Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
JEFFRIES, Robert
Abt 1656 - 1739 (~ 83 years)-
Name JEFFRIES, Robert Born Abt 1656 Pewsey, Wiltshire, England Gender Male Died 4 Apr 1739 East Bradford (Birmingham) Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Person ID I3793 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father JEFFRIES, John, b. Abt 1630, Of Wiltshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Ann Family ID F1467 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Anne, b. Abt 1660, East Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Married Abt 1729 East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania Children 1. JEFFRIES, Richard, b. 24/24 Feb 1729/1730, East Bradford (Birmingham) Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania , d. 27 Mar 1817, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 87 years) Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 CHANDLER, Jane, d. 1726, East Bradford (Birmingham) Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Married 1688 Children 1. JEFFRIES, Benjamin 2. JEFFRIES, Jane 3. JEFFRIES, Charity 4. JEFFRIES, Anne 5. JEFFRIES, Thomas 6. JEFFRIES, Robert 7. JEFFRIES, James 8. JEFFRIES, William 9. JEFFRIES, John 10. JEFFRIES, Patience 11. JEFFRIES, George 12. JEFFRIES, Mary Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1459 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Robert Jeffries was the cousin of Judge George Jeffries, Baron of Wem, Chief Justice under King Charles II and Lord Chancellor of England under King James II, sometimes refereed to as the "Hanging Judge". George died a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1689.
Robert sailed from Bristol Harbor at age 25. After a 2 month voyage he reached the colonies on December 15, 1681 at Robert Wade's landing where he settled in an area called the Uplands, the 1st. settlement in the province of Pennsylvania. The settlement is now known as "Old Chester" as named by William Penn.
Robert bought land from William Penn and others which totalled about 600 acres in and near the new settlement of Chichester. However by 1702 he had purchase or exchanged his property for about 1,000 acres near the township of Bradford (now Birmingham) near the town of West Chester.
Robert moved his family to his holdings in Bradford and in 1703 he was appointed constable of Westtown, Bradford. Robert's first wife Jane (Chandler) Jeffries died in East Bradford in 1726. Three years later in 1729 he married Anne Archer, she was the mother of Richard Jeffries of our line. No portrait of Robert exists, however accounts passed down generation to generation speak of him as a tall man, about 6 feet, of fine physique and of dignified bearing. He is said to have been of good manners, cordial and hospitable, a man of energy, industry and business capacity, whose judgement was consulted in private and public affairs.
- Robert Jeffries was the cousin of Judge George Jeffries, Baron of Wem, Chief Justice under King Charles II and Lord Chancellor of England under King James II, sometimes refereed to as the "Hanging Judge". George died a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1689.