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Entry Type	Family
Surname	Jessop
Place	Butterley, Ripley
Place	Butterley, Ripley
Epithet	Family
Biography	The Jessop family are descended from William Jessop, born in Devonport in 1754, who in 1791 joined what was to become the Butterley Company. A distinguished engineer who undertook commissions all over the country, William died at Butterley in November 1814. ¶ ¶His eldest son, John, became an army major and married Martha M de Burgh. Major Jessop died in 1869, to be succeeded by his eldest son, William, the last member of the family to be a partner in the Butterley Company. ¶ ¶Of the first William Jessop s six other sons, four were involved in some way with the Butterley Company. These were Josias (d1826), William (d1852), Henry and George, who together formed the iron company Jessop & Co in India about 1820.
Authorised Form of Name	Jessop; Family; Butterley, Ripley

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