Jonathan Jessup (1785 - 1860)

Born 6 Aug 1785 in New Garden MM, Guildford, North Carolina, USA

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Died 25 Mar 1860 at age 74 in Rush County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Jonathan was a Friend (Quaker)

Jonathan was born on 6 Aug 1785 in New Garden MM, Guildford, North Carolina, USA. He was the son of Jacob (Jessup) Jessop and Rachel (Cook) Jessop.

He died on 25 Mar 1860 in Rush County, Indiana, USA.

The following is from Find a Grave:^[1]

”Jonathan Jessup was a son of Jacob and Rachel (Cook) Jessup. He married Elizabeth Hill. They were the parents of twelve children: Mary, Penninah, Thomas, Lydia, Nancy, Miriam, Jonathan Jr. Jacob, Huldah, Matthew,, William and Samuel."

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK16-HZ1G : 15 December 2015), Jonathan Jessup, 1860; Burial, Carthage, Rush, Indiana, United States of America, Carthage Friends Cemetery; citing record ID 138015424, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVQ-5VN : 12 April 2016), Jonathan Jessup, Ripley, Rush, Indiana, United States; citing family 834, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Jessup, Jasper Newton. "The 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”. Little Rock, AR: J.N. Jessup?, 1908. Digitized Collection of State Library of North Carolina