Thomas JEFFERIS     (b: 1640): Children were James; Jane JEFERIES Bapt:  23 Jun 1667 Chapel Allerton, Somerset, England d/o Thomas JEFERIES [IGI Batch Number P019551) and Alexander JEFFREIS b 12 Oct 1669 Publow Pensford, Somerset, England s/o Thoms JEFFREIS [Submitted to IGI Batch Number 7408411)

2   James JEFFERIS        (b: abt 1665 Publow Pensford, Somerset, England; ) was s/o  ); James d: 31 Mar 1757 Publow; bur: All Saints Church) James mar: 24 Feb 1697 at West Harptree, Somerset, England to Elizabeth nee BUCKLAND. Their children born Westhampbury, Publow, Somerset(This place not found in Phillimore's Atlas of Parish Registers. Perhaps present day Westbury-sub-Mendip?)Thomas JEFFERIS b: 3 Feb 1698; Jemima JEFFERIS b: 3 Feb 1698; James JEFFERIES b: 26 Jul 1699 Publow; Charles JEFFERIS b: 17 Dec 1701 Publow; Bridget JEFFERIS bpt: 3 Apr 1704 Publow; Elizabeth JEFFERIS b: 9 May 1706, bpt: 23 May 1706 Publow, mar: William PURNELL; William JEFFERIS chr Jan 1707 Pensford; mar Sarah Smith 

3    William JEFFERIS       b: 28 Dec 1706; Bapt: 25 Jan 1707 Publow, Pensford, Somerset) mar: 26 Dec 1707 to Sarah SMITH  Their 2 sons: Thomas (b: 24 Mar 1737 Pensford) and

4     James JEFFRIES      (bapt: 23 Jun 1745 Publow, Pensford, Somerset, England; he d: 25 Dec 1832) He mar: 21 May 1799 in Saint Mary, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England to Elizabeth nee Leonard(she d: 1841)

PUCKLECHURCH, Gloucestershire -(National Gazetteer, 1868)

"PUCKLECHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Pucklechurch, county Gloucester, 8 miles N.E. of Bristol, its post town, and 2 E. of the Mangotsfield railway station. It is situated near the line of the Bristol and Gloucester railway, and contains the hamlet of Shortwood. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture and in the collieries. The soil is of a loamy description, with a subsoil of clay and rock. The village, which is considerable, was formerly a market town. At this place was a palace of the Saxon kings, in which Edmund the Elder was stabbed by Leolf, a robber, in 946. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £765 8s., and there are about 60 acres of glebe.
The living is a vicarage* with the curacies of Abson, Wick, and Westerleigh annexed, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £765, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket, is an ancient stone structure with a square tower containing six bells. The church has been partly restored. The parochial charities produce about £65 per annum, of which £53 goes to Barrow's school. There is a National school for both sexes. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. The Earl of Radnor is lord of the manor."

Children of James and Elizabeth Jefferis:

i James Leonard Jefferis  (Bapt: 30 Jul 1799 Pucklechurch, Gloucester; bur 2 Oct 1839 Siston) mar: Esther (1817-1897)- they had 6 children

ii William Jefferis (Bapt: 03 Jan 1802 Pucklechurch, Gloucester)

iii    John Jefferis    (b: 10 Oct 1804 in Pucklechurch, Sth Gloucester, England; d: 16 Feb 1875 in Palmerston, Otago) Mar: 22 Feb 1842 in St John, Bediminster, England to Ann Hall (b: Abt. 1816 in Whitchurch, Somerset, England  to parents Benjamin Hall and mother Hester nee Keedwell; Ann d: 12 Aug 1895 in Karori, Wellington; Bur: 1895 Palmerston Cem.)

iv Elizabeth (Eliza) Jefferis (b: 13 Jun 1806 Pucklechurch, Gloucester, England)

v Lucy Jefferis (b: 12 Sep 1808; Bapt: 21 Jun 1811 Pucklechurch, Gloucester)

vi Joseph Jefferis (b: 1810; Bapt: 23 Sep 1830 Pucklechurch, Gloucester; Bur 3 Nov 1833; Parish: Pucklechurch )

vii Benjamin Jefferis (Bapt: 18 Apr 1811 Pucklechurch, Gloucester Mar: 1851 census and living in Wales

viii Wellington Thomas Jefferis (Bapt: 23 Jan 1828 Siston, Gloucester, d: 27 Aug 1882 in Woodstock-street, Chilwell, Geelong, Australia) mar: Caroline Hayward (b: 1820; d: 10 Oct 1884 in Woodstock street, Chilwell, Geelong; Bur: 12 Oct 1884 Eastern Cem) Their 2 sons:

x Mary Ann Jefferis (b: 1826)

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