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WILLIAM JESSUP 1500–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 10 Dec 1557

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Jessop

Mother: Ann Wortley

Spouse(s): EMOTTE CHARLESWORTH

Children(s): RICHARD Esq, Francis Jessop, Emotte Jessup, William Jessup, Agnes Jessop, Lawrence Jessup, Thomasine Jessup

WILLIAM JESSUP was born in 1500 in Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard I Jessop And Ann Wortley. WILLIAM JESSUP married Emotte Charlesworth, and had children including Agnes Jessop, Emotte Jessup, Francis Jessop, Lawrence Jessup, Richard Jessup Esq, Thomasine Jessup, William Jessup. WILLIAM JESSUP passed away in 1557 in Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • WILLIAM JESSUP was born in 1500 in Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard I Jessop And Ann Wortley.
  • WILLIAM JESSUP married Emotte Charlesworth, and had children including Agnes Jessop, Emotte Jessup, Francis Jessop, Lawrence Jessup, Richard Jessup Esq, Thomasine Jessup, William Jessup.
  • WILLIAM JESSUP passed away in 1557 in Yorkshire, England.

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WILLIAM JESSUP's Ancestors

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WILLIAM JESSUP
1500–1557
Birth Place: Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Richard I Jessop
1480–1560
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Ann Wortley
1480–1504
Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
William (Jessop) *
1459–1496
Yorkshire, England
emotte Charesworth
1465–1496
Yorkshire, England
Sir (Thomas) Wortley
1433–1514
Wortley, Yorkshire, , England
Catherine FitzWilliam
1447–1516
Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Charlesworth
1428–1465
Sir *
1410–1488
Sir London,
1440–1534
Lady Hawes
1455–1579
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Charlesworth
1408–
Nicholas 1378
1378–1448
Elizabeth Waterton
1380–1410
Sir Yorkshire
1415–1441
Ellen Villiers
1420–1442
Edward Hawes
1425–

WILLIAM JESSUP's Descendants

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WILLIAM JESSUP (1500–10 Dec 1557) m. EMOTTE CHARLESWORTH (1500–1570)
  1. 1. RICHARD (JESSUP) Esq 1530–1580 m. ANN SWIFT 1531–1576
    1. 1. FRANCIS JESSUP 1569–1624 m. FRANCES WHITE 1573–1636
      1. 1. JOHN JESSUP 1602–1638 m. JOANNA KERRICH 1602–1648
        1. 1. HANNAH JESSUP 1625–1657 m. JOHN ROWLEY 1620–1657
        2. 2. John Jessup 1624–1649
        3. 3. Joanna Jessup 1630–1664 m. JOHN BURROUGHS 1617–1678
        4. 4. Edward Jessup 1628–1666
        5. 5. Elizabeth Jessup 1628–
        6. 6. John Jessup 1626–1682
    2. 2. William (Sonair) Jessup 1550–1630 m. Margaret Atherton 1562–1585
      1. 1. George (of Brancliffe Anston) Jessop 1584–1649 m. Martha Goodrich 1593–
        1. 1. Francis Jessop –1676
      2. 2. Wortley Jessop 1583–1617 m. Catherine D'Oyley 1584–
        1. 1. Anne Jessop 1611–1680
        2. 2. William (Jessop) (Jessoppe) 1610–1641
      3. 3. William (Sonair) Jessop 1579–1649 m. Dorothy Ireland 1580–1649
        1. 1. John Jessop 1609–1650
        2. 2. Thomas Jessop 1616–1688
    3. 3. Marie Jessop 1569–1659 m. Thomas Wilson 1558–1636
      1. 1. Mary Wilson 1587–1611
      2. 2. Thomas wilson 1598–1669
      3. 3. Mary Wilson 1580–1641
    4. 4. Susan Jessop 1556–1575
    5. 5. Margaret Jessop 1563–1585
    6. 6. Richard Jessop 1563–1594 m. Ruth Knight 1565–1594
      1. 1. Mary Jessup 1589–1656 m. Richard Jessup 1582–1657
        1. 1. William Jessup –1686 m. Alise 1629–
        2. 2. Richard Jessup –1645
        3. 3. John Jessup 1608–1671
      2. 2. George Jessup 1587–
  2. 2. Francis Jessop 1557–1609
  3. 3. Emotte Jessup 1534–1535
  4. 4. William Jessup 1526–
  5. 5. Agnes Jessop 1537–1561 m. Nesey 1537–1561
  6. 6. Lawrence Jessup 1532–1580
  7. 7. Thomasine Jessup 1515–1581 m. Marmaduke (De) Thweng 1505–1567

WILLIAM JESSUP's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of WILLIAM JESSUP in Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England
Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England
1557
10 Dec 1557
Age 57
Death of WILLIAM JESSUP in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Rotherdam, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Dec 1557
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

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