The Bedingfield name traces its origins back to one of William the Conquerers knights who was granted lands in Norfolk, we have yet to establish a connection to this line. For more information see Bedingfield under my name research.

Current research identifies the earliest known ancestor of our Bedingfield line as being John Bedingfield of Suffolk. Johns grand-daughter Elizabeth Bedingfield married Charles Jessop and it was their son John Jessop who emigrated to Australia in 1838.

The Burgess ancestry goes back 11 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links

• John Bedingfield married Mary
  • John Bedingfield married Elizabeth
    • Robert Bedingfield ~1723 - 1798 married Martha Philpot
      • Elizabeth Bedingfield 1760 - 1847 married Charles Jessup
        • John Jessop 1795 - 1885 married Lucy Mouser and Mary Ann Fuller
          • John Jessop 1834 - 1906 married Sarah Ann Burgess 
            • John Crofton Jessop married Hannah Shoobridge
              • Sydney Walter Jessop married Emily Louisa McDermott
                • Esmond Earl Jessop married Mary Agnes Darrough
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