Francis Jessop

Francis Jessop

• bp 12 November 1568
• FATHER Richard Jessop Esq., of Broom Hall|b. 1530
• MOTHER Ann Swyft b 1531 d. 1567
• Grandfather William Jessop of Rotherham b. c 1490 d . 26 Apr 1558
• Grandmother Emote Charlesworth b. c 1506? d . 1570 d of Robert Swyft of Rotherham|b. c 1505? d . 1558 & Eleanor Wickersley b c 1505?

Francis Jessop was the Puritan of Amsterdam and Leyden.2 He was the son of Richard Jessop of Bromehall, Yorkshire.2 He was baptized on 12 November 1568 at Worksop Parish, Yorkshire, England.3 He was the son of Richard Jessop Esq., of Broom Hall and Ann Swyft.1

Francis Jessop married Frances White, daughter of Alexander White and Eleanor Smith, on 24 January 1604/5 at Worksop Parish, Yorkshire, England.3

Francis Jessop signed a letter announcing the death of Reverend John Robinson on 30 November 1625 at Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.2

Family Frances White b. 1575, d. 1636

Child John Jessup+ b. c 1606?, d. Feb 1637/381

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jessop-5

Biography

Francis Jessup was born in 13 Nov 1569 in Stourton, Le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England.

Baptism Record: Name Frances Jessope Gender Male Baptism Date12 Nov 1569 Baptism Place,Worksop,Nottingham,England Father Rich. Jessope FHL Film Number 459652 Household Members. Frances Jessope. Another record has his baptism as Norfolk.

His family resided in Broom Hall, which was in the Swift family and was inherited when Richard Jessup married Anne Swift. Francis Jessup first married Frances White 1604-5 in Worksop. Nottinghamshire.

Walter Burgess mentions Francis Jessup being in Leyden in his book, Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers, a study of his life and Times. Burgess says Francis Jessup was a shopkeeper there, and he was granted citizenship in 1625 by his son in law, Roger White. He had in turn, been granted citizenship by Reverend John Robinson. White, born in England in 1589, had arrived in Leyden as a young man.[1]

Henry G Jessup writes that Francis and his wife accompanied Robinson to Leyden, remaining there possibly throughout Robinson’s tenure as pastor for the English Church in Leyden. Given that, it is probable that their children were born there. He states that by the time Francis and Frances returned from Holland, the several children could take care of themselves. They settled in Beccles, an area that was sympathetic to those who did not follow the dominant religion.[2]

Frances died in 1638. Francis then married Susannah Chubbs.

Children by 1st wife

• Edmund Jessup,
• John Jessup and
• Simon Jessop

Sources

• Burgess, Walter H. John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers, a study of his life and times. 1920, London, Williams. Pg 289.
• Jessup, Henry Griswsld, Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester Co., New York and his descendants Pg23
• Jessup, Jasper Newton. Jessup family : containing a history of the Jessup family in England and America, with particular reference to that branch of the family that settled in North Carolina and spread over the central and western states. 1908 Little Rock, Ark. : [J.N. Jessup?] Collection state library North Carolina. . Jessup, Henry Griswsld, Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester Co., New York and his descendants. Privately Printed for the Author by John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. 1887. Pg. 13
• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Memorial ID is no longer 1883194 as of May 2019
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom_Hall