Edward Jessup (abt. 1663 - 1732)

Born about 1663 in West Farms, Westchester, New York

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Died 28 Dec 1732 at about age 69 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Edward Jessup was born in 1663 in Newtown, Connecticut or Westchester County, New York,^[1][2] the son of Edward Jessup and Elizabeth Bridges. Jessup's father died 1666. In 1668 his mother married Robert Beacham. They moved to Bankside, now called Greens Farms, in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut.^[3]

In 1692 Jessup married Elisabeth Hide (commonly spelled Hyde). They had four sons and three daughters.^[3]

Jessup died on 28 December 1732 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and is buried in the Noroton River Graveyard in Darien, Connecticut.^[1][4]

Edward Jessup. ^[5][6][7]

Born 1663 West Farms, Westchester, New York, USA. ^[8][2]

Died 28 Dec 1732. Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. ^[9][10][2]

Property: Purchases rights to "Sequestered lands" for 69# 3s 9d. 8 Jan 1724. Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Arrival

• bef 1691. Greens Farms, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Purchases 125 acres on April 28th, 1720.
• abt 1720. Moved to Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. ^[2]

Testified in witchcraft trial (also "Mead Jesuop"; is mentioned). ^[2]

Probate: Estate of 650# (details on file). 1732 or 1733, proved on 5 Jan 1732-33. Will written Aug 21, 1721. 5 Feb 1733. Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. ^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} U.S. Find A Grave Index, memorial #https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116859242&ref=acom
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester Co., New York, and His Descendants; Rev. Henry Griswold Jesup; 1887 [1] page 74-78
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Jessup, Henry G. "The Jessup or Jessup Family." Published in Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell,. The History of Fairfield : Fairfield County, Connecticut. New York: The author, 1889-1905. P. 386 ff.
4. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
5. ↑ Source: #S-2123169188 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
6. ↑ Source: #S-2123941444 Death date: 28 Dec 1732 Death place: Stamford Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=barbourctdeath&h=147363&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note:
7. ↑ Source: #S-2133859974 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-famfairfieldi&h=161531&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note:
8. ↑ Source: #S-2123169188 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
9. ↑ Source: #S-2123169188 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
10. ↑ Source: #S-2123941444 Death date: 28 Dec 1732 Death place: Stamford Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=barbourctdeath&h=147363&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note:
11. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 1-3, 1728-1772”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-7STY  : 20 March 2021), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 59-60, Stamford, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1728-1749, Page 42-45.
12. ↑ Source: #S-2124095836 The Jessup Family, p 74 He died in 1732 and by his tombstone was in the 70th year of his age. His will is recorded in Stamford August 17 1721, proved in Norwalk January 5 1732 3 and probated February 5 1732. His son Joseph was named as sole executor. The inventory was 650 and is on file in probate records. His widow Elizabeth died in Stamford October 2 1749 in her 79th year. Her will was dated September 15 1747. The personal inventory was 200. Note: http://books.google.com/books?id=N7Q6AAAAMAAJ Note:

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 1, page 276
• Source: S-2123941444 Ancestry.com Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lo Repository: #R-2146005810 Note:
• Source: S-2124095836 La Verne W Noyes Descendents of Reverend William Noyes Repository: #R-2146092044 Note: http://books.google.com/books?id=N7Q6AAAAMAAJ
• Source: S-2133859974 History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. I Repository: #R-2146005810 Note:
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bouley&id=I1377
• Jennings, George Penfield. Greens Farms, Connecticut, The Old West Parish of Fairfield (Congregational Society of Greens Farms, 1933) Page 26.