JEFFERS ANNEX
Eunice (Jeffers)(Riordan) Shepard
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Origin of
the surname "Jeffers:"
Generation
10
9 Joseph Jeffers
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
2. Wife: Dorcas Ames
Born . Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Ruth Jeffers: Born 6 January 1785. Married Isiah Brundage and had the following children: (order uncertain)
8 Joseph Jeffers, Jr.
1. Biographical notes:
Born 20 August 1760 at New London, New London
County, Connecticut. Died 28 June 1845, age 84, in Pinckney
Township, Lewis County, New York; interred there in Pinckney Corners
Cemetery. Veteran of the American
Revolutionary War. Resided at New
Lebanon and Saratoga, New York until 1817, when he moved his family to Pinckney
Township, Lewis County, New York.
2. Wife: Eunice
Giddings
Born 13 December 1763; daughter of James and Lois (?) Giddings. Died 25 July 1826 in Lewis County, New York;
interred with Joseph. Married
Joseph Jeffers, Jr. in 1782.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Ruth Jeffers: Born 6 January 1785 in Saratoga
County, New York. Died 1856 in Rutland
Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred Maple Hill Cemetery, Jefferson
County, New York. Married Isaiah Brundage/Brundidge (b. 1780 in Pinckney Twp, Lewis Co., NY,
d. 1848 in Lewis Co., NY; interred with Ruth) and had the following children:
(order uncertain)
(1. Thomas Brundage.
(2. Daniel Brundage.
(3. Joseph Brundage.
(4. Eunace Brundage.
(5. Harriette Brundage.
(6. Dorcas Brundage.
(7. Mary Brundage.
b. Benjamin F. Jeffers: Born 12 Jul 1787 in Saratoga
County, New York. Died 23 April 1854 in
Beloit Township, Rock County, Wisconsin on a business trip; interred there in
Oakwood Cemetery.
1840 US Census: Benjamin Jeffers was heading a
household in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. The household included 1 male age 5 to 10; 2
males age 20 to 30; 1 male age 50 to 60; 1 male age 70 to 80; 1 female age 5 to
10; 1 female age 10 to 15; 1 female age 15 to 20; 1 female age 20 to 30; and 1
female age 50 to 60.
1850 US Census: Benjamin Jeffers, age 63 (b. NYS)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Pinckney Township, Lewis
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $2,000. The household also
included his wife, Wealthy Jeffers, age 49 (b. NYS); daughter, Adaline Jeffers, age 20 (b. NYS); daughter, Mary Jeffers,
age 16 (b. NYS); and George Thomas, age 14 (b. NYS).
Benjamin Jeffers, Sr. married (1st) Sarah Janete/Janette Millard (b. abt 1789, d. 5 May 1842 in Lewis
Co., NY; interred Pinckney Corners Cem., Lewis Co., NY), daughter of Eleazer and Mary Ann (Ayers) Millard, and had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(1. Anson Jeffers: Born 3 July 1809. Died 17 April 1860, age 50 years, 9 months,
and 14 days; interred Arsenal Street Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson County, New
York.
1850 US Census: Anson Jeffers, age 41 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Brownville Township, Jefferson
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $1,600. The household also
included his wife, Ann Jeffers, age 40 (b. NYS); son, George Jeffers, age 14
(b. NYS); son, Alexander Jeffers, age 13 (b. NYS); son, Harrison Jeffers, age
10 (b. NYS); son, Orville Jeffers, age 5 (b. NYS); and son, Adelbert
Jeffers, age 1 (b. NYS).
Anson Jeffers married Ann (?) (b.
18 Jun 1810, d. 25 Aug 1857, age 47 years, 2 months, and 7 days; interred with
Anson) and had the following children:
(a. George Jeffers: Born
about 1836 in New York.
(b. Alexander Jeffers: Born
about 1837 in New York.
(c. Harrison Jeffers: Born
about 1840 in New York.
(d. Sarah Jeffers: Born
1842 in New York. Died
16 October 1844, age 1 year and 5 months.
(e. Orville Jeffers: Born
about 1845 in New York.
(f. Adelbert
Jeffers: Born about 1849 in New York.
(2. Alba "Alby"
Jeffers: (male) Born 30 April 1811 in New York.
Died 22 August 1884 in Plymouth County, Iowa; interred there in Plymouth
Presbyterian Cemetery.
(3. Mary Ann Jeffers "Ann": Born 7 January
1813 in Malta Township, Saratoga County, New York. Died 14 January 1897/98 in Copenhagen
Township, Lewis County, New York; interred Pinckney Corners Cemetery, Pinckney
Township, Lewis County, New York.
1865 NYS Census: L. F. Wright, age 57 (b. Lewis Co.,
NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Lowville, Lewis
County, New York. His residence was
valued at $800, and he had been married twice.
The household also included his wife, Ann M. Wright, age 52 (b. Saratoga
Co., NY), who had been married once and had had no children; son, C. L.
Sheldon, age 30 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as a soldier; daughter, Amelia
Sheldon, age 30 (b. Lewis Co., NY), who had been married once and had had 1
child; son, Lealand C. Sheldon, age 3 years and 9
months (b. Lewis Co., NY); servant, Pamelia Buck, age 16 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and
black; servant, Robert Agins, age 26 (b. Lewis Co.,
NY); son, L. R. Wright, Jr., age 8 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and niece, Imogene
Jeffers, age 12 (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
1875 NYS Census: Lucius
Wright, age 67 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Denmark Township, Lewis County, New York. The household also included his wife, Ann M.
Wright, age 62 (b. Lewis Co., NY); and adopted son, Lucius
Jeffers, age 18 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as a farmer.
1880 US Census: Lucius F.
Wright, age 72 (b. NYS; father b. CT; mother b. NYS) and employed as a farmer,
was heading a household in the Village of Copenhagen, Denmark Township, Lewis
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Mary Wright, age 67 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
Mary Ann Jeffers married, as his 2nd wife, Lucius F. Wright (b. 3 Jan 1808 in Denmark Twp, Lewis Co.,
NY, d. 1889 in Lewis Co., NY; interred Pinckney Corners Cem., Pinkney Twp, Lewis Co., NY), son of Tyrannus/Francis
and Mary C. (?) Wright, on 12 November 1835 in Pinkney Township; no children. Lucius had married
(1st) Margaret Armstrong (1810, d. 27 Nov 1834; interred Pinckney Corners Cem.,
Pinckney Twp, Lewis Co., NY), daughter of James and Mary (?) Armstrong of
Pinckney, on 16 March 1834 and had the following daughter:
(a. Margaret Amelia Wright:
Born November 1834 in Denmark Township, Lewis County, New York. Died 29 September 1913 at
San Antonio, Bexas County, Texas.
1870 US Census: Cyrus L. Sheldon, age 35 (b. NYS)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Lowville, Lewis County,
New York. His real estate was valued at
$10,000, and his personal property was valued at $2,762. The household also included his wife, Amelia
W. Sheldon, age 35 (b. NYS); son, Leland A. Sheldon, age 8 (b. NYS); daughter,
Margaret A. Sheldon, age 4 (b. NYS); daughter, Fanny M. Sheldon, age 2 (b.
NYS); daughter, Mary Sheldon, age 1 (b. NYS); John Reaf,
age 30 (b. Canada) and employed working on the farm; Oliver Sheldon, age 21 (b.
NYS) and employed working in a cheese factory; Adelaide Butts, age 18 (b. NYS)
and employed working in a cheese factory; Amanda Peters, age 20 (b. Canada) and
employed working in a cheese factory; and Lydia Ansley,
age 20 (b. Canada) and employed as a domestic servant.
1900 US Census: Amelia Sheldon, age 66 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) resided in the household headed by her son-in-law, Charles
McWhorter, age 38 (b. NYS) in Buckhorn Township, Larimer County, Colorado.
1910 US Census: Amelia W. Sheldon, age 75 (b. NYS)
resided in the household headed by her son-in-law, Charles G. McWhorter, age 47
(b. NYS) in Buckhorn Township, Larimer County, Colorado.
Margaret Wright married Cyrus L. Sheldon (b. 14 Jun
1835 in Martinsburg Twp, Lewis Co., NY, d. 15 Oct 1884 at Ft Collins, Larimer
Co., CO; interred Lowville Rural Cem., Lowville, Lewis Co., NY), son of Ira and
Fanny Maria (Bingham) Sheldon, and had the following children:
(1) Leland Augustus Sheldon: Born 1862. Died 1944. Married Elizabeth J. Mackey (b. 1871, d.
1940)
(2) Margaret Sheldon: Born 1866. Died 1882.
(3) Fanny A. Sheldon: Born 1867. Died 1957.
(4) Mary Louise Sheldon: Born 1869. Died 1947. Married Charles G. McWhorter (b. 1862 in NYS,
d. 1934) and moved to Colorado. Mary and
Charles had the following children:
(a) Lewis A. McWhorter: Born about 1896 in Colorado.
(b) Fannie L. McWhorter: Born about 1900 in
Colorado.
(c) Lesle S. McWhorter:
Born about 1901 in Colorado.
(5) Lucius Wright Sheldon:
Born 1871. Died 1942. Married Mildred C. Chapin
(b. 1872, d. 1944).
(6) Ira Cyrus Sheldon: Born 1874. Died 1910. Married Eunice Louise
Whiting.
1910 US Census: Ira C. Sheldon, age 36 (b. NYS)
resided in the household headed by his brother-in-law, Charles G. McWhorter,
age 47 (b. NYS) in Buckhorn Township, Larimer County, Colorado.
(7) Sarah Sheldon: Born 1877. Died 1882.
Lucius and Mary Ann (Jeffers) Wright adopted the following
son:
(b. Lucius
Jeffers: Born about 1857 in Lewis County, New York.
(4. Alma "Almy"
Jeffers: (female) Born 31 January 1815.
Died 18 August 1855; interred Pinckney Corners Cemetery, Pinckney
Township, Lewis County, New York.
Married, as his 1st wife, William Henry Clark (b. 10 Nov 1810 at
Chatham, CT, d. 12 May 1866; interred with Alma), son of William (b. CT, d.
1850 in Oneida Co., NY) and Sophrona (?) Clark (b. VT) of Oneida County, New York. William moved to Lewis County, New York in
1837, settling at Barnes Corners, where he was employed as a farmer. Alma and William had the following children:
(a. Charles E. Clark: Died
at Copenhagen, Lewis County, New York.
Employed there as a hotel manager.
Veteran of the American Civil War (135th NY
Volunteers). Married (?) and had
the following children: (order uncertain)
(1) Ruth Clark.
(2) Robert E. Clark.
(b. Lucius
H. Clark.
(c. William H. Clark.
(d. David A. Clark: Married
Mary (?) of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York.
William Henry Clark married (2nd) Julia A. Siver (b. 3 Sep 1811, d. 28 Jan 1866) in 1856.
(5. Benjamin "Ben" F. Jeffers, Jr.: Born
1819 in Lewis County, New York. Died
1887 at Belleville, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson
County, New York; interred there in Woodside Cemetery. Veteran of the American
Civil War; served in the 9th Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery. Moved to Belleville after
marriage.
1850 US Census: Benjamin Jeffers, age 31 (b. NYS)
and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by Orrin Campbell,
age 30 (b. NYS) in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. Benjamin's real estate was valued at $400 (no
real estate ownership record for Orrin).
The household also included, among others, Sophia Jeffers, age 23 (b.
NYS).
1855 NYS Census: Benjamin Jeffers, age 35 (b. county
of birth no recorded) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York.
His frame residence was valued at $200.
The household also included his wife, Sophia Jeffers, age 28 (b. county
of birth no recorded); son, Milton Jeffers, age 5 (b. county of birth no
recorded); son, Edwin Jeffers, age 2 (b. county of birth no recorded); and son,
Legrand Jeffers, age 2 months (b. county of birth no
recorded).
1860 US Census: Benjamin Jeffers, age 40 (b. NYS)
and employed as a stone mason, was heading a household in Pinckney Township,
Lewis County, New York. His real estate
was valued at $1,500, and his personal property was valued at $300. The household also included his wife, Sophia
Jeffers, age 32 (b. NYS); son, Frank Jeffers, age 5 (b. NYS); son, Milton
Jeffers, age 10 (b. NYS); son, Erwin Jeffers, age 7 (b. NYS); and daughter,
Mary A. Jeffers, age 10 months (b. NYS).
1865 NYS Census: Benjaman
Jeffers, age 45 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household
in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York.
His residence was valued at $1,000.
The household also included his wife, Sophia Jeffers, age 38 (b. VT),
who had been married once and had had 5 children; son, Erwin Jeffers, age 12
(b. Lewis Co., NY); son, Frank Jeffers, age 10 (b. Lewis Co., NY); daughter,
Mary Jeffers, age 6 (b. Lewis Co., NY); daughter, Amanda E. Jeffers, age 2
years and 2 months (b. Lewis Co., NY); son, Willie B. Jeffers, age 3 months (b.
Lewis Co., NY); and Joanna Gabrion, age 65 (b. VT),
and widowed, who had been married 3 times and had had 9 children.
1870 US Census: Benjamin Jeffers, age 47 (b. NYS)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Rutland Township,
Jefferson County, New York. His real
estate was valued at $1,500, and his personal property was valued at $600. The household also included his wife, Sophia
Jeffers, age 43 (b. Canada); son, Irvin Jeffers, age 17 (b. NYS); daughter,
Mary Jeffers, age 10 (b. NYS); daughter, Amanda E. Jeffers, age 7 (b. NYS); and
son, Willie B. Jeffers, age 5 (b. NYS).
1875 NYS Census: Benjamin Jeffers, age 55 (b. Lewis
Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Montague
Township, Lewis County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Sophia Jeffers, age 48 (b. Canada); daughter,
Mary Jeffers, age 15 (b. Lewis Co., NY); daughter, Dora Jeffers, age 12 (b.
Lewis Co., NY); son, Willie Jeffers, age 10 (b. Lewis Co., NY); and son, Erwin
Jeffers, age 22 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as a school teacher.
1880 US Census: Benj
Jeffers, age 61 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading
a household in the City of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Sophia
Jeffers, age 53 (b. VT; father b. Canada; mother b. VT); son, James E. Jeffers,
age 26 (b. NYS) and employed as a laborer; daughter, Mary A. Jeffers, age 20
(b. NYS); daughter, Amandy E. Jeffers, age 17 (b.
NYS); and son, Willie B. Jeffers, age 15 (b. NYS).
Benjamin Jeffers, Jr. married Sophia G. Gabrion (b. abt VT, d. Oct , age
73; interred with Benjamin), daughter of (?) and Joanna (?) Gabrion,
in 1848 and had the following children: (order uncertain)
(a. Milton Jeffers: Born
about 1850 in Lewis County, New York.
(b. James Erwin Jeffers:
Born about 1853 in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. Died 1925 in South Dakota; interred
there. Moved to South
Dakota, settling at Frederick in Brown County, where he operated a grain mill. Married Ida May (?) (d.
Belleville, Ellisburg Twp, Jefferson Co., NY; interred with James in SD)
and had the following son:
(1) Florence Jeffers: Born in Frederick, Brown
County, South Dakota. Died Belleville,
Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York;
interred Woodside Cemetery, Belleville.
Married John O'Connell (d. Belleville; interred with Florence) at Selby,
South Dakota and subsequently resided for many years at Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada. Later resided on Swan
Road in/near the Village of Belleville, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson
County, New York.
(c. Legrande/Frank
Jeffers: Born about 1855 in Lewis County, New York.
(d. Mary A. Jeffers: Born
1859. Died 1934. Initially resided with her parents at
Belleville, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New
York. Cared for her
mother there until she died.
Subsequently resided with her sister, Dora, at Sackets Harbor,
Hounsfield Township, Jefferson County, New York.
(e. Amanda Eldora Jeffers
"Dora": Born 1862. Died 1936. Initially
resided with her parents at Belleville, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson
County, New York. Cared
for her mother there until she died.
Subsequently resided with her sister, Mary, at Sackets Harbor,
Hounsfield Township, Jefferson County, New York.
(f. William "Willie" B. Jeffers: Born
about 1865 in New York. Died January 1918 at Des Moines, Iowa, age 40-45. Initially resided at
Belleville and Smithville, Jefferson County, New York. Moved to Iowa 7 years
before death (abt 1911). Employed
there as a real estate dealer. Never married.
1880 US Census: Willie B. Jeffers, age 15 (b. NYS)
resided with his parents in the City of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
1900 US Census: No record found.
1910 US Census: No record found.
(6. Roxey/Roxy M. Jeffers:
(female) Born 1 February 1828 in New York.
Died 29 June 1915 at Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; interred
there in Highland Home Cemetery. Married
Abner Scidmore (b. 21 Mar
1821 at Pinkney Corners, Pinckney Twp, Lewis Co., NY,
d. 30 Sep 1896 at Jamestown, Stutsman Co., ND; interred with Roxey) and had children.
(7. Adaline/Adeline
Jeffers: Born April 1830 at Pinkney Corners, Pinckney
Township, Lewis County, New York. Died there 15 June 1852, age 22 years and 2
months; interred Pinckney Corners Cemetery.
(8. Ayers Jeffers: (male) Born 9 November 1833 at
Pinckney Corners, Pinkney Township, Lewis County, New
York. Died 8 February 1926 in Sparta
Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin; interred there in Woodlawn Cemetery. Married Jane Woodard (b. 10 Jan 1834 in Lewis
Co., NY, d. 3 Dec 1914 in Monroe Co., WI; interred with Ayers) and had 9
children.
(9. Louisa Jeffers.
(10. Sarah Jeffers.
(11. Amanda Jeffers.
Benjamin Jeffers, Sr. married (2nd) Wealthy Hart (b.
8 May 1801, d. 12 Sep 1887; interred with her family in Evergreen Cem., Barnes
Corners, Lewis Co., NY).
c. Lemuel Jeffers: Born 22
August 1789. Died
August 1796.
d. Mary Jeffers: Born 15 November 1792 at New London,
New London County, Connecticut. Died 13 February 1856 at Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Married Gideon Howe/How (b. 6 Aug 1786 at
Ballston Ctr, Saratoga Co., NY, d. 16/18 Jun 1864 at
Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY; interred Black Rive Cem., Rutland Twp, Jefferson
Co., NY), son of Isaac (b. 29 Nov 1742, d. 3 Oct 1795) and Esther (Crapo) Howe
(m. 30 Jun 1782), on 2 March 1809 had the following children: (order uncertain)
(1. William Howe.
(2. James Madison Howe.
(3. Mary Lette Howe.
(4. Joseph Jeffers Howe.
(5. Isaac Howe: Born 29 November 1741.
(6. Lois Howe: Born 4 April 1783.
(7. Benjamin Howe.
(8. Son.
(9. David DeLorville Howe.
(10. Amanda Philena Howe.
(11. Thomas Jefferson Howe.
(12. Esther Adelia Howe.
(13. Rodney Howe.
(14. Delight Boylan Howe:
Born Black River, Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. Married (?) Phelps.
e. Lydia Jeffers: Born 27 Mar/May 1795.
f. Joseph Jeffers: Born 16 March 1797. Died 1825. Married Lois Slater and had the following
children:
(1. Daughter: Married (?) Doxtatter.
(2. Apollos
Jefferss.
(3. Steven Jeffers.
g. Eunice Jeffers: See generation 7, below.
h. Dorcas Jeffers: Born 16
August 1801. Died 25 November 1883, age
83; interred Tylerville Cemetery, Tylerville, Jefferson
County, New York. Married Noah Seaman
(b. 1793 in MA, d. 8 Dec 1882, age 89, at Rutland Ctr,
Rutland Twp, Jefferson Co., NY; interred with Dorcas)
and had the following children:
(1. Alice Cordelia
Jeffers: Born 10 April 1820.
(2. Lydia Budlong Jeffers:
Born 19 April 1823.
(3. Electra Jeffers: Born 6 November 1824.
(4. Roxcy Millard Jeffers:
Born 27 December 1826.
(5. Steven Gorden Jeffers:
Born 15 March 1828.
(6. Amy Maria Jeffers: Born 19 April 1831.
i. Nancy Jeffers: Born 16 July 1803. Died July 1805.
7 Eunice Jeffers:
Born 11
April 1799 in New York. Died . Married (1st) John
Riordan, generation
7 of the Riordan Annex on . Married (2nd) Obed Shepard.
See Riordan
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