The Jessup surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,964 people carried this name — #5,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,400 people counted. That is down 1% from 7,028 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Jessup surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘the son of Joseph’.

An early record he cites: Richard fil. Josep, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls. Fil. is Latin for “son of”.

His entry covers Jessop, Jessup and Jessopp.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 431 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Jessup was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Kent: 27 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 370. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Kent 27
Essex 9

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Jessup in American newspapers,
1890–1910.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Jessup
The Caucasian 1910-05-22
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Jessup
The Grenada Sentinel 1890-01-04
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Jessup
The Anaconda Standard 1893-11-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,187 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Jessup in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

10,492 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jessup. The most, 2,340, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,313
Victoria 2,297
Queensland 2,201
Tasmania 1,763
Western Australia 1,169
South Australia 563
ACT (Canberra) 90
Northern Territory 43

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jessup.

Who carried it

People named Jessup,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Wynans Jessup
    Henry Wynans Jessup 1864–1934 · writer
  • Jane Jessup 1733–1796
  • Edward Jessup 1735–1816 · judge
  • Elizabeth Jessup 1745–1813
  • Lydia Eager Mosely 1800–1876
  • Hamilton Dibble Jessup 1806–1892 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Jessup,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States722 records

722 records of the Jessup name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 253
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 229
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 63
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph T. Jessup

    Born 1911 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; watchman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Howard Lee Jessup

    Born 1930; from Summit County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Jessup

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Wyoming from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 59; matron. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 722 records for Jessup in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia280 records

280 records of the Jessup name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 115
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 76
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 56
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 14
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 12
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Jessup

    Died 1894 in Ringarooma, Tasmania, aged 78. Will registered in Tasmania in 1895.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Robert Jessup

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John Barry, arriving 1839.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edwin Jessup

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Walmer Castle, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 280 records for Jessup in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Jessup name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Moses Jessup

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Clinton, bound for Annapolis and St Johns, aged 48.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Jessup

    Buried in 1912 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Ralph Campbell Jessup

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Jessup in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Jessup name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record S. H. V. Jessup

    Bombardier, Rifle Brigade. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Jessup

    Rifle Brigade. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record P. Jessup

    Royal Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Jessup in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Jessup name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Jessup

    Born 1911 in Syria; died 1994 in Montfort-l'Amaury (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Wilbur Fred Jessup

    Born 1917 in the United States; died 2001 in Gap (Hautes-Alpes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Jessup name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thomas Eben Jessup

    Baptised in 1792 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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