INTRODUCTION
PEDIGREE AND HISTORY OF THE JESSOPS OF BROOM HALL

1. William Jessop, of Rotherham, m. Emotte, daughter of John Charlesworth, of Treeton, Esq. Her will is dated 10 Feb., 1569; proved 1570. His will, in which he styles himself "of Treeton," which was near Rotherham, is dated 12 Dec., 1557, and proved 26 Apr., 1558, at York. His bequests are: "To my wife Emotte one third of all my goods; the farm wherein I now dwell to my wife for life for bringing up my children, and after her death to my sons Richard or Lawrence as she may appoint." He also mentions his daughters, Emotte and Agnes.
Four children: -

2. Richard, of Broom Hall, eldest son.
3. Lawrence, living in 1580; m. Elizabeth Teasdell, 30 Nov. 1612, and had baptized: (1) Margaret, 1613 d. 1614; (2) Elizabeth, 1615, probably m. Richard Clayton, 1634; (3) John, 1618-1619, died young; (4) Gertrude, 1621; (5) John, 1623-1624; (6) William, 1626; (7) Anna, 1629; (8) Sarah, 1633, possibly m. John Stacie, 1655.
4. Emotte, mentioned in her father's will.
5. Agnes, m. Mr. Nescy.

2. Richard Jessop, of Broom Hall in Sheffield, married Anne, born 1531, being 27 years, 5th and 6th of Phillip and Mary [the date of her father's date], died in 1567, eldest daughter of Robert Swift of Rotherham. His will was dated 8 Oct., 22nd of Elizabeth (1580), and proved 22 Apr., 1581, by Francis Wortley, his executor. He was buried at Sheffield, 26 Nov., 1580.
He had five children: -

6. William, eldest son, and heir of Broom Hall.
7. Richard, second son, living in 1575, who with his brother Francis succeeded to his father's estates.
8. Francis, third son, living in 1575; m. Frances White, 24 Jan., 1604-05 (Workshop Parish Registers), and in 1625 was living in Leydon, Holland. (of him more farther on.)
9. Susan, died 1575.
10. Margaret, m. 15 Sept., 1582, Thomas Symcocks, Esq., a justice of the peace for the counties of Nottingham and Somerset.

6. William Jessop, of Broom Hall, eldest son of Richard(2), was 13 in 1575; buried 8 Sept., 1630. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of Sir John Atherton, of Atherton, County Lancaster. She was married at Sheffield, 21 Jan., 1582, and buried there 26 Apr., 1585.
By this marriage were two sons: -

11. Wortley, eldest son and heir.
12. George, of Brancliffe, in the parish of Anston, Esq., b. at Broom Hall 29 May, 1584; a barrister of the Middle temple; will dated 4 Sept., 1651; proved 28 Sept., 1653. He was buried at Sheffield 17 Nov., 1651. He m. Martha, dau. of Edward or Thomas Goodrich, of East Kirby, County Lincoln, and had eleven children: -

(1) Richard, who survived his father, but of whom nothing further is known.
(2) George, of Brancliffe; m. and d. without children
(3) Francis, also of Brancliffe, who by his will (1676) conveyed that estate to his relative Francis Jessop, of Broom Hall [grandson of his uncle Wortley].
(4) Ann Laughton
(5) Elizabeth, wife of William Gressy
(6) Mary Marshall
(7) Sarah Smith
(8) Gertrude MacQueen
(9) Margaret
(10) Dorothy
(11) Martha

The second wife of William jessop(6) was Anne, daughter of Lyon Goodrich, Esq., living 5th James I (1608). By her he had two daughters: -

13. Margaret, who m. 1st, Humphrey Savage, of North Lees in the parish of Hathersage, gent., and 2nd, William Young, Esq., whom she m. at Sheffield, 27 Jul., 1646.
14. Ann; m. Thomas Eyre of High Low in the parish of Hathersage.

11. Wortley Jessop, of Scofton, near Worksop, eldest son of William(6) of Broom Hall; born 13 Apr., 1583; marriage settlement dated 30 Jan., 5th of James I (1608). His will was dated 13 Apr., 1615. He was lsot at sea (He was drowned in 1617 coming from Ireland where he ahd purchased lands, and the writings were also lost. - Hunter's Hallamshire, p. 368.), and his will proved 27 May, 1617. He married Catharine, 2nd dau. of Thomas D'Oyley of London, M.D., by whom he had 2 children: -

15. William, only son.
16. A daughter who m. Mr. Wade, of Nottingham.

15. William Jessop, of Broom Hall, heir to his grandfather William(6), aged 4 years in 1614; his will dated 1 Apr., 1641. he died soon after, and was interred at Sheffield on the 15th of the same month. By his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of Stephen Bright, Bart., to whom he was married at Sheffield, 1 feb., 1630-31, and who was buried there 13 May, 163[6?], he had 3 children: -

17. Wortley, bap. at Worksop, 13 Aug., 1633; died young.
18. William, bap. at Worksop, Oct. 1634; died young.
19. Esther, buried at Worksop, 21 Jan., 1632-33.

The second wife of William Jessop(15), was Jane, dau. of Sir Francis South, of Kelstrom, County Lincoln; marriage settlement dated 4 June, 1637. She was buried at Sheffield, 10 Oct., 1675. By her he had: -

20. Francis, eldest surviving son and heir.
21. William, a posthumous child; bap. at Sheffield, 1641; buried 1647.
22. Anne, bap. at Sheffield, 24 June, 1640.

20. Francis Jessop, of Broom Hall, Esq., and F.R.S., heir of William Jessop(15), aged 27 years, 16 Sept., 1665; his will dated 10 Apr., 1688, and buried at Sheffield, 3 Apr., 1691. He m. Barbara, dau. of Robert Eyre, of High Low, and of Holme Hall, Esq., son of Thomas Eyre and Anne Jessop, in 1675. [His wife was his second cousin.] By her he had: -

23. William, eldest son.
24. Francis, 2nd son; Rector of Treeton; bap. at Sheffield, 19 Sept., 1668; d. unmarried, and buried at Sheffield, 25 May, 1728.
25. Francis, died young.
26. Richard, died young.
27. Jane, wife of Marriott Pett, of the County of Essex, Esq., b. 27 Nov., 1667.
28. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Burton, M.A., Vicar of Halifax, b. at Sheffield, 11 Oct., 1671; m. there 20 Apr., 1700.
29. Anne, b. at Sheffield, 30 Oct., 1674; d. unmarried, and buried at Sheffield, 23 Oct., 1740.
30. Barbara, wife of John Bright, of Bannercross and Chesterfield; bap. at Worksop, 28 Apr., 1679; m. 4 Mar., 1701.

23. William Jessop, eldest son and heir of Francis Jessop(20); bap. at Sheffield, 22 Feb., 1664-65; a Bencher of Gray's Inn; one of his Majesty's justices of the peace of Chester, and Treasurer of the Alienation Office; M.P. for Aldborough. He died at Broom Hall, 15 Nov., 1734, and was buried in the parish church at Sheffield. He married Hon. Mary Darcy, dau. of James Darcy of Sedbergh Park, County York (son of James Darcy of the same place, sixth son of Conyers, Lord Darcy), who was created Baron Darcy of Navan in the Kingdom of Ireland, 1721, with remainder to his grandson, James Jessop. She died 17 June, 1737, and was buried by her husband. They had: -

24. James, only son, died in his father's lifetime.
25. Barbara, eldest dau., bap. at Sheffield, 20 Nov., 1697; m. there, 3 Sept., 1723, to Andrew Wilkinson of Boroughbridge, M.P. for Aldborough, and principal store-keeper for the Ordnance, who d. 1784. She d. Feb. 1768, leaving issue.
26. Isabella, bap. at Sheffield, 30 Jul., 1701; m. there, 12 Oct., 1721, to John Eyre, of Hopton, County Derby, son of Sir William Eyre of High Low. She died July 1738, leaving issue.
27. Mary, died unmarried.
28. Bertha, bap. at Sheffield, 25 Dec., 1704, d. unmarried; buried Nov. 1781.

24. James Jessop, Baron Darcy, succeeded to his grandfather JAmes Darcy, Baron Darcy, but died unmarried, 15 June, 1733, aged 26 years. The eldest branch of the family in the direct line became thus extinct.

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