All per Mary Frost Jessup’s History of the Jessup Family in Montrose, Pennsylvania
- Yale
-studied law in his father’s office
-in Army in Civil War, brought home a Southern bride
- active in Montrose Fire Dept
middle name per daughter Nina’s DAR lineage

1850FCI Wm Jessup Sr & fam; Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Montrose, image 1 of 23 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_829; Page: 178A; Image: 358
Name: William Jessup; Age: 53; Estimated birth year: abt 1797; Birth place: New York; Gender: Male; Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Page: 178; Roll: M432_829
Household:
Amanda age 52
William H age 20 student at law
Henry H age 18
Samuel age 16
Fanny M age 14
George H age 12
Phebe Ann age 10
Hunting C age 7
& 3 servants

1860FCI WmJessup Jr & Sr fam; Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Montrose; image 24 of 32 @ancesttyr.com; Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1186; Page: 527; Image: 57; Family History Library Film: 805186
William Jessup; home Montrose, Susquehanna, PA; age 63; b abt 1796; New York; Male; Post Office: Montrose; Roll: M653_1186; Page: 527; Year: 1860; HOH: William Jessup
HOusehold:
Amanda Jessup, age 61, b abt 1798 in New York
Saml Jessup, age 26, b abt 1833 in Pennsylvania
Faney Jessup, age 24, b abt 1835 in Pennsylvania
George Jessup, age 22; b abt 1837
Anna Jessup, age 19; b abt 1840 in Pennsylvania
Hunting Jessup, age17, b abt 1842 in Pennsylvania
Next Household:
W H Jessup, age 30, b abt 1829 in Pennsylvania
Sarah Jessup, age 26, b abt 1833 in New Jersey
Lillie Jessup, age 5, b abt 1854 in Pennsylvania
William Jessup, age 2, b abt 1857 in Pennsylvania
Mary C Jessup, (b abt 1860) age 3.12,in Pennsylvania
and 2 servants

1870FCI Amanda Jessup and family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Montrose; image 24 of 37@ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1454; Page: 163; Image: 154.
Amanda Jessup b abt 1799 in New York
Fannie M Jessup b abt 1850 in Pennsylvania
Hunting C Jessup b abt 1843 in Pennsylvania
Nina B Jessup b abt 1862 in Pennsylvania
Nina M Jessup b abt 1846 in Tennessee
+1 servant

1880FCI Hunting Jessup and family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Montrose > District 132; image 23 of 35 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1196; Family History Film: 1255196; Page: 308.3000; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 0609.
Household Members: Name Age
Hunting C. Jessup 37
Nina M. Jessup 34
Robert H. Jessup 7
Nina B. Jessup 13
Samuel W. Jessup 10M

1890VET Hunting C Jessup; Veterans Schedules; Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Montrose > 6; image 6 of 8 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1890; Census Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Roll 84; Page: ; Enumeration District: 24.
Veteran's Name: Hunting C Jessup
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Year enlisted: 1865
Year discharged: 1866
Rank: 2nd lient

The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, September 18, 1895, Page 8, Image 8
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Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/1895-09-18/ed-1/seq-8/
“MONTROSE
“...Charles Warner and family and Hunt Jessup and family are occupying a cottage at Heart lake, and entertaining Mrs Jessup’s sisters, Mrs Williams and Mrs Stuart of Tennessee”

The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, December 06, 1897, Page 5, Image 5; Image provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA
Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/1897-12-06/ed-1/seq-5/
“HC JESSUP FATALLY STRICKEN
“He Is a Montrose Man with Well-Known Relatives in Scranton
“Word was recieved in this city Friday night that HUnting C Jessup of MOntrose had been stricken with paralysis and apoplexy that evening and could not live. His son and daughter Robert and mIss Nina were in Scranton at the time and left for Montrose early Saturday morning.
“Mr Jessup has remained unconscious from the moment he became ill. No hopes for his recovery are held out by the physicians attending him
“Mr Jessup is a brother of ex-Judge William H, George A and Miss Fannie Jessup of this city and Rev Drs Henry and samuel Jessup of Beirut, Syria”

The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, Monday, December 13, 1897, Page 8, Image 8; Image provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA
Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/1897-12-13/ed-1/seq-8/
(1st column)
“NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
“FUNERAL OF HUNTING C JESSUP
“Took Place Thursday at His Home in Montrose
“The funeral of Hunting C Jessup of Montrose occurred in that town on Thursday. He died Monday evening from apoplexy.....”





DAR North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 084; image 362 of 420 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 084
Description: Title : Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 084
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
MISS NINA BRYAN JESSUP no 83944
born in Montrose Pa
Descendant of Zebulon Jessup, as follows:
1. Huntting Cooper Jessup (1843-1897)
m. 1865 Marina Modena Cobb (1846-1898)
2. William Jessup (1797-1868) LL. D.
m. 1820 Amanda Harris (1798-1883)
3. Zebulon Jessup
m. 1780 Zerviah Huntting (1757-18153)
Zebulon Jessup (1755-1822) served as a private in Col James Clinton’s regiment New York Line. He was born and died in Southampton, LI