Robert Jefferis

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 township, whereon he probably resided for some years. In 1701 he purchased 169 acres in East Bradford township, 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 1745, and surviving him, died at the residence of her son, Richard Jefferis, in Tell township, Huntingdon Co.

The children of Robert and Jane Jefferis were:
Patience, m. to Henry Betterton and ___ Mackey;
Charity, m. to John Evans, and again, in 1721, to John Cope;
William, m. to Elizabeth (Ring) Neild;
James m. March 3, 1728, to Elizabeth (Tull) Carter;
Robert, m. Eleanor ___ and Elizabeth Harper, a widow;
George, m. Lydia ___;
Jane m. to Joseph Skeen;
Anne, m. to Alexander Duncan;
Mary, m. to Thomas Temple, of Caln;
Benjamin, m. to Elizabeth Carter;
Thomas, m. to Catherine (?);
John.

Will: E. Bradford. Date: August 4, 1738. Prove date: April 19, 1739. Page: B.35.
To sons James and William 5 shillings each. To sons Robert and Benjamin 5 shillings each. To daughter Patience Batterton £1. To daughter Charity Cope and son George £2-10 each. To daughters Jane, Ann and Mary £2 each. To sons Thomas and John 20 shillings each. To son Richard £20 at 21. Provides for wife Anne. Executors: wife and Joseph Webb.