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Jessup, William Lee

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Last Name Jessup
First Name William
Middle Name Lee
Maiden Name
Death Date 9/5/1835
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Source Information Cemetery index/Friends Records
Cemetery Fairfield Friends
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Spouse [Married four times. See "Other" below]
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Other Age 59. Born Nov. 18, 1775; son of William and Mary Pratt Jessup. Married first wife, Ruth Thornburgh, on Jan. 4, 1797 in Guilford Co., N.C. They had 4 children: Thomas Thornburgh, Nancy Lydia Roach, Mary Polly Pratt, and Rebecca T. Jessup. Wife died in 1816. Married second wife, Rebecca Johnston, on Jan. 21, 1818, again in Guilford Co. They had 6 children together: William P., Sarah, Ruth, Hannah, Anna, and Enoch. Wife died in July 1847. Married third wife, Esther Kellum, on April 6, 1832 in Hendricks Co., Ind. [Dates do not match up here; second wife still alive in 1832.] They had 2 children: Priscilla and Ambrose. Married fourth wife, Amelia Millie Thornburgh, on Oct. 11, 1848.
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