of Green's Farms, 121
Abijah Abbot, Sr., married a second time and had other chil-
dren.
89. Sarah Jesup {Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^) ^
born in Wilton, 22 Jan., 1773, married in 1797, Jesse Ryder, who
lived on a fine old farm near Sing Sing, N. Y. The old farm-
house overlooking the Hudson River is still standing (1882). He
died 23 Aug., 1829. She died 6 Aug., 1845,
They had eight children. The eldest child died in infancy.
133. Aaron Livingston Ryder, b. 17 March, 1799, m. Ann Che-
dayne of Yorktown, 31 Oct., 1821. She was b. i March,
1801, and d. 10 Dec, 1872. Eleven children : —
1. Mary Ryder (Mrs. Charles J. Smith, of Sing Sing),
b. 23 Oct., 1822; m. 7 Dec, 1842, has three children:
(i) Eugenia Smith, m. William Slater of Sing Sing, 1874,
and d. Aug., 1881, leaving one child (Mary Ella Slater,
b. 12 June, 1876) ; (2) Hester Smith, m. J. W. Woolsey
of New York city, 1872; and (3) C. Malcome Smith, m.
Nettie Scribner, 1880, and has one child (Scribner Smith,
b. 23 Jan.,.i88i).
2. Stisan C. Ryder (Mrs. David A. Griffin, of Sing Sing),
b. 25 Feb., 1824; m. 19 Dec, 1849. J^r- Griffin d. 9 June,
1867, leaving one child, Casper L. Griffin, b. 23 June, 1854.
3. Charlotte B. Ryder (Mrs. Horace Baker, of Croton
Lake), b. 13 Aug., 1825 j m. 27 Nov., 1848; and has had
four children: (i) Hebron Baker, m. Christa Carpenter,
1873, and lives in Chicago, 111. ; (2) Annie Baker; (3) Lot-
tie Baker, m. Mortimer Fowler, 1878, and d. Nov., 1882,
and (4) Leverette Baker.
4. Ophelia G. Ryder (Mrs. Wright Putney) b. 10 Aug.,
1828; m. 25 Dec, 1850. He d. 10 April, 1873, leaving two
children: (i) Allie Putney, who m. William Markham of
Jersey City, N. J., 1876, and has two children (William
Markham, Jr., b. 20 July, 1877, and Belle Markham, b. 15
May, 1879). (2) Edwin D. Putney of Brentwood, N. Y.
who m. Marcella Woodward, 1881, and has two children
122 yessup Genealogy.
(Ruth Putney, b. 17 May, 1882, and Sarah Putney, b. 25
Feb., 1884).
5. jfesse Ryder of Croton Lake, b. 25 Feb., 1830 ; m. Cor-
nelia Forman, 16 Dec, 185 1, and has three children:
(i) Henry Ryder; (2) Nellie Ryder, who m. William
Griffin of Yorktown, 26 Oct., 1882 ; and (3) Alice Eveline
Ryder.
6. David C. Ryder of Hudson, b. 2 March, 1832; m.
Elizabeth Rathbon, 28 Nov., 1853, and has four children :
(i) Ella Ryder, who m. Cassius Wait of Hartford; (2)
George Ryder of New York city ; (3) Earl Ryder, and (4)
Arlin Ryder both of Granville.
7. Leonard Ryder, b. 26 Feb., 1834, d. 4 March, 1868.
8. Sarah Ryder, b. 28 Jan., 1836, m. Edward Marsland of
Sing Sing, 20 Nov., 1855, and has one child : Clarence Mars-
land, who m. May La France, 1876, and has two children
(Louise Marsland, b. 20 June, 1879, ^^^ Cora Marsland).
9. A. Lavan Ryder, b. 21 Sept., 1841 ; d. 16 March,
1882.
10. yulia Ryder, b. 11 March, 1843; d. 30 Sept., 1873.
11. Alice Ryder, b. 6 Dec, 1845 ■> ^' S. J. Chambers of
Sing Sing, 29 Dec, t88o, and has one child (Lancaster
Chambers, b. 3 Jan., 1883).
134. Mary Kellogg Ryder, b. ii Oct., 1801, m. David R. Carpen-
ter, 20 May, 1 81 9, an honored member of the Society of
Friends to which Society she also belongs. He was born 1 1
July, 1794; d. 24 Nov., 1854, at Pleasantville, Westchester
County. She is now living in Sing Sing (1885). Four
children.
1. Anna Swanton Carpenter, b. 30 March, 1820, m. Rob-
ert Ireland, her brother-in-law.
2. Sarah Jesicp Carpenter, b. 27 Sept., 1823, m, Reuben J.
Haight, 14 Sept., 1843, and d. 4 March, 1850, leaving two
children, one of whom, George F. Haight, went to Australia
in 1863, married an English lady there, came back in 18 71
and died at Jacksonville, Florida, 10 May, 1877, his wife and
little girl returning to Sydney, Australia; the other, Annie
Edward of Green 5 Farms. 1 23
May Haight, m. Rev. Charles R. North, a Methodist clergy-
man," now (1883) preaching in New York city.
3, Mary D. Carpenter, h. ii Feb., 1827, ni. Sept., 1849,
Robert Ireland, and d. 27 June, 1850, leaving an infant son,
Robert Ireland, Jr., who reached maturity, married, his wife
also dying and leaving a son.
4. Edward jfesup Carpenter, b. 5 Nov., 1830, d. at his
residence near Pleasantville, N. Y., 10 May, 1876. He was
a widely known and highly esteemed citizen of Westchester
County, and member of the Society of Friends. He was
foremost in all matters connected with agricultural, political,
and religious advancement. He was treasurer of the County
Historical Society. Brought up a farmer, he was not only
fond of nature, but of whatever was beautiful in art, a lover
of good books and of the most intellectual society. His end
was peace. ^
135. Edward Jesup Ryder, b. 17 June, 1804; m. Lydia Griffin of
Yorktown, Oct., 1831, was a farmer and lived near Scar-
borough. He died in 1 849, leaving a wife and two daugh-
ters. Emily Ryder, the elder, died some years since. Sarah
Jane Ryder, the younger, m. Bartlett Beals, merchant, of
Hyde Park, on the Hudson River.
136. Anna Curtis Ryder, b. 7 Dec, 1806 ; d. 16 Nov., 1822.
137. Phebe Ryder, b. 30 July, 1809 ; m., 23 Oct., 1834, Richard H.
Williams, son of Hon. Richard M. Williams, formerly of
Oyster Bay, Queen's Co., N. Y., and Judge of the County
Court many years. Mr. Williams for several years represented
Yates County in the State Legislature, first in the House, and
afterward in the Senate, and was prominent in the introduc-
tion of important railroad bills now found upon the statute-
book. Five children : i. Henry Montgomery Williams, who
in 1 86 1, at the age of twenty-two, went to Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, induced by hberal offers on the part of Mr. Stanford,
brother of Ex-Gov. Leland Stanford of California, but lost his
health, returned home, and died in 1872. 2. Sarah Wil-
iia?ns, who died at the age of twenty. 3. ITele^i L. Williams,
" Wesleyan University, Class 1867. * From obituary notice by C. C North.
124 yessup Genealogy.
an artist (painter). 4. Margaret Williams, whose tastes are
likewise for art, having had classes in designing and em-
broidery in various places. 5. Edward Williams, a merchant
in New York city, where the family now reside.
138. Jesse Ryder, b. 8 Jan, 181 2, at Mt. Pleasant (now Ossining),
N. Y., m. 24 March, 1840, Mary Jane Conklen, b. 27 Jan.,
181 7, dau. of Stephen and Mehetable (Mosher) Conklen, of
New Castle. He lives in Sing Sing, and is well known as a
practical farmer and horticulturist and contributor to agricul-
tural papers. He is the inventor and patentee of a machine,
by means of which large trees can be removed and planted
with ease and facility, and which can be worked by two men.
The large trees in that part of the Central Park, N. Y. city,
known as the Mall, and which by contract were ten inches in
diameter at four feet from the ground, were planted by him,
and with perfect success. He was educated as a surveyor, and
was with the first engineers who surveyed the route for the
Croton Aqueduct. Five children : —
1. Emma Frances Ryder, b. 24 Oct., 1841, educated in
Sing Sing, has literary tastes and sometimes writes for the press,
poetry as well as prose. She m., 25 Jan., .1869, John A.
Coutant, a teacher of languages, who d. 6 April, 1882. Three
children : (i) Frank A. Coutant, b. 18 Aug., 1873, d. 29 May,
1882, (2) Mary Emma Coutant, b. 11 April, 1876. (3) John
Aris Coutant, b. March, 1880.
2. Franklin Ryder, b. 3 Dec, 1843, educated at Well's
Academy, Peekskill, and is a farmer. He m., 15 Sept., 1868,
Margaret E. Scott. Four children: (i) Florence Emma
Ryder, b. 22 Aug., 1869. (2) Henry Crane Ryder, b. 16
June, 1 8 71. (3) Charles Herbert Ryder, b. 4 Dec, 1874.
(4) Mary Evelyn Ryder, b. 16 Jan., 1878.
3. Malcolm Ryder, b. 7 April, 1849, educated in part at
Cary's High School, Poughkeepsie, lives at Sing Sing, and is
in various ways connected with his father in business. He m.
Ella R.Reynolds, 23 Oct., 1872. Five children: (i) Percy
Ryder, b. 22 Feb., 1874. (2) Everet Ryder, b. 18 Aug., 1875.
(3) Ralph Ryder, b. 20 Aug., 1879. (4) Augustus Ryder, b.
8 Feb., 1 88 1. (5) Edward Ryder, b. 4 Nov., 1884.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 25
4. Charles Sumner Ryder, b. 22 March, 1854, grad. Am-
herst Coll. 1877, studied law in Pennsylvania, and is now
practising there.
5, Atma yeanette Ryder, b. 14 Oct., 1856, educated at
Brooks's Seminary, Poughkeepsie, is a stenographer and type-
writer.
139. Sarah Strang Ryder, b. 10 May, 1815 ; m., i Nov., 1837, Dr.
Peter Schermerhom, son of Peter I. Schermerhorn, of Scho-
dack, N. Y., who was a physician of reputation in Ottawa, Illi-
nois, where he died, 15 April, 1848. Mrs. Schermerhorn died
13 Dec, 1885. Three children: i. Edward Schermerhorn,
in the telegraph business. 2 Catalina Schermerhorn, who d.
in infancy, Dec, 1841. 3. Anna Schermerhorn (Mrs. C. H.
Hook, of Ottawa), who has four children, — Charles E. Hook ;
Virginia L. Hook ; Arthur S. Hook ; and Lee Harmon Hook.
(Mr. Hook, the father, d. 18S4.)
92. Esther Jesup {Blackleach,^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward'^),
born in Wilton, Conn., 2 Nov., 1777, married, in North Salem,
now in Putnam County, N. Y., about 1795, Dr. Tompkins Close
Delavan, descendant of a Huguenot family, a physician. They
removed at once to Seneca County, N. Y., and were among the
first inhabitants of the town of Ovid, He was one of the found-
ers of Ovid Academy, and for many years there was but one
practising physician in all that region besides himself. In 1835
he removed to Jonesville, Mich., where he died 5 Aug., i860, aged
88 years and six months. His wife died also at Jonesville, in
1839, aged 62. Of their twelve children ten reached maturity : —
140. Mary Delavan, b. 1796 ; m. Lewis T. Miller, farmer, of Romu-
lus, N. Y., had three children, and died in Moscow, Mich.,
in 1836.
141. Elizabeth Delavan, b. 1798 ; m. Simon Jacobus, mechanic, and
died in 1839, at Jonesville, Mich. No children.
142. Sarah Delavan, b. 1800 ; m. John Jermain, merchant, April,
1820, resides (1881) in Detroit, Mich. Has had four
children.
126 yessup Genealogy,
143. WnuAM Jesup Delavan, physician, b. 1802; m. Relief Black-
man, and died in Jonesville, Mich., leaving six children.
144. Charles T. Delavan, farmer, b. 1804 ; m. and resided in Jones-
ville ; died March, 1 88 1. No children.
145. Jane C. Delavan, b. 1808 ; m, Lovel G. Mickles, lawyer, in 1826.
Has two children, and lives (1881) in Titusville, Penn.
146. Henry A. Delavan, merchant, b. i Aug., 1810; m. 1836, Mary
Leake, who died, 18 Aug., 18703 has six children and lives
at Alma, Gratiot County, Mich.
147. Edward Close Delavan, lawyer, resides in New York city, b. in
Seneca County, N. Y., 28 May, 181 3, graduated A.B. at Yale
College in 1836 ; m. Margaretta M. Bryson, in New York city,
27 June, 1849, and has four children \ \. D. Bryson Delavan^
physician, b. i May, 1850, lives in N. Y. ; 2. Tompkins Close
Delavan, b. 30 Sept., 1852, broker, in N. Y. ; 3. Edward
Close Delavan, Jun., b. 28 Feb., 1858, student at law (1881),
Columbia College ; 4. Margaretta, b. 20 June, 1859.
148. Jajvies Delavan, mining- engineer, b. 13 June, 18 15 ; married
and resides at Virginia City, Nevada.
149. Lewis Delavan, b. 13 May, 181 7 j m. in 1848, had two children,
and died at Grass Valley, Cal., in 18 — . He also was engaged
in mining.
96. Henry Jesup {Blackleach^^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward"^),
born in Wilton, Conn., 29 Feb., 1784; married Garrietta Mull, 19
June, 1807, daughter of Isaac Mull, of Schodack, N. Y. She was
born 26 Oct., 1786, of Dutch descent, and related to the Scher-
merhorn family. He removed to Charlotte, Mich., in the autumn
of 1840, and died there, 19 Sept., 1852. He was a devoutly
Christian man. His wife died 19 Sept., 1848, aged 62, and both
are buried in Charlotte, as are two of their children, Mary Matilda
and John Edward.
Their children were five : —
+150. John Edward, b. 7 May, 1808, in Schodack, N. Y.
+151. Isaac Mull, b. 5 April, 1810, in Hector, Tompkins County, to
which the family had removed.
Edward of Green's Farms. 127
152. Cornelius Schermerhorn, b. 4 Oct., 181 1, in Romulus; m.
Harriet Faren, i Oct., 1839 i ^- i^ ^"^^^ County, 111., i Aug.,
1841.
153. Jane Ann, b. 5 Feb., 1815, at Romulus ; m. at Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., 13 Nov., 1838, PhUo Simmons, of Canada,
now (1882) deceased. No children.
154. Mary Matilda, b. 3 June, 1818 ; m., ist, the Rev. Peter Feath-
erstone, an English Methodist clergyman, 23 Jan., 1840, at
Plymouth, Mich. ; 2d, John Fletcher Tirrell, at Carmel, Eaton
County, 28 Oct., 1846. She died 12 Aug., 185 1, without
heirs.
98. Isaac Jesup {Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward"^),
born in Wilton, Conn., 2 Oct., 1787; married Albertine Scher-
merhorn, of Schodack, N. Y., 2 Jan., 1812. She was born 19
Nov., 1793, and died 19 Oct., 1855. He emigrated with his family
to Illinois in 1834, and settled at Channahon, in Will County,
where he died, 26 April, 1853. In a notice of his death, pub-
lished at the time in a local paper, he is spoken of as warmly
attached to the Reformed Dutch Church of which he was a mem-
ber, a devout Christian man, and much beloved. His funeral
sermon was preached from his favorite passage, Isaiah, xxv. 8 :
" He will swallow up Death in victory." He was a farmer.
There were thirteen children, all born in Schodack ; two sons
died in infancy.
+ 155. Elizabeth, b. 26 June, 1813.
+ 156. Mary, b. 18 July, 1815.
+ 157' John Schermerhorn, b. 24 Feb., 1817.
+158. Catalina, b. 25 July, 181 8.
+159. Edward Henry, b. 29 Oct., 1819.
+160. Margaret Ann, b. 7 Nov., 1824.
161. Sarah, b. 19 Jan., 1826 ; d. 24 May, 1863, unmarried. She had
a good deal of poetic genius.
+ 162. Maria, b. 29 March, 1827.
163. Esther, b. 25 May, 1828; now lives with her brother John in
Wilmington. She has been blind since nine years of age ;
128 yessup Genealogy.
is a person of very fine education, of literary tastes, with a
fine memory, and an admirable acquaintance with history.
164. Cornelius, b. 29 Oct., 1829 ; d. i March, 1863. He sought
his fortune in Cahfomia with the pioneers of 1849, but re-
turned in a few years ; married in 1857, and left a daughter,
Elizabeth, now living.
165. Louis Younglove, b. 9 June, 1832. He is a clergyman of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and has long resided in the
Southern States. He is married and has a family. His last
address (1884) was Pass Christian, Harrison County, Miss.
During the civil war he sympathized with the South, and he
is said to have been one of those clergymen who, when New
Orleans, in October, 1862, was held by the Union forces,
omitted from the service the prayer for the President of the
United States, as directed by his Bishop, Major-General Polk,
and thereby incurred the displeasure of the Union general in
command."
100. Ebenezer Jesup {Ebenezer^^ Edward^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^^y born in Green's Farms, in 1767 (baptized i Jan., 1768) ;
married about 1790, when he was
^ twenty-two years of age, Sarah
^^^^^CX Wright,* daughter of Obadiah
^ Wright and Sarah his wife, of
Norwalk. Her grandfather was Dennis Wright, and the family
were originally from Long Island, but had removed to the Con-
« The record of his family promised Bay, near Huntington. Dennis Wright,
was never received. son of the above, married, 26 June, 1739,
^ In the cemetery of the Episcopal Susannah Smith, of Huntington, and
Church at Huntington, Long Island, is removed to vi^hat is now Westport, Conn,
a stone with the following inscription: (then Norwalk), and settled there. He
" Here lies y^^ body of Dennis Wright, who died 9 Aug., 1798, in his 88th year, and
departed this life A. D. 1753, aged 80 his wife, 4 June, 1806, aged 87. Their
years." The original stone, broken by a son, Obadiah Wright, married Sarah, the
ball during the war of the Revolution, daughter of Nathan Adams, and lived
when the church was occupied by the where his father had lived before him.
British, was replaced by a descendant, He died 27 Nov., 181 5, aged 76; and she
Edwin Beers, Esq., of Brooklyn, who sup- died 29 April, 1813, aged 66. These last
plies the facts here given. His family were the parents of Mrs. Ebenezer Jesup.
were among the first settlers of Oyster
Carbon Photo. Allcn.& Roivell.
Major Ebenezer Jesup,
of Westport, Conn.
Born 1768 — Died 1853.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 29
necticut shore of the Sound, and located on an extensive tract
of land on the west bank of the Saugatuck River. She died,
14 Sept., 1826 (cemetery inscription), aged 55 years.
The village of Saugatuck," — organized in 1835 as the present
town of Westport, — then comprised parts of three towns, Nor-
walk on the western side, and Fairfield on the eastern side of
the Saugatuck River, and Weston on the north. The only
bridge which crossed the river was located just north of the
village where a bridge still spans the stream, — an interesting
point in local history; for it was here that a small body of
patriots under Gen. Arnold, met the British troops under Gen.
Tryon, when returning from the burning of Danbury, in 1777,
and seriously harassed them until they re-embarked at Cedar
Point. Here, at the head of tide-water, about three miles from
Long Island Sound, there was already the beginning of a some-
what extensive coasting trade, carried on by sailing vessels, large
and small, little evidence of which remains at the present day.
In fact, the ordinary flow of fresh water in the stream has
materially diminished since those days.
It was here, on the Fairfield side of the river, and within three
miles of his father's home, that Ebenezer Jesup began life as
a business man, probably not far from 1790, the date of his
marriage. One who knew him * during his most active years
contributes the following reminiscences in 1882: —
" My recollections of Mr, Jesup extend back to the time when his resi-
dence was on or near the wharf on the bank of the river. I distinctly
remember when he built the house where he afterwards lived and died,
and which must have been seventy-five years since. From himself I
learned that he commenced business at Saugatuck very early, by purchas-
ing the grain and produce of the farmers and shipping it to a market ; and
Boston — not New York — was the port at first to which these shipments
were made. As the result of his activity and energy, his business became
" The name " Saugatuck " unfortunately discarded by the town, has been appro-
priated since 1848 by the Railroad station about two miles south of the older village.
6 Hon. Bradford R. Wood, of Albany, N. Y.
9
130 yessup Genealogy.
the most extensive in the region, and for many years his store was the prin-
cipal one in the town of Fairfield. My brother, David Wood, was for a
time a clerk in his employ. He was a man of public spirit as well as en-
ergy of character. He took a deep interest in everything connected with
the best interests of the village, and he retained this spirit until long after
I had ceased to be a resident of the town of Fairfield ; and whenever I re-
visited my native village, I made it a point to call upon him. I could
mention that the schools at Saugatuck in its earliest days were superior to
what they are now or have been for a long time." I recollect a school
where Clark Bissell, a graduate of Yale College, taught in 1806, and which
I attended when a small boy ; and I was also a pupil there of Isaac Toucey,
— men whose names are identified with the history of Connecticut, both
being among its governors, and the latter also a U. S. senator and member
of the Cabinet. In these educational movements, Mr. Jesup was active,
and had a stanch supporter in the late Hon. Samuel B. Sherwood, a grad-
uate of Yale, and member of Congress."
Another fellow-townsman,* who knew him intimately for more
than a quarter of a century, writes, in 1881 : —
"My personal acquaintance with Mr. Jesup began in 1827. Long be-
fore this, however, I had known of him as the wealthiest merchant and
grain-buyer in Fairfield County. In 1832 he bought out the interest of
Isaac Bronson in the old Bridgeport Bank and became its President, re-
taining the office until July, 1837. During the financial crisis of that year
he lost a great deal of money, as did nearly every other capitalist in the
country ; but he never failed to meet all his obligations promptly, and was
remarkably energetic and determined in doing so. In fact, throughout all
his extensive dealings as a practical merchant, or as a retired capitalist, he
acted upon the principle, ' Honesty is the best policy.' His ancestors were
noted for reading the Bible and following the precepts contained therein,
and he adhered to the rule of his ancestors in this respect, with due dili-
gence and devotion.
" A few years before his death he expressed a great desire to have me
call upon him for a special purpose. This was about 1850. He then re-
° The above was written before the establishment of " The Staples High School,"
in 1884.
* Horace Staples, Esq., President of the First National Bank of Westport.
Edward of Green s Farms. 131
lated to me how in 1807 he exerted himself to have the Comiecticut Turn-
pike « so located by the Legislature as to cross the river at his store, where
the Main Street bridge now stands, the original structure having been built
by the Turnpike Company. He succeeded in this, but he i^ished to tell
me before he died that he made a great mistake. The road was first laid
out to cross the river where the railroad bridge now is, and it was only
through his influence that the original plan was changed. Had the original
plan been carried out he thought Saugatuck would have been a larger
place than either Bridgeport or Norwalk. \ From 18 10 to 1825 he alone
bought more grain than all the rest of the county, and his old books now
show that his purchases constituted from half to three-fourths of a million
bushels per annum.
" The turnpike above referred to was, in its day, a great enterprise, and
he was one of the largest stockholders. It was three years in building,
and cost ^30,000, equal to an immensely larger sum at the present time ;
for the amount of specie then in the entire country was only nine millions
of dollars. The road, from 1 8 1 2 to 1 8 1 5 , yielded large dividends. Every
pound of cotton then manufactured in New England was transported through
Saugatuck upon this road. I saw almost daily, in those tliree years of our
last war with England, from four to eight loads, of from three to five tons
of cotton each, drawn by four and sometimes by six horses, and all in com-
pany. Although I was then only twelve years old, it was one of the most
interesting sights of my life to watch these immensely loaded teams and
fine Pennsylvania horses."
Mr, Jesup was one of the largest contributors to the building
of the present Congregational church in the village, in 1832, and
was one of its most liberal supporters to the end of his life. He
was also a member of this church, but until its organization
in 1832, he and his family continued to attend upon the ministry
of the Rev. Dr. Ripley in Green's Farms.
In relation to Mr. Jesup's connection with " The Bridgeport
(now Bridgeport National) Bank," the President of the Fairfield
County Historical Society * furnishes some additional facts. This
» This was a road, built by a chartered company, and extended from New Haven
to the New York State line at Byram River.
^ Rowland B. Lacey, Esq., of Bridgeport.
132 yes sup Genealogy.
bank was the sixth in order of incorporation in the State, and Mr.
Jesup was one of the first board of directors. His name does
not appear in the hst of the original subscribers, but before the
first annual meeting of stockholders in July, 1807, he obtained
from Isaac Bronson a sufficient number of shares to entitle him
to the position. [His cousin, Jesup Wakeman, entered the board
at the same time in a similar way, and served twenty-one years.]
With the exception of an interval from 1825 to 1829, Mr. Jesup
was a director continuously until 29 Oct., 1832, when Mr. Bronson
transferred to him the large interest that secured for him the presi-
dency, which he held for four years. He was also interested in
the Fairfield County Bank in Norwalk, and was chosen a director
in 1824, when the bank was first organized, and was continued in
the office until 1827, when his son, WiUiam H. Jesup, was chosen
to succeed him.
When all belonged to the citizen-soldiery, Mr. Jesup and his
family did their full duty in matters military. He, himself, bore
the commission of Major, and to the time of his death was com-
monly known by that title. Had the war of 1812-15 continued
longer, the defenceless condition of the coast might have brought
him into some kind of active service, as was the case with his
father and grandfather in the wars of an earlier date.
He was the first person to introduce a wheeled pleasure-
vehicle into Saugatuck. It was a square-topped chaise, pur-
chased for him in Boston for $300, by Capt. Hezekiah Allen,
who commanded one of his vessels, and was brought home by
Capt. Allen on one of his return voyages. Mr. Jesup kept it in
his carriage-house for six months before he ventured to use it.
The single-storied house where Major Jesup first lived has but
recently disappeared. The large storehouse for grain, with its
immense timbers and numerous stories, conveniently arranged for
the transshipment of its conteQts has been removed for some
years. Both of the above buildings stood within what are now
the private grounds of his oldest living grandson, James R. Jesup,
and nothing save the old wharf suggests the business that was
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done there less than three-quarters of a century since. Steam-
power and the railway have long since superseded the sailing
vessel and the turnpike road. The building in which Major
Jesup transacted his business, with its substantial coating of red
paint, and occupying still the most eligible corner for business on
the main street, has long been changed beyond all recognition.
The more modern house — modern no longer — which was his
home for the greater part of his life, was willed to his son Francis
in 1853 who occupied it about twenty years. A grandson, Mor-
ris K. Jesup of New York city, recently purchased the property,
and in 1885 presented it to the Congregational Church of the
place, for use as a parsonage, for which purpose it is now occu-
pied. To no more suitable purpose could it be permanently
dedicated ; for during the life of its owner, it came to be known
as the " ministers' home," and probably no clergyman ever came
to the village who was not at some time generously entertained
within its walls. Nor will his older grandchildren fail to recall
those yearly Thanksgiving festivals, when children and grand-
children, as well as "the minister," shared in this same gen-
erous entertainment provided for them at the old homestead.
The daughter Caroline after her mother's death was the mis-
tress of the house until her own death in 1840, and much of the
comfort and enjoyment of the guests was the result of her skil-
ful housekeeping. Major Jesup died 5 May, 1851, at the age
of 83, and was buried in the family lot in Evergreen cemetery.
His will was dated 6 Aug. 1850, and proven in the Probate
Court in Westport, 17 May, 185 1. He appoints his son, WiUiam
H. Jesup, sole executor, and leaves a handsome estate.
There were nine children : —
+ 166. William Henry, b. 5 Aug. (bap. 25 Dec), 1791.
+ 167. Edwin, b. 15 Jan. (bap. 13 April), 1794-
-1-168. Charles, b. 10 March (bap. 5 June), 1796.
169. Caroline, bap. 15 June, 1798 ; d. 31 Jan., 1799.
-I-170. Francis Wright, b. 14 Jan., 1800.
171. Caroline, bap. 11 Nov., 1802 (twin), d. 14 July, 1840; unm.
134 yessup Genealogy.
+ 172. Angeline, bap. 11 Nov., 1802 (twin).
+ 173. Ebenezer, b. II Aug. (bap. 26 Dec), 1805.
174. James, bap. 20 Feb., 18 10; d. 17 Oct., 18 11.
loi. Arete Jesup {Ebenezer,^^ Edward^ Edward,'^ Edward'^),
born 22 March, 1770, married 16 Dec, 1790, Joseph Hyde" of
Green's Farms, Conn, (born 3 Jan., 1761), a descendant in the
sixth generation from Humphrey Hyde, one of the original set-
tlers of Fairfield. He was a large landed proprietor, an officer
in the Congregational Church (deacon), and an influential citizen.
It is said that when nineteen years of age he was chosen leader
of the church choir and from that time to the present the family
have been represented in this department of worship by one or
more of its members. Deacon Hyde died 3 Dec, 1850; Mrs.
Hyde, 24 Dec, 1844.
They had thirteen children, one son dying (181 1) an infant: —
175. Arete Hyde, b. 16 Dec, 1791 ; d. 25 Nov., 181 1, and remem-
bered as "very lovely in both person and character."
176. Eleanor Hyde, b. 17 June, 1793; d. 11 Aug., 1857, at Milan,
Ohio.
177. John Hyde, b. ii Jan., 1795 ; d. 9 Aug., 1806.
178. Myranda Hyde, b. 8 Dec, 1796; lived in the family of her
brother, John S. Hyde, and d. 10 Dec, 1882, at the age of 86.
179. Joseph Hyde, b. 20 Sept., 1798; d. 24 Dec, 1824. He gradu-
ated from Yale College in 1820, with Dr. Leonard Bacon, who
used to visit at his father's in vacation time. Ex- President
Theodore D. Woolsey was also of this class. He studied the-
ology at Andover, Mass., and had been licensed to preach but
a short time before his death.
180. Ebenezer Hyde, b. 27 July, 1800 j d. 12 Aug., 1801.
181. Rachel Hyde, b. 13 June, 1802; m., Aug., 1825, Ebenezer An-
drews,* of Green's Farms; d. in Milan, Ohio, 13 Aug., 1881,
" There had been a previous alliance * Ebenezer Andrews was the son of
between these two families in the preced- John and Lydia Andrews, b. Green's
ing century, when Elizabeth Hyde, the Farms, Conn., 3c April, 1795, fitted for col-
granddaughter of Humphrey Hyde, mar- lege at Fairfield Academy, graduated at
ried Edward Jessup. (See page 74.) Yale College in 1817, studied law at
Edward of Green's Farms. 135
where she had resided the greater part of her married life.
She was a woman full of energy and resolution, well suited to
leave her impress on the society in which she moved, as well
as to endure the hardships of the pioneer-life she was called to
lead. They had four children : i. Rachel Augusta Andrews,
b. 9 July, 1834; m., Sept., 1857, Benjamin Andrews, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., and has two children, — Ebenezer and William
Arthur Andrews. 2. Joseph Jfyde Andrews, b. 18 Nov., 1835
(Y. C. 1859), a lawyer, now living in Chicago, 111. 3. Ebenezer
jfesup Andrews, b. 21 July, 1836 (Y. C. 1861); m., ist, 25
Dec, 1862, Ella Blanchard, of New Haven, Conn., who d. 10
April, 1864, leaving a child who d. in infancy. He m., 2d, 15
Sept., 1869, Helen E. Robinson, of Fulton, 111. One child:
Helen Andrews, b. 14 Nov., 1870. 4. Eleanor Hyde Andrews ,
b. 21 Feb., 1840.
182. Edward Hyde, b. i March, 1804: m., Sept., 1826, Sarah, dau.
of Jonathan Burr, who d. Aug., 1879, ^S^^ 77* He lives
(1885) in Green's Farms and is a farmer.
183. William Swift Hyde, b. 18 Nov., 1805 ; m. Adeline Allen, Oct.,
1836, who d. 6 Jan., 1882. They early removed to Ohio, and
for a number of years he was in business in Milan, afterwards
in the town of Collins, where he now (1885) lives. Five chil-
dren : I. Arete jfesup Hyde. 2. Joseph Hyde, m. Emma
Humphrey, has six children, and lives in Collins. 3 and 4.
William and Adeline Hyde, both of whom died when young.
5. Thirza Allen Hyde, m. Addison Pearl, who served in
Litchfield, admitted to the bar of Connec- those waters. In 1861 he removed to Chi-
ticut, 30 April, 1823, and to the Ohio bar in cago, continuing not only the same forms
July, 1824. He taught for a time in Louis- of business, but becoming interested in real
villa, Ky., subsequently went to Elyria, estate. He died there 28 April, 1864, and
Ohio, and soon after to Milan in the same lies buried in Green's Farms, Conn., his
State, where he settled in the practice of native place. He was an influential, up-
his profession, and with success, acquiring right, Christian man; quiet in politics,
and sustaining the reputation of an able Republican in principle, and not at a loss
lawyer. In 1852 was elected Judge of Pro- to define his position when asked ; fond
bate for Erie County ; in 1855 engaged of reading, he kept himself well informed
also in banking and the shipping business on all general subjects and esteemed highly
on the Lakes, having an interest in the the advantages he derived at Yale Col-
steamers " George Washington " and lege. — Letter of his son Joseph H. An-
" Sheldon Thompson," among the first on drews, 4 April, 1885.
136 yessup Genealogy.
the Union army during the civil war. They have had five
children.
184. John Sherwood Hyde, b. 19 July, 1807; d. 27 March, 1886;
m., 2 1 Feb., 1 83 7, Harriet Louisa Adams. Two children :
Mary Louisa Hyde, b. 3 Nov., 1838, and Harriet Eleanor
Hyde, b. 25 April, 1845. He resided in Green's Farms on
the old homestead farm of his father. Deacon Joseph Hyde,
and like him, was an officer in the church, and one of its most
efficient supporters.
185. Samuel Hyde, b. 23 and d. 27 Feb., 1809.
186. Mary Augusta Hyde, b. 12 July, 1813; m., 12 Dec, 1837,
Capt. Edwin Sherwood of Southport, son of William and
Abigail (Couch) Sherwood, b. 24 Feb., 1805, d. 11 Sept.,
1886. He was a man of wealth, and originally in the ship-
ping business. Two children: \. Edwin Hyde Sherwood,
b. 3 March, 1842, m., 29 Jan., 1868, Emma Rumsey, and
has five children, — Edwin Earle, Mary Augusta, Henrietta,
Emma, and Charles Linsley. He is a farmer, living at Omaha,
Nebraska. 2. Simon Couch Sherwood, b. 10 June, 1845,
m., 15 Oct. 1868, Matilda Simpson, and has two children, —
Simon Wakeman and Richard Simpson. He is a farmer,
and lives in Southport.
103. Eleanor Jesup {Ebenezer^^ Edward^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward"^), born in Green's Farms (Westport) Conn., 1775 (bap. 12
Feb.), married 19 Sept., i793,Elizur Wood of Saugatuck (West-
port). She died in New York city in 1842, having removed
there in 18 14 at the death of her husband.
They had six children : —
187. LoRiNDA Wood, b. 1814; d. i Sept., 1822.
188. Edward Jesup Wood, who d. in New York, soon after his
mother removed to the city.
189. Elizur Wood, who early went to Florida, and there m. in 1832,
Mary E. Gautier, and d. in New York city, 24 Aug., 1840.
(His widow m., 2d, a Mr. Corliss, and 3d, a Mr. Walker.)
Three children : i. Edward yesup Wood, b. at Marianna,
Florida, 2 Aug., 1834; d. at Jackson, Mich., 9 April, 1873.
Edward of Green s Farms, 137
He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1853, in the same class
with Dr. Benning A. Crosby, Prof. Charles A. Young, etc.,
rendered distinguished service to his country during the civil
war, and at the time of his death was Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Indiana." Judge Wood m., 25 Oct., 1859,
Jane A. Williams, dau. of C. B. Wilhams of Syracuse, N. Y.,
and had three children : (i) Mary Gautier Wood, b. 18 May,
1861 ; (2) Frederick Williams Wood, b. 10 Jan., and d. 17
Feb., 1867; (3) Clarence Williams Wood, b. 20 July, 1868.
2. William Wood, b. 1837, living in Ogdensburgh, N. Y.
3. Fanny Gautier Wood, b. 1839, and d. in 1843, in Florida.
190. Hezekiah Ripley Wood, who spent most of his life in Florida
and Louisiana; m. Rebecca WiUiams in 1833 and d. at
Chagres on the Isthmus of Panama in 1853. Three chil-
dren: I. jfesup Williams Wood, b.1835, now living in Chil-
licothe, Ohio ; married and has one child, — Lydia Rebecca
Wood, who is also married. 2. Augustus B. Wood, b. 1838,
living in Chillicothe, m. and has two children. 3. Marcia
Price Wood, who m. John Owen and lives also in Chillicothe.
191. Ebenezer Jesup Wood; m. Antoinette Scott, but had no chil-
dren. He was at one time captain of a steamboat on the
Appalachicola River, Florida, and lived in that State. Re-
turning after an absence, in the fall of 1843, the vessel was
wrecked off Key West and he was lost with nearly all on
board.
« Judge Wood prepared for college Corinth, Vicksburg,Chattanooga, Atlanta,
at South Woodstock, Conn., under the etc., and accompanied General Sherman
instruction of James W. Patterson, after- in his march to the sea. Returning to
ward Professor in Dartmouth College Goshen in 1865 he was for four years
and U. S. Senator from New Hampshire. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Echart
From 1853-57, he was in the employment County, until appointed, in 1870, Judge of
of the Michigan Southern Railroad as civil the Court of Common Pleas. In all these
engineer ; studied law with Hon. Joseph positions he discharged his duties with
H. Mather, at Goshen, Ind., and after the fidelity, integrity, and signal ability. He
death of the latter, in 1859, was associated was possessed of fine literary tastes and
with Hon. E. W. Metcalf until 1 86 1, when an agreeable writer. He was, moreover
he accepted a commission in the 48th Ind. a prominent member of the Masonic
Vol. Inf., succeeding to the command of fraternity. — Fr07n Memorial Sketch of
the regiment in 1863, ^"^ with it partici- Judge Wood.
pating in the great struggles at luka,
138 Jesstip Genealogy,
192. Juliet Wood, b. in Saugatuck (Westport), Conn., in 1806;
m. John Fletcher Mackie of New York city in 1832, and re-
sided there until 1847, when Mr. Mackie removed with his
family to Westport, where he died in 185 1. His widow and
children remained there until 1856, when they moved to Nor-
wich Town, Conn, In 1859 they were again in New York,
but in 1868, Mrs. Mackie, with her daughters removed to
Newburgh, N. Y., where she died 2 Nov., 1875. Ten chil-
dren: — I. Eleanor Jesjip Mackie, since 1868 the principal
of a highly successful Young Ladies Seminary in Newburgh.
2. yohn Walter Mackie, b. 1834, drowned off Shanghai,
China, in 1868, when returning from the shore in a small boat
to the U. S. Steamship '' Supply," on which he was paymas-
ter's clerk. 3. and 4. Edward Wood Mackie and Henry
Augustus Mackie, both dying in infancy. 5. Juliet Wood
Mackie, connected with the Seminary in Newburgh. 6. Mary
Fletcher Mackie, and 7. Charlotte Louisa Mackie, both much
esteemed teachers in the Hampton Normal Institute, Hamp-
ton, Va. 8. Gertrude Elizabeth Mackie, connected with the
Newburgh Seminary. 9. George Frederick Mackie, d. in in-
fancy. 10. Harriet Augusta Mackie, \). 1846, in N. Y., d.
Norwich Town, Conn., 1858.
104. Sarah Jesup {Ebenezer,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^'),
born in Green's Farms, Conn., 14 May (baptized 26 May), 1776,
married Joseph Baker 10 Aug., 1797, and lived in New York city.
She died in Westport, Conn., 2 Jan., 1837, having removed there
after the death of her husband.
Their children were three : —
193. William Baker, b. 19 May, 1798, in New York; d. at
Vancouver, W. T., in 1870. Captain Baker was for thirty
years a seaman, either as a ship's officer or in com-
mand ; emigrated to Oregon in 1850, one of the early
pioneers, and m. while there a Mrs. Lathrop in 1861 ; no
children.
194. George Baker, b. i July, 1800; d. i Nov., 1802.
Edward of Green 5 Farms. 1 39
195. Abby Jane Baker, b. 13 March, 1803, was the second wife of
the Rev. Hiram P. Arms, D.D.," of Norwich, Conn. (m. 12
Sept., 1838); d. 10 Aug., 1878. They had three children:
1. Sarah yane Arms, b. 13 Aug., 1839 ; m. the Rev. Wil-
liam B. Clarke, 18 April, 1866, and has had three children.*
2. Charles yesup Arms, of Philadelphia, Penn. (1880) b.
9 June, 1841 ; grad. Yale College, 1863 ; m., 16 Oct., 1873,
Alice Avery, and has four children : (i) Lily Avery Arms,
b. 29 May, 1875. (2) Audubon Arms, b. 19 July, 1876.
(3) Natalie Arms, b. 3 Nov., 1877. (4) Elsie Nevin Arms,
b. I Dec, 1878. 3. Theodore Wiftthrop Arms, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y. (1885), b. 8 Nov., 1844; m. Rosa Marselis, 13
Oct., 1869, and has three children: {\) Helen Baker
Arms, b. 5 July, 1870. (2) Lucy Arms, b. 9 Sept., 1871.
(3) Theodore Jesup Arms, b. 9 March, 1873.
105. Abigail Jesup {Ebenezer,'^^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Ed-
ward^), born in Green's Farms (Westport) Conn, (baptized
5 April, 1778), married EHphalet Swift'' of Saugatuck (West-
port), 13 Jan., 1806. He was born in Windham Co. 6 July,
1780, graduated at Yale College in 1804 and began the practice
of law in Saugatuck in 1806. He was a man of more than
usual ability and greatly respected throughout the State. He is
said to have amicably adjusted more cases before they came to
« Rev. Dr. Arms was born in Wind- thence to Sandwich. Jireh,the son of the
sor, Conn., grad. Yale College, 1824, and second William, b. in Sandwich, 1665, m.
Yale Divinity School, 182S ; settled in Abigail Gibbs, 26 Nov., 1697, and had
Hebron and Wolcottville, and finally twelve children. Their ninth child, Silas,
at Norwich Town in 1836, where he d. b. 17 Aug., 1713, m. Abigail Tupper, 16
6 April, 18S2. He was a member of Oct., 1735, and their eldest son, Charles
the Corporation of Yale College. His of Lebanon, who m. Deborah Clark, 26
first wife was Lucy Ann Wadhams of May, 1763, was the father of Judge Eli-
New Haven by whom he had several phalet Swift of Westport. Zephaniah
children. Swift, M. D., of Hartford, was a brother of
^ See record of Mrs. Mary Ann (Jesup) Judge Swift, and their two families were
Clarke, page 143. allied by marriage as is shown farther
'^ " William Swift, the ancestor of this on. Judge Zephaniah Swift, Chief Justice
family, in 1634, with his son William, of Connecticut, 1806-1819, was a second
came from Bocking, Essex County, Eng- cousin of the above brothers." — Letter of
land to Watertown, Mass., removing S. E. Swift, M. D.
140 yessup Genealogy.
trial than he ever brought into court, and as the result never accu-
mulated more than a competence. He repeatedly represented
his town in the State Legislature where his speeches always com-
manded attention, and he might readily have represented his State
in a wider sphere had he been less averse to make efforts for his
personal advancement. For many years he was Judge of Probate.
He was a man of very decided religious convictions and a firm
adherent of what he considered to be the doctrines and church-
polity of the New England fathers. He died 21 Sept., 1857.
Three children, all born in Saugatuck : —
196. Henry Augustus Swift, b. 2 June, 1808; m., 6 Nov., 1845,
Mary Amelia, dau. of his father's brother, Zephaniah Swift,
M. D., of Hartford. When fitted to enter college, his father,
much to his own regret in after years, chose for him a busi-
ness career, and sent him to New York city, which hence-
forth became his home. For a time he was associated with
some of his cousins, sons of Major Ebenezer Jesup of West-
port. Like others he lost in the financial reverses of 1837,
but subsequently recovered from the shock and acquired
a handsome competence. He was " a singularly handsome
man, of elegant manners, and known among his more inti-
mate friends as 'the Colonel.'" In 1868 he retired from
business with failing health and died 5 June, 1870. He with
other members of the family are buried in Evergreen Ceme-
tery in Westport, Conn.« Mrs. Swift (bom 17 Sept., 18 12,
" Col. James L. Curtis, an old friend, Swift, & Co.). He was at a later date
adds to the above that Mr. Swift came to first a partner in the firm of D. H. Arnold
New York in 1824 or 1825 as clerk in the & Co. in Pearl Street, and on the retire-
employ of Messrs. Boggs, Thompson, & ment of Mr. Arnold succeeded to the busi-
Co., a large auction and commission ness, which he continued up to his death,
house in Pearl street. In 1831, finding Mr. Swift was, like his cousin, Col. Eben-
his health impaired by the confinement of ezer Jesup,^''^ an active member of " The
his clerkship, he was encouraged by his House of Debate " (see sketch of Colonel
friend, and with his aid, to begin business Jesup), and a man of fine literary tastes.
on his own account. He subsequently As a business man moreover, and in social
joined his cousins Charles and Francis life, he was much respected by his associ-
W. Jesup in organizing a domestic com- ates and contemporaries,
mission house in Pine street (Jesup,
Edward of Green s Farms. 141
and died i Nov., 1875) was "a highly cultivated woman,
and a successful teacher in New York. She was a fine Greek
scholar, knowing more of the language than was ever at-
tempted to be taught in college, writing modem Greek in
Greek script with facility. She never occupied herself with
authorship any further than to write ' First Lessons in Natural
Philosophy,' which was a popular text-book for many years,
and was translated in 1846 into the Karen language, and in
1848 into Burmese." Mr. and Mrs. Swift had six children :
1. Abby yesiip Swift, b. 24 Aug., 1846; d. 11 July, 1870.
2. Henry jfohn Swift, b. 28 Sept., 1847; d. 25 Feb., 1853.
3. Mary Louise Swift, b. 8 March, 1850; d. 15 Nov., 1858.
4. Everett Mayhew Swift,"' M. D. of New York city, b. 9
March, 1852, the only surviving member of his father's family.
5. Henrietta Jane Swift, b. 8 May, 1854; d. 6 Aug., 1854.
6. Amie Everett Swift, b. 20 Aug., 1857; d. at Rome, Italy,
27 April, 1881.
197. John Jay Swift, b. 12 Aug., 1812 ; m. Jane O'Kill, a lady of
fine accomplishments and daughter of Madame O'Kill '' who
for many years was at the head of a prosperous Young Ladies'
Seminary in New York city. The only child of this marriage
died when four or five years old. "In 1828 or 1829 he
began business in New York with the firm of Meigs D. Ben-
jamin & Co., importers of French dry goods. Subsequently
he was one of the firm of Duffield, Swift, and Raymond, also
importers, and lived some time in Paris as representative of
the firm. When in 1837 this firm dissolved, he engaged in
other kinds of business in which he continued, though in
failing health, until the time of his death on the 4th of Aug.,
1848." He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
198. Abby Jesup Swift, b. 2 Aug., 1815 ; d. 18 Sept., 1841.
° Dr. Swift graduated A.B., Yale brother of John Jay, Chief Justice of the
College, 1873 ; LL.B. Columbia College, United States. A second daughter of
1878; M.D. 1879, New York College of Mrs. O'Kill married Professor D. H.
HomcEopathy. Mahan, for many years connected with
^ Mrs. O'Kill was the daughter of Sir the Military Academy at West Point,
James Jay, M.D., knighted by George III. whose sons are now officers in the United
for medical services rendered him, and a States Army. — Letter of Col. J. L. Curtis.
142 yessup Genealogy.
After the death of his first wife Judge Swift married, 2d, Mrs.
Esther (Judah) Jesup, the widow of his brother-in-law, Edward
Jesup; and after her death, in 1835, he married, 3d, Mrs. Maria
(Church) Eldridge, who survived him, and died in Morristown,
NJ., 19 Jan., 1881.
106. Edward Jesup (Ebenezer,^^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Green's Farms, Conn., 10 Jan., 1780; married'*
Esther, daughter of David and Esther Judah, of Saugatuck,
5 July, 1805. He was a merchant, and also interested in the
coasting-trade. He lived in Saugatuck, and died there, of con-
sumption, at the early age of 34, 21 Dec, 1814. His will is on
record at Fairfield, dated 15 Dec, 18 14, and proven 4 April,
1815, Ebenezer Jesup his brother and Eliphalet Swift his brother-
in-law being appointed executors, and giving bonds in the sum
of $20,000.
Four children : —
199. Louisa, b. 30 Jan., 1807; d. 7 March, 1822.
200. Edward Squire, b. 25 Feb., 1809; d. 13 Aug., 1810.
201. Edward Squire, b. 28 Sept., 181 1. He has been nearly
all his life a resident of South America or the West Indies ;
on shore, a merchant ; at sea, the commander of a ves-
sel. During the Civil War he did good service in com-
mand of a government gun-boat, cruising along the Atlantic
coast and capturing several blockade runners. He also
saw service on the coast of China during the same war,
and ever since its close has held an important position
under the United States Government in the Spanish West
Indies. Of a number of adventurous spirits, who like him-
self sought their fortunes abroad, he is the sole survivor
(1885).
202. Charlotte, b. 8 Nov., 1813, resided in Westport (Saugatuck),
Conn., until 1886, when she removed to Newburgh, N. Y.
" This marriage occurred in New York city, as shown by the records of the First
and Second Presbyterian Churches in that city. — N'ew York Genealogical Record,
XV. 133.
Edward of Green's Farms. 143
Mrs. Esther (Judah) Jesup married, 2d, Eliphalet Swift, of
Saugatuck, 15 July, 1820, whose first wife was Abigail Jesup, the
sister of her former husband. Mrs. Esther Swift died of con-
sumption 8 July, 1 82 1.
no. Mary Ann Jesup (^EbenezeVy^^ Edward^ Edward,"^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Green's Farms, Conn., in 1794 (bap. 11 Nov.),
married, 25 Oct., 1815, George Asahel Clarke, born 2 Jan., 1781,
in Columbia, Conn. He was a merchant in New York city until
early in the year 1822, when at the invitation of an older brother,
already established in business at Gibara near the eastern end of
the Island of Cuba, he removed with his family to that place.
(They were shipping merchants and joint proprietors of a sugar-
plantation.) In 1824 five children were taken from them by the
fever of the country, and within the space of two months. Mr.
Clarke's death occurred, on the 14th of Oct., 1830, and the next
winter Mrs. Clarke determined to leave the island with her five
remaining children. The youngest, Marion, a peculiarly interest-
ing child of ten years, was already in this country. The sorely
afflicted mother fondly hoped soon to meet her again ; but almost
the last tidings that reached her before her departure was that of
Marion's death. It was only the great strength of Mrs. Clarke's
character that enabled her to bear up under these accumulated
sorrows.
For the education of her four boys, she chose New Haven,
Conn., as a place of residence ; and here her excellent judgment
and extraordinary energy made her eminently useful in the
church and in the community. Francisco, a child of very noble
traits, died here in 1835. In 1845, her two older sons being
already in business, and the youngest about to enter Yale College,
she accepted the invitation of her brother Ebenezer Jesup, of
Westport, Conn., to make his house her home. The year 1851
found her again in New Haven, where she lived until her death.
In the summer of 1853 she was married a second time, to
Samuel Chapman, Esq., an English gentleman who had been
proprietor of an estate adjoining her own in the island of Cuba.
144 yessup Genealogy.
Mrs. Clarke's great regard for this gentleman had led her to
leave all her Cuban affairs in his hands, while in turn, at his
earnest request, she had consented to take charge at various
times of five of his motherless children and grandchildren that he
wished to send to this country. Finally, he came himself Thus
her life abated nothing of its usefulness, but was carried on with
characteristic energy and fidelity, until the 7th of September,
1856, when at the age of 62, the Master's voice called her to a
higher sphere. So far as the writer knows, her last illness was
also her first ; for she was of the soundest New England stock,
and seemed exempt from the ordinary physical infirmities.
Mrs, Clarke's very faults partook of the strength of her charac-
ter. Her earnestness sometimes passed over into severity. Her
affections partook of it. They had great reality and were true
to their objects. Mention should be made of her fondness
for reading and for intelligent conversation. But her marked
characteristic, after all, was the quiet heroism with which she
took up her life under the great burden of her sorrows, and
carried it on cheerfully and honorably to the end."
Ten children ; the first five born in New York city, the remain-
ing five in Cuba : —
203. Edward Clarke, b. 14 Feb., 181 7 ; d. in Cuba, 28 May, 1824.
204. George Asahel Clarke, b. 27 Oct., 1818; d. in Cuba, 17
April, 1824.
205. William Wyncoop Clarke (twin), b. 5 Dec, 1820; d. in
Cuba, 27 March, 1824.
206. Marion Wyncoop Clarke (twin), b. 5 Dec, 1820; d. in
Farmington, Conn., 6 Dec, 1831.
207. Eleanor Strong Clarke, b. 5 Aug., 1822; d. in Cuba, 23
March, 1824.
208. George Samuel Clarke, b. 22 and d. 23 March, 1824.
209. George Edward Clarke, b. 19 July, 1825; m., 27 March,
1856, Marietta E. Hinman of South Britain, Conn. She and
their two children died in Aiken, S. C, in 1858 or 1859. He
" Communicated by the Rev. Wm. B. Clarke.
Edward of Green s Farms, 145
was a merchant many years in Charleston, S. C, and d. there
3 Feb., 1862.
210. Samuel Asahel Clarke, b. 8 March, 1827; married, in Port-
land, Oregon, 23 Feb., 1852, Harriet Talcott Buckingham,"
b. in Norwalk, Ohio, 31 March, 1832. He went to Oregon
in 1850, soon after its organization as a territory, and has been
identified ever since with its history, having passed through all
the varied experiences of a pioneer's life. His literary tastes
and facile pen soon led him into journalism and other literary
work, and secured for him a well merited reputation as a writer.
He has held various public positions, but has never been an
office-seeker. For many years he has been editor and pro-
prietor of the "Willamette Farmer," with his own home and
that of his paper in Salem.
They have had five children, all bom in Salem : —
I. Marian Winthrop Clarke,\i. 15 Nov., 1852 ; m., in Port-
land, 23 April, 1880, Wm. J. Dyer, and d. in Walla- Walla, 17
Jan., 1 88 1. 2. Harriet Buckingham Clarke, b. 10 Jan., 1855 ;
m., in Salem, Norris H. Looney, 17 Jan., 1878, and has one
child (1880), Wm. Herbert Looney, b. in Jefferson, 11 Feb.,
1879. 3. Wm. Jesup Clarke, b. 24 Feb., 1857; now (1884)
associated with his father in the management of the " Willa-
mette Farmer." 4. Sarah Woodworth Clarke, b. 2 June, 1859.
5. George Beaumo7it Clarke, b. 14 March; d. in infancy.
211. Francisco Jose Clarke (twin), b. 27 Dec, 1829; d. in New
Haven, Conn., 11 July, 1835.
212. William Barker Clarke (twin), b. 27 Dec, 1829; m., iS
April, 1866, Sarah Jane Arms (b. 14 Aug., 1839), daughter of
the Rev. Hiram P. Arms, D, D., of Norwich Town, Conn., and
Sarah Jane Baker, his wife. He graduated at Yale College in
1849 'y Yale Theo. Sem., 1852 ; was pastor in West Cornwall
for several years ; Prof, of Sacred Theology in Yale College
(1863-66); and pastor in Litchfield (1866-71). He sub-
sequently preached in Griswold, and now (1884) resides in
Norwich Town. They have had three children: i. Helen
McGregor Clarke, b. 24 May, 1867. 2. Jane Baker Clarke,
« See Buckingham Genealogy.
10
146 Jessup Genealogy.
b. 9 Sept., 1868. 3. Francisco Arms Clarke, b. 15 Feb.,
1879 ; d. 10 March, 1881, in Griswold, Conn.
113. Sarah Stebbins Jesup (^yoseph,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward^
Edward,'^ Edivard,'^^, born in Wilton, 3 Feb., 1797, married, at
Schodack, N. Y., 23 Nov., 1815, Rev. John Noyes Hayden, young-
est child of William Hayden of Braintree, Mass., who was born in
1784, and died at Schodack in May, 1857.
They had one child only : —
213. William Benjamin Hayden, b. in Schodack, 25 Dec, 1816;
was in mercantile business for several years in Boston, Buffalo,
and New York; m. 23 June, 1841, Sophie Walker Woods,
youngest child of Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., Senior, of
Andover Theological Seminary; became pastor of the New
Jerusalem Society of Portland, Me., 15 Sept., 1850; resigned
Sept., 1876, and now (1882) resides in Portland.
114. Benjamin Jesup {Joseph,'^^ Blackleach,'^'^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward,'^ Edzvard,'^), born in Norwalk, Conn., 16 April, 1800, mar-
ried Lydia Lippitt in 1823. A letter addressed by him from New
York city to Gen. Thomas S. Jesup at Washington, under date of
the 14th of January, 1842, gives some particulars of his life and
other historical matters of interest, and a copy is given below.
My dear General, — I believe this is the iirst time I ever addressed you
by letter ; and almost the only acquaintance I ever had with you personally
was about the year 1814, when I accompanied you from Albany on horse-
back to my father's residence in the town of Schodack. You were at that
time, if I mistake not, awaiting the trial of Gen. Hull. You visited my father
once after this, I believe, after the memorable battles of Chippewa and
Bridgewater, or Lundy's Lane, at which time you were suffering great
inconvenience from wounds received at those engagements.
Our fathers separated from each other while they were quite young men.
Your father died when you were young. My father lived until about three
years since. Our uncle Benjamin Jesup of this city died but a few weeks
since. They both lived to a good old age, and I can say with the deepest
sense of feeling that in the whole course of my life I never knew two men
Edward of Green's Farms, 147
of their age whose whole lives have been so perfectly exemplary and vir-
tuous, and so correct and prudent in the management of their affairs. At
the death of my father a will was left making me the sole executor of his
estate, which was a very respectable one, and on the settlement of which
I found he did not owe one hundred dollars in all. I now find that
Uncle Benjamin has left an estate amounting to about twelve thousand
dollars and his indebtedness does not amount to one hundred dollars. And
I most sincerely believe that neither of these men had an enemy upon the
face of the earth. Uncle has left no heirs.
My father's family was quite small. I had but one brother and one sis-
ter. My brother left home in the year 1829, and I have never heard but
once from him since that time, which was in the year 1832. In the year
1823 I commenced business as a grocery-merchant ; shortly after I changed
my business to hotel-keeping, and until 1834 kept the same house that I
found you at when I was a lad, although I had the buildings considerably
enlarged so as to accommodate one hundred and fifty persons. In the
year 1834 I moved with my family to this city, where I have resided ever
since. I am now keeping the Pacific Hotel in Greenwich street. It is an
excellent house and I have the honor of entertaining the most respectable
class of citizens. My family is quite small. I have one son, Joseph B.
Jesup, and two daughters. My son is in his seventeenth year. For a long
time he has solicited me to give my consent to his receiving an appoint-
ment in the navy, which I have avoided until now. He has many friends
and I think his appearance and address are favorable to the appointment.
Please make some inquiry, and if consistent with your views, lend us your
aid to obtain such an appointment. Please also write me at as early a
date as convenient and much oblige
Your most obedient and very humble servant,
Benjamin Jesup.
To Gen. Thomas S. Jesup.
Washington, D. C.
He began business in Albany, where he was landlord of the
National and Columbian Hotels. The son above referred to did
not succeed in securing his coveted position in the navy, but
died young. Mr. Jesup died in Schodack, N. Y., 8 March,
1862.
148
yessup Genealogy.
There were six children ; five born in Albany : —
214. Joseph B., b. i May, 1825 ; d. 7 Dec, 1853.
+215. Charlotte Eunice, b. 19 May, 1827.
216. Waterman, b. 14 Dec, 1829; d. 15 Aug., 1830.
217. Charles W., b. i Oct., 1831 ; d. 29 Sept., 1832.
+218. Sarah Stebbins, b. 6 Jan., 1834.
219. Caroline, b. 21 March, 1846, in Weehauken, N. J.; d. 30
Aug., 1854.
116. Thomas Sidney Jesup {yames Edward,^^ Blackleach,^^
Edward^ Edward^ Edward'^^, was born in Berkeley County,
Va., 16 Dec,
1788, where his
father, a native
of Wilton, Conn.,
settled when
quite a young man, removing his family afterward to Kentucky.
He married Ann Heron Croghan, of Louisville, Ky. ; born 20
Oct., 1797, and died 24 April, 1846. She was the daughter of
Major William Croghan" of the Revolutionary army.
° Major William Croghan was
born in Dublin, Ireland. He came to
this country when quite young to join
his uncle, Col. George Croghan, who was
his guardian. At the beginning of the
Revolution he espoused the American
cause, and was appointed a captain in the
Virginia line early in 1776, and soon after
was ordered with his regiment to the seat
of war at the North. He was at one time
aid to Baron Steuben, and engaged in
the battles of Brandywine, Germantown,
and Monmouth, where he acquitted him-
self with honor. In the winter of 1779,
the whole Virginia line was ordered to
the South, and he was among those cap-
tured at the surrender of General Lincoln
at Charleston. In the siege of Yorktown
he could only participate by his presence,
as he was on his parole. He was at the
close of the war the senior major of the
Virginia line.
In the spring of 1784 he went to Ken-
tucky, and married, in 1788, Lucy Clark,
daughter of John Clark, and Ann Rogers
his wife. Mrs. Croghan was a sister of
Gen. George Rogers Clark and his brother,
Gen. William Clark the explorer, who
afterwards was Governor of Missouri.
The latter, when a captain, was sent by
the Government with Captain Lewis to
explore the far West. They were the first
white men to cross the Rocky Mountains,
and Clark and Lewis rivers were named
for them.
Major Croghan was one of the original
members of the Order of Cincinnati. His
son, Col. George Croghan, was a distin-
guished officer in the war of 18 12-15 ^i*^^
England.
Carljuii I'huto. Allen & RowoU.
Thomas Sidney Jesup,
Major General U.S.A. 1788-1860.
Edward of Green's Farms. 149
Left an orphan in his distant Kentucky home when but eight
years of age, and the eldest of the family, he has often been heard
to say that he never was a boy, — always feeling that he had
everything to do for his family. After he entered the army he
paid his father's debts, and also some contracted by his mother
in bringing up her little family of four children. His military
career began when he was but nineteen, and for more than half
a century (52 years) he was in the service of his country, and
one of her most efficient and honored servants. He was ap-
pointed, from the State of Ohio, second lieutenant of the Sev-
enth Infantry, U. S. A., in May, 1808; and the stirring life along
the Western frontier, and the war with England (of 181 2-1 5)
which occurred not long after, gave the young officer imme-
diate and active employment, with abundant opportunities for
distinguishing himself, of which he was always ready to take
advantage. He was commissioned first lieutenant in Dec, 1809.
In the campaign of 18 12, he was brigade-major and acting adju-
tant-general to Brigadier-General Hull. Taken prisoner at Hull's
surrender, in Aug., 181 2, he was afterward exchanged, promoted
to captain, Jan., 18 13, and major of the Nineteenth Infantry in
April following. Lossing (" War of 18 12") gives the following
incident in his account of Hull's surrender. " Major Jesup asked
for one hundred and fifty men to go over and spike the enemy's
guns opposite Detroit. Hull said he could not spare so many.
'Give me a hundred, then,' said the brave Jesup. 'Only one
hundred,' said Captain Snelling imploringly. * I will think of it,'
was Hull's reply." The request was not granted, and these gal-
lant officers were soon after astonished at the surrender of the
post without an effort at defence.
Early in 18 14 Major Jesup was transferred to the Twenty-fifth,
a regiment raised largely through his own exertions. The battle
of Chippewa (Canada, three miles above Niagara Falls) occurred
on the 5th of July, of this year, between the Americans under
Major-General Jacob Brown and a superior British force under
Major-General Riall, in which the former were victorious. Major
150 yessup Genealogy.
Jesup commanded the Twenty-fifth, and was afterward brevetted
lieutenant-colonel for " distinguished and meritorious service "
on this occasion. Gen. Winfield Scott in his official report of the
battle says, " I had every evidence of the able dispositions made
by Major Jesup of his corps, as well by the report of my aids as
by the effect he produced on that part of the enemy's line imme-
diately opposed to him, and which contributed very much to the
general success of the day. He had two horses shot under him.
. . . He deserves, in my humble opinion, everything which con-
spicuous skill and gallantry can win from a grateful country."
The British forces numbered 2,100, and the American, 1,900.
Eight hundred out of this four thousand fell either killed or
wounded ; and a bloodier battle, considering the numbers, was
scarce ever fought.
On the 25th of July following was the still more hotly contested
battle of Niagara (Lundy's Lane). Between four and five o'clock
in the afternoon General Brown ordered General Scott with his
brigade, including the Twenty-fifth commanded by Major Jesup,
to march rapidly and disperse what he then thought a small body
of the British in front of him, but what proved to be the main
body of the enemy, which had been re-enforced since the recent
battle. An engagement was thus unexpectedly begun, which
was carried on in the coming darkness with the utmost gallantry
on both sides, resulting however in the defeat of the British, and,
as stated below, in the capture of Gen. Riall and his staff. The
British troops numbered a little over seven thousand, and the
American a little less than twenty-six hundred. Both sides met
with heavy losses. Major Jesup was severely wounded in the
hand and shoulder, and also through the neck, and was struck in
the chest by a spent ball, — a very serious injury being thereby
inflicted. The hilt of his sword was broken by a ball, and driven
through his right hand. Gen. Scott urged him to leave the field,
and was about to give him a positive order to that effect, when
he himself was wounded and Major Jesup sent him to the rear
under the charge of Captain, or Major, Gardiner. One of General
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 5 1
Brown's references to the gallantry of Major Jesup in this battle
contains the following incident : " Jesup had passed with his bat-
talion by a flank movement to the rear of the British Army, and
was for a time held to have been captured ; but the joy of our
troops was great when he returned, reappearing to the army in a
blaze of glory, having captured a large force, including Major-
General Riall."
Headley ("Second War with England") narrates that "though
wounded. Major Jesup stood there amid the darkness and carnage,
cheering on his men. His regimental flag was riddled with bul-
lets, and as a sergeant waved it amid a storm of bullets, the staff
was severed in three pieces in his hand. Turning to his com-
mander, he exclaimed as he took up the fragments, * Look, Colo-
nel, how they have cut us ! ' The next moment a ball passed
through his body, but he still kept his feet and waved his muti-
lated flag until, faint from the loss of blood, he sank on the field."
Major Jesup was brevetted colonel " for gallant conduct and
distinguished skill" in this battle. It has been recently ascer-
tained that among the British officers who fell in this battle was
Captain Edward Walker, of Kingston, Canada, a lawyer by pro-
fession and a grandson of the loyalist Major Edward Jessup who
had a command in Burgoyne's army in the Revolutionary war.
He was therefore a distant kinsman of Colonel Jesup, their com-
mon ancestor, Capt. Edward Jesup, having lived in Fairfield,
Connecticut.
On the 15th of December, 1814, the famous Hartford Conven-
tion assembled, and continued in session for three weeks with closed
doors. It was the result of the dissatisfaction existing in New Eng-
land with the general government and the conduct of the war. The
movement had created much alarm at Washington, and President
Madison found it convenient to have Major Jesup present, osten-
sibly for the purpose of recruiting for his regiment, but really to
watch the proceedings. During this time he was in constant
correspondence with Mr. Monroe, the Secretary of War, and with
Gov. Tompkins of New York, and was prepared to act with deci-
152 yes sup Genealogy.
sion should any treasonable movements be originated. " Ingratiat-
ing himself with som-e of the delegates of the convention and with
the authorities of Hartford, by his conciliatory and agreeable man-
ners, and winning the respect of all by his prudent conduct, he
soon became convinced that a resolution for disunion, if offered,
could not be carried." His letters relieved the apprehensions of
the President, and proved they had had much less foundation in
actual fact than had been supposed. At the close of the war in
181 5, on the reorganization of the army, he was retained in the
service, and in 1817 made lieutenant-colonel of the Third Infan-
try. The next year (27 March, 1818) he was made adjutant-
general (with rank of colonel), and shortly after (8th of May)
quartermaster-general" (with the rank of brigadier-general). Up
to this time the head of the quartermaster's department had held
the rank of colonel only. It is in connection with this responsi-
ble position, which he held for more than forty years (in addition
to occasional service in the field), that he is best known. And
no small part of the efficiency of the regular army during this
period was owing to the admirable skill and executive abihty
shown in the quartermaster-general's department. It is but natu-
ral, therefore, that a historian of the War Department should put
it upon record that he found *' the memory of General Jesup to
be greatly venerated" in that department.
Immediately upon his appointment he prepared an amended
series of rules and regulations for the conduct of the business of
his department, which with little change are in use to the present
time. The extent and variety of the duties he assumed (in times
of peace as well as in war), and the difficulty of their wise and
successful performance will be realized when we consider the
great extent of the military frontier which must be supervised in
detail, and with all points of which, however distant, constant
communication must be kept open. To this must be added the
" The London Times of June 22, 1815, which announced the great victory at Wat-
erloo, contains, in the list of the wounded, the name of " Major Jessop, Assistant-
Quartermaster-General."
Edward of Green's Farms. 153
constantly recurring difficulties with the Indian tribes remaining
within the limits of even the older States, who were being contin-
ually crowded by their stronger neighbors. The perusal of his
voluminous and carefully prepared reports on file in the War
Department, as well as his private records of facts and inci-
dents occurring on his various tours of inspection, show what
scrupulous exactitude he required both of himself and of his
subordinates, and how closely observant he was of everything
he met.
In May, 1828, he was brevetted major-general for ten years'
faithful service. In 1836 he was once more in the field, taking
command of the army in the Creek Nation, Alabama, and the
same year (8th Dec), succeeding General Call in command of
the army in Florida,'* — the government being engaged in a final
and determined effort to conquer the warlike Seminole Indians,*
and secure the safety of the whites by the enforced removal of
the red men to another portion of the country. " Lake Jesup,"
a fine sheet of water in Orange Co., commemorates his period of
service in this State. On the 24th of Jan., 1838, he was wounded
near Jupiter Inlet in an action with the above Indians. Soon
after he was succeeded by Gen. Zachary Taylor (afterward Pres-
ident) and returned to the duties of the quartermaster-general's
department, in the performance of which he continued until his
death in Washington city, on the lOth of June, i860.
It will be noticed that his death occurred just before the open-
ing of the Civil War; and he was thus relieved from the necessity
of participating in the painful events which were close at hand,
and amid which his official position as well as his sense of duty
would have required him to act a prominent part. Mention is
made in a letter given below of the valuable aid furnished by him
in connection with the construction of various public works, not
« The writer, while a resident of Geor- ^ It is said that as the General wore
gia in 1848-50, found that the bare men- spectacles the Indians used to call him
tion of General Jesup's name was enough " double-eyed " and refuse to shoot at
to call forth the highest encomiums. him, believing him to be a superior being.
— Letter of Col. J. L. Curtis.
154 yessiip Genealogy.
all of which were for the service of his ov/n department; e.g. the
Cumberland Road, a great national highway, begun in 1806 and
extending eventually from Cumberland, Md., through the States
of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, — of great necessity in its day, but
now superseded by the railway; the opening of transportation
lines west of the Mississippi, needed to keep the Government in
ready communication with its advance posts ; and reference is
also made to the great Breakwater at the mouth of the Delaware
Bay, — a harbor of refuge for the countless vessels of our coasting
trade.
General Jesup had no political ambitions. He preferred to
maintain the independent position which properly belongs to
an army officer. When his reputation was already well estab-
lished he was solicited for permission to use his name as candi-
date for the presidency ; his reply was that even were he inclined
to enter upon a political career, he found abundant reasons, in
the position he held to make it improper then to unite with any
political party.
Of the limited material at hand used in the preparation of
the above very inadequate sketch, there remain two memoranda
of interest which may here be given. The one is an extract from
a letter of Gen. Henry C. Wayne to Col. L. Sitgreaves, U. S. A.,
a son-in-law of General Jesup, dated the 21st of December, 1875,
in which he says : —
" I see by the papers that after many surveys the Government have
finally agreed upon the Nicaragua connection of the Atlantic and the
Pacific. In the year 1848 or thereabouts, Gen. Jesup reported upon the
Nicaragua route as the only practicable one, and the best. The report is
in full and thorough, and I do not suppose the Government has gained
any more knowledge by its surveys than that given by General Jesup from
his studies and examinations of the Garay grant. It would be interesting
to see now, how much he was in advance of his countrymen by reason of
his habits of study and reflection.
" Had he lived, secession would not have occurred or would have been
short-lived. His plan, as repeatedly detailed to me, was to have guarded
Edward of Green's Farms. ^ 155
the line of the Susquehanna, blockaded the Southern ports, raised an army
of three hundred thousand men, and with a powerful fleet at Cincinnati and
elsewhere in the West, descended the Mississippi river to New Orleans, thus
cutting the Confederacy in two — breaking its backbone as he used to say,
— and then reduce the Atlantic States. He used to allow himself eighteen
months to accomplish the crushing of secession. How wise this plan
was, the war has demonstrated. Three hundred thousand men was the
least number he would begin with. And it was not until Halleck's fine
strategy threw Sidney Johnston from Kentucky upon Corinth that any
serious impression had been made upon the Confederacy.
" The General was a remarkable man, and as useful a quartermaster-
general in peace as he was able in war ; as witness the Cumberland Road,
the Delaware Breakwater, and the opening of transportation lines west of
the Mississippi. Many of his papers other than the documents of the
war office I have read, and from my recollection of them, they would be
valuable contributions to our national history. His intimate association
with the great men of the country from 1810 to his death, and with public
measures, and his acquired traditional knowledge, would make one of the
most interesting volumes in our history."
The other extract is dated March, 1885, and is the tribute
which General Thomas Swords, once associated with General
Jesup in the quartermaster's department, pays to his much loved
and revered chief.
" What could I say that would do him justice ! in character he was so
unlike any one whom I ever had the pleasure to serve. He was so free
from any display, any ostentation ; yet his mind was stored with military
and civil law, as well as with the choicest literature. On any subject that
was presented to him, either officially or socially, he was ever ready to
impart, pleasingly and instructively, what he was so thoroughly conversant
with, having remarkable conversational powers.
" The warmth and earnestness of his friendships frequently called forth
remark, and drew to him many trusting and admiring friends. No intima-
tion to the disparagement of one to whom this strength of affection had
been given would be for a moment tolerated. This, with many kind,
watchful attentions, made it so pleasing to serve with him officially ; one
156 yessup Genealogy.
had such infinite trust that strict discipline never seemed a restriction.
Then, too, his approbation was readily expressed for well-performed
duties.
" Socially his home was the most delightful in Washington, and his
charming warm-hearted hospitality was extended to both resident friends
and strangers visiting the Capital." °-
There were eight children : —
+220. Lucy Ann, b. 17 April, 1823.
220*. Eliza Hancock, b. ii Sept., 1824; d. 13 July, 1825.
+221. Mary Serena Eliza, b. 7 Dec, 1825.
+222. Jane Findlay, b. 29 Nov., 1827.
223. Elizabeth Croghan, b. 17 Feb., 1829; d. 18 June, 1830.
224. WiLiJAM Croghan, b. 27 June, 1833 ; admitted to West Point
Military Academy, cadet at large, 1850; d. 14 Nov., i860.
225. Charles Edward, b. 14 March, 1835 ^ admitted to West Point,
cadet at large, 1850; brevet 2d lieut. loth Infantry, i July,
1858; 2d lieutenant 6th Infantry, 31 May, 1859; resigned
20th Aug., i860; d. 22 April, 1861.
226. Julia Clark, b. 10 July, 1840, now (1885) residing in Wash-
ington city.
117. Samuel Blackleach Jesup (^James Edward,^^ Black-
leach,^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward,'^'), born in Kentucky, 12
Nov., 1792, married, 2 Sept., 1813, Katharine Sydner of Fayette
Co., Ky., and removed to what was then called Christian Co.
(now Todd Co.) in 1830. "There is a tract of land located in
this county containing twenty-six hundred acres, of the finest
quality, equal to any in the blue grass region. It was on this
land, once owned by Major Croghan, that Col. Samuel Black-
leach Jesup settled; and it is still owned and cultivated by his
lineal descendants. It is now (1882) divided into four farms,
° The materials for the above sketch ley's " Second War with England ; " Inger-
of General Jesup have been derived soil's " History of the War Department,"
from papers furnished by the family ; and numerous other sources.
from Lossing's " War of 18x2 ; " Head-
Edward of Green's Farms. 157
and is regarded as the garden spot of Southern Kentucky." " Col.
Jesup represented his county in the lower house of the State
Legislature from 1836 to 1840, and from 1840 to 1844 was a
member of the State Senate. In a letter written to his daughter
Mrs. Tandy, when in 185 1 he was once more a member of the
Legislature, he gives utterance to some opinions dictated by his
straightforward common-sense views of things, that might be
found applicable to other States than Kentucky. The letter is as
follows : —
Frankfort, Jan. 21, 1851.
My dear DAUGHi'ER, — I have received your letter, dated the 13th inst.,
informing me that you and the Dr. and family are all well, which I was
pleased to hear, and that Dick wished very much to see me. I can assure
you that it would give me great pleasure to see him, as well as all my family ;
but I am confined here and cannot say when it will be likely for me to get
home, for I will say that I never have been in the Legislature when there
has been such a mass of business before the House and so little done. We
have forty-one lawyers in the House and twenty in the Senate, and it does
seem that they are determined to have everything their own way or not at
all. I have always said that our State would become bankrupt if we con-
tinued them in the Legislature. But for them we might have been almost
ready at this time to have come home ; but as it is, no one can predict when
we will leave Frankfort, but I still hope for the better. Remember me,
my dear Margaret, to your mother and all the family, and believe me your
affectionate father,
Sam. B. Jesup.
*' He was a man of sound mind, well read, an eloquent speaker,
and a very popular man. He died 14 Aug., 1866, leaving a large
landed estate." He was a planter."
° " The Kentucky branch of the Jesup those who differ from them. Families
family are and always have been members with which they are closely allied belong
of the Democratic party, and during the to the opposite party, were Unionists, and
civil war were in sympathy with the South, lost equally with them as the result of the
but not bitter partisans, one only enlisting emancipation proclamation, losses which
in the Confederate army. They have the neither are now disposed to regret."
utmost respect for the political opinions of
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There were seven children : —
227. Eliza, b. 22 July, 1814; m., Nov., 1832, Preston Yancy, and
lived in Dycusburgh, Crittenden Co. They have had eight
children. She d. Jan., 1882.
228. Margarette, b. 5 Jan., 1819; m., 4 Nov., 1845, Dr. N. M.
Tandy, and settled near Fairvievv, Ky. They had two chil-
dren. She d. 24 Aug. 1877. He d. July, 1881.
+229. James Edward, b. 17 Dec, 1820.
230. George W., b. 10 Feb., 1823 ; m., 30 April, 1857, Susan Branse.
No children.
231. Caledonia, b. 3 Sept., 1825 ; m., 19 Dec, 1849, G. W. Cash,
and settled near Fairvievv. Two children.
232. Virginia, b. 13 March, 1828; m., 10 March, 1852, William
Crouch, and also settled near Fairview. Eight children
living.
233. WiNFiELD Thomas, b. 21 Sept., 1816 ; d. 15 Feb., 1835.
119. William "Wilson Jesup (^Ja7nes Edward,^^ Blackleack,^'^
Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^'), was born 4 March, 1794, and
died 10 July, 1844. He was a planter, and lived near Fair-
view, Ky. He married, ist, Elizabeth B. Friend of Alabama,
and 2d, Sarah Martin, who now (1880) lives with her son
Wm. H. Jesup near Fairview. Wm. Wilson Jesup had seven
children.
Children of first marriage, six : —
234. Judith C, b. 13 April, 1819; m. a Mr. Rhodes, and settled
near Blandville, Ballard Co., Ky.
+235. Ann O., b. 8 Jan., 1822.
+236. John Friend, b. 24 May, 1824.
+237. Virginia Elizabeth, b. 12 Oct., 1826.
+ 238. Sarah Frances, b. 10 Nov., 1830.
+ 239. Caledonl^ Osburn, b. in Barren Co., Ky., 8 Aug., 1832.
Child of the 2d marriage, one : —
+240. William Houston, b. 26 April, 1843.
Edward of Green s Farms. 159
120. Mary Jesup {Blackleach^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward? Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^~), born 13 April, 1790, in Wilton, Conn.; mar-
ried, 12 Sept., 1 8 10, Moses Raymond, of Ballston, N. Y., born
there, 19 July, 1784, and died 22 Sept., 1830, He was a
wagon-maker, and has always lived in Ballston. His wife died
29 May, 1868.
They had five children : —
241. Sally Maria Raymond, b. 22 July, 181 1; m. 23 Nov., 1830,
Elisha D. Miller, of Ballston. They live in Malta. Six chil-
dren: I. Moses R. Miller, b. 27 Sept., 1831 ; m., 13 Dec,
1854, Olivia Stillwell, of Malta; he d. 17 Feb., 1865. 2.
Elizabeth A. Miller, b. 25 Jan., 1835 ; m., 12 Dec, 1855,
S. Bradley Hager, of Michigan. 3. Elbin Miller, b. 1 7 Oct.,
1839. 4. Erances Miller, h. 1 Feb., 1844; ra., 11 Jan., 1865,
John Ferris, of Milton. 5. Eliza Jane Miller, b. 2 Feb.,
1847 ; m., 8 Feb., 1865, Theodore F. Van Hyning. 6. Dela-
zon E. Miller, b. 14 Jan., 1852, and d. 28 May, 1863.
242. Charlotte C. Raymond, b. 8 Sept., 1814; m., 8 Sept., 1834,
Jehiel J. Miller, of Ballston. Three children : r. Etnily
C. Miller, b. 8 July, 1835 ; m. Joseph L. Weed, of Balls-
ton. She d. 21 Nov., 1870. 2. ^ane Eliza Miller, b. 13
Oct., 1837, d. 25 Feb., 1857. 3. Zadoc Jesup Miller, b. 26
July, 1840; m., 23 Dec, 1875, Emogine Abbey, of North
Walton.
243. Abby Jane Raymond, b. 17 Aug., 1818; m., 13 Sept., 1843,
George W. Weeks, of Malta. One child : yanies M. Weeks,
b. 21 Aug., 1847; m., 30 March, 1874, Jenny Perry, of
Michigan.
244. Ann Eliza Raymond, b. 12 July, 1821 ; m., 8 Oct., 1846, Wm.
Anson, of Malta. One child : Willie Anson, b. 1 7 July, 1854 ;
d. 16 April, 1869.
245. Mary Jesxh* Raymond, b. 11 Dec, 1827; m. Jacob C. Swits,
27 April, 1854. Four children: i. Mary Orlinda Swits, b.
5 March, 1855. 2. Elizabeth yane Swits, b. 3 Jan., 1857.
3. Fannie B. Swits, b. 4 May, 1859. 4. Nettie Eliza Szvits,
b. 4 Oct., 1862. All but the third daughter are married.
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121. Lydia Jesup {Blackleach,^ Blackleach,^^ Edward,^ Ed-
wardy^ Edward'^), born in Wilton, Conn., ii Oct., 1791 ; married,
6 Sept., 1810, John Dunning (farmer) of the same place, who was
born 30 Oct., 1782, and died 16 March, 1872. She died 26 July,
1870, and is spoken of as " a very noble woman."
Three children, born in Wilton : —
246. Mary Ann Dunning, b. 7 Oct., 181 1 ; d. 23 Aug., 1877; m., 28
April, 1830, Russell (son of Nehemiah) Mead, of Ridgefield,
b. 2 Dec, 1805, and d. 3 Jan., 1877. Seven children: i.
George Comstock Mead, b. 14 Dec, 1830; d. 20 May, 1883,
in Bermuda, where he was proprietor of the Hamilton Hotel.
2. Mary Ann Mead, b. 22 March, 1833; d. 15 Aug'., 1873.
3. Sylvester Mead, b. 24 Feb., 1836 ; lives in Waterbury,
where he is Superintendent of the Water Company. He
served in the Civil War with the 5th N. Y. Cavalry Regiment ;
was in several engagements, and came near being taken
prisoner in a skirmish, receiving a dangerous sabre wound.
4. Franklin Mead, b. 26 Jan., 1838 ; is a confectioner in
Norwalk. 5. yohn Dimning Mead, b. 21 Feb., 1841 ; d.
7 Sept., 1876. He was a policeman in New York city for
nine years previous to his death. He served three years in the
Civil War, first enlisting for three months, and afterward in the
2d Conn. Battery. 6. Pauline A. Mead, b. 12 Oct., 1847
(Mrs. Edward M. Parker, of Bridgeport). 7. Frederick Mead,
b. 10 Dec, 1849 ; is also a confectioner in Norwalk, in busi-
ness with his brother Franklin.
247. Richard Dunning, b. 19 Oct., 1814; ra., 20 Dec, 1855, at
Ridgefield, Mary Henrietta Olrastead, b. in Wilton, 1 5 Oct.,
1834. He is a teacher of music. Four children : i. Kate
yessup Dunning, b. 9 Oct., 1856, m. Lewis D. Keeler.
They live on the homestead in North Wilton, and have two
children: Florence Dunning Keeler, b. 24 Aug., 1878, and
Maude Purdy Keeler, b. 5 Jan., 1884. 2. John Irving Dun-
ning, b. 21 April, 1859; m. Julia Griswold, and lives in
Wilton; have one child, Blanche B. Dunning, b. 22 Sept.,
1881. 3. Alary Estelle Dunning {X.mxi),h. 26 Feb., 1862;
Edward of Green s Farms. i6i
d. 7 Oct., 1865. 4. Richard Olmstead Dunning (twin), b.
26 Feb., 1862 ; d. 6 July, 1878.
248. William Dunning, b. 6 Feb., 1821 ; m. Pauline Benedict, of
New Canaan. He is a merchant in New York city, but
resides in Brooklyn. Five children: i. Lydia A. Dunning,
b. 22 Aug., 1839. 2. James Dunning, b. 26 Oct., 1842;
m., 14 Dec, 1867, Monira Duncan. 3. Mary E. Dunning,
b. 19 Sept., 1844; m., 5 Dec, 1866, John N. Sayre, Jr.
4. Charles Jessicp Dunning, b. 24 Feb., 1848 ; m., 7 Feb.,
1 8 7 1 , Carrie A. Elmendorf. He d. at Albany, N. Y., 2 8 June,
1877. 5. Wm. B. Dunning, b. 6 Feb., 1855.
122. William '^Q^yx^'' (Blackleach^ Black leach, ^'^ Edward,^
Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Wilton, Conn., 20 July, 1/93 ; mar-
ried, II March, 1816, Nancy Odell, daughter of Nathan and Mary
(Burritt) Odell, of Wilton. Soon after marriage he removed to
Otseo-o, N. Y., where he engaged in business as a manufacturing
hatter. Early in 1821, he returned to Wilton and established
himselt in the same business, continuing it with energy and suc-
cess, having from thirty to forty hands in his employ. He died
3 Aug., 1826, at the early age of thirty-three. The old home-
stead stood west of and not far from the present residence of his
grandson, William Jessup Gunning, and on the main road leading
from Norwalk to Wilton. The distribution of his estate is on
record at the Probate Office in Norwalk, dated 3 Oct., 1828, in
which are mentioned his
Five children : —
-f 249. Louisa, b., 11 Jan., 1819, in Otsego, N. Y.
-F250. Elizabeth Cornelia, b. 6 July, 1820, in Otsego.
-t-251. Charles Odell, b. 11 April, 1822, in Wilton, Conn.
252. Emily, b. 3 Sept., 1824, in Wilton. She is a graduate of Mt.
Holyoke Female Seminary, South Hadley, Mass., and for
some time was a teacher in that institution, but is now (1886)
« The family now spell the name " Jessup."
II
i62 yessup Genealogy.
connected with the Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio,
where she is very successful and highly esteemed.
+253. Mary Ann, b. i March, 1826, in Wilton.
Mrs. Jessup married, 2d, George Mead, of Wilton, and died in
that town, 22 Dec, 1833.
123. Aurilla Jessup (Blackleach,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward, q
Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Wilton, i Jan., 1795, died 9 Jan.,
1863. She married Hiram De Forest, born in Fairfield County,
Conn., 12 Jan., 1793, and died 12 Oct., 1855. He was a brother
of Charles and David De Forest of New Canaan, was a farmer
and an early settler in the town of Franklin, Delaware County,
N. Y. where he resided.
Six children : —
254. Julia A. De Forest, b. 19 Feb., 1820; d. 22 March, 1883.
255. Zadoc E. De Forest, b. 22 Nov., 1822; d. 15 March, 1851.
256. Sally Maria De Forest, b. 23 March, 1824; d. May, 1828.
257. Louisa De Forest, b. 29 Jan., 1828 ; m. Oscar F. Wheat, and
lives at Sidney Centre, Delaware County. No children.
258. William Jessup De Forest, b. 26 March, 1831 ; m. 7 April,
1864, Susan A. Maxwell, and lives at North Walton. One
child : Mabel Aurilla De Forest, b. 14 Aug., 1886.
259. Mary Emily De Forest, b. 22 May, 1834; m., 30 Sept., 1852,
Samuel E. Benedict, and lives at North Walton. Four chil-
dren : I. Wm. Homer Benedict, b. 16 Oct., 1854, is a farmer,
living at North Walton. 2. Marcia Elizabeth Benedict, b. 12
Dec, 1859, resides in North Walton. 3. Aurilla Jessup
Be?iedict, b. i Nov., 1862; d. 4 March, 1864. 4. Annie
Seymour Benedict, h. 11 Nov., 1866; d. 12 Sept., 1872.
150. John Edward Jessup (^Henry,^^ Blackleach,'^'^ Edward,^
Edivard,^ Edward'^'), born in Schodack, N. Y., 7 May, 1808, was
married in Carmel, Eaton County, Mich., by Erastus Whitcomb,
Esq., to Lucina Cooper, 28 June, 1845. About the year 1828 he
enlisted for five years in the United States army, and was sta-
tioned in Louisiana. On his return home he enlisted again, and
Edward of Green's Farms. 163
for three years, on board the ship " Columbia," which with the
" John Adams " made a voyage around the world. After this he
was shipwrecked on the coast of South America, near Valpa-
raiso; returned in 1850 and went overland to California to try
his fortune in the gold mines, came home for a year, but went
again to the mines. At the outbreak of the Civil War he once
more enlisted in the army, and died of disease contracted in the
service of his country, 25 April, 1863, thus closing a varied and
eventful career. His family live in Charlotte, Mich., and receive
a pension from the government.
Two children : —
260. Marietta, b. 21 Jan., 1846 ; unmarried.
261. Cassius M. Clay, b. 18 Aug., 1847; unmarried.
151. Isaac Mull Jessup {Flenry,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^
Edward,^ Edward^^, born 5 April, 18 10, in Hector, Tompkins
County, N. Y., was married by the Rev. John A. Liddle, 22 May,
1832, to Eleanor Schermerhorn, only daughter of Jacob Scher-
merhorn of Schodack, N. Y., whose descendants still reside there
(1881). In May, 1839, he removed from Schodack to Plymouth,
Mich., and subsequently to Matherton, in Ionia County, where he
now (1882) resides. He owns a farm one mile from Matherton
on the banks of the Maple River, containing 302 acres which his
two eldest sons now cultivate for him. The farm contains a
valuable bed of limestone, from which $8,000 worth of lime has
already been sold. The two unmarried daughters are living at
home. The golden wedding of this venerable pair was cele-
brated at Matherton, the 22 May, 1882, the children, grand-
children, and a large company of friends and neighbors being
present.
Nine children : —
+262. Jane Mull, b. 10 Jan., 1834, in Schodack, N. Y.
+263. Abraham Mull, b. 8 Feb., 1836, in Greenbush, N. Y.
+264. John Henry, b. 24 Dec, 1837, in Schodack.
164 yessup Genealogy.
265. Alida Ann, b. 12 Aug., 1839, in Plymouth, Mich.
+ 266. Jacob Schermerhorn, b. 16 July, 1842, in Plymouth, Mich.
+ 267. Andrew Schermerhorn, b. 26 Nov., 1844, in Plymouth, Mich.
268. Marietta, b. 24 Oct., 1846, in Plymouth, Mich.
269. Edward Thomas, b. ii Jan., 1849; m., 10 Nov., 1880, Clara
Richardson. They live in Matherton.
270. Eleanor Elizabeth, b. 15 Feb., 1853; d. in Matherton, 26
Dec, 1855.
155. Klizabeth Jessup (^Tsaac,^^ BhcMmc/i, 4:1 Edward,^ Ed-
ward, ^ Edzvard^}, was born in Schodack, N. Y., 26 June, 1813. In
1834 she removed with her parents to Channahon, Will County, 111.
where, in Feb., 1837, she was married to Walter S. Eames, born
in 1805 in New Hartford, Oneida County, N. Y., and at the time
of the marriage a farmer in Illinois. He was later engaged
in mercantile business near Utica, N. Y., and died Sept., 185 1, —
drowned in the Hudson River. Mrs. Eames was a person of
marked literary tastes and accomplishments, and she possessed
more than usual intellectual endowments. She was a very
pleasing prose writer, but her poems show still more decided
ability. She was an earnest lover of nature, and it was the inspi-
ration derived from the surroundings of her early home on the
banks of the Hudson that first awoke the poetic impulse within
her, and compelled her to give expression to her feelings in song.
She wrote because she could not do otherwise. Her children
testify to her enthusiastic devotion to literary pursuits, beginning
with their earliest recollections, and extending to the very time of
her death. She was the friend and contemporary of Margaret
Fuller at the time she had charge of the literary department of
the "New York Tribune," and whose sad fate as Marchioness
Ossoli is well remembered. She was for several years a con-
tributor to Mr. Greeley's " New Yorker," and she wrote frequently
for the " Tribune ; " but many of her more carefully finished
poems have appeared in " Graham's Magazine " and the " South-
ern Literary Messenger." Rufus W. Griswold, some years be-
fore her death, in his " Female Poets of America," says of Mrs.
Edward of Green's Farms. 165
Eames : " She writes with feeling, but she regards poetry as an
art, and to the cultivation of it she brings her best powers.
While thoughtful and earnest, therefore, her pieces are for the
most part distinguished for a tasteful elegance." He selects for
publication " The Crowning of Petrarch," " The Death of Pan,"
" Cleopatra," the " Sonnets " to Milton, Dryden, Addison, and
Tasso, and a number more of her productions. As to those re-
ferred to above, the editor of " Allibone's Dictionary of Authors "
says they " are deserving of warm commendation."
Mrs. Eames began to pubHsh in 1831, over the signature of
" Stella," and after her marriage, as Mrs. E. J. Eames. Her
poems were never collected and published together. Mr. Gree-
ley once made her an offer for the manuscript volume, which was
declined, and her papers are now in the possession of her children.
Mrs. Eames died in 1856 at Channahon, 111.
Four children : —
271. William S. Eames, now dead.
272. Albertine Eames, the first wife of W. R. Fox, M.D., of Colton,
Cal. They had four children : i. Catharine Elizabeth Fox, b.
in Peoria, 111., and d. in infancy. 2. Fannie Fox, b. in Wil-
mington, 111., died also in infancy. 3. Orlena Fox. b. in San
Leandro, Cal, Sept., 1869, ^^^ ^- J^^-» 1871- 4- Wm. Jessiip
Fox, b. 5 March, 1872, and d. near Colton, 8 March, 1877.
273. Fannie S. Eames (Mrs. Hall), of Harrisonville, Cass Co., Mo.
She has a family, but her husband is not living.
274. Charles Eames, living (1882) in New Orleans.
156. Mary Jessup (Isaac,^^ Blackleach,'^'^ Edward, ^ Edward, ^
Edward'^'), born in Schodack, N. Y., 18 July, 18 15, was married
from her father's house in Channahon, 111., I Jan., 1835, to William
Jacob Lewis, born 2 March, 1800, at Tunbridge Wells, England.
He entered the British service at the age of thirteen; sailed on
board the "Royal George," 11 Nov., 18 13, for Jamaica, W. I., John
Bayly, commander. The particulars of his subsequent military
career are not definitely known, except that in 1829 he held a
1 66 yessup Genealogy.
commission as ensign and aftei-wards as major. He is most dis-
tinctly remembered as a surgeon in the army with the rank of
major, the position he held at the date of his retirement from ser-
vice in the autumn of 1835. I'^ June or July, 1833, he left Jamaica,
and went to New York city, from thence to Halifax, N. S., and
finally settled permanently in lUinois, three or four miles from
Channahon, Will Co., where he was a farmer and practising phy-
sician. He purchased land in both Grundy and Will counties, as
also in Kankakee Co., and in what is now the city of Chicago,
which then existed little more than in name.
The family were communicants in the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and Bishop Chase always made his home with them
during his sojourn in that part of the State, and all of the children
were baptized by him. Dr. Lewis died 10 Nov., 1841.
Four children by this marriage : —
275. Albertine Lewis, b. i Sept., and d. 3 Sept., 1835.
276. Catalina Lewis, b. i Dec, 1836; m., ist, in Bloomington, 111.,
9 Dec, 1858, Joseph Ludington of Ludingtonville, Westches-
ter Co., N. Y., merchant (b. 4 Feb., 1829 ; d. 25 Sept., 1864).
Two children : Mary Albertme Ludington, b. 20 Feb., i860,
and Susan Ellen Ludington, b. 7 June, 1863 ; d. 2 Oct., 1864.
Mrs. Ludington m., 2d, 17 April, 1875, Edgar Judge, of Bed-
ford, England, merchant (b. 20 July, 1832), and now residing
in Montreal, Canada. (Mr. Judge had two children (sons)
by a previous marriage.)
277. Ellen Elizabeth Lewis, b. 17 Oct., 1838; m., 14 Feb., 1867,
James Gilmour Day, of Montreal, advocate. Three chil-
dren; X.John Lewis Day, b. 14 Dec, 1867. 2. Albert
Jessup Day, b. 24 June, 1869. 3. Maurice Baldwi?i Day,
b. 10 Oct., 1871.
278. Albertine Marl\. Lewis, b. 27 Jan., 1841 ; m. i June, 1870,
Chas. N. Lockvvood of Troy, N. Y., banker, b. 8 April, 1826.
Three children : i., Albert Lewis Lockwood, b. 3 April, 18 71.
2. George £e?iedict Lockztiood,h. 26 ]vin.e, idt'jT,. 3. Samuel
Fierson Lockwood, b. 13 May, 1879. (Mr. Lockwood by a
previous marriage had two sons and one daughter.)
Edward of Green's Farms, 167
Mrs. Mary (Jessup) Lewis married, 2d, George Bradner, of
Joliet, Will Co., 111., merchant, and had five children, three sons
and two daughters, of whom four died in infancy, the only survivor
being —
279. George Bradner, Jr., b, 14 Sept., 1852, now (1884) residing
in Kansas city, Missouri.
157. John Schermerhorn Jessup (J s aac, ^^ Blackleach,^'^ Ed-
ward,^ Edivard,^ Edward'^) was born in Schodack, N. Y., 24
Feb., 18 1 7. In 1834 he went to Illinois and settled on a farm
near Chicago, remaining there until 1861. Since that time he
has been engaged in merchandising; has filled various public
offices in Will County ; was a member of the twenty-eighth Leg-
islature of the State (1873-74) ; and still earlier (in 1849) was
enrolling and engrossing clerk of the House of Representatives.
He married, 24 Sept., 1855, Olivia J. Jerome, daughter of Rev.
William Jerome of Syracuse, N. Y. She is the sister of Prof.
Chas. W. Jerome, of the 111. State Normal University.
The family reside at Wilmington, 111.
Two children : —
279*. A son who d. May, 1866, aged 10 years.
280. Orlena J., born 19 Sept., 1861 ; m. Emerson M. Keeney of
Rochester, III.
158, Catalina Jessup {Isaac, ^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward,'^ Edward'^^, born in Schodack, N. Y., 25 July, 1818,
married, 29 Aug., 1838, Harvey Warren, merchant, of Roch-
ester, N. Y. A few years after, the family removed to New
York city, where they have lived ever since. Mrs. Warren, like
her sister Mrs. Eames, has a taste for literature and is a most
interesting writer, but has never published. Mr. Warren died
4 Dec, 1883, soon after his return from a second European
tour, which had been undertaken for the benefit of his failing
health.
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Two children : — •
281. Charles Jessup Warren.
282. Frederick Warren, who died in 1870.
159. Edward Henry Jessup (Jsaac^^ Blackleach,^^ Edward,^
Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Schodack, N. Y., 29 Oct, 1819,
married in Mishawaka, Ind., 11 Feb., 1854, Hannah M. Delamater,
of New York city, born 7 Aug., 1828 ; a cousin of the late Vice-
President Schuyler Colfax. He was a hardware-merchant, and
had lived in Wilmington, 111., for the twenty years preceding 1874,
when he sold out and returned to spend the last summer of his
life on his farm in Channahon, where he had lived when first mar-
ried. He died 11 Oct., 1875. He was for many years a ruling
elder in the Presbyterian church in Wilmington, and always in his
place at church unless detained by sickness. The second Sabbath
before his death, although suffering acutely, he was present at the
communion service, and when his last hours came, all was peace.
His widow now (1884) lives in Chicago.
Two children, both born at Channahon : —
283. BoGART Lewis, b. ii July, 1859, lives on a farm near Logans-
port, Ind., with his uncle.
284. John Delamater, b. 5 March, 1862, is in San Francisco, Cal.,
clerk in the office of a street-railway company.
160. Margaret Ann Jessup {/saac,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward,
Edward,^ Edward?-^, born in Schodack, N. Y., 7 Nov., 1824,
married at Rochester, 9 Nov., 1848, Henry Alexander Marvin
Benedict, born 7 March, 18 10, in Milton, the son of Uriah
Benedict, and brother of Brig.-Gen. Lewis iBenedict, promi-
nent in State politics for many years, who fell at the head of
his brigade, in 1864, at the battle of Pleasant Hill, La. Both
were of the seventh generation from Thomas Benedict of South-
hold, born in England in 161 7. Mr. Benedict died in Utica,
20 Nov., 185 1 ; and Mrs. Benedict in Channahon, 111., 23 Feb.,
1854.
Edward of Green's Farms. 169
Two children: —
285. Mary Albertine Benedict, b. 7 Nov., 1849; m., 25 Dec,
1873, at San Leandro, Cal, W. R. Fox, M. D.," an eminent
physician. They now reside at Colton, San Bernardino Co.
Three children : i. Lewis White Fox, b. near Colton, 31 Aug.,
1875. 2. Henry Benedict Fox, b. 22 and d. 24 July, 1879.
3. Anna Fox, b. 21 Sept., 1884.
286. Anna Maria Benedict, b. in Utica, N. Y., 9 Sept., 1851 j d. in
Mishawaka, Ind., 12 Sept., 1857.
162. Maria Jessup {Tsaac,^^ Blackleach,^^ Edward, ^ Edward,^
Edzvard^), horn in Schodack, N. Y., 29 March, 1827, married,
16 March, 1852, John James Beardsley, a native of Kent, Litch-
field County, Conn., where he was born, 12 Dec, 1824. He is a
farmer, residing in Lemont, Cook County, 111.
Five children : —
287. Margaret Jessup Beardsley, b. at Channahon, III., 6 July,
1854; d. 18 April, i860.
288. Lyman Berry Beardsley, b. at Channahon, 26 Jan., 1859.
289. Mark Jessup Beardsley, b. at Channahon, 30 Sept., i860.
290. Esther Irene Beardsley, b. 24 Jan., 1863 ; d. 8 April, 1872.
291. Chauncey Lemont Beardsley, b. in Du Page Co., 3 Nov. 1865.
166. William Henry Jesup {Ebenezer,'^^^ Ebenezer,^"^ Ed-
ivard,^ Edward,'^ Edivard ) was born in Saugatuck (now West-
port) Conn., 5 Aug., 1791. When but thirteen years of age he
was already away from home, at school at Lebanon (Goshen), in
New London County. His instructor was the Rev. Wm. B.
Ripley (Yale, 1786), a son of the pastor of his father's church in
Green's Farms, the Rev. Hezekiah Ripley, D. D. (Yale, 1764),
both of whom were in turn members of the Corporation of Yale
College, and notable men in their day.* This journey to Leba-
non of seventy-five or eighty miles he took for the first time in
" The first wife of Dr. Fox was Albertine Eames, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
(Jessup) Eames and cousin of his present wife.
* Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit, i. 647-650.
lyo Jessup Genealogy.
company with Dr. Ripley, who was on a visit to his son. As he
himself tells the story, they started in the Doctor's two-wheeled
chaise, and he found his venerable friend a more genial com-
panion than he once thought possible, when as a still smaller boy
he was wont to hide behind the fence when he espied the dignified
form of the clergyman approaching. It was made his business,
if he could do it, to be the first to see the spires of the next town,
and to call attention to anything of interest by the way, and thus
he was kept always busy and alert. When noon came, the Doc-
tor, selecting the best-looking farm-house on the road (for he was
partial to good fare), reined up before the door and prepared to
stop for dinner. The boy was too much abashed thus to enter a
strange house and make free with its hospitalities, and still sat in
the chaise. Dr. Ripley, however, knew that every house was
open to the clergyman, and a few minutes only elapsed before
the shutters of the best room were thrown open, an event that
seldom happened except at weddings and funerals, and there ap-
peared, sitting at the open window, his fellow-traveller, pipe in
hand, with his smiling face the very picture of content and com-
fort. A letter addressed to him at this time, while in Lebanon, by
his grandfather. Dr. Jesup, — perhaps the only letter written by
him now extant, — is worthy of preservation and is as follows : —
Greensfarms, Feby. 14th, 1805.
My dear grandson, — Your letter of the 5th Jan., 1805, 1 have received,
and as you expected, it was very pleasing, both as to the matter and man-
ner of it, especially that part which informs me of your progress in learning.
-Letter- writing, especially in youth, is very commendable, if dictated by
principles of virtue and well conducted, as it tends to instruct the mind and
mend the heart, whether we write to our superiors, inferiors, or equals, as
we are then upon our guard how we address the one or the other in point
of decency and decorum, and thereby habituate ourselves to an easy and
agreeable diction, as well as sentiments of virtue and friendship, and ought
therefore to be encouraged. You seem to feel yourself under some obliga-
tion to give an account of your studies, and may I not in return give you
some advice ? Although your Rev- instructor may not be deficient on his
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 7 1
part (of which I have no doubt), we ali, and especially youth, while train-
ing up for eminent service or laying a foundation for future happiness, and
while so many ensnaring temptations lie in ambush to decoy them from
the paths of rectitude, need line upon line, precept upon precept, to direct
their course. In the first place, then, be stimulated to virtuous emulation,
and you may succeed therein ; be diligent and attentive to your studies.
For this purpose, rise early, and let your time be duly divided between
duty and diversion (for some diversion is necessary) ; but let your diversion
be subservient to your progress in knowledge, and not break in upon rule
and order ; let everything be done in its proper time and place. To put
nothing off till to-morrow that may and ought to be done to-day is the
first ingredient in the Philosopher's-stone. Attend to every duty and task
assigned you with cheerfulness. If the axe be dull, put to it the more
strength, saith Solomon ; so if some tasks are harder than others, be the
more assiduous ; by industry and resolution, rise superior to every diffi-
culty, for by so doing even difficulties will become a pleasure. Labor im-
prohcs omnia vinciL You say you begin to have some knowledge of the
genius of the Latin language, and the more acquaintance you get with it,
the better you like it. You may be assured that this will always be the
case while you are progressing on this side of perfection, as well in other
pursuits as that of language. Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness,
whether literary, physical, or moral : good habits now while you are young,
in an ordinary way will secure your happiness through life, and make old
age, if you ever arrive to it, easy and pleasant. Temptation's devices are
infinite, as numerous as the pores of our bodies, therefore have no eyes to
see them, no ears to hear them, and no time to attend to them or their
abettors, but guard every avenue of sensation against their admittance.
By so doing you will become great, —
"Not like Cassar stained with blood,
But surely great as you are good."
My respects to Mr. and Madam Ripley.
From your affectionate grandfather,
172 yessup Genealogy,
At an early age he was associated with his father in business,
and often entrusted with the management of his extensive affairs.
In connection with his father's shipping interests he was much
in New York city, and for a few years previous to 1838 he was
for a portion of each year permanently there, engaged in business
on his own account in Wall Street. The health of his family,
however, would not admit of their removal to the city. Indeed,
for the last twenty years of his life, aside from some manufactur-
ing interests and other business near home, he devoted himself
with patient and affectionate fidelity to the care of this invalid
household. In a period of less than eighteen months, the three
who constituted this household, and the objects of his unwearied
devotion, were removed by death, and in 1857 he found himself
alone. His own health then rapidly gave way, and he died
29 Aug., i860.
He was a man of very refined tastes, as evidenced by his home
and its surroundings, and his judgment in matters of taste was
often sought by others. He was fond of society, a genial host, a
supporter of everything good in both Church and State. Like
other young men around him, he was interested in early life in
military matters, and held various commissions in the militia of
the State. In his mature years he was grave and dignified in
manner, and this was enhanced somewhat by a natural diffidence
and reserve. A nephew " thus refers to one of his characteristics,
in a letter to one of his children : " Your father was a ' born ' gen-
tleman. In all my intercourse with society, I have rarely, if ever,
met one more graceful or more courteous in manner. This was
beautifully apparent in his tenderness of attention to your gentle,
sweet mother," It was this element of his character especially
that in his younger days made him so universally a favorite in
the society in which he moved.
He was t\vice married and had four children. He married, ist,
Charity Burr Sherwood, daughter of Hon. Samuel B. Sherwood,
« Rev. S. B. S. Bissell, of Norwalk, Conn.
Edward of Gree^t 's Farms.
173
of Saugatuck, born in 1794, and died of consumption, 30 May,
1 816, at the age of twenty-two.
One child only: —
+ 292. William Burr, b. 10 Sept., 1815.
William Henry married, 2d, in 1818, Mary Hannah Riley, only
child of Appleton and Mary (Griswold) Riley," of Goshen, Conn.,
° Appleton Riley was a wealthy
farmer of Goshen, Conn,, the son of
John and Lucy (Case) Riley, and born
there 24 Aug., 1763. The wife of Hon.
Horatio Seymour, U. S. Senator from Vt.
(1821-33), was his cousin. Edward Nor-
ton, Esq., of Goshen, informs the writer
that his father's manuscript record of the
early inhabitants of the town says : " John
Riley was from Egg Harbor, N. J., a man
of energy and an extensive landholder."
The Records of the Adjutant-General's
Office of New Jersey mention a Capt.
John Riley who commanded a company
in Col. Peter Schuyler's regiment in the
French war and the expedition to Cana-
da, 1759-60, and was present at the sur-
render of Montreal in 1760. His com-
mission was issued by the Hon. John
Reading, President of the Council in
April, 1758, but the rolls do not show his
place of residence. The dates do not for-
bid the conjecture that he was the same
John Riley who in 1762 appears upon the
records of Goshen. The Riley family
papers, when compared with the records
of the town of Wethersfield, Conn., where
the name was common, leave little doubt
but that the father of Appleton Riley was
born in that town. Many emigrated to
New Jersey from that section of the State,
just before the Revolution. His stay
there must have been short, as he was
already in Goshen when a young man,
and married there 20 March, 1762.
Trumbull's " History of Hartford County
mentions a John Riley who came to
Wethersfield in 1645-60, and adds that
the settlers were of the Puritan stock.
This John Riley was very likely the an-
cestor of his namesake of Goshen, who
was, as shown by his papers, in some way
affiliated with the Francis and Chester
families of Wethersfield, both of which
were also early settlers. "Justus Riley
from 1800-1825 was by far the richest
man in the town, — a West India trader,"
as were many of the name before him.
During the Revolutionary war no less
than three privateers which sailed from
the Connecticut river were commanded by
men of this name. There is in many of our
libraries a curious book to which a pass-
ing reference may here be made, entitled :
" Loss of the American Brig ' Commerce,'
wrecked on the west coast of Africa in the
month of August, 18 15, with an account of
Timbuctoo and the hitherto undiscovered
great city of Wassanah, by James Riley,
late Master and Supercargo." Printed
in London in 1817. This Captain Riley
was born in Middletown, Conn., in 1777,
and son of Ashur Riley.
Appleton Riley died of fever, 10 Nov.,
1812, at the age of 49. His last words of
comfort to his afflicted household were :
"Remember you will still have the same
Provider you have always had."
Mary (Griswold) Riley came of a
family which has furnished some notable
names in Connecticut history. Her emi-
grant ancestor was Edward Griswold (b.
1607 ; d. 1 691) who with his brother Mat-
thew came from Kenil worth, Warwick Co.,
England, in 1639, and settled in Windsor,
Conn. George, his second son, b. in Eng-
174 yessup Genealogy.
born 9 June, 1795, and died 4 Feb., 1857. Litchfield, within six
miles of her home, was at the beginning of the present century a
brilliant intellectual centre, the seat not only of the most cele-
brated Law School in America, founded by Judge Tappan Reeve
in 1794, but also the seat of an equally celebrated Young Ladies'
Seminary, the school of Miss Sarah Pierce, established in 1792,
where during a period of forty years were brought together a
large number of the most gifted and beautiful women of the con-
tinent,"— and here she received her education.
An invalid for the greater part of her married life, she was
largely excluded from the society she was so well fitted to adorn,
as well as from the employments and accomplishments in which
she delighted ; but her strong mind and resolute will and rare
good sense, joined with a singularly gentle disposition, enabled
her still to be a blessing to all those who had access to her. She
loved books, — the best of books. She read much, and thought
more. What she could not do herself, she did through the hands
of others ; and many an act of beneficence was thus consummated
and many a kindly letter sent, conveying words of affection and
encouragement to those she could not see. Naturally of a bright
and joyous temperament, which even physical suffering could
land, lived in Windsor, as also did the to her grandchildren. Her daughter's
grandson George (b. i6 April, 1671), and family was her own, and their interests
the great-grandson Zaccheus (b. 10 Dec, were hers from the first to the last. Left
1705) who m. his second-cousin Mary, a widow while still young, with the man-
daughter of Francis Griswold (15 Nov., agement of a considerable estate, there
1728), and before 1747 had removed to were few emergencies to which her energy
Goshen. Theirsecondson, Giles, m. Mary and good judgment were not equal. She
Stanley (28 Oct., 1762) and was the father believed strongly in education, and cor-
of Mrs. Riley. Her grandfather, Zaccheus dially seconded the father's plans for the
Griswold, lived to be more than one hun- best education of her grandchildren. She
dred years old, and her grandmother at- was a deeply religious woman, wise in her
tained to just that age. Her mother died understanding of the Scriptures and the
in Jan., 1840, wanting but a few months of religious experiences of mankind, and
the same great age. She was b. 7 July, many were wont to come to her for advice
1765, and d. 9 Feb., 1857, in her 92d year, on religious subjects; and she died not
On the marriage of her daughter, in 1818, only full of years, but full of faith,
she went with her to Saugatuck(Westport), « Hollister's History of Connecticut,
and throughout their lives the two were p. 633.
inseparable. She was a second mother
Edward of Green 5 Farms, 1 75
not destroy, she imparted something of this same joyousness to
all around her. Although needing herself the constant aid and
sympathy of others, none were more self-denying or planned
more carefully for what she felt to be the interests of her house-
hold, and especially the very highest interests of her children,
to whom her memory is an ever present benediction. She died
as she had lived, — a Christian woman ; and the very watchers
at her bedside knew not the moment of her peaceful departure.
Three children : —
-f-293. James Riley, b. i8 Sept., 1819.
294. Henry Griswolu, b. 23 Jan., 1826. At the age of t\velve he was
sent to the family boarding-school of the Rev. Dr. Timothy
M. Cooley in East Granville, Mass., remaining there from
1838 to 1 84 1 ; 1841-43 attended Hopkins' Grammar School,
New Haven, Conn., Hawley Olmstead, Principal, entering
Yale College in 1843, and graduating A. B. in 1847 ; 1848-50
taught and travelled in Georgia; 1850-53 studied theology in
Union Theological Seminary, New York city ; began preaching
in August of the latter year at Stanwich, Conn., where he was
ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational Church,
26 April, 1854. He resigned from ill health in 1862, and after
a year's residence in Minnesota, located in Amherst, Mass.,
and devoted himself to the study of Natural Science until
1876, when he was appointed Professor of Natural History in
the Chandler Scientific Department of Dartmouth College,
and also in the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts, and removed to Hanover, N. H., where he
now (1886) resides. In 1882 he published "A Catalogue of
the Flora and Fauna within thirty miles of Hanover ; " has
aided in many similar publications, and is now also interested
in Genealogy and historical research.
295. Mary Sarah, b. 22 March, 1831 ; d. 30 Aug., 1855.
167 . Edwin Jesup {Ebenezer}-^^ Ebenezer,^^ Edward^ Edward^
Edward'^), horn in Saugatuck, Conn, (now Westport), 15 Jan.,
1794, was married in New York city, 15 Jan., 1822, by the Rev.
176 Jesstip Genealogy.
Bishop Hobart, of N. Y., to Mary Ann Briden, born 18 Feb., 1799,
and daughter of James B. and Mary Briden, of Baltimore, Md.
He began Hfe as a clerk in New York ; was afterward in business
for himself in Charleston, S. C, but upon his marriage went to
Albany, N. Y., and engaged in a wholesale grocery and flour
business, having in addition a large lumber-yard. His name
appears in the list of those who subscribed, in 1825, to pay the
expenses of a public celebration at the opening of the Erie Canal.
He was an earnestly religious man, and both he and his family
became members of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, during the
pastorate of the Rev. Edward N. Kirk, afterward a distinguished
preacher and evangelist. In 1835 ^^ removed to New York city,
four years after returning to Albany, In 1845, much broken in
health, he went to Summit, Wisconsin (in company with a num-
ber of Albany families), and located on a farm, where he died,
4 August, 1853. He was then an elder in the First Presbyterian
Church, of Summit, and one of its most useful members. His
wife lived there until her death, 5 May, 1864. She is spoken
of as a person of " ardent piety, who had won the affection of
many friends."
Their children were six : —
296. John Herman Behn, b. 9 Oct., 1825, in Saugatuck, Conn. ;
d. 20 April, 1830, in Albany, N. Y.
+297. Edwin, b. i March, 1827, in Albany, as were those fol-
lowing.
298. Sarah Wright, b. 25 Sept., 1830 ; m. John Henry Myrick, of
St. Paul, Minn., 19 March, 187 1. Their only child was John
Henry Myrick, Jun., b. in St. Paul, i April, and d. 19 Aug.,
1872. They afterward lived in Benson, where he was a hard-
ware merchant, and d., 12 July, 1881, in the 44th year of his
age. He was " highly respected."
299. Catharine Behn, b. 22 Sept., 1833.
4-300. James Behn, b. 22 Sept., 1836.
301. Elizabeth Corning, b. 8 March, 1838; d. in Summit, Wis., 14
June, 1856.
Edward of Green 's Farms.
177
168. Charles Jesup (Ebenezeri^^^ Ebenezer,^^ Edward^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^'), born in Saugatuck (Westport), Conn., 10
March, 1796; married, 9 Sept., 1821, Abigail Sherwood, daugh-
ter of Hon. Samuel Burr Sherwood,** of Saugatuck. He received
a liberal education and graduated at Yale College in September,
1 8 14, when but eighteen years of age. He then commenced the
study of law, but was obliged to relinquish it on account of his
health, for the benefit of which he went first to Charleston, S. C,
and afterward to Europe, visiting some of the principal cities, and
returning greatly benefited by the voyage. Under the advice of
friends, he gave up his professional studies altogether, and devoted
himself to mercantile pursuits, both in New York city and in his
native place, residing in the latter until his sudden death from
apoplexy, 5 July, 1837. Probably his most marked characteristics
« Samuel Burr Sherwood was born
in Northfield (now Weston), Conn., 26
Nov., 1767, graduated at Yale College in
1786, and died in Saugatuck (now West-
port), 27 April, 1833. His father was the
Rev. Samuel Sherwood, born 10 Feb., 1730,
graduated at Yale College, 1749, tutor in
the College of New Jersey, which gave
him A. M. in 1755, and pastor in Weston
for twenty-five years. His grandfather
was Dea. Samuel Sherwood, of Green's
Farms (then in Fairfield), who married
Jane Burr, daughter of Daniel Burr, of Fair-
field, and sister of the Rev. Dr. Aaron Burr,
President of the College of New Jersey.
Mr. Sherwood was a lawyer, and " one of
the leading members of the Fairfield Coun-
ty Bar, and had a large practice. He
frequently represented the town (Fair-
field) in the Legislature, and for several
years was one of the twelve Councillors
[or Assistants] of the Upper House of the
Assembly, corresponding to the present
Senate [and which in early times was the
Supreme Court of the State] . He was also
a member of the Fifteenth Congress of the
United States. Probably no man in Con-
necticut had, from 1810 to 181 5, greater
political influence than he." (Kurd's
" History of Fairfield County.") His son-
in-law, Hon. Clark Bissell, Governor of
the State (1847-49), has been heard to say
that Mr. Sherwood's " knowledge of men
and of human nature gave him superiority
as a jury lawyer." In all matters of pub-
lic concern he was interested and active,
whether connected with the town, the
county, or the State, with education or the
support of the institutions of religion.
He is remembered as a man of " remark-
able activity, always cheerful and full of
good-humor," with a hearty greeting for
all his friends. And this he continued to
be up to the time of his last short and se-
vere illness. The writer can just recall the
dignified form of Mr. Sherwood dressed
in small clothes, — a fashion then nearly
obsolete, — as he sat in his pew in the new
Saugatuck Congregational Church not
long before his death. He married, ist,
Charity Hull, daughter of Dr. Eliphalet
Hull, of Fairfield, by whom he had three
children: Charity Burr (Mrs. Wm. H.
Jesup), Sally (Mrs. Gov. Clark Bissell),
and Abby (Mrs. Charles Jesup). His 2d
wife was Mrs. Deborah (Hull) Brush, the
sister of his first wife, who survived him a
number of years.
12
178 Jessup Genealogy.
were those connected with his religious life. In 183 1 he became
a member of the Congregational Church in Green's Farms (the
old family church), and actively engaged in Christian work. He
was especially interested in the Sabbath-school, often devoting
his leisure during the week in procuring scholars, and early on
Sabbath morning, undeterred by the coldest weather, walking
a distance of two miles, building a fire, and preparing for the
instruction of the various classes.
When, in 1832, a separate church was organized in Saugatuck,
he identified himself with all its interests, and in connection with
his father and brothers did much to secure for it a house of
worship. He aided in establishing a Sabbath-school; and as
his business often called him to New York, he was continually
bringing home something with him for the benefit of the school.
Many of his pupils in after years have referred to the faithful-
ness of his rehgious instructions. He always gave liberally to
the benevolent institutions of the day, and his private charities
were abundant.
Perhaps there is no more fitting point in this history than
the present for reference to a letter addressed by him in 1835
to his nephew, the Rev. Samuel B. S. Bissell, who was then
in the employ of the American Tract Society in Virginia. He
writes : —
" During the past year or two the Lord has dealt bountifully with us
as a family, and it has been a matter of solicitude wherewith we should
render to him for aU his goodness ; and the idea has suggested itself that
perhaps we could not do better than to send forth a herald to proclaim
his great goodness, and to assist in building up his kingdom. Having
come to this determination, and hearing that you were disengaged (and
perhaps for this very purpose), it is proposed that I should write you, in
the first place, to know if it would be agreeable to you ; and if so, to what
part of the country you would like to go, and under whose direction,
and also how much compensation you would require. As far as we
can judge, Indiana appears to be as destitute as any portion of the
western valley."
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 79
This project was not literally carried out, except that during
the year 1836, he and his father's family contributed $1000
toward the furtherance of the work of the American Tract
Society, in which Mr. Bissell was at the time engaged : and the
original plan was interrupted by the financial crisis of 1837.'* The
above incident is of interest as showing the strong hold which all
matters of Christian benevolence had upon his sympathies and his
mature judgment at a time when our great charities were yet in
their infancy. His children have naturally and worthily followed
in the footsteps of the father.
An unfinished letter addressed to his children, which after his
death was found among his papers, full of affection and wise
counsel, shows most clearly what he was in his own family.
A4; his death, the mother of this family was left a widow, with
eight children, the oldest not fifteen years of age. Removing to
the city of New York in 1842, she devoted herself to the support,
education, and training of her children, — a trust she faithfully
and successfully discharged. She was a woman of great energy
of character, of ardent affections, and earnest Christian faith, and
with the rare faculty of attaching to herself very many and very
strong friends, who were her support in many an hour of peculiar
trial and sorrow. She survived all but one of her children, and
died, 17 Feb., 1872, at the age of 72.
Eight children, all born in Westport : —
302. Caroline Charity Burr, b. 6 Jan., 1823 ; d. in New York,
28 March, 1846.
303. Charles Augustus, b. 28 June, 1824; d. in Westport, 26 Nov.
1841.
+ 304. Richard Mortimer, b. 24 Nov., 1826.
305. Frederick Sherwood,* b. ii July, 1828; d. in New York,
2 Oct., 1856. He was for several years in the employ of
" The subscription list was as follows : ^ Frederick Jesup Stimpson of Boston
Wm. H.Jesup,$25o; Ebenezer Jesup.Jun., ("J. S. of Dale"), well known both as a
$250; E. M. Morgan (a brother-in-law), lawyer and in literature, was named for
$200; Charles Jesup, $100; F. W. Jesup, him.
$100; Capt. Wm. Baker (a cousin), $100.
i8o yessMp Genealogy.
Ketchum, Rogers, and Bement, Bankers, until a sudden ill-
ness obliged him to seek restoration by a sea-voyage and a
year in a milder European climate. Returning he opened a
banking-house in Dubuque, Iowa, and remained there until
a short time previous to his death.
+ 306. Morris Ketchum, b. 21 June, 1830.
307. Arthur Henry, b. 22 Oct., 1832 ; d. 7 Jan., 1858.
308. Sarah Jane, b. 22 Nov., 1834; d. 15 March, 1864.
309. Saiviuel Burr Sherwood, b. 4 Dec, 1836; d. 7 July, 1858.
170. Francis Wright Jesup {Ebenezer,'^^^ Ebenezer,^^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward,"^ Edward'^), born in Saugatuck (now Westport)
Conn., 14 Jan., 1800; married (19 May, 1834) Mary Ann Han-
ford of Lansingburgh, N. Y., born 22 Oct., 1814, and daugliter of
Richard and Mary Bontecon Hanford. She died in Westport 3 1
Oct., 1863, ^ great loss to her family and the community in which
she lived. He was first engaged in the lumber business in his
native place, afterwards in the same in Albany, N. Y., and subse-
quently lived in New York city, for several years the senior mem-
ber of the commission dry-goods house of Jesup, Swift, and Co.
His name appears in the " City Directory" from 1835 to 1839.
Returning to Westport, Conn., about the latter date, he resumed
business there and continued it until a few years before his death,
22 Nov., 1876. Late in life he became a member of the Congre-
gational Church, to which his family also belonged.
They had five children : —
310. Louisa Hanford, b. 24 May, 1835; d. in Westport, 12 Dec,
1839.
311. Ebenezer, b. 15 June, 1839; d. in Westport, 20 Jan., 1840.
312. Emma, b. 24 Jan., 1837; m. Wm. G. Sheldon of Westfield,
Mass., 7 June, 1866. They resided in Memphis, Tenn.,
where Mr. S. was engaged in business and where he died, 12
Sept., 1868. She has since lived in Brooklyn, N. Y. Their
only child, Mary Sheldoji, d. 12 Aug., 1868, aged 14 mos.
313. Louisa, b. 10 Oct., 1841 ; m. Edward H. Cuddy of New York
city, 12 June, 1865. He d. at his home in Brooklyn, 20 Feb.,
Edward of Green's Farms. i8i
1876. Their only child, Louisa Jesup Cuddy, b. in Brooklyn,
14 April, 1868.
+ 314. Francis Wright, Jr., b. 14 Jan., 1844.
172. Angeline Jesup {Ebenezer,^^^ Ebeneser,^^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward,'^ Edward'^), born in Saugatuck (now Westport) Conn., in
1802 (bap. II Nov.), married, 19 June, 1827, Edward Maurice
Morgan, cashier of the Fairfield Co. Bank, Norwalk. She died
in Westport, Conn., 21 Sept., 1838, and with her youngest child
is buried in the family burial-ground.
He was born 11 Sept., 1803, in West Springfield, Mass., a son of
Major Archippus and Pamelia (Taylor) Morgan, of Westfield, and
a descendant in the sixth generation from Miles Morgan,'* one of
the pioneer settlers of Springfield. He was afterwards a banker
in Wall Street, New York city, (Morgan, Ketchum, & Co., and
E. M. Morgan & Co.) ; then removed to Ohio, but later returned
to the city, where he died at the residence of his brother. Homer
Morgan, 26 May, 1876.
They had six children, the eldest being twins, born in Norwalk
in 1828 or 1829, who lived but a short time: —
315. Ebenezer Jesup Morgan, b. 12 July, 1830, in Norwalk; d. in
Sandusky, Ohio, 11 Oct., 1844, of lockjaw, caused by step-
ping on a nail. He was in the employ of Morgan & Williams
of that city.
316. Harriet Amelia Morgan, b. 22 Oct., 1832, in Norwalk; d.
very suddenly in N. Y. city, 21 Dec, 1853.
317. Edward Taylor Morgan, b. 24 June, 1836, in Westport; d.
8 Dec, 1874 in N. Y. city. He was a young man of fine
artistic tastes and the last survivor of this family.
318. Angeline Jesup Morgan, b. 16 July, 1838 in Westport; d.
there 3 Oct. of the same year.
° Miles Morgan was from Bristol, inent families in the country. The statue
Eng., and came over to Boston in April, of Miles Morgan, in Springfield, Mass.,
1636, with his brothers James and John ; was erected by Henry T. Morgan, of N. Y.
and their descendants include many prom- city, brother of Edward M. above.
1 82 Jessup Genealogy.
173. Ebenezer Jesup {Ebenezer}^^ Ebenezer,'^'^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^'), born in Saugatuck (now Westport) Conn.,
II Aug., 1805, married, 31 Oct., 1833, Julia Frances Wakeman "
(born 5 Jan., 181 1), daughter of Jesup Wakeman of Southport.
He was educated at Yale College, graduating in the class of
1824, studied law in Litchfield, at the famous Law School of
Judge Tappan Reeve, and in 1832 settled in the city of New
York in the practice of his profession.
"A few years afterward he commenced purchasing and dealing in
real estate in New York and the Western States. He was very success-
ful for some years, realizing large profits and gaining at the same time
much credit for liis sagacity in business transactions. Soon after his mar-
riage he purchased a home in St. Mark's Place, at that period one of the
most elegant and fashionable localities in the city, and lived there sur-
rounded by his many friends and opulent neighbors. He was a generous,
liberal-minded, cultured man, and enjoyed in a large degree the esteem
and friendship of his associates and fellow- citizens." ^
The great financial revolution of 1837 seriously affected his
business ventures, but he continued to live in the city until 1846,
about which time he built a house in Southport, Conn., on Sasco
Neck, not far from where his English emigrant ancestor, Edward
Jessup is recorded as having owned land in 1653. Here he re-
sided until his death, which occurred, suddenly of apoplexy, in
New York, 7 March, 1861. During the later years of his life he
was an active and most useful member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church in Southport.
Outside of his regular business when a resident of New York,
he was greatly interested in literature and military affairs. Two
episodes in his life should here be recorded, and they are given in
the words of the same personal friend and associate who fur-
nished the sketch of his life in the city, given above.
" They were third cousins, Edward ^ Letter of Col. James L. Curtis, 23
Jesup of Green's Farms (born 1697) being March, 1885.
the great-grandfather of both.
Edward of Green's Farms. 183
" At the age of twenty-one a few young men with myself organized an
Institution called ' The House of Debate.' It was styled by the ' New
York Evening Post,' ' A Young Congress.' The object of the Associa-
tion was to educate its members to a high standard of statesmanship^
including law, literature, science, and commerce. Its constitution was
broad. The executive power was vested in a President, who had authority
to appoint his own Cabinet, consisting of a Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
for the Home Department, for Commerce, for Literature, and for Finance.
There were also a Speaker, or presiding officer of the debates, and various
standing committees. This institution within a short time gained from
seventy-five to a hundred members, from the ages of twenty-one to thirty-
five. Their Bills were printed, and all the most important public measures
of either Europe or America were discussed by them. I held for one
term the office of Speaker, and find among the records of the House that
I appointed Ebenezer Jesup, Jr., chairman of the committee on Literature,
and he discharged the duties of his position with credit to himself and
satisfaction to the House. Afterward, when elected President, my Cabinet
consisted of Willis Hall, Secretary for the Home Department, John Cleave-
land for Foreign Affairs, Gabriel P. Dissosway for Commerce, and Ebenezer
Jesup, Jr. for Literature. The Government were catechised by the oppo-
sition, and bound to retire when outvoted. This Cabinet was in office
about three years. The Hon. Willis Hall became very distinguished as
Attorney-General of the State of New York, John Cleaveland an eminent
lawyer, Gabriel P. Dissosway a prominent wholesale merchant and a leader
in the Board of Trade. Among the names of others associated with the
above and who have risen to eminence, were the Hon. Wm. W. Camp-
bell, M. C. from New York, Judge of the Supreme Court of the State,
etc. ; Hon. Lewis B. Woodruff, Judge of N. Y. Court of Appeals, etc. ;
Hon. Wm. Inglis (first Speaker of the House of Debate), Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas. The Hon. Wm. Mitchell, ex- Judge of the
N. Y. Supreme Court, is the only living survivor of this distinguished
galaxy, and though the oldest of all, still (1885) attends to his professional
duties."
Colonel Jesup's military record is as follows : —
" He was elected major of the Ninth Regiment of the New York State
Artillery, 29 Aug., 1834, lieutenant colonel, 2 Oct., 1843, and colonel.
184 yes Slip Genealogy.
1 Oct., 1846, remaining at the head of the regiment about two years.
The Ninth, though an artillery regiment, did duty as heavy infantry. This
corps was a part of the First Division of the National Guards of the State
of New York, a part of the armed poHce of the city. The members were
enlisted for several years, and were not Hable to jury or fireman's duty.
They were drilled according to the United States army regulations, required
by law to parade at least twelve times a year, and were always called upon
to suppress a riot when the assemblage could not be controlled by the
police. The Ninth held a high rank for both its discipline and equip-
ment and did frequent duty as escort at public receptions of distinguished
persons.
" Tliis regiment with Colonel Jesup in command offered its services to
the U. S. Government for the Mexican war in 1846, but the offer was de-
clined, as the two regiments it was contemplated should be raised from
the State of New York were already being recruited from other sources.
Colonel Jesup resigned about 1848," — having then removed his residence
to Southport, Conn., where his family still reside.
One child only : —
319. Hetty Wakeman.
215. Charlotte Eunice Jesup {Benjamin, "^"^^ jFoseph,^^ Black-
leach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^^, born in Albany, N. Y.,
19 May, 1827; married Joseph Nelson Walker of New York city,
16 March, 1843, who died 2 July, 1863. Mrs. Walker lives at
Schodack with her mother and youngest son.
There were six children : —
320. Charlotte Lydia Walker, b. 25 Jan., 1844 ; m., 14 Sept.,
1864, Lawrence Van Valkenburgh Robinson, and lives in
Greenbush.
321. Frances Clementine Walker, b. 2 Dec, 1846 ; m. John Hayes,
and lives in Dakota.
322. Mary Antoinette Walker, b. 23 March, 1849; m. 18 Oct.,
1876, Oliver A. Mead, and died 5 March, 1877.
323. Josephine Walker, b. 2 Dec, 185 1 ; d. 6 July, 1854.
Edward of Green 's Farms. 1 85
324. Joseph Nelson Walker, b. lo Jan., 1856; m. Mary Stanton,
II Feb., 1883, and is a druggist at Carmel.
325. Benjamin Jesup Walker, b. 10 Sept., 1858 ; m., 16 Feb., 1881,
Lizzie Moyer, and lives in Schodack,
218. Sarah Stebbins Jesup {Benjamin,'^'^'^ Joseph,^'^ Black-
leach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^) , born in Albany, N. Y.,
6 Jan., 1834; married, 7 April, 1852, John Breese Staats" (born
7 Dec, 1826), of Staats Island. He is in the ice business, and
lives at Castleton.
They have had four children : —
326. Catharine Lydlv Staats, b. 5 Feb., 1855 ; d. 2 Nov., 1879.
327. Charlotte Berthia Staats, b. 7 Feb., 1858.
328. Elizabeth Anna Staats, b. 22 Jan., 1861 ; d. 24 Jan., 1869.
329. John Breese Staats, b. 3 Nov., 18 71.
220. Lucy Ann Jesup (^Thomas Sidney, "^"^^ yames Edward,^^
Blackleach,^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward^^, born 17 April,
1823; married, 28 Feb., 1854, Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U. S. A., the
son of Samuel Sitgreaves, of Easton, Penn., who, in 1790, was a
member of the Constitutional Convention of Penn. ; member of
Congress 1 795-1 798; and then sent to England as a commis-
sioner about the settlement of Jay's Treaty, in connection with
Theodore Sedgwick and Rufus King. He married the second
time, in 1797, Mary Kemper, daughter of Daniel Kemper, a colo-
nel in the Revolutionary war, and a personal friend of General
Washington, and also an original member of the Order of the
Cincinnati. Lorenzo Sitgreaves, the eighth child of this mar-
riage, was born 15 March, 18 10, in Easton, Penn. He is a grad-
uate of West Point. He was brevetted second lieutenant of the
First Artillery, i July, 1823; first lieutenant, 30 Sept., 1833;
second lieutenant Topographical Engineers, 7 July, 1838; first
lieutenant, 18 July, 1840; brevet captain, 23 Feb., 1847, for
° Mr. Staats is the son of Jochem Jochem Staats and Elizabeth Schuyler.
Staats and Catharine Breese, grandson —Scni^^-LEK's Coloitial JVew York,\o\.u.
of Philip Staats and great-grandson of p. 398.
1 86 yessup Genealogy.
gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista.
He was made captain of the Topographical Engineers, 3 March,
1853, and major, 6 Aug., 1861 ; transferred to Engineers, 3 March,
1863 ; lieutenant-colonel 22 April, 1864, and retired 10 July, 1866.
He was in the Creek war under both General Scott and General
Jesup. During the Mexican war (i 846-1 848) he was with General
Taylor's command and on General Wool's staff, and participated
in various battles. Being an officer of Engineers, he made an ex-
ploration in 185 1 across the country to the Pacific Ocean, going
by way of the Zuni and Colorado rivers, his party being the pio-
neers of that route. In the Civil War, being much out of health,
he was not in the field, but engaged a portion of the time on the
defences of Louisville, etc., and in mustering in troops. The
remainder of his term of active service was spent in the regular
duties of his corps, until he was retired lO July, 1866. The fam-
ily reside in Washington city.
Two children : —
330. Mary Jesup Sitgreaves, b. 13 Nov., 1858.
331. Lucy Sitgreaves, b. 18 April, 1867; d. 15 April, 1869.
222. Mary Serena Eliza Jesup {Thomas Sidney, '^'^^ James
Edward,^^ Blackleack,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^^, born
7 Dec, 1825 ; married, 14 Jan., 1846, James Blair, U. S. N., the
son of Francis P. Blair, the distinguished journalist, and brother
of Francis P. Blair, Jr., afterwards major-general and senator
from Missouri. He was appointed midshipman 8 Jan., 1836, and
accompanied Commodore Wilkes in his Antarctic voyage (1838-
42); passed-midshipman i July, 1842; master, 2 Oct., 1848; and
lieut, 2 June, 1849. He was ordered to Cahfornia about this time,
and resigned 7 May, 185 1, remaining in California until his death
in Dec, 1853. Mrs. Blair now resides in Washington city.
Four children : —
332. Ann Jesup Blair, b. 10 Dec, 1846; d. 18 March, 1847.
333. Violet Blair, b. 14 Aug., 1848 ; m. Albert Janin, 14 May, 1874.
Edward of Green's Farms. 187
334. Jesup Blair, b. 13 Feb., 1852.
335. Lucy James Blair, b. 26 Dec, 1853; m., 16 Dec, 1874,
George Montague Wheeler, U. S. A.
223. Jane Findlay Jesup (Thomas Sidney, ^^^ yames Ed-
ward,^^ Blackleachy^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^}, born 29
Nov., 1827 ; married, 3 Feb., 1852, Augustus S. Nicholson, U. S. N.
He was born in 1830, appointed second lieutenant of Marines,
16 March, 1847, when only sixteen years old, and brevetted first
lieutenant on the 13th of Sept. the same year. He was with
General Scott in the Mexican war, was in several battles around
the city of Mexico, and spent his seventeenth birthday with the
victorious army within the walls of the city. He was appointed
first lieutenant 14 March, 1856, and adjutant and inspector of
the Marine Corps with rank of major, 6 May, 1861, which posi-
tion he now (1885) holds.
One son : —
336. Augustus Jesup Nicholson, b. 19 Nov., 1852 ; first lieuten-
ant, United States Marine Corps. He was appointed second
lieutenant 7 June, 1873 ; first lieutenant 6 June, 1880.
229. James Edward le^np (^Samuel Blackleach,^^'' yames Ed-
ward,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), was born
17 Dec, 1820. He married, ist, Lucy Long, 21 Jan., 1845, who
died in 1876; and 2d, Mrs. Mary Redd (jiee Thompson) in 1879,
and lives in Hopkinsville, Ky. He has always been an active,
energetic business man, — planter, tobacco-broker, and commis-
sion merchant, — was at one time very wealthy, and has still a
competency. He has had nine children.
Children of first marriage, eight : —
337. Nannie, b. 26 Feb., and d. 24 July, 1846.
+338. Kate J., b. 24 July, 1847.
339. Susan B., b. 12 Nov., 1849 ') ^- ^9 Sept., 1876.
340. Thomas Samuel, b. 16 Dec, 1851 ; graduated at Eminence
College, Eminence, Ky,, 1873; has been engaged in civil
1 88 yessttp Genealogy.
engineering a considerable part of the time since, as well as
in other active employments ; resided at Strawberry Point,
Iowa, 1883-85, but has now returned to Kentucky. He
has rendered efficient service in connection with this family
history.
341. James Grooms, b. 28 Aug., 1853.
342. Nellie Thomas, b. 24 Feb., 1857; m., 24 Feb., 1879, W. S.
Davison. They Uve (1884) at Strawberry Point, Clayton
County, Iowa. One cliild, Lucy Davison, b. 31 May, 1883.
343. Harry, b. 9 March, 1860; d. 17 March, 1861.
344. Mamie Charles, b. 18 Sept., 1861.
Child of the second marriage, one: —
345. Hattie Nelson, b. 21 March, 1880.
235. Ann O'Neil Jesup ( William Wilson,^^^ yames Edward^
Blackleach^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward^^, born 8 Jan., 1822;
married G. W. Layne in 1843, who died of consumption 19 Aug.,
1864. They lived near Fair view, Ky.
Six children : —
346. Edward Layne, the eldest, d. of typhoid fever at Rock Island,
13 Sept., 1864, while a prisoner of war. He was in the Con-
federate army.
347. Willlui Jesup Layne, b. 15 Dec, 1847; farmer.
348. G. B. Layne, b. 2 Feb., 1850 ; d. at WickHffe, Ballard County,
Ky., 8 Nov., 1881 ; carpenter.
349. Lizzie Layne, b. 24 Nov., 1851 ; m. Wm. H. Gray (miller), 1
Jan., 1870.
350. H. Fenimore Layne (dau.), b. 28 May, 1858.
351. Julia B. Layne, b. 10 Sept., i860.
236. John Friend Jesup QWm. Wilson,'^^^ James Edward, ^^
Blackleach^'^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward"^), horn 24 May, 1824,
lives in Todd County, Ky., and is a planter. He married, ist,
Narcissa E. Wilkins, of Todd County, 22 Dec, 1846; 2d, Mrs.
Shanklin (w^'i? Brumfield).
Edward of Green's Farms, 189
There were eight children, all by the first marriage : —
352. Mahaly Elizabeth, b. i Oct., 1847; m. 1877.
353. Lucius, b. 14 April, 1849 ; d. 11 Feb., 1875.
354. Francis, b. 28 June, 1851 ; d. 22 July, 1876.
355. William Thomas, b. 21 Oct., 1853.
356. Sarah Adaline, b. 23 June, 1856 ; m. 1874.
357. John Egbert, b. 5 Nov., 1858.
358. LuELLA Dixie, b. 19 April, 1861 ; d. 11 Sept., 1881.
359. JuLLv Lee, b. 7 June, 1864.
237. Virginia Elizabeth Jesup (^Wm. Wilson,'^^^ yames Ed-
ward^^ Blackleach^^'^ Edward,'^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born 12
Oct., 1826; married, 5 June, 185 1, Oscar F. Danforth, dry-goods
merchant, living in Fairview, Ky., where he died, 2 June, 1879.
The family are connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Six children : —
360. Wm. Thomas Danforth, b. 2 May, 1852 ; d. 23 July, 1852.
361. Sophl^ Elizabeth Danforth, b. 4 Sept., 1853 3 d. i Sept.,
1857.
362. Idella Danforth, b. 22 Jan., and d. 23 Feb., 1856.
363. Bertha Jesup Danforth, b. 6 Oct., 1858,
364. John Friend Danforth, b. i Oct., i860.
364*. Sidney Danforth, b. 28 June, and d. 20 July, 1862.
238. Sarah Frances Jesup (^Wm. Wilsoft,^^^ yames Ed-
ward^^ Blackleach^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born 10
Nov., 1830; married at Elkton, Ky., 16 June, 1853, Jeptha H.
Hollingsworth, born in Todd County, Ky., 17 March, 1829. They
now (1881) reside at Connor's Station, Wyandotte County,
Kansas.
Nine children : —
365. Thomas Jesup Hollingsworth, b. in Clay Co., Missouri, i
Sept., 1854 ; is a physician at Connor's Station. He m. Sallie
M. Fellows, of Chicago, 111., 29 Nov., 1881.
1 90 yessup Genealogy.
366. MoLLiE C. HoLLiNGSWORTH, b. in Clay Co., Mo., 31 Aug., 1856 ;
m., I St, F. A. Glyskherr, 6 Jan., 1874, who seven weeks later
was fatally injured in a railway accident. She m., 2d, 16
Jan., 1878, R. B. Snedaker, of Kansas City, Mo.
367. Virginia E. Hollingsworth, b. 4 Sept., 1858.
368. Virgil H. Hollingsworth, b. in Bates Co., Mo., 10 Oct., 1861.
368*. Benjamin Braxton Hollingsworth, b. in Collin Co., Texas,
14 Feb., 1864; d. II March, 1864.
369. Rui'H B. Hollingsworth, b. in Collin Co., Texas, 10 AprU,
1865.
370. John Samuel Hollingsworth (twin), b. in Piatt Co., Mo., 24
Oct., 1867; d. 9 Sept., 1871.
371. Ella Bell Hollingsworth (twin), b. 24 Oct., 1867.
372. Fannie Eugenia Hollingsworth, b. in Wyandotte Co., Kansas,
10 Feb., 1870.
239. Caledonia Osburn Jesup {William Wilson,'^^^ James
Edivard,^"^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^), born
8 Aug., 1832; married Maxwell Calamies Talkington, in Clay-
Co., Mo., 22 May, 1855, and settled near McKinney, Collin
Co., Texas. She was a worthy and exemplary member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and died 5 May, 1881.
Mr. Talkington is an elder in the same church. He was
born in Todd Co., Ky., received license to practise law in
Kentucky, and in Texas, but is now engaged in farming and
stock-raising.
They have had six children : —
A son, b. 17 Feb., 1856, d. in infancy.
A son, b. and died 21 Oct., 1857.
373. Horace Maxwell Talkestgton, b. 19 Jan., 1859; m., 17 Dec,
1879, Mollie Jones of Collin Co.; in business with his
father ; has one child, Robert Maxwell Talkington, b. 8 Nov.,
1880.
A son, born and died 6 May, i860.
A daughter, born 4 July; died, 13 July, 1862.
A daughter, born and died 9 Nov., 1866.
Edward of Green s Farms. 191
240. William Houston Jesup {Wm. Wilson,'^'^^ James Ed-
ward,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward"^), born near
Fairview, Ky,, 26 April, 1843, married Nannie M. Barker, 6 Feb.,
1872, daughter of C. T. Barker of Christian Co. He is a planter,
and was in the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Their children are two : —
374. Barker, b. 26 Jan., 1873.
375. Sallie, b. 15 March, 1874.
249. Louisa Jessup {William,^^^ Blackleack,^^ Blackleach,^^
Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Otsego, N. Y., 11 Jan.,
1819; was educated at Rutgers Institute in New York city, and
married, 3 April, 1845, Dr. Thomas Brian Gunning, a leading
dental surgeon of the same city.
"Dr. Gunning commenced the study of his profession in 1840 in New
York, and prosecuted it with such energy and success that in 186 1 it was
said of him that his mechanical manipulations were perhaps unequalled.
In 1863 he received the thanks of the New York Academy of Medicine
for exhibiting before them, in connection with a patient, his apparatus for
the treatment of fractures of the jaw, and in 1864, by invitation, read be-
fore the Academy a paper covering the entire subject. In April, 1865, he
was called to Washington city to treat the critical case of the Secretary of
State, Hon. Wm. H. Seward, subsequent to the attempt to assassinate him.
In a letter dated March, 1866, Mr. Seward writes : * I am indebted to
you for a more effective and perfect restoration from dangerous fractures
than could have been obtained from any other hand or under any other
system of treatment than that new one which you so energetically and
skilfully applied.'
" Dr. Gunning, with Surgeon-General Barnes and four other surgeons,
was appointed by the U. S. Government to decide upon medical instru-
ments for which space was asked in the Paris Exposition of 1867.
"By 1867 he had shown that the mouth was not opened by muscles
under the jaw as hitherto maintained, but that the jaw is depressed by
muscles which are on a line with the ears, — the external-pterygoids . And
in 1874, he first published his views of the vowel sounds of human speech,
showing that the vowels are not qualified in the mouth, but in the upper
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cavity of the larynx, as was proven in the case of Carlton Burgan who was
successfully treated by him for very serious injuries to the upper jaw." "
The above and many similar facts which might be cited are
sufficient evidence of the position which is justly accorded him
in his profession. Mrs. Gunning died 27 April, 1881.
They have had five children : —
376. Emma Gunning ) twins, d. Dec, 185 1, when about three years
377. Anna Gunning J of age.
378. William Jessup Gunning, m., 28 Sept., 1876, Lucene Carman,
of Carmansville, N. Y., and has two sons : Brian Carman
Gunning, b. Aug., 1877, and Harold Gunning, b. Feb., 1879.
He lives (1885) in Norwalk, Conn., at " Stonehenge," a fine
estate bordering on Wilton, his mother's native town.*
379. Thomas Brlan Gunning, Jr., of New York.
380. Mary Elizabeth Gunning.
250. Elizabeth Cornelia Jessup (^William, '^^'^ Blackleach,^^
Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Otsego,
N. Y., 6 July, 1820; was married, 16 Jan., 1840, in New York city,
by Rev. Henry Benedict, to James Reed, born in N. Y., 21 Feb.,
1 812. His parents removed to Norwalk, Conn., when he was
quite young, and apprenticed him to a shoemaker. When six-
teen years old, becoming dissatisfied with his trade, without a
word of warning to his shopmates, he procured an axe, split up
his workbench into kindling wood, and thrust it into the stove
with his entire kit of tools. In response to an advertisement for
a printer's apprentice he walked twenty miles to Danbury, and
from that time to the present has been connected with journalism.
Returning to Norwalk he worked on the " Fairfield County Re-
publican," started in opposition to the " Gazette," and on the fail-
ure of this paper went into the office of the " Gazette " and finished
his apprenticeship with S. W. Benedict, its editor and proprietor.
" See Contemporary Biography of New York, vol. i.
^ In 1886 Mr. Wm. J. Gunning sold his place and removed with his family to New
York city.
Edward of Green's Farms. 193
About 1832, when Mr. Benedict took charge of the "New York
Evangelist," Mr. Reed purchased the " Gazette " and was materi-
ally assisted in the editorial work by Dr. Thomas B. Butler, after-
ward member of Congress (1849-51). Finding he could not well
carry on the business alone, he went to New Orleans, La., and
became office-manager of the " New Orleans Observer," a paper
started in connection with the Presbyterian Church of which the
Rev. Joel Parker was pastor. That was in 1836 and 1837, when
his health required his return to the North. In the autumn of
1839 he once more purchased the " Norwalk Gazette," which
eventually passed into the hands of Homer Byington, its present
proprietor and one of Mr. Reed's apprentice-boys. After vari-
ous other business ventures he removed to Ohio, where a few
years later, in 1856, at the request of a delegation of citizens of
Ashtabula, he purchased the " Ashtabula Telegraph," of which
he has since been the successful editor and proprietor. In 1873
he took his son James Reed, Jr., into partnership with him.
Four children : —
381. Emma Louisa Reed, b. 8 Nov., 1840, graduated from Mt. Hol-
yoke Seminaiy, South Hadley, Mass., and has since been a
teacher.
382. Frances G. Reed, b. 14 Sept., 1843, is a graduate of the
Western Female Seminary at Oxford, O. ; m., 18 Oct., 1865,
J. Summerfield Blyth, cashier of the First National Bank of
Ashtabula. Two children : Harry A. Blyth, b. 9 July, 1870,
and Charles Blyth, b. 31 July, 1883.
l?>l. William Jesup Reed, b. 14 April, 1849; when 15 yrs. of age
went to Newark, N. J., and there, in the establishment of his
uncle, Charles Odell Jesup, learned the business of pattern-
maker and moulder in malleable iron, and was engaged in
this business for a number of years. He is now (1885)
engaged in mining in Colorado.
384. James Reed, Jr., b. 30 Sept., 1851 ; attended the school of
Prof. Edward Olmstead in Wilton, Conn., and at the age of
1 7 entered his father's office, and is now associated with him
13
194 yessup Genealogy.
in the publication of the "Telegraph." He m., 21 Sept.,
1876, Harriett Wells, and has had four children : i. Charles
M. Reed, b. 18 June, 1877, and d. 21 July, 1878 ; 2. Emma
Louisa Reed, b. 8 Dec, 1878; 3. James Reed, ^d, b. 29
Oct., 1880; 4. JDolan Reed, b. 1882.
251. Charles Odell Jessup QWilliam,^^^ Blackleach,^^ Black-
leach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^'), born in Wilton, Conn.,
II April, 1822; married, 1st, Hannah Seymour, i Oct., 1845, and
lived in Newark, N. J., where he had an iron foundry. He had
seven children.
Three children by first marriage : —
385. William Seymour, b. 12 Aug., 1846; d. 16 Feb., 1873. •
386. Addison, b. 20 March, 1848; d. 16 April, 1865.
387. Chari.es Melville, b. 16 July, 1850; m. Ann Augusta ,
15 May, 1876. Their only child, Charles M., Jr., was born
in Newark, 15 June, 1877, and (1880) is the only male rep-
resentative now living of the family of Blackleach Jesup, Jr.,
of Wilton, Conn. Charles Melville Jessup, Sr. d. in Newark,
18 Sept., 1878. His widow still resides there (1880).
Charles Odell Jessup married, 2d, Adelia Gunney, 20 Jan.,
i860, and died 3 Aug., 1867.
Four children by second marriage : —
388. Emily, b. 7 March, 1861 ; m., 5 Nov., 1879, Thaddeus ^- Lanier,
of Savannah, Georgia.
389. Frank, b. 2 Aug., 1864; d. 11 June, 1867.
390. Louisa, b. 25 Dec, 1865.
391. Charles Odell, b. 18 July, 1867 ; d. 10 June, 1872.
253. Mary Ann Jessup (JWilliam,'^'^'^ Blackleach^^ Black-
leach^'^ Edward,^ Edzvard,^ Edward'^^, born in Wilton, Conn.,
I March, 1826; married, 6 Sept., 1846, Charles Scribner, of
Westport, and settled as a farmer in Fond du Lac, Wiscon-
sin, where the family now (1881) reside. He died 6 Dec,
1881.
Edward of Green s Farms. 195
They have had five children : —
392. Emily Gertrude Scribner, b. 9 July, 1848 ; m. Dr. James R.
Barnett, physician, and lives in Neenah, Wisconsin.
393. George William Scribner, b. 19 May, 1850; d. 6 July, 1870.
394. Annie Elizabeth Scribner, b. 12 Jan., 1852.
395. Charles Jessup Scribner, b. 27 July, 1857.
396. Carrie Louisa Scribner, b. 19 March, and d. 11 Aug., i860.
262, Jane Mull Jessup {Isaac Mull,'^^^ Henry ^'^ Blackleach,^'^
Edward^ Edward,^ Edzvard'^'), born in Schodack, N. Y., 10 Jan.,
1834, was in 1848 adopted by her grandmother Jesup's brother,
John I. Mull," of Schodack, N. Y., and there married his adopted
son, Henry V. D. Mull, 17 July, 1859. He was born 10 Jan.,
1834, is a farmer, and lives at Stephentown.
Three children : —
397. Ettie Magdalena Mull, b. Schodack Depot, 7 June, 1861 ;
m. Russell N. Best, of Kinderhook (b. 6 Feb., i860), 5
Dec, 1880. Two children : Persylvia V. D. Best, b. at
Stephentown, 25 April, 1882, and Carrie M. Best, b. 9 Sept.,
1883.
398. Evelina Elizabeth Mull, b. Schodack Depot, 13 Oct., 1866.
399. Ellie Annie Mull, b. West Nassau, i May, 1873.
263. Abram Mull Jessup {Isaac Mtill,'^^'^ Henry^^ Black-
leach,^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward"^^, born 8 Feb., 1836, in
Greenbush, N. Y. ; was married, i Jan., 1863, by the Rev. Wm.
Stafford, at Maple Rapids, Mich., to Amanda Jane Wheeler (born
in Oswego Co., N. Y., 14 March, 1838). He is a farmer, living near
Ithaca, Michigan.
Two children : —
400. Eleanor Elizabeth, b. 31 May, 1864.
401. Mary Viola, b. 25 June, 1866.
" John I. Mull, b. at Schodack, 25 Dec, 1784; m., 4 March, 1809, Garrietta
Schermerhorn, of Greenbush, b. 2 Feb., 1789, and d. at Schodack Depot, 27 May,
1864. He d. there, 7 Oct., 1866.
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264. John Henry Jessup (Jsaac Midl,'^^'^ Henry ^'^ Black-
leach,^'^ Edward^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Schodack, N, Y.,
24Dec., 1837; married, 29 Dec, 1859, Margaret Rachel Dean, of
Italy, Yates Co. He was mustered into his country's service
during the Civil War, 5 Oct., 1864, and assigned to the 23d Reg,,
Mich. Infantry, Company I, Wm. Patterson, Capt., under Gen.
VVm. T. Sherman, in the Western Department; was in the battle
of Franklin, Tenn., about i Dec, 1864; in that of Nashville, 15th
and i6th of Dec. following; and in the battle of Fort Anderson,
N. C, about the 20th of Feb., 1865. He was discharged 28 June,
1865. He is a farmer, living near Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Michigan.
Eight children : —
402. Charles Henry, b. 20 March, 1861, in North Star, Gratiot Co.,
Michigan.
403. Eleanor Annettie, b. 9 Dec, 1862, in Newark, as were those
which follow.
404. Arthur Huron, b. 18 May, 1865.
405. George Lincoln, b. 17 Sept., 1867.
406. Frank A., b. i March, 1870.
407. William T., b. i Jan., 1873.
408. Glen Orson, b. 12 April, 1875.
409. Bertha May, b. 27 May, 1878.
266. Jacob Schermerhorn Jessup (Jsaac Mull}^^ Henry^^
Blackleach,^'^ Edwai'd,^ Edward,^ Edward"^^, born 16 July,
1842, in Plymouth, Mich.; married, 29 Dec, 1869, Mary Lucy
Antoinette Latimer, of Yates, N. Y. He is a farmer, living in
Matherton, Mich.
They have two children : —
410. Hermon Delos, b. 5 Jan., 1874.
411. Nelson Johnson, b. i Feb., 1877.
267. Andrew Schermerhorn Jessup {Isaac Mull}^^ Henry^^
Blackleach,^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^^, born, 26 Nov.,
1844, in Plymouth, Mich.; married, 17 March, 1870, Lovina C.
Edward of Green's Farms. 197
Wheeler, of Gratiot Co. (born 8 Aug., 1843, in N. Y.). He is a
farmer in Matherton; enlisted, 18 Dec, 1863, in Sixth Mich.
Cavalry, was in one skirmish in Alexandria, Va,, and discharged
14 Nov., 1865.
They have four children : —
412. James Edward, b. 8 April, 1872.
413. Benjamin Franklin, b. 7 June, 1874.
414. E. L., b. I May, 1876.
415. Elizabeth M. E., b. 19 June, 1878.
292. William Burr Jesup ( Wm. Henry }^^ Ebe7iezer,^^^ Eben-
ezer,^"^ Edivard,^ Edward,"^ Edward'^'), born, 10 Sept., 18 15,
in Saugatuck (Westport) Conn.; married, 13 Sept., 1836, Mary
Lush, daughter of Hon. John Q. Wilson, then of Albany,
N. Y., but previously of Saugatuck, where he lived on or
near the farm once owned by Moss Kent, the father of Chan-
cellor James Kent of New York. She was born in Saugatuck,
28 June, 1816, and died in Albany, 6 Feb., 1852. He was en-
gaged in business for a time in New York city, but died when
only twenty-nine, at West Stockbridge, Mass., 15 June, 1845, of
consumption.
Their only child was —
416. Maria Charity, b. 20 Dec, 1837, who m., 4 June, 1864, Edward
W. Russell, a lawyer in Chicago, 111., b. 2 July, 1834, in Sun-
derland, Mass. Three children : —
1. Mary Jesiip Russell, b. in Sunderland, Mass., 16 July,
1865.
2. Abby Delano Russell, b. in Sunderland, 18 July, 1867.
3. Frank Howe Russell, b. 4 Dec, 1869, in Chicago.
293. James Riley Jesup (^Wm. Henry, ^^^ Ebenezer,'^^^ Eben-
ezer,^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward^), was born, 18 Sept., 18 19,
in Saugatuck (Westport) Conn., prepared for college at the
Academy in Wilton, under the instruction of Hawley Olmstead,
and graduated A. B. at Yale College in 1840. He then read law
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in the office of Hon. Eliphalet Swift in Westport, was admitted
to the Fairfield County Bar in 1843, soon after which he removed
to New York city, where he has since been engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession. He married, 28 Dec, 1848, Mary, daughter
of WilUam and Phebe C. (Heyer) Black, of New York city, born
24 Aug., 1827.
Their only child is —
417. James Riley, Jr., b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 19 Oct., 1849; m.,
31 Oct., 1877, Mary, daughter of Chas. A. Lament, of New
York city. He is a broker, of the firm of jfesup and Lamont,
and member of the N. Y. Stock Exchange. Their only child
died in infancy.
297. Edwin Jesup (JEdwin,'^^'^ Ebenezer,'^^^ Ebenezer,^^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^'), born in Albany, N. Y, i March,
1827, was married, 29 Nov., i860, by the Rev. E. J. Montague,
to Julia B. (born in Alexander, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1838), eldest
daughter of Amery Thomas of Summit, Wis. He is a farmer,
and lives (1884) in Cawker City, Kansas.
They have had three children : —
418. Edwtn Thomas, b. 16 Nov., 1861, in Summit.
419. Flora, b. 13 April, 1869, in Summit.
420. Mary Maud, b. 24 Dec, 1876, in Farley, Iowa.
300. James Behn Jesup (^Edwm,'^^'^ Ebenezer}^^ Ebenezer,^"^
Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Albany, N. Y., 22 Sept.,
1838, was married by the Rev. A. Fuller, 12 April, 1871 to Mira
S. Hall of Rochester, Minn., who died there 24 Aug., 1879, aged
30 years. He enlisted early in the Civil War in the Fifth Wiscon-
sin Regiment, May, 1861, but was discharged on account of ill
health in September of the same year. Not long after, he was
drafted, but was not then sufficiently recovered to return, though
in 1862 he served some time as sutler's clerk. He now (1881)
lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
Edward of Green's Farms. 199
Two children : —
421. Robert Hall, b. 4 July, 1872, in Rochester; d. in Minneapo-
lis, 13 March, 1875.
422. Henry Myrick, b. 15 Sept., 1876, in Minneapolis.
304. Richard Mortimer Jesup {Charles ^"^^^ Ebenezer,^^^ Eben-
eser,^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^), wdiS, born in Westport,
Conn., 24 Nov., 1826, and died in New York city, 25 Jan., 1857.
At the age of fifteen he united with the Canal Street Presby-
terian Church in New York (the Rev. Dr. Richard W. Dickinson,
pastor), afterwards transferring his membership to the Colle-
giate Dutch Church, and finally to the Church of the Puritans
(the Rev. Dr. Geo. B. Cheever, pastor), becoming an officer in
the latter church and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school.
He was a member of the Board of Managers, and a Vice-President
of the New York Bible Society; a director of the Young Men's
Christian Association, and in Sept., 1855, elected one of the
Executive Committee of the American Tract Society. He was
all his life interested in every form of religious and benevolent
work, contributing generously of his means, and especially of his
time, to those associations with which he was connected. Few
ever labored with more of fidelity and zeal at all times and in all
places for the religious welfare of their fellow-men, — a second
Harlan Page, in fact. He was a happy illustration of a Christian
merchant, who carried his principles into his every-day life in a
way which gained for him the respect and confidence of all.
He married, 20 Sept., 1854, Anna Smith Beach (daughter of
Aaron and Anna S. R. Beach), who died in N. Y. 14 Jan., 1877,
aged 45.
Their only child is —
423. Charles Mortimer, b. 21 Oct., 1855; m., 7 March, 1878,
Sarah Catharine Owen, daughter of Edward H. Owen, of New
York city. One child, Richard Mortimer, b. 3 Dec, 1878.
He is in business in the city.
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306. Morris Ketchum Jesup (Charles,'^^^ Ebeneser,^^^ Ebene-
zer,'^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^'), born in Westport, Conn.,
21 June, 1830; married, 26 April, 1854, Maria Van Antwerp De
Witt, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas De Witt." He is a banker
in the city of New York, where he has resided since 1842. He
was in tlie employ of the well-known firm of Rogers, Ketchum, &
Grosvenor, of the Locomotive Works in Paterson, N. J., until
1852, when he started in business for himself. During the more
than thirty years that have since elapsed he has built up a wide
reputation as a successful business man, and more especially as
a philanthropist. He is, moreover, a patron of the Fine Arts, and
more recently has interested himself in promoting the study of
Natural History.
He has always been, and still is connected with a large number
of the public institutions and benevolent enterprises of the city,
all of which have shared in his liberal gifts, and what is of equal
or greater value, in his personal labors. Since 1863 he has been
a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and it was at a meeting
of the Chamber in 1884 that he urged the need of legislative
action for the preservation of the forests of the State, and did
much to secure the next year the appointment of a Forestry
Commission and the enactment of Forestry laws.
In 1864 he became interested in the work of the "New York
Mission and Tract Society," of which, since 1881, he has been
president. In 1872 he became president of the "Five Points
House of Industry," a charity that has always shared largely in
his care. He was one of the founders of the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association and contributed liberally to the fund for the
erection of the building it now occupies. He was its president
in 1872. The " De Witt Memorial Church" in Rivington Street
" Dr. De Witt (b. 13 Dec, 1791 ; d. and Dutch languages. He held many
18 May, 1874) was a distmguished minis- important positions connected with the
terof the Collegiate Dutch Church in N.Y. educational and charitable institutions of
city, 1827-1874 ; a man of profound learn- the city, and was widely known and re-
ing and an able preacher in the English vered. — JonNSON^S £nc_yc/oJ>csdia.
■jARBON FKOTO ALLEN & ROWE L
Edward of Green's Farms. 201
was built by him in 1881 at a cost of $60,000, and presented to
the City Mission and Tract Society, of which Dr. De Witt had
been president, for the furtherance of their work in that part of
the city. On the removal of Union Theological Seminary to the
upper portion of the city he contributed the means for the erec-
tion of one of its new buildings, and is an active member of its
Board of Trustees.
In 1 88 1 he was elected president of the "American Museum
of Natural History," having been already from its organization
one of its trustees. To him this institution, in addition to many
other donations, is indebted for its most unique and superb " Jes-
up Collection of the Woods of the United States," which repre-
sents, as never before, the forest wealth of the entire country.
The collection embraces over 400 species of native trees, each
and all so fully and intelligently represented as to prove a most
valuable source of information to both practical and scientific
men.
Among the other institutions with which he is connected may
be mentioned the " Metropolitan Museum of the Fine Arts," the
" Deaf and Dumb Asylum," the " Half-Orphan Asylum," etc.
The " New York Society for the Suppression of Vice " was formed
at his house, and he was one of the original corporators named
in its charter of 1873. He was also among the first to recognize
the need of the " United States Christian Commission " during the
Civil War, was efficient in its organization, and its treasurer. Wil-
liams College in 1881 conferred on him the honorary degree of
A.M.
His more immediate kindred, however, will recognize it as one
of the most graceful acts of his life that he purchased the family
homestead and residence of his grandfather, Major Ebenezer
Jesup in Westport, Conn., and in 1886 gave it to the Congrega-
tional Church in that place for perpetual use as a parsonage, —
the church with whose earliest history his grandfather's family
were so closely connected, of which his parents were active and
highly honored members, and located in a town (once a portion
202 yessup Genealogy.
of the ancient town of Fairfield) where, after the family have
been represented for more than two hundred years, the very
name itself seems destined soon to disappear.
Mr. Jesup has no children.
31.4. Francis Wright Jesup {^Francis Wright^'^'^^ Ebenezer,'^^
Ebenezer^^^ Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Westport,
Conn., 14 Jan., 1844; married, 4 June, 1879, Effie Crook, born 17
Nov., 1856, and daughter of Rufus and Mira H. Crook, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y. He does business in New York city (^Francis W. Jes-
up & Co.), but resides in Brooklyn. He is actively interested in
religious and benevolent work in Brooklyn, a member and officer
in the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, Rev. Geo. F.
Pentecost, D.D., pastor.
They have one child : —
424. Florence Marguerite, b. 10 Aug., 1881.
338. Kate J. Jesup (^ James Edward,^^^ Samuel Blackleach,'^^'^
James Edward,^^ Blackleach,^'^ Edward,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^^,
born 24 July, 1847, married D. A. Tandy, and lives near Fair-
view, Ky. . '
There are seven children : —
425. James H. Tandy, b. 2 Sept., 1867.
426. Annie H. Tandy, b. 2 May, 1869.
427. Harrie T. Tandy, b. 22 June, 1870.
428. Thomas S. Tandy, b. 3 April, 1872.
429. Susan D, Tandy, b. 22 Aug., 1874.
430. Jesup Blackleach Tandy, b. 6 July, 1876.
431. Everett Tandy, b. 10 May, 1878.
ARMS GRANTED TO COL. EBENEZER JESSUP, lO APRIL, 1 788.
(Jessup and Hyde.)
PEDIGREE OF
Edward Jessup, son of Edward =
and Grandson of Edward" Jessup,
who according to Family tradition
went from Yorkshire and settled
at New York.
Edward Jessup =
eldest son.
Joseph Jessup, Esq., second son,
born at Fairfield in the Province
of Conn. Died at Montreal
in 1778, aged 79.
Blackleach
Jessup.
Ebenezer
Jessup.
Edward Jessup, eldest son, a major
on the American Establishment, and
Major Commandant of the Loyal
Americans. Born in Stamford
Parish in the county of Fairfield
in Conn., Dec, 1735.
Living, 1789.
Abigail, dau. of Jonathan
Dibble of Conn, and
New York, Esq., and sister
of Elizabeth, wife of
Ebenezer Jessup, Esq.,
married at Stamford
in 1760.
Joseph Jessup 2d,
a Captain in an
American Regiment.
Edward Jessup, only son,
a Lieut, in the King's
Reg"^ of Loyal Rangers.
Born in Albany in the
Province of New York,
26th May, 1766.
I
Abigail Jessup, only
dau., born in the
County of Dutchess
in the Province
of New York,
19 April, 1761.
James Walker,
Surgeon in
Canada. Married
there in 1781.
Hambleton Walker
Born in Canada
15 July, 1782.
Edward
born in
Canada
July, 17S4.
James
born in
Canada
Dec, 1788.
Phcebe
born in Canada
Oct., 1786.
« The words " and Grandson of Edward," should have been omitted.
* Died Oct. 2, 1747, in her 68th year.
«■ 28 Jan. is the record at the College of Arms.
JOSEPH JESSUE.
Elizabeth, dau. and heir of
John Hyde, Esquire, son of
Hyde, Esq., said to have
been a Field Officer. She died
at Fairfield in Connecticut
about 1747, aged "joP
Abigail, dau. of
Henry James, who went from
South Wales and settled
in North America.
Ebenezer Jessup,
third son.
Ebenezer Jessup, 3d son,
now of the city of Westminster,
Esq., late Lieut. Commandant
of the King's Loyal American
Regiment. Living in 17S9.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Dibble of
Conn, and New York, Esq.,
sister of Abigail,
wife of Ed. Jessup, Esq.
Living, 1789.
Henry James Jessup, Esq.
only son. Barrister,
Solicitor, Advocate, and
Attorney at Law, by
Commission in the
Province of Quebec.
Born 18 March, 1762.
Anna Maria,
2d daughter
of John Bowes,
late Earl of
Strathmore in
Scotland. Married
20 Jan.," 1788.
John-Henry-Bowes Jessup,
born in Somerset Street,
Portman Square, Aug., 1789.
I I I I I
Leah, Sarah, Elizabeth, Deborah,
and Mary-Ann-Clarendon ;
all five born in America, and now
living, unmarried, 1789.
The above Pedigree is a true copy from the Register, marked
7^'^ D. 14, in the Herald's Office, London.
Witness our Hands this 30th Sept., 1789.
ERAS TOWNSEND, Windsor Herald.
BENJAMIN PINGO, York Herald.
CHAPTER III.
JOSEPH JESSUP OF STAMFORD, AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
THE career of Joseph 9 Jessup, of Stamford, Conn., and his
descendants is in striking contrast with that of his brothers,
Edward^ and Jonathan. ^^ He was the first and only member of
his father's family to seek a home beyond the bounds of New
England, and neither he nor his children could have anticipated
the results which were to follow from this removal. That both
ne and his sons were men of more than ordinary business ability
cannot be doubted. His own ability as well as integrity were
recognized in the fact that he was the sole executor of the estates
of both his father and mother, and one of the executors of the
estate of his brother Edward.
After the death of his wife in 1743, he emigrated with his
three sons, Edward, Joseph, Jr., and Ebenezer, to Dutchess
County, in the adjoining colony of New York, — a distance
of less than one hundred miles, and yet so far that his mother
in her will appears to think it possible he might "not re-
turn alive." In a deed dated 21 Sept., 1758, he is styled,
"late of Stamford, now of ye Nine Partners" in Dutchess Co.,
" There were in the county two patents
called " The Nine Partners," each granted
to a company of nine proprietors : " The
Great or Lower Nine Partners," granted
in 1697, comprised very nearly the present
towns of Clinton, Pleasant Valley, Wash-
ington, Stanford, and parts of Hyde Park,
Amenia and Northeast; "The Little or
Upper Nine Partners," granted in 1706,
comprised nearly the towns of Milan, Pine
Plains, and a part of Northeast. — Smith's
Dutchess County, pp. 43-44.
204 yessttp Genealogy.
N. Y."'' This emigration was about 1744. There is on record
at the Dutchess County Clerk's Office,* a deed given by Rich-
ard Sackett and John Sackett to Joseph Jessup of Stamford,
in the County of Fairfield and Colony of Connecticut, yeoman,
dated 10 Nov., 1744, which, for the consideration of ;^300,
conveys to the latter 911 acres of land, being Lot No. 32 in
the " Upper [or Little] Nine Partners Patent," so called. The
first named grantor was one of the original patentees of this large
tract. Jan. 18, 1760, Joseph Jessup purchases of Jan Vosburgh,
for i^440, 360 acres additional, being part of Lot 34, bounded by
the present Columbia County line on the north.'' A portion of
Lot 32 (94 acres), he conveys by deed of gift, 18 Aug., 1761, to
his son Edward. Another section, of 145 acres, he gives at the
same date to his son Ebenezer.''
Here begin those transactions in real estate, both on their own
account and as agents for other parties, which rapidly increased
in number and importance during the next fifteen years, and
which led them eventually to locate at Jessup's Landing near the
head-waters of the Hudson River. The records above cited show
still further that in 1764 Edward and Ebenezer mortgage their
lands to George Folliott, each of them for ^300. The father and
Joseph, Jr., mortgage 350 acres of Lot 34 to Col. Martin Hoff-
man* of New York County for ;^369 12s. The preceding year
(1768) he had sold to Benjamin Van Leuven, for ^1,100, 601 acres
in Lot 32. He, in this deed, is styled as of " Northeast Precinct,"
another name for the "Upper Nine Partners " tract.-^ In 1764 the
entire family were still in Dutchess County, but that year Edward
and Ebenezer sell their interests in the Northeast Precinct and
remove to Albany; and in 1771 Joseph, the father, and their
brother, Joseph, Jr., do the same and follow them up the river.
Little further is known of Joseph Jessup, Sr. As his family were
all loyalists, and he already an old man, early in the Revolutionary
°' Book F. p. 268, Stamford Records. '^ Ibid., iv. 241, 243.
* Book 2, p. 44. « Riker's Harlem, p. 483, note.
'^ Dutchess County Records, v. 331. ^ Smith's Dutchess County, p. 49.
yoseph of Stamford. 205
war or before, he took refuge at Montreal in Canada, where he
died in 1778, at the age of seventy-nine."
The sons, Edward and Ebenezer especially, were the friends of
Sir Wm. Johnson, the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in
New York, and one of the most remarkable and influential men in
that colony. His funeral was on the 13th of July, 1774, at Johns-
town. On the 14th, the chiefs of the Six Nations assembled at
Johnson Hall for the performance of the ceremony of condolence.
Sir Guy Johnson (a nephew) was present, and eleven other gen-
tlemen, one of whom was Edward Jessup * who had great affec-
tion for Sir Wm, Johnson.
The Jessup brothers were also in various ways associated with
many of the English Colonial officials, — more especially Gov-
ernor Dunmore and Gen. Wm. Tryon, the last of the royal
governors, to whom they were indebted for many favors in secur-
ing for themselves and for their associates grants of large tracts
of land obtained either directly from the government or indirectly
by purchase from the Indians. They were shrewd and success-
ful men of business, inheriting the financial talents of the father,
and ready to take hold of any adventurous scheme which might
aid them in bettering their fortunes. Unlike the greater part of
the family to which they belonged, they were supporters of the
Church of England, and this fact doubtless had its influence upon
their subsequent history. The records of St. Peter's Church in
Albany — the oldest church of its order in the city — show that
in 1768 Ebenezer Jessup subscribed with others for the support
of the rector, — probably the Rev. Harry Munro. The family of
the elder brother, Edward, were also in or near Albany in 1766,
as the family records mention the birth of a son there in that year,
although in an official document of the same year he styles him-
self as of Saratoga (Schuylerville). Other indications of the resi-
dence of the brothers in Albany, or that at least they had business
°- Records of his descendants in Canada.
* O'Callaghan's Colonial History of New York, viii. 4S0.
2o6 yessup Genealogy.
interests there, are noted in vol. i. of " Munsell's Collections on the
History of Albany: " —
Feb. 10, 1772 (p. 234), the Common Council directs the clerk
to draw an order in favor of Edward and Ebenezer Jessup for
£\ 2.5. 8d.
Sept. 2, 1773 (p. 248), On petition of Mr. Ebenezer Jessup,
a water lot was granted him at an annual rental of 40s., and the
deeds ordered made out.
Feb. 6, 1775 (p. 269), Ebenezer Jessup's petition for 48 acres
of land near the city was granted.
Dec. 13, 1775 (p. 274), the Mayor was directed to sign two
deeds for land within the city granted to Ebenezer Jessup.
When at the close of the old French and Indian war, in 1759,
the region about Lake George and the upper Hudson was once
more safe for settlers, a proclamation " was issued by Lieut.-
Gov. James de Lancey calling attention to this fact, and numer-
ous petitions were soon sent to the Governor and Council for
grants of these and other lands in that part of the colony. The
Jessups early took advantage of the return of peace, and were
soon engaged in very extensive transactions in wild lands in that
part of the State now known as the counties of Warren, Essex,
and Hamilton. In cases where purchases were made directly
from the Indian proprietors, or when for any reason the Indian
title had not been extinguished, the purchaser was required to
be at the expense of first vesting the Indian right and title in
the Crown before he could obtain the patent which alone could
guarantee him in possession of his purchase. The fees exacted
were often very considerable.
The extent and nature of these transactions by the Jessups can
be gathered from the " Calendar of Land Papers " on file in the
office of the Secretary of State at Albany, as also from the maps
and records of surveys, etc., deposited there, which are quite
numerous, besides many pages of recorded documents, the origi-
" Holden's Queensbury, p. 370.
yoseph of Stamford. 207
nals of which are not now in existence. As a necessary means
for understanding and appreciating the history of this family,
abstracts of some of these papers are given below. The full
copy of an Indian deed also is added, whose voluminous phrase-
ology well illustrates the cumbrous style of legal document then
in use.
Dec. 25, 1767, Gov. Sir Henry Moore granted — and May 20,
1768, George III., King of England, confirmed the same — to
Ebenezer Jessup, William Johnson, David Hunter, Dederick
Miller, Jonathan Jones, Isaac Matson, Timothy Knapp, Samuel
Bishop, Edward Jessup, Rutger Bleecker, Johannes Beekman,
Jacob Hatt, Joseph Jessup, Jr., Jonas Myer, and James Murray,
a tract of land of 7,550 acres lying "in the county of Albany,
east side of Hudson's River, to the northward of the township
of Queensbury, and between the said river and Lake George,
whereon they proposed to make a settlement" (reserving mines
and white-pine trees for masts), to be divided into 15 equal parts,
etc.'' This tract is in Luzerne, Warren Co., in the north part of
the township.
Dec. 28, 1767, Gov. Sir Henry Moore granted — and May 21,
1768, George III, King, confirmed — to Ebenezer Jessup, William
Johnson, etc. (nearly the same 15 mentioned above), a tract of
land (4,100 acres) on the east side of Hudson's River, etc.,
with the same reservations.* This adjoins the previous grant,
and is " Jessup's Patent," on which the village of Luzerne is now
located.
May 8, 1771, the Earl of Dunmore, Gov. of New York, granted
— and April 10, 1772, George III. confirmed — to Edward Jessup
and Ebenezer Jessup 2,000 acres of land, east of Hudson's River
in the county of Albany, " beginning in the south bounds of a
tract of 7,550 acres of land formerly granted to Ebenezer Jessup
and others," etc. This is also in Luzerne, lying between the
two tracts already mentioned, and was to compensate for the loss
" Books of Patents, xiv. 269-274. * Patents, pp. 274-280.
2o8 yessup Genealogy.
of a tract of the same size already granted, which proved to be
within the Hmits of another settlement called Arlington."
Aug. 25, 1774, Gov. Cadwallader Colden granted to Edward
Jessup, Ebenezer Jessup, Joseph Jessup, Jr., and thirty-seven
others, and Sept. 10, 1774, a patent was given in the name of
George III., for 40,000 acres on the west side of Hudson River
in the county of Charlotte, the same to be erected into a town-
ship to be called Hyde.^ This now is part of Athol and War-
rensburg, in Warren County, N. Y. This tract had, in 1772, been
purchased of the Mohawk Indians, as the result of a conference
held with them at the house of Sir Wm. Johnson.
Feb. 23, 1775, "Edward and Ebenezer Jessup, Esquires, pf the
city and county of Albany, part owners and proprietors of all
that certain tract of land in the county of Charlotte, called and
known by the name of the township of Hyde, lately granted by
letters patent," etc., appoint Peter Van Schaack,'' of New York
city, as their attorney for the dividing of said property.*^
Indian Deed for the above Property.
To all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting : Know ye
that we, Hendrick, alias Tayahansara, Lawrance, alias Agquerajies, Hans,
alias Canadgawre, and Hans Krine, alias Anajoadhoje, native Indians,
send Greeting : Whereas Ebenezer and Edward Jessup, in behalf of them-
selves and others of his Majesty's subjects, their associates, did lately
petition the Rt. Hon''''' John, Earl of Dunmore, Captain- General and
Govemor-in- Chief in and over the province of New York and the terri-
tories depending thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the
same, etc., in Council, setting forth among other things, in substance, that
by his most Gracious Majesty's proclamation, given at the Council of St.
° Patents, xvi. 207-211. was banished the country and went to
* Patents, xvi. 408-415. England in 1778, but in 1785 was allowed
'^ Peter Van Schaack was a young to return. He wrote various legal works.
man, but even then a distinguished lawyer. He died in 1832, aged 86, at Kinderhook,
Thinking to remain neutral during the N. Y.
war, he refused to take the oath of allegi- ^ Books of Deeds, xx. 79.
ance to the State of New York in 1777 ;
yoseph of Stamfoyd. 209
James the seventh day of October m the third year of his reign, reciting
that whereas great frauds and abuses had been committed in purchasing
lands of the Indians, to the great prejudice of his Majesty's interests and
to the great dissatisfaction of the said Indians, his said Majesty, by and
with the advice of his privy Council, did thereby strictly enjoin and require
that no private person do presume to purchase of the native Indians, pro-
prietors, any lands not ceded to or purchased by his Majesty within these
parts of his Majesty's Colonies where he has thought proper to allow of
settlem_ents ; but that if at any time any of the said Indians should be in-
clined to dispose of the said lands, the same should be purchased by his
Majesty's Governor, Commander-in-Chief of the said Colonies respectively
within which they shall be ; and also setting forth in substance that there
is a certain unpatented tract of land lying and being on the west side of
Hudson's river, beginning at a beech-tree, marked E. J. W. L. E., 1772,
standing on the west bank of Hudson's river about four miles above the
patent of seven thousand five hundred acres on the opposite side of the
river granted to Ebenezer Jessup and others, running N° thirty degrees
west ten miles to a beech-tree, thence N° sixty degrees east to the north-
east branch of Hudson's river, thence down the same to the place of
beginning, containing by estimation forty thousand acres, which tract had
never been ceded to or purchased by his Majesty or his Royal progenitors
and predecessors, but doth still remain occupied by the native Indians
of the Mohock Castle, and also setting forth our willingness to dispose
of our native Indian right in favor of the said petitioners and their asso-
ciates, and our unwiUingness to make a conveyance of the said lands in
favor of any other person whatsoever ; and that we, the said Indians, did
then (as we now do) stand ready to convey the said tract of land in the
manner directed by the said Royal proclamation, provided that the said
petitioners and their associates may be preferred to all other his Majesty's
subjects in a grant of the same, and that his Excellency would be pleased
at their expense to make such purchase as aforesaid, and that they and
their associates might thereupon be favored with a grant of the said tract
of land under the quit-rents and upon the terms and conditions prescribed
by his Majesty's instructions ; all which allegations and suggestions in
the said petition, we, the said Indians, do hereby acknowledge and declare
to be true : Now, therefore. Know ye that we, the said Indians, for and in
behalf of ourselves and our nation — at a publick meeting or assembly with
14
2IO jfessup Genealogy.
his Excellency, William Tryon, Esquire, His Majesty's Captain General
and Commander-in-chief in and over the province of New York, etc., at
Johnson Hall, pursuant to his Majesty's royal proclamation aforesaid —
do now declare our intentions and inclinations to dispose of the said tract
of land above described, in the counties of Tryon and Albany, in favor of
the said petitioners and their associates ; and accordingly, by these pres-
ents, at the said publick meeting and assembly held for the purpose, with
the assistance of John Butler, Esquire, Interpreter, to us well known, do
for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and eighty-six pounds,
lawful money of New York, to us in hand paid by the said petitioners, and
the further sum of five shillings like lawful money to us in hand paid by
his said Excellency in behalf of his most sacred Majesty, George the third,
King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, etc., the
receipt whereof we do hereby confess and acknowledge, and thereof and
therefrom and of and from every part and parcel thereof we do fully,
freely, and absolutely release, exonerate, and forever discharge his said
Majesty, his heirs, successors, and assigns, and the petitioners and their
assigns, their executors, administrators, and assigns forever, by these pres-
ents, and also in order to enable the said petitioners and their associates
to obtain his Majesty's grant in fee simple for all the said tract above
described, within the limits and bounds herein before mentioned, as fully
and as effectually as if the same were herein more particularly and exactly
described, — Have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed,
infeoffed, ceded, disposed of, surrendered, and confirmed, and by these
presents do fully, freely, and absolutely grant, bargain, sell, aUen, release,
convey, infeoff, cede, dispose of, surrender, and confirm unto his said
Majesty, King George the third, his heirs, successors, and assigns forever,
all and singular, the tract and tracts, parcel and parcels, quantity and
quantities of land, be the same more or less, within the general boundaries
and limits above mentioned, contained, and comprehended ; and also all
and singular, the trees, woods, underwoods, rivers, streams, ponds, creeks,
rivulets, brooks, runs, and streams of water, waters, watercourses, profits,
commodities, advantages, emoluments, privileges, hereditaments, and ap-
purtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining ; and the reversion
and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits of
all and singular the said tracts and parcels of land, and every part and
parcel thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim.
Joseph of Stamford. 2 1 1
and demand whatsoever, whether native, legal, or equitable, of us, the said
Indians, and each and every of us, of in or to the said lands, tracts, or
parcel of lands, and every part and parcel thereof, and hereby mentioned,
or intended to be hereby granted, bargained, sold, ahened, released,
conveyed, enfeoffed, ceded, disposed of, surrendered, and confirmed, with
their and every of their rights, members, and appurtenances unto his
said Majesty, King George the third, his heirs, successors, and assigns
forever.
In witness whereunto we the said Indians, in behalf of ourselves and our
nation, have hereunto set our hands and seals in the presence of his said
Excellency and of the other persons subscribing as witnesses hereunto, at
the aforesaid publick meeting or assembly held for that purpose at Johnson
Hall, this day of July, in the twelfth year of his said Majesty's reign,
and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two.
Sealed and delivered Hendrick + mark,
in the presence of us, Abrams + mark,
Pat Daly, Johans Crinn.
John Butler.
Received, on the day and year above written, of the within William
Tryon, Esquire, the sura of five shillings, and of the within named peti-
tioners the sum of one hundred and eighty-six pounds, lawful money of
New York, being the full consideration money within mentioned.
Hendricks -f mark,
I hereby certify that the within deed was Abrams + mark,
executed and the consideration money paid Agwieraeghje,
in my presence, Johans Crinn.
William Tryon.
The most extensive transaction which originated v^^ith the
Jessup brothers was that known as the " Totten and Crossfield
Purchase," and sometimes as " Jessup's Purchase." This involved
800,000 acres of land, and was intended to extinguish the Indian
title to all the remaining land owned by the Mohawks which lay-
north of the west branch of the Hudson River (the Sacandaga).
That Joseph Totten and Stephen Crossfield of New York city
were only the ostensible parties concerned is shown by an aflfi-
212 yessMp Genealogy.
davit signed by Crossfield at the first meeting of the proprietors
for a division, in which he states that he became interested through
the Jessups, and that aside from a single township which Totten
and himself were to share, other parties furnished the means for
making the purchase.
The petition for hberty to purchase, presented to Governor
Dunmore and signed by Totten and Crossfield, is dated New
York, April lo, 1771. The land is described as follows: —
" A certain tract lying and being in the County of Albany, on the west
side of the most northerly branch of Hudson's river, beginning at the
northeast corner of a tract of 46,000 acres of land petitioned for by
Thomas Palmer and his associates ; thence running south 60° west, to the
northwest corner of a tract of land petitioned for by John Bergen and his
associates ; thence running north 30° west, till it shall intersect a line
coming west from ten miles north of Crown Point ; thence east to the
Hudson river ; thence down the said river to the north bounds of a tract
of land petitioned for by Edward Jessup and Ebenezer Jessup and their
associates of 40,000 acres ; thence westerly and southerly round the said
tract of land, until it shall come to the northeast bounds of the said
tract of land petitioned for by the said Thomas Palmer and his associates,
being the place of beginning."
This has upon it the following endorsement: —
"Presented April 10, 1771 ; No. 21,771. April 10, read in council
and referred to a committee. June 7, 17 71, read in council and referred
to a committee, and reported and granted."
April II, 1 771, James Leadbetter and Ebenezer Jessup make
an agreement with Governor Dunmore that of the fees for
patenting this large tract, amounting to ;^8,774 lOi-,, he should
remit ii"2,oi2. The following October Jessup is engaged to sur-
vey and lay out the land, for which he is to receive ;^5 per
thousand acres.
March 27, 1772, the parties interested agree to advance £Af per
thousand acres, those in New York city to pay Goldsbro Banyar,
Joseph of Stamford. 213
and the others Ebenezer Jessup, to be deposited with Sir William
Johnson to be applied in paying the sums that may be needed
for the Indians and for other expenses.
The Indian deed for this land, now on file, was signed in July,
1772, at Johnson Hall, where an Indian council was held under
the luspices of Governor Tryon, — the last ever held by the
Mohawks. It was signed by the same chiefs which at the same
time signed the deed of 40,000 acres sold to the Jessups. The
consideration was £i,n^. " and the further sum of five shilhngs
by his sacred majesty George the Third."
Jan. 14, 1773, the proprietors meet at the house of Robert
Hall in New York and empower " Mr. Ebenezer Jessup to have
a wagon road made along the line of mile trees from the land-
ing." Twenty-four townships, each about six miles square, were
divided by ballot at this meeting, from the records of which
there appear to have been more than thirty persons interested
in the enterprise. A township drawn by Ebenezer Jessup he
calls " Ebenton," a name which probably was never heard of
agam
dill. . .
The above purchase appears to have been the occasion ot more
or less consultation between Governor Tryon and the home gov-
ernment, as to the persons who should be favored with patents.
The Earl of Dartmouth, then First Lord of Trade, under date of
April 21, 1775, informs the Governor, who was then in London,
that in co'nsequence of the conversation he had with him the day
before as to the proposition of making grants to Messrs. Totten,
Crossfield, Van Rensselaer, Low, Jessup, and others, of land pur-
chased of the Indians in 1772, he shall advise his Majesty that
his faithful and well disposed subjects in New York should
be gratified in every reasonable request; and when they shall
make humble application to his Majesty, with a disavowal of all
association to obstruct the importation or exportation of goods
to or from Great Britain, it may be advisable to confirm to them
such lands by letters-patent, and not otherwise.^
« Documentary History of New York, viii. 569.
214 yessiip Genealogy.
But the war had already begun. The battle of Lexington had
been fought, the American Association pledged to non-inter-
course with the mother country had already thousands of sub-
scribers, and it soon mattered little to whom these lands belonged.
When, however, peace came again, the claimants were numerous
for this portion of the State, as shown by the extended pages of
records and the numerous documents now on file. In the index
to the " Calendar of Land Papers " in Albany, seven pages are
taken up with the list of papers produced by claimants to what
was still called " Jessup's Totten and Crossfield Purchase," There
are also numerous maps and records of surveys, with the accom-
panying field-notes, that have been preserved, very many of
which explain the transactions of the Jessups already spoken
of, and others connected with grants and districts of country
that are still associated with their name.
The Jessups appear finally to have located in the vicinity of
Jessiifs Landing, not far from the " Big Falls " on the Hudson,
ten miles above Glen's Falls. This was within the land grants in
which they were interested, and here they erected saw-mills and
a grist mill. The latter was in Luzerne on Wells Creek, and the
old cellar may still be seen (1870). This mill was one of the few
in the region that escaped destruction in Revolutionary times;
and in i860 there were those living in that region whose fathers or
near kindred had, during and after that war, " backed grists over
the mountain by a line of blazed trees to Jessup's mill." " The
residence of Edward Jessup is located by the late Col. B. C. But-
ler, of Luzerne, on the place where John McEwen now (1870)
resides, near Rockwell's Hotel.*
The brothers were the first lumbermen in this region, and Jes-
sup's Landing takes its name from the fact that the rafts of
lumber which came down the Sacandaga, Schroon, and Hudson
" Holden's Queensbury, p. 499, notes, the writer speaks of crossing the Hudson
''Butler's Handbook of the Adiron- river on a raft "at the house of Mr. Jessop
dack Railway, p. 27. See also vol. i. p. the elder." This was Edward Jessup, at
595, Calendar of New York Historical that time with Burgoyne's army.
Manuscripts, Revolutionary Papers, where
yoseph of Stamford. 215
rivers were of necessity landed above the Falls and hauled around
them by teams to some point on the river below, where they were
reshipped to market. This extensive water-privilege is now con-
trolled by the " Palmer Falls Water Power Company." Above
the Falls the Jessups owned a ferry. There was at that time one
narrow gorge in the river not more than twelve or fourteen feet
in width, where at the outbreak of the Revolution, when the loyal-
ists were on their way to join General Burgoyne, one of the Jes-
sups, according to tradition, to save himself from capture by the
pursuing Whigs, jumped across, "Thence he escaped through
the town of Oueensbury to Skeensborough (now Whitehall) at
the head of Lake Champlain, and eventually found his way to the
British camp at Willsborough Falls. After General Gates had
assumed command of the Continental army, he sent Lieutenant
Ellis with a party of men to arrest the Jessups and other Tories in
that vicinity; but finding them gone, he, in pursuance of orders,
destroyed the settlement, laid waste their grainfields, and left
nothing standing of their improvements but the mills. The
houses had already been pillaged and everything of value carried
away." " Colonel Butler refers the feat of leaping the stream to a
scout who was on his way to inform Burgoyne of the defeat of
Colonel St. Leger at Fort Stanwix (now the city of Rome).* Pos-
sibly it may have been true of one of the Jessups, if they inherited
the strength and activity of the father, who was known as " the
lithe six-foot Frenchman." '^ Although more than a hundred
years have elapsed since these enterprising pioneers left the
country, the family name still lingers in connection with both a
river and a lake in the Adirondack region. Jessup's Landing was
until recently a post-office in the town of Corinth, and Jessup's
Falls and Jessup's Ferry are still remembered.
Colonel Butler writes that "Edward Jessup was a merchant of
New York, and Ebenezer, his brother, a surveyor, who lived in
" Holden's Queensbury, p. 432. '^ So says Miss Alminah Jessup, of
^ Butler's Handbook of the Adiron- Saratoga {1882), a grand-niece of Joseph
dack Railway, p. 21. Jessup.
2i6 Jessiip Genealogy.
Schuylerville. In 1764 they came over Palmertown mountain to
Corinth, where are what were then called Jessup's Falls and built
a saw-mill. Afterwards they came up to Luzerne and located
several patents, notably the Jessup Patent of 4,100 acres upon
which our village is now situated. The family were never heard
of in this country after 1775." " If by " New York " is meant the
city, there is no evidence that Edward Jessup ever resided there.
Many of his business associates lived in the city, and both the
father and his sons were not infrequently there. The sons appear
to have been men of education, and the means by which they ob-
tained it is said to have been furnished by their maternal grand-
father, Henry James.''
The late Dr. A. W. Holden, in his history of Queensbury, ap-
pears to have gathered very carefully the prevalent traditions in
reference to the private life of the Jessups ; and his statements in
the main are attested by documentary proof and by the subse-
quent history of the family. The wives of Edward and Ebenezer
Jessup were cultivated women, sisters, and first cousins of their
husbands. They were born in New York city, though their father,
Jonathan Dibble, closed his life on his farm in the town of Stam-
ford, Conn. The removal of the entire family of Joseph Jessup
to Albany, and their association with men of social position and
education among the Colonial officials, led them naturally to use
the means they were acquiring in a somewhat similar style of liv-
ing. Dr. Holden says that "somewhere about the year 1770
Ebenezer Jessup removed to this then wilderness region and built
him a spacious log dwelling on the farm now occupied by Thurlow
Leavins, and on the brook near by erected a saw and grist mill.
[That portion of Queensbury is the present Luzerne, which when
first organized was called Fairfield.] There, until after the com-
mencement of the Revolutionary war, he maintained a state and
style of living which bespoke opulence, taste, culture, and famili-
arity with the elegances and customs of the best provincial society.
« Col. Butler's letter of Nov. 23, 18S0.
* So says Miss Alminah Jessup, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
yoseph of Stamford. 217
If tradition is to be credited, his commodious and comfortable
dwelling, however rude may have been its exterior, was the fre-
quent theatre of hospitable entertainments, its rooms garnished
with elegant furniture, its walls embellished with costly paintings
and choice engravings, its capacious tables arrayed in spotless
linen and imported covers, and loaded with massive silver plate.
All of this, with the many costly fittings and adjuncts of such a
house, was at a later date plundered and carried away. . . . The
private accounts of Abraham Wing who then kept a famous tav-
ern [at the corner of Ridge and Warren Streets, in what is now
Glen's Falls] exhibit charges against the Jessups for entertain-
ments of a very liberal and generous character." But the war
changed all this, and as a result one of the earliest settlements in
Warren County was swept out of existence.
That the Jessups were stanch loyalists is not surprising.
Their connection with the Crown had brought them both fortune
and social position ; to this connection, indeed, they owed all
their prosperity. When the conflict began between George III.
and his rebellious colonies, they naturally adhered to the royal
cause ; and until near the close of the struggle the idea was not
entertained that American independence was even a possibility.
The very nature of the struggle developed the most bitter ani-
mosities, as shown in the more recent Civil War. And those who
espoused either side, after their sympathies were once enlisted,
stood ready to sacrifice home, fortune, and life itself without
counting the cost. It was fortunate for Sir Wm. Johnson that
his life's work was done before the war broke out. He was not
by nature a partisan. His large experience with men of many
races had taught him that all men had rights which others were
bound to respect, and it would have been to him painful in the ex-
treme to have been forced into the struggle. For a time his family
and their followers in the Mohawk valley were restrained, kept
under a constant and irritating surveillance by the patriots, who
feared their influence with their powerful Indian allies more than
anything they themselves might do. Sir John Johnson, it will be
2i8 yessup Genealogy.
remembered, unable longer to endure this constraint, fled to
Canada in May, 1776, in company with many of his friends.
They reached Canada in safety, but only after a painful journey
of nineteen days through the trackless Adirondack forests, and
Sir John joined the British forces in New York city. After his
departure, his family were seized as hostages and taken to Albany ;
from which place, in Jan., 1777, they escaped and joined Sir John
in New York. The story of Lady Johnson's flight forms a most
interesting episode of the Revolution."
The Jessups do not appear to have accompanied Sir John to
Canada, but went there in the fall of 1776. Joseph, the father,
being already an old man, it is known went to Montreal at the
opening of the Revolution, where he died in 1778. The second
son, Joseph, Jr., may have been with him. His name does not
appear with those of his brothers, but he nevertheless was in the
army, and after the war received his quota of land.
The family of at least one of the brothers was in Albany at the
same time with Lady Johnson. In one of the manuscripts now
on file in Albany, entitled " A Detail of Tory Information," oc-
curs the sentence, " Mrs. Jessup was in Albany about three weeks
ago, and all well."* This was dated Jan., 1777, the date of Lady
Johnson's escape. Whether the families of Major Edward and
Col. Ebenezer Jessup were in Albany during the war or were
allowed to go to Canada earlier has not been ascertained.
What part the brothers took in the Revolutionary war can be
determined only from the occasional references made to them in
official documents and a few private papers, making it impossible,
at present certainly, to give any consecutive and complete story
of their career.
They belonged to a body of irregular troops whose movements
were not so well defined, or carefully recorded, as were those of
the regular army. That they were volunteers as well as loyalists
was, in itself, a hindrance to their official recognition. For the
" See " Adventures of a Lady in the War of Independence in America."
'' Calendar of New York Historical Manuscripts, i. 583.
Joseph of Stamford. 219
greater part of what has been ascertained the writer is indebted
to two recent and most valuable works : " The Orderly Book
of Sir John Johnson during the Oriskany Campaign, i776-\'jyy,
annotated by Col, Wm. L. Stone (1882)," and " Hadden's Jour-
nal and Orderly Book, with notes by Brig.-Gen. Horatio Rogers
(1884)." The thorough research which these two historical stu-
dents have given the subject affords little encouragement that
much more could be done by going over the ground again, and
large liberty is taken in using the material they have furnished.
Dr. Holden's " History of Queensbury, N. Y." contains also a few
corroborative facts and opinions as to this period. None of these
authorities, however, appear to have had any very definite knowl-
edge as to this family after they went to Canada. It was evidently
a slip of the pen that led Col. B. C. Butler, of Luzerne, N. Y., to
write" that the land speculations of the Jessups occurred "after
the Revolution," as in a letter to the writer he states that nothing
was known of the family after 1775. He meant either "just
before the Revolution," or " after the French and Indian war."
Major Jessup, in the same note, is spoken of as the founo;-er of the
two more prominent brothers. He was the elder, though he held
an inferior commission, which has been explained by the state-
ment that as such commissions were, in the first place, given for
the pecuniary relief of the loyalists, the commission of colonel
was given to Ebenezer Jessup because of the larger family for
which he had to provide. The latter, moreover, did not settle
in Canada as did his two brothers, but in India, as is narrated
farther on. General Rogers notes* that " Sabine's Loyalists of the
American Revolution " makes no mention of the Jessups. They
are omitted in the earher edition, it is true, but in " Fragments "
appended to the last edition (1864) is the following: "Jessup,
Edward and Ebenezer, of New York : estates confiscated." " The
" Johnson's Orderly Book, p. 37, note, family of six persons, went from New
* Hadden's Journal, p. 68. York to Nova Scotia ; and Jeremiah
" Sabine mentions two others of the Jessup, unmarried, who at the same
name : " Daniel Jessup, of New Jersey, time went to Shelburne." This last
who at the peace, accompanied by his could not then be the " Jeremiah Jesop "
220 Jessup Genealogy.
editor evidently did not know anything further. " Both brothers,"
says General Rogers," "were led by Governor Tryon, of New York,
to believe that they would have important commands, and their
presence in Canada caused Sir Guy Carleton no little perplexity,
as shown by letters written by him and others at that period, and
which throw light upon the movements of the Jessups and the
formation of provincial corps in Canada, These letters tell their
own story so authoritatively that they are given at length, and
are as follows :
Sir Giiy Carleton to Mr. Jessup.
Head-quarters at Quebec, 19th November, 1776.
Sir, — I am commanded to acquaint you that Sir Guy Carleton has
received your letter of the 15 th Instant and will in a few days answer it
fully. In the meantime His Excellency desires you will send him a list of
the persons who accompany you, and the particulars of the information
which you mention to have given relative to the operations of Gen. Howe's
army, &c., Gen. Pliillips not having transmitted them.
I am, &c.
To Mr. Jessup.
Sir Guy Carleton to Maj. Gen. Phillips.
Head-quarters at Quebec, 29th November, 1776.
Sir, — The plan approved by Gov. Tryon, as Mr. Jessop reports, seems
to me very judicious ; it is to be wished this gentleman and his follow-
ers had remained at their homes till it became practicable ; it cannot now
take place before next summer ; in the meantime I should recommend it
to them to join Sir John Johnson's regiment, and enclosed is an order for
Major Grey to take them under his command, to pay three of those des-
tined by Gov. Tryon to be officers as Captains, half the remainder as
Lieutenants, the other half as Ensigns, three of the remainder as Serjeants,
three as Corporals, and the rest as privates.
whose wife and child in 1793 were related to those whose history is given
buried in Trinity Church cemetery in above.
New York city. Neither, however, was « Hadden's Journal, pp. 68-74.
yoseph of Stamford. 221
Mr. Jessop will declare upon his honor who are destined as ofificers, and
rank them according to merit. Major Grey will pay them at that rate from the
day they joined the King's forces, and may either cloath them as the Royal
Reg't of New York, or buy them some cheap uniform cloathing to keep
them from the severity of the weather, as you shall be pleased to direct.
This is not intended to interfere with any project of Mr. Tryon's to ad-
vance them higher, but merely as an asylum till they can do better for them-
selves ; they will then be at liberty, both men and officers, if, on reflection,
they do not think it more advisable to be incorporated with that corps.
Sir Guy Carleton to Mr. Eben. Jessop.
Head-quarters, Quebec, ist December, 1776.
Sir, — I have it in command to acquaint you that His Excellency, the
com'd'r-in-chief, has been pleased to make provision for the present for
your party, after a manner the particulars of which will be communicated
to you by Maj. Gen. Phillips, whom you will accordingly apply to for that
purpose.
I am likewise to signify to you that Mr. Jones is to be paid as a Sur-
geon's Mate.
Sir Guy Carleton to Major Grey.
Head-quarters, Quebec, ist December, 1776.
Sir, — His Excellency, the Com'd'r in Chief, having made provision,
the particulars of which have been communicated to Maj. Gen. Phillips,
for the party of the inhabitants of New York who have joined the King's
corps, under the conduct of the Messrs. Jessops, I am commanded to
acquaint you that upon the said parties joining your reg't, you are to
receive them under your command, to victual them in like maimer as the
troops, and pay them as officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates,
according to a list which shall be delivered to you by Mr. Ebenezer Jessop,
approved by Maj. Gen. Phillips.
Sir Guy Carleton to Maj. Gen. Phillips.
Headquarters, Quebec, 12th December, 1776.
Sir, — I have rec'd your four letters of the 7th of this month.
It is my intention that the Messrs. Jessops should be two of the three
Captains I have mentioned, if they chuse to accept of it, as a provision for
222 yessup Genealogy.
them in their present situation ; if they do not, the number of Captains
will be so much the less.
I cannot enter into Mr. Tryon's designs with regard to these gentlemen,
nor can I form Battalions of officers upon every application, especially
where the appearance of men for them is so little. If hereafter, from a
concourse of people to join the army, I should find that it may be of use
for His Majesty's service to form corps of them, it will be time enough to
consider then of the proper persons to set at their head ; but at present, I
cannot alter the regulations I have made and signified to you above and
by my letters of 29th Nov'r. Mr. Adams, I think, may be satisfied with
the rank and allowance of a Lieutenant.
Sir Guy Car let 071 to Maj. Gen. Phillips.
Head-quarters, Quebec, 23d March, 1777.
Sir, — ... I have upon several occasions acquainted you that neither
the Jessup's party nor any of the others, taking refuge with the army,
belong to the Corps of Sir John Johnson, but are only attached to it in
order to be under the care of Major Gray ; the paying therefore Atherton
and Smith as officers can have no relation to that reg't, and I gave Major
Gray directions again when I was in Montreal to account with them for
their allowance.
Sir Guy Carleton to Maj. Gen. Phillips.
Head-quarters, Quebec, 3d April, 1777.
Sir, — ... I know no such thing as Jessup's Corps, mentioned by Major
Gray, nor did I direct that Adams' party should be compelled to join Mr.
Jessup's and his followers ; they are at liberty to follow what plan of life
they please, except that they must be obliged to continue in a fixed resi-
dence, and not move from it but by permission from you or Major Gray,
as it is improper for many reasons that they should straggle about the
country. I have given full directions about all these people in my former
letters, to which I must refer you.
" By an ' Abstract of Subsistence claimed by the several Corps
of Loyalists for the Campaign of 1777, under Lieut.-Gen'l Bur-
goyne, and likewise private claims for provisions furnished to his
Joseph of Stamford, 223
army, as adjudged by a Board of Officers assembled at St. John's
in February, 1781,' ^^1,028 I3i-. 8|^. were allowed to Eben'zr
Jessup, Esq., Sub'ce, for the Corps under his command.
" It is not quite easy to get at Burgoyne's real opinion of the
provincial corps under him. In writing to Lord George Germaine
from Skenesborough, under date of July 11, 1777, when every-
thing had gone well with him, Burgoyne says: 'Mr. Peters and
Mr. Jessup, who came over to Canada last autumn, and proposed
to raise battalions, — one from the neighborhood of Albany, the
other from Charlotte County, — are confident of success as the
army advances. Their battahons are now in embryo, but very
promising; they have fought, and with spirit. Sir Guy Carleton
has given blank commissions for the officers, to fill up occasion-
ally, and the agreement with them is, that the commissions are
not to be so effective till two-thirds of the battalions are raised.
Some hundreds of men — a third part of them with arms — have
joined me since I have penetrated this place, professing them-
selves loyalists and wishing to serve, some to the end of the
war, some for the campaign. Though I am without instructions
upon this subject, I have not hesitated to receive them, and as
fast as companies can be formed, I shall post the officers till
a decision can be made upon the measure by my superiors. I
mean to employ them particularly upon detachments, for keeping
the country in awe, and procuring cattle; their real use, I expect,
will be great in the preservation of the national troops : but the
impression which will be caused upon public opinion, should pro-
vincials be seen acting vigorously in the cause of the King, will be
yet more advantageous, and, I trust, fully justify the expence.'
" The loyalist corps that served under Burgoyne seem to have
led a precarious existence after their return to Canada, as we find
a warrant, evidently antedated Quebec, July 19, 1779, issued by
order of Gen. Haldimand for the payment of ^1,634 Si". \od.
ster'g, ' being the allowance made for the present relief of several
Corps of Royalists belonging to General Burgoyne's Army, and
sundry other persons who have taken refuge in this province
224 Jessup Genealogy.
from the Rebellious Colonies between the 25th June and 24th
August, 1779, inclusive.' The 'Subsistence Return for Royalists
commanded by Capt McAlpine,' on which the above warrant
was issued, shows that the money was for the following parties,
as the Return denominated them : —
Men.
Capt. Daniel McAlpine 78
Mr. Jessups 98
Mr. Peters 61
Part of Capt'n Leake's 30
,, „ Mr. Adams's 34
Those not attached to parties 36
337
" Of these, Captain McAlpine, Ebenezer Jessup, Edward Jes-
sup, John Peters, and Justus Sherwood, the latter being in
Peters's party, as well as some others, each received ;^30.
"Later on, in 1779, General Haldimand determined to reorgan-
ize these loyalist corps, if possible, as shown by his letter to
Lord George Germaine, dated Quebec, Nov. ist, 1779, and which
is as follows : —
" My Lord, — I have the honor to represent to your Lordship that
several Gentlemen, amongst whom are Capt. McAlpine (formerly a Capt'n
in the 60th Reg't), Mr. Leake (son of the late Commissary General),
Messrs. Peters and Jessup, having in consequence of Gov. Tryon's Procla-
mation raised corps with whom they joined Gen. Burgoyne's Army, but
having been by his misfortune dispersed, they took refuge in this Province,
with part of their men, and made application to me to have their corps re-
established and put upon the same footing with the Provincial Corps that
have joined the Southern Army ; but the difficulty I found in procuring
men for the Royal Emigrants, and Sir John Johnson's Corps, and fearing
that raising others might interfere with their success, I from time to time
put them off. Finding these Reg'ts have not benefitted by my design and
seeing that the Trial may be made without much Expense to Government
(these Gentlemen with a number of other Refugees Loyalists being indis-
pensably supported at the public expense) and that such Corps once raised
would be useful, particularly as they will be recruited upon the Frontiers of
yoseph of Stamford. 225
Hampshire, and give an influence towards Vermont and that neighborhood,
I have thought it expedient to make the attempt, and shall begin with
Two Battalions.
" I shall not give the officers commissions until their men are raised,
and in proportion to their success, I shall enlarge the Plan, trusting I shall
be fortunate to obtain the King's approbation of what I do for the best,
and that I shall be enabled to fulfil the expectations of these Gentlemen
by putting them upon the footing with the other Provincials serving with
the Army. As soon as the Winter sets in I shall permit them to send out
people and to employ their Friends upon the Frontiers in raising men,
and shall give them every assistance in my power to effect their purpose.
" I shall at the same time set about raising some companies of Canadians
. . . and shall need arms for the purpose.
" How rapidly success attended this enterprise we do not know,
save that we find a list of ' Officers in a Corps of Royalists to be
commanded by Major Edward Jessup,' whose commissions bore
date in November, 1781, Major Jessup's being dated Nov. 12th.
This corps was called the Loyal, or Royal Rangers, and its list
of officers likewise contains Pension and Invahd Lists, which
latter list is as follows : — -
{LiEUT.-CoL. Jessup'* as Captain, 17th Nov., 1781.
Gilbert Sharp as Lieutenant, 23d Nov., 1781.
Edward Jessup, Ensign, 24th Nov. 1781.
" Edward Jessup must likewise have commanded a corps in
1780, as in the ' Return of the killed and wounded of the detach-
ment under the command of Major Carleton, the nth of Octo-
ber, 1780,' in the Northern Invasion of New York in that year,
we find reported in Major Jessup's corps, one private wounded."
Ebenezer Jessup was certainly in Montreal soon after the 20th
March, 1777, — when a party of Americans, taken prisoners at
" " Lieut.-Col. Jessup " was Ebenezer, vincial battalions in the British army,"
the youngest of the three brothers ; " Ed- writes Gen. Horatio Rogers, " were raised
ward Jessup, Ensign," was a son of for a year ; hence the various commissions
" Major Edward," the brother who was of Major Edward Jessup as Major."
with Major Carleton in 17S0. " The pro-
15
226 yessiip Genealogy,
Lake George, were brought in and complained that they were con-
fined for six weeks, and daily insulted by David Jones, Ebenezer
Jessup, and others."
As to the connection between the Jessups and Sir John John-
son's regiment " The King's Royal Regiment of New York," Col.
Wm. L. Stone says: " Jessup's Corps or Jessup's Battalion, — the
names are used interchangeably, — or the officers that composed
it, with the men that went from New York with them in the fall
of 1776 to Canada, were ordered to Sir John Johnson's regiment
more for convenience in drawing rations, clothing, etc., before the
expeditions of Burgoyne and St. Leger started. . , . Thus they
continued until Spring, Sir John on May i6th commanding
Jessup's corps [which had just been organized] to see that they
are ready in case of orders for their marching, until finally they
left, June i6th, not to accompany Sir John, but to join Burgoyne's
Army, which rendezvoused at St. John's. [Sir John Johnson's
regiment started at about the same time on the ill-fated expedition,
commanded by Col. St. Leger, against Fort Stanwix, on the Mo-
hawk River in New York, now the site of the city of Rome.]
After Burgoyne's defeat, and indeed until the close of the war,
the Jessup brothers were actively engaged in the bitter partisan
warfare which was such a feature of those times ; and accordingly
we find the younger [the elder\ brother, Major Jessup, in the spring
of 1 78 1, preparing to head a party from Point au Fez against
Palmerstown, near the present village of Saratoga Springs. [This
plan, however, was never carried out.] David Jones, so famous
as the betrothed lover of the unfortunate Jane McCrea, held a
commission in this corps, as did also his brother Daniel Jones." *
General Rogers, after giving the organization of Burgoyne's
army, says : " Of irregular troops there were two provincial bat-
talions, commanded respectively by Lieut.-Colonel John Peters,''
" New York Revolutionary Papers, ii. John S. Peters, afterwards Governor of the
320. State. He graduated at Yale College in
* Johnson's Orderly Book, p. 36, note. 1759, became a lawyer, and in 1766 re-
"^ John Peters was born at Hebron, moved to what was then called Gloucester
Connecticut, in 1740, and was a cousin of Co., N. Y. — now a part of Vermont, bor-
yoseph of Stamford. 227
of the Hampshire Grants, and Lieut.-Colonel Ebenezer Jessup, of
New York. The number of companies in each battahon is un-
known, but they were not sufficient to constitute a regiment ; and
Peters's corps was sent on the expedition to Bennington in the
hope of swelhng its ranks by the accession of recruits in that
neighborhood," — a fallacious hope, the expedition resulting in a
most important victory for the American side. As to the character
of the Provincials and Canadians with Burgoyne, General Rogers
had already expressed the opinion that, while they received but
slender praise from the regulars, as was the case in our Civil War,
yet there were some able officers among them, like the brothers
Jessup, Lieut.-Colonel John Peters, and Captain Justin [or Justus]
Sherwood.*" The latter was a man of culture, and commanded a
company in Peters's corps, and, in the words of Burgoyne, "was
forward in every service of danger to the end of the campaign."
Subsequently he was one of the instrumentalities used by General
Haldimand, the British Governor of Canada, in his attempt to
seduce Ethan Allen and many of the leading men of the Hamp-
shire Grants [Vermont] from their allegiance to the American
cause. " Johnson's Orderly Book " (p, 4), shows that Sir John's
regiment was at Lachine, Canada, in Nov., 1776; and the record
makes frequent mention of " Jessup's Corps" between the i6th of
May, 1777, and the i6th of June following, when Sir John was
about starting with St. Leger for the Mohawk river.
dering the eastern shore of Lake Champ- nounced loyalist, he raised a company
lain. He held many offices, but never of men and joined the English army,
believed in independence, and having been — Hadden's Jotirnal, p. 112, note,
mobbed and imprisoned for his Tory sen- "Sabine's Loyalists" (1S64, Fragments)
timents, fled to Canada and became an says that Justus Sherwood and two others
active partisan. He commanded a corps of the same family name were original
called the " Queen's Loyal Rangers." — grantees of St. John, New Brunswick,
Hadden's JoiirnaU p- 477. where he died in 1836, at the age of eighty-
« Justus Sherwood went to the four. (Vol. ii. p. 297.) The statement
Hampshire Grants, Vt., in 1774 (probably found in the "Vermont Historical Gazet-
from Connecticut) where he was clerk for teer" (vol. i. p. 70), that he settled in
the proprietors of the town of New Haven Augusta township, Canada, opposite Og-
(so called from New Haven, Conn.) until densburg, is an error, unless, indeed, there
the latter part of 1776. Being a pro- were others of the same name.
228 yes sup Genealogy.
Burgoyne's order as to the general disposition of the army,
dated i8th June, 1777, when his forces were ah'eady on their way
up Lake Champlain, says that " The Provincial Corps of Peters
and Jessop are also out of the Line," — meaning that they were
detailed for special duty. When the English army reached Ticon-
deroga, it will be recollected that this fortress was hastily evacu-
ated by the Americans, and that when the retreating rear-guard
was overtaken at Hubbardton in Vermont there was " a sharp
and severe engagement." Dr. Holden adds in a note an extract
from " The Letters of the Late Judge Hay," that " Colonels Jessup
and Peters had command of battalions in this action." "• This was
Col. Ebenezer Jessup, and doubtless his brother Major Edward
was with him, perhaps both his brothers. It is known that the
Canadians and loyalists did effective service at the subsequent
engagements known as those of Freeman's Farm, Stillwater, and
Saratoga, and without doubt, until the i6th of October, when
Burgoyne surrendered, the Jessups shared the perils of the con-
flict. At the surrender they with their fellow-loyalists were pro-
tected by the 8th Article of the " Convention between Major-Gen.
Gates and Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne," which stipulated that "all corps
whatever of General Burgoyne's army . . . of whatever country,
shall be included in every respect as British subjects." In fact,
" on the night before the Saratoga Convention was signed, Peters
and the other Provincial officers who were serving without com-
missions were granted permission to withdraw from Burgoyne's
army and attempt, if possible, their escape into Canada, which was
accomplished in safety." * Their commissions, though promised,
had never been made out, and in the surrender they would have
had to share the lot of private soldiers. After this, few traces of
the Jessups are found. Of Sir John Johnson, General de Peyster,
in his sketch of Sir John in " Johnson's Orderly Book," says that
"the rest of 1777, the whole of 1778, and the greater part of
1779 was passed by him in comparatively compulsory inactivity."
This may account also for our hearing nothing of " Jessup's
" History of Queensbury, p. 437, note. * Hadden's Journal, p. 480.
Joseph of Stamford. 229
Corps " or of any similar bodies of troops, until the Northern
Invasion of New York, in Oct., 1780, under Major Christopher
Carleton. Major Edward Jessup was certainly in this expedition,
as has been shown elsewhere by the return of killed and wounded,
which mentions " one man wounded in Major Jessup's Corps."
Both he himself and many if not all of his men at this time took
a last look at their old homes. When, in 1781, Governor-General
Haldimand formed a new corps out of the former loyalist corps
in Canada he appointed Major Edward Jessup to the command.
Justus Sherwood was a captain in this corps, as was also Peters,
much to his chagrin, as he had higher hopes. Major Jessup's
commission is dated 12 Nov., 1781, and is still preserved. Where
the other brothers were at this time — except that they prob-
ably were in Canada — has not been ascertained. The war was
gradually drawing to a close, and aside from the border warfare
that was always more or less rife, and the necessary defence
of the Canadian border, the peculiar position of the loyalist gave
him little opportunity or encouragement to make any efforts to
distinguish himself. Just here it may be well to refer to the posi-
tion in which the loyalists were placed by the action of the Legis-
lature of the new State. Party feeling of course ran high. The
Tory was considered a standing menace to liberty, even though he
bore no arms, and if he bore arms it was inconceivable that he
could ever be anything but an enemy. Any estate he had was
forfeited, and his life also, could he be captured. The New York
Legislature, at its third session, held at Kingston in Ulster Co.,
October 22, 1779, passed as stringent a bill of attainder as was
ever found in any statute-book. In addition to the powder and
ball which they held in readiness for the British and the hired
Hessian, they had for the Tory the hangman's rope and the beg-
gary of his family. They knew that this would be their own lot
should they fail in the contest; but they did not know, and
could not be expected perhaps to know, at that early date, that
in a republic at least, the State could well afford to take counsel
of something else besides its fears.
230 yesstip Genealogy.
The full text of the bill of attainder may be found in Greenleaf s
" Laws of New York," vol. i. p. 26, and it is also given in Jones's
" History of New York during the Revolution." The act is enti-
tled : "An Act for the Forfeiture and Sale of the Estates of Persons
who have adhered to the Enemies of this State, and for declaring
the Sovereignty of the people of this State, in respect to all
Property within the same." We are here concerned mainly with
the first two sections of the act and these are as follows : —
" Sec. I. Be it enacted by the people of the State of New York, repre-
sented in the Senate and Assembly, and it is liereby enacted by the author-
ity of the same, — That John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, formerly governor
of the colony of New York ; Wm. Tryon, Esqr., late governor of the said
colony ; John Waats, Oliver de Lancey, Hugh Wallace, Henry White, John
Harris Cruger, Wm. Axtell, and Roger Morris, Esqrs., late members of
the council of the said colony ; George Duncan Ludlow and Thomas Jones,
late Justices of the Supreme Court of the said colony ; John Tabor Kempe,
late Attorney-General of the said colony; Wm. Bayard, Robert Bayard
and James de Lancey, George Folliot, Thomas White, Wm. McAdam,
Isaac Low, Miles Sherbrook, Alexander Wallace, and John Wetherhead,
now or late of the said city. Merchants ; Charles Ligles, of the said city,
clerk, and Margaret his wife ; John Johnson, late of the county of Tryon,
Knight and Baronet ; Guy Johnson, Daniel Claus, and John Butler, now
or late of the said county, Esqrs., and John Joost Herkimer, now or late
of the said county, yeoman ; Fred Philipse and James de Lancey, now or
late of the county of Westchester, Esqrs. ; Fred Philipse (son of Frederick)
now or late of the said county, gentleman ; David Golden, Daniel Kissam,
the elder, and Gabriel Ludlow, now or late of Queens county, Esqrs., and
Andrew P. S. Keene, son of the said Philip S. Keene, late of Charlotte
county, Benjamin Seaman and Christopher Bellop, now or late of the
county of Richmond, Esqrs. ; Beverly Robinson, Beverly Robinson, the
younger, and Malcomn Morrison, now or late of the county of Dutchess,
Esqrs. ; John Kane, now or late of the said county, gentleman ; Abraham
C. Cuyler, now or late of the county of Albany, Esqr. ; Robert Leake, Ed-
ward Jessup and Ebenezer Jessup, now or late of the said county, gentle-
men ; and Peter Du Bois and Thomas H. Barclay, now or late of the county
of Ulster, Esqrs. ; Susannah Robinson, wife of the said Beverly Robinson,
yoseph of Stamford. 231
and Mary Morris, wife of the said Roger Morris ; John Rapelje of King's
county, Esqr., George Muirson, Richard Floyd, and Parker Wickham, of
Suffolk county, Esqrs. ; Henry Lloyd, the elder, late of the state of Massa-
chusetts Bay, merchant, and Sir Henry Clinton, Knight, be and each of them
are hereby severally declared to be, Ipso Facto, convicted and attainted of
the offence aforesaid [adhering to the enemies of the State] ; and that all and
singular the estate both real and personal held or claimed by them the said
persons severally and respectively whether in possession, reversion or remain-
der, within this State on the day of the passing of this Act shall be and hereby
is declared to be forfeited to and invested in the people of the State.
"Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, — That
the said several persons herein before particularly named shall be and
hereby are declared to be forever banished from this State ; and each and
every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this
State shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony and
shall suffer death as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy."
There were named in the above act jfifty-nine persons, three of
whom were ladies. Other States were severe in their legislation
against the Tories, but none quite so much so as New York. So
intense was the feeling at the time of the negotiations for peace
that the efforts of the British commissioners to obtain favorable
terms for the loyalists were unavailing. After the war New
York passed measures of rehef for certain individuals from time
to time, and while many permanently left the State, many who
remained neutral during the war remained, and some were allowed
to return. Eventually the confiscating laws were generally re-
pealed, and such estates as had not been disposed of were restored
to their original owners. Many others were recovered by reason
of informalities in the process of forfeiture. Of the large number
of loyalists who were furnished transportation from New York
city, the most went to Nova Scotia, St. John (New Brunswick),
Newfoundland, and Canada. The records of Hahfax show that
no less than 35,000 men, women, and children in 1783 went to
that port alone.'* As no effectual provision was made for them
" Jones's History of New York in tlie Revolution, ii. 260.
232 Jessup Genealogy.
in the treaty of peace, they sent a committee to urge their claims
before Parhament This apphcation was favorably received and
a commission appointed, and claims to the amount of £^,026,0/^^
were settled by the payment, in or before 1791, of ;^3,293,455.'*
As to the relative losses and sufferings of the opposing parties
in the war, Hildreth adds to the above that, despite the delay
and curtailment of their claims, " no defeated and discomfited
faction ever fared so well." And Sabine closes his " Introductory
Essay " with the opinion that " whatever miseries were occasioned
to individuals by delays, errors in judgment, etc., of the Commis-
sioners, the loyalists fared infinitely better than the great body
of the Whigs whose services and sacrifices were quite as great;
for besides the allowance of fifteen and a half millions of dollars,
numbers received considerable annuities, half-pay as military
officers, large grants of land, and shared with other subjects in
the patronage of the Crown." *
The Jessups never made any effort to recover their lost posses-
sions in New York, but remained steadfast in their allegiance to
the English Crown, as most of their descendants have done up to
the present time. A few of the later generations only have set-
tled in the States, drawn thither by their business interests. The
estates in Albany County, N. Y., and vicinity, which they left be-
hind, very soon fell into the hands of those who knew little or
nothing of the original proprietors.
Munsell's " Collections on the History of Albany," vol. ii., pre-
serves two entries which show what was done with a portion of
the Jessup property. At p. 250 (8 June, 17S5) of the records of
the Common Council is the entry, " Resolved, that the Clerk cause
a re-entry to be made on the lands formerly leased to Ebenezer
Jessup." And at p. 254 (30 Aug. 1785) the Council ordered
" that the stable on the land lately belonging to the Jessups be
appraised and sold at appraisement."
After peace was declared Major Edward Jessup and his brother
° Hildreth's United States History, First Series, iii. 444.
' Sabine's Loyalists (1847), P- "2.
yoseph of Stamford. 233
Col. Ebenezer had lands granted them in the county of Grenville,
Canada. The former settled there in what is now the city of
Prescott, on the river St. Lawrence, opposite Ogdensburg, and
the family is now (1885) represented by Dr. Hamilton Dibble
Jessup, late Collector of Customs at that port. Col. Ebenezer
could not have lived there, as he went to England directly after
the war, and his family were in Quebec in 1787, and then joined
him in London and did not return. Capt. Joseph Jessup had
lands given him at Sorel, where he lived for a time, but after-
wards removed to Leeds County. Every officer, moreover, was
retired upon half-pay.
The further record of these families is given below, with such
additional items of history as it has been found practicable to
obtain from public documents and from the surviving members
of the family of Major Edward Jessup.
9. Joseph Jessup [Edward,^ Edward'^), was born in Fairfield,
Conn, (parish of Green's Farms), in 1699 (baptized 4 July). He
settled quite early in Stamford, — not later than 17 Dec, 1723,
when he received from his father, then living in Stamford, a deed
of land of the value of ^100." He was married in Green's Farms,
14 Aug., 1734, by the Rev. Daniel Chapman, the first minister of
the parish, to Abigail James, daughter of Henry James.* She
died 6 May, 1743, and with an infant daughter lies buried in the
old burial-ground near Noroton River.
" Here Lyes the " Leah, daughter
Body of Mrs. of Mr. Joseph
Abigail Jessup and Mrs. Abigail
wife of Mr. Joseph Jessup. Died
Jessup, who Dyed Nov. 16, 1742,
May ye 6th, 1743 one year and
in the year 5 months old."
of her age."
« Stamford Town Records. Court for liberty to manage their own
^ Henry James's name is among those affairs according to the canons of the
of the vestrymen and wardens of Trinity Church of England. He was of Green-
Church, Fairfield (now removed to South- wich in 1757, and said to be a sea-faring
port), who in 1727 petitioned the General man of very considerable wealth.
234 Jessup Genealogy.
Joseph Jessup went to Montreal, Canada, at the opening of the
Revolution, and died there in 1778, aged seventy-nine.
He had four children, all born in Stamford : —
+432. Edward, b. 4 Dec, 1735.
433. Joseph, b. 20 Sept., 1737.
+434. Ebenezer, b. 31 July, 1739.
435. Leah, d. 16 Nov., 1742, aged i yr. 5 mos.
432. Edward Jessup {J^oseph,^ Edward,'^ Edward'^), born in
Stamford, Conn., 4 Dec, 1735 ; married in 1760 Abigail, daugh-
ter of Jonathan Dibble, of Stamford (parish of Stanwich). She
was his first / cousin, her mother being Sarah, the sis-
ter of Joseph, C^ his father. She was born 31 March,
I 743, and "^^ died 29 June, 1809, in Prescott, Canada,
in her 66th MjQ^^^h year. He also died there, 3 Feb.,
1 8 16, in his |£:mj 8ist year, and both are buried there.
The city of °^^^^ Prescott, in the town of Augusta, was
^.^ surveyed and laid out
jCfy W^ ^ /I ^^ by him in 1810. Prob-
CdAji^aJ\^^ ^^^M^Y^^-^ ably there are few now
/^ ti^ living there who know
that their principal thor-
oughfare, Dibble Street, was named for the wife of Major Jes-
sup, and that such streets as Edward, James, Henry, George,
etc., were named for other members of the family. The town-
ship of Edwardsburg, in the same county, likewise bears his
name. He had a large farm which, with his half-pay and the
various official positions he held, enabled him to acquire con-
siderable property; nothing, however, equal to what he had
rehnquished for the royal cause, and which — less fortunate
than many of the other New York loyalists — was never re-
stored to him. The officers, of necessity, fared better than the
rank and file; and it is to the credit of Major Jessup that
in accepting the grants made him personally, amounting to
1,200 acres, he was careful to look out for the interests of
yoseph of Stamford. 235
the soldiers under his command, who had fought and suffered
with him.
His grandson, Dr. Jessup, of Prescott, has in his possession
various commissions granted his grandfather, that are interesting
heirlooms ; among which are : —
The commission of Edward Jessup, Esqr., as Major Com-
mandant to the Corps of Loyal Rangers, dated at the Castle of St.
Louis at Quebec, 12 Nov., 1781, and signed by Fred'^ Haldimand,
Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Quebec
and Territories depending, etc. ;
Also, his commission as Justice of the Peace," handsomely en-
grossed on parchment, dated 27 Nov., 1783, and signed as above.
This is made out in the name of King George the Third, and is a
document three feet in length by twenty inches in width ;
Also, his commission as Lieut-Col., Commandant of the Bat-
talion of Militia of Edwardsburg, Augusta, and Elizabethtown,
dated 20 June, 1788, and signed by Guy, Lord Dorchester, Cap-
tain and Governor of the Colonies of Quebec, etc. ;
Also, his royal commission as administrator of the oath of alle-
giance in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, dated
18 May, 1780, and signed "Fred. Haldimand."
Dr. Jessup has now the seal of his grandfather, a fac-simile of
which has already been given.
At the close of the Revolution, he, as well as his brother Eben-
ezer, went to England to prosecute his claims for the losses he
had incurred,* and was compelled to remain there a number of
« In the " Quebec Gazette " for Jan I do certify that Major Jessup was an active
13, 1791, in a list of civil promotions is loyalist with the army, and joined the King's
found the name of Edward Jessup, Esqr. troops on their march to attack Ticonderoga
as a Justice of "the Peace for the District J" i777. when he acted as major to a corps
of Montreal. (" Hadden's Journal," p. 74, ^^ Provincials during that campaign, and dis-
note.) This probably refers to a re-issue ^"^^^^^ the duty of his station with zeal and
of the commission of 178^. ^ ' ^' , ^ -r ^
h AT. T„^„„ u ■ 1- ]. BvRGOYNE, Lt General.
° Major Jessup, when pressmg his ■' '
claims in London, obtained the following hartford st. [London],
certificate from Gen. Burgoyne, which is May g,iyS6.
now in possession of the family : —
236 yes sup Genealogy.
years before his object was accomplished. It is thought that he
was in London until 1789, although it will be noticed that his
commission as lieut.-colonel of militia is dated in May, 1788.
The letters cited below lead us to infer that he went abroad in
1784, and that in Aug., 1786, he was on his way home. His son
Edward is spoken of as being in London in 1789, where he had
arrived from America not long before, and the father may have
been delayed there until the same time. This may be inferred
from the following curious incident that occurred during the
last-named year (1789). Levi Allen," a Vermont loyalist, — then
a resident of Canada, but at this time in London, — sent Major
Edward Jessup a challenge to fight a duel, which Major Jessup
declined to accept. The family have no record of the circum-
stance, but the correspondence was found among Allen's papers,
and may be read in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," vol. i.
p. 572. It appears that Allen had taken offence at some dispar-
aging remarks Major Jessup was reported to have made about
him. He dates his challenge Aug. 12, 1789, and informs his
opponent that he shall expect to meet him the next day at six
o'clock in the King's new road, leading from Pimlico to Chelsea,
with a case of pistols and a second ; and adds that a green field
on the right hand will afford ample room. Jessup replies to
what he calls " this extraordinary letter " that he knows very little
about Allen, and as to " remarks prejudicial to his character," if
he will name his informants, he will convince them they are mis-
taken in the statements they have made. Allen complains in
his reply that he was not met on the morning of the 13th, agree-
ably to the appointment he had made, though he expected him
and attended for the purpose specified, but that instead of coming
he had sent an " evasive answer ; " and here the correspondence
ends.
° Levi Allen was a brother of the Conn., and engaged in land speculations
noted American patriot Col. Ethan Allen, in Vermont. Levi Allen was a man of
Ira Allen was another brother. They all violent passions and very eccentric,
were sons of Joseph Allen, of Litchfield,
yoseph of Stamford. 22,"]
Major Edward Jessup had two children : —
+436. Abigail, b. in Dutchess Co., N. Y,, 19 April, 1761.
+437. Edward, b. in Albany, 26 May, 1766.
433. Joseph Jessup {Joseph^Q Edward,^ Edward'^'), W3.s born
in Stamford, Conn., 20 Sept., 1737. He was with his father and
brothers in Dutchess County, as shown by the records. His
name is several times associated with those of his brothers as
sharing with them in their land transactions. One document has
been found which connects him with a member of another branch
of the family, living in Wilton, Conn. It is recorded in the Office
of the Secretary of State in Albany, Land Papers, vol. 59, p. 25,
and is as follows : —
Know all men by these presents that I, Joseph Jessup, Jun., of the
county of Albany, yeoman, am held and firmly bound unto Blackleach
Jesup, of the town of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and colony of
Connecticut in the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds current money
in the province of New York ; to be paid unto the said Blackleach Jesup,
or to his certain attorney, executors. . . . Dated the sixteenth day of Feb-
ruary, 1774. . . . The consideration of the obligation is such, that whereas
the said Blackleach Jesup hath given a bond bearing date with this bond to
the said Joseph Jessup, Jun., for the performance of several payments and
things to the said Joseph Jessup, Jun., for certain lands as is therein men-
tioned and set forth : that if the said Joseph Jessup, Jun., shall well and truly
make and execute a good and lawful deed to the said Blackleach Jesup
for such lands as is recited above, within three months after the same shall
be granted by letters patent, upon the said Blackleach Jesup fulfilling all
his promises in said bond, then this obligation to be void. . . .
Sealed and delivered in presence of us, Joseph Jessup, Jun.
Eben'^ Jesup.
Ann Dodfrey.
The above refers to a part of lot 24 in the so-called Totten and
Crossfiield purchase, which lay probably in the wilderness of what
is now Warren Co., N. Y. Blackleach was the first cousin of
Joseph, Jr., — son of his uncle Edward.
238 Jessup Genealogy.
Joseph held a captain's commission in the regiment of loyalists
commanded by his brother. He was with this body of troops
at Isle aux Noix in the Richlieu or St. John's River (their head-
quarters), until 1783. He then settled at Sorel, on land given by
the British Government, but afterward when his brothers removed
to Grenville County, he located in the adjoining county of Leeds,
at Elizabethtown (Brockville), where he owned mills. He died
there, 13 Dec. 1821, aged eighty-four, and is buried in Prescott."
434. Ebenezer Jessup (jyosepJi,^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born
in Stamford, Conn., 31 July, 1739; married his cousin Elizabeth,
daughter of Jonathan Dibble, and sister of Abigail, the wife of
his brother Edward. She was born in Stamford (parish of Stan-
wich), 25 April, 1745, and died in Calcutta, India, 25 Aug., 1813.
He, also, was then in India, where he had been living for twenty-
three years, most of the time in government employ, having re-
tired from office only four years previously. He without doubt
died there, and probably in 1818; as his grandson, in a letter of
Aug. 28th of that year, announced to Major-Gen. Jesup, U. S. A.,
at Washington, the death of his father. Colonel Jessup, and stated
that he had but recently arrived in this country.
The history of this family after the Revolution is a very event-
ful one, and it is to be regretted that the materials at hand con-
cerning it are so limited. A few letters and papers in the hands
of family friends in this country and England, and some remi-
niscences connected with their visits on this side the ocean, to-
gether with a few records which connect them with the various
and remote points where they found homes, are all that remain.
Col. Ebenezer Jessup went to London in 1783. His family (as
shown by their letters given below) joined him there, from Quebec,
in the summer of 1787. His only son, Henry James Jessup, went
abroad with him. For one year the family lived in London. The
next year was spent at Woolwich, about nine miles from the city.
Meanwhile he had adjusted his claims against the British Govern-
ment for indemnity for losses during the Revolution. He, as well
" Statement of Dr. H. D. Jessup, of Prescott, his grand-nephew.
yoseph of Stamford. 239
as his brothers, must have received a very considerable grant of
land in Canada, as in i8i8 his grandson, J. H. B. Jessuj), then in
the United States, sells to Charles Smyth, of Albany, N, Y., 5,000
acres in the District of Johnstown, in Upper Canada. This land
was located in the vicinity where his brothers settled.
In 1788 he obtained a grant of the coat of arms prefixed to
the present chapter, which may now be seen duly recorded at the
College of Arms in London, together with the accompanying
pedigree. This pedigree furnishes some facts not elsewhere re-
corded. It omits some names, and the Edward Jessup with which
it begins was the son, and not the grandson, of the emigrant ances-
tor. It is a matter of regret that the evidence which then appeared
satisfactory as to the connection of the American family with that
of Broom Hall, Yorkshire, as well as the connection between the
family of Humphrey Hyde, of Fairfield, Conn., and the Clarendon-
Hydes, had not been preserved as an aid in identifying the Eng-
lish ancestry of both these famihes." The seal of Colonel Jessup
° A handsomely emblazoned copy of of the same Province, hath represented
the original patent of armorial bearings unto the Most Noble Charles, Duke of
granted Colonel Jessup having been very Norfolk, Earl Marshal and hereditary
kindly furnished by his grandson, the late Marshal of England, that his Family have
Major-Gen. John T. Boileau, a copy is been for several generations established
herewith appended: — in North America and have used similar
To All and Singular to whom these pres- Arms to those of the Family of Jessup of
ents shall come. Sir Isaac Heard, Knight, the County of York, from which, accord-
Garter Principal King of Arms, and ing to tradition, they have descended,
Thomas Lock, Esquire, Clarenceux King but being, from the circumstance of their
of Arms of the South, East, and West early migration and long residence in
Parts of England, from the River Trent America and the unfortunate loss of his
Southward, send Greeting : Whereas family papers, unable at this time without
Ebenezer Jessup, of Hudyer Street in great difficulty and trouble to prove the
the Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, connection, he requested the favor of his
Esqr., late Lieutenant-Colonel Comman- Grace's Warrant for our confirming and
dant of the King's Loyal American Regi- exemplifying the said Arms with such
ment, third son of Joseph Jessup of Fair- variation as may be necessary, quarterly
field in the Province of Connecticut in with those of Hyde in memory of his said
North America, by Abigail his wife, daugh- Grandmother Elizabeth Hyde, to be borne
ter of Henry James of the said Province, by him and his descendants and the de-
but originally from Wales, and grandson scendants of his said Father, Joseph Jes-
of Edward Jessup by Elizabeth his wife, sup, deceased, according to the laws of
daughter and heir of John Hyde, Esquire, Arms. And forasmuch as the said Earl
240
yessup Genealogy,
is, of necessity, identical with that of his brother, Major Edward,
which has already been given.
In 1790, Colonel Jessup received an official appointment and
went to Calcutta, in India, and died there about the year 18 18.
Besides his wife, his daughters Elizabeth (Mrs. Alexander Wright),
Leah (Mrs. Thomas Boileau), and Deborah (Mrs. Smyth) were
with him in India. The remaining children appear to have re-
mained in England.
The following letters " give a better insight into the history
of the family and of the times in which they lived than can
be obtained from any other source and are worthy of being
given in full. The writers were daughters of Col. Ebenezer
Jessup and the letters were addressed to their maternal uncle
George Dibble, of Stamford (Stanwich), Conn., and to his daugh-
ter Sarah, afterwards Mrs. James Waring, of Stamford (Long
Ridge).
Marshal did by warrant under his hand
and seal bearing date the eighteenth day
of March last authorize and direct us
to confirm and exemplify such Armorial
Ensigns, accordingly Know Ye therefore
that We the said Garter and Clarenceux
in pursuance of the consent of the said
Earl Marshal and by virtue of the let-
ters patent of our several offices to each
of us respectively granted under the
Great Seal of Great Britain, do by these
Presents confirm, exemplify, and grant
to the said Ebenezer Jessup the Arms fol-
lowing, that is to say: — Quarterly, First
a7td Fourth, Barry of Six Azure and Arge7it,
nine Mullets pierced Or, three, three and
three for yessup ; Second and Third, Gules
a Cheveron Erminois between three Loz-
enges Or, on a Canton Argent a szvord erect
proper for Hyde, and for the Crest of Jessup
on a Wreath of the colours, in a Maunch
Sable charged with three mullets pierced Or,
a dexter arm, the hand grasping a sword
proper, pomel and hilt ^^old, to be borne and
used for ever hereafter by him, the said
Ebenezer Jessup and his descendants, and
by those of his said father Joseph Jessup,
with due and proper differences according
to the laws of Arms without the let or in-
terruption of any person or persons what-
soever. In witness wherof We the said
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms,
have to these presents subscribed our
names and afiixed the seal of our several
Offices this tenth day of April, in the
twenty-eighth year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the
Grace of God King of Great Britain,
France, and Ireland, Defender of the
Faith, &c., and in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
eight.
(Signed) Isaac Heard, Kt.,
Garter King of Arms.
Thomas Lock, Clarenceux.
" These letters are furnished by Mrs.
Jonathan M. Hall (Sarah Dibble Waring)
of Stamford, and were addressed to her
mother, and to her maternal grandfather.
yoseph of Stamford. 241
Quebec, Nov. i, 1786.
Dear Cousin, — I have just heard of an opportunity of writing to you,
which I gladly avail myself of to ask you how you and all our dear friends
are, and to tell you that we are all in very good health. I heard a few days
since from my Uncle Joseph [Jessup] ; he lives in the same place my
Aunt Abby does [Mrs. Edward Jessup]. He tells me my cousin Abby
Walker [daughter of Edward Jessup] . . . has three children now ; the
two eldest are boys. I went to visit them the winter before last ; they are
really very fine children. We had a letter from Aunt Sarah [Sarah Dibble,
Mrs. Simpson] from St. John, New Brunswick. She was very well the
first of last month ; but I suppose you hear from her much oftener than
we possibly can. She tells us she often hears from you all, that you were
all in very good health lately, which intelligence gave the greatest pleasure,
I assure you, for we had not heard from you in so long that we were afraid
something was the matter with some of the family. But I hope your silence
was owing to want of opportunity, and not to sickness or any accident.
We have heard frequently from my father [Col. Ebenezer Jessup] this
summer. He has settled the business for which he went on to England,
and he has sent for us to go to him, which we mean to do early the next
summer. We wished much to have gone this fall ; but the season is too
far advanced now, and we are waiting for my uncle Edward [Jessup] to
arrive here before we go. He sailed from London the 24th of August.
We are afraid he will not arrive this year, as the Capt. of the ship was
never here, and this is a dangerous river for people that are unacquainted
with it to come up so late in the year as this. Many people think they
will be obliged to put into Halifax to winter, but I hope that will not be
the case. I am sure my aunt will be very uneasy if she does not see my
uncle this fall, and I really begin to fear she will not. He has been in
England two years, and my father has been there three, and it will be
near a year longer before we can possibly see him. My brother [Henry
James Jessup] is with him, and it is very probable he will settle in London.
I don't know what part of England my father means to settle his family
in ; but for two years hence, I dare say we will live in London. Tho' I
wish very much to be with my father, as it is very disagreeable keeping
up two families as we have done for several years past, yet I shall feel a
very sincere regret at leaving this place. We came strangers into Canada,
and we have found many valuable friends and agreeable acquaintances,
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242 yessup Genealogy,
from whom we have received the greatest politeness and hospitality. I
am very grateful for the many favors and civilities our friends have shown
us, tho' our situation has been such as not to allow us to return their
civilities ; yet I hope some future day will enable us in some measure to
repay them. We have a pleasing prospect before us just now ; my father
has received some compensation from government for his lost estate, but
what it is I have not heard ; but his half-pay as Lieut.-Colonel, with a
small additional income, will make us very comfortable. My mother and
sisters join me in best love to my dear grandmother, uncle, and aunt, not
forgetting yourself, and all your sisters and brothers. I hope to have the
pleasure of hearing from you very soon. I seldom have opportunities, or
I would write oftener.
Leah Jessup.
Woolwich, Kent, Aug. 30, 1789.
My dear CousEsr, — I have deferred writing to you for some time in
hopes of having it in my power to answer your letter by Edward Jessup ; "
but though he says he put it up very carefully with his clothes, he has not
been able to find it again. Tho' I am disappointed of the pleasure of
reading your letter, I assure you I am very sincerely obliged to you for
writing to me. It made us very happy to hear from my uncle that you
were all in good health. We were particularly happy to find that no bad
consequences have arisen from my dear grandmother's having broken her
arm some time ago, — a circumstance that gave great uneasiness to my
mother and the rest of our family. I hope she will continue to enjoy
health and every happiness, as well as your father, mother, and the rest of
your family, to each of whom my father, mother, and sisters join me in
best love and good wishes.
We were sorry to hear my uncle has been so much troubled by the
Americans. It is difficult to say who fared the worst, — those who remained
with their estates or those who left them ; but certain it is, the Loyalists
in general have great reason to lament there ever having been an American
war.
We have been in England two years. I have travelled over a great part
of it, and think it a most beautiful country. We lived in London the first
" This Edward Jessup was the son of " Major Edward," and the cousin of the
writer of the letter.
jfoseph of Stamford. 243
year, since when we have been within nine miles of that great city. The
house we now occupy is most pleasantly situated. It stands on a hill,
and commands a view of the Thames, which is one of the largest rivers in
England, and is constantly full of ships sailing to and from London. We
can see St. Paul's Church (which is the largest in England) , Westminster
Abbey (in which most of the Kings of England are buried), and many
other buildings in London. We have good gardens and a large field
belonging to this house, which we have taken a long lease of; but with all
these advantages we find it very expensive living in England, for almost
everything we eat, drink, or wear is taxed.
My brother has been married a year and a half; his lady was brought
to bed of a son a few days ago. I have four sisters ; the youngest is
nearly six years old, so that in all probability my mother will not increase
her family. She is still a very handsome woman, though her hair is as
white as snow. She enjoys good health, as does my father, at present.
They again desire to be most affectionately remembered to my grand-
mother and all the family. I hope soon to hear from you, my dear cousin.
You will please direct to me at Woolwich, in the County of Kent. Give
my love to all your family, and believe me.
Your affectionate cousin,
Leah Jessup.
To Miss Sarah Dibble, Stamford.
14 Aug., 1814.
My dear Uncle, — I now write to inform you of the melancholy event
which has taken place in our family, of the death of my dear mother, your
sister EHzabeth, who died the 25th of August, 1813. I had a letter lately
from my sister Deb. (who is married to Mr. Smyth), giving me an account
of it. She was with my dear mother and nursed her with filial affection, I
am sure, during her illness, which lasted only five days. She was taken
from the dinner-table senseless, and remained so all the time she lived ; a
stroke of the palsy is said to be the cause. My sister wrote to me that she
and my father had procured the best advice Calcutta affords, and that they
spared no expense in providing her every necessary comfort, which is cer-
tainly to me a great consolation under this heavy affliction. There was never
a better Christian or parent. My father is tolerably well, but has not been
out of his house for four years, which is more from habit than from any
244 yessttp Genealogy.
cause. The hot climate of India does not disagree with him ; he has had
time to try it, having been there 23 years, which is a pretty good proof.
My eldest sister, Leah Boileau, a widow with five boys and two daughters,
lives at Bury St. Edmunds, a handsome town in Suffolk, and 8 miles from
where my husband has a small living. We see her and her family often.
She is well situated, and much respected for her good care and manage-
ment of her family ; for having had a good education she teaches them a
great deal at home. I am at present at Margate, a seaport town, for the
purpose of bathing my large family ; for tho' I have but three daughters
living, I have the care of four of my sister Elizabeth's sons, who with her
husband, Mr. Wright, is in India. The youngest boy and one of my girls
require sea air and bathing, for which purpose I am here with my young
ones to pass their holidays, five weeks. I hope they may benefit by it, for
the expense is great.
I have a very small house, for three guineas per week, and every article
of food full as dear as in London. We already experience the happy
effects of a peace with the Continent ; vessels are coming in continually
with provisions from foreign markets, which I hope will reduce the price
here. I have to-day bought a quarter of lamb at one shilHng a pound*
beef and mutton ten and a half pence, — somewhat dearer than it was when
. I saw you last at Albany in 1777, which I can just remember. I mentioned
our having a small Uving in Suffolk, which is beautifully situated and has a
good neighborhood, where I pass most of my time, seven months in the
year, because my children are not healthy if I live four months together in
London.
We have in the country every convenience and comfort of life. We
only occupy fourteen acres of land, so that we farm it in a very small way ;
but it amuses my husband a little when he can get to Somerton, in the
way he likes, and is conducive to his health, which is not very good owing
to his having had too much to do in his professional line, and his being
obliged to be a great deal of his time in London, for there the greatest
part of his income arises.
Pray give my love to all your family and believe me ever your affectionate
niece,
S. Maddy.
Dr. Maddy begs to add his love to yourself and family. Please direct
to 229 Piccadilly, London.
yoseph of Stamford. 245
My Dear Sir, — Accept my love and distribute a portion of the same
between your good wife, daughters, and sons. Believe me, I shall always
be happy to hear from you.
Yours affectionately, J. Maddy.
To George Dibble, Esq.,
Stamford, (Stanwic/t), near New York, America.
16 Argyle Street, May 12, 181 6.
My Dear Cousin, — When I received your kind letter, dated almost a
year ago, we were extremely busy in moving from Piccadilly to No. 16
Argyle St., a most comfortable house indeed, and immediately after to our
cottage in Suffolk, where we pass every summer. I left your letter in
London and did not know your address, or should have acknowledged the
receipt of it sooner. I was sorry to hear of the death of my dear uncle.
He was the only one of your family I ever saw. I remember him per-
fectly well, tho' so long ago as 1777, when I was seven years old. I
also remember my grandmother, but I was younger the time she was
in Albany.
I shall be obliged to you if you will take the trouble to enquire what my
grandmother's grandfather Hyde's Christian name was, and what part of
the Clarendon family he belonged to. I should be glad likewise to know
something respecting my ancestors the Jessups and Dibbles, as I know
very little about my family, and it certainly would be a gratification to me
to know more, if I can obtain information without its being too great an
inconvenience to you.
We have had a very unhealthy winter ; a vast number of people have
died, and many suddenly. My sister Boileau has lost a son, a very clever,
industrious boy of 13 years old, who was always at the head of his class
and shewed a most excellent example to his brothers and sisters. She has
now six children and is a widow. She is going in midsummer next to
France, in order to educate her daughter Ann, and as it will be an advan-
tage to our girls to go also. Dr. Maddy purposes sending Mary and Susan
for one year, as they will acquire a pure French accent which cannot be
obtained in England, It is quite the fashion now to go to France for
education, but I do not think it is to be acquired better there than in
England, only it is not so expensive, I am told. The French are a bad
246 yessup Genealogy.
example as to their moral conduct, but I shall base no fear on that head,
as Mrs. Boileau is an excellent example to young people.
I have one boy in my family who is unwell. Our physician recommends
our going to the sea with him, and it is likely I shall accompany my sister
to the opposite shore for six weeks during the midsummer holidays. On
my return I shall have the pleasure of addressing you again. I have just
returned from a jaunt to Herefordshire, my husband's native place, a
beautiful country on the border of Wales, where the mountains are cul-
tivated almost to their summits and the valleys are rich pasture. I was
delighted with my excursion and regretted leaving the country to pass
another six weeks in London at this season of the year, just when the fruit-
trees are going to blossom. It is a cyder country, and of course there
are large orchards.
If you should send your son to England Dr. M. and myself will be happy
to show him any civility in our power. You will find it expensive, but I
suppose you have informed yourself on that subject ; if not I will most
willingly inform you the first opportunity.
I have heard from the last vessels from India that my sister and brother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wright, are going to take America in their route to
England, as my sister has a desire to see her native country before she
finally settles here. I have the care of her four boys : it is the oldest who
is so unwell as to require the sea air and bathing, which I hope wiU be of
service to him. Dr. M. and our three girls unite with me in love to your-
self and family, also to all your sisters and brothers ; and believe me always
your affectionate cousin,
S. Maddy-
I forgot to mention that I know nothing of our relations in Canada.
We have not had any intercourse by letters for years past. I wrote a few
years ago, but had no answer to my letter. I mean to make another trial
soon ; I may have better success.
S. M.
To Mrs. James Waring, Long Ridge, Stamford, State of Connecticut.
Care of Postmaster, Stamford, America.
There are in the above letters a number of topics that call for
a passing comment. While the loyalists received very consider-
able aid from their Government, it vv^as often a slow and tedious
yoseph of Stamford. 247
process to secure it, requiring of them a personal presentation of
their claims at the English capital.
It is pleasant to note the kindness of the Canadian residents
to those who were so suddenly deprived of their homes and
means of living ; and that while the war is spoken of with regret,
there is no expressed bitterness or enmity toward those who had
been the means of their expulsion. Indeed, doubt is expressed
whether those who remained on their estates were any better off
than those who left them. This opinion, coming from the young
daughter of one who had felt the full violence of the storm, must
have been the sentiment of many around her, rather than exclu-
sively her own ; and the course of events showed there was a just
foundation for this opinion.
It required only a short residence in England to give them a
practical view of the difference between the cost of living where
everything they ate, drank, or wore was taxed, and living in
Quebec, where the half-pay of a retired lieut.-colonel " with a
small additional income " was thought to be sufficient to make
the family " very comfortable." It was this pressure, probably,
which resulted in the removal of the parents and some of the
children to India.
At a much later date (1816), one of the daughters, then the
wife of a largely beneficed clergyman of the Church of England,
gives us her views as to the fashionable education of the day, and
her decided preference for an education at home rather than one
in France ; and adds what was doubtless her main and sufficient
reason for the sentiment, — her strong disapproval of the French
standard of morality. Incidental references like the above are
valuable contributions to veritable history.
Col. Jessup had six children, all born in America, the youngest
certainly in Canada : —
+438. Henry James, b. 18 March, 1762, in Dutchess Co., New York.
+439. Leah, b. 7 Sept., 1767.
+440. Sarah, b. 1770.
248 yessup Genealogy.
+441. Elizabeth, b. 1772.
442. Deborah (Mrs. Smyth), who was with her mother in Calcutta
in 18 1 3, at the time of her death, and who with her husband
resided there. She returned to England in 1807 on account
of her health, but went back to India.
443. Mary Ann Clarendon," who was nearly six years old " the 30th
of August, 1789." This daughter's name appears only in
connection with the chart containing the pedigree of the
family, given elsewhere.
436. Abigail Jessup {Edward,^^^ Joseph^ Edward, Ed-
ward"^), born 19 April, 1761, in Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; married in
1 78 1 James Walker, surgeon, of Sorel, Canada, and the family-
resided there. Dr. Walker was born and received his education
in Ireland.
They had three sons and several daughters : —
444. Hambleton Walker, b. in Canada, 15 July, 1782, was a bar-
rister-at-law in the Province of Upper Canada, and judge of
what was then known as the District of Johnstown and Bath-
urst. He was also clerk of the peace, and in 1824 a member
of Parliament. He d. Sept., 1830.
445. Edward Walker, b. July, 1784, was a lawyer, and resided at
Kingston. In the war between England and the United
States in 181 2-1 5, he was a captain in the English army,
and fell at the battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 18 14. He
probably had no intimation even that a kinsman of his, Major
(afterward Major-General) Thomas S. Jesup., U. S. A., was
fighting as gallantly in that bloody contest upon the opposite
side.
« The name "Clarendon," retained chapter.) The eccentric Lord Cornbury,
also by the branch of the family resident Governor of New York 1702-1708, was
in Canada, was suggested by a traditional Edward Hyde, a grandson of the first
connection between Humphrey Hyde, of Earl above mentioned. And very curi-
Fairfield, Connecticut, and the family of ously, the heiress of the Hydes of Norbury,
Edward Hyde, the first Earl of Clarendon ancestors of the Clarendon-Hydes, was
and the famous prime minister of Charles the wife of George Clarke, Governor of
II. (See coat of arms prefixed to this New York 17 36-1 743.
yoseph of Stamford. 249
445*. James Walker, b. Dec, 1788; d. 1871 in Sorel, where he
resided. He was a farmer. His daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Walker Nelson, of Sorel, died in 1882. Her husband was a
sea-captain.
446. Phebe Walker, b. Oct., 1 786, who had daughters, Elizabeth,
Sophia, and Susan.
There were other daughters who died many years since, but
nothing further has been ascertained; though many de-
scendants of Dr. James Walker are known to be still living
in Canada, one of whom is James Archibald Walker, of
Montreal.
437. Edward Jessup {Edward,'^^^ Joseph,^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^), born 26 May, 1766, in Albany, N. Y. ; married Susannah,
only daughter of Simeon Covell,'* of Augusta township (Prescott),
Granville Co., Canada, who died 13 May, 1846, in her 71st year.
They resided in Prescott, where he died, 4 Nov., 1815, in his
50th year, and both are buried there. At the close of the
Revolution he held a lieutenant's commission in " Jessup's Loyal
Rangers," and retired on half-pay, receiving his quota of land
with the other loyalists. After his death his widow received a
pension.
He was always more or less in public life. He was commis-
sioned " Clerk of the Peace * for the district of Johnstown in the
Province of Upper Canada," by " Peter Hunter, Lieut.-Gov. of
Upper Canada." This commission is dated Jan. i, 1800. He
was lieut.-colonel in the First Regiment of Militia in the County
of Leeds and district of Jamestown, commissioned Jan. 2, 1809,
" Simeon Covell was himself a loy- the Courts of Quarter Sessions. Returns
alist, of Cherry Valley, N. Y. He was of the proceedings of Quarter Sessions
a captain in Lieut.-Col. John Peters's have to be made to him. He keeps a
Queen's Loyal Rangers, and was at the record of all fines inflicted in this court
battle of Bennington, Vt., Aug. i6, 1777. and the Police Court, and also of stolen
("Hadden's Journal," p. 74, note.) Capt. goods. In addition to this, he is required
Covell died in Prescott, Canada, March to keep a general register of all fines in-
12, 1798, in his 50th year. flicted by Justices of the Peace. — Canada
^ The Clerk of the Peace deals more letter, 1884.
particularly with the Police Courts and
250 yessiip Genealogy.
by "Francis Gore, Lieut.-Gov. of the Province of Upper Canada."
Both of these documents are still preserved. Also, after the di-
vision of Canada into two provinces in 1 791, he was a member of
the first Parliament of Upper Canada.
He had seven children, all born in Prescott: —
+447, Edward, b. 13 June, 1801.
448. George Covell, b. 25 Feb., 1803 ; d. in Prescott, 21 Feb., 1830,
aged 2 7 years. Unmarried.
+449. James, b. 28 July, 1804,
+450. Hamilton Dibble, b. 2 May, 1806.
+451. Anna Maria, b. 29 May, 1808.
452. Henry Joseph, b. 2 Oct., 18 10, d. 1864, in Prescott, and with
his two children (infants) lies buried in the cemetery there.
+453. Eliza, b. 12 June, 18 13.
438. Henry James Jessup {Ebenezer,'^^^ Joseph^ Edward,^
Edward'^') was born 18 March, 1762, in Dutchess Co., New York,
and an only son. He is styled in the pedigree of the family " Bar-
rister, Solicitor, Advocate and Attorney-at-Law by Commission
in the Province of Quebec." He went with his father to London
in 1783. Jan. 20, 1788, he married Lady Anna Maria Bowes,"
daughter of John Lyon Bowes, the ninth earl of Strathmore in
Scotland. She died 29 March, 1832.*
Henry James Jessup was living in London the latter part of
the year 1789, when his eldest child was born; very few facts,
however, respecting his subsequent history or that of his family
have come to light. In 1798 it appears that he received from
« The mother of Anna Maria Bowes, side. Her husband died in the King's
the daughter of George Bowes of Gibside, Bench Prison ten years later. He had
Durham was the greatest heiress of her been there twenty-two years, imprisoned
day. She married for her second husband for debt by his own lawyers. His wife's
an Irish adventurer, from whose extrava- family recovered their estates, and their
gance and abuse she escaped only by an principal residence, Glamis Castle, has
appeal to Lord Mansfield and the law. many strange traditions and mysteries
She died during the first part of the pres- connected with it. — New York Times,
ent century and was, by her own request, 187-.
buried in Westminster Abbey, attired in * Burke's Peerage, Strathmore.
court dress with a silver trumpet by her
yoseph of Stamford. 25 1
the English Government the appointment of " Searcher of Cus-
toms " at Cape Town in South Africa. A copy of his commis-
sion, obtained from the Enghsh Colonial Office at Cape Town
(1883), is as follows: —
By his Excellency, George, Earl of Macartney, Viscount Macartney
of Dervock, Baron Macartney of Lissanoun, in the Kingdom of Ireland,
Baron Macartney of Parkhurst and of Auckinleck in the Kingdom of Great
Britain, Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight of the
Most Ancient and Royal Order of the White Eagle, One of His Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of His
Majesty's Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope in South
Africa, and of the Territories and Dependencies thereof, and Ordinary and
Vice Admiral of the Same,
To Henry James Jessup, EsqW.
By virtue of the Powers and Authorities vested in me, I have consti-
tuted and appointed and by these presents constitute and appoint You,
Henry James Jessup, Esq'r, Chief Searcher of the Customs^ at the Several
Ports and Harbours of and belonging to the Settlement of the Cape of Good
Hope in South Africa, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said office or
place of Chief Searcher of the Customs for and during His Majesty's pleas-
ure, and your residence within the said Settlement, together with a salary
of ;^6oo Sterling a year, and one hundred Pounds in addition in lieu of
all Claims and extra charges, whatsoever and of all fees, perquisites, allow-
ances, profits, and emoluments belonging to said Office of Chief Searcher
of the Customs, the said Salary and additional allowance to commence the
first day of January last. Nevertheless You are to keep an exact and reg-
ular account of the said fees, and to pay the amount thereof as You shall
be directed, once in every quarter, to be appHed according to His Majesty's
instructions to me thereupon. You are also to enter into any Ship Bottom,
Boat or other Vessel (and also in the daytime upon information) into any
House or other place whatsoever, not only within the aforesaid Ports or
Harbours but also within any other Port or Place whatsoever, there to make
diligent search and in case of resistance to break open any trunk, chest,
case, package whatsoever, for any prohibited goods, wares, or merchandise.
252 yes sup Genealogy.
or whereof the Duties or Customs have not been duly paid, and the
same to seize, and to lodge or secure the same in the Warehouse
of the Port nearest to the Place of seizure, to be disposed of accord-
ing to the present usage of this Colony, until the same shall be
altered by any subsequent regulation, in which premises You are to
proceed in such manner as the Law directs, hereby ordering and re-
quiring all and every His Majesty's Officers and Servants, and all others
whom it may concern to be aiding and assisting to You in aU things
as becometh.
Given under my hand and seal at the Castle of Good Hope, this 9th day
of February, 1 798.
Macartney.
By His Excellency's Command,
A. Barnard, Secretary.
Plow long he remained in Cape Town it is impossible to
say, but it could not have been longer than 1802, when Cape
Colony was restored to Holland. A family letter written by
his cousin George Dibble, Jr., of Stamford, dated " New York
city, 27 Feb., 1798," and addressed "Henry J. Jessup, Esqr.,
Cape of Good Hope," and the reference in the letter to one
which had been forwarded to New York by Lady Jessup for
her husband, makes it very possible that before going to the
Cape he came to this country. He was certainly in this coun-
try in 1806, and on the 31st of January of that year died at
the house of his uncle, George Dibble, in Stanwich, Conn.,
and lies buried in the Dibble family burial-ground near the
residence of Wm. H. Hobby. This burial-ground is now on
land owned by the late Charles Brush and has long been used
by the Brush Family and carefully preserved by them. The
tombstone reads, —
" In Memory of
Henry J. Jessup,
who departed this life
the 31st of January 1806 in
the 44th year of his age."
yoseph of Stamford. 253
Among the articles of value left by him to his friends was a
carnelian seal now in the possession of his cousin James B.
Cooper, of Babylon, N. Y., upon which is engraved
the same crest and motto as that now used by
his grandfather's family, in both this country and
England.
Henry James Jessup appears to have had five
children, as shown by a statement made in 1838 by his sister,
Mrs. Leah Boileau, and which is given in full in the record of
her family below.
The name of only one child is known : —
454. John Henry Bowes, b. in Somerset St., Portman Sq., London,
August; 1789 (See Pedigree). This son is said to have been
a midshipman on board the " Victory " with Lord Nelson at
the battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805. Among the papers of
the late Major-General Jesup (in 1880) a letter was found from
him, dated Aug. 28, 18 18, announcing the death of his grand-
father. Col. Ebenezer Jessup, and his own amval in this coun-
try. He then wished his letters addressed " to the care of
Benjamin Armitage, 54 Pine Street, New York city." While
here he sells for one thousand dollars to Charles Smyth of
Albany, N. Y., a tract of land containing "5,000 acres in the
township of EHzabethtown and district of Johnstown in the
province of upper Canada, as shown by " Memorial of Deed,"
dated Nov. i, 1818, now on file in the Registry Office of the
County of Leeds, " Liber G., Memorial No. 343." This must
have been land donated his grandfather for services in the
Revolution. Li this deed he designates himself as '■ of the
city of London, Gentleman, but now in the city of New
York, son of Henry James Jessup and of the Right Hon-
orable Anna Maria Jessup, sister of the present Earl of
Strathmore, and daughter of the Countess of Strathmore, of
Birdhill House, Durham^ Great Britain, and also grandson
of Col. Ebenezer Jessup, father of the said Henry James
Jessup," etc. This young man died not long after in the city
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
254 Jessup Genealogy.
455. A daughter (Mrs, George Macilvain). No children.
456. A daughter (Mrs. Davidson), living in 1838. No children.
Two sons, not living in 18 18, and the entire family apparently
extinct.
439. Leah Jessup {Ebenezer,^"^^ yoseph^ Edward^ Edward'^)
was born 7 Sept, 1767, in America, and probably in Albany Co.,
in the Colony of New York. She went with her parents to Eng-
land, and either while there or subsequently in India married
Thomas Boileau, and resided in Calcutta. He was an Attorney
and Solicitor and practised in the Supreme Court of Judicature
at Calcutta in Bengal, where he died 11 June, 1806, aged 51
years, 6^ months. After her husband's death, Mrs. Boileau,
with her two sons, John Peter and John Theophilus, returned
to England on board the ship " Hugh Inglis," Captain Fairfax,
which sailed from Calcutta in February, 1807. Her sister Mrs.
Deborah Smith, who was in failing health, returned to England at
the same time. In 1813 she was living in easy circumstances at
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Her sister writes of her the follow-
ing year that she is " well situated and much respected for her
good care and management of her family ; for having had a good
education she teaches them a great deal at home." After the
battle of Waterloo in 18 16 she went over to France with a portion
of her own family, some of the children of Mrs. Maddy and of
Mrs. Wright accompanying her. Mrs. Boileau died in London,
22 June, 1845, aged 'j^ years.
The following statement made by Mrs. Boileau, written at the
request of her son Simeon John Boileau, furnishes some additional
items of family history, and it is given nearly in full. It is dated
8 July, 1838: —
"In answer to your enquiries about my father, Lieut.-Colonel Eben-
ezer Jessup's property, I can state to you that it was in the Province
of New York in America, and a part of it was in and near Albany;
but the whole was lost by his taking part in favor of the British
Government.
yoseph of Stamford. 255
" My father raised a regiment at his own expense," and went with it to
Canada, and commanded it during the whole of the American war. He
was in the campaign with General Burgoyne, and was taken prisoner with
his army, after which he returned to Canada with his regiment, and upon
the Americans breaking their treaty,* he served again actively during the
remainder of the war. On his first quitting Albany to go to Canada, my
father buried all the deeds and papers which regarded his estates, to secure
them against the plunder of the Americans, hoping to return in time to save
them from being spoiled ; but the war having taken an adverse turn, he was
so long absent that upon their being opened they were illegible, and from
this circumstance he wanted proof of much of his claims against the Gov-
ernment for his lost property. The American Congress were so exasper-
ated against him for the part he took in favor of the British Government,
that they outlawed his person and confiscated his property, which they
valued at ^150,000 " when they put it up for sale. My father received a
very trifling compensation for all this great property (I think only about
;^2,ooo), nor did the Government pay him for the expense of raising the
regiment, which I have heard him say cost him about ^2,000.
" At the conclusion of the war my father's regiment (The King's Loyal
Americans) were put on half-pay, and as a compensation for services had
lands allotted them in Upper Canada. My father's portion as Lieut.-
Colonel Commandant was a thousand acres, and was located somewhere
near Yorktown (now Toronto) ; but from my father not choosing to setde
there with his family, and from neglecting to cultivate it, this property was
not secured to him. All this I state from memory only. His property in
Canada was lost by his own neglect to cultivate it as required of all the
settlers. His claims for losses in the war were sent in to the Government
in 1 783 when the war closed, and for these, as I have said, he received only
a nominal compensation.
" My brother Henry James Jessup's only surviving and eldest son, John,
went to New York to endeavor to recover some part of his fatlier's estate,
which not being able to do he thoughtlessly sold his right for a mere trifle, —
I think I heard it was only ;^i5,'' — and he died there not long after.
« His two brothers also bore their '^ These figures much too large, even
share in raising this regiment, and were if they represented the depreciated cur-
officers in it. rency of the country.
* What is meant by "breaking their '^ The sum was $1000 (;,^25o), for 5,000
treaty " is uncertain. acres in Canada, as stated in the deed re-
ference to which is made on page 253.
256 yes sup Genealogy.
" My brother had three sons, all of whom died unmarried ; and two
daughters, — the eldest, Mrs. George Macilvain, died childless ; and the
youngest, Mrs. Davidson, is now alive, but has no issue.
" My sister, Mrs. Alexander Wright, and her husband went to Upper
Canada about 20 years ago, and if I remember rightly they made over their
share and interest in the property to my cousin Edward Jessup's widow or
some of his family."
There were seven children, all born in India : —
457. Thomas Ebenezer John Boileau, b. 26 Dec, 1796, d. 8 July,
1853; was in the Madras Civil Service, and rose to be a
Judge of one of the High Courts ; d. in London, where the
last years of his Hfe were passed, 8 Feb., 1853. He left two
sons : the elder, Thomas Alfred Boileau^ has for many years
lived with his uncle. Major- General Boileau in London ; the
younger, Archibald John Maddy Boileau, was in the Madras
Engineers and rose to be a major-general. He saw con-
siderable service in Scinde and Persia, and was chief engi-
neer throughout the Central Indian campaign under Lord
Strathnain. He died suddenly at Calcutta, 8 Oct., 187 1.
Thomas Ebenezer, the father, was married three times. The
two sons above were by his first wife. The second wife died
childless. The third wife, a widow, resides at Eastbourne,
and had one son only, — Despreaux John Boileau, who held
a commission in the 90th Regiment and died in the Punjaub,
24 July, 1864. One daughter, unmarried, resides with the
mother. All the others are married.
458. Elizabeth Magdalen Boileau, b. 28 Feb., 1798, d. 5 Sept.,
1869, and resided chiefly in London. She m. John Ives
Bosanguet of the Bengal Civil Service, joint magistrate of
Nuginah, a district in Rohilcund. He died on the river
Ganges on his way to Calcutta, 20 Dec, 1820, leaving a
daughter who died unmarried.
459. Simeon John Boileau, b. 23 Nov., 1799, d. 15 June, i860;
practised as barrister in Warrington, and at Compton in Lan-
cashire. He went to Madras in 1840, but not obtaining
practice returned to England, and died at Egton Rectory, 15
yoseph of Stamford. 257
June, 1863, at the house of his father-in-law. One daughter
survives, — the wife of Major James Bond Clarke of the 90th
Regiment; now (1886) living at Bothwell in Scotland, but
expecting soon to rejoin his regiment in India. He has been
for some years adjutant of the Cameronian Scotch Rifles,
whose head-quarters are at Glasgow.
460. Leah Ann Boileau, b. 30 July, 1801, d. 4 March, 1880; re-
sided chiefly in London and was unmarried.
461. John Peter Boileau," b. Calcutta, 26 Jan., 1803; d. 8 Feb.,
1816 (Bury St. Edmunds Parish Registers), to whom his
aunt Mrs. Maddy refers, as also to his sister Ann, in one of
her letters given above.
462. John Theophilus Boileau, b. 26 May, 1805 ; now Major-
General Boileau of the Royal Engineers, F. R. S., F. R. A.
S. ; a retired officer residing in London, who has shown great
interest in the present history, furnishing the records of the
family of his mother here given, as well as those of his mater-
nal aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Wright. He was gazetted ensign of
Engineers 19 Dec, 1820, at the age of fifteen, and after the
usual preliminaries in surveying and at Chatham, on duty
with the corps, sailed for India, where he was in service for
thirty-five years and eight months, including furloughs amount-
ing to nearly three and a half years. He saw no active mil-
itary service, being in civil employ during the above period,
first as executive, then as superintending engineer, and lastly
as chief engineer of the North-West Provinces of Bengal.
From 1840 to 1847 he had charge of the Simla Magnetic
and Meteorological Observatory, at an elevation of 7,000 feet
above the level of the sea. The instruments for this observa-
tory, as also those for the observatories of Madras and Singa-
pore were made under his superintendence, and the instructions
« An aged resident of Somerton (one Boileau, Thomas being the eldest. Also
of Dr. Maddy's numerous livings) "re- an unmarried daughter, Ann Boileau, and
members (1886) the burial of young Boi- a married one, Mrs. Elizabeth (Boileau)
lean at Somerton in 1816, from the unusual Bosanguet, the latter having an invalid
circumstance of the cofifin being covered daughter." — Letter of the Rro. W. Roth-
with light blue cloth. She remembers erham, Rector of Somerton, Suffolk, l%^6.
Simeon, Henry, and Thomas, sons of Mrs.
17
258
Jessup Genealogy.
for recording the various observations were drawn up by him,
including the form, and having been approved by Sir John
Herschel and Sir Edward Sabine, were adopted by the Royal
Society, and printed for general use in India. For this work
he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and
had previously been elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomi-
cal Society. The records of the Simla Observatory were de-
stroyed by fire in the port of Agra, where they had been left
packed for transmission to England, to go with the collection
of valuable instruments. In 1855 he was appointed military
commandant of the corps of Bengal Engineers, and retained
the appointment until his retirement from the service in 1857.
Permission to retire was granted 24 Feb., 1857, to date from
the sailing of the ship " Marlborough," 17 March, on board of
which ship he returned to England, arriving in July of that
year. He has since lived in London."
" Since the above was received from
General Boileau himself, a copy of " The
Royal Engineers Journal " of the ist Dec^
1886 has been received from his son,
Major U. S. Boileau, R. E., announcing
the death of his father on the 7th of No-
vember previous. The same paper con-
tains an extended memoir which fur-
nishes many additional facts of great
interest, to which only a brief reference
can here be made.
General Boileau married, at Agra in In-
dia, 23 April, 1829, Ann, daughter of Capt.
Hanson, paymaster in the British service.
Of their twelve children five are still liv-
ing, one of whom is Major Boileau already
mentioned, now retired and residing in
London. General Boileau had but just
celebrated the fifty-seventh anniversary of
his marriage a short time before his last
illness, when he exhibited the same elas-
ticity of spirits which with his brave heart
had borne him through the many trials of
his four-score years.
The memoir speaks of his brilliant
promise as a lad, so fully realized in after
years, — his failure of opportunity to dis-
tinguish himself in the field being amply
compensated by the distinction won as an
engineer and man of science. Churches,
bridges, public offices, court houses, mag-
azines, barracks, fortifications, roads, and
every species of public works, at a time
when India was a virgin field for the ex-
ercise of engineering talent, were con-
structed by him with conspicuous success
during the thirty-six years of his service.
He was entrusted with the work of restor-
ing the palaces and public buildings at
Agra of the Mogul emperors, and es-
pecially the well-known Taj Mahal, or
Mausoleum of the wife of Shah Jehan,
which latter work was finally abandoned
on account of the great expense. When
in charge of the Magnetic Observatory at
Simla his old schoolmate and friend Sir
Henry Lawrence would often spend long
hours with him watching the stars, and
once said to him, " Well, Boileau, my
idea of happiness is to be your assistant
here."
His religion was bright and genial,
while his faith in the doctrines of Chris-
tianity was as earnest and trustful as
yoseph of Stanford.
259
463. Alexander Henry Edmonstone Boileau, b. 3 Feb., 1807, d.
at Cawnapore, India, 30 June, 1862. He was also of the
Royal (Bengal) Engineers, " a man of much capacity and
many accomphshments, who inherited some of the poetic
talent of his famous ancestor Jacques Boileau, some of whose
satires he translated, and also wrote a poetic version, in five
cantos, of the siege of Bhurtpore, at which he was present."
when, he imbibed them at his mother's
knee. For that parent, to the latest day
of his life, he entertained the simple and
vivid affection of his childhood. He
often conducted the entire services of the
church at Simla, in the absence of the
chaplain, and Bishop Wilson playfully
called him his " ecclesiastical adjutant-
general." His warm heart delighted in
philanthropic work. Sir Henry Lawrence
had no more earnest coadjutor in the
founding of his famous asylum for father-
less children at Sanawur than the subject
of this memoir. For twenty-eight years
(after his return to England) he was con-
nected with the Soldiers' Daughters'
Home at Hampstead, and for twenty-
three years chairman of the institution.
In 1872 he became a member of the com-
mittee of the Royal School for the Daugh-
ters of Officers of the Army, situated at
Lansdown, Bath, and since iSSo had been
chairman. He was for many years a
member of the Kensington vestry, and
entered heartily into parish work. It
was only a few weeks before his death
that failing health obliged him at last to
withdraw from the chairmanship of the
Royal School, at which time a deputation,
at the head of which was his old Indian
friend. Lord Napier of Magdala, waited
on him at his house and presented him
with a resolution, duly engrossed, ac-
knowledging his long period of faithful
service. In addition to the above, a
number of other religious and charitable
societies shared his time and labors.
General Boileau's versatility was no
less remarkable than the range and scope
of his knowledge. He always retained his
love for the classics, and was fond of tell-
ing the story of the beggar, who on his
refusing him alms because he had been
taken in a few days before, rolled out in
a rich Irish brogue as he walked away,
Nemo inortaliiim omnibus Jioris sapit (no
one is wise at all times), and by this apt
quotation from Pliny drew the desired
coin from the General's pocket. He was
an excellent mathematician and French
scholar, and had read a good deal of Per-
sian literature. Very few Englishmen
could equal the fluency and correctness
with which he could speak the colloquial
Hindustani of India. His scientific attain-
ments, specially in meteorology, magnet-
ism and astronomy, have already been
referred to. It was little short of mar-
vellous that, after thirty-six years of un-
sparing service in a tropical climate, he
should have been able to devote twenty-
eight years to equally arduous but gratui-
tous labors, making sixty-four years of
public life. There was no slackening of
the strain on mind and body during this
lengthened period, and he died, as he
wished, in harness ; for, like a brother-
officer of the Engineers, the great Gordon,
he prayed that he might not " flicker out."
Among the interesting incidents con-
nected with his funeral, was the presence,
on a very inclement day, of so many per-
sons of humble rank who could not forget
his kindness to them, and who, with a dei>
utation of orphan girls from the Soldiers'
Home, came to do homage to his mem-
ory. He was buried in Kensal Green
cemetery.
26o yessup Genealogy.
Like his brother John Theophilus, he was perfectly familiar
with the vernacular Hindustani. He also rose to the rank of
major-general. He married, also, a Miss Hanson, a sister
of the wife of his brother John Theophilus, and the marriage
was in the same church in Simla, India, in which his brother
was married, and of which he was the architect."
440. Sarah Jessup {Ebenezer, ^^^ Joseph, Edward, * Edward'^)^
was seven years of age in 1777, and then living with her parents in
Albany, N. Y. She was therefore born in that city or the vicinity.
She accompanied the family to Canada and thence to England,
where she married the Rev. John Maddy, D.D., and died before
183 1. " He was rector of Somerton (Bury St. Edmunds), Suffolk
Co., from 1799 to 1853, and died in the latter year, aged eighty-
eight. He was a Herefordshire man, and had been tutor to the
Marquis of Downshire, the patron of Somerton. He was a great
pluralist, holding, in addition to Somerton, the rich livings of
Hartest, Bonsted, and Stansfield, which are villages close by.
He was also Canon of Ely and chaplain to four successive sover-
eigns" (George HI., George IV., William IV., and Queen Victo-
ria). Mrs. Maddy's letters already given add further details.
Three children : —
464. Mary Elizabeth Maddy; "m., in 1821, to Charles Dennis of
White Notley, Co. Essex, widower, elsewhere described as of
Alnwick, Co. Northumberland. They had two clildren :
Emily Dennis, and Gertrude Hyde Dennis. The latter m.,
1855, Hon. Wm. Harbord (brother of Baron Sufifield), b.
1 831; formerly captain Scott's Guards and 90th Foot; was
a Queen's Foreign Service messenger 1863-1881. She d.
in 1881, leaving issue: (i) Morden Charles, b. 1858;
(2) Alfred Cropley, b. i860; (3) Geoffrey Walter, b. 1861 ;
(4) Therese Mary, b. 1863."*
465. Susan Moore Maddy ; " m., in 1824, to William Wrighte Hewett,
M. D., of Brighton, fourth son of W. N. W. Hewett. They
° From memoir of Major-Gen. J. T. Boileau in " The Royal Engineers Journal "
of Dec. I, 18S6.
* Debrett's Peerage, 1884, p. 652.
yoseph of Stamford. 261
had three sons and one daughter : i . Admiral Sir William
Nathan Wrighte Hewett, V. C, now (1883) commanding on
the East Indian Station, and lately at Suez in the Egyptian
campaign." In Feb., 1884, he was at Suakin on the Red
Sea, with a force of 2,000 sailors and marines under his com-
mand, acting in concert with Gen. Sir Gerald Graham, then
in command of the land forces. 2. Major y. M. M. Heweit,
"now (1883) of Uplands, Hughenden, High Wycombe, Co.
Bucks." 3. Edward Hyde Hewett, Consul at Fernando Po.
4. A daughter who died young.
Mrs. Hewett, the mother of the above, survived her hus-
band, Dr. Hewett, and married, 2d (14 Oct., 1843), Edward
John, son of the first Viscount Templetown, b. 18 Sept., 1816 ;
d. 14 March, 1855. She died 11 July, 1866, leaving a son
Henry Edward Montague Dorington Clotworthy, b. 20 April,
1853, who succeeded to the title."
466. Sara Elizabeth Maddy, who died unmarried in 1832.
Dr. Maddy married, 2d, in 1831, Finetta Hale, who was buried
in Somerton in 1880. No children.*
441. Elizabeth Jessup {Ebenezer,^"^^ Joseph^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^) was born in America, near Albany in the Colony of New
York, in 1772. She married Alexander Wright, a member of the
English Bengal Civil Service, who was for some years Collector
of Revenue at Agra in India. After a residence of nearly thirty
years he with his wife returned to England. Their four sons were
already there in 18 16 in charge of their aunt, Mrs. Maddy. On
their return voyage they came by the way of the city of New
York and visited their American kindred. This was in the au-
tumn of 1 818. They spent some time in Stamford (Stanwich par-
ish) in Connecticut at the residence of Mr. George Dibble, an
uncle of Mrs. Wright, going thence to Prescott, in Canada, where
they remained through the winter. This visit is well remembered
" Debrett's Peerage, 1884, p. 662. rector of Somerton. He adds (16 March,
^ For most of the information as to 1883) that there is an aged lady in his par-
Dr. Maddy's family, thanks are due to ish who well remembers the first Mrs.
the courtesy of the Rev. W. Rotherham, Maddy.
262 yessup Genealogy.
(1883) by some who then saw them, and who speak of them in
terms of the highest esteem. Mrs. Wright outlived her husband,
and died 27 May, i860, at the age of eighty-eight, and was buried
in the churchyard of St. John's, Hampstead, England. Major-Gen.
John T. Boileau, her nephew, writes that he was present at her
funeral. He adds that the Wrights in his time resided in London,
but with the exception of the second son, Henry James Jessup,
none left legitimate heirs. Of the family of the latter he has lost
sight.
Four children : —
467. Alexander Wright, who d. of consumption.
468. Henry James Jessup Wright, who was a solicitor. The Parish
Registers of Bury St. Edmunds mention a J. Jessup Wright as
a witness at the marriage of his cousin Susan Moore Maddy
and William Wrighte Hewett, M.D., in 1824, — without doubt
the above Henry, his full name being Henry James Jessup,
that of his mother's only brother.
469. Augustus Wright.
470. CoNSTANTiNE Wright, a mcdical man and M. R. C. S. (Mem-
ber of the Royal College of Surgeons). He d. 4 Aug., 1869,
aged 59 years, and was buried in the same grave with his
mother at Hampstead.
447. Edward Jessup (^Edward,^^'^ Edward,^^^ yosepJi^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^^ was born in the township of Augusta (Pres-
cott), Canada, 13 June, 1801, and baptized by the Rev. John Doty>
of the Church of England, at William Henry in Lower Canada,
25th of December following. He married, in 1828, Elizabeth Re-
becca, daughter of William Pitt of Prescott. She died 21 April,
1867, aged sixty. In 1830, he was member of the Parliament of
Upper Canada. He died young, in his 31st year, 2 Sept., 1831.
As eldest son he inherited all the real estate of the father. The
land comprised in the present city cemetery was donated by him
for the joint use of the Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Catholic
churches, was divided into three portions, and the three parties
James Jessup of Brockville, Canada.
1804-1876.
yoseph of Stamford, 263
drew lots for their several portions. Visiting it in 1883, the writer
noticed no marked distinction between the various plots ; as if the
broad Christian charity of the donor had on every hand been
respected. He himself hes buried here with many of his kindred
of both earlier and later generations. His friend and schoolmate
at Brockville, the Rev. Henry Patton, Archdeacon of Kemptville,
wrote the following lines, inscribed upon his tomb : —
" Reckless of worth, of time, or place,
Meridian strength or infant bloom,
Death snatches from our fond embrace,
And plunges in the darksome tomb.
Affection, o'er the sacred shrine,
Indulges oft her deep-drawn sighs.
While soothing hope, with voice divine.
Whispers of realms beyond the skies.
Thus fade the short-lived buds of earth ;
Thus haste we to our early doom ;
Come here, ye tho'tless sons of mirth,
And pause awhile at Jessup's tomb."
There were two children, born in Prescott: —
471. Mary Eliza Ann, b. 24 Sept., 1828; m., 15 Oct., 1855, Wm.
Ellis, of Prescott (b. 31 Aug., 1825). Mrs. Ellis d. 17 March,
1875, and is buried in Prescott. Two children: Margaret
Ellis, b. 7 Nov., i860, and Wm. Edward Ellis, b. 3 Oct.,
1862. Mr. Ellis now (1883) resides at St. Catharines where
he is superintendent of the Welland Canal.
472. Sophia Matilda Georgiana, m. Charles Shaver, who is dead.
The mother and a daughter, Elorence Shaver, are still (1883)
living.
449. James Jessup (^Edward,^^^ Edward,^^'^ yoseph^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward^^, was born in Augusta (Prescott) Canada, 28
July, 1804, and baptized 7 Jan., 1805, by the Rev, John Strachan.
He was married in Brockville, 24 Aug., iSsi,*^ by the Rev W. H.
Gunning, to Catharine Shriver of that place. They resided there,
" Parish Records of Brockville.
264 yessMp Genealogy.
and there he also died, 25 Nov., 1876. He was by profession a
lawyer, and " at one time, for three years, a partner of the late
Henry Sherwood, afterward Premier of Canada. He was a re-
markably fine looking man, gentle and refined in manner, and
one of the kindest of men. He was well educated and a capital
Latin scholar."
The following obituary notice appeared in " The Brockville
Recorder" of Nov. 28, 1876, and is all the more noteworthy as
coming from a political opponent : —
" On Saturday night James Jessup, Esq., breathed his last at the Revere
House, Brockville. The deceased was born in the township of Augusta,
in 1804, his parents being United Empire Loyalists. He received his
education at the grammar schools of Augusta and Brockville, distinguishing
himself at each institution. Entering the law office of the late Judge
Jones, he was called to the bar in 1830, and shordy after was appointed
Clerk of the Peace ; subsequently he became Registrar of the Surrogate
Court, and upon the institution of municipal government was chosen
County Clerk for the united counties of Leeds and Grenville. All of these
appointments he held at the time of his decease. He was a gentleman
of the old school, at present rapidly disappearing. In the transaction of
public business, he had few equals and no superiors in Central Canada.
Careful, painstaking, accurate, and reliable, he was in an eminent degree
fitted to perform the duties which devolved upon him. His name is
indelibly interwoven with the history of the united counties ; and to his
wise coimsels are due many of the improvements that have transformed
this section into a smihng and prosperous country. To the Counties'
Council he was an invaluable aid, exercising great care and caution, and
in the majority of instances guiding and directing legislation by his sugges-
tions, which experience had taught the members to accept. A consistent
Conservative in politics, he was warmly admired by the Liberals, who ever
found him conscientious in the discharge of his duties. Far and wide he
was known, and where known, highly esteemed."
There were six children : —
473. Frances Augusta, b. 1832, was educated at St. Mary's Hall,
Burlington, N. J.; m., 22 Dec, 1852, at Brockville, Canada,
yoseph of Stamford. 265
William Allen, of Petersburg, Va., b. 29 July, 1829 ; d. in Va.,
19 May, 1875. He was the son of Richard Griffin Orgain
and Martha A. his wife. When two years of age he inherited
a large landed estate on the lower James River, with many
slaves, from his great-uncle Col. William Allen, one condition
being that he should assume his uncle's name instead of
" William Griffin Orgain" given him by his parents. " Clare-
mont," in Surry Co., his uncle's residence, was a grant from
the English Crown to an ancestor, who had been sent out in
some official capacity, and the very bricks of which the house
was built were brought from England. At Col. Allen's death
in 1 83 1, Mr. Allen's parents removed to Claremont, and he
lived there until 186 1. In his youth he travelled extensively
in Europe. At the outbreak of the Civil War, after the battle
of Bethel, the family removed to Petersburg, remaining there
until the autumn of the same year, when Mr. Allen pur-
chased a house in Richmond, and lived there until the close
of the war. He was in the Confederate service, a major
of artillery, stationed with his battery at Jamestown Island
until the Peninsula was evacuated, when he was ordered to
the defences around Richmond. For a time he was one of
Gen. Elzey's aids. His losses during the war, in slave property,
crops, buildings, timber, etc., were very heavy. These losses
he partially retrieved before his death. Mrs. Allen with the
family subsequently went to Baltimore, Md., where she now
resides. There were six children: i. Fannie Allen, b. in
Petersburg; d. in Prince George's Co., 15 Dec, 1853. 2.
Williajn Allen, b. in Claremont, 13 Jan., 1855 ; was educated
in Montreal, Canada, and at Georgetown College, D. C,
where he graduated A. B., in June, 1875, and the next year
took his LL. B. at the University of Virginia. He is a prac-
tising lawyer in Richmond. He m. in 1878 Mary Anderson,
dau. of Gen. Anderson of the Confederate army, and niece
of Admiral Clitz, U. S. N. 3. John Allen, b. in Claremont,
educated at Montreal and at Georgetown College ; left col-
lege in 1874 to enter the freight office of the Baltimore
Steamship Co. At his father's death he returned to Virginia,
266 yessup Genealogy.-
but in 1885 went to Florida to engage in orange culture.
4. Mary Allen, b. in Claremont, 25 June, 1859 ; d. 25 June,
1 86 1. 5. Fannie Allen, b. in Petersburg, 8 July, 1861 ; was
educated at the Academy of the Visitation in Georgetown,
remaining there five years. 6. Jessup Allen took a business
education, and is in the office of the Bait, and Ohio R. R.
Co., and resides with his mother.
474. Elizabeth Susan, b. 26 Feb., 1834; m. the Rev. David F.
Bogert, now (1886) Rector of Christ's Church, Belleville,
Canada.
475. Emily Bowes, b. 20 Nov., 1836 ; m. John Simpson Roebuck,
b. 25 Feb., 1837. Mr. Roebuck is the son of Henry Roe-
buck, a brother of John Arthur Roebuck, the distinguished
member of the British Parliament. The family reside (1884)
in Newport, Ky., a suburb of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Mr. R. is in business in the latter city. Their three
children, all born in Prescott, Canada, are : 1. Catharine
Shriver Roebuck, b. 28 July, 1861 ; 2. Mary Wilton Roebuck,
b. 20 April 1863 ; 3. jfohn Simpson Roebuck, Jr., b. 22 Feb.,
1865, now (1883) studying law in Cincinnati.
476. Anna Ford, b. 2 Jan., 1839; d. in infancy.
477. James George, b. 7 Jan., 1841 ; "entered Upper Canada Col-
lege (Toronto) Sept., 1855, and Trinity College (Toronto)
Oct., 1859, graduating Oct., 1862. He resides (1883) in
Winnipeg, Manitoba; unmarried."
478. John Hamilton, b. 19 Feb., 1843, was educated at Upper
Canada College and at Trinity College (Toronto), at the
latter taking a scholarship, but not completing the full course,
did not take a degree. His father desired him to study
law, but his tastes since boyhood have always been for agri-
cultural pursuits. Immediately after the close of the Civil
War, he engaged in planting on the James River in Virginia,
but an attack of fever and ague compelled him to relinquish
it. Since 1877 he has been in business in Baltimore, where
* he now (1883) resides;" unmarried.
° He has since removed to Florida.
Carbon Photo. Allen & Rowell.
Dr, Hamilton Dibble Jessup,
of Prescott, Canada. Born 1806.
yoseph of Stamford. 267
450. Hamilton Dibble Jessup {Edward,'^^'^ Edward, ^'^'^yoseph, ^
Edward,^ Edzvard'^), born in Augusta (Prescott), Canada, 2 May,
1806; married Sophia Matilda Trudeaux, daughter of Michael
Trudeaux of Montreal, who died 21 Sept., 1881. She was a lady
of fine education, and great excellence, and belonged to the
Catholic Church.
He was educated in the grammar schools of the Johnstown
district (Leeds and Grenville counties), studied medicine at
Montreal, and was a practising physician for more than thirty
years. During his whole life he has been closely connected
with public affairs. In 1844 he was a member of the Parlia-
ment of Upper Canada; was warden of the united counties
of Leeds and Grenville in 1857, and again in 1859, and has
been ten times elected mayor of Prescott. His commission
as captain of the First Volunteer Militia Rifle Co. of Pres-
cott is dated 3 April, 1856, and in the militia of the Prov-
ince dates back to 10 Jan., 1838, he having served during the
time intervening without formal commission. He was made
lieutenant-colonel 20 Nov., 1856, both commissions bearing the
signature of Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart, Governor-Gen-
eral, When volunteer regiments were called out in 1867 to
repress a threatened Fenian invasion, he had command of the
56th Battalion, and it was not until the 9th of March, 1883^
that he withdrew from military life. On the acceptance of his
resignation, he was requested to nominate his successor as
lieutenant-colonel, and " permitted to retire from active service
retaining rank."
For nearly eighteen years he was collector of customs at the
port of Prescott, having received his appointment 10 Oct., 1867,
from Viscount Monk, then Gov.-General, and held this office
until 31 July, 1885, when at his own request he was placed upon
the retired list."
" The writer spent several days with this family in July, 1883, and is greatly in-
debted for the information given him and the opportunity to examine many valuable
family papers.
268 yes, 'Genealogy.
He has had five childrer. Tn in Prescott : —
479. Edward, in businej escott, who succeeded his father,
I Aug., 1885, as c of customs.
480. CoRiNNE Matilda '^ , m. Henry Cotte, and lives at
Longueuil, not far l ntreal. They have five children.
481. Clarendon Ann Eli
482. Zaire Elizabeth Amelu. These two daughters reside with
their father.
483. James Alexander.
451. Anna Maria Jessup {Edward,^'^^ Edward,'^'^^ Joseph^
Edward,^ Edward'^), born 29 May, 1808; married in 1832
Edwin Church of Prescott, Canada, merchant. Mrs. Church
survived her husband. She died at her residence, Edward St.,
Prescott, on Sunday morning, 14 Sept., 1884, aged ^6 years.
They had three children, born in Prescott : —
484. Anna Clarendon Church, b. 8 July, 1833; d. 29 May, 1834.
485. Edward Jessup Church, b. 26 Aug., 1835; m. Jennie John-
son of La Porte, Indiana, where he has for a long time re-
sided. He is by profession a dentist. For two terms he was
county auditor. He has had four children : i. Henry Walker
Church; 2. Lottie Church; 3. Anna Clarendon Church, and
one who died in infancy.
486. Susan Eliza Church, who resided with her mother at the time
of her death.
453. Eliza Jessup {Edward,'^^'J Edward,'^^^ jFoseph, ^ Edward, *
Edward'^), was born in Sorel, Canada, 12 June, 1813, and died in
Brockville in 1862. She married Ormond Jones of the latter
town in 1834. Mr. Jones was born in Brockville, where the family
have always resided, 7 Nov., 181 1. " He was the third son of the
Hon. Charles Jones by his first wife Mary Stuart, daughter of the
Rev. Dr. Stuart of Kingston. He came from the old United Em-
pire Loyalist stock, many of whom settled along the Upper St.
Lawrence in 1784. His father was born towards the close of the
War of Independence, and came to Canada with his parents. He
yoseph of Stamford. 269
was educated at the only classical school in the town, and among
his school fellows who have since obtained distinction were the
Rev. Archdeacon Patton and the Hon. Sir W. B. Richards, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court. On leaving school he entered the
law office of Ford and Bogart, and finished his studies with the
present Chancellor, J. B. Sprague. In 1834 he was admitted to
the Bar, and was in the practice of law in Brockville until 1857
when he purchased large mills in the vicinity. These were sub-
sequently destroyed by fire, entailing heavy losses. During the
Rebellion of 1837-1838 he was paymaster of the Royal Borderers,
with the rank of captain. From 1858 to 1864 he was Registrar for
the North Riding of Lanark, and in the latter year, upon the
resignation of the late Daniel Jones, became Registrar of the
county of Leeds, — an office he held up to the day of his death.
For ten years he was President of the Board of Police, and for a
long time Commissioner of the Court of Request. From 1840 to
1845 he was Judge of the Surrogate Court.
" In politics he was a consistent Conservative, and in 1853 con-
tested the county of Leeds in the Conservative interest, losing his
election by the running of a third candidate. He was an earnest
and faithful member of the Church of England, and his tall and
well known figure will be missed from among the worshippers of
St. John's Church, the congregation of which are indebted to his
late father for both the site of their church and for the old ceme-
tery. Greatly respected by the entire community, his death was
a public loss.
" His first wife died in 1862, and about two years afterwards he
married Catharine Mary, youngest daughter of the late Robert
Checkley, barrister, of Marlow, Ireland, who survives him." "
Mr. Jones had twelve children, all by his first wife : —
487. George Jones, now living in Montreal, an officer of the Grand
Trunk Railway ; unmarried.
488. William Hamilton Jones, barrister-at-law, in Brockville;
unmarried.
" From the Canadian Biographical Dictionary, and various contemporary Journals.
270 yessup Genealogy.
4S9. Mary Stuart Jones, who d. Aug., 1840, in infancy.
490. Mary Stuart Jones, residing in Brockville ; unmarried.
491. Susan Margaret Jones, m., 22 April, 1875, Thomas Wiggles-
worth Evans, of Montreal, who d. 6 Feb., 188 1. She now
lives in Montreal.
492. Emily Eliza Jones, m. 14 March, 1872, George Redmond,
barrister, of Brockville, who d. abbut 1876. She now resides
in New York city.
493. Harriet Florence Jones, d. at Brockville when about twelve
years old.
494. James Stuart Jones, lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
495. Georgina Stagey Jones, of New York city ; unmarried.
496. Blanche Elma Jones, of Brockville \ unmarried.
497. Ormond Jones, Jr., living in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
498. Clara Gertrude Jones, of Montreal; unmarried.
CHAPTER IV.
JONATHAN JESSUP OF GREENWICH, AND HIS
DESCENDANTS.
II. Jonathan Jessup (^Edward, "^ Edward'^), baptized 3 Aug.,
1707, was born in Fairfield, but in 1732 was already living in
Greenwich, where he also died. His name appears in the list of
the First Parish, the oldest settlement in the town of Greenwich,
as early as 1739. He added to the usual occupation of a farmer
the very useful trade of a carpenter. His wife's name was Sarah,
who is said to have been much younger than himself Letters of
administration were granted her 2 Aug., 1757, and his estate was
distributed 14 March, 1759. The inventory was £,40^) 12s. gd.
Eight children are mentioned, all living either in Stamford or
Greenwich, The widow subsequently married Timothy Knapp "
of Greenwich, and died at the age of ninety-three. Her children
(all by her first marriage) were : —
+499. Jonathan,* b. 12 Sept., 1734.
+500. Amos, b. i May, 1736.
+501. Nathaniel, b. 23 May, 1738.
" Greenwich Town Records, ix. 22
(i April, 1767), contain record of quit-
claim of dower-right given by Timothy
Knapp and Sarah Knapp, of Greenwich,
to "our well-beloved son Silvanus Jezup."
^ The Town Records read as follows :
" Jonathan Jezzup, first son, was born
12 Sept., 1734; another son was born
I May, 1736, and he called his name Amos
Jezzup ; ys third, born 23 May, 173S, and
he called his name Nathaniel Jezzup.
Entered 10 April, 1740." The above is
on a loose sheet, indexed as p. 339 of
Book iv.
272 yes Slip Genealogy.
502. David, bap. 22 Jan., 1749, who was living in 1771, and died,
unmarried, at the house of his brother-in-law, George Dibble,
in Stamford (Stanwich Parish).
+503. Deborah, bap. 22 Jan., 1752.
+504. Saiviuel, d. 17 Nov., 181 2.
+505. SiLV.^Nus, d. about 1812.
+506. Phebe, bap. 22 Jan., 1749.
Nathaniel, Samuel, Silvanus, and Phebe were minors at the
death of the father. At the Stamford Probate Office there is now
on file the bond of Jonathan Dibble (their uncle) as guardian of
the last three. At another date the mother gives bond as guar-
dian of her two children; Jonathan, as guardian of his brother
Nathaniel ; and Amos, as guardian of Samuel. This family ap-
parently belonged to St. John's Episcopal Parish in Stamford,
as the names of several of the children and grandchildren are
found upon the records of that parish.
499. Jonathan Jessup {yonathanP- Edward,^ Edward'^'),
born 12 Sept., 1734, in Greenwich (First Parish), where he also
lived ; married Ann, daughter of Gershom Lockwood, who died
14 April, 1825, aged eighty-seven. He died 22 April, 1805, in
the 74th year of his age. His will bears date 9 April, 1805, and
was probated at Stamford June 4th of the same year. He appoints
his wife and his son Jonathan executors. He left quite an estate
to be divided among eleven of his twelve children," nine only
of whom were named in his will. Ebenezer and Timothy were
omitted, but their names occur in the distribution.
+507. Jonathan, b. 7 Jan., 1761.
-1-508. James, d. 4 Aug., 181 7, aged 56.
-I-509. Anna, d. 12 Feb., 1835, aged 81.
-I-510. Ebenezer, d. 21 Jan., 1845, aged 79 yrs. ii mos.
-f5ii. Edward, d. 6 Jan., 1833, in his 65th year.
" The record of baptisms is as follows : nah, 13 Sept., 1772; Gershom, 2 Dec,
Jonathan and Anna, 28 June, 1761 ; Peter, 1773; Samuel and Timothy, twins, 2 Dec,
21 Aug., 1763; Ebenezer, i Jan, 1766; 1775; Sarah, 16 Jan., 1781. — St. Johfi's
Edward, 28 Oct., 1767 ; Mary and Han- Parish Register, Stamford.
yonathan of Greenwich. 273
+512. Gershom, b. 6 Dec, 1772.
513. Samuel, twin brother of Timothy, died young.
+514. Timothy, d. 30 April, 1808, aged 32.
+515. Peter, d. 7 Jan., 1802 (drowned).
+516. Hannah, b. 31 March, 1771 ; m. Peter Lockwood.
+517. Sarah, m. Daniel Lockwood, of Stamford.
+518. Mary, m. Wm. Peacock of Greenwich, and d. 1842.
+519. Samuel, a grandson, was also provided for in the wills of his
grandparents. (See p. 303 for record of family.)
500. Amos Jessup {Jonathan}'^ Edwai-d,^ Edward"^), born
I May, 1736, in Greenwich, married Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Studwell of the same town. The records refer to him
first in I76i,when, Feb. 14th, he purchased land in Greenwich of
Joseph Husted " for ^47 current money of the Province of New
York." His name also appears on the Town List from 1769 to
1774, showing he is a resident. On the 22d Dec, 1771, he pur-
chased a homestead in the town, for which he paid ^108 to
Charles Mead, of the manor of Cortlandt in Westchester Co.,
N. Y. In 1770, and again in 1 771, he buys land of Moses Smith,
and in Oct., 1784, gives a deed to Horton Reynolds. He appears
to have suffered losses during the Revolutionary war, as there is
mention in the town books of the sale of " the right of Amos
Jessup, deceased, of i^20 6s., lawful money, of losses sustained in
the time of war, and land granted for said losses by the General
Assembly of the State." " Administration is granted 26 March,
1785, to Oliver Ferris "on the estate of Amos Jessup late of
Greenwich, deceased," and this indicates the probable period of
his death. He certainly had three children, perhaps more : —
520. Thomas, bap. 28 Oct., 1767, by the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble of
St. John's Church, Stamford.
521. Amos, bap. 2 Aug., 1772, by the Rev. Mr. Dibble.
522. DiMMA, bap. at the same date.
« In Book viii., p. 117, Greenwich Records, is the following : "Amos Jezup's ear-
mark [cattle brand] is a cross of the near ear, and a half-penny under y= same, and a
slipe y^ under side."
18
274 yesstip Genealogy.
On the 13th March, 1790, Eh'zabeth Jessup, the widow, and
Anthony Studwell her brother, both of Greenwich, and heirs of
the late Thomas Studwell of the same town, convey to Ebenezer
Hubby all claim they have in their mother's right of dower in
the father's estate. The 30th of March following, for £']^ Hubby
conveys to Thomas Jessup, the son, certain lands with build-
ings, and in Oct., 1793, for i^20, two acres additional. Nothing
further has been learned as to the children.
501. Nathaniel Jessup (^yo7iatJian}-^ Edward,'^ Edward^^,
born 23 May, 1738, in Greenwich (First Society), was living there
in 1 76 1. His name does not appear on the Town List. May 13,
1 76 1, for ;^45, he conveys land in Old Greenwich to his brother
Jonathan, presumably his portion of his father's estate, and May
3, 1770, he gives a quitclaim to his brother-in-law David Brown.
He was a soldier of the Revolution, and fell at the battle of Mon-
mouth, N. J., 28 June, 1778, or as others say, died of exhaustion
resulting from the battle. The Connecticut State Records at
Hartford show that his family in 1779 or 1780 received assistance
from the town. His wife was Sarah James (baptized 22 Jan.,
1749), the daughter of Abigail, the widow of Henry James of
Greenwich, and the sister or niece of the wife of his uncle
Joseph. They were married in April, 1762, and presumably by
the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble of Stamford, as the record is found in
the St. John's Parish Register and nowhere else. From the same
source is learned the names of two children : —
523. Nathaniel, bap. 19 Nov., 1762.
524. Sarah, bap. 20 Sept., 1764.
There may have been other children, and it is confidently
stated that the family moved west to Ohio, and thus came to be
lost sight of. Some similar removal may account for the little
known about the family of the brother, Amos Jessup.
503. Deborah Jessup {yonathan,'^'^ Edward,^ Edward"^), born
in Greenwich in 175 1, married David Brown of that town, and
resided there. Her death preceded his, but the date has not
yonathait of Greenwich. 275
been ascertained. The records of the town often contain his
name between the years 1769 and 1791. Besides his farm he
appears to have had a trade, valued on the town list at £2, on
which he payed taxes. His will is dated 12 March, 1812, and was
probated at Stamford, 6 April, 18 13. The inventory was $3,530.
His son Robert Brown, and his son-in-law Jonathan Rundle, were
appointed executors. The names of twelve children are given
(some say there were fourteen), and a bequest made to each.
Their names were : —
525. James Brown.
526. David Brown.
527. Robert Brown.
528. Sarah Brown, wife of Levi Brown.
529. Deborah Brown, wife of Jonathan Rundle.
530. Phebe Brown, wife of Shadrach Rundle.
531. Martha Brown, wife of John Rnapp.
532. Margaret Brown.
533. Elizabeth Brown.
534. Clara Brown.
535. Anna Brown.
536. William Brown.
537. Elihu Marshall, son of a daughter deceased (Mary?), receives
also a bequest.
This family were parishioners of the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble,
minister of St. John's Church, Stamford. The children, Sarah,
Mary, Deborah, Martha, James, and Phebe were baptized by him,
16 Jan. 1 78 1, and David and Margaret, 24 Jan., 1784.'^ The
record of the mother's baptism in infancy is on the same
Register.
504- Samuel Jessup {yonatha7tP- EdwardS Edward'^), lived
m Stamford. He was married to Abigail, daughter of John Halt
of that town, II Oct., 1763, "by Jonathan Maltbie, Esq., one of
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace." She was born in 1741 and
" St. John's Parish Register.
276 yes sup Genealogy.
died in 1796. He died 17 Nov-, 18 12. He was an Episcopalian.
His will was probated the ist of Dec. following. He gives all to
his daughter Elizabeth, and appoints Joseph Gray and Carey
Leeds executors. He was a farmer. They had eleven children, -
nine of whom were baptized by the Rev. Dr. Dibble."
538. Ebenezer, bap. 3 Sept., 1764, died in infancy.
539. Isaac, b. 3 Oct., 1765 (bap. 19 Oct., 1766). " In 1791 he and
his brother John went to Otsego Co., N. Y., and took up land
on Butternut Creek, and aided John Sleeper, a Quaker preacher,
in the erection of a saw-mill, returning in the autumn to Stam-
ford, when he went to sea and was not heard from again."
He is mentioned, however, in the distribution of his father's
estate in 18 13.
540. Elizabeth, bap. 3 Oct., 1769; d. 27 March, 1836 (aged about
seventy), in New York city, at the house of her nephew Isaac
Webb, the well-known ship-builder. She became blind when
about 33 yrs. of age. She resided in Stamford, and is spoken
of as a person of unusually estimable character.
+541. John, b. 1771.
-f542. Joseph.
+543. Sarah, b. 31 March, 1773 ; bap. 15 Sept., 1778.
-f544. Jorum, b. 30 June, 1775 ; bap. 15 Sept., 1778.
545. Samuel, bap. 15 Sept., 1778, and probably died young.
-f 546. Jonathan, b. 14 April, 1782 ; bap. 10 Sept., 1795.
-f547. Hannah, b. 1783; bap. 10 Sept., 1795.
+548. George, "the youngest," bap. 10 Sept., 1795.
505. Silvanus Jessup ( Jonathan}-^ Edward, * Edward'^^, born
in Greenwich, Conn., died about 18 12, in Somers (Purdy's Sta-
tion), N. Y., at the house of his son Benjamin. He married Mrs.
Abigail (Randall) Finch, who then had three children, — Jeremiah
Finch, Mary Finch (Mrs. Mead of Salem, N. Y.), Hannah Finch
(Mrs. Cornell), and perhaps others. They lived in Greenwich,
where she died about 1804, and their four children were born
there : —
« St. John's Parish Register.
* Statement of Miss Alminah Jessup, of Saratoga, N. Y.
Jonathan of Greenwich. 277
+549. Phebe, d. 22 Jan., 1861, aged 97 yrs. 6 mos.
+550, Abigail, b. 20 March, 1769.
+551. Abraham, b. 28 April, 1773.
+552. Benjamin, b. 14 Feb., 1776.
A granddaughter writes that what she most distinctly remembers
as to her grandfather was his devotion to the cause of American
Independence.
506. Phebe Jessup (jyonathanP- Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in
Greenwich, 25 July, 1744, was m.arried in Stamford by the Rev.
Benjamin Strong of Stanwich, in 1762, to her cousin George
Dibble,^^ son of Lieut. Jonathan Dibble and her father's sister
Sarah.^2 They lived on the homestead farm in Stanwich, the
location of which on the border line between Connecticut and
New York was one of peculiar exposure during the American
Revolution, increased further by the well-known sympathy and
connection of some of the members of the family with the New
York royal authorities. Greenwich Records" show that George
Dibble was one of the 34 original subscribers towards the erec-
tion of what was then called the " Presbyterian Church," now the
" Congregational Church," in Stanwich, and one of the largest,
— £2, The greater part of the subscription, of course, consisted
of personal labor and materials furnished for the building. This
was the first church edifice built there. George Dibble's children,
however, were baptized by the Rev. Dr. Dibble of St. John's
Episcopal Church in Stamford, as shown by the Parish Register ;
and though Stamford was nearly nine miles distant, he probably
considered himself a member of that parish. George Dibble died
19 April, 1813, in his 73d year. The date of the death of his wife
is not known, the inscription on her tombstone not being legible.
They were buried in the family burial-ground. His will on record
in Stamford is dated 31 January, 181 2, probated 5 Feb'y, 18 13,
and mentions his wife, Phebe; sons, Samuel, John, Josiah, and
Jonathan ; daughters, Mary Ann, Grace, Sarah Waring, Deborah
" Book G. p. 280, 15 April, 1748.
278 yesstip Genealogy.
Ames, Abigail Feeks, and Elizabeth Ingersoll. He appoints
Benjamin Isaacs, of Bedford, N. Y., and Jared Smith, of
Greenwich, executors. The inventory was about $4,900. In
this family were thirteen children, as shown by the town
records : —
553. Jonathan Dibble, b. 10 Oct., 1762. When still a young man,
he was for a time surgeon in the English navy, and of course
a loyalist. He was educated by his grandmother Sarah
(Jessup) Dibble. The feeling against the loyalists was in-
tense. While visiting his father (who did not take up arms
on either side) and riding only a few miles from home he
was attacked and narrowly escaped with his life, being pro-
tected by a Whig captain who was a friend of the family.
During the Revolution he was taken prisoner, his ship having
been captured by the American Privateer '' Holker," Capt.
Roger Kane, and was taken to Philadelphia. He gives in a
letter an account of his capture, and speaks of the gentlemanly
treatment he received at Philadelphia. In the same letter he
speaks of the great victory over the French in the West Indies
gained by the English fleet under Rodney, 12 April, 1782,
and thinks it will be the means of bringing about a peace that
will keep England and America under one government. He
was soon after released on parole. After the war, he with
other loyalists, some from Stamford, removed to New Bruns-
wick and settled on Passamaquoddy Bay near St. Andrews,
reaching there about July i, 1784. His uncle and aunt
Simpson and other relatives resided in the neighborhood. He
lived at Beaver Harbor, making his home at the house of his
cousin Mrs. Mary Ann (Valentine) Cook, wife of Wm. Cook
and daughter by her first marriage of Mrs. Simpson. His
letters gave flattering accounts of the country and its resources.
He erected a house, invited his oldest sister to make her home
with him and sent to his father for some live stock. But his
high hopes were cut short by his untimely death on the night
of Nov. 26, 1784. Returning from a hunting excursion he
was overtaken by a severe snow storm and perished within a
yonathan of Greenwich. 279
half-mile of his own door. His remains were found the fol-
lowing spring and interred at Belleview.
554. Samuel Dibble, b. 2 Aug., 1764 ; m., ist, Hannah, dau. of Jona-
than Piatt, by whom he had one dau., Hamiah, who m.
Gabriel Hubbard of Stamford, whose children were Ellen,
Mary H., Hannah P., Elizabeth, George, David, and Samuel.
He m., 2d, Deborah Ingersoll, a sister of Simon and Solomon
IngersoU of Stanwich, and had : Harriet, who m. Wm. Gib-
son of Patriot, Switzerland Co., Ind., and had children, —
Thomas and Wm. (twins), and Isabella. Thomas Gibson was
accidentally shot and killed. Wm. Gibson served on a United
States gunboat during the Civil War, and is a merchant in
Chicago. The other children of Samuel Dibble were Grace,
Malvenia, George, Ingersoll, and Ann. Grace m. a Mr.
Hoyt and had : Augusta, Frances, Grace, and Malvenia.
The children of George Dibble were : Edward, Henry, Mary,
America, and Jane. Ingersoll Dibble had one son, —
Warren.
555. Sarah Dibble, b. 17 Oct., 1766; m. James Waring, of Long
Ridge in Stamford (his second wife). He was a pensioner
of the Revolution. Their four children were : 1. James Alex-
ander Waring, who d. unmarried. 2. Angeline Waring,
who d. unmarried. 3. George E. Waring; m. Sarah Berger
of New York and had five children: (i) Jane E., (2) Sarah,
who d. in Europe, (3) George E., Jr., (4) John, and (5) James.
The last three are married. " Col. George E. Waring, Jr.,
was born in Stamford, Conn., 21 July, 1833 ; was agricultural
engineer of the Central Park in N. Y. city; in 1861 enlisted
in the volunteer service of the U. S., and became colonel of
the 4th Missouri Cavalry. He has published ' Draining for
Profit and Health,' ' Elements of Agriculture,' and other
works, and has contributed to periodical literature." " He is
well known as a distinguished sanitary engineer. He m,, ist,
the dau. of Edmund Blunt of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died leaving
a daughter. He is again married and resides in Washington,
D. C. 4. Sarah Wari?tg m. Jonathan M. Hall of Bedford,
" Johnson's Encyclopaedia.
28o yessttp Genealogy.
N. Y., and their children were : Mary E. Hall (Mrs. Dr. Jos.
S. Dodge Jr.), and Sarah W. Hall. Mrs. Hall with her
family resides (1885) in Stamford.
556. Deborah Dibble, b. 25 July, 1768; m. Robert Eames, of
Bedford, N. Y. He was a large dealer in cattle. Four
children : Henry, George, Robert, and Phebe. Henry only
married.
557. Abigail Dibble, b. 20 Aug., 1770; m. Joseph Feeks, of
North Castle, N. Y., and had ten children : i. Mary Feeks ^
b. II Feb., 1796. 2. Grace Feeks, b. 19 July, 1798; d. 20
Sept., 1878; m. 25 Nov., 1820, Seth Wicks, an extensive
builder in N. Y. city, and had two children : Sarah Ann
Wicks, b. 2 Sept., 182 1, and Martha G. Wicks, b. 14 Feb.,
1823 ; d. 25 Dec, 1825. Sarah Ann Wicks m. 5 Oct., 1840,
Edward B. Lane. Five children : (i) Virginia Wicks Lane,
b. 31 Aug., 1843; m., 5 Oct., 1865, Charles W. Sands, and
has had one child, Charles W. Sands, Jr., b. 29 Oct., 1868.
(2) Grace Dibble Lane, b. 4 Jan., 1845. (3) Theodore Lane,
b. 15 Sept., 1846; m., Deborah Ann White, 13 Oct., 1868,
and has two children : Charles, b. 31 Oct., 1869, and Eleanor,
b. 23 March, 1873. (4) Louisa Henry Lane, b. 26 May,
1848; d. 17 May, 1852. (5) Edward Augustus Lane, b. i
May, i860; m., 15 Dec, 1880, Fanny Kipp, and has had
one child, Mary Anna, b. 26 Oct., 1881. 3. George Feeks,
b. 31 Dec, 1799. 4- Edna Feeks, b. 4 Sept., 1801 ; m. a
Valentine, and had a son Seth. 5. Sarah Feeks, b. 2 March,
1803. 6. Phebe Feeks, b. 12 April, 1806. 7. Louisa Feeks,
b. 14 May, 1808. 8. y^ohn Feeks, b. 5 Dec, 181 2. 9. Han-
nah Feeks, b. 8 Jan., 18 14. 10. Theodore Feeks, b. 11 Jan.,
1818.
558. George Dibble, b. 7 Jan., 1 773 j d. of yellow fever at his father's
house in Stanwich. He was a clerk in the mercantile house
of Griffin & Glass, of New York city, and taken with the
terrible epidemic that prevailed in that city in 1805. He was
unmarried.
559. JosiAH Dibble, b. 22 Nov., 1774 ; m. Catharine Smith, of North
Castle, and had three daughters : Catharine, m. Frost Brun-
yonathan of Greenwich, 281
dage ; Mary, m. George Comstock ; and Phebe, m. Edward
Schoonmaker.
560. Phebe Dibble, b. 4 Feb., 1777 ; d. unmarried.
561. Elizabeth Dibble, b. 4 March, 1799 ; m. Solomon IngersoU, of
Stanwich. He was a merchant in New York city during the
war of 181 2, and continued in business until about 1835.
Children : George, who married and had a family ; Elizabeth
(Mrs. Henry Cogeshall) ; and Malvenia.
562. John Dibble, b. 26 June, 1782; m. Sarah Howe, and had:
Silas, Henry, Charles, Harvey, George, Alonzo, jfohji, yona-
than, Sylvanus, and Sarah. The last m. Jacob Powell, and
a son, Dana Powell, lives in Rising Sun, Indiana, and a
daughter, Mrs. Edna (Powell) Landes, resides in Detroit,
Mich. Sylvanus was a soldier in the Civil War, and died in
an army hospital. His brother Silas m. Mary Powell, Aug.,
1840, and had eight children : Mary Ann, Ehzabeth, Carrie,
Harvey, John, Alonzo, Willard, and Samuel Jessup. Three
of these sons of Silas Dibble rendered good service to the
Union cause during the whole period of the Civil War. John
and Harvey were in the i8th Regiment Indiana volunteers.
John entered the service as orderly sergeant, and left it a captain.
After the war he went to Arkansas, where he was assassinated.
Alonzo was in the gunboat service. Henry Dibble (2d son
of John) m. Harriet Searcey ; of his brothers, Charles m.
Ehzabeth Searcey, George m. Mary Ann Creag, John m. Lydia
Bowman, and Alonzo m. in Minnesota, and lives at Cannon
Falls in that State. About 1836 or 1837, John Dibble, the
father of this family, Jonathan Dibble his brother, and the
children (by his 2d wife) of Samuel Dibble, another brother,
removed to Patriot, Switzerland Co., Indiana, where many of
their descendants now reside.
563. Mary Ann Dibble, b. i Jan., 1785 ; m. David L. Palmer, and
died without issue. Mr. Palmer m. a second time, and for
many years resided at Jacksonville, Florida, where he died
about 1874. In the early part of his life he had large con-
tracts with the Government for the supply of timber for the
U. S. Navy Department.
282 yesstip Genealogy.
564. Jonathan Dibble, 2d, b. 4 March, 1788; m. Mary D. Smith,
and had children : Ellen, Mary Ann, Sarah, Charles Henry,
and Samuel, all of whom are now dead.
565. Grace Dibble, b. 8 May, 1790; m., 29 Jan., 1825, Simon W.
Cooper, of Babylon, N. Y., and died there, 12 Aug., 1871, in
her 82d year. She had three sons : ya77ies B. Cooper, b. i
Dec, 1825 ; m. Glorianna S. Rice, 9 June, 1863, and resides
in Babylon. He has had five children, of whom two are now
living : Simon W, Cooper, b. 6 May, 1864, assistant editor of
"The South Side Signal," of Babylon, and James B. Cooper,
Jr., b. 8 Dec, 187 1. Mr. Cooper is a descendant in the
seventh generation from John Cooper, of Olney, England,
who came to this country in 1635, and in 1640 settled at
Southampton, Long Island. He has filled a number of pub-
lic offices; was Clerk of Suffolk Co., 1853-55; Inspector
of Customs at N. Y., 1861-66; editor of the "Hempstead
Enquirer ; " Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for
four years ; and Justice of the Peace for six years. He
is a frequent contributor to local papers, prepared the
history of the town of Babylon in the " History of Suffolk
County," etc., and is much interested in similar matters of
local history and family genealogy. Mrs. Cooper is principal
of an excellent and successful boarding-school for young
ladies. Of Mr. Cooper's two brothers, George Dibble Cooper,
b. 5 Jan., 1832, d. in Babylon. The other was Capt. Simon
W. Cooper, b. 25 Feb., 1829, who d. at Hankow, China, 24
June, 1869. His life was one full of adventure and peril,
over twenty-five years of which had been spent upon the sea.
He began the career of a sailor in a small coasting-vessel,
running between Babylon and N. Y. city. Subsequently he
went to the West Indies, Liverpool, and New Orleans ; was
first an officer on board the "Prince Albert," a London
packet belonging to Grinnel, Minturn, & Co. In 1854 he
sailed with Captain Roberts in the bark " Storm " to China,
when the vessel was nearly destroyed by a typhoon. In
1864 he was in command of the American steamer "Pem-
broke," and made several voyages between Shanghai in China
jfonafhan of Greenwich. 283
and Yokohama in Japan, On one of these voyages he was
fired upon by several men-of-war, belonging to a Damio or
native prince who was hostile to foreigners ; but his promptness,
skill, and intrepidity saved the " Pembroke " from destruction.
It was for this outrage that the Japanese Government sus-
tained the loss of several important towns, bombarded by
American and British war-vessels, and paid an indemnity of
$3,000,000, of which ^1,200,000 came to the United States,
forming the noted " Indemnity Fund," a portion of which
after many years has been returned to the Japanese Govern-
ment. At the time of his death Captain Cooper was in com-
mand of a splendid Chinese naval vessel, then on exhibition
at Hankow, which had just been presented to the Viceroy by
American, English, and other foreign merchants."
507. Jonathan Jessup {yonathan,^^^ yonathan,'^'^ Edward,^
Edward^), born in Greenwich, 7 Jan., 1761 ; married, 1st, Rheua^
, Vi^ho died 17 Nov., 1799, aged 26 yrs., 7 mos., 7 days. She
(with her infant daughter, aged 2 mos., 7 days), lies buried in the
Mill River burial-ground in Stamford. He married, 2d, Keziah
Green, 3 July, 1808 (born 25 June, 1787). He died 28 Sept.,
1826. Their nine children were born in Greenwich: -
566. Julius Augustus, b. 1809, d. 181 2.
-+-567. Joshua Beal, I b. 2 Feb., 181 i.
-f568. Jonathan Trumbull, J
-I-569. Julius Augustus, b. 18 14.
570. John Anson, b. 181 7, d. 1833.
+571. Ann Eliza, b. 1820.
-f572. Sarah Jeannette, b. 1823.
573. Charles Edward, b. 1825, d. 1852, unmarried.
574. Cornelius James, b. Jan., 1827, three months after the father's
death; d. 1853, unmarried.
" This history of the family of George dently an abbreviation of the Scripture
Dibble, was prepared by his grandson, name Ruhamah, Hosea, ii. 2. It is else-
James B. Cooper, of Babylon, N. Y. where shortened to Rhua, and sometimes
^ This name " Rheua " (so spelled in to Ruah.
the inscription on her tombstone) is evi-
284 yes sup Genealogy.
The widow, in 1829, three years after the death of her husband,
removed with all her children, except the twin brothers, Joshua
and Jonathan, to Qinton Co., Ohio, where she had a brother liv-
ing. She there purchased a farm and made a home for herself.
Dec. 12, 1830, she married David Jenks, a wealthy farmer of the
same county, a widower with six children. Mr. Jenks died in
1853 ; she died in 1854. Their only child, Rheua Amanda, mar-
ried, in 1852, David Hiatt, of Martinsville, Ohio, and she died
there in 1854, leaving an infant daughter who survived her but
a few weeks.
Three of the sons above mentioned, John, Charles, and Corne-
lius, died young men and were buried in the Jenks' family burial-
ground. They were carpenters.
508. James Jessup {JonatJiaii,^^^ Jonathan^ Edward,'^ Ed-
ward'^), born in Greenwich, removed to New Milford and pur-
chased a farm on Shepaug Neck, now the town of Bridgewater.
The date of this purchase as given in the records is 17 March,
1785. His name appears in the list of those who attended ser-
vice in the " Presbyterian meeting-house," and as a subscriber to
the funds of the Presbyterian ecclesiastical society. The first
assessment in behalf of the above society in 1804 includes his
name. Afterwards, when St. Mark's Episcopal church was or-
ganized (23 April, 1 8 10), he became a vestryman, and his son
Blackman, chorister. He married Elizabeth Blackman, daughter
of John Blackman and Elizabeth Glover, of Newtown, who died
9 Dec, 1827, aged Gj. He died 4 Aug., 18 17, aged 56. He was
a carpenter. The family consisted of eight children : —
-f-575. Betsey, b. 1784.
576. Blackman, d. 7 Jan., 1826, aged 41 ; unmarried.
+577. Lucy, b. 1787.
+578. Hannah, b. Jan., 1789.
+579. Abigail, d. about 1824, in Harwinton.
580. Polly M., the youngest, m. Sylvester E. Derrin, of Harwinton,
Conn., 6 Feb., 1828, and removed to Mt. Morris, Livingston
Co., N. Y. One child : Victoria Etigenia Derri?i ; m. George
yonathan of Greenwich. 285
J. Campbell, and has four children, — Victoria, b. 1863, George,
b. 1865, William, b. 1868, and Lucien, b. 1872.
+581. Jonathan, b. 27 Jan., 1795.
582. Sally Ann, b. 1800; d. in Brookfield while sitting in her chair,
22 Sept., 1868. She never married."
509, Anna Jessup (^yonathan,^^^ yonathan}^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^^, born in Greenwich, Conn., married Jeremiah Randall, Jr.,
mechanic, and lived in Bridgewater (New Milford), where she died
12 Feb., 1835, aged eighty-one. He died 17 Nov., 1808, aged
fifty-three. His father, Jeremiah Randall, Sr.,* with his brothers,
came from England and settled first in Greenwich (name there
often spelled Rundle). The 19th of June, 1778, he bought land,
dwelling-house, and barn, in Bridgewater of James Lockwood
for .^130 and soon settled upon it." The above date renders it
quite probable that Jeremiah, Jr., was born in Greenwich. Their
children were born in Bridgewater, and lived there.
They had five : —
583. Anna Randall, m. Daniel Keeler; d. 19 Dec, 1866, aged
eighty-nine.
584. Sally Randall, m., 25 Nov., 1794, John Hawley Treat, great-
grandson of Robert Treat, who served the Colony of Conn.,
as Deputy-Gov. and as Gov. for thirty years. She d. 15
March, 181 1, aged 33, leaving one son, Horace Treat, b. 14
Sept., 1795..
585. Polly Randall, b. 20 Jan., 1790; m. Benjamin Beach, 23
April, 1807, and d. 3 July, 1828, aged 38. Two children:
I. Sally jfeannette Beach, b. 19 Feb., 18 10, m. Ephraim
French, and d. 14 July, 1876, leaving seven children: Mary
" Therecordof the family and descend- removed to Harlem, and 29 Nov., 1784,
ants of James Jessup of New Milford purchased Randall's Island for £2,i,oo,
(Bridgewater) is largely furnished by Mrs. and by his industry as a farmer paid for it
Charles H. Jessup, of that place, and Mrs. in ten years. He died in 1830 at the age
Eli H. Welton, of Southville. of 88, and five years later his heirs sold the
* Jeremiah Randall, Sr., had three property to the Corporation of N. Y. city
other sons, Timothy, Charles, and Rich- for $50,000." — 'Riky.k's Harlem.
ard. "Hisbrother Jonathan (a carpenter) <^ Orcutt's Bridgewater.
286 yessup Genealogy.
(Mrs. Scott), Jane (Mrs. Homer Sanford), Catharine, Othniel,
Susan, Laura, and Lawrence.
2. Laura Amelia Beach, b. 27 July, 181 2, d. 12 March,
1858, m., I St, Othniel French, and had one dau., Charlotte
French, (Mrs. H. T. Brown) ; m., 2d, Alanson Young, and
had one dau., Margaret Young (Mrs. John McClusky).
586. Nathaniel Randall, farmer, b. 20 Aug., 1782: m. Lucy A.
Sanford, 25 Sept., 1806, and d. 20 Sept., 1848. Five children :
I. Lorenzo Randall, b. 28 June, 1807, d. 5 Nov., 1832. 2.
Jerome Randall, b. 8 July, 181 1 ; d. 3 June, 1881. 3. Ja-
cintha J. Randall, b. 15 Oct., 1808, m. Frederick Boland,
2 Feb., 1829. 4. Emeline E. Randall, b. 4 Sept., 1813,
m. Daniel L. Booth, 10 May, 1835, and d. 20 Aug., 1848.
5. He7iry IV. Randall, b. 22 Oct., 1822, m. Ann Tomlinson,
28 April, 1844, and has two sons living in N. Y. city.
587. Jonathan Jessup Randall, carpenter, m. Abigail Gorham, 17
Aug., 1813 ; d. 14 July, 1881, aged eighty-nine. Eight chil-
dren : I. Jeremiah Grandison Randall, b. 23 Aug., 181 5;
m. Abigail Mead, and has six children, — Flora (Mrs. George
Young), Ellen (Mrs. Silas Keeler), Richard, who m. Laura
Wooster, Sarah (Mrs. Grant Northrop), John W., who m.
Helen Beach, and Alice. He was mem. of Conn. Legislature
in 1878. 2. Phineas Barnum Randall, b. 24 Sept., 181 7;
m. Flora Mead. 3. Rachel Samantha Randall, b. 21 Aug.,
1819, d. 3 June, 1823. 4. Sallie Jeanette Randall, b. 21
Sept., 1825 ; m. Jonah Davidson. 5. William W.Randall,h.
3 Dec, 1823 ; m. Julia Bostwick. 6. Rachel Saj}iantha Ran-
dall, b. 18 Oct., 1829 ; m. John Minor. 7. Charles Randall,
b. 18 March, 1834 ; m. Elizabeth Ruggles, has two children
and lives in Birmingham, Conn. 8. Edward Randall, b. 18
Aug., 1835 ; m. Eda Eliza Bishop, 22 March, 1859, and has
three children.
510. Ebenezer Jessup {yonathan,^^^ Jonathan}'^ Edward,^
Edward'^'), born in Greenwich, married Rebecca, daughter of
James Skelding of Stamford. He was a farmer and shoemaker,
and also a Revolutionary pensioner. He lived in Greenwich,
Jonathan of Greenwich, 287
where he died 21 Jan., 1845, aged 79 yrs., 11 mos., 3 days.
His wife died 2 June, 1846, aged 75 yrs., 11 mos., 19 days.
His will is dated 22 Sept., 1843. After a small bequest to his
son William, the remainder is divided equally between two other
children and a grandson, William J. (son of Ebenezer, Jr., de-
ceased), who is not to receive his portion until of age. The five
children were : —
588. Edward, bap. 21 Sept., 1794, probably d. young.
589. WiLLUM, bap. 7 Aug., 1796; m., on Long Island, lived and
died in New York city.
+590. Ebenezer, b. March, 1800.
591. Elizabeth, m. Isaac V. Powelson, dry goods merchant ; lived and
died in Troy, N. Y. Their daughter m. the Rev. Mr. Glennie,
an Episcopal clergyman, and once hved in Georgetown, S. C.
+592. Rheua Skelding, b. 10 Aug., 18 10.
511. Edward Jessup {Jojiathan,^^^ yojiathan}'^ Edzvard,^
Edward'^^, born in Greenwich in 1768, was a grocer in New
York city, where he died 6 Jan., 1833. His name is first found in
the Directory for 1798-99, and in subsequent editions with some
change of location for 34 years. He was buried in Greenwich.
He married (28 June, 1794) Elizabeth Bowne of New York (born
in 1773), who after his death removed to Jamaica, Long Island,
where she died 2 Sept., 1840, and where she was also buried.
There were nine children, all born in New York city, except the
eldest, born in East Chester, N. Y.
593. Betsey Ann, b. 6 Oct., 1795 ; m. Benjamin S. Rowland, 8 April,
18 19. On retiring from business he removed to Jamaica,
L. I., where she d. 5 April, 1836. He d. 3 Sept., 1838, and
both are buried at Jamaica. Of their eight children only two
are living (1883), — Mrs. Dennington of Brooklyn, and Aliss
'jFosephine Rowland.
594. Edward, b. 7 April, 1798 ; was captain of a West India trading
vessel, and d. of yellow fever at the island of St. Martin,
II Jan., 1821.
288 yes sup Genealogy.
595. George Riker, b. 31 Aug., 1800. At 16 years of age he went to
Savannah, Ga., and was afterwards for a number of years in
the cotton and grocery business in Augusta. He m. Minerva
L. Johnston in the summer of 1833. She was a cousin of
David S. Johnston, postmaster in Madison, Ga., in 1883. A
few years afterwards he removed to Madison, where he died
in 1870. His wife died in Atlanta six months later. Both
are buried at Madison. He was much interested in the
genealogy of the family, and corresponded with Gen. Thomas
S. Jessup on the subject, and collected many facts which
have unfortunately been lost.
596. William, b. 6 April, 1803. He was a seaman, and went to
Cahfornia as first mate of a vessel. When last seen .he was
ill in San Francisco, and leaving the city soon after was never
again heard from.
597. Pell, b. 8 Dec, 1805, went first to Virginia and m. in Lexing-
ton. At the close of the Civil War he removed to Pike Co.,
Mo., and died in Harrisburgh, Texas, where he had gone to
purchase land. He left five sons and one daughter.
598. Jane Maria, b. 20 June, 1808 ; d. 15 April, 1809.
599. Henry, b. 23 Nov., 18 10, was for a time with his brother George
in Augusta, Ga., and afterwards a volunteer in the Florida war
against the Seminole Indians. At the breaking out of the
Civil War, to secure him from being drafted into the army,
his brother sent him to take charge of a plantation and cotton
mill in Wilkinson Co. He died a few years after the war, and
was buried in Milledgeville.
600. Maria Adeline, b. 25 Feb., 1814 ; d. 8 Dec, 18 14.
601. Jane Eliza, b. 14 March, 18 16, now (1883) residing in Brook-
lyn, N. Y., who furnished the above record of her father's
family.
512. Gershom Jessup {Jonathan,'^^^ yonathan}'^ Edward,'^
Edward'^), born in Greenwich, 6 Dec, 1772, lived in the First
Parish, He married Rhoda Knapp (born 25 Nov., 1779),
II Jan., 1798. He died 18 Aug., 1803, at the age of 30 yrs.,
8 mos., 7 days. On his tombstone is the record, " Here lies
yonathan of Greenwich. 289
the kind father of five children." His estate was administered
upon 30 Aug., 1803, Enos Knapp and Rhoda Jessup.. the widow,
being appointed administrators. The names of the five children
are: —
+602. Isaac Knapp, b. 29 June, 1798.
603. Henry, b. and d. 28 Oct., 1799.
+604. Mary Ann, b. 3 Oct., 1800.
605. Betsey, b. and d. 10 Jan., 1802.
606. Angelina, b. 17 Feb., and d. 15 Aug., 1803.
Mrs. Rhoda (Knapp) Jessup married, 2d (28 July, 1805), Ben-
jamin Page of Greenwich (born 23 Feb., 1775). They had six
children, four of whom reached maturity : Joseph Edward Page,
Ophelia Frances Page (Mrs. Geo. J. Smith), Elizabeth Page
(Mrs. Jotham Merritt), and Benjamin Page, Jr. Mr. Page died
10 Aug., 1844, and Mrs. Page, 18 Nov., 1857.
514. Timothy Jessup (JjFonathan,'^^'^ yonathan, ^^ Edward,'^
Edward^^ lived in Greenwich (First Parish) where he was born.
He married Sarah, daughter of Philip Lockwood, and died
30 April, 1808, aged 32 yrs., 5 mos., 15 days. He appears to
have been a merchant and engaged in the coasting trade, having
an interest in a store and wharf in Stamford, and in his will mak-
ing reference to a vessel also. His will is dated 7 April, 1808,
and was offered for probate on the 3d of May following. In it
he mentions his wife Sarah, and gives to each of his children one
third of his estate. The executors whom he named, Daniel
Lockwood, his brother-in-law, and Wm. Waterbury, having de-
clined to serve, his widow Sally Jessup was appointed adminis-
tratrix. The children in this family were three : —
607. Peter Ferris, d. 16 Aug., 1834, aged 31 yrs., 4 mos. He was
married and had four children. Franklin, son of Peter and
Adaline Jessup, who died 29 Dec, 185 1, aged 24 yrs. and
6 mos., and lies buried in the North Field Burying-ground
in Stamford, may be his son.
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290 yessup Genealogy.
608. Sarah, d. 13 April, 1832, aged 27 yrs., 4 mos., 7 days. She m.
Robert Cox and had one child, who died in infancy.
609. Maria, d. 21 May, 1881, at the age of 74 yrs. and 4 mos.
She m. Capt. Henry Burley and had two children : i. Wm.
He7iry Burley, d. 28 Feb., 185 1, aged 22 ; married, but had
no children. 2. Charles Silas Burley, d. in New Orleans,
23 Jan., 1867, aged T^^i ; married Frances E. Ferris, and has
two children, — Charles F., born 18 61, and Maria Louise,
bom 1865.
Mrs. Sarah (Lockwood) Jessup, married, 2d, William Water-
bury, and died 17 Dec, 1861, aged 80 yrs., 11 mos., 30 days.
Mr. Waterbury died 11 Jan., 1842, aged seventy-six. They had
several children.
515. Peter Jessup {Jofiathan,'^^^ Jonathan}-'^ Edward,'^ Ed-
ward'^') was born and lived in Greenwich (First Parish). He
married Mary, daughter of Samuel Ferris. He was drowned in
Long Island Sound, on his way home from New York city, 7 Jan.,
1802. Administration was granted on his estate, 23 Feb. of the
same year, to Mary Jessup his widow and Elihu Ferris. The
inventory was $3,062.32. They had five children: —
+610. Samuel, b. 18 Feb., 1793.
611. Peter, d. 29 Nov., 1861, aged Gt, yrs. and 24 days; unmarried.
+612. Jonathan, d. 20 Oct., 1878, aged 81 yrs.
613. Mary, d. 26 Aug., 1876, aged 74 yrs., 2 mos., 29 days ; unmarried.
Her will, dated at Greenwich 10 Oct., 1868, was probated 9
Sept., 1876.
614. Susan, b. about 1800, m. Peter Ferris her cousin, a miller. She
died March, 1884, in Greenwich (Mianus). Their children
were three : Caroline Ferris, Mary Elizabeth Ferris, and
Paris Robins Ferris, the last dying young.
Mrs. Mary (Ferris) Jessup married, 2d, Paris Robins.
516. Hannah Jessup {Jonathaiiy^^^ Jonathan}'^ Edward^^ Ed-
ward'^^, born in Greenwich 31 March, 1771; married (15 Aug.,
yonathan of Greenwich. 291
1795) Feter Lockwood, of Greenwich, Conn., born 12 Sept., 1770,
and died 28 March, 1856. She died 6 June, 18 16.
Their six children were born in Greenwich : —
613. Sarah Lockwood, b. 22 June, 1796, d. 30 June, 1863, at the
homestead; unmarried.
616. Hannah Lockwood, b. 7 July, 1798, d. 31 July, 1845, at home;
unmarried.
617. Ann Maria Lockwood, b. 5 Jan., 1803, d. 11 Jan., 1836; m.
Enos Bennet, son of Enos Lockwood of Greenwich. Four
children: Sarah Elizabeth Lockwood, b. 4 May, 1828, d. 25
Nov., 1852 ; Elethea Lockwood, b. i Oct., 1830, d. 10 March,
1844 ; Enos Beal Lockwood, b. 30 Nov., 1833 ; m. (20 May,
1 861) Mary Letitia Hendrie, youngest daughter of Capt. Alex-
ander Hendrie," of Marietta, Ohio ; Ann Maria Lockwood,
b. 3 Oct., 1835, d- 2 July, 1846.
618. Jerusha Lockwood, b. 28 Nov., 1804, d. 3 March, 1853; m.,
I St, Walter Smith of New York city, and had one child, —
Hannah Maria Smith, who rn. Wm. Cardwell, of N. Y., and
d. 20 Oct., 1842, aged 17, and lies buried in Stamford. She
m., 2d, Daniel Kingsland, of N. Y. Three children : Cornelia
Kingsland, Josephine Kingslatid, and Peter Kingsland.
619. Peter Lockwood, b. 22 April, 1807; m, a Miss Bro\vn, near
Sandusky, Ohio, where he settled when that country was
almost a wilderness. Seven children : a son who d. in his
third year, and six daughters, who m. and live in Ohio.
620. Timothy Jessup Lockwood, b. i Nov., 1809 ; m. Elizabeth Tice
of New Brunswick, N. J. Six children : Maria Lockwood,
Francis Peter Lockwood, Llarriet Lockwood, ILetiry Lockwood,
Timothy yessup Lockwood, — m. Mary Adelaide Downing, has
five children (Addie, Henry, John, Timothy Jessup, and
Mary), and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y., — and Anna Lockwood.
" William Hendrie, the father of Capt. Ann Millington. About the latter the
Alexander, came from the Broom of Moy, tradition is that she belonged to an Eng-
Parishof Dike, Scotland. Hem. Hannah, lish noble family of the same name, came
sister of Ann Lockwood, wife of Jonathan to this country to meet her lover, a French
Jessup and great-grandmother of Enos officer, but not finding him, consoled her-
B. Lockwood. These sisters were the self by marrying a Yankee,
daughters of Gershom Lockwood and
\
292 Jessup Genealogy.
517, Sarah Jessup (y<?«rt///^«,'*9^ Jonathan}'^ Edward,'^ Ed-
ward'^') ^ born in Greenwich, 14 Oct., 1799; married Daniel, son
of Daniel Lockwood of Stamford, 9 May, 1802, and died 8 Sept.,
1829. He was born 25 Jan., 1769, and died 8 Oct., 1837. He
lived in the "Bangall" school district near the centre of the town,
and for many years was deacon in the Baptist Church located
there.
There were ten children : " —
621. Rheua Ann Lockwood, b. 23 April, 1803.
622. RuFUS Allen Lockwood, b. 15 Nov., 1804; grad. Yale College,
183 1** and Newton Theological Institute, Mass., 20 Aug.,
1834, and on the 25th Sept. ordained in Newburypbrt as a
Baptist minister. Not having firm health he accepted a call
to preach in New Orleans. Returning home the next spring
by way of Sparta, Tenn., he preached there on the Sabbath,
but was soon after taken with bleeding at the lungs and ex-
pired almost immediately, 25 May, 1835. This was the
cousin whose name was assumed by Jonathan Trumbull
Jessup.
623. WiLLLUi Augustus Lockwood, b. 4 May, 1806 ; m. by the Rev.
Piatt Buffet of Stanwich to Mary, daughter of Dr. Nathaniel
Hubbard of Stamford, 27 April, 1831. She was born 28 Oct.,
1806, and the same clergyman officiated at her father's
marriage.
624. David Lyman Lockwood, b. 2 May, 1808.
625. Betsey Lockwood, b. 25 July, and d. 25 Aug., 1810.
626. Betsey Lockwood, b. 21 May, 1812 ; m., by the Rev. John Ellis
of the Baptist Ch. in Stamford, to Josiah Smith, Jr., 22 Sept.,
1830. He was born 20 June, 1803.
627. Solomon Morgan Lockwood, b. 6 March, and d. 11 July, 181 4.
628. Solomon Morgan Lockwood, b. 24 July, 1818, now (1883)
living in New Canaan.
629. Mary Eliza Lockwood, b. 5 Oct., 1820.
" Town Records. Bishop T. M. Clark of Rhode Island, the
6 Other members of this class are Ex- late Peter Parker, U. S. Minister to
President Noah Porter of Yale College, China, etc.
yonathan of Greenwich. 293
630. Abigail Jane Lockwood, m. 25 Aug., 1839, by Thomas Brewer
of Greenwich, Justice of the Peace, to Maltbie Smith of Stam-
ford, where they (1883) Hve in a house in the " Bangall "
school district, built more than one hundred years ago by
Daniel Lockwood, the grandfather of Mrs. Smith. No
children.
518. Mary Jessup {yonathan,^^^ yonathan}-^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward^^, horn in Greenwich, married William Peacock of the same
town, and died there at Byram Point. Her will is dated 24 April,
1835, with a codicil of the 12th March, 1842; probated 29 May,
1842. She styles herself widow of Wm. Peacock. She mentions
her daughter Mary Underbill, wife of Stephen Underbill of Oys-
ter Bay, Long Island, daughter Julia Ann Peacock, and grand-
daughter Mary Peacock. Benjamin Page and Paris Robins are
executors. Mary Jessup is a witness to the codicil. The four
children of this family were : —
631. Mary Peacock, who m. Stephen Underbill, of Glen Cove, N. Y.,
and has several children. He is a Quaker.
632. Julia Ann Peacock, who married a clergyman.
6 S3- William Peacock, who d. unmarried. His will was probated at
Stamford, 29 May, 1842. He appoints his brother-in-law,
Stephen Underbill of Oyster Bay, executor,
634. Ralph Peacock, who also lives at Glen Cove, and has a family.
541. John Jessup {Samuel,^^^ yonathatiP- Edward,^ Ed-
luard"^), born in Stamford in 1771 ; went in 1791, as already
stated, with his brother Isaac, to Otsego Co., N. Y. Returning to
Stamford in the autumn of the same year, he went for a time
to a select school, after which he entered the printing-office
of Charles R. and George Webster, in Albany, N. Y., remaining
there two or three years. He afterward taught school. In 1799 he
married Deborah, the daughter of Obadiah and Sarah Stevens,
of Middlesex (now Darien), Conn. (The first wife of Obadiah
Stevens was Deborah Jessup, for whom this daughter of the
second wife was named.) Returning once more to New York,
294 yes sup Genealogy.
he purchased a farm near Saratoga Springs, where he died, 21
Oct., 1853. His four children were born there : —
+635- John Philander, b. 16 July, 1800.
636. Sarah, b. 1802, m. in 1829, Ira Smith (farmer), of Greenfield Cen-
tre, N. Y., where they lived. She d. in 1863, without children.
637. George Lansing, b. i Oct., 1806. In the year 1830 he went to
Louisiana, married, and had two sons. He lived in Monroe,
Ouachita Co., where he was a merchant, and at one time
postmaster. He has not been heard from for some years.
The present postmaster writes (3 Aug., 1882) that "the last
of the family, a lady, died about six years ago."
638. Almestah, b. 29 Sept., 1808, unmarried ; lives at Saratoga (1883)
with her niece, Mrs. Amy Jessup Fuller, and has furnished
much valuable material for the present family history.
542. Joseph Jessup (^Saimcel,^'^^ Jonathan}-'^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Stamford; lived in New York city, and died
there many years ago. The name of "Joseph Jesup, shipwright,"
living in Cherry street, appears in the Directory for 1804-5, ^^d
may be the same person. He married, ist, a Miss Bell, and had
two children : —
639. Frederick, and
640. Anna, both bom in New York city, and now dead.
He married," 2d, Betsey Town, and had four children : —
641. Charles, now dead.
642. Augusta, now dead.
643. Angeline, who m. a Sloane, and lived in New York city.
644. William Henry.
Nothing further has been ascertained.
543. Sarah Jessup (^Samuel, ^^'^ JonathanP- Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Stamford, 31 March, 1773; married Wilse *
° He was married at the house of his ^ This is the spelling of his name on
brother Jorum by Rev. Dr. Milledoler, of the head-stone in the graveyard at Noroton
the Rutgers St. Presbyterian Church. (Stamford), Conn. In the church records
yonathan of Greenwich. 295
Webb, of the same town, and died in New York city, 8 April,
1820. He was born 7 Oct., 1767, and died in Darien, 20 March,
1 83 1. "When married he was a cooper. He went to New York
between the years 1 797-1 800; became a shipwright and a head-
man in the employ of Henry Eckford, at that date the leading
ship-builder in the country." They had six children, the first
three born in Stamford, the last three in New York city : —
645. Mary Webb, b. 19 Nov., 1792, d. 23 June, 1859; m. Dudley
Sheffield, of Stamford (b. 2 July, 1790; d. 18 March, 1879),
and had several children. Most of the family are dead.
646. Isaac Webb, b. 8 Sept., 1794; d. in N. Y. city, 14 Jan., 1840,
in his 46th year, " from a short illness contracted in his efforts
to save property from destruction during the most severe
northeasterly gale ever known in that vicinity. Just previous
to reaching his majority he m. Phebe Peck, descended from
a Huguenot family, who were driven out of New York when
the British entered it in 1776. She survived him many years,
and d. 17 Dec, 1876." They had eight children. Three
(daughters) died in infancy. The other five were: i. Wil-
liam Henry Webb,"' who m., in 1 843, Henrietta Amelia Hidden,
and resides at Tarrytown. 2. Sarah Elizabeth Webb (Mrs.
it is " Wilsey." Henry Eckford was born established. In 1839 he went to Europe,
in Scotland, 12 March, 1775; came to but was called home by the death of his
N. Y. in 1796. His ships, built both for father. From 1840 to 1868 (when he re-
the United States and foreign govern- tired from active business) he was en-
ments, were remarkable for strength and gaged in ship-building. His services were
speed. In 1831 he entered the service acknowledged by the Russian and Italian
of the Turkish Gov't, and died at Con- governments by presents and appreciative
stantinople, 12 Nov., 1832. — Johnson's letters. The latter bestowed on him the
Encyclopadia. decoration of the Order of St. Maurice
" Mr. Wm. H. Webb was educated at and Lazarus. He was largely interested
the Columbia College Grammar School, in the Panama Railroad at the time of its
and intended for a profession ; but pre- construction. He was the first to estab-
ferring his father's business, when a little lish lines of steamships to California,
past fifteen years of age, entered the ship- Sandwich Islands, New Zealand, and Aus-
yard as an apprentice. Before he attained tralia. He has never been a candidate for
his majority he made a sub-contract with political office, though three times offered
his father to build the sailing ship " Ox- the nomination for mayor of the city, and
ford" for the old Black Ball line of Liver- by both political parties. — Lossing's
pool packets, the first regular line ever History of New York City, ii. 526-527.
296 Jessup Genealogy.
James DeVoe), who d. in N. Y. in 1878, her husband dying
soon after. 3. Samuel Wilsey Webb, d. unmarried, 28 Nov.,
1852. 4. Abigail Hoyt Webb, who m. Jonathan James, of
N. Y. (stationer). 5. Eckford Webb, of Brooklyn, E. D.
(Grand St. and Newton R. R. Co).
647. Abigail Webb, b. 18 Feb., 1797; d. 18 Feb., 1830; unmarried.
She was "a talented woman."
648. George Webb, b. 8 Dec, 1800; d. 17 Oct., 1839; unmarried.
649. Philander Webb, b. ii Feb., 1803; married, had several chil-
dren, and died in New York, Aug., 1852.
650. Sarah Ann Webb, b. 19 Feb., 1810; d. 18 June, 1851. She
married, but her husband and two cliildren died early.
The following sketch of ISAAC Webb is furnished by His son,
William H. Webb, under dates of 10 and 25 Dec, 1883: —
" When my grandfather Wilse Webb came to New York and engaged
in ship-building in the employment of Henry Eckford, my father of course
followed him here, entering upon his apprenticeship with Mr. Eckford
about the year 1809, for when Mr. Eckford went to the Lakes to construct
a fleet for the United States Government, he had already become one of
his leading boys, following him there (being entrusted with the custody of
all the money he could stow away about his person), and on his arrival at
Sackett's Harbor was immediately given the direction of a part of the
work. He remained there until Mr. Eckford's return. Soon after this he
married, as has already been stated, having duly obtained the permission
of his employer, as the term of his apprenticeship had not quite expired.
"During the three or four subsequent years, he, together with two
fellow- apprentices, Smith and Dimon (who in after years became noted
ship-builders), engaged in building vessels for Mr. Eckford under some
special arrangement, which continued until Mr. Eckford was selected by
our Government to build a model line-of-battle ship (afterward named the
* Ohio ') in the Navy Yard at New York. Then he besought my father to
assist him, resulting in his taking the charge and direction of the building of
that ship (unequalled in her day) , under the supervision of his old master
and friend. When the 'Ohio' was launched, in the year 1820, my father
began business in New York on his own account. His first vessel, the
'Splendid,' and the second, the 'Superior,' — both built for one Capt. Hall
Jonathan of Greenwich. 297
for the China trade, — being much the largest merchant-ships (only about
500 tons) ever before built in any part of this country.
" He continued in this way at work until about 1825, when Mr. Eckford
contracted to build four vessels of war for South American States which
had revolted against Spain and declared independence. Again Mr. Eck-
ford sought the aid of my father in building these ships, and a partnership
was formed known as Henry Eckford & Co., which continued only until
the ships were delivered. The modelling and planning of these four ships
was entirely entrusted to my father, Mr. Eckford looking after the finances
only, and the necessary negotiations with our own Government, which,
under the direction of Mr. Clay as Secretary of State, had a most delicate
business to manage.
" After this, my father continued in the business with varying success,
being early handicapped by heavy losses at sea, doing a large business up
to the time of his death, when he left a family consisting of a widow, three
sons, and two daughters — poor, except in the inheritance of his good
name as a most faithful servant, a fair and most honest man.
" Mr. Eckford said of him, that ' of all men with whom he had ever had
business relations, he had found Isaac Webb one of the wisest, truest, and
safest of counsellors.' This he said to his wife when advising her to whom
to look for honest advice in time of need, and this appears to have been
his character from early childhood, as testified by those who knew him
best."
544. Jorum Jessup {Samuel,^^^ yonaihan}^ Edward,'^ Ed-
ward,'^) was born in Stamford 30 June, 1775, and there married,
20 Nov., 1803, Sarah, daughter of Ezra Guernsey, born 16 March,
1782. He was a shipwright, and immediately after his marriage
removed to New York city. His name appears in the city
Directories for 1806 to 18 13 inclusive. He and his wife were
members of the Rutgers St. Presbyterian Church during the
pastorate of Rev. Philip Milledoler, D. D., afterwards president of
Rutgers College, N. J. In company with his brother-in-law,
Wilse Webb, and his nephew Isaac Webb, he went, in the employ
of Henry Eckford, the distinguished ship-builder, to Sackett's
Harbor, N. Y., to construct some vessels for the Government
during the war of 1 812-15 with England. It was during this
298 yes Slip Genealogy.
temporary absence from home that he died, 27 Jan., 18 14, aged
thirty-nine. Administration on his estate was granted in Stam-
ford, to Sarah Jessup his widow, 18 July, 18 14. They had six
children: —
+651. Sai^iuel, b. 12 March, 1805.
652. William Henry, b. 5 Oct., 1806; d. 31 Jan., 1808.
+653. Sarah Sekeins, b. 24 Jan., 1808.
654. Hannah, b. 9 Jan., 1810; d. 24 Aug., 181 1.
655. William, b. ii Aug., 181 1 ; d. 13 Oct., 181 2.
+656. Julia Ann, b. 24 March, 1813.
Mrs. Sarah (Guernsey) Jessup, married, 2d, Amos Clark of
New York city, 9 Sept., 1824, and died 28 July, 1861, at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Julia Ann (Jessup) Clark, in
La Porte, Ind. Amos Clark died in New York city, 26 March,
1830.
546. Jonathan Jessup {Samuel^^^ yonatha7iP- Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^), born in Stamford 14 April, 1782 ; married Martha Scofield
8 April, 1806. She was born 12 Aug., 1787, and died 21 May,
1873. The farm and family homestead was " upon the highest
point of Strawberry Hill, from which there was an extensive view
of Long Island Sound and the surrounding country." He died
14 April, 1843, aged 61 years, and both were buried in the North
Field burial-ground in Stamford. They had eight children, all
born in the above town : —
+657. Sally, b. 7 Oct., 1806.
+658. Marm, b. 5 Sept., 1808.
-f-659. William, d. 22 Oct., 1865, aged 58.
+660. George, b. 12 April, 181 2.
661. Ann, d. 9 July, 1856, aged 34 yrs., 7 mos. She m, William
Guernsey of Stamford, Conn., and left three children : Emily
Guernsey, Hannah Guernsey, and Frank Guernsey.
662. John, d. 29 August, 1842, aged 23.
663. Elizabeth, b. 4 June, 1824, unmarried, and lives in New
Canaan.
yonathan of Greenwich. 299
664. Samuel, b. 25 Jan., 1828; m. 28 Nov., 1852, Sarah Elizabeth?
dau. of Azariah Gould Cogswell and Sally Ann (Wakeman)
Cogswell of Black Rock, Conn. He is a farmer and carpenter,
and has lived in Fairfield ever since his marriage.
547. Hannah Jessup {Samuel,^^^ yonathan^- Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^), born in Stamford in 1783, married, 4 March, 1801,
Samuel Hoyt, son of Thomas and Mary Hoyt, of Norwalk. He
was born 11 Nov., 1778, and was a silversmith. In 18 16 he re-
moved to Ledyard, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he lived on the
same farm till 1862. He died in Hancock, Ohio, 14 May, 1866.
His wife died 2 September, 1862, aged 79. They had nine
children : —
665. Abby Hoyt, b. in Norwalk in 1802 ; m. James S. Boughton,
24 Dec, 1820, lived in Castile, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and
died 8 Jan., 1858.
666. Henry C. Hoyt, b. 1804, in Norwalk; m. Sally Gillam 12 April,
1827, lives in Litchfield, Medina Co., Ohio.
667. Mary Ann Hoyt, b. 1806, in Norwalk; m. E. D. Boughton, 11
Nov., 1824, lived in Hancock Co., Ohio, and d. 17 May,
1868.
668. William C. Hoyt, b. 19 Feb., 1808, in Norwalk; m. Mary R.
Schuyler, 22 March, 1835, and lives in Millersburgh, Iowa
Co., Iowa.
669. Harriet Hoyt, b. 18 10, in Norwalk; m. Nathan G. Hoyt,
24 July, 1833, and lives in Wellington, Ohio.
670. Eliza Hannah Hoyt, b. 181 2, in Norwalk; m. Marcus Schuy-
ler, 6 April, 1833, and d. in Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio, 28
Aug., 1837.
671. Samuel Thomas Hoyt, b. 18 18, in Ledyard, N. Y. ; m. Cath-
arine Hellman, 4 Oct., 1843, and lives in that place.
672. Betsey A. Hoyt, b. 1820, in Ledyard, N. Y. ; d. there 13 Sept.,
1842,
673. Emily Hoyt, b. 1824, in Ledyard, N. Y. ; d. there 14 Oct.,
1842."
« Hoyt Genealogy (1871).
300 yessup Genealogy.
548. George Jessup {Savmel,^^'^ yonatkan,'^'^ Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^), born in Stamford, was a silversmith, and appears to have
learned his trade with his uncle Samuel Hoyt, of Norwalk. With
him he went to North Carolina, and appears to have settled in
that State, his uncle returning to the North. In 1809, the Town
Records of Stamford speak of him as " late of Stamford, but now
of Washington, Beaufort Co., N. C." He married Betsey Turner,
and had two children. Sending his wife North with his children
when very young, to spend the winter at his father's in Stamford,
the wife and youngest child died at the house of his uncle Jorum
Jesup in New York city. Hannah, the surviving child, was brought
up by her uncle John, married a Mr. Warden, of New York city,
and died there in 1878, leaving two daughters.
549. Phebe Jessup {Silvamis,^^^ yoiiathanP- Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^), born in Greenwich, Conn.; died in Somers, N. Y., at the
house of her brother Benjamin, 22 Jan., 1861, aged 97 yrs. 6 mos.
She had one son who assumed the family name : —
674. Smiuel, b. about 1785, in Greenwich, and d. previous to 1845,
leaving seven children: i. yohn, d. Somers, N. Y., before
1832 ; 2. Lewis, d. Peekskill, about 1862 ; 3. William
Henry, b. 24 April, 1810; m. Annis H , 19 Sept., 1832,
and d. in N. Y. city, 14 Dec, 1879 ; 4. Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.
Reynolds), living in N. Y. city; 5. Clarissa (Mrs. Hiram Hitt
of New Canaan) ; and two others, about whom nothing is
known.
550. Abigail Jessup (^Silvanus,^'^^ JojiathanP- Edward,^ Ed-
ward'^'), born in Greenwich, Conn., 20 March, 1769 ; married Ama-
ziah Mead, of Westchester, N. Y., i Jan., 1794, and died 13 Jan.,
1853. He was born in Greenwich 14 Feb., 1770, and died 7 June,
1844, in Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., where he resided. He was
a farmer. Their six children were: —
675. William Mead, b. 15 Oct., 1795 ; d. in Gorham in 1839; m.,
I St, Sally Baker, by whom he had two children : Alvin Mead
yonathan of Greenwich. 301
and Ann Delia Mead; m., 2d, A. Sterling, and had six chil-
dren, — four girls and two boys. They have lived in Michi-
gan, Kansas, Wisconsin, and in Gorham, N. Y.
676. Alexander Mead, b. 5 Feb., 1 799 ; d. 16 Dec, 1830, in Somers,
N. Y. ; unmarried.
677. Abraham Mead, b. 6 Jan., 1801 ; m. Nancy Mead, and d. in
Gorham, 17 Nov., 1842. His wife also is dead.
678. Phebe Mead, b. 4 April, 1803, in Nyack, N. Y., d. 5 Jan.,
1882; m. Stephen Ambler and had six children: William
Ambler^ James Ambler, Alexander Ambler, Rufus Ambler,
Bejijamin Ambler, and Abigail Atnbler ; the last two are dead.
They first lived in Nyack ; afterward in Minnesota, and then
in Orange Co.-, N. Y.
679. Mary Mead, b. 16 Sept., 1805 ; m., ist, a Mr. Dunham; 2d,
James Utter, both of whom are now dead. She lives in East
Troy, Wisconsin (1884). Has no children.
680. Isaac Mead, b. 8 Jan., 1808; m., ist (i Jan., 1840), Betsey
Reed ; 2d, Charlotte Ambler, and had a daughter, Charlotte
Elizabeth Stewart Mead, now m. and living at Clinton,
Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; 3d, Almira Dickerman ; 4th, Mary E.
Horton. He lives (1884) in Spencertown, Columbia Co.,
N. Y., and is a farmer.
551. Abraham Jessup (^Silvantis,^^^ yonathan,'^'^ Edward,^
Edward^^ was born in Greenwich, 28 April, 1773. At the age
of eighteen he went to Delaware Co., N. Y., then a wilderness,
and engaged in the lumbering business, settling on a farm in the
town of Colchester. He died in Walton, 31 May, 1855, aged 82
yrs., I mo., 3 days. His wife was Phebe, daughter of William
Holliday, who for fifty-six years was deacon of the Baptist Church
in Colchester, and lived to the great age of one hundred and four
years. Their children were thirteen, all born in Delaware Co : —
681. Abigail, b. 14 Feb., 1800; m. John Colgate, of New York city,
and d. there in 1843. She left three sons: George, John,
and Henry. Two of these are living (1883), one in Boston,
Mass., the other in Illinois.
302 Jessup Genealogy,
6S2. John H., b. 8 Feb., 1802 ; d. in Hamden, N. Y., in 1840,
aged 38 yrs., 7 mos., 6 days. He was a farmer and
unmarried.
683. Catharine P., b. 2 April, 1804; d. in Hamden, N. Y., aged
39 yrs., I mo., 27 days ; unmarried.
684. Albert R., b. 10 March, 1806; d. in Delhi, N. Y., in 1880.
He m. Eliza Stewart, of Walden, Orange Co., N. Y., and had
two children. For many years he was a commission mer-
chant in San Francisco, Cal.
+685. Susan, b. 8 Feb., 1808.
+686. William, b. 30 May, 1810.
+687. Benjamin Townsend, b. 12 April, 18 13.
+688. Sarah, b. 9 August, 18 15.
689. Mary, b. 31 August, 181 7; m., 19 Feb., 1840, Alfred Shaver,
of Shavertown, N. Y., and d. 8 Oct., 1845. Their two chil-
dren were Helen Maria, b. 6 Dec, 1841, d. 12 Aug., 1842 ;
Mary Louisa, b. 26 Dec, 1843.
+690. Julia, b. 24 March, 1820.
691. Sajniuel Sylvanus, b. 8 Oct. 1822 ; lived in New York city, and
and d. there i Oct., 1847 ; unmarried. At the time of his
death he was in business with his brother Benjamin T. Jessup,
the firm name being " B. & S. Jessup."
692. Ann Eliza, b. i June, 1825 ; d. 15 Sept., 1825.
+693. Louisa, b. 18 Jan., 1828.
552. Benjamin Jesop (^Silvanus,^^^ Jonathan,'^'^ Edward,'^
Edward'^^ was born in Greenwich, 14 Feb., 1776. He learned
the trade of tanner and shoemaker in Somers, N. Y., with Ed-
ward Mead, his mother's brother. He afterwards purchased a
farm in Somers, then known as Sanfordtown, and settled there,
making a home for his father and his sister Phebe. He lived in
that part of the town now known as Purdy's Station, on the New
York and Harlem railroad, and died 18 Nov., 1867, aged ninety-
one. His wife was Tamson Mead, of Somers, born in Greenwich,
Conn., 14 Feb., 1776, and married 24 Jan., 1799. They had seven
children : —
yonathan of Greenwich. 303
+694. Sally, b. i April, 1801.
695. Betsey, b. 31 May, 1803 ; m., 13 May, 1848, Thomas Ambler,
b. 1 791, now dead. They lived at Purdy's. She d. on a visit
to Nyack, 15 Feb., 1873. No children.
696. Mary, b. 3 April, 1806; unmarried, now living at Purdy's Sta-
tion, N. Y.
+697. Abigail, b. 19 Aug., 1808.
+698. Amy, b. 6 May, 181 1.
+699. Alexander, b. 30 June, 18 16.
700. Edward Finch, b. 3 May, 1819; d. in N. Y. city, 14 March,
185 1 ; unmarried, and lived in Somers.
519. Samuel Jessup (grandson of yonathan,^^^ yonathan, '^'^
Edzvardy'^ Edward'^), married Susan Dibble, who died in 1852,
aged sixty-four. He died in Greenwich, 2 June, 1843, aged fifty-
five. They had nine children : —
701. Isaac, who lives in Greenwich.
702. Jonathan, who m. Ann Ferris.
703. Susan, m. Henry Knapp.
704. Mary, m. Jeduthan Peck, 23 Nov., 1835, and had four children."
705. Petrus Von Fleming ; m. Julia, dau. of Daniel Ferris.
706. Eliezur, who went West.
707. Caroline, m. a Mr. Finney.
708. Hannah, m. Henry, son of Isaac Knapp, and lives in Rochester,
N. Y.
709. Jane, m. Joseph Reed, who m., 2d, Ann Augusta Waring.
567. Joshua Beal Jessup {yonathan^^^ yonathan, '^^^ Jona-
thanP- Edward,^ Edzuard'^), born in Greenwich, learned the car-
penter's trade in New York city, removed to Albany, N. Y,, and
thence to Natchitoches, La., where he married, 23 April, 1841,
Adelaide Basilise Dranguet, a lady of French parentage and the
daughter of a lawyer in that place. She was born 13 Jan., 1823,
and d. in St. Louis, Mo., 13 Dec, 1848. From Louisiana he re-
moved to Indiana intending to engage in sheep-raising with his
" See Peck Genealogy.
304 yessup Genealogy.
twin brother, Jonathan Trumbull Jessup, but finally settled in St.
Louis in 1847 ^s an architect and builder, where he died in 1869.
He married, 2d, Mrs. Madeline (Clayton) Jones, born in Mason
Co., Kentucky, 14 Feb., 181 8, who survived him and died in St.
Louis, Feb., 1883. (Her first husband, Foland Jones, to Avhom
she was married i Aug., 1838, died Sept., 1839.)
The children by the first wife were three : —
710. Celeste Cornelia, b. 23 Feb., 1842, in La. ; d. in 111., in 1874.
711. Joseph Anson, b. 8 Sept., 1844, in La. ; now dead.
712. Mary Orelm, b. 25 June, 1848, in St. Louis, Mo.; d. 24 June,
1849.
The children by the second wife were five, all born in St. Louis :
713. Charles Augustus, b. 10 Dec, 1850, a physician, graduate of
the Missouri Medical College in 1875. He now resides in
Florida.
714. Eva Taylor, b. 25 May, 1853.
71 1;. Clara Garlington, ) , . „ ^
^ ^ >b. 21 Aug., 1856.
716. Florence Clayton, )
717. Sarah Jenneite, b. 17 May, 1859.
The daughters still reside in St. Louis, and are teachers in the
public schools.
568. Rufus Allen Lockwood, whose name originally was
Jonathan Trumbull Jessup {yonathan,^^'^ Jonathan,^^^ Jona-
than,'^'^ Edward,'^ Edward'^), \^2js> born in Greenwich, Conn., 2
Feb., 181 1, and married, 28 Aug., 1832, in Tippecanoe Co., Ind.,
Harriet Hill, born 5 June, 181 2, in Little Fork, Upper Canada.
He was lost at sea on board the steamship " Central America," of
the New York and Panama line, wrecked off Cape Hatteras, 12
Sept., 1857, on the voyage home from California. His wife and
three children, Rufus Allen, Jr., Rose, and Harriet, who accom-
panied him, with others of the passengers, escaped in life-boats,
and were rescued by the brig " Marine," of Boston, and landed at
Norfolk, Va., eight days after the loss of the steamship. The
yonathan of Greenwich. 305
family resided at Lafayette, Indiana. Mr. Lockwood was a
brilliant, though eccentric, member of the law firm of White and
Lockwood, of that city, where he is still well remembered. For
reasons which will be given further on, he early exchanged the his-
toric name given him by his parents (Jonathan Trumbull Jessup),
for that of an own cousin (Rufus Allen Lockwood), the son of his
father's sister Sarah (referred to elsewhere), whom he is said to
have resembled in personal appearance, and who died about the
time the change was made. His family have always been known by
the name of Lockwood. Mrs. Lockwood is still living (1883), and
resides with her daughter, Mrs. Wilson, at Terre Haute, Indiana.
They had five children : —
+ 718. Eldon E. Lockwood, b. 3 Aug., 1834.
719. Zenobia a. Lockwood, b. 20 May, 1837; m., 20 Oct., 1855,
Key Wilson, a captain in an Indiana regiment, who d. during
the Civil War. They had no children. She lives at Terre
Haute, Ind., in the practice of medicine.
720. Rose A. Lockwood, b. 5 Nov., 1842 ; m. H. A. Parker, 18
Oct., 1859. They have several children. She lives at the
South, in the practice of medicine.
+ 721. Rufus Allen Lockwood, b. 5 April, 1845.
722. Harriet Lockwood, b. 21 Sept., 1848; d. 3 Sept., 1870.
Rufus Allen Lockwood " appears to have been a man of great
natural gifts, with, from childhood, an ardent thirst for knowledge,
an indomitable will that brooked no restraint, and the eccentri-
cities, in his case often greatly exaggerated, which accompany
genius.
" The materials for the above sketch additional facts ; while the account of
of Mr. Lockwood have been obtained from his career on the Pacific coast is derived
his sister, Mrs. McCan,"and friends in his from a graphic and appreciative article
old home in Connecticut, who furnish the on Mr. Lockwood, contributed by Hon.
narrative of his early life ; from his son Newton Booth, Ex-Governor of California,
Rufus Allen Lockwood, Jr., and John A. to the " Overland Monthly," in 1S70, and
Wilstach, Esq., of Lafayette, Ind., his afterwards copied by the " Albany Law
pupil and personal friend, who adds the Journal."
history of his hfe in Indiana and a few
3o6 yessup Genealogy.
At the age of fourteen, in 1825, when his twin brother, Joshua
Beal Jessup, went to New York city to learn his trade, that of
shipwright, he suddenly left home and was gone for three years,
during which time he went on one or more voyages to the West
Indies. The sea-chest he then used is now in possession of his
sister, Mrs. Ann Eliza (Jessup) McCan of Covington, Ky., the
only survivor of his father's family. An ugly scar on his left side
gave proof that he had met with at least one perilous adventure.
Again he disappeared, returning as suddenly after no very
great absence, worn and ill. This time he had enlisted on board
a man-of-war, but becoming restless under discipline, and enraged
at the flogging of a messmate, he deserted off the coast of Mary-
land, swam ashore, and after great peril and suffering, reached his
home in Greenwich, Conn. At home he took refuge in books
and study, studying often until four o'clock in the morning, and
his family have always understood that at this time he taught
school near New Haven, Conn., and recited his Latin and Greek
to a professor in Yale College. He was not, however, a member
of any college class, as his name nowhere appears on the college
records. His cousin, however, R. A. Lockwood, whose name he
afterwards assumed, was at this time in college, graduating in
1 83 1. The change in his name was made to conceal his identity
after his desertion, and was made, it is thought, with the ad-
vice and consent of his uncle Lockwood. This cousin died in
1835-
Soon after September 18, 1829, as shown by a book which he
gave his mother at that date, he was once more gone, no one
knew whither, and his mother never saw him again until years
after, when she had removed to Ohio, and he visited her there,
having acquired a name and fame as Rufiis Allen Lockwood, a
lawyer of Lafayette, Indiana.
In the interval he had worked his way to Buffalo by way of the
Erie Canal, and thence to Chicago by schooner on the Lakes.
He had taught school at Romney, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., and
there had taken part in a debating society, but having no apparent
Jonathan of Greenwich. 307
capacity for extemporaneous speech, had written and committed
his speeches. It was there he began to read law and almost lit-
erally committed to memory the text of Blackstone. At Craw-
fordsville he was admitted to the bar of the Circuit Court and
began practice. As a lawyer he showed great possibilities, but
never having the knowledge how to seek clients, had little busi-
ness, and lived in great poverty. He married, though penniless,
and went to Thornton, Boone Co., to practise, where, unable to
pay his rent, his bed was actually sold by the sheriff, under execu-
tion issued on his landlord's judgment.
His first case argued before the Supreme Court of Indiana
won for him the encomiums of the bench, but added little to his
business."
In 1836, Alfred S. White, a prominent lawyer of Lafayette,
offered him a partnership, and he removed there. Then came the
trial of J. H. W. Frank for a murder committed in the heat of a
political conflict, — "the most remarkable criminal trial that ever
occurred in the State." Lockwood's speech lasted nine hours, —
nine hours of most impassioned, fervid oratory, — and he won the
case. Copies of this speech are still extant, and many remember
the occasion. At twenty-six he had achieved fame, and Mr.
White, his partner, soon after having been elected to Congress,
his mind for almost the first time in his life was in a state of rest
and quiet.
One who knew him well says, " He was a close student of books.
He read nothing superficially. The finest tones of his eloquence
were due to his reverence for sacred things, — the corporal oath,
the conscience, and religion ; a reverence not paraded for effect,
but unconsciously permeating his speech, and giving him with
juries a surpassing power."
In the business depression of 1842, he became pecuniarily em-
barrassed. He had invested in lands which then would not sell
for enough to pay his debts, and the very idea of debt he abhorred.
Scraping together what money he could, he gave all to his cred-
" See Poulk et al. vs. Slocum, 3 Blackford, 421.
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itors, except a few hundred dollars, placed his son in a Catholic
school in Vincennes, and struck out for " parts unknown," not
even letting his family know his purpose.
He went to the city of Mexico, studied there the civil law and
the Spanish language, but finding nothing to do, after a few
months found his way back to New Orleans and thence to Natch-
itoches, where his twin brother, Joshua Beal Jessup, had married,
and was then living. Here he resumed his true name of Jessup,
and continued the study of the civil law, which was in vogue in
that State, and the Louisiana code. After a year he went to New
Orleans and applied for admission to practise in the higher courts
of the State. He passed the examination, but just as the oath was
about to be administered to him, he saw in the court-room the man
who had sued him and caused his bed to be sold under execution.
Before he left Indiana he had availed himself of several oppor-
tunities to wreak his vengeance on this man, and now, fearing
that his old enemy would expose his change of name, he left the
room without taking the attorney's oath.
Soon after, meeting a prominent Indiana lawyer on the street,
he asked a loan of twenty dollars, with which, as was afterwards
ascertained, to redeem his trunk. His friend proffered him ten
dollars, all he had on hand, but it was declined. That same day
he enlisted as a United States soldier, received twenty dollars
bounty, and was sent to Arkansas. His friend Edward A. Han-
negan, then United States Senator from Indiana, hearing of his
latest freak, obtained an order of discharge signed by President
Tyler, sent him one hundred dollars, and begged him to go to his
family. This he did, and subsequently repaid the debt with a
gift of ten thousand dollars. His lands had been making money
for him in his absence by largely appreciating in value, and he
soon paid off the balance of his debts. He had been absent in
this wild adventure for three years, but now resumed practice at
Lafayette.
In 1849 Lockwood lost an important will contest. He thor-
oughly believed that the alleged will should not be admitted to
yonathan of Greenwich. 309
probate, and went into the trial with a determination unparalleled.
He addressed the jury during the whole session of the court for
three days. The verdict was against him, and when he heard it
he struck his fist violently upon the table and declared that he
would never try another case in that court, and left the room.
He at once determined to emigrate to California, and as if dis-
gusted with his profession made arrangements to engage in some
other form of business. A friend, Mr. A. L. Beard, was also look-
ing that way. Beard went to the Pacific Coast through Mexico;
Lockwood around the Horn. Beard settled at San Jose. One
day he heard a bugle blast. He listened and heard it again.
" That is Lockwood," he said. It was he. It had been agreed
between them that each should provide himself with a bugle of a
certain kind, and in this way announce his arrival to the other.
Beard had established a comfortable home. Lockwood was tired
and hungry, wet and sick. On the ocean voyage he had tried to
forget law and had studied medicine. He did not, however, ask for
a diploma. He treated himself at his friend Beard's house the day
he arrived there. He bled himself and found relief, though a
regular physician had told him that in his condition it would be
certain death.
Having recuperated he went to San Francisco. Arriving there
he went into the law office of the eccentric Horace Hawes and
asked for a clerkship. He was thirty-nine and already a great
genius of the law, and yet agreed to perform the double duty of
clerk and janitor, — time, six months ; terms, ten dollars a day,
to be paid daily. Those were flush times, be it remembered.
At the end of the six months he was offered a partnership, which
he refused with strongly expressed disgust with his experience in
that office.
By this time he had become well known, and in the summer of
1 85 1 formed a partnership with Frank A. Tilford and Edmund
Randolph. Randolph was from Virginia, Tilford from Kentucky ;
both able lawyers and knightly men. These three made as power-
ful an alliance as was ever effected at the San Francisco bar. It
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was the leading firm for a time, but its time was short. While it
held together it brought the most important suit instituted there
for many years — Metcalf vs. Agenti and others. The defendants
were members of the Vigilance Committee of 1851, and deputed
by that body, had searched the premises of the plaintiff, who
asked $50,000 damages. The case was tried twice, the jury dis-
agreeing both times. In the midst of those tumultuous times,
when human life was apparently of little value, at the first trial of
the case on the 23d of August, Lockwood closed the argument for
the plaintiff in a speech of four hours, full of apt historical illustra-
tion, brilliant invective, and keen argument. Though the Com-
mittee were at the height of their power and the vast majority
sympathized with them, he defied them and denounced their
assumptions. This speech is still preserved.
Another instance of his utter fearlessness occurred later. At a
time when the whole population of Mariposa were arrayed in
opposition to the claim of Col. (afterwards Major-General) John
C. Fremont, Lockwood was selected to go upon the ground and
in the face of imminent personal peril assert the legal rights of
the proprietor. Without shrinking from the perilous task, he
moved at once on the property, and took up his temporary resid-
ence there ; and in spite of the formidable odds against him, he
succeeded by sheer talent and judicious management in wresting
from the squatters themselves a verdict in favor of Fremont.
At the close of his short partnership with Tilford and Randolph,
which he abruptly terminated, he took one of the strangest steps
of his strange life. Just as he had put himself at the head of his
profession, he walked out of his law office and went to the water
front of the city and for several weeks he worked as a long-shore-
man. A client needing his services persuaded him to quit his
new employment, but Lockwood insisted that his fee should be
in the shape of daily wages.
Soon after this he became the regular counsel for the banking
and real estate firm of Palmer, Cook, & Co., who paid him ten
thousand dollars a year for his services. His receipts for 2, time
Jonathan of Greenwich. 311
were very large, and it is said, that it was about this time that he
sent the ten thousand dollars to Senator Hannegan in return for
the one hundred dollars that gentleman gave him when he secured
his discharge from the army. But he was indifferent to the value
of money, and in one way or another it passed out of his hands
as rapidly as he received it.
Again, in the summer of 1853, he took a new departure, — for
Austraha. His friends bribed the ship-master to remain in port
an extra week, hoping Lockwood would change his mind. A
friend asked him if he had money. " Yes," he answered, taking
a quarter-eagle from his pocket and throwing it overboard, " but
I will sail free." He went, remaining in Australia about two
year's, and many strange stories are told of what he did there.
He thought to practise law, but an English law requiring a seven
years' residence forbade. He acted as lawyer's clerk, book-keeper,
and even a herder of sheep. From the first named occupation
he was discharged for not copying into a brief a paragraph which
he said was not law. After his return, speaking of this trip he
said, " I know you thought I was crazy, but it was the sanest act
of my life. I felt that I must do some penance for my sins and
follies. I wanted to put a gulf between me and the past." After
this his character grew more subdued, his aims more rational, his
life more steadfast.
He had a high sense of professional honor. This was strikingly
illustrated by his refusal to take a large fee to defend the famous
" Peter Smith titles," owing to the fact that he had once expressed
the opinion that these titles were invalid. Another characteristic
was his promptness in attending to any business he had in court.
He was always ready, and in an emergency could prepare his
brief in a surprisingly short time. He never put off a case.
Once when a witness whose answers were unsatisfactory, if not
untrue, was about to leave the stand, he detained him with, " One
question more," finished the sentence he was writing, looked up
and transfixed him with the question, " Would you believe your-
self under oath?" This from Governor Booth.
312 yessup Gejtealogy.
Mr. Wilstach of Lafayette, Indiana, contributes the follow-
ing:—
"Judge La Rue of the Indiana Superior Court tells this anecdote of
Lockwood that shows him in a perfectly characteristic attitude. In the
Circuit Court, for flourishing a pistol in a dangerous and threatening
manner, he had been prosecuted and fined under the statute making
it a misdemeanor to carry concealed weapons. For some days afterward
he was to be seen in court and out of court, with a belt around his waist,
oJ)en to view, loaded with revolvers and bowie-knives ! — and to add to the
terror, very waspish withal."
In the fall of 1855 he went to Washington on important busi-
ness before the Supreme Court. Governor Booth gives the fol-
lowing description of him as he appeared when attending the
session of the court in December of that year, Chief Justice Taney
presiding: —
"Height, above medium; figure, large and ungainly; movements, awk-
ward ; complexion, sallow and tobacco-smoked ; eyes, dark and deep,
with dilating pupils edged with yellow, — cats' eyes in the dark ; hair, dark
brown, sprinkled with gray ; head, feet, and hands large ; features not
irregular, but without play or mobility, with a fixed expression of weariness ;
dress, careless, almost slovenly; age, fifty years, bearing the burden of
fourscore. [Some one has said of him, " He never was young."]
"The last day of the court arrived, and he arose and requested the
court to sit one day longer, as he had travelled six thousand miles to argue
a case which, if deferred now, would cause almost a denial of justice.
The court acceded to the request, and the case of Field against Seabury
was called.
" More than the usual number of spectators were present, and there
was something more than curiosity to hear this lawyer, who had often
been heard of, but never heard in that court. The consciousness of this
curiosity and expectation embarrassed him in the opening of his speech,
but his mind fairly in motion soon worked itself free, and his phlegmatic
temperament glowed to its core with flameless heat. For two hours he
held the undivided attention of the court in an argument that was pure
law. He had the precision of statement, skill and nicety in the handling
yonathan of Greenwich. 313
of legal terms, which modulate the very tones of the voice, and by which
lawyers reveal an intellectual training that has become a second nature, —
that self-contained confidence that is based on the broadest preparation,
that logical arrangement which gives the assurance that back of every prop-
osition is a solid column to support it if attacked, and that strength and
symmetry of expression which carry the conviction that behind utterance
there is a fulness of knowledge that floods every sentence with meaning,
and an unconscious reserve of power which gives to every word a vital
force.
" Long before he concluded he was that day, in the estimate of at
least one of the judges who heard him, the equal of the best lawyer in the
United States."
Though this was his first and only appearance in the United
States Supreme Court, his brief had been before the court in the
case of the Mariposa Land Grant (Fremont's), had gained the
case, and been closely followed in the opinion. In examining that
brief, Caleb Cushing, then attorney-general, exclaimed, in admira-
tion of its legal learning and research, " Who is this man Lock-
wood?" This question has already been answered.
Returning to San Francisco in the spring, he continued prac-
tice there until the fall of 1857, when he was again preparing to
go East on professional business. To one of his friends who at-
tempted to dissuade him he replied, "I will stay if you insist, but
I feel that I shall go mad if I do." He sailed as intended. At
Aspinwall he connected with the ill-fated steamer " Central
America" for New York, as has already been narrated. During
the storm he took his turn with other passengers at the pumps
until exhausted. Ordered back by an officer, he answered, " Sir,
I will work no more," His work was done. He went into his
state-room, closed the door, and was never seen again. In a short
time the wreck went down.
569. Julius Augustus Jessup (^yoiiathan,'^^'^ jfonathan,^^^
yonathmi}-^ Edward,^ Edward'^^, born in Greenwich, Conn.,
1 8 14; married in Ohio Sarah Jenkins, who was born in Shenan-
doah Co., Va. They lived successively in Burlington, Clinton
314 Jessiip Genealogy.
Co., Ohio; Peru, Miami Co., Ind. ; and in Brunswick, Chariton
Co., Mo., where he died in 1854. She died in the same town,
23 Dec, 1882. They had eight children, all now (1883) living
in Missouri : —
+ 723. Mary Ann, b. 14 Oct., 1834, in Ohio.
+724. Keziah Jane, b. 10 March, 1836, in Ohio.
725. Jonathan Trumbull, b. 19 May, 1838; m. Ann Eliza Tippett,
10 May, 1857. They have no children. He is a cooper,
and lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
726. Amanda Elizabeth, b. 8 Sept., 1841, in Ohio; m., in 1856,
Cyrus Joseph Vanswearenger, and d. 10 Nov., 1867, leaving
one child, Joanna Elizabeth.
727. Rhua Indiana, b. 18 Jan., 1845, in Ind. : m. Erasmus Dameron
Haynie, 15 Oct., 1868. He is a saddler. Their two children
are Ida May, b. 13 Nov., 1869, and Clarence Dameron, b. 9
Dec, 1873. They reside at Miami, Missouri.
+ 728. Charles Edward, b. 26 Sept., 1847, in Indiana.
+ 729. Julius Augustus, b. 28 Feb., 1850, in Indiana.
730. Joshua Beal, b. May, 1854, in Brunswick, Missouri; d. in
1855-
571. Ann Eliza Jessup (^yojiathati,^^'^ yonathan,^^^ Jona-
than}-^ Edward,'^ Edward"^^, horn in Greenwich, Conn., in 1820;
married in Clinton Co., Ohio, William Fletcher McCan, born in
Virginia, and son of Rev. Dr. McCan, of Xenia, Ohio. He died
in 1856. She lives (1882) in Covington, Ky. Of their five chil-
dren, two died in infancy. The remaining three are : —
731. Francis Augustus McCan, who at the age of 16 enlisted in the
U. S. navy during the Civil War, and while on duty on board
the flag-ship " Black Hawk," of the Mississippi squadron,
Admiral S. P. Lee commanding, in obeying an order, fell
overboard and was drowned near Memphis, Tenn., 24 Jan.,
1865.
732. Clinton Franklin McCan, d. when nearly three years old.
733. Jessup Oscar McCan, b. 185 1, now lives at home ; unmarried.
yonathan of Greenwich. 315
572. Sarah Jeannette Jessup {yonathan,^^'^ yonatkan,'^^^
Jonathan,^^ Edward,^ Edward'^) , born in Greenwich, Conn., in
1823; married, in Nov., 1841, Jeremiah Howell, a farmer, and
settled in Grant Co., Ind., where their descendants now live.
" They joined the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and became
wealthy. She died in 1862, an excellent Christian woman."
There were six children : — ■
734. Amanda Melissa Howell, b. 1842 ; m. Andrew Mart, Jan.,
1858, and had eleven children (nine of whom are now (1884)
living), viz. : Charles Owen Mart ; yeremiah Oscar Mart ;
Samuel Orville Mart ; Betijamin Franklin Mart ; Alhambra
Mart; Elma yane Mart ; Eva Mart, d. aged nine; Sarah
Elizabeth Mart; yoseph Erwin Mart; yeannette Eliza
Mart ; and Frederick Mart, d. aged one year. Several of
the above are married and prosperous.
735. Charles Jessup Howell, b. 1845 ; m., 1865, Sarah Ellen Gary,
and has three children now living: DaJiiel Flea Howell;
Ann yeannette Howell ; Keziah May Howell.
736. Keziah Elizabeth Howell, b. 1850; m. Jesse Haisley in 1867
and has five children : Theodore Haisley ; Eva and Elva
Haisley, twins ; Walter Haisley ; and Ella Haisley.
737. Eliza Jane Howell, b. 1853; m. Calvin Jones in 1875, and
they have two children : Clara E. yones, and Walter H.
yones.
738. Mary Elma Howell, b. 1856; m. and has two children. She
lives in Kansas.
739. Hester Ann Howell, b. 1858 ; m. and settled in Kansas, and
has two children.
The four children first mentioned continue to live in Grant
County, Indiana, and all are Quakers.
575. Betsey Jessup {yames,^'^^ yonathan,^^^ yonathan,'^'^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^), born in New Milford, Conn. (Bridgewater),
about 1784; married, ist, John Fenn, of the same place, a manu-
facturer of spinning-wheels. He died 18 Feb., 18 19, aged thirty-
six. She married, 2d, David Hawley of Brookfield, farmer, i June,
3i6 yessup Genealogy.
1825, whose first wife was Joanna, daughter of David and Priscilla
(Benedict) Jackson, of the same place, to whom he was married,
Nov., 1797, and by whom he had seven children. He was born
in 1777, in Brookfield, and died in Frankhn, Delaware Co., N. Y.,
23 Nov., 1862, aged eighty-five. Mrs. Betsey (Jessup) Hawley
died there 16 Jan., 1877, at the great age of ninety-three.
By the first marriage, two children : —
740. Van Rensselaer Fenn, b. 30 Sept., 1807, in Bridgewater, hat-
ter; m., 16 Nov., 1826, at Woodbury, Alza Esther, dau. of
Wm. and Esther Isbell, b. i April, 1808. They now (1883)
live in Torrington with their dau. Mrs. AUdis. Six children :
1. yohn Bar?mm Fenn, b. in Washington, Conn., 17 Aug.,
1830, carriage painter; ra., in Whistler, Ala., 27 Dec, 1857,
Caroline V. Denison, b. 31 May, 1841, in Louisiana. She
now (1884) lives at St. Louis, Mo. He lived at the South
until early in the Civil War, when he returned to Conn., and
subsequently went to Centralia, III., and d. there 19 Sept.,
1866. Three children : (i) John Alonzo Fenn, b. 16 Sept.,
i860, in Holly Springs, Miss. ; d. at Memphis, Tenn., 8 Aug.,
1863; (2) Charles James Fenn, b. Brookfield, Conn., 26 Aug.,
1862 ; (3) Frank Clark Fenn, b. Centralia, 111., i Sept., 1865.
2. Wm. AIexa7ider Fe7in, b. 3 Sept., 1833, in Washington,
Conn.; m., 9 Oct., 1855, Clarissa E. dau. of Burroughs and
Harriet (Weller) Beach, b. in New Milford, 12 Aug., 1833.
He has for twenty-one years been a minister in the Baptist
Church, and now lives at West Winfield, N. Y. Two children :
Wm. Beach Fenn, b. 7 Dec, 1858, in Brookfield, Conn; m.,
16 May, 1880, Rose E. Pelton, b. 24 March, i860, and has two
children, — Clara Rose Fenn, b. 2 Sept., 1881, and James
Alldis Fenn, b. i Nov., 1883, in Meriden. The family now
live at West Winfield, N. Y. The sister of Wm. B. Fenn is
Jennie Clara Fenn, b. 2 May, 1866, in Wolcott, N. Y. ; m.
Mr. Elliott, Aug., 1885.
3. Stisan Elvira Fenn, b. 23 Oct., 1835, ^^ Washington,
Conn. ; m., Feb., 1861, Mortimer James Jennings, carriage-
maker, the husband of her younger sister, deceased. One
yonathan of Greenwich. 3 1 7
child: Fred Mortimer Jennings, b. 23 June, 1862, in Dan-
bury. She was afterwards divorced, and Sept., 1880, in Tor-
rington, m. Rev. Daniel Mansfield, and now lives in Indiana.
4. Betsey jfane Fenn, b. 27 Nov., 1837, in Franklin, N. Y.,
m., ist, at Bridgewater, Conn., 5 June, 1852, Nathaniel
Nichols, of Derby, a widower, who d. soon after. She m.,
2d, at Brookfield, Mortimer James Jennings, and had one
child, Wendell Hastings Jennings, b. 29 July, i860, in Dan-
bury. Mrs. Jennings d. in Danbury, 24 Aug., i860.
5. Mary Letter etia Fenfi, b. 22 March, 1841, in Franklin,
N. Y. ; m., at Brookfield, Conn., 16 Oct., 1859, James Alldis,
of Essex Co., England, b. 12 Oct., 1839. Their only child,
Henry James Alldis, b. 16 Dec, 1862, d. 20 Jan., 1865.
They adopted John Francis Prentice, the son of a younger
sister of Mrs. Alldis.
6. Frances Isabella Fenn, b. in Frankhn, N. Y. ; m. 25
Sept., 1865, John Sherman Prentice, at Brookfield, Conn.
She d. 6 Aug., 1869, in Danbury, leaving one child, John
Francis Prentice, b. 28 Jan., 1867, who on the death of his
parents, was adopted by his uncle, James Alldis, as already
stated. The father d. in Matteawan, N. Y., 5 Aug., 1870.
He was born 29 March, 1843, ^^^^ was a hatter.
741. Betsey Ann Fenn, b. 2 July, 1809 ; m. Charles Hawley, car-
penter, son of her step-father, David Hawley. He was bom
30 June, 1803 ; d. i May, 1882, aged seventy-eight. Four
children : —
1. Salmon Hawley, b. 31 Aug., 1830; m., Aug., 1852,
Jerusha Smith, and had four children, one son and three daus.
The son is married. One dau. died in infancy, while another
married, and died, leaving a daughter.
2. Alvira Hawley, b. 4 Nov., 1832 ; d. in infancy.
3. Augusta Hawley, b. 8 Oct., 1838; m., April, 1858,
Wm. Kingsley, and d. in Texas, Aug., 1878, leaving two chil-
dren, Frank and Lillie, the latter of whom m. Mr. Barnett,
and both are now living.
4. yulia E. Hawley, b. 19 Dec, 1842, living in Franklin,
Conn., a music- teacher.
3i8 yessup Gejtealogy.
By the second marriage, Mrs. Betsey (Jessup) Hawley had one
child : —
741* Laura Ann Hawley, b. in Franklin, Aug., 1830; m., Aug.,
1852, Alvin Pomeroy, of that place, farmer, and d. Aug., 1882,
aged fifty-two.
577. Lucy Jessup (Jjl^ames^^^ Jonathan,^^^ yonathanP- Ed-
ward, * Edward'^'), born in New Milford, Conn., 1787, died 4 April,
1872, aged 85. She married, ist, John Williams; 2d, David Vidi-
toe," a widower with one child ; 3d, Stiles Bishop Curtiss, about
1842, who was born 11 May, 1777, and died 31 July, 1853, aged
seventy-six. By a former marriage he had seven children.
By her first marriage, one child : —
742. Marietta Williams, b. 22 March, 1818; m., in 1833, John
Taylor Somers, b. 2 May, 1807, d. 11 Nov., 1883. Eight
children, of whom several died in infancy : i. Emily Somers,
d. when 13 yrs. old. 2. Ly^nan Cyrus Somers, b. 11 May,
1840, m. Nellie Ferris, and d. 21 Dec, 1861, aged 21. His
widow m. Charles Morgan and lives in Bridgeport. 3. Sarah
Elizabeth Somers, h. 8 May, 1843; ^^-j ist, Lafayette Bar-
num of Kent, was divorced and m., 2d, John Merritt Leaven-
worth, 10 July, 1859, who d. 28 Feb., 1867, aged 28. Their
only child, Lyman De Forest Leavenworth, b. July, 1863, d.
Jan., 1864. Mrs. Leavenworth m., 3d, Wilson Cook Lloyd, of
Danbury, 25 June, 1867, hatter, who d. 19 Dec, 1874, aged
41, leaving one child, Nancy C. Lloyd, b. 1867, d. 1869.
Mrs. Lloyd then m., 4th, Thomas Smith, of Danbury, his
second wife.
By her second marriage Mrs. Lucy (Jessup) Viditoe had four
children : —
743. James Blacoian Viditoe, m. Fanny, dau. of Ezra Warner of
Roxbury, and left the State, since which nothing has been
known of them.
« More commonly spelled " Videtto." — Bowditch's Surtzames.
yonathan of Greenwich. 319
744. Mortimer Smith Viditoe, b. 26 Dec, 1822; m., ist, 22 Sept.,
1844, Abigail M. Hall, b. 5 March, 1822, and d. 28 Sept.,
1857. Their two children, Phebe Ann, b. 1845, and Lucy
Adeline, b. 1849, both d. about i860. Mr. Viditoe m. again,
and d. Sept., 1869.
745. Lafayette Viditoe, b. about 1826 ; m. Harriet Hatch, of Step-
ney. He is a hatter in Brooklyn, N. Y. One child, Eva
Eristine Viditoe, who m. a Parsells.
746. Polly Viditoe, b. 26 Oct., 183 1 ; m. Frank Morrell, b. 29 Oct.,
1823, who d. at Norwalk 2 July, 1883. He was a hatter.
Mrs. Morrell lives in Bridgewater.
578. Hannah Jessup {yames^^^ yonathan,'^^^ yonathan}'^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward^^, born in New Milford, Jan., 1789, married
Joseph Blackman Turner, of Newtown, born Feb., 1784. Their
mothers were sisters, both daughters of John Blackman. They
settled in Patterson, Putnam Co., N. Y., but about 1859 returned
to Newtown, where she died, 18 Oct., 1868, aged seventy-nine. He
died there 16 July, 1867, aged eighty-three. Four children: —
747. Esther Lavina Turner, b. 18 Sept., 1816, in Patterson, N. Y. ;
d. 5 Jan., 1877; m., 17 Feb., 1836, Warren, son of Joseph
Howes, b. 7 March, 1812, in Southeast, d. 23 Sept., 1855.
One child, Farmy M. Howes, living at Brewster's Station.
748. James Turner, b. 17 Jan., 1818, m., 2 Nov. 1857, Betsey Cowles
of Patterson, N. Y. (b. 2 Aug. 1817), and resided there
until after the birth of their children, when they returned to
Conn., and settled in Hawleyville (Newtown). He was
a farmer, and d. 12 Dec, 1885. Two children: Catharine
Elizabeth Turner, b. 10 March, 1859, m., 22 Dec, 1880, Ed-
win Clarence Randall, son of Jon. Jessup Randall and Abigail
(Gorham) Randall of Bridgewater, farmer. He purchased a
farm in the latter place and located there 11 April, 1884.
Their daughter Betsey Julia Randall was b. 6 Oct., 1881.
Joseph Albert Turner, second child of James Turner, b. 24
Aug., 186 1, lives at home.
749. Harriet Turner, b. 30 May, 1829, m. George W. Patrick, of
Patterson, N. Y., farmer, 13 Oct., 185 1, and resided in that
320 yessup Genealogy.
place. She d. 2 Oct., 1869, leaving one child, Harriet
Amelia Patrick, b. 20 Dec, 1859, who m. 13 Sept., 1880,
James Welsh, and had one child, who with the mother d. 20
April, 1883. Mr. Patrick m., 2d, Miss Norton of Danbury,
Conn.
750. Albert Turner, b. 12 Nov., 1834, m,, ist, Mary, only child of
Daniel B. Wilson, lawyer, of New Milford; m., 2d, 28 Nov.,
1877, Mary E. Hodge, of New Fairfield, dau. of Edwin Hodge,
b. 17 April, 1853. He is a farmer and dealer in cattle, living
in Newtown Village. Their child, Carrie May T'itmer,h. 15
May, 1880.
579. Abigail Jessup {James^^^ yonathan,^^ Jonathan^'^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^^, ditd about 1824, in Harwinton, Conn. She
married Levi Beach, carpenter, born 13 Jan., 1790, and died i
Jan., 1874, aged eighty-four. They settled first in Bridgewater.
Two children : —
751. Burroughs Benjamin Beach, b. in Bridgewater, 22 Feb., 18 14,
d. in Indiana, 25 June, 1874 ; m., 2 Nov., 1834, Mary Sturde-
vant, b. 28 Nov., 181 7. Five children: i. Hannah A.
Beach, b. 12 Oct., 1835 ; m,, 7 Oct., 1855, Wm. Augustine,
and has three children. 2. Levi Edward Beach, b. 24 Sept.,
1838. 3. John Dwight Beach, b. 30 June, 1841 ; m., 17
July, 1867, America A. Wood, b. 30 Sept., 1850, and has
three children: Linnie Alice Beach, b. 14 April, 1875, and
d. 13 Feb., 1882, in Nebraska; Jessie May Beach, b. 8 May,
1877 ; Charles Burdette Beach, b. 8 Sept., 1882. 4. Merritt
S. Beach, b. 31 Aug., 1849. 5. Heleti Mary Elizabeth Beach,
b. 13 July, 185 1 ; m., 25 Sept., 1872, Charles Franklin Ben-
nett, and lives in California. Two children : Fred Wilford
Bennett, i). 18 June, 1877; Pearl Bennett, b. 25 Dec, 1878.
Mrs. Mary Sturdevant Beach married, 2d, Bruce R. Williams,
of Illinois, and died 3 Nov., 1873.
752. Charles G. Beach, b. in Conn., 22 June, 1821, m., 16 April,
1862, Emily S. Woolsey, b. 6 Nov., 1841. They reside in
Augusta, Pike Co., Ind., where he is (1884) merchant and
postmaster, and owns eleven hundred acres of land. They
yonathan of Greenwich, 321
have had six children, five still living : Sylvester Beach, b.
7 June, 1863, m. 19 Sept., 1883 ; Clara, b. 28 Sept., 1865 ;
Orosana,\i. 30 Nov., 1869; Stella,h. i Sept., 1872; Eva,
b. 31 July, 1875.
Levi Beach married, 2d, Adah Maria Frisbie, and had three
children, Clark, Maria, and Emily J. Beach (Mrs. Small, b. 6 July,
1832). Mr. Beach married, 3d, Mrs. Fanny Fisher; 4th, Cath-
arine Corn, having one child, EH Beach, who died young. In
1872 he married again, vv^hen 82 years old, and removed to Mis-
souri, where he died. The old homestead which he built in South-
ville (Bridgewater), Conn., and the farm, is now occupied by a
niece. This he sold when he went to Harwinton. Thence he
went to Montville, Geauga Co., Ohio, afterwards to Indiana, and
finally to Missouri.
581. Jonathan Jessup (^'jfames^'^^ yonathan,^^^ yonathan^'^'^
Edward,'^ Edward'^^, was born 27 Jan., 1795, in Bridgewater.
He married, 24 Jan., 1821, Abigail, daughter of Truman Minor,
of the same place, born 10 May, 1801. He was a farmer. He
lived in the house (built by himself) a little north of the old
Minor place in Bridgewater, where he died, 11 Oct., 1882, in his
88th year. His wife died 4 July, 1873, in her 72d year. They
had two children : —
+ 753. Laura Ann, b. 23 March, 1831.
+ 754. Charles H., b. 28 Dec, 1832.
590. Ebenezer Jessup {Ebeneser^^^^ jFonathan,^^^ Jonathan,'^'^
Edward,^ Edward'^'), born March, 1800, in Greenwich (First Par-
ish), Conn., was a machinist and engineer, and lived in New York
city. He died March, 1861, on Randall's Island, near the city,
where he was employed as engineer in one of the public institu-
tions on that island. His name first appears in the city Directory
in 1822. He married, 1st, Mary Ann Sherry, of New York city,
27 Feb., 1823, who died in 1836 or 1837. In 1838 he married, 2d,
Mary Ann Pratt, of the same city, b. 18 19, and who is still (1883)
living.
21
322 yes sup Genealogy.
The children of the first marriage, all born in New York, were
five: —
755. Ebenezer James, died young.
+ 756. William Jacob, b. 7 Feb,, 1827.
75 7. Mary Elizabeth, now dead.
758. Deborah Maria, also dead.
759. John Bernhard, b. 15 July, 1836. He was educated in the
public schools, and found employment in the machine works
of Richard M. Hoe & Co. At the outbreak of the Civil
War, he enlisted in Co. B., i62d Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers,
the Messrs. Hoe giving a small bounty, and promise of work
to those who returned. He served under Gen. Banks in the
Red River Expedition, was then transferred to the Veteran
Reserve Corps, and honorably discharged 12 Oct., 1865, and
is now (1883) in the employ of Hoe & Co. His health and
eyesight suffered greatly during the war. April 30, 1876, he
m. Margaret J. Russell, b. in N. Y. in 1839, and a niece of
his brother's wife. They live in Brooklyn, E. D. and have no
children.
The children of the second marriage were four, born also in
New York : —
760. Frances Maria.
761. Emma, now deceased.
762. Julia Scribner, and
763. Ebenezer, who d. when 21 years of age.
592. 'R\iQ.^x2i^^£.€\.6^.Ti%'lQ^^\yp {Ebenezer, ^'^^ yonathan^^^ Jona-
than,^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born 10 Aug., 1810, in Greenwich,
was married to Dr. Charles Marsh, of Plattsburg, N. Y,, 18 Sept.,
1832, by the Rev. Charles G. Sommers, of New York city. Dr.
Marsh practised medicine in the city of New York for twenty-five
years, when he removed to Brooklyn, and continued the prac-
tice of his profession there until a few months before his death,
which occurred 20 Aug., 1873, at the age of 66 yrs, 3 mos., 5
yonathan of Greeitwich. 323
days. She now (1883) lives with her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence,
in Brooklyn, E. D.
Their only child is : —
764. Julia Marsh, b. 15 June, 1833, in New York city; m., i Oct.,
185 1, Herbert Lawrence, of the firm of Lawrence & Foulks,
shipbuiklers, Greenpoint, Long Island. Mr. L. is the young-
est child of Herbert Lawrence, one of the earliest shipbuilders
in New York, having started in the business in 181 6. They
have had seven children : i. Ada Lawrence, b. 26 Nov., 1852,
m., 12 May, 1873, James W. Ferguson, and has had four chil-
dren, two living. 2. Edwin Lawrence^ b. 23 Aug., 1854 ; m.,
23 May, 1879, Archianna Hicks, and has one daughter.
3. Wallace Lawreiice, b. 8 July, 1856 : m. Helen Eugenie
Townsend, 20 April, 1881, and has one son. 4. Emma Law-
rence, b. 15 June, 1859; m. Robert D. De Mund, 6 March,
1877, and has one daughter. 5. Herbert Lawrence, jfr., b.
8 Dec, 1863. 6. jfulia Lawrence, b. 13 May, 1866; d. 20
Jan., 1867. 7. Charles Marsh Lawrence, b. 8 July, 1872.
602. Isaac Knapp Jessup {Gershom^^'^ yonathan,^^^ yo7ia-
than,^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born 29 June, 1798, in Greenwich,
Conn. (First Parish), was for many years a merchant in New
York city. His name appears in the Directory as early as 1821.
His son, Richard M. Jessup, was for a time associated with him
under the firm name of L K. Jessup & Co. Charles Fox was
subsequently a partner (Jessup & Fox). He died 28 Dec,
1884, at the advanced age of eighty-six, at his residence, Annan-
dale, on Staten Island.
He married, 1st, Frances Manette, of New York city, who died
in 1 841. They had seven children, all born in New York city: —
765. Richard Manette, b. 14 Oct., 1821 ; d. at Panama, New Gra-
nada, 4 Feb., 1865. "The three brothers, Richard, Gershom,
and Isaac, were among the early California pioneers, Richard
having left New York for San Francisco in Jan., 1849. He
was among the most prominent of San Francisco citizens, and
324 yessup Genealogy.
at the time of his death was vice-president and general man-
ager of the California Steam Navigation Company." He was
successful in business, and acquired a large fortune.
766. Mary Elizabeth, b. 7 Oct., 1824; m. N. Harvey Bayles, in
1843, ^i^d d. in N. Y., 6 June, 1845.
-f 767. Ann Augusta, b. 7 Nov., 1828.
768. Gershom p., b. I Sept., 1830, was in 1884 a resident of San
Francisco, Cal., and in the mining business. He d. 2 Nov.,
1886, at Harbin's Springs, in the same State.
-f-769. Isaac, b. 10 Oct., 1832.
-f 770. Caroline Ophell\, b. 15 Oct., 1834.
771. Franklin Henry, b. 22 April, 1839; d. on Staten Island, 30
Oct., 1855.
He married, 2d, Mrs. Eliza Mott Woodvi^ard, who died on
Staten Island, in 1876, leaving two sons: —
772. Edgar Nelson, b. 5 April, 1845, who d. in 1880, leaving two
daughters, Elida and Edna, both residing on Staten Island
with their grandfather until his death.
773. WiLLLyvi Lawrence, b. 26 Oct., 1847; d. in 1875, leaving one
son, Isaac Ellis, b. in 187 1.
604. Mary Ann Jessup {Gershom, ^"^^ y oiathan,^^^ Jona-
thanP- Edward,^ Edward'^'), was born, 3 Oct., 1800, in Green-
wich, where she died 23 Sept., 1884. She married Frederick,
son of Frederick Lockwood, who died 12 Oct., 1863. He was
a farmer. The family belong to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
There were eight children : —
774. Elethea Lockwood, b. 2 July, 1819 ; drowned in Mianus river,
II July, 1825.
775. Rhoda Emily Lockwood, b. 2 July, 1822 ; m. Stephen P. Sel-
leck, dec'd, has several children, and lives at Riverside in the
town of Greenwich.
776. Frances Louise Lockwood, b. 27 Sept., 1823; m. Samuel
Ferris, has several children, and lives in Mianus in the same
town.
yonathan of Greenwich. 325
777. Benjamin Page Lockwood, b. 8 Dec, 1825 ; d. 19 Aug., 1865.
He m. Mary E. Jackson, who with their children resides at
Mianus.
778. Isaac Jessup Lockwood, b. 27 March, 1828, lives in New York
city; unmarried.
779. Joseph Lockwood, b. 4 Jan., 1830, is m., has several children,
and lives at Riverside.
780. Luke Adolphus Lockwood, b. i Dec, 1833, is a graduate of
Trinity College, Conn., class of 1855, and also a member of
the Board of Trustees of the college. He is by profession a
lawyer, and in full practice in the city of New York. For
many years he has been closely identified with the Masonic
Fraternity in the State, and one of its most influential mem-
bers. His residence is at Riverside, where he occupies the
family homestead. He m. Mary Louisa, dau. of Wm. L.
Lyon, of Greenwich, 11 Sept., 1862, and has four children:
Theodora Lyon, Gertrude Louise, Luke Vmcent, and Alfred
Whitney, — the last b. 13 April, 1882.
781. Richard Merritt Lockwood, b. 24 May, 1837 ; m. Emily
McComb, has several children, and lives at Riverside.
782. George MERRrrr Lockwood, b. 22 Jan., 1839 ; m. Annie Skid-
more, has two children, and Hves in Brooklyn, N. Y.
610. Samuel Jessup {Peter, ^^^ yonathan,'^^^ yonathan}'^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward"^), was born, 18 Feb., 1793, in Greenwich, where
he died 6 Aug., 1856, aged 63 years. He married (18 Oct.,
18 1 5) Sarah Purdy, born in Darien, 11 May, 1796, and died
3 Aug., 1879. He was a farmer, and had five children, all born
in Greenwich.
783. Mary Purdy, b. i Sept., 1816; m. D. D. Gassner, 16 July,
1835, who is in the real estate and insurance business. They
live in New York city.
784. Peter, b. 6 Aug., 1822 ; d. 27 Sept., 1823.
785. Charles Robins, b, 10 Dec, 1824; d. 13 Oct., 1843.
4-786. Edward Peter, b. 11 May, 1827.
-F787. Stephen Waring, b. 12 Jan., 1830.
326 yessMp Genealogy.
612. Jonathan Jessup {Peter^'^^ yonathan,^^^ JonathanP-
Edivard,^ Edward'^^, born and lived in Greenwich, and died
there 20 Oct., 1878, aged eighty-one. Pie was a shoemaker. He
married Sarah Weed, who died 16 Sept., 1878, aged seventy-nine.
His will was dated i March, 1864, ^i^d probated 26 Oct., 1878. In
it he mentions his wife, Sarah, and the following four children : —
788. Julia Ann, who m. Rufus Smith and settled in Racine, Wis.
789. Louisa, m. Woodhull Hopkins, has several children, and lives at
Mianus.
790. Paris Robins, m. in Greenwich, i Jan., 185 1, to Hannah
Ophelia Ritch, by Rev. S. B. S. Bissell, and lives in Stamford.
They have children.
791. Mary, m., ist, Ferris, son of Solomon Peck; 2d, Major Wm. B.
Wescome of Greenwich. No children.
635. John Philander Jessup {John,^^'^ Samuel,^^'^ yona-
than}-'^ Edward,'^ Edward'^), born in Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,
16 July, 1800, died there 24 May, 1874. He married, ist. Amy
Robertson, daughter of John A. Robertson and sister of J. L.
Robertson, at one time mayor of Akron, Ohio. She died in
1842. He married, 2d, Phebe Willdee, in 1856, who died in
1875. There were five children.
Those by the first wife were four, one dying in infancy: —
792. John Lansing, b. in 1833, went in 1853 to California. He is
now (1883) living there on a ranch which he owns.
793. Mary, b. in 1835, m., in 1852, C. S. Dunham, and has had four
children, three of whom are now (1882) living. She resides
in Worcester, Mass., with her second son, Frank Jessup
Dunham, who is a printer. Her oldest son, Charles, lives in
Saratoga, and also the daughter, Adella, who is a teacher in
the public schools.
794. Amy, b. in 1838, m. in i860 Joel S. Fuller, of Saratoga. Their
two children are Hattie F. and John D. Fuller.
There was by the second marriage one child : —
795. George Lansing, b. in i860, now living in Ohio.
yonathan of Greenwich. 327
651. Samuel Jessup {yonim,^^^ Sapiuel,^^^ yonathan^- Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^^, was born in New York city, 12 March, 1805.
He married in that city, 18 Feb., 1830, Sarah Ann, daughter of
John Yates, and died in Brooklyn, E. D., 31 March, i860. She
died 29 June, 1884. He was a tailor, as indicated by the N. Y.
Directories from 1832 to 1845. From 1845 to 1849 he also held
the position of health-warden. After this date he probably re-
moved to Williamsburg (now Brooklyn, E. D.). His will was
there probated 28 April, i860, dated 24 Jan., of the same year.
He mentions his wife, Sarah Ann, and five of his eight children,
and appoints his wife and his son Samuel executors. The two
elder children were born in Stamford, Conn. ; the others, in
New York city.
+ 796. Samuel Jorum, b. 20 Jan., 183 1.
797. Abigail Yates, b. 7 Aug., 1832; m., 27 Dec, 1852, Nathaniel
Seymour Smith, a machinist, son of Luman B. Smith. They
had two children : Seymour jfessup Smith, b. 14 Jan.,
1854, and Ella Elizabeth Smith, b. 9 Feb., 1856; d.
5 Dec, 1857. They lived in New York, where he d.
10 Nov., 1857.
798. Benjamin Yates, b. 5 April, 1834; d. 12 Sept., 1834.
799. Sarah Jane, b. 24 Oct., 1836 ; m. in New York city, 24 June,
1857, Joseph Edward Minor, a jeweller, son of Rev. Tim-
othy Minor, an Episcopal clergyman. Their four children
were: i. jfennie Minor, b. and d. 6 March, 1858; 2.
Edward jfessup Minor, b. 25 June, 1859, and d. 8 Feb.,
i860; 3. Edward Milton Minor, b. 24 April, 1862;
4. yosephine Elizabeth Minor, b. 2 July, 1863, and d.
31 Aug., 1864. The father d. in Brooklyn, E. D., 2 Aug.,
1871.
800. Charles Henry, b. 2 Sept., 1838; d. 5 Sept. following.
801. James William, b. 9 June, 1840; d. 9 April, 1842.
802. Julia Matilda, b. 10 March, 1843, now lives in Brooklyn;
unmarried.
803. George Frederick, b. 30 April, 1846; m. in 1871, and is a
clerk in the Brooklyn post-office.
328 yessup Genealogy.
653. Sarah Seikins Jessup {Jorum,'^^^ Samuel,^^'^ yonathan}-^
Edward,^ Edward'^), born in New York city, 24 Jan., 1808;
married there, 2 Dec, 1830, Ira Alfred, son of Amos Clarke."
He was born 11 April, 1807, and died in Brooklyn, E. D., 6
Sept., 1875. They removed to Brooklyn in 1868 (where the
mother and two daughters now (1883) reside), after having for
thirty-eight years occupied in New York the same house in which
they were married.* He was a chair-maker, and subsequently a
grain-weigher. The names of their four children are : —
804. Sarah Jessup Clarke, b. 23 Aug., 1831 ; unmarried.
805. Albert Guernsey Clarke, b. 9 Sept., 1833; d. 22 Feb., 1834.
806. JuLLi Clarke, b. 27 March, 1835 ; d. 3 April, 1835.
807. Julia Ann Clarke, b. 21 April, 1841 ; unmarried.
656. Julia Ann Jessup {yorimt,^'^ Samuel,^^'^ yonathan}-'^
Edward,^ Edward'^), born in New York city, 24 March, 18 13;
married, 6 Oct., 1835, James M., son of Joseph M. Clarke, of the
same city. They removed to La Porte, Indiana, 19 May, 1841,
where she died 26 Oct., 1869. He was a chair manufacturer.
They had two children : —
808. JuLLV Theresa Clarke, d., 7 Sept., 1839, in New York city;
m. Edward Payson Clarke, son of Amzi Clarke, of La Porte,
17 Oct., 1859. They had four children: i. Arthur Lewis
Clarke, b. 9 Sept., 1863; 2-3. yames Herbert Clarke, and
Edward A. Clarke, twins, both of whom d. in infancy;
4. Bertha ytilia Clarke, b. 22 Sept., 1874.
809. Cornelia Emria Clarke, b. in La Porte, 18 Oct., 1849; d. 6
April, 1879.
657. Sally Jessup {Jonathan,^^'^ Samuel,^^^ yonathan}-^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^), born in Stamford, Conn., 7 Oct., 1806; mar-
'^ Amos Clarke was a native of Wind- born 9 April, 1764, and died in New York
sor, Conn., born 27 Aug., 1763 : married city, 27 May, 1822.
Margaret Carver, 11 June, 1784, who was ^ Mrs. Sarah S. (Jessup) Clarke died
II May, 1885.
yonathan of Greenwich. 329
ried Edwin Buxton of that town, shoemaker, 5 March, 1836.
They are both hving (1883), and have had three children: —
810. Charles E. Buxton, b. 24 Jan., 1831. '
811. John Jessup Buxton, b. 4 June, 1834.
812. Emily F. Buxton, b. 10 Aug., 1844.
658. Maria Jessup {Jonathan,^'^^ Sainuel,^^^ yonathait}^ Ed-
ivard,^ Edward'^^, born in Stamford, 5 Sept., 1808; married, 13
Nov., 1 82 1, Joseph Davenport Warren of the same place, now
president of the Stamford Foundry Co. They have had four
children : —
813. John Jessup Warren, b. 29 Sept., 1833 ; m. Helen Gorham, 10
Nov., 1859, and lives in Stamford, being associated in busi-
ness with his father. Their three children are : Helen, Henry,
and Catharifie.
814. Ann Elizabeth Warren, b. 22 Feb., 1835 ; m., 30 Sept., 1862,
Cyrus Northrop, LL.B. (Y. C, class 1857), Professor of
Rhetoric and English Literature in Yale College, New Haven,
Conn., 1 863-1 884, when he resigned to accept the presidency
of the University of Minnesota, at Minneapolis. He has also
been somewhat in political life, and for a time was Collector
of the Port at New Haven. They have two children, Cyrus
Northrop, and Elizabeth Northrop.
815. Emily Frances Warren, b. 14 Nov., 1837 ; d. 5 April, 1842.
816. Sarah Jessup Warren, b. 6 Oct., 1840 ; m. Eugene Beach, M.D.,
of Stamford, 6 Nov., 1867. They have had five children:
I. Elizabeth Warren Beach; 2. Alary Josephine Beach;
3. yohn Parsons Beach; 4. Joseph Warren Beach; and
5. Gertrude Beach, who died in infancy.
659. William Jessup {yo7tathan,^^^ Saimiel,^^^ Jonathan}'^
Edward,'^ Edward'^), died in Stamford, 22 Oct., 1865, aged 58
yrs., 4 mos. He married Ann Eliza Waterman, who died 23
Feb., 1867, aged 47 yrs., 8 mos., 2 days. He was a house-builder
and farmer, and both he and his wife are buried in the North
Field Burying-ground. Administration was granted 3 March,
330 yessiip Genealogy.
1869, to his son, Charles H. Jessup. There were two children in
this family : —
817. Charles H., who m. Jane- Merritt, and has had four children:
Arthur Grajit, George Washington, Jennie, and a second
daughter.
818. George Washington, married, and has two children.
660. George Jessup (^onathan,^^'° Samtiel,^^'^ yonaihajt,^^
Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Stamford, 12 April, 1812; died in
the same town, 26 Dec, 1874, aged 62 yrs., 8 mos., 16 days.
He was a carpenter and house-builder. His wife was Jemima,
daughter of William and Ruth Jessup,"* of Hudson, N. Y. They
were married at Sag Harbor on Long Island. She died 5 May,
1855, aged 44 yrs., 10 mos., and 11 days. They were both
buried in the North Field Burying-ground in Stamford. They
had four children : —
819. John D., who m. Sarah Ann Bell, and had three children born
in Stamford : Jennie, Frank, and another daughter. He
served during the Civil War in the 28th Regiment, Con-
necticut Volunteers, Co. A, enlisting 28 Aug., 1862.
820. Edwin Buxton, also in the late war, a corporal in the 17 th
Regiment, and died in the service of his country, 2 March,
1863, aged 22 yrs., 25 days, unmarried.
821. Emily (Mrs. Ball), living on Strawberry Hill in Stamford. She
has six children.
822. Henry, who m. Buxton, and has two children. His wife
is dead.
685. Susan Jessup (^Abrakam,^^^ Silvanus,^^^ J^onathaji,'^^
Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Delaware Co., N. Y., 8 Feb., 1808 :
married, 1st, Isaac Gee, of Colchester, N. Y., who went to the
island of Cuba soon after the marriage, and died of yellow fever
<^ William Jessup died in Hudson in Jessup, of Southampton, Long Island ;
1825, aged 56, leaving a large family, and this is one of the few instances of in-
Ruth, his wife, died 1863, aged ninety-four, termarriage between the descendants of
He was probably a descendant of John John and of Edward Jessup.
Jonathan of Greenwich. 331
on the return voyage. She married, 2d, Henry Gilbert, originally
from Hamden, but who for twenty-three years had been a teacher
in Kentucky. He taught at different times in the counties of Owen,
Gallatin, and Carroll. During the twenty-one years of her resi-
dence in that State, she lived principally at Owenton, Owen Co.
At the outbreak of the Civil War they removed to Walton, N. Y.,
where he died 28 Dec, 1863, aged sixty-five. She remembers well
having once received a visit in Kentucky from Mrs. Sarah Wilson,
a sister of Major-Gen. T. S. Jesup. She now lives with her son,
in Walton. She has had three children, — one by the first mar-
riage, two by the second : —
823. Kate Gee, who, in 1845, went to Kentucky, where her mother
had previously gone. She there m. Jesse A. Suter, ist lieut. U.
S. A., in the Civil War, who served until its close. She resided
at Owenton, and died a few years after the close of the war,
leaving five children.
824. Maria Gilbert, b. in Kentucky, who m. Erwin L. Miner, and
now lives in Cincinnati, O., with her only son, Wm. H.
Miner. The father died in 1775.
825. William Henry Gilbert, now living in Walton, N. Y. ; unmar-
ried.
686. William Jessup (^Abraham,^^'^ Silvaims,^^^ yonathan,'^'^
Edward,'^ Edward'^^, born in Colchester, N. Y., 30 May, 18 10;
was a carpenter and went to California, where he died in 1857.
He married Adaline Patterson, of Colchester, sister of his brother-
in-law, John B. Patterson. She was born 19 April, 18 15, and is
still (1883) living. Their children were six, born in Colchester:
826. Emily, b. 4 March, 1834 ; m. Adam Webb, grocer, i Oct., 1854,
and lives in Walton, N. Y. Three children : An7ia Adaline
Webb, b. 13 Oct., 1855, and d. 9 Dec, 1862 ; Cora Webb,
b. 28 Sept., 1861, and m., i June, 1S81, to J. M. H. Cornish ;
Lelia Webb, b. 25 Feb., 1867.
827. Nancy, b. 11 March, 1836; d. 28 Sept., 1839.
828. Phebe, b. 18 Nov., 1838; d. 2 Jan., 1839.
332 yessup Genealogy.
829. Juliana C, b. 27 Sept., 1842; m. Waldo Collett, farmer, and
lived in Franklin, N. Y. She d. 19 May, 1878.
+830. William Henry, b. 3 Jan., 1844.
831. Harriet E., b. 15 June, 1847; m. James Clearwater, printer,
and lived in Walton. No children.
687. Benjamin Townsend Jessup (Abraham,^^'^ Silvamis,^^^
Jonathan,'^^ Edward^ Edward'^^, born in Colchester, N. Y., 12
April, 1813 ; married, ist, Catharine, one of the eleven daughters
of Robert Johnson, of Middletown, Conn., 30 May, 1843. She
was born 19 Oct., 18 19, and died 21 March, 1862, He married,
2d, Mary E. Punbridge, of Utica, N. Y., 5 Aug., 1863. He re-
sides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
" Brought up in the then wilderness of the east branch of the
Delaware river, he believed there was a brighter future somewhere
beyond his present sphere. So he started for New York at the
age of sixteen, with but a shilling in his pocket, a homespun suit
of clothes on his back, and the blessings of a devoted Christian
mother upon his head. A relative in the city gave him a clerk-
ship. Persistent application to business, and the steady growth
of a naturally religious character, finally brought him wealth and
position." For fifty years he has been in the paint and oil busi-
ness, and a pioneer in many of its departments. For twenty-eight
years (1851-1879) he was the senior partner in the well-known
firm of Jessup & Childs, who in 1853 introduced the newly
invented zinc paint into practical use. A sketch of his business
career was not long since pubHshed in " The Oil and Drug News,"
with a likeness.
He early joined the church and became one of its most gener-
ous and efficient supporters. For two years he was deacon of
the South Baptist Church ; then, president of the Board of Trus-
tees ; afterwards for six years deacon of Calvary Baptist Church,
when he removed to Brooklyn, and united with the Strong Place
Church. For sixty years he has been a constant attendant at
Sunday School, and still has a class. He was for many years
Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Convention for the State of
yonathan of Greenwich. 333
New York, and received from the Convention a testimonial of
their high estimate of his capacity and fidelity. He has four
children, all by his first wife : —
+832. John Colgate, b. 17 Sept., 1844, in Williamsburg (Brooklyn,
E. D.) N. Y.
Z^. Henrietta Belden, b. 27 Sept., 1847, in Williamsburg. She
was educated at Miss Porter's well known school in Farming-
ton, Conn. ; m. E. P. Glass, of Syracuse, N. Y. (Rochester
Univ., class '69), 17 Sept., 1875, and resides in Syracuse.
They have two sons.
+834. Robert Johnson, b. 17 Feb., 1852, in New York city.
+835. Benjamin Augustus, b. 18 Nov. 1854, also in New York city.
688. Sarah Jessup (^Abraham, ^^'^ Silvamis,^^'^ Jonathan,'^'^
Edivard,^ Edward'^'), was born 9 Aug., 1815, and died 16 March,
1869. She married John B. Patterson, of Walton, N. Y., who
died Nov., 1863.
They had six children, all born in Hamden, N. Y. : —
836. Smith Benjamin Patierson, b. 19 Nov., 1834; enlisted in the
89th Regt., Co. S., N. Y. Volunteers, and served during the
Civil War.
837. Henry Colgate Patterson, enlisted in the 144th Regt., and
d. at Hilton Head, S. C, 16 March, 1865, aged 28 yrs., 6 mos.,
2 days.
838. Alice Emeline Pati'erson, b. 14 May, 1847 (Mrs. St. John).
839. John Sheldon Patterson, b. 4 May, 1849.
840. Louisa Anna Patterson, b. 8 Jan., 1854 (Mrs. Beckwith).
841. Mark Mead Patterson, b. 31 Aug., 1857.
690. Julia Jessup {Abraham, ^^'^ Silva^tus,^^^ y onathan,'^'^ Ed-
ward,^ Edward'^), born in Colchester, N. Y., 24 March, 1820,
married (2 Nov., 1842) Elon Chittenden Galusha, son of Rev.
Elon Galusha, and grandson of Jonas Galusha, Governor of
Vermont 1809-13 and 1815-20. He was born in Whitestown,
Oneida Co., N. Y., 5 June, 1820. He has always been in the
banking business; was several years cashier of the Genesee
334 Jessup Genealogy.
River Bank, at Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y. ; also six
years cashier of the Traders Bank in Rochester, but has now
retired from business. For the last twenty-three years the family
have occupied their present home m Rochester. They have had
six children : —
842. Elon Jessup Galusha, b. i Sept., 1843 ; d. in 1845.
843. Charles Colgate Galusha, b. 8 July, 1852, in Lockport; m.
Margaret Elizabeth Gilbert, 10 Oct., 1876, and d. 18 March,
1 88 1, in De Land, Florida, and was buried at Mandarin in
that State. Their only child is Elon Gilbert Galusha, now
(18S3) five years old.
693. Louisa Jessup {Abraham,^^^ Silvanus,^^^ Jonathan,^^
Edward,^ Edward'^), born 18 Jan., 1828, in Colchester, N. Y. ;
married, 27 July, 1852, Edwin Culver Wright. He was born in
New Britain, Conn., 4 Dec, 1821, and died in Lockport 10
March, 1882, after an illness of three years. He was a bookseller,
stationer, and music-dealer.
Their four children were : —
844. Dora Phebe Wright, b. 26 June, 1853.
845. Louisa Caroline Wright, b. 3 Sept., 1855 ; m. 12 Oct., 1881,
to Charles J. Townsend of New York city.
846. Julia Jessup Wright, b. ii Oct., i860; d. 10 Feb., 1862.
847. Marion Jessup Wright, b. 4 April, 1867.
694. Sally Jesop (Bejijmnin,^^'^ Silvanus,^^^ yonathan,'^'^ Ed-
ivard,^ Edward'^'), born in Somers, N. Y., i April, 1801 ; mar-
ried, 31 Oct., 1825, Edward Finch of the same town, who died
31 Jan., 1849, aged fifty-three. His father, Jeremiah Finch (died
in 1830, about 78 years old), was a step-son of Silvanus Jesup,
his wife's grandfather. She resides (1883) at Nyack-on-Hudson,
with her daughter Mrs. Ambler. Their three children were : — ■
848. Tamson Jesop Finch, b. 1826 ; ra., 15 Oct., 1850, Wm. Ambler
(son of Stephen Ambler" and Phebe Mead), b. 1824. Five
" Stephen Ambler was a brother of Thomas Ambler mentioned elsewhere.
Jonathan of Greenwich, 335
children: i. Edward Finch Ambler, b. 7 Oct., 1853, and d.
16 Sept., 1867; 2. Helen L. Ambler, b. 24 April, 1856;
3. Alice M. Ambler, b. 24 Sept., 1861 ; 4. Mary Grace
Afnbler, b. 26 July, 1863 ; 5. Laura L. Ambler, b. 11 Sept.
1865. Live in Nyack.
849. James Finch, b. 5 May, 1828; m. 4 Nov., 1852, Maria Law-
rence Vail, of North Salem, where they live. Six children :
I. Sarah Elizabeth Fitich, b. 23 Oct., 1853, m. (10 Dec,
1879) Edwin Nichols of Southeast, and have one child, Grace
Titus Nichols, b. 10 Dec, 1880; 2. Edward Vail Fifich, b.
7 Oct., 1857, d. 13 June, 1877 ; 3. Awiie Hatch Finch, b. 28
May, i860 ; 4. Wm. Rufus Finch, b. 2 Sept., 1864 ; 5. Carrie
Maria Finch, b. 13 Feb., 1868 j 6. Edith Louise Finch, b.
28 Oct., 1873.
850. Rufus Welch Finch, b. 1833 i ^- 3 June, 1848, in North
Salem, and was buried at his father's side.
697. Abigail Jesop (Benjatnin,^^'^ Silvamis,^^^ yonathan}-'^
Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Somers, N. Y., 19 Aug., 1808,
married 3 Dec, 1835, ^^ her father's house, Charles Clark Hatch
of Nev^ York city. " Mr. Hatch was born at Chester, Vt., in
1812, came to New York city in 1832, and was employed in the
dry-goods house of Benjamin Loder & Co. After being with
them several years he succeeded them, under the firm name of
Hatch & Yale, at No. 75 Cedar St. About 1871 he retired from
dry goods, and up to 1872 was in the real estate business. In
the spring of 1873, being in poor health, he went to Merida,
Yucatan, in company with his son Marlin F. Hatch, and died
there at the American consulate, 15 April, 1873." Mrs. Abigail
(Jesop) Hatch died 14 July, 1847. Their four children were: —
851. Marlin F. Hatch, b. 2 March, 1837. He was in business in
New York city until 186 1, when he enhsted as sergeant 2d
New York Regiment (Harris's Lt. Cavalry) ; promoted to 2d
and ist lieutenant, and captain; discharged Sept., 1864, at
Charlestown, Va. (by reason of expiration of term of service) ;
was in the Army of the Shenandoah under Gen. P. H. Sheri-
33^ yessup Genealogy.
dan, and served for a time on the staff of General Kilpatrick
and in Davis's Cavalry Brigade. He received from President
U. S. Grant the appointment of U. S. consul at Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico, in Feb., 1873, and resigned the same in
March, 1874. He m., 14 Nov., 1882, Mary Clinton Hamil-
ton, of New York city, connected on the mother's side with
Gov. De Witt Chnton and with Capt. Fred. Frye of the
Revolutionary army. No children.
852. Charles Henry Hatch, b. 3 Feb., 1839; m. in 1875 Marie
L. Philips of Philadelphia, and has two children, boys. He
graduated at Yale College in 1859 ; was professor of Latin in
Mr. Anthon's school in New York ; also private tutor for two
years. He studied law in the Columbia College Law School,
and was admitted to the Bar about 1863, when he joined the
1 2th N. Y. Cavalry as captain ; served until the close of the
war and was major commanding the regiment. He has since
practised law in New York city.
853. Oramil C. Hatch, b. 15 June, 1840; m. 14 Dec, 1865, Har-
riet Judson, and has been in business in New York since 1858.
They have four sons: i. Win. jf. Hatch, b. 6 April, 1867;
2. Clarence G. Hatch, b. 6 Feb., 1869 ; 3. Albert H.
Hatch, b. July 31, 1872; 4. Walter C. Hatch, b. 16 July,
1877.
854. Annie J. Hatch, b. 1844; d. Oct., i860.
Charles C. Hatch married 2d, 12 Oct., 1850, Mrs. Mary A.
Gedney, widow of George Gedney who was killed accidentally at
the Aster Place riot. They had one daughter, Marie Louise
Hatch, born in 1852, now Mrs. Wm. H. Gunther, Jr., of New
York. She has two sons, and one daughter who was married
in 1875.
698. Amy Jesop (^Benjamin, ^^'^ Silvanus^^^ Jonathan}-'^ Ed-
ward,'^ Edward'^^, born in Somers, N. Y., 6 May, 181 1 ; married,
12 Dec, 1839, John N. Crosby, of New York city (son of Enoch
Crosby and Jane Kelly of Carmel, Putnam Co.). They removed
in 1875 to Westfield, N. J., where she died 8 June, 1884. They
have had four children : —
yonathan of Greenwich. 337
855. Benjamin Jesop Crosby, b. 4 Sept., 1841 ; m. (31 May, 1865)
Frances A. Macquaid, of New York city, b. 4 Sept., 1842.
Five children, three only hving. He is in Mercantile Trust
Co., N. Y., and lives in Westfield, N. J.
856. Joseph E. Crosby, b. 28 Dec, 1843 ; unmarried. Has been in
dry-goods business in New York city ; sings professionally in
a city choir ; resides in Westfield.
857. Franklin Crosby, b. 26 June, 1846; d. 29 Jan., 1849.
858. RuFUS F. Crosby, b. 13 April, 1850; d. 28 April, same year.
699. Alexander Jesop (JBenjamin,^^^ Silvamis,^^^ Jonathany'^'^
Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Somers, 30 June, 18 16, married
(6 Dec, 1838) Susan A. Powell, born 13 Jan., 1812. They resided
in Amawalk, Westchester Co., N. Y., where he died, 10 Sept.,
1883. She died 21 Dec, 1884. Two children: —
859. Francena, b. 28 Nov., 1842 ; m. William S. Hallock, 22 Sept.,
1864, and have had eight children : i. Frank Hallock, b. 12
April, 1865 ; 2. Emma Hallock, b. 10 Feb., and d. 30 Feb.,
1867; 3. jfosephine Hallock, b. 14 Nov., 1868; 4. Charles
Hallock, b. 6 Sept., 1870 ; 5. Libhie Hallock, b. 3 Feb., 1873 ;
6. Nellie Hallock, b. 28 April, 1875 ; 7. Elbertie Hallock, b,
31 May, 1877; ^' Susie Hallock, b. 7 July, 1879, and d, 27
Aug., 1880.
860. Edwin, b. i Sept., 1850; unmarried.
718. Eldon E. Lockwood (Rtifiis Allen Lockwood 568 (y. T.
yes Slip), yo7iatha7i,^^'^ yonathan,^^^ yonathan}-'^ Edward,^
Edward'^'), born in Indiana, 3 Aug., 1834, married E. M. An-
dress, 12 April, 1855. He lives in Indiana, and is a farmer.
Six children : —
861. Mary Alice Lockwood, b. 4 March, and d. 16 July, 1856.
862. Harriet E. Lockwood, b. 4 July, 1857 ; m., 1876, Wm. Shep-
pard, merchant, and has two children.
863. Frank Lockwood, b. 10 March, i860; d. 17 March, 1865.
864. William Lockwood, b. 15 June, 1863; d. 30 March, 1865,
865. Jesse M. Lockwood, b. ii June, 1865.
866. Ann B. Lockwood, b. 9 Nov., 1867.
338 yessup Genealogy.
721. Rufus Allen Lockwood (Rtifiis Alle7t Lockwood ^^^ {y.
T. yessup), yonaiha?i,^^'^ y ottathan,^^^ yonathatt,'^'^ Edward,'^
Edward'^'), born in Indiana, 5 April, 1845 ; married S. A. Babb,
25 Feb., 1868, and is an extensive farmer and stock-dealer in Oc-
tagon, 111., owning, in connection with his mother, one thousand
acres of land, valued at 30,000 dollars, in the counties of White
and Tippecanoe. They have had six children : —
867. Nellie B. Lockwood, b. 3 Nov., 1868.
868. Harriet A. Lockwood, b. 5 Oct., 1870.
869. Rufus Allen Lockwood, b. 20 March, 1872.
870. Paul Lockwood, b. 20, and d. 21 June, 1874.
871. Paul A. Lockwood, b. 15 Aug., 1878; d. 31 Dec, 1880.
872. George A. Lockwood, b. 9 Sept., 1880.
723. Mary Ann Jessup (yuliiis Augtisitis,^^^ yonathan,^^'^
yonatha^i^^^ y onathan,'^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Burling-
ton, Ohio, 14 Oct., 1834, married, ist, Dan Terhune, 20 Oct., 1849.
Nine children, born in Missouri : —
873. Sarah Isabell Terhune, b. 14 Sept., 1853.
874. Charles Edward Terhune, b. 17 March, 1855.
875. Stephen Augustus Terhune, b. 10 Oct., 1859.
876. John William Terhune, b. 8 Oct., 1863.
877. Roberta Terhune, b. 27 Aug., 1865.
Four others, now dead.
She married, 2d, John Beck, in 1869, and had two children,
born in Missouri : —
878. KIatie Beck, b. 27 July, 1870.
One other died in infancy.
724. Keziah Jane Jessup {Julius Augustus, ^^'^ yojiathan,^^'^
yonathan,^^^ yonathan,'^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Bur-
lington, Ohio, 10 March, 1836, married John Burns in 1853,
and has nine children, born in Missouri, where the family now
live.
yonathan of Greenwich. 339
879. Wm. Summerfield Burns, b. 17 Sept., 1854.
880. James Augustus Burns, b. 7 Dec, 1856.
881. Warren P. Burns, b. 12 Jan., 1859.
882. Russell B. Burns, b. 19 April, 1861.
Z^Tf. Oliver O. Burns, b. 30 Sept., 1864.
884. Ethel Eugenl\ Burns, b. 9 Jan., 1867.
885. Harrison M. Burns, b. 26 March, 1869.
886. Sarah Belle Burns, b, 19 June, 1871.
887. John Burns, b. 26 Jan., 1874.
728. Charles Edward Jessup {yitlius Augustus ,^^^ yo7ia-
ihan,^^'^ Jonathan,'^^^ yojiathan,'^'^ Edward,^ Edivard'^^, born
in Peru, Miami Co., Ind., 26 Sept., 1847, married Ellen Clerkins,
I April, 1872. He is a brick-mason and general mechanic, living
in Brunswick, Chariton Co., Mo. Four children : —
888. India Berenice, b. 16 July, 1873.
889. Edwin Lewis, b. 8 Dec, 1875.
890. Charles Ianthis, b. 12 Jan., 1878.
891. Maurice Kenton, b. 16 June, 1880.
729. Julius Augustus Jessup (^yulius Atigustus,^^ yona-
than, ^^'^ yonathan, '^^^ yonathan, ^^ Edward, ^ Edward'^'), born in
Peru, Miami Co., Ind., married Belle Isbell, 3 Dec, 1872. He is a
tinner, and member both of the Order of Odd Fellows and of the
Knights of Pythias, lives in Miami, Mo., and has five children : —
892. Mary Elizabeth, b. 26 Jan., 1873.
893. Sadie Belle, b. ii Feb., 1876.
894. Julius Augustus, b. 7 May, 1878.
895. Lloyd, b. 4 June, 1880.
Infant unnamed, b. 8 March, 1882.
753. Laura Ann Jessup {Jonathan,^^'^ James,^^^ Jonathan,^^^
Jonathan,'^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Bridgewater, Conn.,
23 March, 1831 ; married, 11 Sept., 1850, Eli H. Welton, who was
born 7 Aug., 1827. They live in Southville, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Three children : —
340 yessiip Genealogy.
896. Alice A. Welton, b. 17 Jan., 1856; m. David Beers, 14 April,
1874, and d. 2 Feb., 1880.
897. Harriet A. Welton, b. i June, i860; d. 18 Dec, 1861.
898. John N. Welton, b. 27 March, 1866 ; d. 14 Jan., 1867.
754. Charles H. Jessup {yonathan^^'^ James^^^ yonathan,^^^
y onatJiaii}-^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in Bridgewater, Conn.,
28 Dec, 1832; married, 3 Dec, 1856, Hannah More, daughter of
Bethuel and Amanda Treat, of New Britain, born 29 Dec, 1838.
He is a farmer, and occupies the homestead of his father, who
died there in 1882, at the age of eighty-seven. Three children:
899. William Clinton, b. 29 Nov., 1859; m., 16 Feb., 1886, Olive
Justine, b. 5 March, 1866, dau. of David R. Benton, of New
Haven. They reside in New York city.
900. Julia Snowden, b. 24 Jan., 1863 ; m., 6 June, 1883, Eli Hubbell
Hotchkiss, and live in Ansonia, Conn. One child : Lelia Jes-
sup Hotchkiss, b. 21 Jan., 1886.
901. Annie G., b. 27 June, 1864.
756. William Jacob Jessup {Ebeneser, ^^° Ebenezer, ^"^^ yon-
athafi *^^ yonathan, ^^ Edward, ^ Edward^ ,) born in New York
city 7 Feb., 1827; married, in 1850, Miss C. A. Hathaway. He
lives in the city, and there pursues his business of shipjoiner.
They have no children.
The following sketch is abridged from "The Good Templar
Gem" of August, 1880, and is there accompanied by a likeness:
His parents sent him when very young to the old public school,
No. 12 Madison Street, then under the charge of Mr. Stout,
now president of the Shoe and Leather Dealers' Bank. On the
death of his mother, when he was eight years old, he went to live
with his grandparents in Greenwich, Conn., and attended school
there for several years. When twelve he became interested in
the Washingtonian temperance movement of that day, and with
other lads signed the pledge ; and from that time to the present
has never tasted a drop of any kind of spirituous, fermented, or
other intoxicating liquors.
yonathan of Greenwich. 341
At fifteen he returned to New York, and for nearly two years
was in the press-room of Harper & Brothers,
He began to learn his trade, that of shipjoiner, when seven-
teen, and has labored at it until the present time, except during
the interval from 1870 to 73, when his services were given to
the work of the State Workingmen's Assembly, of which he
was repeatedly secretary, treasurer, and president. In 1863 he
took a most prominent part in the organization of the Ship-
joiners Union, and while the national Union existed was its chief
executive officer, as he is now of the State Union. He is also
Secretary of a Masonic Lodge and member of the Exempt Fire-
men's Benevolent Association, as well as interested in educational
matters.
Before he was twenty-one he joined the Independent Order of
Rechabites, and considers his membership in the order one of
the brightest epochs in his life, confirming in him his temperance
principles. Subsequently he joined the Independent Order of
Good Templars, also a temperance organization, and in some
official position both his time and pen have ever since been
devoted to its interests. He is held in high estimation by the
order in New York and neighboring cities. When the Grand
Lodge met in New York in 1874 he was treasurer of the fund
provided for its reception, and after all bills were paid, he found
there would be a small balance left. This balance, when divided
among the lodges that contributed to the fund, left him one
penny, which the county lodge by resolution ordered to be en-
circled by a gold band, properly inscribed, and presented to him.
It has been dubbed and is known to this day as Jessiip's Honest
Penny.
786. Edward Peter Jessup {Samuel^'^^ Peter,^^^ Jonathan,^^^
yonathan,'^'^ Ediuard,'^ Edward'^), born in Greenwich, Conn.,
II May, 1827; married Antoinette, daughter of Robert Ouintard
of Stamford, She was born 27 Nov,, 1828, and married .14 Jan.,
1849. They live at Riverside (Greenwich), and have had seven
children : —
342 yes sup Genealogy.
902. Mary, b. 28 Oct., 1850.
903. Daniel G., b. 2 May, 1856.
904. Sarah E., b. i Oct., 1853 ; d. 10 July, i860.
905. Antoinette b. 5 April, 1863 ; d. 22 Dec, 1864.
906. Stephen W., b. 21 May, 1865.
907. Charles E., b. 28 Oct., 1867.
908. Antoinette M., b. 21 Nov., 1870.
787. Stephen Waring Jessup {Samuel,^'^^ Peter^^^ yoita-
than,'^^^ y^onathan,^^ Edward,^ Edward^), horn in Greenwich
Conn,, 12 Jan., 1830, married, 13 Feb., 1850, Ann Castle Barnum,
b. in Norwalk, Conn., 6 Nov., 1832, and daughter of Ira and
Hannah (Weed) Barnum, He is in the clothing business in
New York city (Jessup & Co., Broadway), and resides at New
Brighton, Staten Island.
"He came to New York about 1842, and was employed by
Brooks Bros., clothing-merchants (Catharine St.) ; afterwards
as a clerk with Devlin & Co., clothing-merchants (John and Nassau
Sts.) ; then for about twenty years a partner in the same firm,
and since that time in that of Jessup & Co."
Two children : —
909. Charles Barnum, b. 21 Oct., 1850, in New York city; A,B.,
of the '' College of the City of New York," class of 1870;
LL.B., of "New York University," class of 1872 (the degree
being at that time equivalent to admission to the bar); m,,
25 Oct., 1872, Annie Lowden of Brooklyn, b. 27 Feb.,
1854. One child, Lowden, b. in New York city, 3 Oct.,
1873.
910. Josephine, b. 7 Oct., 1854, in New York city.
796. Samuel Jorum Jessup {Samuelp^'^ Jorum^^^ Samuel,^^^
Jonathan}-'^ Edward,^ Edivard'^), born in Stamford, Conn.,
20 Jan., 1831; married in New York city, 6 Jan., 1857, Mary
Jeannette, daughter of the Rev. Timothy Minor. (Her twin
brother married Sarah Jane, her husband's sister, the follow-
ing June.) He was a shipwright, and in 1853, soon after he
Jonathan of Greejtwich. 343
had learned his trade, removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and upon
his marriage settled there. On the death of his father, in
i860, he came to New York with his family, living on Staten
Island nearly four years, when he returned to Cleveland, Ohio
(1863). The last fifteen years of his life were spent in East
Rockport, Cuyahoga Co., where he died 6 Jan., 1870. "He was
a generous, frank, and earnest Christian man." His- widow now
(1884) lives with her son Edward, in Cleveland. The entire
family are communicants in the Episcopal Church. Four chil-
dren,— the first three born in Cleveland; the youngest son, in
East Rockport: —
911. Charles Henry, b. 21 April, 1858 ;m., 21 April, 1881, Georgia
A. Bower, and lives at East Rockport. Has two children :
Joseph Edward, b. 26 May, 1882, and Elna May, b. 4 Jan.,
1884. He is a practical mechanic.
912. Edward Burton, b. 11 Dec, 1859; m., 12 Sept., 1883, Mary
Jane Elliott, and lives in Cleveland. He is an engineer.
913. Samuel Jesse, b. 19 July, 1863; now (1883) in Indiana,
but expects soon to engage in the mining business in Ari-
zona.
914. Stephen Cuyler, b. 7 Oct., 1867; now at home, pursuing his
education as a draughtsman.
830. William Henry Jessup (William,^^^ Abraham,^^^ Sil-
vanus,^^^ yonathan}-'^ Edward,^ Edward'^'), born in Colchester,
N. Y., 3 Jan., 1844; married Ann Augusta Franklin, 30 May^
1863, born 16 Dec, 1843. They live in Arnot, Tioga Co., Penn.
Seven children : —
915. Ada E., b. 26 Feb., 1867.
916. Judson E., b. 14 Feb., 1870.
917. Archie G., b. 3 Sept., 1872 ; d. 27 Sept., 1873.
918. Leonard E., b. 3 Nov., 1876.
919. HArriE E., b. 21 Oct., 1878; d. 17 Sept., 1879.
920. Dora B., b. 16 July, 1880.
921. William Henry, b. 13 Aug., 1882.
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832. John Colgate Jessup (Benjamm T.,^^'^ Abraha7n,^^'^ Sil-
vamis,^^^ yonathan, ^ Edward,'^ Edward'^^, born in Williams-
burg, L. I. (now Brooklyn, E. D.), 17 Sept., 1844; married
Caroline, daughter of Elon Huntington, of Rochester, N. Y., Oct.,
1874. " He went to sea, after sophomore year in the New York
University, on the ship ' Jack Frost,' which was lost with all on
board off the New Zealand coast. He himself, however, had
been driven by cruelty to desert while off the coast of India, and
after wandering in the jungle till nearly famished, was rescued by
natives and handed over to the missionaries, who speedily con-
verted him, baptizing him in the Irrawaddy River. After a year's
life as mate of a coaster between Calcutta and Bombay, he re-
turned home, went into his father's office, and in 1879 started out
in business for himself." He lives in Dighton, Mass., where his
"Color Works" are located. The firm name is "J. C. Jessup &
Co., Makers of Pulp and Dry Colors," and they have an office in
New York city.
Two children : —
922. Henrietta, b. Nov., 1874.
923. John Colgate, b. March, 1876.
834. Robert Johnson Jessup {Benjamin T".,^^^ Abraham,^^^
Silvanus,^^^ yonathan,^^ Edward,^ Edward"^), born in New
York city, 17 Feb., 1852; married Clara B., daughter of Sheldon
Webster, of Springfield, Mass., 11 May, 1878, born 25 Nov., 1850.
He graduated in 1868, from Grammar School No. 35, New York,
then one of the finest public schools in America; was for
a time in Rochester University, and finally graduated at Yale
College in the class of '76. Prevented from studying theology
at once, as he had intended, he found employment for three and
a half years on the " Springfield (Mass.) Republican," and after-
ward (1880) in the color-works of his brother at Dighton. Re-
turning to journalism in 1885, he became connected with the
"Denver Tribune," removing in 1886 to Salt Lake City, where
he is on the editorial staff of the " Daily Tribune."
yonathan of Greenwich. 345
Four children : —
924. Emily Catharine, b. 4 Sept., 1879.
925. Douglas Webster, b. 25 Dec, 1881.
926. Florence Benedict, b. 27 Sept., 1883.
927. A son, b. in Salt Lake City, Utah, 5 Nov., 1886.
835. Benjamin Augustus Jessup {Benjamin T.,^^'^ Abraham, ^^^
Silvamis,^^^ yojiathan,^^ Edward,'^ Edward'^), horn in New York
city, 18 Nov., 1854; married, 2 Dec, 1880, Mary Nesmith, of
Brooklyn, born 20 March, 1856. He is in the employ of a New
York paint house.
One child: —
928. Royal Nesmith, b. 9 Nov., 1881.
767. Ann Augusta Jessup {Isaac Knapp,^'^^ Gerskoin,^^^ J^ona-
tkan,^^^ y onatha7t,^'^ Edward,^ Edward"^), born in New York
city, 7 Nov., 1828 ; married, ist, Charles W. Morgan, of New York,
3 Nov., 1848. He was a son of Charles Morgan, the founder and
principal proprietor of the celebrated Morgan Iron Works, the
Morgan line of steamers, etc. He died 17 Nov., 1863, aged 38,
having been born 30 Sept, 1825." They had two children: —
929. Chapman Harris Morgan, b. 20 Jan., 185 1; d. 17 March,
1 86 1, in New York.
930. Richard Jessup Morgan, b. 23 Dec, 1852; m., June, 1879,
Jennie J. Rice, and had three children : i . Jennie Morgan,
b. July, 1880; 2. Mary Madeli?ie Morgan^ b. Oct., 188 1 ;
3. Charles Morgan, b. Dec, 1882. "After finishing his school
education, Mr. Morgan spent several years in New Orleans in
connection with the business of the Morgan steamship lines ;
and upon the establishment of the New York line in 1875, in
connection with Stephen G. Bogert, took the management in
New York under the firm name of Bogert & Morgan, who
continued as such managers up to their resignation of the
position on the 31st of March, 1884." Mr. Morgan died in
June, 1884.
" See Morgan Genealogy.
346 yessup Genealogy.
Mrs. Ann Augusta (Jessup) Morgan married, 2d, in 1878, John
H. Linsly, of New York city, where she now resides. Mr. Linsly
is the son of Jared Linsly, M.D.
769. Isaac Jessup {Isaac K.,^^^ Gershom,^^ yonathan,'^^^
y 07iathan,^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in New York city, 10
Oct., 1832; went to Cahfornia in the early settlement of the
State, and remained there. He now resides at San Rafael. He
married, 25 Nov., 1874, Emma Frances Evans, born in New
Bedford, Mass., 18 March, 1854. They have three children: —
931. Gracie Frances, b. 31 Aug., 1875.
932. Richard Morgan, b. 9 March, 1877
933. Isaac Evans, b. 4 March, 1878.
770. Caroline Ophelia Jessup {Isaac K.,^^^ Gershom,^^"^ yona-
thaii,^^^ y onathan^'^'^ Edward,^ Edward'^), born in New York
city, 15 Oct., 1834; married Stephen G. Bogert, of New York,
26 Sept., 1855. From 1875, until its dissolution in 1884, Mr.
Bogert was a member of the firm of Bogert & Morgan, New
York managers of Morgan's La. & Texas Railroad & Steamship
Co. He is still in business in New York, but resides in Brooklyn.
Five children : —
934. Frank Jessup Bogert, b. Oct., 1857; d. 31 May, 1862.
935. Isabel Bogert.
936. Anna Bogert.
937. Mary Frances Bogert.
938. Caroline Augusta, b-. 13 Jan., 1866 ; d. 28 March, 1867.
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
OTHER JESSUP FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
IF any connection exists between the families whose records
are given below and that of Edward Jessup, it must be re-
ferred to the land of their common origin, and date back two
centuries or more. It is noticeable that all of the name appear to
have sprung from the north of England or the adjacent parts of
Scotland.
I. JOHN JESSUP, OF SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y.
The earliest references to John Jessup in American records have already
been cited in the Introduction (pp. 31-32), and a somewhat extended
pedigree of this family may be found in " Howell's Southampton," second
edition, 1887, which, by permission of the author, is here inserted nearly
entire. Additional notes have been added, furnished by various members
of the family, taken from Family Bibles, Probate Records, etc. In a few
instances the liberty has been taken to substitute the names and dates
given in the latter records for those recorded by Mr. Howell.
To the above is added an account of two families whose place in the
pedigree is not certainly known.
I. John Jessup, of Southampton (1649), the emigrant ancestor, had
four children : —
+ 2. John, the only son who left heirs.
+ 3. Thomas, m. Mary Williams, 23 Nov., 1683, and died 12 Sept., 1684,
an infant son dying the same year.
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4. Hannah, m. Joseph Hildreth, 11 September, 1678.
5. Mary.
2. John Jessup, of Old Town {JoJiJi'^), married 16 June, 1669, and
had eight children. His will is dated 19 December, 1710, and reads:
" I give my eldest son Isaac my homestead at Old Town on which he now
dwelleth, and forty acres of the north part of my Old Town close, and my
lot at Gin and all my upland and meadow at Quaguanantuck. I give my
second son Henry my now dwelling-house and lot, and two acres of upper
lot, and all my upland and meadow at Farington's Neck and Noyack, with
the orchard, and all the upland and meadow in the plains. I give my
youngest son Thomas my land at Sagg and Hog Neck, and meadow of
North Sea and Seaponack, and at Accabog and Ketchabonack. I give my
grandson Jeremiah all my land in Elizabethtown in New Jersey, and to
my granddaughter Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah Jessup, deceased, ten
shillings." He mentions his daughters Mary and Hannah, and his wife
Elizabeth. Isaac and Henry are the best known of his sons, and left a
numerous progeny.
Children : —
6. Elizabeth, b. 13 April, 1670.
7. John, b. 27 September, 1671 ; had no children.
+8. Isaac, b. 12 October, 1673.
9. Jeremiah, b. 4 March, 1678 ; had son Jeremiah and dau. EHzabeth,
both mentioned in their grandfather's will. [Did the grandson live
in New Jersey i^]
+ 10. Henry, b. 12 March, 1681.
11. Mary, b. 2 March, 1683.
12. Hannah, b. 2 January, 1685.
13. Thomas, "youngest son," mentioned in his father's will.
8. Isaac Jessup {John,^ Johi'^), married Abigail , and died
1753 or 1754. His children were : —
+ 14. John, b. 25 October, 1698.
15. Nathaniel.
+ 16. Abigail.
+ 17. Lewis, died 1759, ^i^d had three children: Silas j Ruth, wife of
Zachariah Rogers ; and Abigail.
+ 18. Stephen.
Appendix. 35 1
10. Henry Jessup (^John^ yohn i), married Bethia , and died
in 1736. His will, dated 1735, mentions his wife, his son Thomas, and
daughter Bethia Post. The son inherits his houses and lands. Two
children : —
19. Bethia, wife of Joseph Post.
+20. Thomas, b. 28 February, 1721.
14. John Jessup {Isaac,^ John^ John i), married Phebe , born
2 August, 1699, and had eight children : —
21. Sarah, b. 6 January, 1726.
22. Abigail, b. 26 February, 1 727.
23. John, b. 23 February, 1 730, died in infancy.
24. Isaac, b. 26 April, 1732.
+25. John, 2d, b. 20 April, 1734.
26. Nathan, b. 30 September, 1736.
27. Hannah, b. 3 December, 1739.
28. Stephen, b. 12 April, 1743.
20. Thomas Jessup {Henry^^ jfohn^ Johtt i), known as "Deacon
Thomas," died 20 May, 1809; married, ist, Mehetabel (b. 1719,
d. 30 June, 1768); 2d, in 1770, Sibyl (b. 1714, d. 5 June, 1804).
His will was dated 1 7 Jan. 1 768, and reads : " I give my son Henry
my house at Quogue and land there, and all my land and meadow west of
Tiana, except one-half of fifty acres in Quogue purchase. I give my son
Thomas my house and home lot in Southampton and other land, and
my close at Old Town. To my son Jeremiah ten acres at Old Town."
He mentions his daughter Mehetabel Howell and his children Bethia,
Zebulon, Ebenezer, Daniel, and Samuel.
Nine children, all by the first marriage : —
+29. Henry, b. 25 June, 1743.
30. Thomas, b. 21 March, 1745, d. 1824, and had two children: Har-
vey, bap. 1787, and Bethia, the wife of Oliver White.
31. Mehetabel, b. 18 May, 1747 ; m. a Howell from Quogue, and lived
in Florida, Orange Co. Three children : two sons and a daughter.
32. Jeremiah, b. 14 Aug., 1749, d. 181 6; settled in Orange County, and
had three daughters.
33. Bethia, b. 12 September, 1751.
+34. Zebulon, b. 15 September, 1755.
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35. Ebenezer, b. March 28, 1759, ^- 26 Oct., 1838; unmarried.
36. Daniel, b. 27 July, 1761 ; went to Orange County ; had six sons and
one daughter. The only surviving son is Silas H., of New York
city, now (1887) seventy-five years old, who has children and grand-
children.
+ 37. Samuel, b. 4 September, 1763, and settled in Orange County.
25. John Jessup {jfoJui^^ Isaac,^ John^ jl^ohn'^), married Mary
Halsey, and had nine children : —
+38. Isaac, b. 11 March, 1757, in Southampton.
+39. Matthew, b. 25 February, 1759.
40. Mary, b. 2 April, 1761.
41. Martha, b. 21 November, 1763.
42. Phebe, b. 16 August, 1765.
43. Charity, b. 22 March, 1768.
44. Hannah, b. 17 February, 1771.
45. Dency (Prudence), b. 21 October, 1774.
46. Sylvanus, b. 14 Feb., 1779; went to Pennsylvania ; had no sons.
29. Henry Jessup {Thomas^^ Henry^^ Johi^ ^ohn'^), lived in
Quogue and died in 1824. He married Jane, daughter of Hugh Ray-
.nor, and had nine children, two of whom died in infaiicy. Two others
lived and died on Long Island, while the remainder emigrated to other
parts of the State : —
47. Mehetabel, b. 23 July, 1770.
48. Sarah, b. 22 December, 1772.
49. Lewis, b. 22 Nov., 1774; removed from Westhampton to Palmyra,
Wayne Co., when that region was first settled.
50. Henry, b. 11 Aug., 1776; went also to Palmyra, and with him two of
his sisters and their families. His son George G. still lives there.
A second son was named Albert, now dead, whose son Josiah T.
lives at Grand Rapids, Mich.
51. Silas, b. 10 March, 1779, and d. 1841 ; m. Susan Raynor, and had
three children: {i) Egbert, b. 16 June, 1818, m. Nancy W.
and has children, Susan M., Fannie, and Silas E. ; (2) William, b.
21 Nov., 1819, d. 1852; (3) Mary, b, 2 Feb., 1821.
52. Apollos, b. 13 Sept., 1782; m., in 181 2, Elizabeth Stuart, of Orange
County, where he settled, and died 13 Sept., 1824. He was a
house-builder and farmer. His six children were: (i) Edwin, b. 25
Nov., 1813 ; (2) Asa Stuart, b. 2 June, 1815 ; (3) Mary Jane (Mrs.
Appendix. 353
William C. Carpenter), b. 4 Feb., 181 7; (4) Clarissa {Mrs. James
L. Mills), b. 28 May, 1819 ; (5) Lewis, b. 30 May, 1821, a clergyman
since 1851, and recently pastor of the Presbyterian church at Riga;
(6) Henry, b. 21 July, 1823. The children and grandchildren of the
above still live in Orange County.
53. Ruth, b. 30 July, 1786.
54. Ebenezer, b. 16 September, 1789.
34. Zebulon Jessup {Thomas, ^^ Henry ^^ John,^ John'^), died
8 June, 1822. He married,, 6 Dec, 1780, Zerviah Huntting, born 5 Jan.,
1757, died 25 May, 1835. Eight children : —
S$. Samuel Huntting, b. 31 Dec, 1781; d. 10 Dec, 1822, and has a
son Zebulon, b. 181 7, and several grandchildren living in Suffolk
County.
56. Abigail, b. 23 March, 1785; m. Josiah Foster, 7 Aug., 1805.
57. Mary, b. 11 April, 1787; m. Austin Howell, 4 Jan., 1810, and died
25 Dec, 1819.
58. Harriet, b. 11 Feb., 1790, the wife of Capt. George Post; died 27
April, 1830.
59. Fanny, b. 17 Feb., 1792; m. Sylvanus S. Mulford, May, 1818.
Elisha Mulford, LL.D., is their son.
60. Nancy, b. 31 October, 1793, d. 1796.
+61. William, b. 21 June, 1797.
62. Sylvester, b. 4 April, 1800.
37. Samuel Jessup {Thofnas^^ Hetiry}^ yoJin,'^ yohn'^), lived at
Florida, in Orange County, and died there 27 Oct., 1827. He married,
7 Sept., 1786, Rebecca Armstrong, bom 5 Sept., 1765, died 25 Dec,
1842. Six children : —
63. Jane (Mrs. Isaac Jennings of Montgomery), b. 10 January, 1787,
d. I April, 1824,
64. William, b. 6 July, 1790, d. 4 February, 1795.
65. Amzi Armstrong, b. 12 Nov., 1791, d. 18 Aug., 1871. He has a
son Samuel, of Florida, and grandchildren.
+66. Daniel, b. i July, 1795.
67. Mary (Mrs. William V. Dusinberry), b. 19 Dec, 1798, d. 11 April,
1854.
68. Thomas, b. 23 Jan., 1810. He lives in Newburgh ; m., ist,
Gertrude B. Dego ; 2d, Leah C. Dego ; 3d, Sarah E. Crane.
No children.
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354 yessup Genealogy.
38. Isaac Jessup {yohn,^^ jfohfi,'^^ Isaac, 8 yohn, 2 yohn i), mar-
ried Mary Albertson, b. 27 Sept., 1757; removed from Southampton to
Goshen, Orange County. Their five children were : Abigail, Charity,
Illa, John, and Williaai. John, the eldest son, b. 14 May, 1794; m.
Hannah Budd (b. 1795, d. 1852); settled in Wayne County, Penn., and
had daughters : jfea?inefte, b. 181 9 ; and Maf-y, b. 1817, who m. Gabriel
Howell of South Canaan, Penn., whose children are : Edward D. Howell,
b. 1838; John Jessup Howell, b. 1841 ; Gabriel Howell, Jr., b. 1845;
and Jessie Fremont Howell, b. 1852.
39. Matthew Jessup {Johi^^ John}-^ Isaac,^ Jolm,^ JoJin^^,
married, ist, Keturah , and had Martha, b. 28 Feb., 1786 ; Cynthia,
b. 17 April, 1788, d. 24 Nov., 1874. He married, 2d, Mercy Schellinger,
and had a son, John Schellinger, b. 7 Dec, 1797, d. 24 Feb., 1878, an
elder in the Presbyterian church in Southold ; m. Margaret, daughter of
Nathan Cooper, whose seven children were : Franklin C, of Westhampton,
b. 1823 ; Isaac M.^ of Brooklyn, b. 1827 ; Sarah M., b. 1830 ; IVathan C,
of Westhampton, b. 1833 ; Mercator, of Dardanelle, Ark., b. 1836 ; yohn
E., b. 1839, d. 1840; yohn H., b. 1842, who fell in battle in 1864.
Franklin C. and Mercator have families.
Matthew ^9, married, 3d, Eunice Herrick, and had Henry H. of
Middletown, N. Y., b. 1808; Ann, b. 1810; Hannah, b. 181 2, d. about
i860; Edward, b. 18 14, d. 1874; Jane, b. 1816; Fanny, d. young
about 1 8 18.
61. William Jessup {Zebidon,^^ Thomas^^ Henry}^^ yohn,^
yohn 1), removed to Montrose, Penn., in 1818, and died there 11 Sept.,
1868. He graduated at Yale College in 1815 ; admitted to the bar in
1820; was strongly interested in the missionary and temperance causes
and in popular education, and for many years prominent in the councils
of the Presbyterian church. From 1838 to 1851 he was presiding judge of
the eleventh judicial district of Penns)dvania. Four of his five sons, as
well as a grandson, have received degrees from Yale College ; one, Judge
William Huntting Jessup (Yale, 1849), now lives at Montrose, and two
others, the Rev. Henry Harris Jessup, D.D. (Yale, 1851) and the Rev.
Samuel Jessup (honorary A.M., Yale, 1863), have long been connected
with American Missions in Syria. The remaining two sons are George
A. Jessup of Scranton (banker), and Huntting C. Jessup (Yale, 1864).
There were also five daughters.
Appendix. 355
66. Daniel Jessup {Smnuel^'^ Thomas^^ Hem'y}-^ yohn^ John i),
died in Florida, N. Y., 3 July, 1876. He married, ist, Sarah Seelyj 2d,
Martha Seely ; 3d, Fanny Pierson.
Children of first wife, five: i. Anna, b. 9 April, 1821. 2. Albert,
b. II Oct., 1822. 3. Jane, b. 27 Dec, 1824, and m. Asa Howell, of
Florida. 4. William A., of Oswego, 111., b. 23 Nov., 1826, who m. Mary
J. Van Duzer, and has children : John V., Sarah S., Theodore (Williams
College, 1883), Margaret, and Clara. 5. Sarah S., b. 16 Dec, 1828 ;
m. John French, of Knoxville, Tenn.
Children of 2d wife, seven : 6. Henry S., of Yorkville, 111., b. 6 Feb.,
1 83 1, and has children: Samuel, Martha, and Louisa. 7. Samuel (a
Presbyterian clergyman), of Oneida, N. Y., b. 23 May, 1833, who has a son
George P. 8. Francis A., of Buckingham, III, b. 24 Jan., 1835, whose
children are : Albert, Jane, Frederick, and others. 9. Selah S., of Kendall,
111., b. 8 Sept., 1837, and has a daughter Eliza. 10. Thomas, b. 27
Dec, 1839. 1 1. Theodore F., a Presbyterian clergyman of Kendall, 111., b.
10 Oct., 1 84 1, and has daughters, Jeannette, and Belle. 12. George,
b. 21 March, 1845.
A branch of this family early removed from Long Island to Richmond,
Mass. As to the ancestry of this branch, Mr. Alexander C. Jessup, of
Philadelphia, says : "My grandfather's name was Nathan or Nathaniel,
and he married Hannah Tarbell, as I think also of Easthampton, N. Y.,
and removed to Richmond some few years prior to A.D. 1800. They had,
so far as I know, six children : Caleb, Jared, Edward, Tarbell, Lucy,
and Nancy. Edward Jessup married Zeruiah Collins, daughter of Gen'.
Augustus Collins, of North Guilford, Conn. They had four sons :
Augustus Edward, Albert, Charles Augustus, and Alexander Collins ; also
one daughter, Mary, all of whom (five) were born in Richmond, Mass.
Edward, my father, removed from there to Westfield, about 181 2, making
a home in which some of the family have been living since that time."
Should any one of this family be sufficiently interested to identify the
" Nathan or Nathaniel," mentioned above, the complete line of descent
from the common ancestor, John^ would be known. There was a
Nathan26^ son of John^*, who was born in 1736, but no record beyond
that of his name can here be given.
Of the sons of Edward Jessup, of Westfield, Augustus Edward went to
Philadelphia, where he was not only a prosperous business man, but also
356 yessup Genealogy,
interested in science. He accompanied the famous expedition sent out
by the United States Government in 1819, under the command of Col.
Stephen H. Long, for the exploration of the Rocky Mountains. He was
an early member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and his
portrait may now be seen at the Academy. He was born in 1789, and has
now been dead many years. The late Alfred Dupont Jessup, of Phila-
delphia, was his son. Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore {n^e Clara Jessup) a
sister of Mr. A. D. Jessup, still resides in the Quaker city, and is well known
in both literature and in society. This family is very wealthy.
Charles Augustus Jessup, the brother of Augustus Edward, was a
prominent manufacturer in Westfield, Mass. Of his sons, the Rev.
Edward Jessup (Yale, 1847, ^^d a classmate of the writer), was a clergy-
man of the Episcopal church and rector of a parish in Brooklyn,, N. Y.
He died in 1872 and left a family. Another son is rector of a parish in
North Branford, Conn., and there are several other children. Mrs. Eliza-
beth L. Jessup, the widow of Charles A., died in Westfield, in 1882, aged
seventy-six. She was the founder of the Massachusetts Ministerial Aid
Association, and the originator of the idea of placing seamen's libraries on
board ships. Mr. Jessup was a deacon in the First Congregational Church,
and both were large contributors to works of charity.
Alexander Collins Jessup, bom in 1809, and now (1886) the only
brother that survives, resides in Philadelphia.
An effort recently made to trace the Jessup ancestry of those talented
authors, the Misses Alice and Phebe Cary, has brought to light what is
probably another branch of the Long Island stock. Their maternal grand-
mother was Elizabeth Jessup, the daughter of Stephen Jessup, whose
father, John, the son of Stephen, was an early emigrant from Cumberland
County, New Jersey, to Hamilton County, Ohio. Johnson's " History
of Salem, Cumberland Co., N. J.," mentions that a " Stephen Jessup "
was in 1735 a contributor to the erection of a Presbyterian church in
Cohansey, seven miles north of Bridgeton. May not this have been
Stephen,i8 the son of Isaac.s of Southampton, great grandson of the first
John Jessup, and father of John the emigrant from New Jersey men-
tioned above?
A letter of inquiry addressed in 1883 to General Samuel F. Cary of Cin-
cinnati, the distinguished politician as well as genealogist, drew from him
Appendix. 357
a large amount of historical information respecting this last mentioned
family, never before published. He writes : —
"There were three families of Jessups that were early pioneers in this
county. I knew them all intimately. My father was the first settler on this
section where I now live, and there were three brothers of your name who
settled on the adjoining section, — our nearest neighbors.
"Stephen Jessup, the eldest of the three brothers, died here about fifty
years ago. I attended his funeral; he must have been born as early as
1770. These brothers (Stephen, Daniel, and David) came from Cumberland
County, New Jersey, and their family record is as follows : —
1. Stephen Jessup had three sons and as many as three daughters, namely:
Israel, James, and Firman; Elizabeth, Lydia, and Rachel. Israel
and James married and removed to northern Indiana, and both died there
years ago. Firman, the youngest of the family, was born, I remember well,
in 1824, — the son of a third marriage, — is a wealthy man, and lives in
St. Louis, Mo. Ehzabeth, the eldest daughter, born 13 Nov., 1796, married
Robert Cary, 13 Jan., 1814, and died 30 July, 1835. She was the mother of
nine children, — seven daughters and two sons; Alice and Phebe, the talented
poetesses (my cousins) were her daughters. The seven very talented sisters
are all dead. The two sons, Asa Cary and Warren Cary, reside in this
neighborhood.
2. Daniel Jessup, the brother of Stephen, sold his farm and removed to
La Porte, Ind., about fifty j»ears ago. I can give no record of his descendants.
3. David Jessup, the youngest of the three brothers, died here upon his
farm about seven or eight years ago, at the age of eighty. He married a
Miss Smith in 1814, my father as Justice of the Peace performing the cere-
mony. This David Jessup had several children. Freeman, his eldest son,
lives at Pleasant Run in this county, and has children and grandchildren.
Andrew, another son, unmarried, lives in this neighborhood with a maiden
sister. This son says that his great grandfather was Stephen Jessup, a
native of Long Island, N. Y., who moved thence to New Jersey. This
Stephen had two sons, John and Isaac, who, with their families removed from
New Jersey to Hamikon Co., Ohio, near the opening of the present century.
He adds that John was his grandfather, and the father of Stephen, Daniel,
and David, whose family records have already been given. There was also
a fourth son, — the second in age, — John, Jr., who went to Indiana before
my remembrance. My mother, now (1883) ninety-two years of age, knew
them all. The family record of Isaac (the uncle of Stephen, etc.,) is as
follows : —
" Isaac Jessup, the second son of Stephen of New Jersey, came to Hamil-
ton Co., Ohio, in iSoi. His family were : i. Abigail, who married a Mr. Hill,
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and died in Switzerland County, Ind., aged eighty-eight ; 2. Hannah, who
married a Mr. Carpenter, and died in Ind. also at an advanced age ; 3. Daniel,
born in 1780, and died here in 1S66, aged 86 years ; 4. Isaac ; 5. Walter ; 6.
Lydia, — the last three leaving large families in Switzerland and Ohio coun-
ties, Indiana. The Daniel (3) who died aged eighty-six, was known as ' Indian
Daniel' to distinguish him from the other Daniel, his cousin. He spent several
years among the Indians, and could speak Pottawattamie as well as English to
the day of his death. I was with him in his last illness and attended his funeral.
His widow is still living (1883), aged ninety-one. Isaac, his father, is buried
in the graveyard about a mile from my home where I am writing. This
Daniel had fourteen children, namely : Johti^ Isaac, George Washington (who
lives here), Eliza, Noah, James, Oliver, Stephett, Merilla, Parmelia, Nancy,
Amanda, Andrew Jackson, and Hester. The youngest son, Andrew Jack-
son Jessup, is a lawyer in Cincinnati."
The living descendants of John Jessup of Southampton may now be
found in nearly all parts of the country, in the State of New York (about
New York city especially), in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, etc., nearly every profession and form of business having its
representatives.
II. THOMAS JESSOP OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Another large family of the name, the history of which is well
worth studying, is that of Thomas Jessop," who about 1722
landed at Newbern, North Carolina, from Leeds, in Yorkshire,
England. The family records show that the emigrant party con-
sisted of Thomas Jessop, his wife, and a son of the same name,
Thomas, Jr., then seven years of age, and who, so far as appears,
was the only child. His descendants are now numerous in the
Southern, Central, and Pacific States.
°- Information as to the descendants of now living in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rich-
Thomas of North Carolina has been fur- mond, Ind., and Salem, Oregon,
nished by Alfred Jessop, of Macon, Ga. ; Further facts have been gleaned from
Miss S. M. Chalfant, of York, Penn., a Young's " History of Wayne County,
cousin of the preceding ; Jacob H. Jessup, Ind./' but it has been found impracticable
of Indianapolis, Ind. ; Wm. A Jessup, of to pursue the subject further, and the rec-
Wayland, Iowa, and others of the family ord it is to be hoped will be completed
by some future historian.
Appendix. 359
1. Thomas Jessop, who with his wife and son Thomas were in New-
bern, N. C, in 1722, settled in Perquimons County, in the northeastern
part of the State.
2. Thomas Jessop, apparently an only child of Thomas, ^ was seven
years old in 1722. After the death of his first wife he married again, and
removed to Orange County, in the interior, and settled at Cain Creek, where
his second wife soon died. He now sought a third home at New Garden
in Guilford County, and settled his children (seven of them) on farms in
that and a neighboring county. He then married, for his third wife, Ann
Matthews, afterwards an eminent preacher in the Society of Friends, or
Quakers, to which the family belonged. She was wont to make frequent
journeys to the Northern States in connection with her public ministrations,
and once went to England for the same purpose. He died on the 14th
of December, 1783, in the 6Sth year of his age. His will is dated in the
preceding month of the same year and is as follows : —
Will of Thomas Jessop.
I, Thomas Jessop, of Guilford County in North Carolina, Planter, being of
sound mind and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament
in manner and form following : —
Imprimis : My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid
and discharged in due time.
Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Ann Jessop, the use and
profits of the plantation which I now live upon (except that part of it which
I give to my son Jacob, which was run ofE by Jesse Williams), with all the
cattle and sheep that are thereon, and what cattle I have at Tom's Creek now
in possession of my son Joseph Jessop ; also all my household furniture which
remains unmentioned in this my will, and ploughing gears, and all other uten-
sils that are now on my plantation for tilling the ground, — during her widow-
hood or till my son Jonathan Jessop comes of age ; then, only one half of the
profits during her widowhood; also, I give unto her the horse Dick, one
featherbed and furniture, and the lawful interest of thirty pounds during
her life.
Item. I give unto my son Joseph Jessop my bald-eagle mare, shoemaker's
tools, beaver hat, curry knife, a pair of new boots, razor and strap, and a
piece of cloth sent for by William Wilson.
Item. I give unto my son Thomas Jessop seventy pounds specie.
Item. I give unto my sons Timothy Jessop, Caleb Jessop, and William
Jessop, and my daughter Mary Hussey, each of them five shillings.
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Item. I give unto my son Jacob Jessop that end of my land which he now
lives on to the line which was run by Jesse Williams, to him his heirs and
assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my son Jonathan Jessop all the remaining part of my
plantation and land whereon I now live, with all thereunto belonging, except
one half of the profits which I have reserved for my wife during her widow-
hood, to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Itejn. I give unto my daughter Sarah Jessop five shillings.
Itejn. I give unto my daughters Hannah and Ann Jessop each of them
one featherbed, and furniture, and at the age of eighteen years or marriage,
twenty-five pounds each.
Ite?n. I give unto my sons Timothy and William all my carpenter's and
cooper's tools.
Item. I give unto my son Jonathan Jessop my blazed-face mare, with all
the remaining part of my stock.
Item. I give unto my sons Joseph, Thomas, Timothy, Caleb, William, and
Jacob, all the remaining part of my wearing apparel, to be equally divided
amongst them.
Itetn. I give all the remaining part of my estate, of whatsoever name or
nature, unto my seven sons and one daughter, namely : Joseph, Thomas,
Timothy, Caleb, William, Jacob, and Jonathan, and my daughter Mary Hussey,
to be equally divided amongst them. And it is my will that if either of my
youngest daughters, Hannah or Ann Jessop, die without heirs, the sur-
vivor have the deceased's legacy ; and if both of them die without heirs, that
my son Jonathan have their legacies. And if my son Jonathan die in his mi-
nority or without heirs, that my son Joseph's eldest son Jacob have the land
which I have willed to my son Jonathan, and the remaining part of his legacy
to be divided amongst all my children before named, except Sarah. And if
my grandson Jacob Jessop above named should die in his minority or without
heirs, that the land herein directed be divided amongst all my children before
named, Sarah excepted.
I have made my friend William Wilson my attorney to sell my lands that
are in Chowan and Perquimons County. And it is also my will that at the
decease of my wife the household stuff then remaining be equally divided
between my two daughters, Hannah and Ann.
Lastly, I do make and constitute my beloved son Joseph Jessop and
my friend William Coffin, Jr., Joint Executors of this my last will and
testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of
the eleventh month, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-three.
Thomas Jessop.
Appendix. 361
Signed, sealed, published, and pronounced by the said Thomas Jessop as
his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence, and in
the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names : —
A true copy, per Christopher Hiatt.
Jacob Marshall. Wm. Baldwin.
Enoch Macy. Joshua Dix.
Mrs. Ann (Matthews) Jessop died at Highland, Ohio, September 26th,
1822, in her 84tli year, and is buried at Fall Creek in Friends' Burying-
Ground. Her last years were passed at the house of her daughter, Mrs.
Hannah Willis.
By the first marriage there were eight children : —
+3. Joseph, whose wife's name was Priscilla.
+4. Thomas, married Mary Bales.
4-5. Timothy, married Hannah Pratt.
4-6. William, married Mary Pratt, sister of Hannah Pratt.
•+7. Caleb, whose wife's name was Agnes.
8. Jacob, whose wife's name was Rachel.
9. Sarah, who displeased her father by marrying a British officer, and
in his will was cut off with only a few shilUngs. On the voyage to
England her husband died, and she subsequently married a Scotch-
man, and was visited by her stepmother, Ann Matthews, at Glasgow,
Scotland.
10. Mary married John Hussey, of Deep River, Guilford Co.
By the third marriage Thomas 2 Jessop had four children : —
11. John, who died in infancy.
+12. Jonathan, of York, Penn., b. 30 Oct., 1771.
13. Hannah, b. in 1773 or 1774; m. Joel Willis, of York, Penn., at
Friends' Meeting-House in that place, and removed to Guilford
Co., N. C, her early home. About 1822 they moved to Highland
Co., Ohio. She d. there September 13th, 1847. Mr. WilHs d. in
1842, aged seventy-eight. They had six children : —
I. Jonathan Willis, m. Hannah Thornburg, lived in Randolph
Co., Ind., and d. at an advanced age, leaving five children : (i)
Joel, m. Fanny Burgess and left heirs ; (2) Betsey, m. Jonathan
Johnson, a zealous member of the Society of Friends, no children ;
(3) Rachel, m. a Mr. Peacock, several children, the family Meth-
odists; (4) Ann, m. Richard Helton, of Randolph Co., Ind., and left
children ; (5) Joseph, who also married.
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2. Lydia Willis^ m. Edward Thornburg, lived in Highland Co.,
Ohio, and had five children : (i) Nancy, m. John Wright ; (2) Sam-
uel, m. and had four children, killed in i860 by his horse's running
away ; (3) Joseph, m. and lived in Poweshiek Co., Iowa, had chil-
dren; (4) Edward, Jr., lives in Highland Co., Ohio, has family;
(5) Jesse, lives in Clinton Co., Ohio, has family.
3. Ami Willis^ m. Joel Thornburg. They lived to be old, near
Charlottesville, Ind., and are buried in Friends' Burying-Ground
there. Mrs. Ann Thornburg was a noted minister in the Society
of Friends, had a peculiarly melodious voice and persuasive man-
ner. Four children : (i) Cyrus, d. when twenty years of age ; (2)
William, lived at Charlottesville, had a family ; (3) Mary Ann, d.
when sixteen ; (4) Lydia, m. Charles Lane, lives at Westfield, Ind.,
and has children.
4. William Willis, d. in Guilford Co., N. C, at the age of
twenty.
5. Achsah Willis, m. Amer Hiatt of New Garden, N. C, in
1816, and in 1824 went to Milton, Ind., where they d. at an ad-
vanced age. Six children: (i) Jane, m. James Harris, lived in
Ottumwa, Kan., and d. there in 1867, leaving six children; (2) Her-
man, m., 1838, Mary Harris, in Friends' Meeting-House at Lynn,
and lives in Crawfordsville, Ind. He studied, and for a time prac-
tised, medicine, but abandoned it for farming. They have four
children : John Milton, who m. Maggie E. Elliot, was assistant-
surgeon in the Civil War, afterwards had charge of a hospital, d. of
consumption; Louisa Jane; Martha Ann, m. James Brown, has
two children ; and Joel Willis who m. Fannie Owen Fitten, a
granddaughter of Robert Dale Owen, and is (1886) superintendent
of the Document Department of the House of Representatives at
Washington, D. C. (3) Elam, who lived in Westfield, Ind. He
m., 1st, Sarah Ham, by whom he had four children, and 2d,
Amanda Haskins, by whom he had five more. (4) Alfred H., m.
Mary Ann Bowman, and lives in Chicago, in the practice of medi-
cine. He was for several years Prof, of Anatomy and Physiology
in Wheaton College. He has ten children. (5) Jesse W., m., ist,
Elizabeth Pike ; 2d, Martha J. Meek, has two children. He is a
Wesleyan preacher. (6) Betsey W., m. Harman Complitt, lives in
Westfield, Ind., and has three daughters.
6. Jesse Willis, m. Betsey Sumner, lived in Highland Co.,
Ohio, and had four children : Mary Jane, Hannah, Abigail, and
Jesse.
Appendix. 3^3
14. Ann, b. 1778 in North Carolina; d. in York, Penn., June, 1785, and
is there buried in Friends' Burying-Ground. She was a great
favorite with her brother Jonathan.
3. Joseph Jessop (son of Thomas^), ra. PrisciUa , and early
settled on a farm in Stokes County near the headwaters of the Dan river,
and on the southern border of Virginia. He alone of his father's sons lived
and died in North CaroUna. Some of his own children went northwest to
the new territories, and some south to Georgia. The following record is
thought to be that of a son : —
15. Jacob, m. Sarah Lee, lived in Surry Co., N. C, and died there in
1818. He had nine children: i. Abner, d. in Ohio without heirs.
2. Anna; m. Joseph Chandler. (3) Edith, m. John Cook and Hved
in Surry Co. in 1862. 4. Levi, b. I793 ; m. Jemima, dau. of Allen
Unthank, in 181 8. The marriage was in the Friends' meeting-
house at New Garden, in Guilford Co. He lived in Indiana and
Iowa, had been a member of the legislatures of both these
States, and d. in the latter State in 1866. He was the first to
change the spelling of the name from Jessop to Jesstip, which has
since been commonly adopted. He had six sons : (i) William A.,
born in Guilford Co., N. C, 1821, and now Hving in Wayland,
Henry Co., Iowa, a farmer. [This record of his grandfather's
family is furnished by him.] (2) Calvin, b. in Indiana, 1823 ; d., in
Iowa, 1857. (3) Jonathan, b. 1828. (4) S. M., b. 1833 ; d. at Mem-
phis, Tenn., July, 1863, of wounds received in the Civil War.
(5) Ohver, b. Indiana, 1835. (6) S. R., b. 1838, a physician in
Salem, Oregon (1881). 5. Polly, m. T. Lockhart, of Surry Co., N. C,
and d. in Indiana. He is now (1881) 90 years old. 6. John, d. near
IndianapoHs, Ind., 185 1. 7- Sarah, m. a Mr. Cooper ; d. in Kansas,
1866. 8. Jacob, d. in Indiana, unmarried, 1830. 9. PrisciUa, m.
John Cook ; d. early, in North Carolina, leaving one child.
4. Thomas Jessop (son of Thomas^), married Mary Bales and lived
in Stokes County until his removal to Indiana, where he died at Sand
Creek, Washington County. He had eight children : —
16. Thomas, who married a WilHams.
17. Isaac, married Ann Gray, of North Carohna.
18. Nathan, married Sarah Gray, sister of the above.
19. Timothy, married and had a son, Elijah, and one daughter.
364 Jessiip Genealogy.
20. Patience, married Hur Mills, settled, and died at an advanced age,
in Tennessee.
21. Ruth, married James Parish ; died at Sand Creek, Ind.
22. Esther, married Nathan Newby; died in Wayne Co., Ind.
23. Sarah, married Sampson Gray ; died also in Wayne Co., Ind.
5. Timothy Jessop (son of Thomas^), lived in New Garden, Guil-
ford Co., N. C., where he married Hannah Pratt, whose sister Mary be-
came the wife of his brother William. Both of them inherited a very
considerable number of slaves, the ownership of which was prohibited by
the Quaker Church. The two brothers, true to their principles, manu-
mitted their slaves, much to their pecuniary loss. Timothy removed to
Indiana, and died at Fairfield, Morgan Co. He is remembered by Mr.
W. A. Jessup of Wayland, Iowa (who sends the above facts), as an old
man in 1831. He had at least three sons, who were among the earliest
settlers of the " White Lick country " southwest of IndianapoHs.
24. Samuel, who d. in Illinois, and had one son, Riley Jessop, a captain
in an Iowa company during the Civil War.
25. Pratt, who d. in Hendricks Co., Ind. A grandson of Pratt in Iowa
has a reputation as a temperance speaker. \_Elias Jessup, prob-
ably, who in 1885 polled 10,000 votes as candidate for governor on
the Prohibition ticket.]
26. Timothy, who also died in Hendricks Co., Ind.
6. William Jessop (son of Tho7nas 2), lived first in New Garden,
Guilford Co., N. C, and married Mary Pratt, as already stated. He died
in Wayne Co., Ind.," six miles from Richmond, and is buried in Dover.
His children are scattered from Michigan to Texas. He had at least six
sons and two or three daughters, and very numerous descendants.
Three of the cliildren were : —
27. Josiah, whose son David B. Jessiip was born in Guilford Co., N.C.,
and d. at Richmond, Ind., 5 Dec, 1879, aged seventy-one. David
B., Jr., a son of the latter, still lives in Richmond.
28. Sarah, who m. a Reynolds, and has her father's old family bible, is
(1881) still living.
"This part of Indiana, as shown in den" clearly designates the origin of those
Young's " History of Wayne County," who first located there. Other members
was largely settled from North Carolina, of the Jessop family are mentioned as
and by Quakers. The name " New Gar- residing in this township.
Appendix. 365
29. Isaac, of New Garden, Ind., may have been another son ; " b, in
N. C. ; removed to Ohio in 1808, to Wayne Co., Ind., in 1812,
and in 1816 to New Garden near Dover; d. 1842. He has a son
7. Caleb Jessop (son of Thomas^), like his brothers Timothy and
Wilham, settled first in Guilford Co., N. C, but afterwards sold his farm and
located near the Neuse River. His wife's name was Agnes. He emi-
grated to Green Co., Ind., where he died.
8. Jacob Jessop (son of Thojnas 2), shared the home farm with the
father in Guilford Co., N. C, a portion of which he inherited, the remainder
being left to his half-brother Jonathan, of York, Penn. Jacob also went to
what is now Indiana about 181 2, and Hved near his brother William. He
died four miles north of Richmond, in 1832, aged 92, and is buried at
Smyrna. He married Rachel Cook, and had five sons and four daughters ;
all now dead. One of these sons — the eldest — was born 25 Dec, 1777,
near the line of Virginia and North Carolina, and was the father of five
sons and two daughters, born between the years 1801 and 1809. Another
of the sons is ^acob H. Jessiip of Indianapolis, millwright, who has been
engaged in that business for nearly half a century.
12. Jonathan Jessop (son of Thomas'^) born 30 September, 1771,
was the son of Ann Matthews, and much younger than his half-brothers.
When thirteen years of age his mother took him to York, Penn. They
travelled in a covered wagon, camping out at night and keeping up a fire
to drive off wild beasts. At York he was apprenticed to the clock and
watch making business with Elisha Kirk, a cousin of his mother. Having
served out his time, he married, in 1794, Susanna, dau. of Joseph and
Mary Updegraff, and in 1798 moved into the house in which he lived
until his death, 19 August, 1857, aged 85 yrs. 10 mos. This home is now
the residence of his granddaughter, Miss S. M. Chalfatit, who has fur-
nished much of this history. He was ten years old when the battle of
Guilford Court House, North Carolina, was fought upon his father's farm,
15 March, 1781, and he well remembered how the wounded were brought
into the house and there laid upon the floor. Among Mr. Jessop 's papers
is an exact map of the battle-ground, with the location of the camping-
grounds of the two forces, the British at Salisbury, and the Americans at
" Young's History of Wayne County.
366 yessup Genealogy.
Guilford Court House, distant about eight miles from one another. The
names of the residents along this line of road are also given, and the part
of his father's farm is indicated where the most severe fighting occurred.
He recalled especially the great superiority of the American over the
British cavalry. The document is a very interesting item of local history.
This was the battle that called forth the remark from Charles James Fox
in the House of Commons, that " another such victory would ruin the
British army." Jonathan Jessop's mechanical skill has more than once
been mentioned by those who have furnished information about the family,
and there are in various parts of the country brass clocks constructed by
him that to-day measure off the hours with the same perfect regularity
they did well-nigh a century ago.
Mr. Jessop was also a civil engineer of repute, and engaged in the con-
struction of many public works. A road running into Frederick City, Md.,
part of the Baltimore Turnpike near York, Penn., and a section of the
Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio raibroad, on which is a
station called '' Jessop's," named for him nearly fifty years ago, all furnish
evidence of his skill. At this time his son Joseph took charge of his clock
and watch making establishment. For a time he was connected with the
Cordorus Navigation Company, as well as engaged in the manufacture of
cotton cloth, having a mill a mile from York. Possessing a retentive
memory and a genial, happy disposition, he was an entertaining companion
for both young and old ; and so just was he in his estimate of both persons
and things, that he was often called upon as an arbitrator to settle disputes.
In politics he was a Whig ; in religion, a consistent member of the Society
of Friends, at whose meeting-house he was a worshipper for nearly three
fourths of a century. His activity continued to the close of his life. The
day before he passed away he put in order a watch, retired as usual at
nine o'clock, at four o'clock he called his son Joseph to go to market, and
at six was found peacefully sleeping his last sleep. The " York Democrat "
of Aug. 25, 1857, in an extended notice, says : "He was esteemed by all
who knew him for his benevolence, pure-heartedness, liberahty of views
and unyielding integrity. His serenity of mind and evenness of temper
had long since passed into a proverb, and his death is regarded as a public
loss." His first wife died 23 July, 1825, aged fifty. Four or five years
afterwards he married, 2d, Mrs. Jane Haines, widow of Job Haines, of Pipe
Creek, Md., who died in 1847, leaving no children.
Appendix. 367
There were six children, all by the first marriage : —
30. Joseph Updegraff, b. 1796; d. 1859, unmarried.
31. Mary Ann, b. 9 Jan., 1799 ; m. James Chalfant of Chester Co., Penn.,
and d. 21 Sept., 1876. They had five children : i, Susan M. Chal-
fant. 2. Edward Jessop Chalfant. 3. George Chalfant, d. in in-
fancy. 4. George Jonathan Chalfant ; m. Jane Myers, and d. in
1878, leaving one child, James E. Chalfant. 5. Hannah Updegraff
Chalfant, d. in 1861, aged 18.
32. Charles, b. in 1802; died in 1804.
33. Charles, 2d, b. in 1806 ; died in 1833, unmarried.
+34. Edward, b. 24 Jan., 1810.
35. William, b. 1814; died 1815.
16. Thomas Jessop (son of Thomas'^), married a Williams and
lived in Indiana. He had three sons and four daughters : —
36. Jonathan, died leaving two children.
37. Richard, married and Hved in Clinton Co., Ohio.
38. Thomas, who settled in Southern Ilhnois.
39. Mary, married David Green ; hved in Plainfield, Ind.
40. Rebecca, married a Moore ; hved near Pendleton, Ind.
41. Prudence, died unmarried.
42. HuLDAH, died unmarried.
17. Isaac Jessop (son of Thomas'^ married Ann, daughter of James
and Elizabeth Gray of N. C, and had twelve children and lived in
Indiana : —
43. Elizabeth, m. Elisha Hampton ; live in Iowa.
44. Hannah, m. Josiah Carson ; hve in Marion Co., Ind.
45. Beulah, ra. James Comer ; died in Iowa, aged 54, leaving a daugh-
ter in that State, and two sons in California.
46. Eli (Dr. Eh) m., ist, Ann Frazier, of Ind., and, 2d, Mary Dorland,
dau. of Peter Bedell, of Coxsackie, N. Y., and lived in Oskaloosa,
Iowa. He visited his friends in York, Penn., in 1866, and after-
wards went to Westchester Co., N. Y., where his visit is stiU
remembered by the Society of Friends, of which he was a well-
known preacher. He died soon after his return home. Many of
the above facts were furnished by him at that time to his Eastern
friends.
47. Belinda, m. Robert Millhouse ; hved in Marion Co., Ind.
368 yessup Genealogy.
48. Elwood, m. Priscilla Williams and lived in Iowa.
49. John, m. Mary Ann Whitacre ; lived in Wayne Co., Ind.
50. Levi (Dr. Levi), m., ist, Lydia Haugh ; 2d, Miriam Woodward ; 3d,
Mary Roberts, and lived near Richmond, Ind.
51. Irene Ann, m., ist, David Haisby; 2d, David Kendall; lived in
Cadiz, Ind.
52. Nathan, m. Massey Sanders ; lived in Ind.
53. Ahijah, m. Mary Jane Slagle; lived in Wayne Co., Ind.
54. LuzENA, m. Samuel Starbuck ; lived in Marion Co., Ind.
18. Nathan Jessop, (son of Thomas^), married Sarah Gray, the sister
of Ann, the wife of his brother Isaac. He had six children, all of whom
have deceased : —
55. Isaac, who died in his 20th year.
56. Thomas, married Ann Haisley.
n. Asa, married Anna Thomas.
58. Phebe, married John Knight.
59. Mary, married Robert Mendenhall.
60. Amy, who died at 25, unmarried.
34. Edward Jessop, (son of Jonaf/ian'^^), of York, Penn., was a hard-
ware merchant in Baltimore, Md. His widow, Mrs. Mary H. Jessop, now
(1886) resides near York. Their children were ten : —
61. Elizabeth, m. Arthur B. Farquhar, of York.
62. Charles, m. Sallie Shaw and lives in Austen, Preston Co., West Va.
63. William, died in 1861, unmarried.
64. Jonathan, m. Annie Lockman; was for eighteen years P.M. at
York; now in the insurance business.
65. Samuel N., m. Lizzie Rowland ; in business in York.
66. Francis, d. in 1878, leaving a widow.
67. Hannah G., m. Isaac Cover ; resides at Mt. Washington near
Baltimore.
68. Alfred, m. Lizzie Benton, of Macon, Ga., and was formerly in busi-
ness there.
69. Carrie H. and
70. Jeannette M., who reside With their mother.
A large number of the descendants of Thomas Jessop of North
Carolina belong to the Society of Friends, a body of Christians of
Appendix. 369
no small influence still in North Carolina and other States through
the country,'*
III. WILLIAM JESSOP OF MARYLAND.
Still another family of the name, and which, as yet, appears to
stand disconnected from all others, originated near Baltimore,
Md., and is now represented in that city. The following record,
given nearly verbatim, has been furnished by William Jessop
Ward, Esq., a great-grandson of the emigrant ancestor. Mr.
Ward, after having been engaged in the practice of the law for
fifty-three years in Baltimore, retired in 1882 to his present
home. Five Oaks, near Owings' Mills P. O., Baltimore County,
and is now (1886) in his seventy-ninth year, with evidently
much still remaining of the energy and enthusiasm of his younger
days. Additional names and dates of births have been supplied
from the family record of William Jessop, the son of the first
WiUiam, and are furnished by his great-granddaughter, now re-
siding in Baltimore. The record begins with : —
I. William Jessop, who came probably from Manchester, England,
to Maryland, while yet a colony under the British crown. [The family
record of the son, Wm. 2d, says he came from Sheffield.] The precise
date of his emigration is unknown, but he then was a minor and came
without the privity or assent of his parents. He was a collier, and so
described himself. Soon he was engaged as manager at the Iron Works
of the Baltimore Company, this company owning extensive tracts of land
in Baltimore County.
In 1753, and by deed of 11 June, 1756, he acquired title to two parcels
of land, on which he erected a dweUing. He married Margaret Walker of
Dorchester County, Md., who survived him with their six children. His
will was dated in March, 1781, and a written opinion as to its validity pre-
pared by the celebrated lawyer Daniel Delany, and now extant, is dated
29 Oct., 1 781, indicating the year of his death. He was buried in a lot
" Wm. H. Egle, M.D., in his " History citizen and was of great assistance to
of Pennsylvania," under Lancaster Co. Wm. Penn in his intercourse with the
says: " y(7j^//^ y^jjf?/, who lived upon the Indians." It would be interesting to
Conestoga in i6S6, became a valuable know something further of this man.
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on his own land, which continues to be the family burial-place, about nine
miles southwest of Baltimore city. He is characterized by his grandson
Mr. Ward as tall, athletic, and impetuous, his features and gait both being
traceable in his sons and grandsons, all of whom (nearly) have been im-
pulsive, ardent, courageous, and industrious men.
William and Margaret Jessop, from whom nearly all of the name in the
vicinity of the city of Baltimore are descended, had six children : —
2. Elizabeth, b. 17 Sept., 1750; m., in 1770, George Teal ; d. 12 Sept.,
1814, at her then place of residence in Tennessee, leaving nine
children.
+3. William," b. 28 July, 1755.
+4. Nicholas, b. 5 July, 1757.
+5. Charles, b. 6 Nov., 1759.
6. Esther, b. 21 May, 1762; m. John Ford; d. 11 May, 1803. Their
six children were : i. Elizabeth Ford, who m. John Hush ; 2. Wil-
liam Ford J 3. Nicholas Ford; 4. Jonathan Ford; 5. Abraham
Ford; 6. Charles Ford, all of whom have descendants.
7. Abraham, b. 18 March, 1768; m., 12 Oct., 1793, Axia, daughter of
Benjamin and Mary Wells, of Baltimore city, who died 30 July,
1831. He married, 2d, Hook, by whom he had a daughter.
3. William Jessop (son of William'^), bom 1755, was, 18 April,
1772, apprenticed by his father to Josiah Pennington, millwright, for the
term of three years. On the 30th of October, 1 780, he married Anna,
daughter of Edward and Margaret Brown, of Frederick Co., who died
9 Sept., 1802, six of their nine children surviving her. He married, 2d,
13 Oct., 1805, the widow Ann Dodge, nee Stansberry.
The nine children of the first marriage were : —
8. Margaret (Peggy), b. 30 Aug., 1781 ; d. 5 Sept., 1781.
9. Arietta, b. 30 Nov., 1782; m., 25 Feb., 1806, George Ward of Balti-
more; d. 6 April, 1809. One child: IVm. Jessop Ward,^ b. 7
" To the record of the births of his *" Mr. Ward expresses himself in strong
father's children, Wm. Jessop 3 appends terms of admiration for his grandfather
the following: "All the above six chil- Wm. Jessop^: "My dear, good, noble
dren were born in Baltimore County, Md. old grandsire, to whom my mother on her
This account was given me by my father deathbed, when I was one year old, be-
and mother in the year of our Lord 1770, queathed me; who adopted, educated,
and by me transferred to this book, idolized me ; whose portrait, now hanging
verbatim." over me, is daily viewed with love and
Appendix. 371
April, 1808, who furnishes much of this record. He m., ist, his
cousin Harriet Jessop, 28 dau. of Charles Jessop his mother's
brother, by whom he had two daughters. (See record of the mother
and children given below.) Mr. Ward m., 2d, Isabella Fouchee,
daughter of Thomas and Mary Green of Washington, D. C, 8 Dec,
1853. Four children: (i) Wm. J. Ward, Jr., b. 22 Sept., 1854;
unmarried, residing in New Mexico. (2) Mary Ward, b. 3 Dec,
1855 ; living at home. (3) Charles Ward, b. 4 June, 1857 ; unmarried,
resides in New York city. (4) George Ward, b. 23 Nov., 1S58 ; un-
married, lives in Baltimore. The second Mrs. Ward d. in Balti-
more 25 Nov., 1858, and Mr. Ward m., 3d, 30 April, 1879, Anne
Catharine, only daughter of George Warner, Jr., and Caroline
McFardon his wife.
10. Anne, b. 8 Nov., 1784; m. Nathaniel Childs, 14 June, 1803, and had
sixteen children, fourteen of whom were living 12 April, 1832. She
removed with her husband and family to St. Louis, Mo., and there
died.
11. William, b. 18 Feb., 1787; d. July, 1788.
12. Mary, b. 12 April, 1789; d. 15 May, 1791.
+13. William (again), b. 21 Feb., 1791.
14. Dominic Brown, b. 30 Sept., 1793; m. Ann, daughter of Richard
and Ruth Owings, of Elk Ridge, then in Anne Arundel, now in
Howard Co., Md. She d. in 1885, leaving several children.
15. Joshua, b. 13 Oct., 1796, d. 1876; unmarried.
16. Charles, b. 14 June, 1800; m.,9 Oct., 1828, Celina, daughter of Joel
Vickets; d. at Chestertown, Kent Co., his residence, 19 April,
1 861, survived by several children.
4. Nicholas Jessop (son of William i), b. 1757, was thrice married :
I St, to Hannah Teal; 2d, Lydia Bosley; 3d, Ruth, widow of Wm. Welch,
nee Gorsuch. He died 12 Sept., 1807. Of his five children (all by the
first marriage) four survived him, as follows : —
17. Elizabeth, m. Wm. Lewis and had issue.
18. Margaret, m. Benjamin Meads; had children.
19. Delilah, m. Elisha Dimmitt; had children.
20. Edward, who never married.
veneration, and towards whom, at this which I trust that in the bright summer
distant day, nearly sixty years since his land he recognizes, and assuredly, if so,
demise, there wells up from my heart's appreciates. May we there once more be
lount a stream of gratitude and affection re-united ! "
372 yessup Genealogy.
5. Charles Jessop (son of William i), b. 1759, " a man of remark-
able personal beauty of the manly type." He married, 13 April, 1786,
Mary, daughter of David and Elizabeth Gorsuch, and died 2 April, 1828,
survived by his widow and eight children of the fifteen the issue of the
marriage. He was buried at Vauxhall, his residence, in Baltimore County.
His widow died in 1830 at the age of sixty-five.
The eight children above were : —
21. Charles, m. Jemima Buck, had a numerous issue ; d. about 1884.
22. John, m. Cole, and had two children, Charles Nicholas, and
Mary who d. before the parents.
23. William, m., ist, Cecilia Barry, by whom he had two children:
Charles Levallan, and Florence {Mrs. Sands). Both have children.
William m., 2d, Mary Johnson, had sons and daughters, and d.
about 1866.
24. Abraham, a physician of great repute in his vicinage ; m. Mary,
daughter of George and Rachel Littig ; left issue, a son Abraham.
25. Mary, m. Levi Merryman and left daughters.
26. George, m., ist, Elizabeth Ashton of Harford Co., Md., and had
issue, still surviving. He m., 2d, Ellen Ashton, sister of his former
wife, by whom he has had children. Parents and children are still
living.
+27. Joshua, b. 4 June, 1806; m. Ann C. Price.
28. Harriet, b. 23 Nov., 1808; m. Wm. Jessop Ward, of Baltimore, 8
Sept., 1831, and died Aug., 1839, leaving two daughters : i. Emma
Rosalie Ward, m., 2 Oct., 1855, Daniel Grant Emory; d. Oct.,
1858, leaving a daughter, Lilian Emory, now living. Mr. Emory d.
in April, 1886. 2. Arietta Jedavie Ward, b. 23 Jan., 1835, m., 9
May, 1854, James P. Bayly of Fauquier Co., Va., and has had ten
children, eight of whom are now living. Samuel Bayly, the eldest
son, is in Texas. Nannie, the eldest daughter, m., 1885, E. H.
Blackmore, of Fauquier Co., Va., where the remainder also reside.
13. William Jessop (son of William'^), born in 1791, in Baltimore
County, Md., married Ann Wells, 30 Oct., 181 1. Their children were
ten, the record of two being as follows : —
29. William Wells, b. 15 Aug., 1819; m. Susanna Bridner and had
one child only, Anna Wells, now (1886) residing in Baltimore.
30. Samuel Wells, b. 24 April, 1829, whose wife was named Mary. A
son, George Thomas, b. 10 May, 1S52, resides in Baltimore.
Appendix. 373
27. Joshua Jessop (son of Charles^),\iQim 4 June, 1806, died 25
Aug., 1869. He married Ann C. Price, born 25 April, 1806, and died 19
March, 1878. They had five children : —
31. Charles M., married Emma M. Booth.
32. Amanda C, married Henry Marshall.
33. Edwin, married Susan Haile.
34. Cecilia P., married Charles W. Johnson.
35. George W., married Elizabeth Haile.
The above can be but a partial account of what may be a
numerous family.
IV. WILLIAM JESSUP, OF NEW YORK AND OHIO.
Among the families of which less is known to the writer than
of those just mentioned, and which have more recently immi-
grated to this country, is one now represented by WiLLlAM jESSUP,
of Cleves, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and others, who reside in the
States of New York, Indiana, Minnesota, etc."
William Jessup the ancestor, born in 1754, was an only son, and
came from Glasgow or Inverness in Scotland to America, landing at
Boston about the year 1 768. He came with an uncle who had a large
family of sons, — nine, some say. His two sisters remained at home. He
served in the Continental Army as an engineer, employed in the construc-
tion of forts, etc. He married Maria Keifer, belonging to an old Dutch
family of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and was living in that county in 1797.
That year he moved to Cayuga Co., and in 1807 to Tompkins Co., where
he died in 18 18 near Newfield, leaving a family of eight children : Willl\m,
David, Daniel, James, John, Chloe, Mary, and Sarah. David and Daniel
died in Ohio, old men, and without heirs. The last five lived in Tompkins
Co., N. Y., and left families.
William Jessup, the eldest son, born in Dutchess Co. in 1797, went to
Ohio in 181 9, and thence to Indiana, where he married. Losing his wife
and three children in 1832, he returned to Ohio and permanently located
« Record furnished by Mr. Willia?n Sophronia Jessup, of Dundee, New York ;
Jessup, of Cleves, Ohio; Mrs. Chloe (Jes- and Gen. Samuel F. Gary, of Cincinnati,
sup) Smith, of Watkins, New York; Miss Ohio.
374 yessMp Genealogy.
in Hamilton County. By a second marriage he had eight children, five
of whom (two sons) are still living (1881). He was an active politician,
and died quite aged, seven or eight years ago. His children were five :
William, of Cleves, Eliza, Daniel, Isadore, and Kate. Mr. William
jfessup of Cleves was born 22 April, 1841, is a farmer, was educated in
the common schools and at Miami University. He served in the Fifth
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry through the Civil War, from the battle of Shiloh
to the termination of "Sherman's march to the Sea," and subsequent
movements in South Carolina. He rose to the rank of captain, was aid-
de-camp to General Logan, and for a time to Generals Osterhaus and
Morgan L. Smith. In 1875 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and in
1877 was a member of the Legislature.
James Jessup, the fourth son mentioned above, died at Newfield in 188 1,
leaving two sons, one living at Dunkirk, N. Y.
Chloe Jessup (Mrs. Smith) lives in Watkins, N. Y,, with her son-in-law,
D. H. Smith, of the firm of Durland & Smith, and is the only surviving
member of her father's family.
Mary Jessup (Mrs. Willson) had two daughters and three sons, all living
(1881) : Chloe (Mrs. Mitchell) lives in Lake Ridge, Tompkins Co. ; Mary
y. (Mrs. Branch), in East Genoa, Cayuga Co. ; while the sons, Williajn,
David, and ^ohn Willson are in Kansas, all farmers,
John Jessup, the fifth son, bom in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1794, mar-
ried, I St (18 1 8), Laura Hotchkiss, who died leaving two sons, Williajn
and David, both now dead. He married, 2d (1827), Jane Bell, who had
four sons and four daughters. Both parents died in 1870. In 1886 two
sons and three daughters still survive. Oliver Jessup, a son, is dead;
Robert Jfessup is a physician in Vincennes, Ind. ; John Jessup, a farmer
in Minnesota ; Sarah (Mrs. J. H. Hall), lives in Catharine, Schuyler Co.,
N. Y. ; Mary (Mrs. Luther Bower) , lives in Dundee, Yates Co., as does
also Miss Sophronia Jessup.
Other representatives of this family may be found in various parts of the
country. And if the uncle who with his "nine sons " is said to have come
over with Wm. Jessup, also bore the family name, some of his sons in all
probability left descendants whose names belong here.
Appendix. 375
V. THE JESSUPS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
In Gloucester, Burlington, and Camden Counties, New Jersey,
is another family of Jessups. The records of the Friends Society
at Haddonfield in Camden County contain the following item :
" James Jessup consented to said proposal, in Dublin, recom-
mending him and his wife Jane, to Friends in America, to
Friends' satisfaction. Dated, January, 1730." These persons
have not been identified further.
The descendants of John Jessup, of Burlington County, have,
however, a full record, a copy of which, furnished by Benjamin
H. Jessup in 1882, is here given. Very many of this family be-
long to the Society of Friends, and James Jessup mentioned above
was doubtless of their kindred.
I. John Jessup, one of three brothers, emigrated to West New
Jersey, and married Margaret Wittircer in 1737, and settled between
Woodbury Creek and Mantua Creek. Two children : —
2. Mary, m. Samuel Mifflin, of Virginia, July, 1 760.
+ 3. John, b. 16 Nov., 1743.
3. John Jessup (son of John l), married Elizabeth, daughter of
Amariah and Elizabeth Ballinger, Nov., 1766. Three children : —
+4. James, b. 16 Nov., 1769.
5. Sarah, b. 29 Sept., 1771.
+6. John, b. 16 Nov., 1773.
4. James Jessup (son of JoJin^), married Sarah West. Five
children : —
+7. John.
4-8. James.
+9. Joseph.
10. Mary.
4-11. West.
5. Sarah Jessup (daughter oi John^), married Joshua Lord. Six
children : —
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1 2. Mary Lord, now living in Woodbury.
13. James Lord, of the same place.
14. John Lord.
15. Elizabeth Lord.
16. Esther Lord.
1 7. Benjamin Lord, of Woodbury.
6. John Jessup (son of yohn^), married, ist, Deborah, daughter of
William and Sarah Wilkins, 15 Nov., 1798. His second wife was Sarah
Wood. He had four children by the first marriage, two by the
second : —
+18. Isaac Wilkins.
+19. Sarah.
+20. William.
21. John.
22. Elizabeth.
+23. Charles.
7. John Jessup (son of J^ames^), married twice and had three
children, two by the first marriage and one by the second : —
24. Sarah, who married Isaac Kay, of Haddonfield, N. J.
25. Hannah Ann, married Joseph Kay, of the same place.
26. Mary, married Samuel Hopkins, and resides in Woodbury.
8. James Jessup (son oi jfames^), married and had six children, two
of whom were drowned.
9. Joseph Jessup (son of jfames *), married, and has a family. He
lives at MuUica Hill, Gloucester Co. ^
II. West Jessup (son of James^, married Martha Cooper, has sev-
eral children ; present address, Woodbury.
18. Isaac Wilkins Jessup (son of yo/m^), married Eliza, daugh-
ter of Josiah and Elizabeth Albertson, Aug., 18^2. Their five children
were : —
27. Ann Wilkins, b. 14 May, 1823 ; m. John Stranger.
28. Ezra, b. 17 March, 1825.
29. John, b. 2 Jan., 1827.
30. JosiAH, b. 27 Jan., 1831, married, and has had two children.
31. Isaac Wilkins, b. Feb., 1836; married; had three children.
Appendix, zil
ig. Sarah Jessup (daughter oiyohn 6), married Joseph Borton, son
of Uriah and Mary Borton, 19 Dec, 1822. Six children : —
32. Deborah Borton, b. 2 Oct., 1823; married Richard Buzby.
33. Elizabeth Borton, b. 4 April, 1826.
34. Mary J. Borton, b. 8 July, 1828; married Chalkley Stokes.
35. Rachel Borton, b. 20 March, 1831.
36. Uriah Borton, b. 5 Feb., 1836; m. Rachel Wiggins. Two chil-
dren : Mary, and William.
37. Sarah Borton, b. 13 Aug., 1842.
20. William Jessup (son oiyohn^) married, ist, Rachel, daughter
of Uriah and Mary Borton, 11 Jan., 1827, and had one son who died in
infancy. He married, 2d, Mary, daughter of John and Esther Roberts,
and by this marriage there was one child : —
38. Esther, m. Edmund Darnell, of Mount Laurel, Burlington County.
23. Charles Jessup (son of Johfi 6), married Mary, daughter of Ben-
jamin H. and Elizabeth Lippincott, 19 Nov., 1835. Their children are
five : —
39. Elizabeth Lippincott, b. 20 Oct., 1836.
40. Benjamin H., b. 23 Nov., 1839.
-+-41. George W., b. 28 Aug., 1842. He is in business in New York city.
42. Charles, b. 2 July, 1849.
43. Sarah, b. 9 March, 1851.
41. George W. Jessup (son of Charks 23)^ married Esther A., daugh-
ter of Biddle and Esther Hancock, 6 Dec, 1866. He does business in
Philadelphia, and resides in Camden. Three children : —
44. Charles Biddle, b. 5 May, 1868.
45. Elizabeth C, b. 7 Aug., 1871.
46. George W., b. 3 Nov., 1878.
In addition, moreover, to the above-mentioned comparatively
old and well-established families, individuals of the name are found
here and there throughout the entire country, all either recent
emigrants from the British Isles, or belonging to families which
have been in the country for only one or two generations; so
that our patronymic, though much less common than many,
seems never likely to fail in the centuries to come of having its
representatives.
37^ yessup Genealogy.
II.
THE FAMILY OF THOMAS HUNT, Jr., OF HUNT'S POINT.
A very considerable pedigree of this branch of the Hunt family
may be found in Bolton's " History of Westchester County,"
ii. 738-739, as also in the " Genealogy of the Hunt Family,"
pp. 153-169; but the general absence of dates detracts much
from its usefulness. For the purpose of reconciling the conflict-
ing statements in the above, and more clearly determining the
position held by some families whose place in the pedigree is not
determined, an attempt was made to have the original records of
the counties of New York and Westchester re-examined. It was
hoped that the history of the early generations at least, thus
verified, might have been given in Chapter First, where the rec-
ord properly belongs. The work was early begun, and carried
on to a partial completion, but unfortunately never finished.
Aside from other causes of failure, one of the most insurmount-
able was the frequent recurrence of favorite family names like
"Thomas," " Josiah," and " Ehzabeth," without sufficient data in
the records for distinguishing those of the same name from one
another. The incomplete notes and memoranda here given claim
to be little more than materials for the use of some one who,
it is hoped, in the near future shall correct the errors of existing
records, and trace out more fully and satisfactorily the history of
the Hunts of Hunt's Point.
Thomas Hunt, the father of Thomas Hunt, Jr., was the origi-
nal proprietor and patentee of the Grove Farm, in the town of
Westchester, the location and history of which has already been
given at page 73 of the first chapter. The name of his wife was
" Sisely" (Cicily), as shown by her signature to a deed now on
record, dated April 9, 1691. The probate records of the county
of New York show he died Feb. 8, 1694-5 ! ^^d the will of
"Thomas Hunt," dated Oct. 6, 1694, is, in the opinion of the
Appendix. 379
writer, the will of the father, and not of the son, as commonly-
supposed. In this will are mentioned four sons, — Thomas (the
eldest), Joseph, John, and Josiah; a daughter, Abigail Pinckney;
and three granddaughters, — Abigail, the daughter of Thomas,
Abigail, the daughter of Josiah, and Martha, the daughter of the
son Joseph." Thomas does not inherit the homestead, which is
entailed to the descendants of his brother Josiah; and for the
evident reason that he was already settled at West Farms on his
wife's ample estate. His family record must then begin here ;
and the present work can lay claim to no more of the Hunt his-
tory than what is connected with that of the eldest of the sons of
Thomas of Westchester.
I. Thomas Hunt, of West Farms and Hunt's Point, was born about
1640, as in June, 1704, he makes affidavit that he was then *' aged sixty-
four or thereabouts." Aug. 6, 1665, he signs, in connection with his
father and his father-in-law, Edward Jessup, the credentials of a deputation
sent to Governor Nicolls on behalf of the town of Westchester.^ He was
at that time, therefore, of full age. In 1683 both father and son give testi-
mony at a trial presided over by Governor Thomas Dongan.*^ On the
1 2th of February, 1697-8, he deeds to his son Thomas and his male heirs
forever, and in default thereof to the grantor's son Joseph Hunt and his
male heirs forever, one half of certain lands, reserving to himself and his
wife EHzabeth the use thereof during their lives ; Thomas Jr. to pay to
Thomas Sr.'s daughter, " Scisly " Hunt,** within four years after the death
of Thomas Sr., and his wife Elizabeth, £(iO in four payments of ;^i5
each year. In this way he arranges for the entail of a portion of his estate,
much as his father settled the Grove Farm upon the family of his brother
Josiah Hunt. Thomas Hunt, of West Farms, was living as late as 17 18,
when he transfers by deed certain property to his grandson James Pugsley,
the son of his daughter Mary.
The names of the following eight children have been found, but these
may or may not constitute the entire number : —
" See copy of this will in Prime's " De- <^ Riker's Harlem, p. 432.
scent of Comfort Sands," 1886, pp. 84-85. <* Compare the reference on p. 70 to
^ Bolton's Westchester County, ii. 296. this daughter, then called " Silly."
380 jfessup Genealogy.
+2. Thomas, named by his father in a deed of Feb. 12, 1697-8.
3. Joseph, named also in the above deed.
4. CiciLY, named in deed of April i, 171 7.
5. Abigail, named in deed of Feb. 8, 1700, and in the will of her grand-
father, Thomas Hunt.
6. Mary, named in deed of Nov. 24, 1701, as also in the will of her
grandfather, Edward Jessup.
7. JosiAH, named in deed of March 9, 1 704.
8. Robert, named in deed of Feb. 17, 1695.
9. John, named in deed of Feb. 7, 1695.
John Leggett, the son of Gabriel Leggett, was a son-in-law of Thomas
Hunt, and had in 1 700 a daughter, Martha, but which of the daughters he
married has not been determined. The Leggetts, from whom Leggett's
Point, now a pleasure resort, received its name, were a respectable Quaker
family, who for more than a century were identified with the history of
West Farms, and are still represented in New York city and vicinity.
An interesting letter may be seen in the Westchester County records,
dated Aug. 23, 1699, and signed " Robert Hunt." It is addressed to his
"honored father and mother," from the island of "MaUigaseo" (Mada-
gascar), where he then lived, and announces the death of his brother
John, Oct. 25, 1698, a cousin John Hunt having died Oct. 25th of the
preceding year. He desires his brother Thomas to prove the will of his
brother John, and take charge of any share he may have in John's estate
until his return. As Thomas Hunt of the Grove Farm does not mention
a son Robert, the above " Robert " and " John " may be the two of the
same names aheady included among the children of Thomas Hunt of
West Farms.
As to the families of the sons of Thomas Hunt of West Farms, the ab-
sence of dates in the published pedigrees prevents at present the tracing
of any except that of Thomas the eldest.
2. Thomas Hunt (son of Thomas'^ of West Farms) died Oct. 25,
1739, aged seventy-three. His will is dated Jan. 7, 17 11. He married
Elizabeth Gardner, who died April 4, 1724, aged fifty-seven." She
« Miss Mary A. Hunt, of Detroit, Mich., Oct. 29, 1770;" and "Elizabeth Hunt,
now in her eightieth year, and the last sur- wife of Capt. Thomas Hunt, died April 27,
vivor of the family who lived at the Point, 1729-" These appear to refer to the same
sends the above dates. Two of the oldest persons mentioned above, but no means
inscriptions in the Hunt's Point Cemetery are at hand for indicadng the error,
read: — "Thomas Hunt, aged 73, died
Appendix. 38 1
appears to have been the daughter of Henry Gardner, of West Farms ;
for in 1 7 1 1 Benjamin, the son of Henry Gardner, dies, and appoints by
will his " sister Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Hunt," an executrix.
Their children, according to the Hunt Genealogy, were : —
+ 10. Thomas, died in 1749.
ri. Lewis.
12. Robert, whose wife, Christian Hunt, died Dec. 12, 1749, ^"d lies
buried at Hunt's Point.
13. Abigail.
+14. Augustine, b. Sept. 15, 1716. His descent is given quite fully in
the " Hunt Genealogy," and a summary has been transferred to
the present record.
10. Thomas Hunt {Thomas^ Thomas^ of West Farms) died in
1749, according to the Hunt Genealogy. Mr. Temple Prime, in his
"Descent of Comfort Sands," affirms that he was born about 1700, and
that his wife died about 1765. He was a trustee of St. Peter's Church,
Westchester, in 1729, alderman of the town 1729 and 1730, etc. He
died intestate, as his estate was entailed to his eldest son. The same
authority furnishes the following list of his children : —
+15. Thomas, eldest son and heir, b. 1723" at Hunt's Point.
16. Mary, b. 1725, d. July 22, 1796; m. Wilkie Dodge, of Cowneck,
Long Island. Their daughter, Sarah Dodge, was the wife of
Comfort Sands, of New York city ; and Cornelia Sands, one of
the eighteen children of Comfort Sands, married in 1797 Nathaniel
Prime, of New York City, a native of Rowley, Mass. (b. Jan. 30,
1768, d. Nov. 26, 1840). Their children were nine, two dying
young: (i) Cornelia Prime, b. 1800 (Mrs. Robert Ray), one of
whose daughters was the wife of Schuyler Hamilton, U.S.A.
(2) Edward Prime, d. 1863, leaving sons. (3) Emily Prime (Mrs.
William Seton), of New York city; d. in Paris in 1854. (4) Rufus
Prime, now (1885) in his eightieth year; m. Augusta Temple,
daughter of William L. Palmer, of the British Army, and grand-
daughter of Sir John Temple, Bart. Temple Prime, of New
York city, is their son. (5) Frederick Prime, now (1885) in his
seventy-ninth year ; m., ist, Mary Rutherford, daughter of Peter
A. Jay ; and 2d, Lydia, daughter of Prof. Robert Hare, of Phila-
" The inscription from the family cemetery cited below suggests that he was born
in 1729.
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delphia. He had children by both marriages. (6) Matilda Prime ;
m. Gerard H. Coster, of New York city; d. in Paris in 1S49, leav-
ing children. (7) Laura Prime, now (1885) in her seventy-fourth
year; m. John C. Jay, M.D., a brother of the first Mrs. Frederick
Prime. They have great-grandchildren."
+17. Jesse, b. 1727; m. Sarah Staples, of Fairfield, Conn.
18. Miriam, b. 1730 ; m. John Field, of Dutchess Co., N. Y.
19. Phebe, b. 1733 ; m. Col. Joseph Drake, of New Rochelle. He died
in 1836, aged ninety-nine, leaving a son yoseph, b. 1766, d. 1794.
20. Sarah, b. 1736; m. Solomon Fowler, of Eastchester.
H-2I. Ward, b. 1739; ^- Bathsheba Briggs, of Eastchester.
14. Augustine Hunt {Thomas ^^ Thojnas^ of West Farms), was the
ancestor of a large and reputable family living in New Jersey. He was
a resident of Orange County in that State, and married Lydia Holloway,
Nov. li, 1 741. She was born in Massachusetts, Jan. 4, 1725. Mr. Hunt
had a very numerous family, but the names of three children only are
given in the Hunt Genealogy, as follows : —
22. Austin, b. April 29, 1762, who lived in Virginia. He had six chil-
dren: I. Sally ^ b. 1794; 2. Mary, b. 1797; 3. Gardiner, b. Sept.
30, 1800; 4. Holloway, b. March 20, 1805; 5. Charity, b. 1810;
6. Rosanna, b. 181 2.
23. Gardiner A., b. June 16, 1764; d. Feb. 11, 1849. He was pastor
many years in Kingwood and Harmony, N. J. ; married Ruth Page
in 1795, and had four children: i. David Page, b. April 23, 1798;
d. 1830. He was a graduate of Princeton College in 181 8, and a
physician. 2. Holloway Whitejield, b. March 31, 1800; a graduate
also of Princeton, and a clergyman. He married Henrietta Munday
in 1828 and had six children. 3. and 4. Daughters, both of whom
married.
24. Holloway, W., b. April 9, 1769; d. Jan. 11, 1848. He was a
clergyman, graduating at Princeton College in 1794. He married
Susan Willis in 1795, who died in 1817. Four children: i. Witt.
Alexander Anderson, b. June, 1796; m., 1818, Eliza A. S. Anten,
and lived in Clarkesville, N. J. He was a physician and left two
children, — Dr. Thomas Edgar Hunt, of the same place, and a
daughter, Susan Adeline, the wife of the Rev. John McNair, D.D. of
the Presbyterian Church. 2. Holloway W., Jr., b. Jan. 8, 1799 ; m.
° The record of the descendants of Mary Hunt is furnished by Temple Prime, Esq.,
of New York city.
Appendix. 383
Amanda Hann and had six children. He also was a clergyman, a
graduate of Princeton College in 1820, and left descendants. 3.
Martha IV., b. April 29, 1802; d. March 20, 181 1. 4. Gardiner A.,
b. July 12, 1804 ; d. Oct. 6, 1851.
15. Thomas Hunt {Thomas^ Thomas^ Thomas}- of West Farms)
was born at Hunt's Point in 1729, and lived there, having inherited the
homestead. He was a highly esteemed citizen of the county. The
inscription on his tombstone reads as follows : —
In memory of
Thomas Hunt,
who departed this life,
July 4th, 1808,
in the 80th year of his age.
He possessed the cardinal virtues in an eminent degree ;
He was temperate, brave and just.
The solid rock shall sink beneath
The iron hand of time,
But virtue dwells with
Immortality.
Mr. Hunt married, ist, Millicent, daughter of Joseph Wright, of Flush-
ing, and 2d, Hannah Wright, the sister of his first wife, and at that time
the widow of Moses Drake, of Dutchess County. Jonathan Drake, the
eldest of her three sons, was the father of the poet, Joseph Rodman
Drake." Mr. Hunt is said to have been " attached to the army of the
Revolution, and a personal friend of General Washington." He had
twelve children, all by the first marriage : —
25. Thomas of Hunt's Point ; m. Frances Amboise de PoHne. He had
two daughters : Eliza (Mrs. Richards), and Frances (Mrs. Peark).
+26. Joseph of West Farms, a physician.
27. Jonathan.
28. James, m. the daughter of Hon. Stephen Ward.
29. Alsop, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Major Eben. Lockwood.
30. Henry, m. a Miss Rogers of Demerara, South America, and had
two daughters.
31. Joshua.
32. Richard, m., ist, Eliza Tice; 2d, Eliza Hardy.
33. Sarah, m. Isaac Talman, of Dutchess County. She died in 1819,
aged fifty-six, and was buried at the Point.
" Bolton's Westchester, ii. 727.
384 yessup Genealogy.
34. Mary, m. Andrew A. Bartow, of Herkimer County, and had six chil-
dren : yoJin Bartotv, who married Katharine Bemis and lived in
Buffalo ; Elizabeth A. Bartow, now (1886) 80 years of age residing
in Herkimer ; and four who died unmarried."
35. Margaret, b. 1770; d. 1851, "of very devout and benevolent life,"
who did much toward the establishment of an Episcopal Church in
1847 in West Farms.
36. A daughter, who was living in 1862.
17. Jesse Hunt {Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'^ of West Farms),
born in 1727, married, ist, Sarah Staples, of Fairfield, Conn., and, 2d,
Esther Brown. He was high-sheriff of Westchester County, and proprie-
tor of Hunter's Island. Mrs. Hunt, 2d, was the widow of David Brown,
and daughter of the Rev. James Wetmore, of Rye.
Four children : —
37. Thomas.
38. Jesse.
39. Samuel.
40. A daughter {Mrs. Grade).
21. Ward Hunt {Thojnas,^ Thomas,'^ Thomas,'^ of West Farms),
born in 1739, was of Westchester, and Dec. 25, 1767, married Bathsheba,
the daughter of Walter and Lydia Briggs, born Nov. 6, 1 746 ; died Dec.
16, 1786.
Four children : —
41. Lydia, b. March 27, 1773 ; m. Judge Melancthon Wheeler, of White-
hall, N. Y. ; no issue.
42. Walter Briggs, b. June 21, 1774, lived in Westchester, and had a
son Melancthon Wheeler, of Mt. Pleasant, N. Y.
-1-43. Montgomery, b. Feb. 18, 1777.
44. Fanny, b. April 28, 1783; m. Col. John Williams, of Salem, N. J.;
no issue.
26. Joseph Hunt (77z^OTaJ,l5 Thomas^ Thomas?' Thomas'^ of West
Farms), a physician ; died in Seneca County, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1827, aged
sixty-three. He married, April 4, 1794, in Demerara, South America,
Frances H., daughter of James Bennett an English planter, whose father
was governor of St. Martin and two adjoining islands. Her brother
" Letter of Rev. E. P. Bartow, of Rahway, N. J.
Appendix. 385
William Bennett was, about the same date, a resident of Boston. Dr.
Hunt resided a number of years in South America.
There were seven children : —
+45. Thomas Joshua, b. Dec. 30, 1795, in Demerara.
+46. James Bennett, b. March 11, 1798.
47. Joseph Pierre, b. Sept. 4, 1801 ; m. Anna Merton, of New York,
and left one daughter {Mrs. F. D. Billitigs of Mass.), who has
four daughters.
48. Mary C, b. Oct. 19, 1803, at Hunt's Point.
49. Margaretta, b. in New Rochelle, Feb. 17, 1805.
50. Mary Ann Bartram, b. June 24, 1807, now (1886) hving in Detroit,
Mich., who has furnished the history of those of her kindred who
reside in Michigan.
51. Henry, b. April 17, 1809; d. in California; no children.
43. Montgomery Hunt ( Ward,^'^ Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas, l of
West Farms), was born, Feb. 18, 1777, in Mt. Pleasant, Westchester
County, N. Y. ; graduated at Columbia College in 1 794, and that year
became a clerk in the Bank of North America in New York City. In
1808 he was sent to Utica to estabhsh a branch of the Manhattan Bank,
becoming afterwards cashier of the Utica Bank, and holding this position
until Dec. 30, 1834. He died in St. Croix, West Indies, Jan. 5, 1837.
In 18 16 he was a Presidential elector and voted for James Monroe. He
was also Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of Utica, etc." He married
April 12, 1805, Eliza Stringham, and had eight children : —
52. Frances, b. Feb. 11, 1806 ; m. George B. Throop, of Auburn, N. Y.,
afterwards of Detroit, and had five children.
53. James Stringham, b. Jan. 25, 1808; d. April 27, 1862.
-f-54. Ward, b. June 14, 1810.
55. Lydia, b. April 8, 1813; m. Stephen Sicard, of Philadelphia, and had
three children, one of whom is Commodore Montgomery Sicard, of
the United States Navy, commissioned in 1885 chief of the Bureau
of Ordnance, Navy Department.
56. Montgomery, b. Dec. 5, 1816; d. Oct., 1854, lost from the United
States sloop of war " Albany."
57. John Stringham, b. July 5, 1818 living in New York city, 1863.
58. Cornelia, b. Nov. 13, 1820; m. Egbert Bagg, of Utica, and had, three
children.
59. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1823 ; d. Oct. 9, 1828.
« From " Biographical Notes " by Franklin B. Hough.
25
386 yessup Genealogy.
45. Thomas Joshua Hunt {^Joseph^^ Thomas}-^ Thomas,^
Thomas,^ Thomas^ of West Farms), was born Dec. 30, 1795, in Dem-
erara, S. A., and married Mary McFadden, of Sterling, N. Y.
Their eight children were : —
60. Mary Ann, m. George Lester of Alpena, Mich., and had three sons
and one daughter.
61. Frances Jane, m., ist, B. R. Young of Saratoga, N. Y. One son :
B. R. Youngs Jr., of Alpena. She m., 2d, Wm. McCartney of
Canada.
62. Thomas, a captain in the Seventh Michigan Volunteers in the Civil
War, and was in the battle of Fredericksburg, etc. He has three
daughters and one son.
63. Margaret Millicent, m. J. E. Hyde. One child: Mary Hyde,
m. H. G. Barnum, of Port Huron.
64. Joseph, died in Cahfornia.
65. James, died in California.
66. Hugh, resides in Alpena, Michigan.
67. Eliza (Mrs. J. Greeley), of Chicago, 111.
46. James Bennett tiunt {j^oseph,^^ Thomas^^ Thomas^ Thomas^
Thomas, l of West Farms), was born March 11, 1798 in Demerara, S. A. ;
died Aug. 15, 1857, in Washington, D. C, while a member of Congress.
He married Maria Smith, of Fairfield, N. Y. He was educated in Fairfield.
For many years he was a law partner of Michael Hoffman. About the time
when Michigan was admitted as a State into the Union, he removed there
and was soon called to responsible trusts. He was a member of Congress
from that State from 1853 to 1857, during the administration of President
Pierce.
His four children were : —
68. Charles James, a captain in the Seventh Michigan Regiment during
the Civil War ; was wounded at the battle of Antietam ; now (1886)
in the practice of law in Detroit.
69. Joseph Nathan, in business in Lansing.
70. Frances Anne, m. H. C. Parke of Detroit. She died leaving three
children.
71. Maria Talman, unmarried.
54. Ward Hunt {Montgomery,^^ Ward?''^ Thomas^ Thomas,^
Thomas,'^ of West Farms), born in Utica, N. Y., June 14, 1810; died in
Appendix. 387
Washington, D. C., March 25, 1886. He graduated at Union College in
1828. From both his own college and from Rutgers College, N. J., he
received the degree of LL.D. He had been mayor of Utica and a member
of the New York Legislature. In 1865 he was elected a judge of the
Court of Appeals of the State, which position he held until 1872 when he
was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. This
latter position he resigned a few years before his death on account of his
failing health. He married, ist, Nov. 8, 1837, Mary Ann, daughter of
John Savage, of Salem, N. Y., born April i, 1819, and died May 18, 1846.
The second Mrs. Hunt was Maria, the daughter of James Taylor, of Albany,
married June 18, 1853. Justice Hunt married, 3d, Elizabeth, the daughter
of Commodore Ridgeley of Baltimore.
Three children, all by the first marriage : —
72. Eliza, b. Oct., 5, 1838; m. Arthur B. Johnson of Utica, N. Y.
73. John Savage, b. Dec. 9, 1839, holds a commission in the Fourth
Regiment of United States Artillery.
74. Ward, Jr., b. Sept. 5, 1843, of Utica, N. Y.
INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES.
INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES.
Abbot, Abijah, Sr., 1787, 120, 121.
Abijah, Jr., 1788, 120.
Ann Eliza, 120.
Catharine Warner, 120.
Clara Fuller, 120.
Clarissa (Harley), 120.
Frank Asbury, 120.
Hester Ann, 120.
John Wesley, 120.
Joseph Benson, 120.
Mary (Carigan), 120.
Mary (Jesup), 1769, 120.
Mary Amelia, 120.
Mary Fletcher, 120.
Mary Jesup, 120.
Susan B. (Low), 120.
Susan Post, 120.
Adams, Edwin, 120.
G. P., 120.
Moses S., 120.
Nathan, 128, note.
Agra, India, 261.
Aiken, S. C, 144.
Albany Co., N. Y., 207, 254.
Albany, N. Y., 147, 176, 184, 185, 197, 198,
204, 216, 249, 253, 260, 261.
Albertson, Mary, 354.
Aldborough, Eng., ii, 15.
Alldis, Henry James, 317.
James, 317.
Allen, Abigail, 1753, 106.
Abigail (Dimon), 107.
Elizabeth (Maltby), 107.
Allen, Ethan, Col., 227, 236, note.
Fannie, 265.
Fannie, 1861, 266.
Gideon, 1751, 106, 108.
Hezekiah, Capt., 132.
Ira, 236, note.
James, 1762, 107.
Jessup, 266.
John, 265.
John, 1759, 107.
John, Dr., 1710, 106.
Joseph, 236, note.
Martha, 1755, ^07-
Mary, 266.
Mary (Anderson), 265.
Levi, 236 and note.
Samuel, 1765, 108.
Sarah, 1758, 108.
William, Col., 265.
William, Jr., 265.
Alma, Mich., 126.
Alpena, Mich., 386.
Amawalk, N. Y., 337.
Ambler, Abigail, 301.
Alexander, 301.
Alice M., 335.
Benjamin, 301.
Edward F., 335.
Helen L., 335.
James, 301.
Laura L., 335.
Mary G., 335.
Rufus, 301.
392 Index of Names and Places.
Ambler, Stephen, 301, 334 and note.
Thomas, 303.
William, 301, 334.
Amherst, Mass., 175.
Amsterdam, Holland, 20.
Andover, Mass., 134.
Andress, E. M., 337.
Andrews, Abraham, 113, note.
Benjamin, 135.
Ebenezer, 134 and note-
Ebenezer, 135.
Ebenezer Jesup, 135.
Eleanor, 115.
Eleanor Hyde, 135.
Ella (Blanchard), 115.
Francis, 67.
Helen, 135.
Helen E. (Robinson), 135.
John, 90, 94.
Joseph Hyde, 135.
Rachel Augusta, 135.
"William Arthur, 135.
Anson, William, 159.
Willie, 1854, 159.
Ansonia, Conn., 340.
Anthony, AUard, 46.
Applebee, Eliza, loi.
Nathan, loi.
Armitage, Benjamin, 253.
Arms, Alice (Avery), 139.
Audubon, 139.
Charles Jesup, 139.
Elsie Nevin, 139.
Helen Baker, 139.
Hiram P., Rev., 139, 145.
Lily Avery, 139,
Lucy, 139.
Natalie, 139.
Rosa Marselis, 139.
Sarah Jane, 139.
Theodore Jesup, 139.
Theodore Winthrop, 139.
Armstrong, Rebecca, 353.
Arnold; Benedict, Gen., 129.
Arnot, Penn., 343.
Ashtabula, Ohio, 193.
Atherton, Sir John, 1582, 9.
Margaret, dau. of Sir John, 9.
Atlanta, Ga., 288.
Attica, Ohio, 299.
Augusta, Ga., 288.
Augusta, Ind., 320.
Augustine, William, 320.
Austen, West Va., 368.
Axtell, William, 230.
Babb, S. A., 338.
Babylon, N. Y., 88, note, 282, 283, note.
Bagg, Egbert, 385.
Baily, Nathan, 53, 54.
Nicholas, 54, note, 55.
Baker, Abby Jane, 139.
Annie, 121.
Christa (Carpenter), 121.
George, 1800, 138.
Hebron, 121.
Horace, 121.
Joseph, 138.
Leverette, 121.
Lottie, 121.
Sarah (Jesup), 1776, 138.
William, 1798, 138.
William, Capt., 179, note.
Bales, Mary, 363.
Ballinger, Elizabeth, 375.
Ballston, N. Y., 96, 159.
Baltimore Co., Md., 372.
Baltimore, Md., 176, 265, 370.
Banks, Arete, 1788, 98.
Charles, 99.
David, Capt., 96.
Edwin, 99.
George W., Rev., 98.
Hannah (Betts), 99.
Hezekiah, 98.
Hezekiah, Jr., 1777, 98.
Jesup, 1791, 98.
Jonathan, 96.
Laura (Sherwood), 99.
Mary, 1783, 98.
Miranda (Adams), 99.
Nehemiah, 96.
Patty, 17S0, 98.
Sarah, 1775, 98-
Sarah (Couch), 98.
Sarah (Jesup), 96.
Sturges, 1773, 98.
Walter, 99, 100, note.
Index of Names and Places.
393
Bankside, Conn., 65, 66, 67.
Bannercross, Eng., 11.
Barclay, Thomas H., 230.
Barker, Harriet Jesup, 116.
Jacob, 116.
Nannie M., 191.
William C, 116.
Barlow, Joel, 72, note.
John, 72, and note.
Thomas, 41.
Barnett, Dr. James R., 195.
Barnum, Ann C, 342.
H. G., 386.
Lafayette, 318.
Barton, Roger, 71.
Bartow, Andrew A., 384.
Elizabeth A., 384.
E. P., Rev., 384, note.
John, 384.
Katharine (Bemis), 384.
Bates Co., Mo , 190.
Bath, N. H., 100, note, 102.
Bayard, Robert, 230.
William, 230.
Bayles, N. Harvey, 324.
Bayly, James P., 372.
Nannie, 372.
Samuel, 372.
Beach, Aaron, 199.
Abigail (Jessup), d. 1827, 320.
America A. (Wood), 320.
Anna Smith, 199.
Anna S. R., i99-
Benjamin, 285.
Burroughs B., 320.
Charles B., 320.
Charles G., 320.
Clara, 321.
■Elizabeth W., 329.
Emily S. (Woolsey), 320.
Eugene, 329.
Eva, 321.
Gertrude, 329.
Hannah A., 320.
Helen M. E., 320.
Jessie May, 320.
John Dwight, 320.
John P., 329.
Joseph W., 329.
Beach, Laura Amelia, 286.
Levi, 320.
Levi Edward, 320.
Linnie Alice, 320.
Mary (Sturdevant), 320.
Mary J., 329,
Merritt S., 320.
Orosana, 321.
Sally Jeannette, 285.
Stella, 321.
Sylvester, 321.
Beacham, Elizabeth (Jessup), 59, 69-72.
Isabel, 68.
Robert, 59, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72.
Beals, Bartlett, 123.
Beard, A. L., 309.
Beardsley, Chauncey Lemont, 169.
Esther Irene, 169.
John James, 169.
Lyman Berry, 169.
Margaret Jessup, 169.
Maria (Jessup), 1827, 169.
Mark Jessup, 169.
Beccles, Eng., 23.
Beck, John, 338.
Katie, 338.
Bedford, N. Y., 85, 86, 279, 280.
Beekman, Johannes, 207.
Beers, David, 340.
Edwin, 128, note.
Belleview, New Brunswick, 279.
Belleville, Canada, 266.
Bellop, Christopher, 230.
Benedict, Anna Maria, 169.
Annie Seymour, 162.
Aurilla Jessup, 162.
Henry A. M., i68.
Henry, Rev., 192.
Lewis, Brig.-Gen., 168.
Marcia Elizabeth, 162.
Margaret A. (Jessup), 1822, 168.
Mary Albertine, 169.
Samuel E., 162.
S. W., 192.
Uriah, 168.
William Homer, 162.
Bennett, Charles F., 320.
Bengal, India, 257.
Frances H., 384.
394 Index of Names and Places.
Bennett, Fred W., 320.
Pearl, 320.
Bennington, Vt., 227.
Benson, Minn., 176.
Benton, David R., 340.
Berkeley Co., Va., 117, 118, 148.
Berlin, Wis., loi.
Best, Carrie M., 195.
Persy Ivia V. D , 195.
Russell N., 195.
Betts, Mary (Burwell), 117.
Rhuamah, 98.
Richard, 49-51.
Stephen, 117.
Susannah, 1761, 117.
Billings, F. D., Mrs., 385.
Binghampton, N. Y., 98.
Birdseye, Nathan, Rev., 107.
Birmingham, Conn., 286.
Bishop, Samuel, 207.
Bissell, Clark, Hon., 130, 177, note.
Sally (Sherwood), 177, note.
Samuel B. S., Rev., 172, note, 178.
Black, Mary, 198.
Phebe C. (Heyer), 198.
William, 198.
Blackleach, Richard, 89.
Blackman, Elizabeth, 284.
Elizabeth (Glover), 284.
John, 284.
Blackmore, E. H., 372.
Blair, Ann Jesup, 186.
Francis P., 1S6.
Francis P., Jr., 186.
James, 186.
Jesup, 1852, 187.
Lucy James, 187.
Mary S. E. (Jesup), 186.
Violet, 186.
Blandville, Ky., 158.
Bleecker, Rutger, 207.
Bloom, Matthew, Rev., 14.
Bloomington, 111., 166.
Blossom, Thomas, 20.
Blunt, Edmund, 279.
Blyth, Charles, 193.
Harry A., 193.
J. Summerfield, 193.
Bocking, Essex Co., Eng., 139, note.
Bogert, Anna, 346.
Caroline A., 346.
Caroline O. (Jessup), 346.
David F., Rev., 266.
Frank J., 346.
Isabel, 346.
Mary F., 346.
Stephen G., 345, 346.
Boileau, Alexander H. E., 257, note, 259.
Ann (Hanson), 258, note.
Archibald J. M., 256.
Despreaux J., 256.
Elizabeth M., 256.
Jacques, 259.
John, 257, note.
John Peter, 254, 257.
John T., Major-Gen., 239, note, 254,
256, 257, 262.
Leah (Jessup), 1767, 240,244, 253, 254.
Leah Ann, 257, and note.
Simeon John, 254, 256, 257, note.
Thomas, 254.
Thomas Alfred, 256.
Thomas E. J., 256, 257, note.
U. S., Maj., 258, note.
Boland, Frederick, 2S6.
Booth, Daniel L., 2S6.
Newton, Hon., 305, note.
Boroughbridge, Eng., 11.
Borton, Deborah, 1823, 377.
Elizabeth, 1S26, 377.
Joseph, 377.
Mary, 377.
Mary J., 377.
Rachel, 377.
Rachel, 1831, 377.
Rachel (Wiggins), 377.
Sarah, 1842, 377.
Sarah (Jessup), 377.
Uriah, 1836, 377.
William, 377.
Bosanguet, Eliz. (Boileau), 257, note.
John Ives, 256.
Bosley, Lydia, 371.
Boughton, E. D., 299.
James S., 299.
Bourbon Co., Ky., 118.
Bowen, Frederick T., 102.
George M., 120.
Index of Names and Places.
395
Bowen, Josephine G., 102.
Katie M., 102.
Sarah J. K., 102.
Bower, Luther, 374.
Bowes, Lady Anna Maria, 250, and note.
John L., Earl of Strathmore, 250.
Bowne, Elizabeth, 287.
John, 44.
Bradner, George, 167.
George, Jr., 167.
Branch, Mary J. (Willson), 374.
Brentwood, N. Y., 121.
Brewster's Station, N. Y. 319.
Briden, James B., 176.
Mary Ann, 176.
Bridgeport, Conn., 98, 99, 160.
Bridges, Charles, 63.
Sarah ( ), 62, 63.
Bridgewater, Conn., 284, 285, 316, 319-
321, 339, 340.
Bridport, Vt., loi.
Briggs, Bathsheba, 384.
Bright, Barbara (Jessop), 1679, il.
John, II.
Mary, dau. of Sir Stephen, 10.
Sir Stephen, 10.
Brighton, Eng., 260.
Brockville, Canada, 238, 264, 268, 269, 270.
Bronson, Isaac, 130.
Brookfield, Conn., 285, 315, 316.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 112, note, 135, 161, 180,
253, 288, 319, 322, 327, 333, 343, 346,
354, 356-
Brown, Anna, 275, 370.
Clara, 275.
David, 274.
David, Jr., 275.
Deborah, 275.
Deborah (Jessup), 1751, 274.
Elizabeth, 275.
H. T., 286
Jacob, Major-Gen., 149.
James, 275.
James, 362.
Levi, 275.
Margaret, 275.
Martha, 275.
Mary, 275.
Phebe, 275.
Brown, Robert, 275.
Sarah, 275.
William, 275.
Brundage, Frost, 2S0.
Brunswick, Mo., 314, 339.
Brush, Charles, 252.
John H., 86.
Buckingham, 111., 355.
Buffalo, N. Y., 384.
Buffet, Rev. Piatt, 292.
Burgoyne, John, Gen., 215, 222, 223, 235,
note.
Burley, Charles F., 290.
Charles Silas, 290.
Frances E. (Ferris), 290.
Henry, Capt., 290.
Maria Louise, 290,
Wm. Henry, 290.
Burlington Co., N. J., 375.
Burlington, Vt., loi.
Burns, Ethel E., 339.
Harrison M., 339.
James A., 339.
John, 338.
John, Jr., 339.
Keziah J. (Jessup), 1836, 338.
Oliver O., 339.
Russell B., 339.
Sarah Belle, 339.
Warren P., 339.
William S., 339.
Burr, Aaron, Rev. Dr., 177, note.
Daniel, 177, note.
Jonathan, 135.
Nathaniel, 106.
Peter, Major, 90, 116.
Thaddeus, 90, 94.
Burritt, Eunice (Wakeman), 94.
Burroughs, Johannah, 62, 63.
John, 48, and note, 62, 63, 64.
Burton, Elizabeth (Jessop), 1671, 11.
Thomas, M. A., ir.
Bury St. Edmonds, Eng., 244, 254, 262.
Bush, Justice, 84.
Butler, B. C, Col., 214, 215, 219.
John, 210, 211, 230.
Thomas B., Dr., 193.
Buxton, Charles E., 329.
Edwin, 329.
39^
Index of Names and Places.
Buxton, Emily F., 329.
John J., 329.
Sally (Jessup), 1806, 328.
Buzby, Richard, 377.
Byington, Homer, 193.
Cadiz, Ind., 368.
Calcutta, India, 238, 243, 254, 256, 257.
Camden Co., N. J., 375.
Camden, N. J., 377.
Campbell, George, 285.
George J., 284.
Lucien, 285.
William, 285.
William W., Hon., 183.
Victoria, 285.
Cannon Falls, Minn., 281.
Cape Town, South Africa, 251.
Cardwell, William, 291.
Carleton, Christopher, Major, 229.
Sir Guy, 220, 221, 222, 223.
Carmel, Mich., 162.
Carmel, N. Y., 185.
Carpenter, Anna Swanton, 122.
David R., 122.
Edward Jesup, 123.
Mary D., 123.
Sarah Jesup, 122.
William C, 353.
Carson, Josiah, 367.
Cary, Alice, 356, 357.
Asa, 357.
Elizabeth (Jessup), 357.
Phebe, 356, 357.
Robert, 357.
Samuel F., Gen., 356, 373, note.
Warren, 357.
Cash, G. W., 158.
Castile, N. Y., 299.
Castleton, N. Y., 185.
Castleton, Vt., loi.
Catharine, N. Y., 374.
Cawker City, Kan., 198.
Cawnpore, India, 259.
Cedar Point, Conn., 76.
Centralia, 111., 316.
Chagres, Panama, 137.
Chalfant, Edward J., 367.
George, 367.
Chalfant, George J., 367.
Hannah U., 367.
James, 367.
James E., 367.
Jane (Myers), 367.
Susan M., 358, note, 365, 367.
Chambers, Lancaster, 122.
S. J., 122.
Chandler, Joseph, 363.
Channahon, 111., 127, 164-166, 168, 169.
Chapman, Daniel, Rev., 233.
Samuel, 143.
Charleston, S. C, 119, 145, 176, 177.
Charles worth, Emotte, dau. of John, 8.
Charlotte Co., N. Y., 208.
Charlotte, Mich., 126, 163.
Charlottesville, Ind., 362.
Chatham, Eng., 257.
Cherry Valley, N. Y., 113, 249, note.
Chester, Joseph L., 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 34, 42.
Chester, Eng., 11, 15.
Chester, Vt, 335.
Chesterfield, Eng., 11.
Chestertown, Md., 371.
Chicago, 111., 121, 135, 197, 386.
Childs, Nathaniel, 371.
Chillicothe, Ohio, 137.
Chocke, Peter, 75.
Christian Co., Ky., 191.
Christie, James, 50.
Chubbs, Susanna, 23.
Church, Anna C, 1833, 268.
Anna M. (Jessup), 1808, 268.
Edward Jessup, 268.
Edwin, 268.
Henry Walker, 268.
Jennie (Johnson), 268.
Lottie, 268.
Susan Eliza, 268.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 331, 373, note.
Claremont, Va., 265.
Clark, Amos, 298.
Ann (Rogers), 148, note.
George Rogers, Gen., 148, note.
John, 148, note.
Thomas M., Bishop of R. I., 292, note.
William, Gen., 148, note.
Clarke, Albert G., 328.
Amos, 328, and note.
Index of Names and Places.
397
Clarke, Arthur L., 328.
Bertha Julia, 328.
Cornelia E., 328.
Edward, 1817, 144.
Edward A., 328.
Edward P., 328.
Eleanor Strong, 144.
Francisco, 143.
Francisco Arms, 146.
Francisco Jose, 145.
George Asahel, 143, 144.
George Beaumont, 145.
George Edward, 144.
George, Gov. of New York, 2^8, note.
George Samuel, 144.
Harriet Buckingham, 145.
Harriet T. (Buckingham), 145.
Helen McGregor, 145.
Ira Alfred, 328.
James B., Major, 257.
James Herbert, 328.
James M., 328.
Jane Baker, 145.
Julia, 1835, 328.
Julia A. (Jessup), 328.
Julia Ann, 328.
Julia T., 328.
Marian Winthrop, 145.
Marietta E. (Hinman), 144.
Marion, 143.
Marion Wyncoop, 144.
Mary Ann (Jesup), 143, 144.
Mary Jane (Arms), 145.
Samuel A., 114, note, 145.
Sarah J., 328.
Sarah S. (Jessup), 1808, 328.
Sarah Woodworth, 145.
William B., Rev., 139, 144. note, 145.
William J., 145.
William Wyncoop, 144.
Clarkesville, N. J., 382.
Claus, Daniel, 230.
Claverack, N. Y., 84.
Clay Co., Mo., 189, 190.
Clayton, Madeline, 304.
Richard, 1634, 9.
Clearwater, James, 332.
Cleavcland, John, 183.
Clerkins, Ellen, 339.
Cleveland, Ohio, 342, 343.
Clifton, Richard, Rev., 19.
Clinton Co., Ohio, 284, 367.
Clinton, N. Y., 301.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 231.
Coales, William, 75.
Coe, John, 47, 50.
Robert, 43.
Cogeshall, Henry, 281.
Cohansey, N. J., 356.
Cokayne, George E., 2.
Colchester, N. Y., 301, 330-334.
Colden, Cadwallader, Gov., 208.
David, 230.
Cole, Albert E,, 102.
George W. T., 102.
Jedd Willis, 102.
Ruth v., 102.
Colgate, George, 301.
Henry, 301.
John, 301.
John, Jr., 301.
Colkirk, Eng., 23.
Collett, Waldo, 332. .
Collier, Edward, 76.
Collin Co., Texas, 190.
Collins, Gen. Augustus, 355.
Collins, Ohio, 135.
Colton, Cal., 165, 169.
Columbia, Conn., 143.
Columbia Co., N. Y., 204.
Comer, James, 367.
Complitt, Harman, 362.
Compo, Conn., 69, 74, 76.
Compton, Canada, 103.
Compton, Eng., 256.
Comstock, George, 281.
Nathan, Dea., 112.
Samuel, Major, 112.
Concord, Mass., 42.
Conklen, Mehetable (Mosher), 124.
Stephen, 124.
Connor's Station, Kan., 189.
Cook, John, 363.
Mary A. (Valentine), 278,
Rachel, 365.
Samuel, 95.
William, 87, 278.
Cooley, Timothy M., Rev. Dr., 175.
398
Index of Names and Places.
Cooper, George Dibble, 282.
Glorianna S. (Rice), 282.
James B., 86, note, 88, note, 253, 282,
283, note.
James B., Jr., 282.
John, 71.
John, 282.
Lucina, 162.
Maria, 24.
Simon W., Sr., 282.
Simon W., Capt., 1829, 282.
Simon W., 1864, 2S2.
Corinth, N. Y., 215, 216.
Cornbury, Lord, Gov. of N. Y., 85.
Cornell, Hannah (Finch), 276.
Thomas, 63.
Cornhill, Richard, 62, 63.
Cornish, J. M. H., 331.
Coster, Gerard H., 382.
Matilda (Prime), 382.
Cottrill, Charles E. H., loi.
Charles Mahlon, 102.
Frances (Hall), loi.
George W., loi.
Jedd P. C, loi.
Julia, loi.
Lyman Hawley, loi.
Mahlon, loi.
William Hutchins, loi.
Couch, Ann (Edmond), 1764, 99.
Ann Edmond, 1796, 103.
Avery H., .103.
Caroline, 1801, 98.
Catharine Smith, 1792, loi.
Charrey, 99.
Daniel M., 103.
Darius Nash, Maj. Gen., 97 and note.
Dorcas E., 103.
Edward, 1789, 97.
Edward, 1792, 98.
Eleanor, 1782, 97.
Eleanor (Nash), 97.
Eleanor (Wakeman), 99.
Eli, 1791, 99.
Elizabeth, 1756, 99.
Elizabeth, 1776, 97.
Elizabeth J., 1785, 100.
Elizabeth (Jesup), 92, 96.
Esther, 1783, 97.
Couch, George W., 1802, 104.
Gideon, 1757, 99.
Gideon, 1789, 99.
Harriet, 102.
Hattie R., 103.
Hezekiah, 1791, 97.
Jessup Nash, 1778, 97 and note.
John, 99.
John, 1795, 97-
Jonathan, 1777, 97.
Lois W., 103.
Mahlon Cottrill, 103.
Mary, 1760, 99.
Mary, 1793, 97.
Mary A., 102.
Mary Sherwood, 1788, lOl.
Matilda (Jennings), 99.
Moses, 1786, 97.
Nancy (Martin), 103.
Nash, 1787, 98.
Nathan, 97.
Priscilla, 1790, 98.
Rufus, 99.
Sally Ann, 102.
Sarah, 1754, 98.
Sarah, 1779, 97.
Sarah (Hibbard), 102.
Seth, 1780, 97.
Simon, 1752, 97.
Simon, 1784, 98 and note.
Simon A., 1794, 98.
Stephen, 1763, 99.
Stephen Edmond, 1794, X02.
Thomas, 90.
Thomas, 1751, 97.
Thomas, 1774, 97.
Thomas, Ensign, 1764, 92, 96.
Wakeman, 1785, 99.
William, 99.
Coutant, Frank A., 124.
John A., 124.
John Aris, 124,
Mary Emma, 124.
Covell, Simeon, 249 and note.
Susannah, 249.
Covington, Ky., 306, 314.
Cox, Robert, 290.
Crabb, Richard, 47.
Crapo, Esther Dimon (Wakeman), 96.
Index of Names and Places.
399
Crary, Horace Staples, 98.
Crawfordsville, Ind., 307, 362.
Cressy, William, 10.
Croghan, Ann Heron, 148.
George, Col., 148, note.
George, Col., 18 12, 148, note.
Lucy (Clark), 148, note.
William, Major, 148 and note, 156.
Crook, Effie, 202.
Mira H., 202.
Rufus, 202.
Crosby, Amy (Jesop), 181 1, 336.
Benjamin J., 337.
Enoch, 336.
Frances A. (Macquaid), 337.
Franklin, 1846, 337.
John N., 336.
Joseph E., 337.
Rufus F., 337.
Crossfield, Stephen, 211.
Croton Lake, N. Y., 121, 122.
Crouch, William, 158.
Cruger, John Harris, 230.
Cuddy, Edward H., 180.
Louisa Jesup, 181.
Cumberland Co., N. J., 356, 357.
Cumberland, Md., 154.
Curtis, James L., Col., 140, note, 182, note.
Curtiss, Stiles Bishop, 318.
Gushing, Caleb, 313.
Cuyler, Abraham C, 230.
Danbury, Conn., ■](i, 192, 317.
Danforth, Bertha Jesup, 189.
Catharine (Mrs. Carr), 102.
Daniel O., 102.
George, 102.
Harriet (Couch), 102.
Idella, 189.
John, 102.
John Friend, 189.
Oscar F., 189.
Sidney, 189.
Sophia E., 189.
Stephen, 102.
Virginia E. (Jesup), 1S9.
William Thomas, 189.
Darcy, James (Lord Darcy), 1721, 11.
Hon. Mary, 11, 14.
Dardanelle, Ark, 354.
Darien, Conn., 80, 84, 295.
Darling, Abilena (Jessup), 80, 83
David, 1729, 84.
Elizabeth, 80.
Elizabeth, 1730, 84.
Jabez, 1729, 84.
James, 1729, 84.
Jessup, 1758, 84.
John, 80, 83, 84.
John, 1729, 84.
Lydia (Morehouse), 84.
Sarah, 1760, 84.
Darnell, Edmund, 377.
Dartmouth, Earl of, 213.
Davidson, Jonah, 286.
Mrs., 254, 256.
Davison, Lucy, 188.
W. S., 188.
Day, Albert Jessup, 166.
James Gilmour, 166.
John Lewis, 166.
Maurice Baldwin, 166.
Dean, Margaret Rachel, 196.
De Forest, Aurilla (Jesup), 179S, 162.
Hiram, 162.
Julia A., 162.
Louisa, 1828, 162.
Mabel Aurilla, 162.
Mary Emily, 162.
Sally Maria, 162.
Susan A. (Maxwell), 162.
William Jessup, 162.
Zadoc E., 162.
De Kay, George C, 61.
Delamater, Hannah M., 16S.
De Lancey, James, 230.
James, Jr., 230.
James, Lieut.-Gov. of N. Y., 206.
Oliver, 230.
De Land, Florida, 334.
Delany, Daniel, 369.
Delavan, Charles T., 1804, 126.
D. Bryson, 126.
Edward Close, 1813, 126.
Edward Close, Jr., 126.
Elizabeth, 1798, 125.
Esther (Jesup), 125.
Henry A., iSio, 126.
400
Index of Names and Places.
Delavan, James, 1815, 126.
Jane C, iSoS, 126.
Lewis, 1817, 126.
Margaretta, 126.
Margaretta M. (Bryson), 126.
Mary, 1796, 125.
Mary (Leake), 126.
Relief (Blackman), 126.
Sarah, 1800, 125.
Tompkins Close, 126.
Tonipldns Close, Dr., 125.
William Jesup, 1802, 126.
Delaware Co., N. Y., 330.
Delhi, N. Y., 302.
Demerara, South America, 384, 386.
De Mund, Robert D., 323.
Dennington, Mrs., 287.
Dennis, Charles, 260.
Emily, 260.
Gertrude H., 260.
Denny, Albert, 75.
Denton, Richard, Rev., 21, 32.
De Peyster, J. W., Gen., 228.
Derbyshire, Eng., 5, 12, 22, 26.
Dereham, Eng., 24.
Derrin, Sylvester E., 284.
Victoria E., 284.
Derryfield, N. H., 100.
Desborough, Mercy, 76.
Thomas, 76.
Detroit, Mich., 125, 281, 380, note, 385, 386.
De Vesci, family of, 22.
De Voe, James, 296.
De Witt, Maria V. A., 200.
Thomas, Rev. Dr., 200 and note, 201.
Dibble, Abigail, 234.
Abigail, 1743, 87.
Abigail, 1770, 2S0.
Alonzo, son of John, 281.
Alonzo, son of Silas, 281.
America, 279.
Ann, 279.
Carrie, 281.
Catharine, 280.
Catharine (Smith), 280.
Charles, 281.
Charles Henry, 282.
Deborah, 1739, 87.
Deborah, 1768, 280.
Dibble, Deborah (Ingersoll), 279.
Ebenezer, Rev., 274, 275.
Edward, 279.
Elizabeth, 238.
Elizabeth, 1745, 87.
Elizabeth, 1799, 281.
Elizabeth, dau. of Silas, 281.
Elizabeth (Searcey), 281.
Ellen, 282.
George, 1740, 88, 240, 261, 277.
George, 1773, 280.
George, Jr., 252.
George, son of John, 281.
George, son of Samuel, 279.
Grace, 1790, 282.
Hannah, dau. of Samuel, 279.
Hannah (Piatt), 279.
Harriet, 279.
Harriet (Searcey), 2S1.
Harvey, 281.
Henry, son of George, 279.
Henry, son of John, 281.
Ingersoll, 279.
Jane, 279.
John, 85.
John, 1782, 281.
John, Jr., 281.
John, son of Silas, 281.
Jonathan, 216, 234, 238.
Jonathan, 1762, 278.
Jonathan, 1788, 281, 282.
Jonathan, Lieut., 1736, 85-87, 277.
Jonathan, son of John, 281.
Josiah, 1774, 280.
Lydia (Bowman), 281.
Malvenia, 279.
Mary, 281.
Mary, dau. of George, 279.
Mary (Powell), 281.
Mary Ann, 281.
Mary Ann, 282.
Mary Ann, 1785, 281.
Mary Ann (Creag), 281.
Mary D. (Smith), 282.
Phebe, dau. of George, 1777, 281.
Phebe, dau. of Josiah, 281.
Phebe (Jessup), 1744, 277.
Samuel, 1764, 279, 281.
Samuel Jessup, 281.
Index of Names and Places,
401
Dibble, Samuel, son of Jonathan 2d, 2S2.
Sarah, 1737, 87.
Sarah, 1766, 279.
Sarah, dau. of John, 281.
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan 2d, 282.
Sarah (Howe), 281.
Sarah (Jessup), 1713, 85.
Silas, son of John, 281.
Susan, 303.
Sylvanus, 281
Warren, 279.
Willard, 281.
Dighton, Mass., 344.
Dimmitt, Elisha, 371.
Dimon, William, 107.
Dissosway, Gabriel P., 183.
Dodge, Jos. S., Jr., Dr., 280.
Mary E. (Hall), 280.
Wilkie, 381.
Doncaster, Eng., 22.
Dongan, Thomas, Gov. of N. Y., 59, 73, 379-
Dorchester Co., Md., 369.
Dorchester, Lord, Gov. of Quebec, 235.
Dorsetshire, Eng., 5, 26.
Dowsing, William, 1643, 23 and note.
D'Oyley, Thomas, M.D., 10.
Drake, Jonathan, 383.
Joseph, Col., 3S2.
Joseph, Jr., 1766, 382.
Joseph Rodman, 61, 383.
Moses, 61.
Samuel, 59.
Dranguet, Adelaide B., 303.
Du Bois, Peter, 230.
Dubuque, Iowa, 180.
Dundee, N. Y., yj-}), note, 374.
Dunham, Adella, 326.
Charles, 326.
C. S. 326.
Frank J., 326.
Mr., 301.
Dunkirk, N. Y., 374.
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 205, 207,
208, 212, 230.
Dunning, Blanche B., 160.
Carrie A. (Elmendorf), i6l.
Charles Jessup, 161.
James, 161.
John, 118, 160.
Dunning, John Irving, 160.
Julia (Griswold), 160.
Kate Jessup, 160.
Lydia A., 161.
Lydia (Jesup), 108, 160.
Mary Ann, 160.
Mary E, 161.
Mary Estelle, 160.
Monira (Duncan), 161.
Pauline (Benedict), 161.
Richard, 108, note, 160.
Richard Olmstead, 161.
William, 1821, 161.
William B., i6i.
Durham, Conn., 106.
Dusinberry, William V., 353.
Dutchess Co., N. Y., 203, 204, 248, 250,
373. 382.
Dycusburgh, Ky., 158.
Dyer, William J., 145.
Eames, Albertine, 165, 169, note.
Charles, 165.
Elizabeth (Jessup), 164, 165, 169, note.
Fannie S., 165.
George, 280.
Henry, 280.
Phebe, 280
Robert, 280.
Robert, Jr., 280.
Walter S., 164.
William S., 165.
Eastbourne, Eng., 256.
East Bradenlaw, Eng., 24.
East Chester, N. Y., 287, 382.
East Dereham, Eng., 24
East Genoa, N. Y., 374.
East Granville, Mass., 175.
Easthampton, N. Y., 355.
East Kirby, Eng., 9.
Easton, Conn., 98-100.
Easton, Penn., 185.
East Rockport, N. Y., 343.
East Troy, Wis., 301.
Ecclesall, parish of, Eng., 13.
Ecclesall, Robert de, 12.
Eckford, Henry, 295, 296.
Edgton, Eng., 21.
Edmond, David, 100.
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402
Index of Names and Places.
Edmond, Robert, lOO.
William, loo.
Egg Harbor, N. J., 173, note.
Egle, Wm. H., M. D., 369, note.
Egton, Eng., 256.
Elizabethtown, N. J., 350.
Eliot, Jared, 95.
Elliott, George, 87.
Ellis, Margaret, 263.
William, 263.
William Edward, 263.
Elyria, Ohio, 135, note.
Embree, John, 75.
Eminence, Ky., 187.
Emory, Daniel G., 372.
Lilian, 372.
Esam, William B., 18.
Essex County, Eng., 11.
Evans, Emma F., 346.
Thomas W., 270.
Everitt, Cornelius, 119.
Mary Ann (Pentz), 119.
Eyre, Ann (Jessop), 10.
Barbara, dau. of Robert, li.
Isabella (Jessop), 1701, 12.
John, of Hopton, 12.
Robert, 11.
Thomas, 10, 11.
Sir William, of High Low, 12.
Fairchild, Alfred, 1807, 107.
Eliza (Shelton), 107.
Esther (Brooks), 106.
Frederick, 107.
Henry, 107.
Jane Emeline, 1805, 107.
John, 107.
Julia, 1809, 107.
Julia Ann, 1800, 107.
Maria, 107.
Robert, 1775, 106.
Robert George, 107.
Samuel Allen, 107.
Sarah (Brintnall), 107.
Thomas, 107.
Fairfield, Conn., 41, 44, 65-67, 70, 72, 74,
89, 90, 92, 94, 99, loi, 105-107, 113,
116, 248, note, 271, 299, 382, 384.
Fairfield, N. Y., 386.
Fairview, Ky., 158, 188, 189, 202.
Fakenham, Eng., 24.
Faraday, Laura (Sturges), 112, note.
Farmington, Conn., 333.
Farquhar, Arthur B., 368.
Fauquier Co., Va., 372.
Fayette Co., Ky., 156.
Featherstone, Peter, Rev., 127.
Feeks, Edna, 1801, 280.
George, 1799, 280.
Grace, 1798, 280.
Hannah, 1814, 280.
John, 1S12, 280.
Joseph, 280.
Louisa, 1808, 280.
Mary, 1796, 280.
Phebe, 1806, 280.
Sarah, 1803, 280.
Theodore, 1818, 280.
Fenn, Alza E. (Isbell), 316.
Betsey (Jessup), 1784, 315.
Betsey Ann, 317.
Betsey Jane, 317.
Caroline V. (Denison), 316.
Charles James, 316.
Clara Rose, 316.
Clarissa E. (Beach), 316.
Frances I., 317.
Frank Clark, 316.
James AUdis, 316.
Jennie Clara, 316.
John, 315.
John Alonzo, 316.
John Barnum, 316.
Mary Lucretia, 317.
Rose E. (Pelton), 316.
Susan Elvira, 316.
William Alexander, 316.
William Beach, 316.
Van Rensselaer, 1807, 316.
Ferguson, James W., 323.
Ferris, Ann (Allen), 107.
Caroline, 290.
Charlton, 73.
Elihu, 290.
Elijah, TT,.
John, 159.
John H., 73.
Julia, 303.
Index of Names and Places.
403
Ferris, Mary, 290.
Mary Elizabeth, 290.
Nellie, 318.
Oliver, 273.
Paris Robins, 290.
Peter, 290.
Samuel, 290.
Samuel, 324.
Walter B., 107.
William, 73.
Field, John, 382.
Finch, Abigail (Randall), 276.
Annie H. 335.
Carrie M., 335.
Edith L., 335.
Edward, 334.
Edward Vail, 335.
James, 1828, 335.
Jeremiah, 276, 334.
Maria L. (Vail), 335.
Rufus W , 335.
Sally (Jesop), 1801, 334.
Sarah E., 335.
Tamson J., 334.
Wm. Rufus, 335.
Finney, Mr., 303.
Fisher, James, Rev., 14.
Fitch, Thomas, 80.
Florida, N. Y., 351, 353, 355.
Floyd, Richard, 231.
Flushing, N. Y., 61.
Folliot, George, 230.
Fond du Lac, Wis., 194.
Ford, Abraham, 370.
Charles, 370.
Elizabeth, 370.
John, 370.
Jonathan, 370.
Nicholas, 370.
William, 370.
Foster, Josiah, 353.
Fowler, Mortimer, 121,
Solomon, 382.
Fox, Anna, 169.
Catharine Elizabeth, 165.
Fannie, 165.
Henry Benedict, 169.
Lewis White, 169.
Orlena, 165.
Fox, Wm. Jessup, 165.
W. R., M.D., 165, 169 and note.
Franklin, Ann A., 343.
Franklin, Conn., 317, 318.
Franklin, N. Y., 162, 316, 317, 332,
Frederick City, Md., 366.
Freeman, Elizabeth (Valentine), 87.
Freeman's Farm, N Y., 228.
Fremont, Col. John C, 310.
French, Catharine, 286.
Charlotte, 286.
Ephraim, 285.
Francis, 70, 71.
Jane, 286.
John, 355.
Laura, 286.
Lawrence, 286.
Othniel, 286.
Othniel, son of Ephraim, 286.
Susan, 286.
Friend, Elizabeth B , 1 58.
Frost, Abraham, 47.
Daniel, 67.
Joseph, 75.
Fuller, Amy (Jessup), 294.
Edward N , 104.
Hattie F , 326.
Joel S., 326.
John D., 326.
Galusha, Charles C, 334,
Elon C, 333,
Elon Gilbert, 334,
Elon Jessup, 334.
Jonas, 333.
Julia (Jessup), 1820, 333.
Margaret E. (Gilbert), 334.
Gardner, Benjamin, 381.
Elizabeth, 380.
Henry, 65.
Gassner, D.D., 325.
Gasson, Derrick, 62, dT^.
Gatty, Alfred, Rev. Dr., 17.
Gee, Isaac, 330.
Kate, 331.
Susan (Jessup), 1808, 330.
Gell, Philip, of Hopton, 17.
Georgetown, S C, 287.
Germaine, Lord George, 223, 224.
404
Index of Names and Places.
Gerow, Julia (Allen), 107.
Gibara, Island of Cuba, 143.
Gibson, Harriet (Dibble), 279.
Isabella, 279.
Thomas, 279.
William, 279.
William, Jr., 279.
Gilbert, Henry, 331.
Maria, 331.
William H., 331.
Gishop, Edward, 1663, 37, 52.
Glasgow, Scotland, 361, 373.
Glass, E. P., 333.
Glen Cove, N. Y., 293.
Glennie, Rev. Mr., 287.
Glen's Falls, N. Y., 214, 217.
Gloucester Co., N. J., 375.
Glyskherr, F. A., 190.
Godfrey, Nathan, 113, note.
Goodrich, Anne, dau. of Lyon, 1608, 10.
Edward or Thomas, 9.
Lyon, 10.
Goodsell, John, Rev., 82, note.
Gookin, Cornelia (Wakeman), 96.
Warren D., 96 and note.
Gore, Francis, Lt.-Gov. of Lower Canada,
250.
Gorham, N. Y., 300, 301.
Gorsuch, Mary, 372.
Ruth, 371.
Goshen, Conn., 173.
Goshen, N. Y., 354.
Gossope, John, 32.
Gouldstone, William, Sy
Gover, Isaac, 368.
Grafton Co., N. H., 100.
Graham, Sir Gerald, Gen., 261.
Grand Rapids, Mich., 352.
Grant Co., Ind., 315.'
Granville, N. Y., 122.
Grass Valley, Cal., 126.
Gravesend, N. Y., 50.
Gray, Ann, 367.
Henry, 66, 67, 69, note.
Joseph, 276.
Sampson, 364.
Sarah, 368.
W. H., 188.
Greenbush, N. Y., 184, 195.
Green Co., Ind., 365.
Green, David, 367.
John, 66, 67, 75, 90.
Keziah, 283.
Greenfield Centre, N. Y., 294.
Greenfield Hill, Conn., 77, 80, 81, 96, 98.
Greenpoint, N. Y., 323.
Green's Farms, Conn., 45, note, 65, 66, 74,
77, 81-85, 89-9?) 99> i°4' i°5' ''°9>
113-115, 128, 131, 134-136, 13S, 139.
142, 143, 169, 177, note, 233.
Greenwich, Conn., 83-85, 271-273, 276, 2771
283-290, 292, 293, 300-304, 313-
315, 321-326, 340-342.
Grenville Co., Canada, 233, 238.
Griffin, Casper L., 121.
David A., 121.
William, 122.
Griswold, Conn., 145, 146.
Griswold, Edward, 1607, 173, note.
Francis, 174, note.
George, 1671, 174, note.
George, son of Edward, 173, note.
Giles, 174, note.
Mary (Stanley), 174, note.
Matthew, 1639, 173, note.
Rufus W., 164.
Zaccheus, 1705, 174, note.
Grove Farm, 73, 74.
Guernsey, Emily, 298.
Ezra, 297.
Frank, 298.
Hannah, 298.
Sarah, 297.
William, 298.
Guilford Co., N. C, 359, 361-5.
Guilford, Conn., 98.
Guire, Mary, 94.
Gunning, Anna, 192.
Brian Carman, 192.
Emma, 192.
Harold, 192.
Louisa (Jessup), 191.
Lucene (Carman), 192.
Mary E., 192.
Thomas B., Dr , 191.
Thomas B., Jr., 192.
William Jessup, 161, 192 and note.
Gunther, Wm. H., Jx., 336.
Index of Names and Places.
405
Haddonfield, N. J., 375, 376.
Hadley, Joseph, 53, note.
Mary (Richardson), 53, note.
Hager, S. Bradley, 159.
Haight, Annie May, 123.
George F., 122.
Reuben J., 122.
Haines, Jane ( ), 366.
Haisby, David, 368.
Haisley, Elva, 315.
Eva, 315.
Jesse, 315.
Theodore, 315.
Walter, 315.
Hait, Abigail, 275.
John, 275.
Haldimand, Sir F., Gen., 223, 224, 227,
229, 235.
Halifax, Eng., 11, 21.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 231.
Hall, Edmond, loi.
Fannie S. (Fames), 165.
Henry, loi.
J- H., 374.
John, 100.
Jonathan M., 279.
Mira S., 198.
Sarah W., 280.
Stephen Couch, loi.
Willis, 183.
Hallam, parish of, Eng., 13,
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 61.
Hallock, Charles, 337.
Elbertie, 337.
Emma, 337.
Frank, 337.
Josephine, 337.
Libbie, 337.
Nellie, 337.
Susie, 337,
William S., 337.
Halsey, Mary, 352.
Halstead, Jonas, 1661, 43.
Hamden, N. Y., 302, 331.
Hamilton Co., Ohio, 356, 357, 374.
Hamilton, Schuyler, Major-Gen., 381.
Hampstead, Eng., 262.
Hampstead, N. Y., 32.
Hampton, Elisha, 367.
Hampton, Va., 138.
Hancock, Esther A., 377.
Rowland, Rev., 14.
Hancock, Minn., 102.
Hancock, Ohio, 299.
Hanford, Ebenezer, 99.
Elizabeth (Couch), 99.
Eunice, 117.
Hezekiah, 99.
John, 117.
Mary Ann, 180.
Mehitabel (Comstock), 117.
Noah, 99.
Richard, 180.
Hankow, China, 282.
Hannegan, Edward A., 308.
Hanover, N. H., 175.
Harbord, Alfred Cropley, 260.
Geoffrey Walter, 260.
Morden Charles, 260.
Therese Mary, 260.
William, Hon., 260.
Harlem, N. Y., 120.
Harlow, D. B., 120.
Harmony, N. J., 382.
Harris, James, 362.
Harrisburgh, Texas, 2S8.
Harry's Ridge (Wilton), Conn., 91, 109
and note, 116, 118.
Hart, Jacob, 81.
Harvey, Josiah, 72.
Richard, 74.
Harwinton, Conn., 284, 320.
Hastings, N. Y., 51.
Hatch, Abigail (Jesop), 180S, 335.
Albert H., 336.
Annie J., 336.
Charles C, 335.
Charles H., 336.
Clarence G , 336.
Harriet (Judson), 336.
Marie Louise, 336.
Marie L. (Philips), 336.
Marlin F., 335.
Mary A. ( ), 336,
Mary C. (Hamilton) 336.
Oramil C, 336.
Walter C, 336.
William J., 336.
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Index of Names and Places.
Hathaway, Miss C. A., 340.
Hathersage, Eng., 10.
Hatt, Jacob, 207.
Hawes, Horace, 309.
Hawley, Alvira, 317.
Augusta, 317.
Betsey (Jessup), 316.
Charles, 317.
David, 315.
Mrs. Ebenezer, 97.
Jerusha (Smith), 317.
Joanna (Jackson), 316.
Julia E., 317.
Laura Ann, 318.
Salmon, 317.
Hawley ville. Conn., 319.
Hayden, John Noyes, Rev., 146.
Sarah Stebbins (Jesup), 146-
Sophie Walker (Woods), 146.
William B. Rev., 146.
Haynie, Clarence D., 314.
Erasmus D., 314.
Ida May, 314.
Hayes, John, 184.
Hazard, Jonathan, 59.
Head, Sir Edmund W., 267.
. Hector, N. Y., 126, 163.
Heeley, parish of, Eng., 13.
Helton, Richard, 361.
Hempstead, N. Y., 43, 54.
Hendricks Co., Ind., 364.
Hendrie, Alexander, Capt, 291 and note.
Henry Co., Iowa, 363.
Henry Co., Ky., 118.
Henry, Levi, 103.
Mary, 103.
Susan, 103.
Herkimer Co., N. Y., 384.
Herkimer, John Joost, 230.
Herrick, Eunice, 354.
Herschel, Sir John, 258.
Hevvett, Edward Hyde, 261.
J. M. M., Major, 261.
William N. Wrighte, 260.
Sir William N. Wrighte, Admiral,
261.
William Wrighte, M. D., 260.
Hiatt, Alfred H., 362.
Amanda (Haskins), 362.
Hiatt, Amer, 362.
Betsey W., 362.
David, 2S4.
Elam, 362.
Elizabeth (Pike), 362.
Fannie O. (Fitten), 362.
Herman, 362.
Jane, 362.
Jesse W., 362.
Joel W., 362.
John M., 362.
Louisa J., 362.
Maggie E. (Elliot), 362.
Martha A., 362.
Martha J. (Meek), 362.
Mary A. (Bowman), 362.
Mary (Harris), 362.
Sarah (Harn), 362.
Highland Co., Ohio, 361, 362.
High Low, Eng., 10, 11, 12.
Hildreth, Joseph, 350.
Hill, Harriet, 304.
Joseph, Capt., 98.
Hitchcock, Thomas, iii.
Hitt, Clarissa (Jessup), 300.
Hobby, William H., 85, 252.
Hoboken, N. J., loi.
Hoffman, Martin, Col., 204.
Michael, 386.
Hoit, Jonathan, Jr., 80.
Holden, A. W., Dr., 216, 219, 228.
HoUingsworth, Benjamin B., 190.
Ella Bell, 190.
Fannie E., 190.
Jeptha H., 189.
John S., 190.
Mollie C, 190.
Ruth B., 190.
Sallie M. (Fellows), 189.
Sarah F. (Jesup), 189.
Thomas J., 189.
Virgil H., 190.
Virginia E., 190.
Holloway, Lydia, 382.
Holly, David, 80.
Holly Springs, Miss., 316.
Hook, Arthur S., 125.
Charles E., 125.
Charles H., 125.
Index of Names and Places.
407
Hook, Lee Harmon, 125.
Virginia L., 125.
Hopkins, Samuel, 376.
Woodhull, 326.
Hopkinsville, Ky., 187.
Hopton, Eng., 12.
Horsham, Eng., 23.
Horton, Richard, 63.
Hotchkiss, Eli H., 340.
Lelia J., 340.
Howell, Amanda M., 315.
Ann Jeannette, 315.
Asa, 355.
Austin, 353.
Charles Jessup, 315.
Daniel Elza, 315.
Edward D., 354.
Eliza Jane, 315.
Gabriel, 354.
Gabriel, Jr., 354.
George R., Rev., 33.
Hester Ann, 315.
Jeremiah, 315.
Jessie F., 354.
John J., 354.
Keziah E., 315.
Keziah May, 315.
Mary Elma, 315.
Sarah E. (Gary), 315.
Sarah J. (Jessup), 1S23, 315.
Howes, Fanny M., 319.
Warren, 319.
Hoyt, Abby, 1802, 299.
Augusta, 279.
Betsey A., 299.
Catharine (Hellman), 299.
Eliza Hannah, 299.
Emily, 1824, 299.
Frances, 279.
Grace, 279.
Grace (Dibble), 279.
Hannah (Jessup), 1783, 299.
Harriet, 1810, 299.
Henry C, 299.
Malvenia, 279.
Mary Ann, 299.
Mary R. (Schuyler), 299.
Nathan G., 299.
Sally (Gillam), 299.
Hoyt, Samuel, 299, 300.
William C, 299.
Samuel Thomas, 299.
Hubbard, David, 279.
Elizabeth, 279.
Ellen, 279.
Gabriel, 279.
George, 279.
Hannah P., 279.
Mary H., 279.
Samuel, 279.
Hubbardton, Vt., 228.
Hubby, Ebenezer, 274.
Hudson, N. Y., 122, 330.
Hull, Eliphalet, Dr., 177, note.
William, Gen., 149.
Hunt, Abigail, 1700, 380.
Abigail ^^ 381.
Alsop 29, 383.
Amanda (Hann), 383.
Anna (Merton), 385.
Augustine, 1716, 381, 382.
Austin, 1762, 382.
Bathsheba (Briggs), 3S2, 384.
Charity, 1810, 382.
Charles J., 386.
Christian ( ), d. 1749, 3S1.
Cicily ( ), 378.
Cicily, 1717, 70, 379, 380.
Cornelia, 1820, 385.
David Page, Dr., 382.
Eliza67, 386.
Eliza, 1838, 387.
Eliza A. S. (Anten), 382.
Eliza (Hardy), 383.
Eliza (Mrs. Richards), 3S3.
Eliza (Stringham), 385.
Eliza (Tice), 383.
Elizabeth, 62-64.
Elizabeth, 1823, 385.
Elizabeth (Gardner), 380 and note.
Elizabeth (Jessup), 1666, 60, 61, 63,
64. 379-
Elizabeth (Lockwood), 383.
Elizabeth (Ridgeley), 387.
Esther (Wetmore), 384.
Fanny, 1783, 384.
Frances, 1806, 385.
Frances A., 386.
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Index of Names and Places.
Hunt, Frances A. (de Poline),383.
Frances H. (Bennett), 384.
Frances J., 386.
Frances (Mrs. Peark), 383.
Gardiner, 1800, 3S2.
Gardiner A., Rev., 1764, 382.
Gardiner A., 1804, 383.
Hannah (Wright), 383.
Henrietta (Munday), 382.
Henry 30, 3S3.
Henry, 1809, 385.
Holloway, 1805, 382.
Holloway W., Rev., 1769, 382.
Holloway, W., Jr., Rev., 1799, 382.
Holloway W., Rev., 1800, 382.
Hugh 66, 386.
Jameses, 383.
James 65, 386.
James B., 385, 386.
James S., 385.
Jesse, 1727, 3S2, 384.
Jesse 38, 384.
John, 1695, 380.
John S., 3S5.
John Savage, 387.
Jonathan ^t, 383.
Joseph, 1697, 379, 380.
Joseph, Dr., 383, 384.
Joseph 64, 3S6.
Joseph N., 386.
Joseph P., 385.
Joshua 31, 383.
Josiah, 1704, son of Thomas, 380.
Josiah, Sr., of Westchester, 379.
Josiah, Jr., of Westchester, 73.
Lewises 381.
Lydia, 1773, 384.
Lydia, 1813, 385.
Lydia (Holloway), 382.
Margaret, 1770, 384.
Margaret M., 386.
Margaretta, 1805, 38 5.
Maria (Smith), 386.
Maria T., 386.
Maria (Taylor), 387.
Martha W., 383.
Mary, 1666, 64.
Mary, 1701, 380.
Mary, 1725, 381.
Hunt, Mary, 1797, 382.
Mary 34, 384.
Mary A. B., 3S0, note, 385.
. Mary Ann, 386.
Mary A. (Savage), 387.
Mary C., 385.
Mary (McFadden), 386.
Melancthon W., 384.
Mianna, 73.
Millicent (Wright), 383.
Miriam, 1730, 382.
Montgomery, 1777, 384, 385.
Montgomery, Jr., 1816, 385.
Phebe, 1733, 382.
Ralph, 50, 62, 63, 73.
Richard 32, 383.
Robert, 1695, S^o-
Robert ", 381.
Rosanna, 1812, 382.
Ruth (Page), 382.
Sally, 1794, 382.
Samuel 39, 384.
Sarah, 1736, 382.
Sarah, d. 1819, 383.
Sarah (Staples), 382, 384.
Susan A., 382.
Susan (Willis), 382.
Thomas, of Westchester, 1652, 52, 73,
378.
Thomas, of Westchester, 1756, "jt^.
Thomas, of West Farms, 1666, 52, 58,
59, 63-65, 69, 70, iz^ 378, 379.
Thomas 2, of West Farms, d. 1739,
379. 380-
Thomas 1", of West Farms, d. 1749,
3S1.
Thomas i^, of West Farms, d. 1808,
61, 381. 383-
Thomas ^s, of West Farms, 383.
Thomas 37, 384.
Thomas 62, 386.
Thomas E., Dr., 382.
Thomas J., 1795, 385- 386.
Walter B., 1774, 384.
Ward, 1739, 382, 384.
Ward, Justice, 1810, 385, 386.
Ward, Jr., 387.
William A. A., 382.
Hunter, David, 207.
Index of Names and Places.
409
Hunter, Peter, Lt.-Gov. of Upper Canada,
249.
Huntington, Caroline, 344.
Huntington, N. Y., 128, note.
Hunt's Point, N. Y., 57, 58, 60, 61, 381, 385.
Huntting, Zerviah, 353.
Huron Co., Ohio, 114.
Hush, John, 370.
Hussey, John, 361.
Mary (Jessop), 359.
Husted, Joseph, 273.
Hyde, Adeline (Allen), 135.
Arete, 1791, 134.
Arete (Jesup), 1770, 134.
Arete Jesup, 135.
Ebenezer, 1800, 134.
Edward, 1804, 135.
Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 248, note.
Edward, Gov. of New York, 248, note.
Eleanor, 1793, 134.
Elizabeth, 1669, 74, 80, 81, 134, note.
Emma (Humphrey), 135.
Harriet Eleanor, 136.
Harriet Louisa (Adams), 136.
Humphrey, 74, 134 and note, 239, 248,
J. E., 386.
John, 1642, 74.
John, 94.
John, 1795, 134.
John S., Dea., 113, note, 136.
Joseph, Dea., 1761, 134.
Joseph, 1798, 134.
Mary, 386.
Mary Augusta, 136.
Mary Louisa, 136.
Myranda, 1798, 134.
Rachel, 1802, 134.
Samuel, 1809, 136.
Sarah (Burr), 135.
Thirza Allen, 135.
William Swift, 135.
Hyde Park, N. Y., 123.
Indianapolis, Ind., 363.
Ingersoll, Elizabeth, 281.
George, 281.
Malvenia, 281.
Simon, 279.
Solomon, 279, 281.
Ingles, Charles, 230.
Margaret ( ), 230.
Inglis, William, Hon., 183.
Ireland, Robert, 122, 123.
Robert, Jr., 123.
Isaacs, Benjamin, 278.
Mary, 80.
Isbell, Belle, 339.
Isle aux Noix, Canada, 238.
Ithaca, Mich., 195, 196.
Jackson, Mich., 136.
Jacksonville, Fla., 122, 281.
Jacobus, Simon, 125.
James, Abigail, 233.
Henry, 216, 233 and note, 274.
Jonathan, 296.
Sarah, 274.
Jay, John C, M.D., 382.
Laura (Prime), 382.
Peter A., 381.
Jefferson, Or., 145.
Jenkins, Sarah, 313.
Jenks, David, 284.
Rheua Amanda, 284.
Jennings, Aaron, 106.
Austin, 115.
Eunice (Taylor), 106.
Fred Mortimer, 317.
Isaac, 353.
Jesup Taylor, 106 and note.
Mortimer James, 316, 317.
Moses, 106.
Wendell H., 317.
William Jesup, Rev., 106.
Jermain, John, 125.
Jerome, Charles W., Prof., 167.
Olivia J., 167.
William, Rev., 167.
Jersey City, N. J., 121.
Jesop, Abigail, 1808, 303.
Alexander, 1816, 303, 337.
Amy, i8ri, 303.
Benjamin, 1776, 302.
Betsey, 1803, 303.
Edward Finch, 303.
Edwin, 1850, 337.
Francena, 1842, 337.
Mary, 1806, 303.
4IO
Index of Names and Places.
Jesop, Sally, 1801, 303.
Susan A. (Powell), 337.
Tamson (Mead), 302.
Walter, 1635, 31.
Jesopp, Thomas, 1634, 31.
Jessop, Abner, 363.
Abraham, 176S, 370.
Abraham, son of Charles, 372.
Abraham, Jr., 372.
Agnes, 1680, 9.
Agnes ( ), 361, 365.
Ahijah, 368.
Alfred, 35S, note, 368,
Amanda C, 373.
Amy, 368.
Ann, 1778, 363.
Ann, dau. of Thomas, Jr., 360.
Ann, of Brancliffe, 10.
Ann, of High Low, 10, 11.
Ann (Frazier), 367.
Ann (Gray), 363, 367
Ann (Haisley), 368.
Ann (Matthews), 359, 361.
Ann (Owings), 371.
Ann (Stansberry), 370.
Ann (Wells), 372.
Ann C. (Price), 373.
Anna, 1629, 9.
Anna, dau. of Jacob, 363.
Anna (Brown), 370.
Anna (Thomas), 368.
Anna W., 372.
Anne, 1640, 11.
Anne, 1674, 11.
Anne, 1784, 371.
Anne (Goodrich), 1608, 10.
Anne (Swift), 1531, 9, 14, 22.
Annie (Lockman), 36S.
Arietta, 1782, 370.
Asa, 368.
Axia (Wells), 370.
Barbara, 1679, ^^■
Barbara, 1697, 11, 13, note.
Belinda, 367.
Bertha, 1704, 12.
Beulah, 367.
Caleb, son of Thomas, Jr., 359, 361,
365-
Carrie H., 368.
Jessop, Catharine, 25.
Catharine (D'Oyley), 10.
Cecilia (Barry), 372.
Cecilia P., 373.
Celina (Vickets), 371.
Charles, 1759, 370, 372.
Charles, 1800, 371.
Charles, 1802, 367.
Charles, son of Edward, 368.
Charles, 1806, son of Jonathan, 367.
Charles, d. 1884, 372.
Charles L., 372.
Charles M., 373.
Charles N., 372.
Constantine, Rev., 19, note.
Delilah, dau. of Nicholas, 371.
Dominic B., 371.
Dorothy, of Brancliffe, 10.
Edith, 363.
Edmund, 1578, 29.
Edward, 1810, 367, 368.
Edward, son of Nicholas, 371.
Edwin, son of Joshua, 373.
Eli, Dr., 367.
Elijah, 363.
Elizabeth, 161 5, 8.
Elizabeth, 1671, 11.
Elizabeth, 1750, 370.
Elizabeth, of Brancliffe, 10.
Elizabeth, dau. of Edward, 368.
Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac, 367.
Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas, 371.
Elizabeth (Ashton), 372.
Elizabeth (Haile), 373.
Elizabeth (Teasdell), 1612, 8.
Ellen (Ashton), 372.
Elwood, 368.
Emma M. (Booth), 373.
Emotte, 1680, 9.
Emotte (Charlesworth), 8.
Esther, 1632, 10.
Esther, 1762, 370.
Esther, g'dau. of Thomas, Jr., 364.
Florence, 372.
Frances, 1636, 23.
Frances (White), 22, note, 23.
Francis, 1575, 9, 19, 20, 22, and note,
23-27.
Francis, d. 1878, 368.
Index of Names and Places.
411
Jessop, Francis, 1676, of Brancliffe, 9, 15.
Francis, 1638, of Broom Hall, 9, 11,
13, 18.'
Francis, 1749, of Swanton Morley,
Eng., 24.
. Francis, Rev., 1668, of Treeton, Eng.,
II, 15,25.
Francis, son of Samuel, M.D., 24.
George, 1584, of Brancliffe, 9, 16.
George, son of Charles, 372.
George T., 372.
George W., 373.
Gertrude, 1621, 9.
Gertrude M., 10.
Hannah, dau. of Isaac, 367.
Hannah, 1773, dau. of Thomas, Jr.,
360, 361.
Hannah G., 368.
Hannah (Pratt), 361, 364.
Hannah (Teal), 371.
Harriet, 180S, 372.
Henry,. 1578, of Mendlesham, Eng., 29.
Huldah, 367.
Irene A., 36S.
Isaac, d. 1842, 365.
Isaac, g'son of Thomas, Jr., 363, 367.
Isaac, son of Nathan, 368.
Isabella, 1701, 12.
Jacob, d. 181 8, 360, 363.
Jacob, son of Thomas, Jr., 360, 361,
365-
James, Lord Darcy, 1733, li, 12.
Jane, 1667, 11.
Jane ( ), 366.
Jane (South), 1637, 10.
Jeannette M., 368.
Jemima (Buck), 372.
John, 1623, 9.
John, son of Charles, 372.
John, son of Isaac i^^ 368.
John, son of Isaac 2 , 365.
John, son of Thomas, Jr., 361.
Jonathan, g'g'son of Thomas, Jr., 367.
Jonathan, Rev., of Colkirk, Eng., 23.
Jonathan, of York, Penn., 40, 360, 361,
365-
Jonathan, son of Edward, 368.
Joseph, 1 686, of Lancaster Co., Penn.,
369, note.
Jessop, Joseph, son of Thomas, Jr., 359,
360, 361, 363.
Joseph U., 367.
Joshua, 1796, 371.
Joshua, 1806, 372, 373.
Josiah, son of William, 364.
Lawrence, 15S0, 8, 18.
Levi, Dr., 368.
Lizzie (Benton), 368.
Lizzie (Rowland), 368,
Luzena, 368.
Lydia (Bosley), 371.
Lydia (Haugh), 368.
" Major," at battle of Waterloo, 5
152, note.
Margaret, 1582, 9.
Margaret, 161 3, 8.
Margaret, 1781, 370.
Margaret, dau. of Nicholas, 371.
Margaret, of Brancliffe, 10.
Margaret, of North Lees, Eng., 10.
Margaret (Walker), 369.
Martha, of Brancliffe, 10.
Mary, 12.
Mary, 1789, 371.
Mary, of Brancliffe, 10.
Mary, dau. of Charles, 372.
Mary, dau. of John, 372.
Mary, dau of Nathan, 368.
Mary, dau. of Thomas, Jr., 361.
Mary, g'g'dau. of Thomas, Jr., 367.
Mary ( ), 372.
Mary (Bales), 361, 363.
Mary (Bright), 10.
Mary (Gorsuch), 372.
Mary (Johnson), 372.
Mary (Littig), 372.
Mary (Pratt), 361, 364.
Mary (Roberts), 368.
Mary Ann, 367.
Mary A. (Whitacre), 368.
Mary D. (Bedell), 367.
Mary H. ( ), 368.
Mary J. (Slagle), 368.
Massey (Sanders), 368.
Miriam (Woodward), 368.
Nathan, g'son of Thomas, Jr., -^d^n
368.
Nathan, son of Isaac, 36S.
412
Index of Names and Places.
Jessop, Nicholas, 1757, 370, 371.
Patience, 364.
Phebe, dau. of Nathan, 368.
Pratt, 364.
Priscilla ( ), 361, 363.
Priscilla (Williams), 368.
Prudence, 367.
Rachel (Cook), 365.
Rebecca, g'g'dau. of Thomas, Jr., 367.
Richard, 24.
Richard, 1575, 9, 19.
Richard, d. 1750, 24.
Richard, g'g'son of Thomas, Jr., 367.
Richard, of Brancliffe, 9.
Richard, 1575, of Broom Hall, 7, 8,
9, 22.
Riley, Capt., 364.
Roger, of Thurmscoe, 24.
Ruth, g'dau. of Thomas, Jr., 364.
Ruth (Gorsuch), 371.
Sallie (Shaw), 368.
Samuel, M. D., of East Bradenlaw,
24.
Samuel N., 368.
Samuel, son of Timothy, 364.
Samuel W., 372.
Sarah, 1633, 9-
Sarah, of Brancliffe, 10.
Sarah, dau. of Thomas, Jr., 360, 361.
Sarah, dau. of William, 364.
Sarah, g'dau. of Thomas, Jr., 364.
Sarah (Gray), 363, 368.
Sarah (Lee), 363.
Susan (Haile), 373.
Susanna (Bridner), 372.
Susanna (Updegraff), 365.
Susannah, dau. of Samuel, M. D., "4.
Susannah (Chubbs), 23.
Thomas, 1638, 24.
Thomas, 1722, of North Carolina, 33,
358, 359-
Thomas, Jr., 1722, of N. C, 358, 359,
360, 361.
Thomas, son of Thomas, Jr., 359, 361,
363-
Thomas, g'son of Thomas, Jr., 363,
367-
Thomas, g'g'son of Thomas, Jr., 367.
Thomas, son of Nathan, 368.
Jessop, Thomas, of Thurmscoe Hall, 25.
Timothy, g'son of Thomas, Jr., 363.
Timothy, Jr., 364.
Timothy, son of Thomas, Jr., 359,
361, 364.
William, 1626, 9.
William, 1634, 10.
William, 1641, 11.
William, 1755, 370 and note.
William, 1787, 371.
William, 1791, 371, 372.
"William, 1814, 367.
William, d. 1866, 372.
William, 1789, the engineer, 5, note.
William (Justice of the Peace), 1656,
21, note.
William, 1562, of Broom Hall, 9, 19.
William, 1610, of Broom Hall, 10.
William, 1664, of Broom Hall, li. 14-
18, 22.
William, 1753, of Maryland, 33, 369.
William, 1557, of Rotherham, 8.
William, son of Edward, 368.
William, son of Thomas, Jr., 361, 364.
William W., 372.
Wortley, 1633, 10.
Wortley, 1583, of Scofton, 9, 10, 19.
Jessope, Mr., 1661, 31.
Jessopp, Anne (Sympson), 25.
Augustus, D. D., 21, and note, 26,
note, 28.
Roger, of Thurmscoe Hall, 24.
Thomas, of Thurmscoe Hall, 25.
Jessop's, Md., 366.
Jessup, Abigail, 1727, 351.
Abigail, 1761, 237.
Abigail, 1769, 277.
Abigail, 1785, 353.
Abigail, 1800, 301.
Abigail, d. 1824, 284.
Abigail, dau. of Isaac, 357.
Abigail, dau. of Isaac ^ 350.
Abigail, dau. of Isaac ^°, 354.
Abigail, dau. of Lewis, 350.
Abigail ( ), 350.
Abigail (Dibble), 234, 241.
Abigail (Hait), 275.
Abigail (James), 233.
Abigail (Minor), 321,
Index of Names and Places.
413
Jessup, Abigail (Randall), 276.
Abigail Yates, 327.
Abilena, 1696, 79, 81.
Abraham, 177 1, 277.
Abraham, 1773, 301,
Abraham Mull, 163.
Abram Mull, 1836, 195.
Ada E., 343.
Adaline (Patterson), 331.
Addison, 194.
Adelaide B. (Dranguet), 303.
Adelia (Gunney), 194.
Albert, 352.
Albert, son of Edward, 355.
Albert, 1822, 355.
Albert, son of Francis A., 355.
Albert R., 302.
Alexander C, 355, 356.
Alfred D., 356.
Alida Ann, 164.
Alminah, 85, note, 215, note, 216,
note, 276, note, 294.
Amanda, dau. of Daniel, 358.
Amanda E., 314.
Amanda J. (Wheeler), 195.
Amos, 1736, 271, and note, 273.
Amos, 1772, 273.
Amy, 1838, 326.
Amy (Robertson), 326.
Amzi A., 353.
Andrew, 357.
Andrew J., of Cincinnati, 358.
Andrew Schermerhorn, 164, 196.
Angelina, 1803, 289.
Angeline, dau. of Joseph, 294.
Ann, 1810, 354.
Ann, d. 1856, 298.
Ann (Ferris), 303.
Ann (Lockwood), 272.
Ann A. ( ), 194.
Ann Augusta, 324.
Ann A. (Franklin), 343.
Ann C. (Barnum), 342.
Ann Eliza, 1820, 283.
Ann Eliza, 1825, 303.
Ann E. (Tippett), 314.
Ann E. (Waterman), 329.
Ann W., 1823, of N. J., 376.
Anna, 294.
Jessup, Anna, 1821, 355.
Anna, d. 1835, 272.
Anna Ford, 266.
Anna Maria, 250.
Lady Anna M. (Bowes), 250, and
note, 252, 253.
Annie G., 340.
Annie (Lowden), 342.
Annis (H ), 300.
Antoinette, 342.
Antoinette (Quintard), 341.
Antoinette M., 342.
Apollos, 1782, 352.
Archie G., 343.
Arthur G., 330,
Arthur Huron, 196.
Asa S., 352.
Augusta, 294.
Augustus E., 355.
Belle, 355.
Belle (Isbell), 339.
Benjamin, 1776, 277.
Benjamin A., 333, 345.
Benjamin F., 197.
Benjamin H , 375, 377.
Benjamin T., 1813, 302, 332.
Benjamin Y., 327.
Bertha May, 196.
Bethia ( ), 351.
Bethia, 1751, 351.
Bethia, dau. of Henry, 351.
Bethia, dau. of Thomas, 351.
Betsey, 1784, 284.
Betsey, 1802, 2S9.
Betsey Ann, 2S7.
Betsey (Town), 294.
Betsey (Turner), 300.
Blackman, d. 1826, 284.
Bogart Lewis, 168.
C. A. (Hathaway), 340.
Caleb, son of Nathan, 355.
Calvin, 1823, 363.
Caroline, 303.
Caroline (Huntington), 343.
Caroline O., 324.
Cassius M. Clay, 163.
Catalina, 1818, 127.
Catharine (Johnson), 332.
Catharine (Shriver), 263.
414
Index of Nmnes and Places.
Jessup, Catharine P., 302.
Celeste C, 304.
Charity, 1768, 352.
Charity, dau. of Isaac, 354.
Charles 23, of N. J., 376, 377.
Charles, 1849, of N. J., 377.
Charles, son of Joseph, 294.
Charles A., 304.
Charles A., 355, 356.
Charles B., 342.
Charles B., of N. J., 377.
Charles E., 1S47, 314, 339.
Charles E., 1867, 342.
Charles Edward, 1825, 2S3.
Charles H., 1832, 321, 340.
Charles H., 1838, 327.
Charles H., 1858, 343.
Charles H., Mrs., 285, note.
Charles H., son of Wm., 330.
Charles Henry, 1861, 196.
Charles I., 339.
Charles Melville, 194.
Charles M., Jr., 194.
Charles Odell, 194.
Charles Odell, Jr., 194.
Charles R. 325.
Chloe, dau. of Wm., of N. Y., 373.
Clara, 355.
Clara, 356.
Clara (Richardson), 164.
Clara G., 304.
Clarendon Ann E., 268.
Clarissa, 1819, 353.
Corinne M. V., 268.
Cornelius, 1829, 128.
Cornelius James, 283.
Cornelius Schermerhorn, 127.
Cynthia, 1788, 354.
Daniel, 219, note,
Daniel, 1761, 352.
Daniel, 1780, 358.
Daniel, 1795, 353. 355-
Daniel, of Ind., 357.
Daniel, son of William, of N. Y., 373.
Daniel, son of William, of Ohio, 374.
Daniel G., 341.
David, 1749, 272.
David, of Ohio, 357.
David, son of John, 374.
Jessup, David, son of William, of N. Y.,
373-
David B., 364.
David B., Jr., 364.
Deborah, 1702, 79, 81, 83, 84, 293.
Deborah, 1752, 272.
Deborah (Mrs. Smyth), 248.
Deborah (Stevens), 293.
Deborah (Wilkins), 376.
Deborah M., 322.
Dency (Prudence), 1774, 352.
Dimma, 1772, 273.
Dora B., 343.
Douglas W., 344.
Ebenezer, 322.
Ebenezer, 1714, 79, 81.
Ebenezer, 1759, 352.
Ebenezer, 1764, 276.
Ebenezer, 1789, 353.
Ebenezer, Col., 1739, 87, 203-208, 212,
213, 215, 216, 218, 219, 221, 223-
228, 230, 233, 234, 238, 239, 240
241, 253, 254.
Ebenezer, d. 1845, 272, 286.
Ebenezer, Jr., 1800, 287, 321.
Ebenezer J., 322.
Edgar Nelson, 324.
Edna, 324.
Edward, 1723, 29.
Edward, 1766, 225, 237, 249, 256.
Edward, 1768, 287.
Edward, 1794, 287.
Edward, 1798, 287.
Edward, 1801, 250, 262.
Edward, 1814, 354.
Edward, 1885, 268.
Edward, d. 1S33, 272.
Edward, Rev., 356.
Edward, son of Nathan, 355.
Edward, Major, 1735, 87, 151, 204-
208,212, 214, and note, 216, 218, 219,
224-226, 228-230, 232, 234-236, 241.
Edward, of Fairfield, 1663, 44, 62, 64,
65,68-72, 74-81, 82,89,90, 134, note.
Edward, of West Farms, N. Y., 1649,
2,7, 20,21,41-63,72,379.
Edward B., 343.
Edward Henry, 1819, 127, 168.
Edward P., 1827, 325, 341.
Index of Names a7id Places.
415
Jessup, Edward Thomas, 164.
Edwin, 1S13, 352.
Edwin B., 330.
Edwin L., 339.
Egbert, 18 18, 352.
E. L., 197.
Eleanor (Schermerhorn), 163.
Eleanor Annettie, 196.
Eleanor E., 1853, 164.
Eleanor E., 1864, 195.
Elias, Hon., 364.
Elida, 324.
Eliezur, 303.
Eliza, 355.
Eliza, 1813, 250.
Eliza, dau. of Daniel, 358.
Eliza, dau. of Wm., of Ohio, 374.
Eliza (Albertson), 376.
Eliza (Mott), 324.
Eliza (Stewart), 302.
Elizabeth, 128.
Elizabeth, 287.
Elizabeth, 1670, 350.
Ehzabeth, 1693, 79' '^^•
Elizabeth, 1769, 276.
Elizabeth, 1772, 248.
Elizabeth, 1796, 356, 357.
Elizabeth, 1813, 127.
Elizabeth, 1824, 298.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jeremiah, 350.
Elizabeth 22, of N. J., 376.
Elizabeth, 1666, of West Farms, 59,
64, 65.
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hunt, Jr.,
72.
Elizabeth (Ballinger), 375.
Elizabeth (Blackman), 284.
Elizabeth (Bowne), 287.
Elizabeth (Dibble), 238, 243.
Elizabeth (Hyde), 78, 81, 84.
Elizabeth (Stuart), 352.
Elizabeth (Studwell), 273, -274.
Elizabeth C, of N. J., 377.
Elizabeth L., 377.
Elizabeth L. ( ), 356,
Elizabeth M. E., 197.
Elizabeth R. (Pitt), 262.
Elizabeth S., 266.
Ellen (Clerkins), 339.
Jessup, Elna May, 343.
Emily, 1834, 331.
Emily, 1861, 194.
Emily, dau. of Geo., 330.
Emily Bowes, 266.
Emily C, 344.
Emma, 322.
Emma F.( Evans), 346.
Esther, 1828, 127.
Esther 38,of N. J., 377.
Esther A. (Hancock), 377.
Eunice (Herrick), 354.
Eva Taylor, 304.
Ezra, 1825, of N. J., 376.
Fannie, 352.
Fannie (Pierson), 355.
Fanny, 354.
Fanny, 1792, 353.
Firman, 1824, of St. Louis, 357.
Florence B., 345.
Florence C, 304.
Frances (Manette),323.
Frances Augusta, 264.
Frances M., 322.
Francis A., 355.
Frank, 330.
Frank, 1864, 194.
Frank A., 196.
Franklin, 289.
Franklin C, 354,
Franklin H., 324.
Frederick, 294.
Frederick, son of Francis A., 355.
Freeman, 357.
George, 1795, 276.
George, 1812, 29S, 330.
George, 1845, 355-
George, d. 1878, 300.
George A., 354.
George Covell, 250.
George F., 327.
George G., 352.
George L., 326.
George Lansing, 294.
George Lincoln, 196.
George P., 355.
George Riker, 288.
George W., 1842, 377.
George W. ^S of N. J., 377.
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Index of Names and Places.
Jessup, George W. •*3, of N. J., 377.
George W., son of Charles H., 330.
George W., son of Daniel, 35S.
George W., son of William, 330.
Georgia A. (Bower), 343.
Gershom, 1772, 273, 2S8.
Gershom P.. 324.
Gertrude B. (Dego), 353.
Glen Orson, 196.
Gracie F., 346.
Hamilton D., Dr., 233, 235, 250, 267,
Hannah, 303.
Hannah, 350.
Hannah, 1666, 62, 64, 71, 72.
Hannah, 16S5, 350.
Hannah, 1739, 351.
Hannah, 1771, 273, 352.
Hannah, 1783, 276.
Hannah, 17S9, 2S4
Hannah, 18 10, 298.
Hannah, 1812, 354.
Hannah, of Greenwich, Conn., 78, 79,
81.
Hannah, dau. of Isaac, 358.
Hannah (Budd), 354.
Hannah (More), 340.
Hannah (Seymour), 194.
Hannah (Tarbell), 355.
Hannah A., of N. J., 376.
Hannah M. (Delamater), 168.
Hannah O. (Ritch), 326.
Harriet, 1790, 353.
Harriet (Faren), 127,
Harriet E., 332.
Harvey, 17S7, 351.
Hattie E., 343.
Henry, 330.
Henry, 1681, 350, 351.
Henry, 1743, 351, 352.
Henry, 1776, 352.
Henry, 1799, 289.
Henry, 18 10, 28S.
Henry, 1823, 353.
Henry H., 1S08, 354.
Henry H., Rev., 354.
Henry James, 1762, 87, 238, 241,
247, 250-253, 255.
Henry Joseph, 250.
Henry S., 355.
Jessup, Hermon Delos, 196.
Hester, dau. of Daniel, 358.
Huntting C, 354.
Ilia, 354.
India B. 339.
Isaac, 303.
Isaac, 1673, 350.
Isaac, 1732, 351.
Isaac, 1757, 352, 354.
Isaac, 1765, 276.
Isaac, 1832, 324, 346.
Isaac, son of Daniel, 358.
Isaac, of Ind., 358.
Isaac, of Ohio, iSoi, 357.
Isaac Ellis, 324,
Isaac Evans, 346.
Isaac Knapp, 1798, 289, 323.
Isaac M., 354.
Isaac Mull, 1810, 126, 163.
Isaac W., of N. J., 376.
Isadore, dau. of William, of Ohio,
374-
Israel, of Ind., 357.
Jacob, d. 1818, of N. C, 363.
Jacob, Jr., d. 1830, 363.
Jacob H., 358, note, 365.
Jacob Schermerhorn, 1842, 164, 196.
James, 1804, 250, 263, 264.
James, d. 1817, 272, 284.
James, d. 1881, of N. Y., 373, 374.
James, son of Daniel, 358.
James, of Indiana, 357.
James, of Ireland, 375.
James, 1769, of N. J., 375.
James 8, of N. J., 375.
James A., 268.
James Edward, 197.
James W., 327.
Jane, 303.
Jane, 1816, 354.
Jane, 1824, 355.
Jane, 1787, 353.
Jane, dau. of Francis A., 355.
Jane (Bell), 374.
Jane (Merritt), 330.
Jane (Raynor), 352.
Jane Ann, 127.
Jane Eliza, 288.
Jane Maria, 288.
Index of Names and Places.
417
Jessup, Jane Mull, 163.
Jared, son of Nathan, 355.
Jeannette, 355.
Jeannette, 1819, 354.
Jemima, 330.
Jemima (Unthank), 363.
Jennie, 330.
Jeremiah, 219, note.
Jeremiah, 1678, 350.
Jeremiah, 1749, 351.
Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah, 350.
John, 300.
John, 1671, 350.
John, 1698, 350, 351.
John, 1730, 351.
John, 1734, 351, 352.
John, 1 77 1, 276, 293.
John, 1794, 354.
John, d. 1842, 298.
John, d. 1851, son of Jacob, 363,
John, son of Daniel, 358.
John, 1649, of Southampton, 3, note,
20, 31, 32, 42, 52, 349.
John 2, of Old Town (Southampton),
N. Y., 350.
John, of N. J., 356.
John '^, of N. J., 375, 376.
John 21, of N. J., 376.
John, 1730, of N. J., 33.
John, 1737, of N. J., 375.
John, 1743, of N. J., 375.
John, 1773, of N. J., 375.
John, 1827, of N. J., 376.
John, 1794, of N. Y., 374.
John, Jr., of N. Y., 374.
John, son of William, of N. Y., 373.
John, of Parke Co., Ind., 40.
John Anson, 283.
John B., 322.
John C, 1844, 333, 343.
John C, 1876, 344.
John D., 330.
John Delamater, 168.
John E., 1839, 354.
John Edward, 1808, 126, 162.
John H., 1802, 302.
John H., 1842, 354.
John Hamilton, 266.
John Henry, 1837, 163, 196.
Jessup, John Henry Bowes, 239, 253, 255.
John L., 326.
John P., 1800, 294, 326.
John S., 354.
John Schermerhorn, 1S17, 127, 167.
John v., 355.
Jonathan, 303.
Jonathan, 1734, 271, and note, 272,
291, note.
Jonathan, 1761, 272, 283.
Jonathan, 1782, 276, 298.
Jonathan, 1795, 285, 321.
Jonathan, 1828, 363.
Jonathan, d. 1878, 290, 326.
Jonathan, 1707, of Greenwich, 78, 79,
81, 83, 88, 271.
Jonathan Trumbull, 181 1, 283, 292,
304-
Jonathan Trumbull, 1838, 314.
Jorum, 1775, 276, 297.
Joseph, 1699, of Stamford, 77, 78, 81,
82, 85, 203, 204, 218, 233, 234.
Joseph, Jr., Capt., 1737, 1 10, 203, 204,
207, 208, 218, 233, 234, 237, 238, 241.
Joseph 9, of N. J., 375, 376.
Joseph, son of Samuel, 276, 294.
Joseph A., 304.
Joseph E., 343.
Josephine, 1854, 342.
Joshua Beal, 181 1, 283, 303, 306, 308.
Joshua Beal, 1854, 314.
Josiah, 1831, of N. J., 376.
Josiah T., 352.
Judson E., 343.
Julia, 1820, 302.
Julia (Ferris), 303.
Julia Ann, 298.
Julia Ann, 326.
Julia M., 327.
Julia S., 322.
Julia S., 340.
Juliana C, 332.
Julius A., 1809, 283.
Julius A., 1814, 283, 313.
Julius A., 1850, 314, 339.
Julius A., 1878, 339.
Kate, dau. of William, of Ohio, 374.
Keturah ( ), 354.
Keziah (Green), 283.
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Index of Names mid Places.
Jessup, Keziah Jane, 314.
Laura (Hotchkiss), 374.
Laura Ann, 321.
Leah, 242, 243.
Leah, 1741, 234,
Leah, 1767, 247.
Leah C. (Dego), 353.
Leonard E., 343.
Levi, 1793, 363.
Lewis, 1774, 352.
Lewis, 1821, 353.
Lewis, d. 1759,1350.
Lewis, d. 1862, 300.
Lloyd, 339.
Louis Younglove, 128.
Louisa, 194.
Louisa, 326.
Louisa, 1828, 302.
Louisa, dau. of Henry S., 355.
Lovina C. (Wheeler), 197.
Lowden, 342.
Lucina (Cooper), 162.
Lucy, 1787, 284.
Lucy, dau. of Nathan, 355.
Lydia, of Indiana, 35S.
Lydia, dau. of Stephen, 357.
Madeline (Clayton), 304.
Margaret, 355.
Margaret (Cooper), 354.
Margaret (Wittircer), 375.
Margaret Ann, 127.
Margaret J. (Russell), 322.
Margaret R. (Dean), 196.
Maria, 1808, 298.
Maria, 1827, 127.
Maria, d. 1881, 290.
Maria (Keifer), 373.
Maria Adeline, 2S8.
Marietta, 1846, 163.
Marietta, 1846, 164.
Martha, 1763, 352.
Martha, 1786, 354.
Martha, dau. of Henry S., 355.
Martha (Cooper), 376.
Martha (Seely), 355.
Mary, 326.
Mary, 1761, 352.
Mary, 1787, 353.
Mary, 1798, 353.
Jessup, Mary, 1S15, 127.
Mary, 1817, 302.
Mary, 1817, 354.
Mary, 1821, 352.
Mary, 1S35, 326.
Mary, d. 1842, 273.
Mary, 1850, 341.
Mary, d. 1876, 290.
Mary, dau. of Edward, 355.
Mary, dau. of James, of N. J., 375.
Mary, g'dau. of James, of N. J., 376.
Mary, dau. of John, 374.
Mary, dau. of John, of N. J., 375.
Mary, dau. of Samuel, 303.
Mary, of Southampton, 350.
Mary, dau. of "William, of N. Y., 373.
Mary (Albertson), 354.
Mary (Ferris), 290.
Mary (Halsey), 352.
Mary (Lippincott), 377.
Mary (Nesmith), 345.
Mary (Roberts), 377.
Mary (Williams), 349.
Mary A. (Pratt), 321.
Mary A. (Sherry), 321.
Mary Ann, 1800, 289.
Mary Ann, 1834, 314.
Mary A. C, 1789, 248.
Mary E., 322.
Mary E., 1824, 324.
Mary E., 1873, 339-
Mary E. (Punbridge), 332.
Mary E. A., 263.
Mary J., 352.
Mary J. (Elliott), 343.
Mary J. (Minor), 342.
Mary J. (Van Duzer), 355.
Mary L. A. (Latimer), 196.
Mary Matilda, 127.
Mary Orelia, 304.
Mary Purdy, 325.
Mary Viola, 195.
Matthew, 1759, 352, 354.
Maurice K., 339.
Mehetabel ( ), 351-
Mehetabel, 1747,351.
Mehetabel, 1770, 352.
Mercator, 354.
Mercy (Schellinger), 354.
Index of Names and Places.
419
Jessup, Merilla, dau. of Daniel, 358.
Minerva L. (Johnston), 288.
Nancy, 1793, 353.
Nancy, 1836, 331.
Nancy, dau. of Daniel, 358.
Nancy, dau. of Nathan, 355.
Nancy (W ), 352.
Nathan, 355.
Nathan, 1736, 351.
Nathan C, 354.
Nathaniel, 1738, 271, arid note, 274.
Nathaniel, 1762, 274.
Nathaniel, son of Isaac, 350.
Nelson Johnson, 196.
Noah, son of Daniel, 358.
Olive J. (Benton), 340.
Oliver, 1835, 363.
Oliver, son of Daniel, 358.
Oliver, son of John, 374.
Olivia J. (Jerome), 167.
Orlena J., 167.
Paris Robins, 326.
Parmelia, dau. of Daniel, 358.
Pell, 1805, 2S8.
Peter, d. 1802, 273, 290.
Peter, 1822, 325.
Peter, d. 1861, 290.
Peter Ferris, 289.
Petrus Von Fleming, 303.
Phebe, 1749, 272.
Phebe, 1765, 352.
Phebe, 1838, 331.
Phebe, d. 1861, 277, 300.
Phebe, of Greenwich, 88.
Phebe ( ), 351.
Phebe (Holliday), 301.
Phebe (Willdee), 326.
Polly, 363.
Polly M., 284.
Priscilla, 363.
Rachel, dau. of Stephen, 357.
Rachel (Borton), 377.
Rebecca (Armstrong), 353.
Rebecca (Skelding), 286.
Rheua ( ), 283.
Rheua Skelding, 287.
Rhoda (Knapp), 288, 289.
Rhua I., 314.
Richard M., 1821, 323.
Jessup, Richard M., 1877, 346.
Robert, Dr., 374.
Robert J., 1852, 333, 344.
Royal N., 345.
Ruth, 1786, 353.
Ruth, dau. of Lewis, 350.
Sadie B., 339.
Sally, 1806, 298.
Sally Ann, 1800, 285.
Samuel, 273.
Samuel, Rev., 354.
Samuel, 1763, 352, 353.
Samuel, 1778, 276.
Samuel, 1785, 300.
Samuel, 1793, 290, 325.
Samuel, 1805, 298, 327,
Samuel, 1828, 299.
Samuel, d. 1812, 272, 275.
Samuel, 1833, 355.
Samuel, d. 1843, Z'^Z-
Samuel, son of Amzi, 353.
Samuel, son of Henry S., 355.
Samuel H., 353.
Samuel J., 343.
Samuel J., 1831, 327, 342.
Samuel Sylvanus, 302.
Sarah, 17 13, 79, 81.
Sarah, 1726, 351.
Sarah, 1764, 274.
Sarah, 1770, 247.
Sarah, 1772, 352.
Sarah, 1773, 276.
Sarah, 1802, 294.
Sarah, 1815, 302.
Sarah, 1826, 127.
Sarah, d. 1832, 290.
Sarah, dau. of Jacob, 363.
Sarah, dau. of John, 374.
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan, 273.
Sarah, 1771, of N. J., 375.
Sarah, 1851, of N. J., 377.
Sarah ", of N. J., 376.
Sarah 24, of N. J., 376.
Sarah, dau. of William, of N. Y., 373.
Sarah (Guernsey), 297, 298.
Sarah (James), 274.
Sarah (Jenkins), 313.
Sarah (Lockwood), 289, 290.
Sarah (Purdy), 325.
420
Index of Names and Places.
Jessup, Sarah (Seely), 355.
Sarah (Weed), 326.
Sarah (West), 375.
Sarah (Wood), 376.
Sarah A. (Bell), 330.
Sarah A. (Yates), 327.
Sarah E., 342.
Sarah E. (Cogswell), 299.
Sarah E. (Crane), 353.
Sarah J., 304.
Sarah Jane, 1S36, 327.
Sarah Jeannette, 283.
Sarah M., 354.
Sarah S., 1828, 355.
Sarah S., dau. of William A., 355.
Sarah Seikins, 1808, 29S. ^
Selah S., 355.
Sibyl ( ), 351.
Silas, 1779, 352.
Silas, son of Lewis, 350.
Silas, of Parke Co., Ind., 40, note.
Silas E., 352.
Silas H., 352.
Silvanus, d. 1812, 272, 276.
S. M., 1833, 363.
Sophia M. G., 263.
Sophia M. (Trudeaux), 267.
Sophronia, 373, note, 374.
S. R., Dr., of Oregon, 363.
Stephen, 1743, 351.
Stephen, son of Daniel, 358.
Stephen, son of Isaac, 350.
Stephen, of New Jersey, 356, 357.
Stephen, of Ohio, 356, 357.
Stephen C, 343.
Stephen W., 1830, 325, 342.
Stephen W., 1865, 342.
Susan, 1800, 290.
Susan, 1808, 302.
Susan, dau. of Samuel, 303.
Susan (Dibble), 303.
Susan (Raynor), 352.
Susan M., 352.
Susannah (Covell), 249.
Sylvauus, 1779, 352.
Sylvester, 1800, 353.
Tarbell, son of Nathan, 355.
Theodore, 355.
Theodore F., 355.
Jessup, Thomas, 1745, 351.
Thomas, 1767, 273, 274.
Thomas, 18 10, 353.
Thomas, 1839, 355.
Thomas, d. 1684, 349.
Thomas, Dea., 1721, 351.
Thomas, of Old Town (Southamp-
ton), 350.
Timothy, d. 1808, 273, 289.
Walter, of Indiana, 358.
West ", of N. J., 375, 376.
William, 330 and note.
William, 1754, of N. Y., 373.
William, 1768, of Scotland, H-
William, 1790, 353.
William, 1796, 287.
William, 1803, 288.
William, Judge, 1797, 353, 354.
William, 1797, of Ohio, 373.
William, 1810, 302, 331.
William, 1811,298.
William, 1819, 352.
William, d. 1865, 298, 329.
William, of Cleves, Ohio, 373, note.
374-
William, son of Isaac, 354.
William, son of John, 374.
William, of Montrose, Penn., 40.
William 20, of N. J., 376, 377.
William, son of Thomas, Jr., 359.
William H., Judge, 354.
William A., 1821, 358, note, 363.
William A., 1826, 355.
William C, 340.
William Henry, 1806, 298.
William Henry, 1810, 300.
William Henry, 1844, 332, 343.
William Henry, 1882, 343.
William Henry, son of Joseph, 294.
William J., 1827, 287, 322, 340.
William L., 324.
William Seymour, 194.
William T., 196.
Zaire E. A., 268.
Zebulon, 1755.351,353-
Zebulon, 1817, 353.
Zeruiah (Collins), 355.
Zerviah (Huntting), 353.
Jessup, Parke Co., Ind., 40.
Index of Names and Places.
421
Jessupp, Elizabeth, 34.
Henrie, 34.
Henry, 34.
Richard, 34.
Jessup's Cut, Maryland, 40,
Jessup's Falls, N. Y., 39, 85, 215, 216.
Jessup's Ferry, N. Y., 215.
Jessup's Landing, N. Y., 39, no, 214,215
Jessup's P. O., Maryland, 40.
Jesup, Abby (Sherwood), 177, note.
Abigail, 1731, 91, 93, 106.
Abigail, 1778, 116.
Abigail (Raymond), 1770, 118.
Abigail (Sherwood), 177.
Abigail (Squire), 115.
Albertine (Schermerhorn), 127.
Angeline, 1802, 134.
Ann, 1774, 112.
Ann, 1776, 112.
Ann Heron (Croghan), 148.
AnnO., 158.
Ann (O'Neill), 117.
Anna S. (Beach), 199.
Anna (Wynkoop), 1756, 116.
Arete, 1770, Ii5-
Arthur Henry, 180.
Aurilla, 1795, 118.
Barker, 191.
Benjamin, 1800, 108, note, 117, 146,
147,
Benjamin, 1766, in, 119, 146.
Betsey, 1796, 118.
Blackleach, Jr., 1764, in, 118.
Blackleach, 1735, 91,93, 108-XIO, 237.
Caledonia, 1825, 158.
Caledonia Osburn, 158.
Caroline, 1798, 133.
Caroline, 1802, 133.
Caroline, 1846, 148.
Caroline Charity Burr, 179.
Catharine Behn, 176.
Charity B. (Sherwood), 172, 177, note.
Charles, 1781, 117.
Charles, 1796, 133, 140, note, 177.
Charles Augustus, 179.
Charles Edward, 156.
Chas. Mortimer, 199.
Charles Odell, i6x, 194.
Charles W., 148.
Jesup, Charlotte, 1813, 142.
Charlotte Eunice, 148.
Ebenezer, Dr., 1739, 91 and note, 93,
108, 109, 113-116, 170.
Ebenezer, Capt., 1768, in.
Ebenezer, Major, 1768, 115, 128-133,
140, 142, 143, 201.
Ebenezer, Col., 1805, 134, 140, note,
179, note, 182-184.
Ebenezer, 1839, 180.
Edward, of Green's Farms, 1697, 77,
89-94, 151, 182, note.
Edward, 1772, 115.
Edward, 1780, 116, 142.
Edward Squire, 1809, 142.
Edward Squire, 181 1, 142.
Edwin, 1794, 133, 175.
Edwin, 1827, 176, 198.
Edwin Thomas, 198.
Effie (Crook), 202.
Eleanor, 1775, 116.
Eleanor (Andrews), 115.
Eliza, 1814, 158.
Elizabeth, 1728, 91, 92.
Elizabeth, 1786, 112.
Elizabeth (Condy), 119.
Elizabeth (Hyde), 74.
Elizabeth (Mrs. Pentz), 119.
Elizabeth B. (Friend), 158.
Elizabeth Cornelia, 161.
Elizabeth Corning, 176.
Elizabeth Croghan, 156.
Eliza Hancock, 156.
Esther, 1777, 112.
Esther (Judah), 142, 143.
Emily, 161.
Emma, 1837, 180.
Eunice (Hanford), 1790, 117.
Flora, 198.
Florence M., 202.
Francis, 1851, 189.
Francis W., 1800, 133, 140, note, 179,
note, 180.
Francis W., Jr., 1844, 181, 202.
Frederick Sherwood, 179.
Garietta (Mull), 126.
George, 1790, 112.
George W., 158.
Gertrude (Richards), 119.
422
Index of Names and Places.
Jesup, Harriet, 1793, 116.
Harry, 1S8.
Hattie Nelson, 188.
Henry, 1784, 112, 126.
Henry Griswold, Rev., 175.
Henry Myrick, 199.
Hetty Wakeman, 184.
Isaac, 1787, 112, 127.
James, 1810, 134.
James Behn, 176, 198.
James Edward, 1762, iii, 117.
James Edward, 1820, 158, 187.
James Grooms, 188.
James Riley, 132, 175, 197.
James Riley, Jr., 198.
Jane Findlay, 156.
John, 1794, 117.
John Egbert, 189.
John Friend, 1824, 158, 188.
John Herman Behn, 176.
Joseph, 1759, III, 116.
Joseph, 1806, 117.
Joseph B., 148.
Judith C, 158.
Julia B. (Thomas), 198.
Julia Clark, 156.
Julia F. (Wakeman), 95, 96, 182.
Julia Lee, 189.
Kate J., 187.
Katharine (Sydner), 156.
Louisa, 1S19, 161.
Louisa, 1807, 142.
Louisa, 1841, 180.
Louisa Hanford, 180.
Lucius, 1849, 1S9.
Lucy Ann, 156.
Lucy (Long), 187.
Luella Dixie, 189.
Lydia, 1791, 118.
Lydia (Lippitt), 146.
Mahaly Elizabeth, 189.
Mamie Charles, 188.
Margarette, 1819, 158.
Maria Charity, 197.
Maria V. A. (De Witt), 200.
Maria, 1801, 119.
Martha, 1742, 91, 93.
Martha, 1782, 116.
Martha, 1785, 116.
Jesup, Mary, 1729, 91, 93, 104.
Mary, 1769, 112.
Mary, 1790, 118.
Mary (Black), 198.
Mary (Comstock), 1744, 112.
Mary (Kellogg), ii2.
Mary (Lamont), 198.
Mary (Thompson), 187.
Mary A. (Briden), 176.
Mary A. (Hanford), 180.
Mary Ann, 1794, 116.
Mary Ann, 162.
Mary H. (Riley), 173.
Mary L. (Wilson), 197.
Mary Maud, 198. . ■
Mary M. (Styer), 119.
Mary Sarah, 175.
Mary Serena Eliza, 156.
Mira S. (Hall), 198.
Morris Ketchum, 2, 40, 133, 180, 200.
Nancy (Odell), 161, 162.
Nannie, 187.
Nannie M. (Barker), 191.
Narcissa E. (Wilkins), 188.
Nellie Thomas, 188.
Polly (Fillow), 119.
Richard, 1781, 112.
Richard, 1782, 112.
Richard M., 1826, 179, 199.
Richard M., 1878, 199.
Robert Hall, 199.
Sallie, 191.
Sally, 1805, 119.
Samuel, 1771, 112.
Samuel, 1779, 112.
Samuel Blackleach, 1792, 118, 156,
157-
Samuel B. S., 180.
Sarah, 118.
Sarah, 1726, 91, 92.
Sarah, 1761, iii.
Sarah, 1773, 112.
Sarah, 1775, ^i^.
Sarah (Blackleach), 89, 91-93, 96.
Sarah (Martin), 158.
Sarah (Stebbins), iii.
Sarah (Wright), 128.
Sarah Adaline, 189.
Sarah Frances, 158.
Index of Names and Places.
423
Jesup, Sarah Jane, iSo.
Sarah Stebbins, 1797, 117.
Sarah Stebbins, 1834, 148.
Sarah Wright, 176.
Susan B., 187.
Susan (Branse), 158.
Susannah (Belts), 1780, 117.
Thomas Samuel, 187.
Thomas S., Major-Gen., 1788, 39, 117,
118, 146-155, 186, 238, 248, 253.
Virginia, 1828, 158.
Virginia Elizabeth, 158.
Waterman, 1829, 148.
William, 1793, i^^' ^6^'
WiUiam Burr, 173, 197.
William Croghan, 156.
William Henry, 1791, 132, 133, 169,
173, 179, note.
William Houston, 158, 191.
William Thomas, 189.
William Wilson, 1794, 118, 158.
Winfield T., 158.
Zadok Raymond, 1803, 119.
Jesup, Antelope Co., Neb., 40.
Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa, 40.
Jesup Lake, Florida, 39.
Jesup, Wayne Co., Geu., 40.
Johnson, Arthur B., 387.
Catharine, 332.
Charles W., 373.
Sir Guy, 205, 230.
Sir John, 217, 219, 226, 228, 230.
Lady John, 218, and note.
Jonathan, 361.
Sir William, 205, 207, 208, 213, 217.
Johnston, David S., 288.
Johnstown, N. Y., 205.
Joliet, 111., 167.
Jones, Blanche Elma, 270.
Calvin, 315.
Catharine M. (Checkley), 269.
Clara E., 315.
Clara Gertrude, 270.
Daniel, 226.
David, 226.
Eliza (Jessup), 1813, 268.
Emily Eliza, 270.
Foland, 304.
George, 269.
Jones, Georgina Stacey, 270.
Harriet F., 270.
James Stuart, 270.
Jonathan, 207.
Mary Stuart, 270.
Mary Stuart, 1840, 270.
Ormond, 268.
Ormond, Jr., 270.
Susan M., 270.
Thomas, 230.
Walter H., 315.
Wm. Hamilton, 269.
Jonesville, Mich., 125, 126.
Joseph, Edward, 34.
Joseph, alias Jesope, Isabel, 1634, 34.
Joseph, alias Jessupp, Henry, 1622, 34.
Onessemus, 34.
Judah, David, 142.
Judge, Edgar, 166.
Jupiter Inlet, Florida, 153.
Kane Co., 111., 127.
Kane, John, 230.
Roger, Capt., 278.
Kansas City, Mo., loi, 167, 314.
Kavanaugh, J. Willis, 119.
Kay, Isaac, 376.
Joseph, 376.
Keeler, Daniel, 285.
Florence Dunning, 160.
Lewis D., 160.
Maude Purdy, 160.
Silas, 286.
Keene, Andrew P. S., 230.
Keeney, Emerson M., 167.
Keifer, Maria, 373.
Kelstrom, Eng., 10.
Kempe, John Tabor, 230.
Kemper, Daniel, 185.
George W., 120.
Kendall, David, 368.
Kendall, 111., 355.
Kenilworth, Eng., 173, note.
Kent, Conn., 169.
Kent County, Eng., 3, 34.
Kent, Moss, 113, note, 197.
Ketcham, Bertha (Richardson), 53, note.
John, Lieut., 53, note, 65.
Joseph, 53, note.
424
Index of Names and Places.
Key West, Florida, 137.
Kieft, William, Gov., 63.
Kinderhook, N. Y., 195, 208, note.
King, Rufus, 1S5.
Kingsland, Cornelia, 291.
Daniel, 291.
Josephine, 291.
Peter, 291.
Kingsley, Frank, 317.
Lillie, 317.
William, 317.
Kingston, Canada, 248.
Kingston, N. Y., 229.
Kirk, Elisha, 365.
Kissam, Daniel, Sr., 230.
Knapp, Enos, 289.
Henry, 303.
John, 275.
Rhoda, 288.
Timothy, of Conn., 271, and note.
Timothy, of N. Y., 207.
Knight, John, 368.
Knoxville, Tenn., 355.
Lacey, Rowland B., 131, note.
Lachine, Canada, 227.
Lafayette, Ind., 305.
Lake Jesup, Florida, 153.
Lamont, Charles A., 198.
Mary, 198.
Lancaster County, Eng., 9.
Landes, Edna (Powell), 281.
Lane, Charles, 280.
Charles, 362.
Deborah A. (White), 280.
Edward Augustus, 280.
Edward B., 280.
Eleanor, 280.
Fanny (Kipp), 280.
Grace Dibble, 280.
Louisa Henry, 280.
Mary Anna, 280.
Theodore, 1846, 280.
Virginia Wicks, 280.
Lanier, Thaddeus A., 194.
Lansing, Mich., 386.
La Porte, Ind., 268, 328, 357.
Latimer, Mary L. A., 196.
Lauronson, John, 50, 51.
Lawrence, Ada, 323.
Archianna (Hicks), 323.
Charles M., 323.
Edwin, 323.
Emma, 323.
Helen E. (Townsend), 323.
Sir Henry, 258, note, 259, note.
Herbert, 323.
Herbert, Jr., 323.
John, 59.
Julia, 323.
Thomas, 59.
Wallace, 323.
Layne, Ann O'N. (Jesup), 1822, 188.
Edward, 188.
G. B., 188.
G. W., 188.
H. Fenimore, 188.
Julia B., 188.
Lizzie, 188.
William Jesup, 188.
Layton, John, 50, 51.
Leadbetter, James, 212.
Leake, Frances (Swift), 14, note.
Sir Francis, 14, note.
Robert, 230.
Leavenworth, John M., 318.
Lyman De F., 318.
Leavins, Thurlow, 216.
Lebanon, Conn., 169.
Ledyard, N. Y., 299.
Leeds, Carey, 276.
Leeds County, Canada, 233.
Leggett, Elizabeth, 59.
Elizabeth (Richardson), 53, note.
Gabriel, 53, note, 59, 380.
John, 380.
Lemont, 111., 169.
Lester, George, 386.
Martin, 1668, 16.
Lewis, Albertine, 1835, ^66.
Albertine Maria, 166.
Catalina, 1836, 166.
Ellen Elizabeth, 166.
Isaac, Rev., 112.
Lewis, Mary (Jessup), 1815, 165, 167.
William, 371.
William Jacob, 165.
Lexington, Va., 288.
hidex of Names and Places.
425
Leyden, Holland, 9, 20.
Liberty, N. Y., 98.
Lincolnshire, Eng., 3, 9, 19, 22.
Linsly, John H., 345.
Lippincott, Mary, 377.
Lippitt, Lydia, 146.
Lisbon, N. H., 100.
Litchfield, Conn., 145.
Litchfield, Ohio, 299.
Lloyd, Henry, Sr., 231.
Nancy C, 318.
Wilson Cook, 318.
Lockhart, T., 363.
Lockport, N. Y., 334.
Lockwood, Abigail Jane, 293.
Addie, 291.
Albert Lewis, 166.
Alfred W., 325.
Ann, 272.
Ann B., 337.
Ann Maria, 291.
Anna, 291.
Anna Maria, 1835, 291.
Annie (Skidmore), 325.
Benjamin P., 325.
Betsey, 18 10, 292.
Betsey, 1812, 292.
Charles N., 166.
Daniel, 289, 292.
David Lyman, 292.
Eldon E., 1834, 305, 337.
Elethea, 18 19, 324.
Elethea, 1830, 291.
Elizabeth (Tice), 291.
E. M. (Andress), 337.
Emily (McComb), 325.
Enos Beal, 291.
Enos Bennet, 291.
Frances L., 324.
Francis Peter, 291.
Frank, 337.
Frederick, 324.
George A., 338.
Geo. Benedict, 166.
George M., 325.
Gershom, 272, 291, note.
Gertrude L., 325.
Hannah, 1798, 291.
Hannah (Jessup), 1771, 290.
Lockwood, Harriet, 291.
Harriet, 1848, 304, 305.
Harriet (Hill), 304.
Harriet A., 338.
Harriet E., 337.
Henry, son of Timothy J., Sr., 291.
Henry, son of Timothy J,, Jr., 291.
Isaac J., 325.
James, 285.
Jerusha, 1804, 291.
Jesse M., 337.
John, 69.
John, 90.
John, 291.
Joseph, 64, 68, 69, and note, 71, 72, 75.
Joseph, 1830, 325.
Luke A., 325.
Luke v., 325.
Maria, 291.
Mary, 291.
Mary (Hubbard), 292.
Mary A., 337.
Mary A. (Downing), 291.
Mary A. (Jessup), 1800, 324.
Mary E. (Jackson), 325.
Mary Eliza, 292.
Mary L. (Hendrie), 291.
Mary L. (Lyon), 325.
Nellie B., 338.
Paul, 338.
Paul A., 338.
Peter, 291.
Peter, 1807, 291.
Philip, 289.
Rheua Ann, 292.
Rhoda E., 324.
Richard M., 325.
Robert, 68.
Rose A., 304, 305.
Rufus Allen, 1804, 292.
Rufus Allen, 181 1, 304-306.
Rufus Allen, 1845, 304, 305 and note,
338.
Rufus Allen, 1872, 338.
Samuel Pierson, 166.
S. A. (Babb), 338.
Sarah, 69.
Sarah, 289.
Sarah, 1796, 291.
426
Index of Names and Places.
Lockwood, Sarah (Jessup), 1799, 292.
Sarah Elizabeth, 291.
Solomon M., 1814, 292.
Solomon M., 181S, 292.
Susanna, 68.
Theodora L., 325.
Timothy Jessup, 1S09, 291.
Timothy Jessup, Jr., 291.
Timothy Jessup, 3d, 291.
WilHam, 337.
William A., 292.
Zenobia A., 305.
Logansport, Ind., 168.
London, Eng., 238, 241, 256.
Longford County, Ireland, 5.
Long Island, N. Y., 20, 43, 44, 50, 51,
52-
Long Island Sound, 113.
Long, Lucy, 187.
Stephen H., Col, 356,
Long Ridge, Conn., 279.
Longueuil, Canada, 268.
Looney, Norris H., 145.
William Herbert, 145.
Lord, Benjamin, 376.
Elizabeth, 376.
Esther, 376.
James, 376.
John, 376.
Joshua, 375.
Mary, 376.
Sarah (Jessup), 375.
Louisville, Kentucky, 116, 135, note, 148.
Low, Isaac, 230.
Lower, M. A., 34.
Ludington, Joseph, 166.
Mary Albertine, 166.
Susan Ellen, 166.
Ludlow, Gabriel, 230.
George Duncan, 230.
Roger, 41, 42.
Luzerne, N. Y., 85, 207, 214, 216.
McAdam, William, 230.
McAlpine, Daniel, Capt., 224.
Macartney, George, Earl of, 251.
McCan, Ann E. (Jessup), 1820, 306, 314.
Clinton F., 314.
Francis A., 314.
McCan, Jessup Oscar, 314.
William F., 314.
McCartney, William, 386.
McClusky, John, 286.
McFadden, Mary, 3S6.
Macilvain, Mrs. George, 254, 256.
Mackie, Charlotte Louisa, 138.
Edward Wood, 138.
Eleanor Jesup, 138.
George Frederick, 138.
Gertrude Elizabeth, 138.
Harriet Augusta, 138.
Henry Augustus, 138.
John Fletcher, 138.
John Walter, 138.
Juliet Wood, 138.
Mary Fletcher, 138.
McNair, John, Rev., 382.
Macon, Ga., 368.
Madagascar, Island of, 380.
Maddy, Finetta (Hale), 261.
John, D.D., 245, 260, 261.
Mary E., 260.
Sara Elizabeth, 261.
Sarah (Jessup), 1770, 244, 246, 254,
260.
Susan Moore, 260.
Madison, Ga., 288.
Madras, India, 256, 257.
Mahan, D. H., Prof., 141, note.
Maisterson, Richard, 20.
Malta, N. Y., 159.
Maltbie, Jonathan, Capt., 81.
Jonathan, 275.
Manchester, Eng., 369.
Manchester, N. H., 100.
Manette, Frances, 323.
Manhattan Island, 45.
Mann, Catharine (Couch), 1822, 102.
Henry, 102.
Jessie, 102.
Orville, 102.
Quincy A., 102.
Mansfield, Daniel, Rev., 317.
Margate, Eng., 244.
Marianna, Florida, 136.
Marion Co., Ind., 367, 368.
Marion, Ohio, 98, note.
Markham, Belle, 121.
Index of Names mid Places.
427
Markham, William, 121.
William, Jr., 121.
Marsh, Charles, Dr., 322.
Jonathan, 95.
Julia, 1833, 323.
Rheua S. (Jessup), 1810, 322.
Marshall, Elihu, 275.
Henry, 373.
Marsland, Clarence, 122.
Cora, 122.
Edward, 122.
Louise, 122.
May (La France), 122.
Mart, Alhambra, 315.
Andrew, 315.
Benjamin F., 315.
Charles Owen, 315.
Elma Jane, 315.
Eva, 315.
Frederick, 315.
Jeannette E., 315.
Jeremiah Oscar, 315.
Joseph Erwin, 315.
Samuel Orville, 315.
Sarah E., 315.
Martin, Sarah, 158.
Martinsville, Ohio, 284.
Mason Co., Ky., 117.
Mason, Mrs. Daniel P., 104, note.
Matherton, Mich., 163, 164, 197.
Matson, Isaac, 207.
Matthews, Ann, 359.
Maximus Farms (Green's Farms), 67, 68,
90.
Mead A. (Sterling), 301.
Abigail (Jessup), 300.
Abraham, 1801, 301.
Alexander, 1799, 301.
Almira (Dickerman), 301.
Alvin, 300.
Amaziah, 300.
Ann Delia, 301.
Betsey (Jesup), 118.
Betsey (Reed), 301.
Charles, 273.
Charlotte (Ambler), 301.
Charlotte, E. S. 301.
Edward, 302.
Franklin, 160.
Mead, Frederick, 160.
George, 162.
George Comstock, 160.
Isaac, 1808, 301.
John Dunning, 160.
Joseph, 48.
Mary, 1S05, 301.
Mary (Finch), 276.
Mary Ann, 160.
Mary E. (Horton), 301.
Nancy (Mead), 301.
Nehemiah, 160.
Oliver A., 184.
Pauline A., 160.
Phebe, 1803, 301.
Philip, Dr., 118, 119.
Russell, 1805, 160.
Sylvester, 160.
William, 1795, 3°°-
Meads, Benjamin, 371.
Meeker, Daniel, 75.
John, 75.
Melbourne, Australia, 123.
Memphis, Tenn., 180, 314.
Mendenhall, Robert, 368.
Mendlesham, Eng.,. 29.
Merida, Yucatan, 335.
Meriden, Conn., 316.
Merryman, Levi, 372.
Miami, Mo , 314, 339.
Mickles, Lovel G., 126.
Middleborough (Newtown), N. Y.,44, 45,
and note, 48, 49, 50, 51.
Middle Patent, N. Y., 86.
Middlesex, Conn., 80, 84.
Middletown, Conn., 173, note.
Middletown, N. Y., 354.
Mifflin, Samuel, 375.
Milan, Ohio, 134, 135.
Mileham, Eng., 24.
Milledgeville, Ga., 288.
Milledoler, Philip, Rev., 297.
Miller, Dederick, 207.
Delazon, E., 159.
Elbin, 159.
Elisha D., 159.
Eliza Jane, 159.
Elizabeth A., 159.
Emily C , 159.
428
Index of Names and Places.
Miller, Emogine (Abbey), 159.
Frances, 159.
Jane Eliza, 159.
Jehiel J., 159.
Lewis T., 125.
Moses R., 159.
Olivia (Still well), 159.
Zadoc Jesup, 159.
Millersburgh, Iowa, 299.
Millhouse, Robert, 367.
Mills, Hur, 364.
James L., 353.
Milton, Ind., 362.
Milton, N. Y., 168.
Milwaukee, Wis., loi.
Miner, Erwin L., 331.
William H., 331.
Minneapolis, Minn., 198.
Minor, Abigail, 321.
Edward J., 327.
Edward M., 327.
Jennie, 327.
John, 286.
Joseph E., 327.
Josephine E., 327.
Mary J., 342.
Mishawaka, Ind., 169.
Mitchell, Chloe (Willson), 374.
William, Hon., 183,
Monk, Viscount, Gov.-Gen. of Canada,
267.
Monmouth, N. J., 274.
Monroe, Louisiana, 294.
Montpelier, Vt., loi.
Montreal, Canada, 166, 173, woii, 205,
249.
Montrose, Penn., 354.
Moore, Bloomfield H., 356.
Clara (Jessup), 356.
Sir Henry, Gov. of N. Y., 207.
John, Rev., 43.
More, Hannah, 340.
Morehouse, Abraham, 106.
Edward, 1748, 104.
Gideon, 1746, 104.
Gideon, 1753, 104.
Jehu, 84.
John, 1745, 93.
John, 1 751, 104.
Morehouse, Joseph, 1753, 104.
Lydia, 84.
Mary, 1749, 104.
Mary (Jesup), 93, 103, 104.
Mary (Taylor), 106.
Sarah, 84.
Morgan, Angeline (Jesup), 1802, 181.
Angeline Jesup, 181.
Ann A. (Jessup), 1828, 345,
Archippus, Major, i8l.
Chapman H., 345.
Charles, 345.
Charles W., 345.
Ebenezer Jesup, 181.
Edward Maurice, 179, note, 181.
Edward Taylor, 181.
Harriet Amelia, 181.
Henry T., 181, note.
Homer, 181.
Jennie, 345.
Jennie J. (Rice), 345.
Mary M., 345.
Miles, 181 and note.
Richard J., 345.
William, 119.
Morgan Co., Ind., 364.
Morrell, Frank, 319.
Morris, Fordham, 57.
Lewis, 58.
Mary ( ), 231.
Roger, 230.
Morrisania, manor of, 60.
Morrison, Ann E., 104.
Augusta E., 104.
Malcomn, 230.
Robert, 103.
Morristown, N. J., 143.
Morton, Henry Couch, loi.
Marcus, loi.
Moscow, Mich, 125.
Mt. Morris, N. Y., 284, 334.
Mt. Pleasant, N. Y., 384, 385.
Mt. Washington, Md., 368.
Muirson, George, 231.
Mulford, Elisha, LL. D., 353.
Sylvanus S., 353.
Mull, Ellie Annie, 195.
Ettie M., 195.
Evelina E., 195.
Index of Names and Places.
429
Mull, Garietta, 126.
Henry V. D., 195.
Isaac, 126.
Jane (Jessup), 1834, 195.
John I., 195 and note.
Mullica Hill, N. J., 376.
Murray, James, 207.
Myer, Jonas, 207.
Myrick, John Henry, 176.
John Henry, Jr., 176.
Napier, of Magdala, Lord, 259, note.
Nash, Eleanor, 97.
Jonathan, 97.
Thomas, 20.
Natchitoches, La., 303, 308.
Neenah, Wis., 195.
Nelson, Elizabeth (Walker), 249.
Horatio, Admiral, 253.
Nesmith, Mary, 345.
New Amsterdam, 44, 54.
Newark, Mich., 196.
Newark, N. J., 193, 194.
New Bedford, Mass., 346.
Newbern, N. C, 359.
New Brighton, N. Y., 342.
New Britain, Conn., 334.
Newburgh, N. Y., 138, 353.
Newby, Nathan, 364.
New Canaan, Conn., 161, 298.
Newcastle, Duke of, 15.
New Fairfield, Conn., 108.
Newfield, N. Y., 374.
New Garden, Ind., 364, note, 365.
New Garden, N. C, 359, 362, 364.
New Hartford, N. Y., 164.
New Haven, Conn., 135, 145, 175, 306.
New Haven, N. H., 227, note.
New Milford, Conn., 107, 2S4, 315, 318,
319-
New Orleans, La., 193, 308.
Newport, Ky., 266.
New Rochelle, N. Y., 382, 385.
New Tacoma, Washington Territory. J 04.
Newton, Brian, Capt., 45, note.
Henry, 45.
Thomas, 45, 66, 67, 68.
Newton, Mass., 32.
Newtown, Conn., 284, 320.
Newtown, N. Y., 43, 65, 46, 51, 73.
New York city, 20, 54, 108, 112, 113, 116,
IJ9, 120, 182, 198, 199,211,231,287,
295, 300-2, 321-3, 325, 327, 328, 333,
337. 340, 342, 344-6, 371, 385.
Nichols, Arete, 98.
Edwin, 335.
Grace T., 335.
Nathaniel, 317.
William, 98.
Nicholson, Augustus Jesup, 187.
Augustus S., 187.
Jane F. (Jesup), 187.
Nicolls, Richard, Gov. of N. Y., 52, 54-57,
73. 379-
Nine Partners' Patent, N. Y., 203 and
note, 204.
Norfolk County, Eng., 22, 23, 24.
Northampton, Mass., 105.
North Branford, Conn., 356.
Northcastle, N. Y., 86, 280.
North, Charles R., Rev., 123.
Northfield, Conn., 113.
North Guilford, Conn., 355.
North Hempstead, N. Y., 87.
North Lees, Eng., 10.
North Riding of Yorkshire, N. Y., 43.
Northrop, Cyrus, Prof., 329.
Cyrus, Jr., 329.
Elizabeth, 329.
Grant, 2S6.
North Salem, N. Y., 1 12, 335.
North Star, Mich., 196.
Northwood, N. H., 100, note, 103.
Norwalk, Conn., 66, 77, 84, 97, note, 105,
109 and note, no, 117, 160,237, 299,
342.
Norwalk, Ohio, 145.
Norwich Town, Conn., 138, 145.
Nottinghamshire, Eng., 3, 9, 19, 22, 26.
Noyes, Joseph, 95.
Nyack, N. Y., 301, 335.
Odell, Mary (Burritt) i6i.
Nancy, 161.
Nathan, 161.
Ohio Co., Ind., 358.
Oldham, John, 1637, 31.
Olmstead, Edward, 193.
430
Index of Names and Places.
Olmstead, Hawley, 175, 197,
Mary H., 160.
Olney, Eng., 282.
Omaha, Nebraska, 136.
Oneida, N. Y., 355.
-O'Neill, Ann, 117.
Orange Co., N. Y., 351, 353, 382.
Orgain, Richard Griffin, 265.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 102.
Oskaloosa, la., 367.
Ossining, N. Y., 124.
Oswego, 111., 355.
Otsego Co., N. Y., 276, 293.
Otsego, N. Y., 161, 191, 192.
Ottawa, 111., 125.
Ottumwa, Kan., 362.
Owen, Edward H., 199.
John, 137.
Robert Dale, 362.
Sarah Catharine, 199.
Owenton, Ky., 331.
Owings' Mills, Md., 369.
Oxford, Ohio, 162.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., 43, 128, note.
Page, Benjamin, 289, 293.
Benjamin, Jr., 289.
Elizabeth, 2S9.
Joseph Edward, 289.
Ophelia Frances, 289.
Palmer, David L., 281.
Mary (Sturges), 112, note.
Palmerstown, N. Y., 226.
Palmyra, N. Y., 352.
Panama, New Granada, 323.
Panton, Richard, Capt., 50, 51,
note, 55.
Parish, James, 364.
Parke, H. C, 3S6.
Parker, Edward M., 160.
H. A., 305.
Parker, Joel, Rev., 193.
Parker, Peter, 292, note.
Pass Christian, Miss., 128.
Patrick, George W., 319.
Harriet A., 320.
Patriot, Ind., 279, 281.
Patterson, Adaline, 331.
Alice E., 333.
S3 and
Patterson, Henry C, 333.
James W., 137, note.
John B., 333.
John S., 333.
Louisa A., 333. '
Mark M., 333.
Sarah (Jessup), 181 5, 333.
Smith B., 333.
Patterson, N. Y., no, 112, 319.
Patton, Henry, Rev., 263.
Peacock, Julia Ann, 293.
Mary, 293.
Mary (Jessup), 293.
Mr., 361.
Ralph, 293.
William, 293.
William, Jr., 293.
Pearl, Addison, 135.
Peck, Ferris, 326.
Jeduthan, 303.
Peekskill, N. Y., 300.
Pelham, N. Y., 55.
Pell, Thomas, 54.
Pendleton, Ind., 367.
Penshurst, Eng., 34.
Pentz, Benjamin Jesup, 119.
John G., 119.
Peoria, 111., 104, 165.
Pepys, Samuel, Diary of, 23, note.
Perquimons Co., N. C, 359.
Peru, Ind., 339.
Peters, John, Lient.-Col., 223, 224, 226
and note, 227, 249, note.
Petersburg, Virginia, 265, 266.
Pett, Jane (Jessop), 1667, 11.
Marriott, 11.
Philadelphia, Penn., 278, 356, 381.
Philipse, Fred, 230.
Fred, Jr., 230.
Phillips, Maj.-Gen., 220, 221, 222.
Pierce, Sarah, 174.
Pierson, Fannie, 355.
Pike Co., Mo., 2S8.
Pitt, Elizabeth Rebecca, 262.
William, 262.
Plainfield, Ind., 367.
Plaisted, Roger, 68.
Piatt Co., Mo., 190.
Pleasant Run, Ohio, 357.
hidex of Names and Places,
431
Pleasantville, N. Y., 122, 123.
Plymouth, Mass., 1620, 19, 20.
Plymouth, Mich., 127, 163, 164, 196.
Point au Fez, Canada, 226.
Pomeroy, Alvin, 318.
Porter, Noah, Ex-Pres., 292, note.
Port Huron, Mich., 386.
Portland, Me., 146.
Portland, Or., 145.
Portsmouth, N. H., 103, 104.
Post, George, Capt., 353.
Joseph, 351.
Powell, Dana, 281.
Jacob, 281.
Susan A., 337.
Powelson, Isaac V., 287.
Poweshiek Co., Iowa, 362.
Pratt, Hannah, 364.
Mary Ann, 321.
Prentice, John Francis, 317.
John Sherman, 317.
Josiah, Rev., 103.
Prescott, Canada, 233, 234, 249, 250, 261,
262, 267, 268.
Price, Ann C, 373.
Prime, Augusta T. (Palmer), 381.
Cornelia (Sands), 381.
Edward, Rev., 14.
Edward, d. 1863, 3S1.
Frederick, 381.
Lydia (Hare), 381.
Mary R. (Jay), 3S1.
Nathaniel, 1768, 381.
Rufus, 381.
Temple, 381, 382, note.
JPugsley, James, 379.
Mary (Hunt), 59 and note, 62.
Mary (Jessup), 379.
Matthew, 59.
Punbridge, Mary E., 332.
Purdy, Sarah, 325.
Purdy's Station, N. Y., 302, 303.
Putnam Co., N. Y., iii.
Putney, Allie, 121.
Edwin D., 121.
Marcella (Woodward), 121.
Ruth, 122.
Sarah, 122.
Wright, 121.
Quebec, Canada, 97, 238.
Queensbury, N. Y., 207, 215.
Quimby, John, 52, 54, 55.
Quintard, Antoinette, 341.
Quogue, N. Y., 351, 352.
Racine, Wis., 326.
Randall, Abigail (Gorhamj, 286.
Abigail Mead, 2S6.
Alice, 286.
Ann Tomlinson, 286.
Anna, d. 1866, 285.
Anna (Jessup), d. 1835, ^SS-
Betsey Julia, 319.
Charles, 1834, 286.
Eda Eliza (Bishop), 286.
Edward, 1835, 2S6.
Edwin C, 319.
Elizabeth (Ruggles), 286.
Ellen, 286.
Emeline E., 286.
Flora, 286.
Flora (Mead), 286.
Helen (Beach), 2S6.
Henry W., 286.
Jacintha J., 286.
Jeremiah, Sr., 285.
Jeremiah, Jr., 2S5.
Jeremiah G., 286.
Jerome, 181 1, 286.
John W., 286.
Jonathan, 285, note.
Jonathan Jessup, 286.
Julia (Bostwick), 2S6.
Laura (Wooster), 286.
Lorenzo, 1807, 286.
Lucy A. (Sanford), 286.
Nathaniel, 1782,286.
Phineas B., 286.
Polly, 1790, 285.
Rachel Samantha, 1S19, 286.
Rachel Samantha, 1829, 286.
Richard, 286.
Sally, d. 1811,285.
Sally J., 286.
Sarah, 286.
William W., 286.
Randolph Co., Ind., 361.
Randolph, Edmund, 309.
432
Index of Names and Places.
Rapelje, John, 231.
Ray, Cornelia (Prime), 381.
John, 16, 18.
Robert, 381.
Raymond, Abby Jane, 1 59.
Abigail, 1770, 118.
Ann Eliza, 159.
Charlotte C, 159.
Mary (Jesup), 1790, 159.
Mary Jesup, 159.
Moses, 159.
Sally Maria, 159.
Raynor, Jane, 352.
Redding, Conn., 97.
Redmond, George, 270.
Reed, Charles M., 194.
Dolan, 194.
Elizabeth C. (Jessup), 192
Emma Louisa, 193, 194.
Frances G., 193.
Harriet (Wells), 194.
James, 192.
James, Jr., 193.
James, 3d, 194.
Joseph, 303.
Thomas, 45, 46.
William Jesup, 193.
Reeve, Tappan, Judge, 174, 182.
Relyea, B. J., Rev., 67, note.
Reno, Nev., loi.
Reynolds, Hannah (Jessup), 82, Z^.
Horton, 273.
John, 82, 83.
Jonathan, 82.
Mary E. (Jessup), 300.
Riall, Phinehas, Major-Gen., 149.
Richardson, John, 53 and note, 55-60, 63.
William, 53, note.
Richmond, Ind.,.364, 365, 368.
Richmond, Mass., 355.
Richmond, Va., 265.
Ridgefield, Conn., 97, 100, 112, 160.
Ridgeley, Elizabeth, 387.
Riga, N. Y., 353.
Riley, Appleton, 1763, 173 and note.
Ashur, 173, note.
James, 1777, 173, note.
John, 1645, of Wethersfield, Conn.;
173, note.
Riley, John, 1762, of Goshen, Conn., 173,
note.
John, 1815, of Middletown, Conn., 173,
note.
Justus, 1800, 173, note.
Lucy (Case), 173, note.
Mary (Griswold), 173 and note.
Mary Hannah, 173.
Ripley, Hezekiah, Rev., 113, note, 114,
131, 169, 170.
William B., Rev., 169.
Rising Sun, Ind., 281.
Riverside, Conn., 325, 341.
Roberts, Mary, 377.
Robertson, Amy, 326.
Robins, Paris, 290, 293.
Robinson, Beverly, 230.
Beverly, Jr., 230.
John, Rev., 19, 20, 22, note.
Lawrence, V. V., 184.
Susannah ( ), 230.
Rochester, 111., 167.
Rochester, Minn., 198.
Rochester, N. Y., 303.
Roebuck, Catharine S., 266.
John A., 266.
John S., 266.
John S., Jr., 266.
Mary Wilton, 266.
Rogers, Horatio, Brig-Gen , 219, 220, 225,
note, 226, 227.
Zachariah, 350.
Romney, Ind., 306.
Romulus, N. Y., 125, 127.
Rotherham, Eng., 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 22.
Rotherham, W., Rev., 257, note, 261, note-
Rowland, Benjamin S., 287.
Josephine, 287.
Rowley, Mass., 381.
Rumsey, Benjamin, 90, 94.
Isabel, 94.
Rundle, Jonathan, 275.
Shadrach, 275.
Russell, Abby Delano, 197.
Edward W., 197.
Frank Howe, 197.
Mary Jesup, 197.
Rutgers, Henry, Col., 86.
Ryder, A. Lavan, 122.
Index of Names and Places.
433
Ryder, Aaron Livingston, 121.
Alice, 122.
Alice Eveline, 122.
Ann (Chedayne), 121.
Anna Curtis, 1806, 123.
Anna Jeanette, 125.
Arlin, 122.
Augustus, 124.
Charles Herbert, 124.
Charles Sumner, 125.
Charlotte B., 121.
Cornelia (Forman), 122.
David C, 122.
Earl, 122.
Edward, 124.
Edward Jesup, 1804, 123.
Elizabeth (Rathbon), 122.
Ella, 122.
Ellen R. (Reynolds), 124.
Emily, 123.
Emma Frances, 124.
Everet, 124.
Florence Emma, 124.
Franklin, 124.
George, 122.
Henry, 122.
Henry Crane, 124.
Jesse, 121.
Jesse, 181 2, 124.
Jesse, 1830, 122.
Julia, 122.
Leonard, 122.
Lydia (Griffin), 123.
Malcolm, 124.
Margaret E. (Scott), 124.
Mary, 121.
Mary Evelyn, 124.
Mary J. (Conklen), 124.
Mary Kellogg, 122.
Nellie, 122.
Ophelia G., 121.
Percy, 124.
Phebe, 1809, 123.
Ralph, 124.
Sarah, 122.
Sarah (Jesup), 120, 121.
Sarah Jane, 123.
Sarah Strang, 1815, 125.
Susan C, 121.
Sabine, Sir Edward, 258.
Sackett, John, 204.
Richard, 204.
Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 297,
Safford, Joseph, 45, 46.
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, 87, 278.
St. Catharines, Canada, 263.
St. Croix, West Indies, 385.
St. John, New Brunswick, 227, note, 231,
241.
St. John's, Canada, 223.
St. Leger, Col. Barry, 215, 226, 227.
St. Louis, Mo., 303, 304, 316, 356, 371.
St. Paul, Minn., 176.
Salem, N. J., 384.
Salem, Oregon, 145.
Salisbury, N. C, 365.
Salt Lake City, Utah, 344.
Sand Creek, Ind., 363.
Sands, Charles W., 280.
Charles W., Jr., 280.
Comfort, 381.
Sarah (Dodge), 381.
Sanford, E. B., 97.
Homer, 286.
San Francisco, Cal., 168, 288, 302, 309, 324.
San Jose, Cal., 309.
San Leandro, Cal., 169.
San Rafael, Cal., 346.
Saratoga, N. Y., 228, 386.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 294, 326.
Sasco Neck, 41.
Saugatuck, Conn., 129 and note, 136, 142,
173. 178.
Savage, Humphrey, 10.
Mary A., 387.
Savannah, Ga., 288.
Saye and Sele, Lord, 1661, 31.
Sayre, John N., Jr., 161.
Scarborough, N. Y., 123.
Scarsdale, Earl of, 14, note.
Schellinger, Mercy, 354.
Schermerhorn, Albertine, 127.
Anna, 125.
Catalina, 125.
Edward, 125.
Eleanor, 163.
Jacob, 163.
Peter, Dr., 125.
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434
Index of Names and Places.
Schermerhorn, Peter I., 125.
Schodack, N. Y., 108, note, 116, 126, 127
146, 162, 165, 167-9, 184, 195.
Schoonmaker, Edward, 28 1.
Schuyler, Marcus, 299.
Schuylerville, N. Y., 205, 216.
Scott, Jesup, 96.
Lewis A., 57.
Mary (French), 285.
Susan (Jesup), 96.
Susan (Wakeman), 96.
Winfield, Gen., 150, 186, 187.
Scranton, Penn., 354.
Scribner, Annie E., 195.
Carrie Louisa, 195.
Charles, 194.
Charles Jessup, 195.
Emily G., 195.
George William, 195.
Mary A. (Jessup), 194.
Nettie, 121.
Scrooby, Eng., 19.
Seaman, Benjamin, 230.
Sedgwick, Theodore, 185.
Seely, Martha, 355.
Mary (Banks), 98.
Sarah, 355.
Sherwood, 98.
Selleck, Stephen P., 324.
Seneca Co., N. Y., 125, 384.
Seton, Emily (Prime), 381.
William, 381.
Seward, William H., Hon., 191.
Shanghai, China, 138.
Sharp, Gilbert, 225.
Shaver, Alfred, 302.
Charles, 263.
Florence, 263.
Helen Maria, 302.
Mary Louisa, 302.
Shavertown, N. Y., 302.
Sheffield, Dudley, 295.
Sheffield, Eng., 6, 7, 9-19, 22, 43, 369.
Sheldon, Mary, 180.
William G., 180.
Shelter Island, N. Y., 120.
Sheppard, William, 337.
Sherbrook, Miles, 230.
Sheridan, Gen. P. H., 335.
Sherman, Ann (Hall), loi.
John, loi.
Lycurgus, loi.
Sherman, Conn., 106, 108.
Sherry, Mary Ann, 321.
Sherwood, Aaron, 99.
Abigail, 177.
Abigail (Couch), 136.
Anna C. (Taylor), 105.
Charity (Hull), 177, note.
Charity Burr, 172.
Charles Linsley, 136.
Deborah (Hull), 177, note.
Edwin, Capt., 136.
Edwin Earle, 136.
Edwin Hyde, 136.
Emma, 136.
Emma (Rumsey), 136.
Henrietta, 136.
Henry, 264.
Jane (Burr), 177, note.
Justus, Capt, 224, 227 and note.
Mary Augusta, 136.
Matilda (Simpson), 136.
Moses, 76.
Moses, " Cornet," 99.
Moses Aaron, 99.
Richard Simpson, 136.
Samuel, Dea., 177, note.
Samuel, Rev., 1730, 177, note.
Samuel B., Hon., 1767, 130, 172, 177
and note.
Silas B,, 105.
Simon Couch, 136.
Simon Wakeman, 136.
William, 136.
Sherwood's Island, Green's Farms, Conn.,
75-
Shrader, Sarah (Jesup), 118.
Shriver, Catherine, 263.
Sicard, Montgomery, Commodore, 385.
Stephen, 385.
Sidney Centre, N. Y., 162.
Silliman, Ann (Allen), 1757, 107.
Gold S., 107.
Simla, India, 257, 259, note, 260.
Simmons, Philo, 127.
Simpson, Drummond, Capt., 87.
Sarah (Dibble), 241.
Index of Names and Places.
435
Singapore, India, 257.
Sing Sing, N. Y., 121, 122, 124.
Sitgreaves, Lorenzo, Col., 154, 185.
Lucy, 186.
Lucy A. (Jesup), 185.
Mary (Kemper), 185.
Mary Jesup, 186.
Samuel, 185.
Skelding, James, 286.
Rebecca, 286.
Skenesborough, N. Y., 223.
Slater, Mary Ella, 121.
William, 121.
Slawson, George, 48.
Sleeper, John, 276.
Smith, C. Malcome, 121.
Charity, 1729, 82.
Charles J., 121.
Chloe (Jessup), 373, note, 374.
Daniel, 17 19, 82.
Deborah, 1 724, 82.
Ella E., 327.
Elizabeth, 17 15, 82.
Elizabeth (Jessup), 78, 81, 84.
Eugenia, 121.
Grace, 1733, 82.
Hannah Maria, 291.
Hester, 121.
Horace, 99.
Ira, 294.
Jared, 278.
Jehiel, 1721, 82.
John, 1688, 81, 83.
John, 1736, 82.
John, of Greenfield Hill, 81.
Joseph, 1726, 82.
Josiah, Jr., 292.
Maltbie, 293.
Maria, 386.
Moses, 273.
Nathaniel S., 327.
Noah, 1731, 82.
Rufus, 326.
Samuel, 1712, 82.
Scribner, 121.
Seymour, J., 327.
Susannah, 128, note.
Thomas, 318.
Walter, 291.
Smyth, Charles, 239, 253.
Deborah (Jessup), 240, 254.
Snedaker, R. B., 190.
Somers, Emily, 318.
John Taylor, 318.
Lyman Cyrus, 318.
Sarah E., 318.
Somers, N. Y., 276, 300-303, 334, 335,
337-
Somersetshire, Eng., 9.
Somerton, Eng., 244, 257, note, 260, 261.
Sorel, Canada, 233, 238, 248, 268.
South Britain, Conn., 144.
South Canaan, Penn., 354.
Southeast, N. Y., 335.
South, Sir Francis, 10.
Jane, dau. of Sir Francis, 10.
South Hadley, Mass., 161, 193.
Southampton, N. Y., 39, 282, 351, 352.
South Norwalk, Conn., 119, 120.
Southport, Conn., 96, 107, 182.
South Salem, N. Y., 120.
Southville, Conn., 339.
South Woodstock, Conn., 137, note.
Sparta, Tenn., 292.
Spencertown, N. Y., 301.
Squire, Abigail, 115.
Staats, Catharine (Breese), 185, note.
Catharine Lydia, 185.
Charlotte Berthia, 185.
Elizabeth (Schuyler), 185, note.
Elizabeth Anna, 185.
Jochem, 185, note.
John Breese, 185 and note.
John Breese, Jr., 185.
Philip, 185, note.
Sarah S. (Jesup), 1834, 185.
Stacie, John, 1655, 9.
Stamford, Conn., 2, 3, note, 20, 21, 32, 41-
43, 47, 48, 71, 73, 77, 78, 80, 83-85,
89, 216,233, 237, 238, 261, 275, 276,
279. 293, 294, 298, 299, 326, 328-
330. 342.
Stansberry, Ann, 370.
Stanwich, Conn., 85, 86, 175, 234, 238, 240,
272, 277, 279-281, 292.
Staples, Edward Jesup, 98.
Horace, 41, note, 98, 130, note.
John, Dea., 98, note.
436 Index of Names and Places.
Staples, John, 1776, Capt., 98 and note.
Sarah, 384.
Thomas, 41 and note.
William G., Capt., 98.
Starbuck, Samuel, 368.
Stephentown, N. Y., 195.
Steuben Co., N. Y., 112.
Stevens, Deborah, 1742, 84.
Deborah, 1799, 293.
Deborah (Jessup), 1702, 84.
Obadiah, 293.
Obadiah, 1701, 84.
Obadiah, 1745, 85.
Stewart, Harriet A. (Taylor), 108.
Thomas E., 108.
George Taylor, M.D., 108.
Stillwater, N. Y., 228.
Stimpson, Frederick Jesup, 179, note.
Stokes, Chalkley, 377.
Stokes Co., N. C, 363.
Stone, William L., Col., 219, 226.
Stratford, Conn., 89 and note, 106.
Strathnain, Lord (Sir H. H. Rose), 256.
Strawberry Point, Iowa, 188.
Stringham, Eliza, 385.
Strong, Benjamin, Rev., 277.
Studwell, Anthony, 274.
Elizabeth, 273.
Sturges, Ann, 1755, 105.
Jeremiah, 104.
Gershom, 1730, 104.
Mary (Jesup), 104, 105, 106.
William, 112, note.
Martha, 1758, 105.
Sarah, 1760, 105.
Strong, 112, note, 113.
Thaddeus, 112.
Stuyvesant, Peter, Gov., 34, 45, 46, 49, 50.
Styer, Mary M., 119.
Suakin, Egypt, 261.
Suez, Egypt, 261.
Suffolk Co., Eng., 23.
Suffolk Co., N. Y., 353.
Summit, Wis., 176, 198.
Sunderland, Mass., 197.
Surry Co., N. C, 363.
Susquehanna Co., Penn., 40.
Suter, Jesse A., 331.
Swaine, Francis, 49, 50.
Swanton Morley, Eng., 24,
Swift, Abby Jesup, 141.
Abigail (Jesup), 1778, 139, 143.
Anne, 7, 9.
Anne Everett, 141.
Charles of Lebanon, 139, note.
Eliphalet, 139, and note, 142, 143, 198.
Esther (Judah), 142, 143.
Everett Mayhew, M. D., 141 and
note.
Henrietta Jane, 141.
Henry Augustus, 140.
Henry John, 141.
Jane (O'Kill), 141 and note.
Jireh, 1665, 139, note.
John Jay, 141.
Maria (Church), 142. ■
Mary Amelia, 140.
Mary Louise, 141.
Robert, Sr., of Rotherham, 13.
Robert, Jr., of Broom Hall, 13.
Silas, 1 713, 139, note.
William, 1544, of Rotherham, 13, 14.
Zephaniah, Judge, 139, note.
Zephaniah, M. D., 139, note, 140.
Swits, Elizabeth Jane, 159.
Fannie B., 159.
Jacob C, 159.
Mary Orlinda, 159.
Nettie Eliza, 159.
Switzerland Co., Ind., 358.
Swords, Thomas, Gen., 155.
Sydner, Katharine, 156.
Sydney, Australia, 122.
Symcocks, Thomas, 1582, 9.
Sympson, John, Rev., 25.
Syracuse, N. Y., 333.
Talkington, Caledonia O. (Jesup), 190.
Horace M., 190.
Maxwell C, 190.
Mollie (Jones), 190.
Robert M., 190.
Talman, Isaac, 383.
Tandy, Annie H. 202.
D. A., 202.
Everett, 202.
Harrie T., 202.
James H., 202.
Index of Names and Places.
437
Tandy, Jesup Blackleach, 202.
Kate J, (Jesup), 1847, 202.
N. M., Dr., 158.
Susan D., 202.
Thomas S., 202.
Tarrytown, N. Y., 295.
Taylor, Abigail (Morehouse), 105.
Arthur, 105.
Charles, M. D., 107.
Edward Jesup, 105.
Eunice( ), 105.
George, M.D., 107 and note.
Gershom, 1772, 105.
Harriet D. (Allen), 107.
Hezekiah Coley, 105.
Jesup, 1765, 105.
John, of Northampton, Mass., 105.
Maggie, 108.
Maria, 387.
Mary (Jesup), io6.'
Moses, 1769, 105.
Moses Jesup, 105.
Nancy (Mrs. Duncomb), 105.
Nathaniel, Rev., 107, note.
Olivia (Craft), 108.
Patty, 1 77 1, 105.
Reuben, 105.
Samuel, Lieut, 1765, 105.
Samuel, Jr., 1774, 106.
Samuel J., 105.
Sarah (Coley), 105.
William, Col., 107, note.
Zachary, Gen., 153, 186.
Teal, George, 370.
Hannah, 371.
Temple, Sir John, 381.
Templetown, Viscount (Henry E. M. D
C. Upton), 261.
Viscount (John H. Upton), 261.
Terhune, Charles E., 338.
Dan, 338.
John W., 338.
Mary A. ( Jessup), 1834, 338.
Roberta, 338.
Sarah I., 338.
Stephen A., 338.
Terre Haute, Indiana, 305.
Theal, Joseph, 76.
Thetford, Vt., 100.
Thomas, Amery, 198.
Julia B., 198.
Thompson, Ann E. (Morrison), 104.
James W., 104.
Mary, 187.
Thomas M., 104.
Thornburg, Cyrus, 362.
Edward, 362.
Edward, Jr., 362.
Jesse, 362.
Joel, 362.
Joseph, 362.
Lydia, 362.
Mary Ann, 362.
Nancy, 362.
Samuel, 362.
William, 362.
Thornton, Ind., 307.
Throop, George B., 385.
Thurmscoe, Eng., 24.
Ticonderoga, N. Y., 228.
Tilford, Frank A., 309.
Tirrell, John Fletcher, 127.
Titusville, Penn., 126.
Todd, Charles Burr, 76.
Todd Co., Ky., 156, 188, 189, 190.
Toe, Samuel, 50.
Toller, Thomas, Rev., 1597, 14, 19.
Tompkins, Caleb, Judge, 88.
D. D., Hon., Vice Pres. of U. S.
Elizabeth (Varian), 88.
Tompkins Co., N. Y., 373, 374-
Toronto, Canada, 255.
Torrington, Conn., 316.
Totten, Joseph, 211.
Toucey, Isaac, Gov. of Conn., 130.
Town, Betsey, 294.
Towner, Samuel, iii.
Townsend, Charles J., 334-
John, 110.
Townshend, Lord, 24.
Trafalgar, Spain, 253.
Treat, Horace, 285.
John Hawley, 285.
Robert, Gov. of Conn., 285.
Treeton, Eng., 8, 11.
Troy, N. Y , 107, 287.
Trudeaux, Michael, 267.
Sophia M., 267.
438
Index of Names and Places.
Tryon, William, Gen., 91, 129, 205, 210,
211, 213, 220, 230.
Tunbridge Wells, Eng., 165.
Turner, Albert, 1834, 320.
Betsey, 300.
Betsey (Cowles), 319.
Carrie May, 320.
Catharine E., 319.
Esther Lavina, 319.
Hannah (Jessup), .-^19.
Harriet, 1829, 319.
James, 1818, 319.
Joseph Albert, 319.
Joseph B., 319.
Mary (Wilson), 320.
Mary E. (Hodge), 320.
Reuben D., 116.
Underhill, Stephen, 293.
Union Co., Ky., 118.
Updegraff, Susanna, 365.
Upton, Edward John, 261.
Usher, Robert, 48.
Utica, N. Y., 164, 168, 386, 387.
Utter, James, 301.
Valentine, Deborah, 87.
Elizabeth, 87.
George, 87.
Jacob, 87.
Mary Ann, 87.
Sarah (Dibble), ?>T.
Seth, 280.
Valparaiso, S. A., 163.
Vancouver, W. T., 138.
Van Hyning, Theodore F., 159.
Van Schaack, Peter, 208 and note.
Vanswearenger, Cyrus J., 314.
Joanna E., 314.
Van Valkenburgh, Abraham A., III.
Varian, Deborah, 88.
Elizabeth, 88.
Ichabod, 88.
James, 1759, 87.
James, Jr., 88.
Jonathan, 88.
Joseph, 88.
Michael, 88.
William A., M.D., 87, note.
Vergennes, Vt., 100.
Viditoe, Abigail M. (Hall), 319.
David, 318.
Eva E., 319.
Fannie (Warner), 318.
Harriet (Hatch), 319.
James B., 318.
Lafayette, 1826, 319.
Lucy Adeline, 319.
Mortimer Smith, 319.
Phebe Ann, 319.
Polly, 183 1, 319.
Vincennes, Ind., 374.
Virginia City, Nev., 126.
Waats, John, 230.
Wait, Cassius, 122.
Wakeman, Amelia (Banks), 96.
Banks, 96.
Betsey, 1755, 96.
Burritt, 99.
Cornelia, 96.
Esther (Dimon), 96.
Esther Dimon, 96.
Henry B., 96.
Jesup, 1748, 96, 113, note.
Jesup, 1771, 96, 132, 182.
Jesup Banks, 96.
Joseph, Capt., 94.
Julia Frances, 96, 182.
Mary, 1752, 96.
Maurice, 96.
Samuel, Rev., 94.
Sarah, 1746, 96.
Sarah (Jesup), 92, 94, 96.
Sarah ( Whitehead), 95.
Stephen, 1717, 92, 94, 95.
Susan, 96.
Talcott Banks, 96.
William Webb, 96.
Zalmon Bradley, 96.
Walker, Abby (Jessup), 241.
Abigail (Jessup), 1761, 248.
Benjamin Jesup, 185.
Charlotte E. (Jesup), 1827, 184.
Charlotte Lydia, 184.
Edward, Capt, 1784, 151, 248.
Elizabeth, 249.
Frances C, 184.
Index of Names and Places.
439
Walker, Hambleton, 1782, 248.
James, 248.
James, 1788, 249.
James A., 249.
Joseph Nelson, 184, 185.
Josephine, 1851, 184.
Lizzie (Moyer), 185.
Margaret, 369.
Mary (Stanton), 185.
Mary A., 184.
Phebe, 1786, 249.
Sophia, 249.
Susan, 249.
Wallace, Alexander, 23
Hugh, 230.
Walla Walla, Oregon, 145.
Wallkill, N. Y., 86.
Walton, N. Y., 162, 301, 331-333.
Ward, Andrew, 41.
Anne C. (Warner), 371.
Arietta J., 372.
Charles, 1857, 371.
Emma R., 372.
George, 370.
George, Jr., 1858, 371.
Harriet (Jessop), 371.
Isabella F. (Green), 371.
Mary, 1855, 371.
William Jessop, 369, 370, 372.
William Jessop, Jr., 371.
Warden, Hannah (Jessup),300.
Waring, Angeline, 279.
George E., 279.
George E., Jr., 279.
James, son of George E., Sr., 279.
James Alexander, 279.
Jane E., 279
John, 279.
Sarah, dau. of George E., Sr., 279.
Sarah, dau. of James, 279.
Sarah (Berger), 279.
Sarah (Dibble), 240 and note.
Warren, Ann E., 329.
Catharine, 329.
Catilina (Jessup), 1818, 167.
Charles Jessup, 168.
Emily F., 329.
Frederick, 168.
Harvey, 167.
Warren, Helen, 329.
Helen (Gorham), 329.
Henry, 329.
John J., 329.
Joseph D., 329.
Maria (Jessup), 1808, 329.
Sarah J., 329.
Warren Co., N. Y., no, 208, 217.
Washington Co., Ind., 363.
Washington, Conn., 316.
Washington, D. C, 279, 386, 38
Washington, N. C, 300.
Waterbury, Conn., 160.
Waterbury, John, 80.
William, 289, 290.
Waterman, Ann Eliza, 32 _
Waters, Edward, 53, 54.
Watertown, Mass., 42, 139, note.
Watkins, N. Y., 373, note.
Watson, Sir Henry E., 17.
John, of Shircliffe Hall, 17.
Watts, Anna (Sturges), 112, note.
Wayne Co., Ind., 364, 368.
Wayne Co., Penn., 354.
Wayne, Henry C, Gen., 154.
Webb, Abigail, 1797, 296.
Abigail Hoyt, 296.
Adam, 331.
Anna A., 331
Cora, 331.
Eckford, 296.
George, 1800, 296.
Henrietta A. (Hidden), 295.
Isaac, 1794, 295, 296.
Lelia, 331.
Mary, 1792, 295.
Phebe (Peck), 295.
Philander, 1803, 296.
Samuel Wilsey, 296.
Sarah (Jessup), 1773, 294-
Sarah Ann, 1810, 296.
Sarah Elizabeth, 295.
William Henry, 295 and note.
Wilse, 294 and note.
Webster, Clara B., 344.
Weed, Deborah (Stevens), 84.
Ezekiel, 84.
Joel, 84.
Joseph L., 159.
440
Index of Names and Places,
Weed, Samuel, 84.
Sarah, 326.
William, 84, 85.
Weeks, George W., 159.
James M., 159.
Jenny (Perry), 159.
Welles, Noah, Rev., 80.
Wellington, Ohio, 299.
Wells, Ann, 372.
Wells River, Vt., loi.
Welsh, James, 320.
Welton, Alice A., 340.
Eli H., 339.
Eli H., Mrs., 285, note.
Harriet A., 340.
John N., 340.
Laura A. (Jessup), 1831, 339.
Wescome, William B., Maj., 326.
West, Sarah, 375.
Westchester Co., N. Y., 21, 52, 58, 60.
Westchester, N. Y., 43, 50, 53-56, 70, 73,
3oo> 384-
West Cornwall, Conn., 145.
West Farms, N. Y., 2, 53, 54, 65, 74.
Westfield, Ind., 362.
Westfield, Mass., 355, 356.
Westfield, N. J., 336, 337.
Westhampton, N. Y., 354.
West Nassau, N. Y., 195.
Weston, Conn., 98, 177, note.
Westport, Conn., 74, 91, note, 98, 116,
118, 128, note, 138-140, 142, 143,
169, 174, note, 175, 177, 180-182,
194, 197, 199, 200, 262.
West Springfield, Mass., 181.
West Stockbridge, Mass., 197.
West Winfield, N. Y., 316.
Wetherhead, John, 230.
Wethersfield, Conn., 3, note, 21, 32, 37, 42,
48, 83, 173, note.
Wetmore, Esther, 384.
Whearly, Abraham, 71.
Wheat, Oscar F., 162.
Wheeler, Amanda Jane, 195.
George Montague, 187.
Lovina C, 197.
Melancthon, Judge, 384.
White, Alfred S., 307.
Frances, 1604, 9.
White, Francis, 1656, Justice of the Peace,
21, note.
Henry, 230.
Oliver, 351.
Roger, 20.
Thomas, 230.
Whitehall, N. Y., 215, 384.
White Notley, Eng., 260.
Whitestown, N. Y., 333.
Whitman, Samuel, 95.
Whitmore, John, 48.
" Widow," 1653, 48, 64.
Whittlesey, Samuel, 95.
Wickersley, John, 1 528, of Broom Hall, 13.
Nicholas, 1528, of Broom Hall, 13.
Wickham, Parker, 231.
Wickliffe, Ky., 188.
Wicks, Sarah Ann, 280.
Seth, 280.
Martha G., 280.
Wilkes, Charles, Commodore, 186.
Wilkins, Deborah, 376.
Narcissa E., 188.
Wilkinson, Andrew, MP., 11, 13.
James, Rev,, 1791, 13 and note, 17.
Willdee, Phebe, 326.
Willett, Thomas, 63.
Williams, Bruce R., 320.
C. B., 137.
Edward, 124.
Elisha, 95.
Helen L., 123.
Henry Montgomery, 123.
John, 318.
John, Col., 384.
Lucy (Jessup), 1787, 318.
Margaret, 124.
Marietta, 1818, 318.
Richard H., 123.
Richard M., Hon., 123.
Sarah, 123.
Willis, Abigail, 362.
Achsah, 362.
Ann, dau. of Joel, 362.
Ann, dau. of Jonathan, 361,
Betsey, 361.
Betsey (Summer), 362.
Fanny (Burgess), 361.
Hannah, 362.
Index of Names and Places.
441
Willis, Hannah (Jessop), 361.
Hannah (Thornburg), 361.
Jesse, of Ohio, 362.
Jesse, Jr., 362.
Joel, son of Jonathan, 361.
Joel, of Ohio, 361.
Jonathan, 361.
Joseph, 361.
Lydia, 362.
Mary Jane, 362.
Rachel, 361.
William, 362.
Willoughby, Francis, 16.
Willson, David, 374.
John, 374.
Mary (Jessup), 374.
William, 374.
Wilmington, 111., 35, 165, 168.
Wilson, James Grant, Gen., 61, note.
John Q., Hon., 197.
Key, 305.
Mary Lush, 197.
Sarah (Jesup), 118, 331.
Wilstach, John A., 305, note, 312.
Wilton, Conn., 91, 108, 109, 112, 1 16-120,
125-127, 146, 148, 159-161, 162,193,
194, 197, 237.
Windsor, Conn., 42, 173, note.
Wing, Abraham, 217.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 266, 270.
Winslow, Edward, 1637, 32.
Winter, John, 55.
Winthrop, John, Jr., 1637, 32.
Wittircer, Margaret, 375.
Wolcott, N.Y., 316.
Wood, Antoinette (Scott), 137.
Augustus B., 137.
Bradford R., Hon., 118, note, 129,
note.
Clarence Williams, 137.
David, 130.
Ebenezer Jesup, 137.
Edward Jesup, 136.
Edward Jesup, 1834, 136.
Eleanor (Jesup), 1775, 136.
Elizur, Sr., 136.
Elizur, Jr., 136.
Fanny Gautier, 137.
Frederick Williams, 137.
Wood, Hezekiah Ripley, 137.
Jane A. (Williams), 137.
Jesup Williams, 137.
Juliet, 138.
Lorinda, 136.
Lydia Rebecca, 137.
Marcia Price, 137.
Mary E. (Gautier), 136.
Mary Gautier, 137.
Rebecca (Williams), 137.
Sarah, 376.
William, 137.
Woodbridge, Samuel, 95.
Woodbury, Conn., 99.
Woodbury, N. J., 376.
Woodruff, Lewis B., Hon., 183.
Woods, Leonard, Sr., Rev., 146.
Woodward, Eliza (Mott), 324.
Lambert, 49, note.
Woofendale, John, Dr., 116.
Wool, John E., Gen., 186.
Woolsey, J. W., 121.
Woolwich, Eng., 238, 243.
Worcester, Mass., 102.
Worksop, Eng., 6, 10, 11, 23.
Wortley, Frances, 1581, 9.
Francis, 1558, 14, note.
Mary (Swift), 14, note.
Wright, Alexander, 261.
Alexander, Jr., 262.
Augustus, 262.
Constantine, idi.
Dennis, 128 and note.
Dora Phebe, 334.
Edwin C, 334.
Elizabeth (Jessup), 240, 254, 256, 257,
261.
Hannah, 383.
Henry James Jessup, 262.
John, 362.
Julia Jessup, 334.
Louisa (Jessup), 1828, 334.
Louisa C, 334.
Marion Jessup, 334.
Millicent, 3S3.
Obadiah, 128 and note.
Sarah, 128.
Sarah (Adams), 128, note.
Wyandotte Co., Kan., 190.
442
Index of Nmnes and Places.
Wynkoop, Anna, ii6.
Benjamin, Sr., Ii6.
Benjamin, Jr., ii6.
Eunice (Burr), ii6.
Peter, 1616, 116.
Yancy, Preston, 158.
Yates, Sai-ah Ann, 327.
York, James, Duke of, 54, 56.
York, Penn., 361, 363, 365, 366, 36S.
Yorkshire, Eng., 2, 3, 5, 11, 19, 20, 21, 24,
32, 43-
Yorktown, N. Y., 122, 123.
Yorkville, 111., 355.
Young, Alanson, 2S6..
B. R., 3S6.
B. R., Jr., 386.
George, 286.
Margaret, 2S6.
William, 10.
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