Edward Jessup
Edward Jessup | |
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| Born | December 24, 1735 |
| Died | February 3, 1816 (aged 80) |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 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 | Jessup’s Rangers (1781–83) Elizabethtown and Augusta Militia Battalion (1788–95) |
| Conflicts | French and Indian War |
| Other work | Founder of Prescott |
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.