Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Robert JEFFERIS
From the History of Chester Co., PA by Futhey & Cope, pg. 613:
"JEFFERIS, Robert, is first mentioned as a witness at a court held at
Chester, September 1685. In 1691 he purchased 60 acres of land near the
middle of Upper Chichester Twp., whereon he probably resided for some
years.
In 1701 he purchased 169 acres in East Bradford Twp., and having sold that
in Chichester, removed to the last purchase. In 1703 he was appointed
constable for Westtown, Bradford not being then organized. In 1721 he
added
to his possessions by purchasing 189 acres from William BUFFINGTON. He
conveyed the homestead in 1733 to his son Benjamin, reserving a life
estate,
and having divided his other land between his sons, he does not appear to
have owned any at the time of his death in 1738.
His first wife was Jane, daughter of George and Jane CHANDLER, to whom he
was married about 1692. After her death he married Ann ? by whom he had
one
child. His widow married Richard ARCHER prior to 1746 and susviving him,
died at the residence of her son, Richard JEFFERIS in Tell Twp., Huntingdon
Co.
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