Nathaniel Jefferis

Brief Life History of Nathaniel

When Nathaniel Jefferis was born on 8 January 1733, in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, William Jefferis Sr, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Ring, was 43. He married Prudence Skeen in 1756, in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 30 September 1823, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Marshallton, West Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Jefferis
1733–1823
Mary Chalfant
1753–1849
Marriage: 1777
Elizabeth H Jeffries
1763–1821
Prudence Jefferis
1780–1849
Elizabeth Jefferis
1782–1859
James Jeffries Sr
–1820
James Jefferis
1784–1856
Isaac Jefferis
1787–1874
David Jefferis
1789–1875
Amor Jefferies
1793–1870
Mary Jeffries
1796–1877
Joseph Jefferis
1798–1825

Sources (28)

  • Pennsylvania, U.S., Septennial Census, 1779-1863
  • Nathaniel Jefferis, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

World Events (7)

1737

Historical Boundaries 1737: West Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America 1776: West Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

Name Meaning

English (Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Hampshire): variant of Jeffries .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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