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| Joseph Jessup became the first Jessup to settle at Westfield, NC. He was accompanied to Westfield by three of his brothers but all three of them later moved to Indiana and other western states. Joseph was the only son of Thomas Jessup that remained in NC. He married Priscilla "out of unity, settled on a farm in Stokes Co., NC, near the headwaters of the Dan River, not far from the southern border of VA. His father, Thomas Jessup, signed the disownment papers at Cane Creek MM. Joseph, alone of his father's sons, lived and died in NC. The children of Joseph and Priscilla Jessup were found on two wills dated 29 Feb 1791 and 10 Mar 1796. Quaker records were submitted to Beth Cox Rowe by Linda Jessup. She also gives credit to Rev.Jasper Newton Jessup. WILL OF JOSEPH JESSUP I, Joseph Jessop, of Surry County & State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following First, my will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paidin due time by my Executors. Item 2. My Will is that son Jacob Jessop have five shillings. Item 3. My Will is that my daughter, Sarah Jackson, have five shillings. Item 4. My Will is that my daughter, Mary Jackson, have five shillings. Item 5. My Will is that my son, William Jessop, have five shillings. Item 6. My Will is that my son, John Jessop, have five shillings. Item 7. My Will is that my daughter, Rachel Jessop, have five shillings. Item 8. My Will is that my beloved wife, Priscilla Jessop shall have the plantation, whereon I now live and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging while she remains my widow, the plantation to be equally divided between her and Eli and she to have her choice of halves and at her decease then Eli is to have the aforesaid plantation and all the land lying between the line that divides of my son, William and my son, Jacob, land and sixty acres lying on both sides of the grassee fork joining the county line. Item 9. My Will is that my beloved wife shall have all the income of my mill while she remains my widow. Item 10. My Will is that as long as my sons keep my mill up they shall have their grain ground at her clear of expense except the miller's part. Item 11. My Will is that my daughter, Hannah Jessop, shall have thirty-five pounds Item 12. My Will is that my survey of land of three hundred and ten acres lying on Forbush Creek in Surry County and one hundred and ninety and one half acres of my land on Arches Creek in Surry County, and fifty acres of land on the waters of the Stock Fork in Stokes County all to be sold and equally divided between my wife, Priscilla Jessop and all my children; namely, Jacob, Sarah, Mary, Joseph, William, John, Rachel, Caleb, Elijah, Hannah and Eli. Item 13. Thereby ordain, constitute and appoint my trusty and well beloved brother, Timothy Jessop and my son, Joseph Jessop, the whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament to act and dispose thereof according to my Will and desire to the best of their knowledge. And lastly, thereby utterly revoke and disannul and make void all other will or wills or testaments by me made or done, except such as made and done lawfully in my lifetime. Rectifying, confirming and allowing this and no other to be my last Will and testament,whereunto I have interchangeably set my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of the third month in theyear of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-six. Test_________ Thomas Sumner Benjamin C________ Seal Hannah Sumner Joseph Jessop (his mark) ( ) A CODICIL TO A WILL Be it known to all men by these present that I, Joseph Jessop, ofthe county of Surry and State of North Carolina, planter, have made and declared my last Will and Testament in writing, bearing date the tenth of the third month, one thousand, seven hundredninety_______ I the said, Joseph Jessop, by this present codicil do ratify and confirm my said last Will and Testament and do further give and bequeath unto my son, John, the sum of forty-five pounds lawful money to be levied and raised out of my Estate, and so I give and bequeath to my sun, Caleb Jessop, the sum of forty-five pounds lawful money to be raised in the same manner. I also give and bequeath to my son, Elijah Jessop, forty-five pounds lawful money to be raised in the like manner to be paid unto them by my Executors out of my estate and that this codicil is judged to be a part and parcel of my last Will and Testament and that all things therein mentioned and contained be faithfully and truly performed and as fully and amply in every respect as if the same one so declared and set down in my said last Will and Testament witness my hand the seventeenth oftenth month of the year one thousand and ninety ___. Signed, sealed Sept Seal William Jessop (name that can't be read) Caleb Sumner Joseph Jessop (his mark) ( ) The first Surry County deed record was dated October 18, 1786, shows a purchase of land lying along Big Creek near the village of Westfield, NC, but Joseph Jessop may have been living in the area prior to that time. He eventually owned vast holdings of land in both Surry and Stokes Counties, NC. His land extended for twenty-five miles from Chestnut Ridge tothe Clemmons Ford of the Dan River and on to Buck Island in the Dan River. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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