Ebenezer
Jesup
Born in Wilton, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Blackleach Jessup
and Sarah (Stebbins) Jessup
Brother of
Joseph Jesup, Sarah Jesup, James Edward Jesup, Blackleach Jesup Jr., Benjamin Jesup, Esther (Jessup) Delavan [half] and Isaac Jessup [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Ebenezer went to sea when fourteen as a cabin-boy, becoming in time the captain of a schooner trading between 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 remembered that he turned back and remarked, with unusual seriousness, 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 be brought home with him.
Sources
- https://archive.org/stream/edwardjessupofwe00jesu#page/111/mode/1up Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester County, New York, and His Descendants; By Rev. Henry Griswold Jesup; Cambridge; Privately Printed for the Author, by John Wilson and Son; 1887; page
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