William Jefferay, of Chiddingly, Gent.

From http://www.sussex-opc.org/ParishDetails/EastSussex/Chiddingly/Chidd...

On a tablet below we read—“heer lyeth the body of William Jefferay, Gent. He died on the 29th Oct. An. Salut. 1611, Aetatis suae 68. He married the daughter and heire of Thos. Harvey, citizen and Grocer, of London, by whom he had issue—two sonnes and seven daughters, who are all yet living. He went to the grave in a full age after he had lived in good report and kept howse with his said wife the space of 42 yeares together in this Parish, and had seene many of his children’s children.”

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Family

From https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/28435685947

Born in 1543 , William was the son of Thomas Jeffray & 1st wife ...... Howell / Havell widow of ...... Willard Wallard

He was the great grandson of John Jeffry 1513 & Agnes Melward

He m Audrey 1547-1634 daughter of Thomas Harvey and Alice Kellett

Children

• 1. Thomas 1572-1665 of Chiddingly m Margaret 1618 http://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/A1788h daughter of Richard Mosely of Ousedale Staffordshire
• 2 Jane / Joan b 1574 m John Baker of Withyam & Groombridge son of Robert Baker & Joan daughter of Robert Whitfield of Wadhurst
• 3 Audrey b 1576 m Hugh Evans, mercer of London
• 4 Susan b1578 m Richard Weller of Cranbrook
• 5 Alice b1580 m Richard Turner , draper of London
• 6 Mary b1583 m John Stockhouse, silkman of London
• 7 Elizabeth b1585 m Edward Lewis, merchant of London
• 8. Anne 1588-1681 m John son of Goddard Cruttenden & Judith daughter of Simon Coney m2 William Goffe, linen draper of London
• 9 William 1591-1674 m Mary Gould (buried at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA )

Now by the south door, this monument was originally behind the pulpit.

- Chiddingly parish church, Sussex

See more about Origins at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3012326

Death date also seen as December 15, 1641

William Jeffries was the son of William and Audrey (Harvey) Jefferay of Chiddingly, Sussex [EIHC 17:27-33; Waters 253].

The will of Audrey Jefferay, mother of the immigrant, included a bequest to "son William Jeffery" of "two houses being part of three tenements anciently known and commonly called by the name of Flower de Luce ... in the parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark [Surrey]"; the abstract of this will is accompanied by extensive information on the ancestry and English connections of William Jeffreys [EIHC 17:27-33].

Audrey (Jefferys) Evance whose will was proved London 25 October 1651 [PCC Grey 184] was sister of William Jeffreys and wife of Hugh Evance; their son John Evance was an early resident of New Haven [Waters 253].

Savage suggested that Robert Jeffrey of Newport may have been brother of William, but the will of William's mother showed that he had only one brother, Thomas.

References

• Parochial History of Chiddingly By Mark Antony Lower GoogleBooks
• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. link
• https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3012326
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37676775/william-jefferay
• The Journal of William Jefferay, Gentleman: Born at Chiddingly, Old England...1591; Died at Newport, New England...1675. Being Some Account of Divers People, Places and Happenings, Chiefly in New England; a Diary that Might Have Been. John Osborne Austin. Press of E. L. Friedman & Sons (1899). Page 1. GoogleBooks “I was born at Chiddingly Manor (The Peaks, as we do call it), in the county of Sussex, in the year 1591; near an hundred years after the discovery of that great America, but much before settlement of the sheltered corner wherein I finally abode. My father's family had long been seated at Chiddingly, and were ever a respectable, welldoing and well-deserving race, as I have heard ancient people say, and do verily believe it so. My father's name was William Jefferay, and my grandfather, Thomas Jefferay, was cousin to that Sir John Jefferay, knight, some time Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, who lies buried with others of the name in Chiddingly church. (Sir John died May 28th, 1570. He did build a goodly house, since called The Place.) My mother was Audry, daughter of Thomas Harvey, of London, whose brother, my great-uncle, was Clarenceux. I had but one brother, Thomas, and seven sisters, Jone, Audry, Susan, Alice, Mary, Elizabeth, and Ann, all of them well married, as the saying is. I was born in a fair country, of which more anon, and to a fair estate, and have bethought me often, in some straits and hardships across the sea, why I left so much to gain so little. Yet one gain I made that was worth all, and more, of my trials, for it was there I found the best wife man ever had; so, if all be considered, I am well content.
• From 'Jeffreys3'Index links to: Lead / Letter Families covered: Jefferay of Chittingly (Chittingleigh), Jefferies (Jeffreys) of Earls Crombe (Earl's Croome), Jeffreys (Geffereys) of Holme Castle https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ij/jeffreys3.php
• Symon Jeffray or Jefferay
  • 1. William Jeffray or Jefferay (d 1496) m. Katherine
    • A. John Jefferay of Chittingly Manor, Sussex (d 28.05.1513) m. Agnes Melward (dau/heir of Richard Melward (by Joan Penbridge) son of John (by Joan) son of John (by Agnes) son of Symon (d 1374-5))
      • * iii. William Jefferay (d 1541)
        • a. John Jefferay (dsp(vp))
        • b. Thomas Jefferay m1. _ Havel/Howell (widow of _ Wallard/Willard)
          • (1) William Jefferay 'of Chittingleigh' (b c1543, d 29.10.1611) m. Awdry Harvey (d before 27.01.1635-6, dau/heir of Thomas Harvey of London, brother of Clarenceux)
            • (A) Thomas Jefferay of Peakes in Chiddingly m. Margaret Moseley (b 1592-3, d 1618, dau of Richard Moseley of Staffordshire) The following is partly supported by Visitation (Sussex, 1662, Jeferey of Peakes in Chiddingly).
            • (B) William Jefferay in New England