Susan (Pennefather) Jessop (abt. 1809 - 1837)

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Died 16 Apr 1837 at about age 28 in Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Susan was born about 1809. She is the daughter of Richard Pennefather and Jane Bennett.

Susan was very close to her brother William and helped to nurse him. Extracts from her letters appear in "The Life and Letters of William Pennefather, B.A." edited in 1931 by Rev. Robert Braithwaite, the vicar of Chipping Campden ^[1]

One extract from 1835.
" On returning to Ireland, William Pennefather and his sister paid a visit to Mr. Cromie's place, near Portstewart, a little fishing town on the north coast of Ireland, described by Susan, in a letter written at this time, as " a very delightful spot, a nice village on the sea-shore, the view bounded by distant headlands, the shore rocky black rocks, on which the white waves are now dashing themselves."

It was here that the eldest sister of the family [Susan Pennefather Cromie] had passed the one short year of her married life, and was then in her 20th year called up higher, leaving a lovely little girl, who was at this time about eleven years old. Many members of the family seem to have met at Cromore, and Susan writes from thence to their kind friends in England, " You will be glad to hear that Willy is better than when you saw him : he has less pain, and we have not lately had to resort to severe remedies ; but he suffers much from languor, and his cough, which is often distressing, reminds us that he is a frail flower, and one that a blast might easily waft to other climes."

In the month of May 1836, Susan Pennefather was married to the Rev. Robert Jessop, and her brother lost his constant companion and tender nurse."

She married Rev Robert Jessop, son of John Harwood Jessop and Frances (Flood) Solly, widow of Richard Solly, on 9 June 1836. ^[2]

Marriage Notice - Dublin Weekly Register June 11, 1836

On Thursday, at St. Peter’s Church, by the Rev. Robert T. Jessop, Rector of Kilglass,in the county of Longford, Robert Jessop, Esq., of Fitzwilliam Square, second surviving son of the late John Harwood Jessop, Esq., of Doory Hall, in the county of Longford and York Place, Portman Square, London and grandson of the late Sir Frederick Flood, Bart., to Susan, eldest daughter of Baron Pennefather.

On the 12th of April [1837, William Pennefather] writes to his friends at Sizergh —

" Our dear Susan has given me cause for writing to- day, and I lose no time in telling you that a dear little boy made his appearance between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon. She is now doing pretty well, but was in great danger."

During the next few days a succession of bulletins from the pen of the fond brother tell of alternate hopes and fears, the last one, " She lies at the point of death," being soon followed by the sorrowful tidings, that the young mother had passed away.

To her brother William it was a life-long sorrow."

She died in 1837 and was buried on 19 April 1837 in St. Peter's cemetery, Dublin, Ireland. ^[3]

Death Notice - Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent April 18, 1837

April 16 at 12 Fitzwllliam square. South, Mrs. Robert Jessop, after her confinement of a son, on Wednesday, the 12th inst.

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/lifelettersofrev00brai/lifelettersofrev00brai_djvu.txt
2. ↑ FindmyPast - Deputy Keeper Of Ireland, Index To The Act Or Grant Books, And To Original Wills, Of The Diocese Of Dublin 1272-1858 (26Th, 30Th And 31St Reports, 1894, 1899)
3. ↑ https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/eeb0bd0503183

• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke J. R. Smith, 1844