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Note: ause he alternated in living in one or the other Counties of Franklin & Wake during his lifetime. He married NANCY CHEVES, according to an undated Marriage bond, taken out in Wake Co., Bond Number: 154561, bondsman: WILLIAM CHEVES, Wit; H. LANE. From other bonds filed around the same time, the bond date probably was about the middle of February 1790. It is likely that NANCY was a daughter of the WILLIAM CHEVES, who was the Bondsman.
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This is SIMON G.'s grandfather:
<http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DANIEL/2005-11/1132116558> Will Book A, p 95. Will of Osborn JEFFREYS. November 13, 1793. To son William JEFFREYS "old Mingo & old Nan with all Nans increase children and grand children and all their increase, also Demps old Molls son, now all in his possession but Demps;" 4 tracts of land "joining of both sides of Little River part in Wake and part in Franklin County containing about twenty four hundred acres with all the other lands on both sides of Little[sic] below Osborn JEFFREYS part on the siad river;" 400 acres, a part of two tracts of 1440 acres on both sides of Crooked Creek in Franklin, joining the lands of Joseph BRIDGES John GREEN; also all stock of cattle, hogs and horses on Little River plantations, all of which already in William JEFFREYS possession. To grandson Robert JEFFREYS, 1300 acres south of Neuse River on both sides of Mannings Creek in Wake County on two adjoining tracts, to be received at the age of 21. To son Simon JEFFREYS, 45 negroes Will, Bob, Toby, Gideon, Jenny, Absalom, Old Moses children, Hannah and her son Jack, Peggy and her children Abram, Judy, Leathy, George, Winney and her children Isaac, Ben, Bob, Ronoke, Dinah and her children Essex, Barbary, Savory, Rachel, Bob, Jeremy, Cesar, Judy, Andrew, Jerusha and her children Roda, Venus, Chancy, Charity, Demps, Daniel, old Nell, Old Rose, Nell, Black Daniel, Judy his wife and her children Winston, Wilson, Tempy, "they and their increase", old Jack, old Judy; all lands on north side of Roanoke River in Northampton County(bounds follow, son David JEFFREYS mentioned in these bounds) containing about 1700 acres; lots and houses in town of Halifax; 150 acres "on both sides of Buffalow that I bought of the heirs of John NELSON deceased where on the grist mill is erected;" also 400 acres on both sides of the Buffalow purchased from William JEFFREYS where Benjamin MOSELEY had lived; 350 acres on both sides of the Buffalow purchased from Robert MOSELEY, where "Simon JEFFREYS now dwells;" 700-plus acres on both sides of the Buffalo adjoining MAYS, PERSONS, WHITES, YARBROUGHS, SELFS, and MOODYS former line, all in Franklin County; all cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses "on Ronoak and where he now lives now in his possession." To Peggy JEFFREYS, daughter of Simon JEFFREYS 1 negro Cracy, daughter of Dice deceased. To son Osborn JEFFREYS "lower half part of my lands on both sides of Flat River and including the middle prong of said river in Person County: containing 1250 acres(brother Paul mentioned in bounds)/ 1500 acres in Franklin County "including the Millstone Tract and part of two tracts on Little River neara the head thereof;" lend to son Osborn JEFFREYS the use of 27 negroes Jacob, Alce and her children, Tempy, Penny, Crawford, Dempsy, Rutha, Charity, Lisha, Beck and her children Burrell, Claborn, Patience, Pleony[?], Edie and her children Clary, Abigale "sold to Simon JEFFREYS, Dorches and her child Old Ben[punctuation not clear in this list]; after death of Osborn JEFFREYS, the slaves and their increase to be divided among his children. To Son David JEFFREYS male heirs, 6168 acres in Franklin County on both sides of Cedar Creek, Davises Creek and Little Creek, and part of Rays Creek; 200 acres on north of "Ronoak River" in Northampton County(bounds follow); 51 negroes Coley, Simon, Wyatt, Isaac "with all his tools", Arthur, Chaney and her chldren Jonathan, LIna, Betty, Rhoda, Jacob, Pleney and her children Mamey, little Coley, Anthony, Nichol, Nathan, Pheraby, young Rose and her children Terry, Peggy, Allen, Selah, Alston, Horris, Creasy and her children Connela, Masy, Vergil, Hester and her children Holland, Buk, Brickle, Nancy, kimbrough, Daniel, Hannah and her children Davis, Warre, Humphrey, Asberry, James, old Daniel and Sarah, Orrin, Griffin, Ollif, Jordan, Sarge, Ruth, "with all their increase"; also all cattle, hogs and horses now in his possession. To daughter Mary HUNT 700 acres in Franklin County (bounds follow), including the place where she now lives; 25 negroes Old Sam, Easter and her children Lattey, Ippy, Henry, Cloes, Lize, Salley, Maud, Anthony, Branch, Nan and her chldren Pheraby, Allen, Moses, Hanna, Simon, Lodaway(?), Tinker, Tom, Lavina and her children Stephen, Jordan, Mason, Charity, Rachel "with all their increase." To Nathaniel HUNT and William HUNT, sons of John HUNT and his wife Mary, 1040 acres on both sides of Crooked Creek. To son Paul JEFFREYS "the upper part and half of all my lands on both sides of Flatt River and Tapleys Creek in Person County" containing about 1250 acres; 173 acres purchased from John ROBINSON where David MIMS(?) had lived; 4 lots in Town of "Lewisburg"' (part of margin cut off), 1 feather bed and furtniture; 28 negroes Jethro, Dublin, Ben son of Isaac and little Sam his son, Dinah and her children Joe, Lewis, Solomon, Ben, Salley, Jenny, Ned, Jenney and her children Pheraby, Chaney, Elac, and Archer, Oliff and her children Crawford, Needom and Burrell and Sam, Jack(?), Dinah, Rose, and Bobb the children of Zilph, Jack and Aggy, "with all their increase;" all the cattle, hogs and horses now on the plantation where he lives. To sister Elizabeth POPE " the use of Sall the daughter of Hesther"; after Elizabeth's death Sall "and her increase" to go to nepher Osborn POPE. To granddaughter Mary BASKERVELL, "Lishe old Molls daughter and Ceely her daughter. To grandson John EATON, a negro Tom BIRD and 40 pounds VA. money. To granddaughter Nancy EATON 40 pounds Va. money. To granddaughter Leathy EASTON 1 negro Liley, daughter of Dice Dec'd, "and her increase." To granddaughter Elizabeth EATON 1 negro Mary, daughter of old Rose, "and her increase." To five sons William JEFFREYS, Simon JEFFREYS, Osborn JEFFREYS, David JEFFREYS, Paul JEFFREYS "three acres of land on Queens Creek in Onslow County in common". All other goods not divided to be sold and divided into 7 equal parts: One part to the 5 children of Elizabeth EASTON dec'd., one to daughter Mary HUNT, one to each of sons William, Simon, Osborn, David and Paul JEFFREYS. "My will and sincere desire is, that as the most of the negroes herein willed away are young that each all of my said children and legatees do teach and carefully instruct them and their families in the church catechism and to keep up a constant Christian discipline in their families and houses their reasonable and bounden duties." Executors: Sons Simon and Paul JEFFREYS, grandson John EATON. Signed. Witnesed: Osborn Pope NICHOLSON, Anson JEFFREYS, Mark WHITE, Nicholas WHITE. Sworn to in court December Court, 1793.
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SIMON G. JEFFREYS was the son of WILLIAM M. JEFFREYS ( 1748-1802) and MARY GRAY (1768-1827).
They were the parents of the following known children from their parents wills:
SIMON GRAY JEFFREYS (1775-1854) - Married: NANCY CHEEVES
ROBERT NICHOLAS JEFFREYS (1776-1840) - Married: GILLY HUNTER
MARY G. JEFFREYS (1779-1850) - Married: NATHANIEL ALSTON
LEAH JEFFREYS (ca 1781-) - Married: JOHN PERRY STRICKLAND
WILLIAM JEFFREYS JR. (1791-1864) - Married: ELIZABETH HARTSFIELD
Two other children are named in other trees with no further info about them, but have found nothing to verify them so far:
HANNAH JEFFREYS, JAMES GRAY JEFFREYS.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jeffreys-94
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Note: SIMON GRAY JEFFREYS apparently inherited some of the bordering lands between the counties bec
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