Edward Jesup of Writtle Park

Owner of Jessups or Jessops on Nevis between at least 1736 and 1770.

1. Will of Edward Jesup of Writtle Park Essex [made in 1769] proved 09/04/1770. Under his will he left an annuity of £400 p.a. to his wife Eleanor in lieu of dower charged on his real estate on Nevis, as well as the benefit of his leasehold farm at Writtle Park. He left his daughter Isabella Jesup [possibly married, although what might be her married surname is illegible] an annuity of £10 p.a., while he left annuities of £5 p.a. each to Mrs Margaret Short then residing at Brussels and Mrs Peregrina Short residing at Louvain [neither woman was further identified]. He left a lump sum of £500 to John Vanieul [sp?], son of his late niece Frances Vanieul at 21, and the interest on a sum of £1500 to Francis Gostling of Norwich merchant for the maintenance of his [Gostling's] three children by his present wife, the principal to be shared by the children on their respective minorities. He left a further £500 to Edward Jesup Toulmain, son of Mary Naylor of Kingston Jamaica, a lump sum of £200 to his wife and £100 to Emma Walgrave of Stapleford in Essex. His residuary heir his 'much esteemed' brother-in-law John Ede, brother of his wife Eleanor. His executors were Richard Maitland of the City of London, George Irwin and Francis Phillips both of St Christopher's, and his wife Eleanor and John Ede.

1. PROB 11/956/285

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