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Charles Jessop between 1757 and 1761, most likely in Halesworth sub-district of the Blything Hundred in North Eastern Suffolk, we have been unable to identify his parents,

but there are a number of potential candidates

• Robert Jessop and Martha Smith
• Francis Jessop and Mary Skinner

There are a number of other Jessop families in the

Halesworth sub-district villages in the same time window, including

• James Jessup (b. 1768 d. 1851) married Elizabeth Hill ; Framlingham, Suffolk, 1793
• William Jessup (b. 1753 d. 1805) married Elizabeth Nunn ; Huntingfield, Suffolk, 1777
• Daniel Jessop married Frances Casen
• Charles Jessop married Sarah Ward

He married Elizabeth Bedingfield on 5 May 1782 in Frostenden, Suffolk. Elizabeth was born in Linstead Magna on 3 January 1760. She was the fifth child and second daughter of Robert Bedingfield and Margaret Philpott. 

Charles and Elizabeth lived in Cratfield for a 

• Elizabeth Jessop Born 1783. Married Robert Smith
• Charles Jessop Born abt 1785
• Robert Jessop Born 1786. Married Mary Baxter
• Mary Jessop Born 1789
• Charlotte Jessop Born 1793. Married Robert Ford
• John Jessop Born November 1795. Married Lucy Mouser  in 1817 ; Married Mary Ann Fuller in ???? Died October 1885
• Harriett Jessop Born 1798. Married Robert Elvin
• James Jessop Born

• 1801 Died 1877 Married Elizabeth Drane in 1818; Honor Balls in ???

We know from Johns 1837 emigration records that Charles and Elizabeth were definitely living in Cratfield in

as John is noted as "a native of Cratfield, and son of Charles Jessup a farmer of same place, Protestant, reads and writes". There are only birth registrations in Cratfield are for Charlotte and John. It appears that the family became Non-Conformist some time between 1795 and 1798 as Harriett and James birth are registered in Halesworth in the Non Conformist registers, rather than the Cratfield.

At the time of the 1841 Census, Charles was living ....

Charles died in 1843

After Charles death, it appears that Elizabeth went to live with James and Honor in Framlingham, where she passed away in 1853.