Edward Jessup
Edward Jessup (December 24, 1735 – February 3, 1816), together with his brother Ebenezer Jessup (July 1739 – 1818), was a large landowner in present-day New York State before the American Revolution, and later a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada, now the present-day Canadian province of Ontario, Canada.
Edward Jessup | |
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| Born | December 24, 1735 Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British America |
| Died | February 3, 1816 Prescott, Upper Canada |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1759–1795 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | New York Militia (1759-1760) King's Royal Regiment of New York (1776) King's Loyal Americans (1777-1780) Jessup's Rangers (1781-1783) Elizabethtown and Augusta Militia Battalion(1788-1795) |
| Commands held | Jessup’s Rangers (1781-83) Elizabethtown and Augusta Militia Battalion (1788-95) |
| Battles/wars | French and Indian War
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| Other work | Founder of Prescott |
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