A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
Notes for John Jessup
Merchant adventurer and attorney (date of birth-death is an estimation) recorded in Hartford Ct-Wethersfield Ct-Stamford Ct-Southampton L.I. NY
About the first of April 1637 Mr Winthrop (Jr.) wrote to the Governor of Plymouth for advice for proceeding against the Pequots--This letter was answered, "but there is one ill of consequence which we hear that there are some English that furnish the enemy by the way of Trade having made a league with them. If you inquire of Mr. Jesop who came on the barke (sailing vessel) with Mr. Harding you may receive information thereabout. Source History and Antiquities of Boston page 210
Mr. Harding was a merchant adventurer who acted as attorney for a number of clients in New England "Abandoning America, Life Stories From Early New England" page 126, 127
The 1637 death of John Jessup is only mentioned in one genealogy book the "History of Old Fairfield" there are two other genealogy books "The Jessup Family & The History of Stamford that disagree because other records prove otherwise.
The death of John Jessup in 1637 is mentioned in the genealogy book "History of Old Fairfield Families" and is the assumption that everyone seems to follow . The book claims that John Jessup died before May 1637, and did not attend the meeting at Hartford court to discuss his business with John Oldham. The reason for the researcher to conclude that John Jessup had unfinished business was because his name did not appear on the list of creditors found in "Public Records of the Colony prior to the Colony of Connecticut"
The author of the book "The Jessup Family" disagrees and claims that not only was John Jessup at the May 1637 meeting but he is also recorded at Newtown court in Massachusetts on the 5th of Dec 1637 and was also recorded in Southampton Long Island in 1654.
The History of Stamford by E.B. Huntington---Jessup, John came with the first colony from Wethersfield, and is on each of the first three lists of the colony. He received, in the first distribution of lands, five acres. In 1664 he represented Westchester in the Connecticut Assembly. His name is spelled on our records, Gesseppe, Giseppe, Gesoppe, Gishop. John Jessup was in Hartford, 1637, Wethersfield, before 1640, Stamford 1641, Long Island about 1654, representative from Westchester 1664 and back on the Island again 1673. This name is thought to have come from Yorkshire England. (See Gen. Reg., Vol X., page 358.)
This is recorded in the genealogy book "The Jessup Family" (research in America) 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 honourably 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 business and John Jessup's are to be handled. Oldham was a merchant adventurer 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. Jessup had been in Massachusetts Boston as in the adjudication of a case before a court held at Newton, Dec 5 1637 his name appears, and he is referred to as having removed from jurisdiction. In History of Antiquities of Boston he is mentioned in a letter that was sent after the 1st of April 1637.
On July 28 1636, the Massachusetts Bay Court issued orders to Watertown and Connecticut (Wethersfield) to seize and inventory Mr. Oldman's goods for payment of his debts (W.J. 2:423)
Note) Hartford Ct Court served as district court of Wethersfield Ct. and Newton Massachusetts Court served as district court of Watertown Massachusetts.
John Jessup was in Massachusetts near Boston as a adjudication (arguing a case) before a court held at Newton Ma. Dec 5 1637 his name appears and next to his name referred to as having "removed from there jurisdiction" (Removal Jurisdiction allows the action to be moved to another court) The case was moved to the Hartford Ct Court and the land on which Oldham's Farm was located was laid out for Matthew Craddock. (Connecticut record 1641)
On June 2 1641 the Hartford court in Connecticut ordered said land to be laid out for Matthew Craddock of London who Oldham was indebted source Connecticut Records
"The Public Records of the Colony Prior to the Union of New Haven Colony (PDF) Estate of Oldman deceased creditors Matthew Marvin; Richard Lord, William Lewis, Edward Mason, Jeffery Ferris, Henry Browning, Thomas Staunton, Thomas Scott, Mr. Chaplin, Mr Pynchon, Andrew Warner, Edward Stubbing, Mr. Talcott, Mr. John Haynes, Matthew Allen, Lieutenant Seely, Edward Hopkin, Matthew Craddock who he owes £229 out of a total debt of 504£, 9s &21d in assets.
(Oldham's Farm in Watertown) On the first of April 1634 "There was five hundred acres of land granted to Mr. John Oldham lying near Mount Feak's on the northwest of the river (MBCR 1:330) This land was later laid out to Mr Craddock near "Mount Feak's on the northwest of the river (MBCR 1:330) and on the 18th of March 1647 Nicholas Davidson of Charleston attorney to Mrs. Rebecca Craddock alias Grover sole executrix of Matthew Craddock deceased granted to Thomas Mayhew, Merchant this same five hundred acres.
John Jessup acted as an attorney to represent Matthew Craddock he appeared at the district court of Hartford May 1637 that represented Wethersfield to claim the £229 owed to Craddock and then Dec 1637 appeared at the district court of Newtown Ma that served Watertown Ma to claim Oldham's farm. The court ruled removed from jurisdiction and the case went back to the Hartford court to decide and in 1641 the Hartford Court laid out the land (Oldham's Farm in Watertown) for Matthew Craddock of London.
Source "History and Antiquities of Boston on page 210 A letter written in 1637 to Mr. Winthrop by the Governor of Plymouth discussing a conversation with Mr. Jessup who had arrived on the barke (sailing vessel) with Mr. Harding (aka Robert Harding)
Abandoning America Life Stories- Robert Harding was a merchant, selling fine silks and other cloths as well as trading tobacco and furs for clients in London & New England. He got in trouble in 1646 after buying a captured Spanish ship for £250 and then selling it. The Earl of Warwick's agents argued that when Captain Harding captured and then sold the ship he had actually sold Warwick's property. Harding returned to London by 1651 describing himself 'late of Boston and now of London' Aspinwall wrote that he acted as attorney to a number of clients in New England. He was a merchant in London. RC Anderson indicates in his directory that he permanently returned to England in 1654.
Matthew Craddock of Stafford was a London merchant and politician who managed his business empire from London. He was the director of the East India Company and the first Gov. of Massachusetts Company founded in 1628 by Puritan merchants in London who organized the Massachusetts Bay Colony although he never visited the colony Craddock owned property and businesses there and acted on its behalf in London. His business and trading empire encompassed at least 18 ships and extended from the West Indies and North America to Europe.
John Jessup's trading partner Robert Harding had a encounter with the agents of Robert Rich of Warwick one of the most wealthiest and powerful men in England his secretary called his man of business was William Jessop.
Is it possible that John Jessup was a relative of William Jessop? Perhaps this can be known one day using DNA technology.
William Jessop 1603-1672 London law clerk, Council of State, House of Commons and confidential man of business to Robert Rich Earl of Warwick.
A record of William Jessop's christening was found in Stafford he is the son of Thomas & Margery Jessop. Stafford England is 79 miles from Broom Hall in Sheffield England south of Yorkshire. Broom Hall is a historical house dated to 1498. In the 16th century Broom Hall came into the possession of the Jessop family after the marriage to Anne Swyft heiress of Broom Hall.
Arms--Or a Chevron Vair between three buck courants proper--- source Visitation of Yorkshire.
William Jessop was the man of business for ROBERT RICH the 2nd EARL OF WARWICK a puritan sympathizer who opposed King Charles polices and was aligned with Lord Say & Sele and the Broughton Castle Circle. The Earl of Warwick was a member of the New England Council and helped Matthew Craddock the first governor of Massachusetts Company with the land patent for the colony. The Earl of Warwick also received a land patent in Connecticut that he sold to Lord Say & Sele.
Matthew Craddock the first governor of Massachusetts Company and the director of the East India Company was from Staffordshire and also opposed the policies of King Charles member of Long Parliament a strong supporter of the parliamentary cause (English Civil War). He lived in London was also a member of the Boughton Castle Circle. William Jessop was also of Staffordshire, a member of Parliament supporter of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and in the same Circle.
John Jessup did not die in 1637 and did not have a widow that married John Whitmore. The Widow of John Whitmore was the mother in law of Edward Jessup and her first name is unknown.
The claim that John Whitmore married the widow of John Jessup is from a court record in Stamford Court.
A testimony in Hartford Court dated the 25th of March of 1657 "Edward Jessup brought Joseph Mead of Stamford his agent and employed him by him did mark this mare for him as witness who did now affirm in upon oath that Edward Jessup and his mother Widow Whitmore went from Stafford to live elsewhere.
The New England Register Volume 26 published 1872
John Jessup and Edward Jessup were of Stamford about 1642, and the name has since continued. Possibly they were descended from Frances Jessup of Leyton, or some other branch of the Broomhall stock. The only item is given in introduction to the Wetmore Family p.2 (1657 testimony) "Edward and his mother the widow Whitmore went from Stamford to live else where they left two mares and left two mules in his charge. THIS WAS THE WIDOW OF JOHN WHITMORE OF STAMFORD BUT WHETHER SHE WAS EDWARDS MOTHER OR MOTHER-IN-LAW CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
The reason it can not be determined --- in ancient records in laws were often called mother father and nieces and nephews were called couzens!
The researchers of these books claim that the Widow of John Whitmore was the mother of Edward Jessup.------The Families of Old Fairfield --Frances Whitmore of Cambridge 1625-1585 -- Whitmore Genealogy by Frances Whitmore.
The claim is disputed by other books who claim the Widow Whitmore was the mother in law of Edward Jessup.
The Wetmore family of America and it's collateral branches biographical and historical notes. from the records We conclude then that John Whitmore had a son John age 18 before 1648 and a daughter of who had married Edward Jessup.
Edward Jessup of West Farms--- this record is to be in reference to his mother-in-law, as the book explains that it was only nine years later after the 1657 testimony that Edward Jessup wrote his 1666 Will in which he mentions a married daughter and grandchild and two very young children and a young widow Elizabeth Bridges who soon later remarried.
Is Joanna the first name of Widow Whitmore?
"The families of Old Fairfield" in 1652 Joanna Witmore sold land in Stamford in Stamford, in 1657 testimony Edward Jessup and his mother Widow Jessup went from Stamford to live else were. Children of John Jessup a son who removed from Wethersfield to Stamford 1641 and to Southampton by 1653 (2) a daughter presumably who m. John Burroughs. He was at SALEM Mass.by 1637 and d. 1678 age 61 having m. Widow Elizabeth Reed. Burroughs was called brother-in-law at the will of Edward Jessup. who also gave a legacy to his cousin/niece Joanna the daughter of John Burroughs. (note) that the child Joanna was named after her grandmother.
In 1652, the Widow Whitmore sold her land in Stamford (2) according to Steve Warling, citing Stamford Town records v. 1-2 1630-1806. The land deed was witnessed by John Burroughs.
The idea that Widow Whitmore's name was Joanna is a suggestion of the researcher of "The families of Old Fairfield" who states that Joanna Burroughs was named after her grandmother. There are NO other records found that presents a first name of the widow Whitmore! In all of the records she is known as Good Wife Whitmore or Widow Whitmore.
The only book to claim that Edward Jessup's father was John Jessup is the book "The History of Old Fairfield, the others do not make this claim. There is a record of Joseph Jessup in Stamford a pioneer settler in 1642 but does not mention him in any other records. Edward Jessup's 1666 Will gives some idea who his family was.11