This is the Edward Jessup who is the subject of the book “Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester Co., New York, and his Descendants”.28. I call it [JB] for short. This book is widely available online (for a price, of course) and is the definitive work for anybody interested in this Jessup family. There is far too much detail to include here. It includes a lot of detail of his movements, land purchases, court cases, and conflicts with the local Indians.

He went to the US before 1649, which is very early, considering that the Mayflower arrived in 1620 (Jamestown was first established in 1607), and his will was one of the earliest recorded in English in the US. [JB]28 gives the will in full.

He was magistrate of Middleborough from 1659-1662, and there are many entries in the records of the town court, apparently in his handwriting.28 He was appointed magistrate in Westchester in 1663-1664, where he purchased from the Indians a tract of land subsequently called West Farms.

Her maiden name is uncertain, although it’s usually assumed to be Burroughs, from Edward’s comment about his “beloved brother-in-law John Burroughs”.28

She married Robert Beacham after Edward’s death. Her date of death is not known, but is likely to have been around 1690.28