Edmund Jessop

Edmund was born about 1595 in Yorkshire, England. He arrived in Leiden before 1615 with some of his family. He married Abigail Hunt in Leiden.

Abstract: Registration of the banns of Edmund Jessop, widower of Ellen Underwood, cotton weaver from Ackworth in England, and Abigail Hunt, spinster, from Frensham in England, with Samuel Fuller and William Jepson, acquaintances of the groom, and Rosamond Jepson (née Horsfield) and Mary Wood, acquaintances of the bride, as witnesses.

1615, October 3 Abstract Marriage certificate of Edmund Jessop, widower, bombazine worker from Ackworth in Yorkshire, England, living in the Groene Poort (Green Alley) opposite the clock tower, and Abigail Hunt, spinster, from Frensham in England, with Samuel Fuller (M) and William Jepson, acquaintances of the groom, and Rosamond Jepson (nee Horsfield) and Mary Wood, acquaintances of the bride, as witnesses.

Abstract: Burial of a child of Edmund Jessop, who lives in Pieterskerkhof.

References

• https://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/pilgrim-leiden-pilgrim-records/ Pilgrims in Leiden.
• https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/leiden-400-heritage-leiden-program-mee... Leiden was the second largest city in Holland, home to a booming textile industry and a famous university. Robinson and his flock bought a piece of land near St. Peter’s Church, called the Groene Poort (Green Alley). They built 21 little houses, so that people started to call it the Engelse poort (English Alley). Later the houses were demolished and the Jean Pesijn almshouses were built in the same spot (1683).