Edward Jessup, Jr.

Edward Jessup (May 26, 1766 – November 4, 1815) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Albany, New York in 1766, the son of Edward Jessup, a United Empire Loyalist. He served with his father's Loyal Rangers, becoming a captain. After the American Revolution, he settled in Augusta Township. Jessup represented Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1797 to 1800. In 1800, he was named justice of the peace in the Johnstown District. He became lieutenant-colonel in the Leeds militia in 1809. With his father, he laid out the town of Prescott in 1810. He died at Prescott in 1815.

Two of his sons also represented Grenville in the legislative assembly:

• Edward in the 11th Parliament of Upper Canada
• Hamilton Dibble in the 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada.

References

• History of Leeds and Grenville, TWH Leavitt (1879)
• Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841, J.K. Johnson (1989)
• Biography of his father in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online