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John Yorke JEFFERSON
1805 - 1841 (35 years)
Has 18 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John Yorke JEFFERSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 18 May 1805 - Date from baptism register
Baptised 29 May 1805 Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England 
- From KFHS transcribed data, also from FamilySearch
Gender Male Residence 1838 Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales - At the time he wrote his will
Will 17 Apr 1838 Written Residence 1839 Pride Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Occupation From 1839 to 1841 Solicitor - Recorded as such at the time his children were baptised
Died 15 Jan 1841 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - GRO ref: JEFFERSON, John Yorke q1 1841 Shrewsbury RD 18 158; GRO online index shows age at death as 35
Must have died between writing his will and a witness appearing to make oath to seeing it witnessed by the other witnes so this death must be his, though it implies he died away from home - possibly at the house of the brother in law named in his will, who is described there as 'of Shrewsbury'.
Death date and place from his gravestone inscription
Buried 22 Jan 1841 St. Nicholas’ Church, Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 May 2017)
"John Yorke Jefferson, No. 570., abode: Montgomery, buried: January 22nd, aged 35, ceremony performed by M: Lloyd Rector"
Gravestone inscription:
"To the
revered memory of
John Yorke JEFFERSON
late of Montgomery
solicitor
he died at Shrewsbury
January 15th 1841
aged 35
also to the memory of
his brother
Francis JEFFERSON
who died June 5th 1838
aged 26."
Grave a triangular sandstone plinth with urn on top
(description and inscription by the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, data on FMP, viewed 8 Jan 2021)
Administration with Will 14 Jun 1842 - Granted to his wife, administration rather than probate because he failed to name an executor in his will.
Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William JEFFERSON, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Mary TUCKER, b. Est 1724, bur. 16 Mar 1775, St. John the Baptist Church, Hatherleigh, Devon, England (Age ~ 51 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I300424 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 8 Jan 2021
Father John JEFFERSON, bap. 29 Nov 1767, St. Mary and St. Sexburga’s Church, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England , d. Between 1822 and 1841 (Age ~ 54 years)
Other Partners: Jane SWIFT m. 5 Nov 1791Mother Margaret GOTHAM, bap. 2 Apr 1783, All Saints’ Church, Okehampton, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1868, Islington Reg Dist, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 84 years) Marriage License 8 Aug 1804 Allegation - From allegation, viewed at the DHC, ref. DEX/7/b/1/1804/308
Married 9 Aug 1804 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP):
"John Jefferson Master and Owner of the Sloop Prudent of Queenborough a Widower & Margaret Gotham Junr. of this Parish, Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this Ninth Day of August in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four By me John Hawker Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Jefferson,
Margaret Gotham
In the Presence of the Mar of Wm Searl(?)
Margtt Gotham senr"
Family ID F300069 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Eleanor Elizabeth BYTHELL, b. Abt 1806, d. Mar Q 1890, Tamworth Reg Dist, Warwickshire Staffordshire or Derbyshire, England (Age ~ 84 years) Married 10 Sep 1836 St. Nicholas’ Church, Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 May 2017)
(found thanks to data transcribed by the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, also on FMP, FMPs transcription being typically inaccuate)
Shows John Yorke Jefferson, Bachelor married Eleanor Elizabeth Bythell, Spinster, both 'of this Parish', married by Licence, both signed, witnesses E Edye and Thomas Poole Bythell (both also signed)
(John's maternal grandmother was an Edye, and had moved to Montgomeryshire to live after bringing up a family in Devon; perhaps she was returning to her roots and E Edye was some sort of cousin of John's).
Children2 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300137 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 29 May 1805 - Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England 
Died - 15 Jan 1841 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Margaret GOTHAM née EDYE (d. 1829)