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| − | Son of [[family::Jacob Jesson]] of [[location::London]], [[occupation::merchant]]. [[occupation::apprentice|Apprenticed to [[associates::John Arches]] of the [[organisations::Mercers Company]], [[occupation::merchant adventurer]] 1698; he was presumably made free ca.1705. At the time of making his will in December 1723 (proved December 1724) he was [[occupation::factor]] to the Royal British [[organisations::Assiento Company]], and living in [[location::Veracruz, Mexico]]. | + | Son of [[family::Jacob Jesson]] of [[location::London]], [[occupation::merchant]]. [[occupation::apprentice|Apprenticed]] to [[associates::John Arches]] of the [[organisations::Mercers Company]], [[occupation::merchant adventurer]] 1698; he was presumably made free ca.1705. At the time of making his will in December 1723 (proved December 1724) he was [[occupation::factor]] to the Royal British [[organisations::Assiento Company]], and living in [[location::Veracruz, Mexico]]. |
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Glover JESSON d.1724?
Biographical Note
Son of Jacob Jesson of London, merchant. Apprenticed to John Arches of the Mercers Company, merchant adventurer 1698; he was presumably made free ca.1705. At the time of making his will in December 1723 (proved December 1724) he was factor to the Royal British Assiento Company, and living in Veracruz, Mexico.
Books
Jesson used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 16473). The extent of his library is not known; in his will, he left all his property to his friend Richard Grosvenor junior, of London.
Sources
- Will of Glover Jesson, The National Archives PROB 11/600/488.
- Records of London's livery companies online.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.