Samuel JESSOP, Ireland to Toronto

Dear LDMcShane:

Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board.

The only Samuel Jessop that I can find is this one:

Samuel Stephen Jessop

Date of Baptism:  17 January 1819

Parents:  Phillip Jessop and Jane Jessop

Church of Ireland

Brigown Parish.

This record is from Roots Ireland.  It also notes that Charles Hennessee, Curate was the celebrant and that the date, month and year of birth were inferred. 

This Samuel had a sibling named Mary born 1812.  Her details are as follows:

Date of Baptism:  24 June 1812

Same Parents

Church of Ireland

Mallow Parish

Priest was Rev. Nichs Wrixon. 

It is also possible that the Irish Genealogy website with Church Records may have information as Counties Cork (part), Kerry, Dublin, Carlow are included and they include other denominations.  The website link is below:

https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

The Civil Records may include deaths of some of these family members if they remained in Ireland and died after 1864 when Civil Registration began. 

You might consider creating an Ancestor Profile for this family as you have quite a bit of information after he emigrated.  You can create a profile under the XO Chronicles tab located at the top of this page.

If you need further assistance or have any other questions, please let us know.

Kind regards,

Jane.

Hi LDMcShane  . . . 

Further to the excellant work of Jane above . . . the query caught my attention . . with the surname Jessop  // Bradshaw

Whereas those surnames are not common in Ireland generally . . they appears to be concentrated in County Laoise (Queens Co.)

in the Town of Portlaoise ( a.k.a Maryborough c.1850 ) right up to this time . . . ( this is local knowledge . . as I am much closer to the Laoise / Offaly border than Jane ) . . . 

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I further searched an old Church of Ireland tax roll . . known as " Tithes Applotment " 1823 -1837 . . and found a Samuel Jessop listed in a Parish called 

Croghan  in Co.Offaly  (see below)       - Offaly / Laoise counties are adjoined -   

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I then searched . . a later Tax roll a.k.a.. . " Griffiths Valuation " 1848 - 1864 . . . to see if the name Jessop would appear in those Counties   . . 

but . . it does not appear to do so .  . . as property owners .  . .                           

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Adding to the search that Jane did . . I found . . . a Margaret Jessop . . registered in Mitchelstown. Co.Cork  (Griffiths Valuation) which is . . most likely . . 

a relation of the Cork ...Jessop family  ( see below )

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My hunch is , , that you may find the Jessop emigration to Toronto . . . in a Book called

Irish Migrants to Canada - a New Approach - by Bruce S. Elliott

McGill University Press 1988 . . . . ISBN 0-7735-0703-5

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Good Luck with your search . . . Regards.  . . Eamonn