Agnes married George STEEL on 21 Jun 1733 in Fogo, Berwick, Scotland, Great Britain. George was born in ~ 1708 in Fogo, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ceathrine Steel spouse to Andreu Jafery 19.3.1776 40 yrs - on gravestone in Chirnside Cemetery

BAPTISM: 21/12/1735 Katharine, daughter to George Steil wright in Bogend was baptized. Wm Leech and David Willsone tennants there being witnesses

SURNAME: Also shown as Steele

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Katherine

Katharine married Andrew JEFFREY on 20 Jun 1760 in Fogo, Berwick, Scotland, Great Britain. Andrew (son of Patrick JEFFREY and Jean LION, son of Patrick JEFFREY and Jean LION) was born on 9 Dec 1734 in Fogo, Berwick, Scotland; was christened on 19 Dec 1734 in FOGO, BERWICK, SCOTLAND; died on 12 Feb 1810 in Chirnside, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in Chirnside, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living in Chirnside in 1798 according to Tax Assessments - See Library/Andrew Jeffrey Ancestors/Peter Jeffrey/1-Chirnside Tax Assessment 1798.

Donor to the United Secession Church Nov 11, 1799 (see Library/Andrew Jeffrey Ancestors/Peter Jeffrey/2-Martinmass Donors 1799.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Janet FORMAN on 9 Dec 1792 in Ayton, Berwick, Scotland, Great Britain. Janet (daughter of John FORMON and Janet NISBET) was born in 1767 in Ayton, Berwick, Scotland, Great Britain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blacksmith in Foulden, Berwickshire, where his son Andrew was born.

He was shown here in the 1798 tax roles (see William Jeffrey Library Item 2, Page 2)

?? Rented property at Swinewood Mills in 1804, until emigrating to Canada around 1820 (see William Jeffrey Library Item 2).

Family tradition - He came to Canada to help repair the St Louis Gate in Quebec City, in 1819, before the rest of the family came. (see Misc Stuff Library Item 4, Page 11)

Settled on a farm near Keene Ontario but not found in 1842 census (see Misc Stuff Library Item 4 Page 11)

Still alive when his wife Mary died in 1857 (see William Jeffrey Library Item 2, page 1).

No evidence of his death or burial. Bill Campbell speculated that he is buried in his son-in-law George Gillespie's plot, somewhere (see Misc Stuff Library Item 4 Page 11) or maybe St Peters Anglican burial ground since it seems George was Anglican.

John Graham reports that George H. Jeffrey of Yarker Ontario wrote in a letter to John that "William Jeffrey went to Peterborough England to work on the cathedral there." So maybe he did not die in Canada?
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Jim Jeffrey's Notes Nov 17, 2019

William Jeffrey was born in the 1770s in Berwickshire, probably in the village of Chirnside. His actual birth date and birth place is unknown, because there is no record of a baptism recorded in the Scottish Old Parish Registers. His birth date is assumed to be in the 1770s because his name is recorded at the baptisms of his first two children, Andrew and Isabella, which occurred in 1800 and 1801 in Foulden parish, Berwickshire. It is assumed that he would’ve been between 21 and 29 when he first became a father. The witnesses at the baptism of his first son, Andrew, were Andrew Jeffrey and Peter Jeffrey. It is assumed that the first witness, Andrew Jeffrey, would’ve been William’s father, because in the traditional Scottish naming pattern the firstborn son is named after his paternal grandfather (his father's father).
Tax records have survived for many of the Scottish parishes from the 18th century. In the Assessed Tax rolls from July 1798 for the village of Foulden (1 year 7 months before the birth of Andrew Jeffrey), a “William Jeffrey, smith Foulden” is listed. In the same Assessed Tax rolls from August 1798 for Chirnside (a village 4 miles west of Foulden), an “Andrew Jeffrey, smith Chirnside” and “Peter Jeffrey, smith Chirnside” are listed. These three men are believed to be the ‘Jeffreys’ listed on the baptism record of William’s first son, Andrew. The Jeffreys of Berwickshire have traditionally been known to have dominated the profession of blacksmiths in the area.
“Andrew Jeffrey, elder” is listed among the 115 names on a document, dated 29 February 1782, calling John Reid to be the pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Chirnside. Assuming that an elder would have a significant history with a congregation before assuming the office of elder, Andrew would’ve been active in this church for at least a large part of the 1770s. This is why William is assumed to have been born in Chirnside.
The first record of William is in an account written by a “reader” of the Berwick Journal in 1888. The Berwick Journal was a weekly newspaper, and widely circulated in Northumberland, England and Berwickshire, Scotland. In a letter to the editor, dated 11 January 1888, this “reader” stated the following:
“In the end of the last, or the beginning of the present century, toll-bars were first placed on Berwickshire roads. Popular feeling against the tolls ran so high that a number of them were burned down. My father’s uncle, William Jeffrey [who, earlier in this account, was described as a son of Andrew Jeffrey of Chirnside], was one of those who took part in the burning of the tolls. The country was scoured by military in search of the depredators, and a number of apprehensions took place. William Jeffrey was, however, able to escape. He lay for a considerable time in Whitehall plantation, concealed by its dense foliage, and was supplied with food under cover of night. How long he hid there I do not know, but in the end he fled to America.”
The facts of this account have not been verified. There were documented “toll riots” in 1792 in Dunse, Greenlaw, Chirnside, and Paxton. But since this “reader” is writing > 95 years after the riots, the details might have been “embellished” a bit. If this account is true, William would’ve been in his late teens or early 20s at the time of the riots.
William’s name next occurs in the financial records of the Chirnside United Secession Church (the Reformed Presbyterian Church mentioned above) from 1798-1802. This dissenting church kept records of individuals/families in the congregation who gave funds to the church, whether offerings, tithes, renting a pew, etc. William’s name is recorded as giving offerings in 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802. His father, Andrew Jeffrey, was an elder in this church in Chirnside, and his name shows up prominently in these records. William’s connection with this Chirnside church begs the question: Why were his first two children baptized in the Foulden Parish Kirk, and not in the Chirnside Kirk? No answer has been found to this question.
It was around this time (1798 or 1799) that William Jeffrey married Mary Edna Lyall, and worked as a blacksmith in the village of Foulden. The date of their marriage is uncertain because there are no records of the marriage in the Scottish OPRs. Their marriage was official, however, because at the baptism of their first son, Andrew in 1800, he is described as a “lawfull son” to William and Mary. As previously mentioned, they had a son born in 1800 (Andrew), a daughter in 1801 (Isabella), and then another daughter, Jean, born in 1803. There is no record of her baptism in Scotland.
William next appears in the official recording of a ‘tack’ (rental agreement) to possess the land and mill at Swinewood in Berwickshire, Scotland, commencing 26 May 1804. He is described as “William Jeffrey, smith in Foulden.” Swinewood is 5 ½ miles away from Foulden. The tack agreement was for William Jeffrey and his family to reside at Swinewood for 19 years. Swinewood Mill functioned as a corn mill on the Eye Water, a river that flows from the Lammermuir Hills east to the North Sea. This agreement meant that, for at least part of every year, William’s occupation would be a ‘miller.’ During the rest of the year, he could also function as a blacksmith, and there is evidence that a ‘smithy’ was located on the premises at this time. In the previous account of William, published in the ‘Berwick Journal,’ after the writer’s account of the Toll Riots and William traveling to America, he said, “He [William’] was a miller to trade, and was highly successful in America.”
After William and his family moved to Swinewood, they had two more children, a daughter, Catherine, born in 1806, and another daughter, Mary, born in 1809. There are no records of births or baptisms of these two children. Mary is buried in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, and her gravestone simply states she was born in “Berwick, Scotland.”
At this point in time, William’s story becomes a matter of conjecture. Two ‘Jeffrey’ historians describe his journey as follows:
• William M. Campbell, in his "The Family History of The Jeffrey-Masson Family" (November 1990), says, "Family tradition has it that [William] came out to Canada, probably in 1819, to help rebuild the St. Louis Gate at Quebec City. Again, according to family tradition, Mary (his wife) and their children came out to join William somewhat later."
• John A. Graham, in his Jeffrey research, states it this way, "Family tradition has it that [William] came to Canada alone, to help rebuild the St. Louis Gate in Quebec City. This would probably be in the period 1801-1802, or possibly up to 1819. Again, family tradition claims that Mary and her family followed William to Canada."
• William M. Campbell also, in a correspondence letter in 1991, stated the following: "One of Andrew Jeffrey's grand-daughters, Ethelwyn Hutchison, had a scrapbook which contained some information in a somewhat disorganized fashion, and she claimed that William Jeffrey came to Canada first to rebuild the St. Louis gate in Quebec City. This is a general family tradition, so I am sure it is correct. His wife, Mary, and the rest of the family are supposed to have come out later and they settled on a farm at Keene, Ontario - near Peterborough. I have tried to confirm this through land records but without success, since the records at that time are not very good. Another dead end is where William was buried. According to Ethel Hutchison, he was buried in Keene Cemetery, but my wife and I searched it last June (1990) without success. He was supposed to be in the plot of his son-in-law, George Gillespie, but we did not find George's plot there, either. But George and Isabella Jeffrey were married in an Anglican church and their children were also baptised in this denomination, so I suspect that the Gillespie plot may be wherever the Anglicans buried, and that William Jeffrey may be buried there."
It is known that Mary Lyall Jeffrey came to Canada with her children in 1820, and eventually settled in Cobourg. But the whereabouts of her husband, William, have not been discovered. At Mary’s burial, in the Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough in May 1857, the cemetery records show that her next of kin was her husband, W. Jeffrey. This most certainly would mean that William was still living, and in the area. No other information has been uncovered about William Jeffrey.
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William married Mary Edna LYALL about 1797. Mary (daughter of Joseph LYALL and Jean SIMPSON) was born on 4 May 1774 in Sunnyside, Chirnside, Berwickshire, UK; was christened on 8 May 1774 in Chirnside, Berwick, Scotland, Great Britain; died on 26 May 1857 in Peterborough, Ontario; was buried on 27 May 1857 in LIttle Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Janet HASTIE. Janet was born in 1811 in Chirnside, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Doubt about birthplace:
-Swinton, according to his death announcement in the Cobourg Sentinel Aug 1, 1863 (see Misc Stuff Library, Item 4, page 15)
-Foulden, according to the John Jeffrey family bible (See John Jeffrey Library, Item 2, page 2)
-Foulden - tombstone Cobourg Union Cemetery
-Chirnside, Berwickshire, according to William Jeffrey (II) Library, Item 3.
These places are all close to each other. It appears he felt he was from Foulden

Joined the Presbyterian Church in Scotland at age 17 (See William Jeffrey (II) Library Item 3)

Arrived in Canada with Lyall and Hall families in 1820 (see passenger lists for steamboat from Quebec to Montreal Aug 13, 1820 in Andrew Jeffrey Library Item 12, and John Cowan's email to Jim Jeffrey Nov 22, 2018). Also see "Emigrated to Canada at age 20" (=1820) in William Jeffrey (II) Library Item 3.

May have met future wife, Janet Hall at age 12, while coming to Canada, unless the families knew each other in Scotland and decided to emigrate together.

His signature can be seen in Janet (Jessie) Jeffrey's visitor book (see Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4, page 4).

Businesses
Hardware merchant. Though active in the Board of Trade in 1845 (see below) the first mention of his business (Hardware Store) is Jan 1, 1848 - Page 128 of "Early Cobourg" by P. Clemo (see below). Then the Cobourg Star April 11 1849, Page 2 Col 4, reports that "we understand that Andrew Jeffrey, Esq, one of our well known and highly respected Hardware merchants, is about building a large two storey shop on his present site. Location is 19 King Street West, at First Street, Lot 1 of Block B in Lot 16 Conc A - See Library Item 25. Then his own announcement in the same newspaper next week (Apr 18, Page 3 Col 4) that he had moved to the "store formerly occupied by Thomas Eyre, Esq, next door to the Albion Hotel. Being about to erect new buildings on the old site" he was having a sale. See Library Item 29. (Albion Hotel was at 44 KIng St E - Eyre's store was Conger's store in the sketch on P 37 of R Mikel's book "Cobourg The Spirit of the Place," accroding to R Mikel in email to John Cowan Feb 9, 2020.)

Foundry property owner. By marrying the widow of John McLenhan, Andrew became owner of the McLenhahn Foundry on Division Street at Spencer (See Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 26h) Though he is described as owner of the (renamed?) Cobourg Foundry, business records show that James Davidson operated Cobourg Foundry and paid rent to Andrew Jeffrey.

Shareholder in the Grand Trunk Railway

Built the third sawmill on Rice Lake with Thomas Scott in 1851, competing with the Fortune Mill. This new sawmill was next door to Mr Fortune's residence (Ref "P.55 "Gore's Landing and Rice Lake Plains" 1986 by Norma Martin, Catherine Milne and Donna S McGills, published by Heritage Gores Landing, 1986, Haynes Printing, Cobourg)

Operated a Cobourg school in 1832 "on the north side of King St at the corner of D'Arcy" (Page 139 "Cobourg 1798-1948"). (John Cowan speculates that this was on the west side of Division Street since he is reported to have had property on the west side of Division since 1826) Also R. Mikel reported to John Cowan Oct 28, 2019 that a history Schools in Cobourg says his school was on the NW corner where the Rosevear house now stands.

Cobourg & Peterborough Railway chartered in Dec 1852 ....... see https://www.cobourghistory.ca/histories/harwood-station-museum/65-cobourg-peterborough-railway-part-1-the-railway

Community Service
Dec 2, 1836 Andrew Jeffrey and two others were appointed by a town meeting to petition 'both houses of the legislature' to amalgamate Amherst and Cobourg and incorporate the combined Town of Cobourg, separate from the rest of Hamilton Township. Their petiton worked as on March 4, 1837 the legislature passed "The Act to Establish A Police in the Town of Cobourg, and to Define the Limits of said Town." The Act established bylaws for the town and fines for transgressors, as well as grannting the power to tax and invest in infrastructure.(ref p71-81 of "Early Cobourg" by Percy Climo, published around 1985, in the possession of John Cowan.)

June 1837 elected as a member of the first Police Board governing Cobourg (before town council existed). He served one year. (To be qualified for this role persons needed to have an "assessed" property value for taxes of at least 60 pounds. - see weblink in Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21)

Dec 6-19, 1837 he first served as a private in the First Northumberland Militia hastily formed to put down the Mackenzie Rebellion. He probably saw no action as they would have arrived at the scene of battle in Toronto too late for the action - Mackenzie had already fled. However he also served Nov 13, 1838 to May 7 1839 (see Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Items 34 and Jim Jeffrey email to John Cowan Jan 17, 2020).

Elected as President of the Committee of Management of the new Board of Trade Sept 15, 1845 - as reported in the Cobourg Star Sept 17, (see "Early Cobourg" Page 120)

Justice of the Peace. In the July 18 1849 edition of the Cobourg Star, Andrew Jeffrey and Thomas Eyre (see also Library Item 29) were "convicting justices" for 3 cases of selling liquor without a license (fines of 5-7 pounds each) and 2 cases of assault (fines 3-10 shillings each).

Founding Elder and Trustee of St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Cobourg. Aug 14, 1833 "Andrew Jeffrey et al Trustees" for the Presbyterian Church bought a half acre lot from Henry Ruttan (see https://www.cobourghistory.ca/biographies/henry-ruttan) (Lot 19 Conc A, Block A, lot 7) according to Land Titles records. Appreciation for his service to the Church seen in letter from the Church (Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 35b).

Chairman of the Cobourg and Rice Lake Plank Road and Ferry Company. He is listed as Chairman publishing the third annual report of the company as it was completing its plank and gravel road to Gores Landing. See Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-B. He may also have been a shareholder, though we found no evidence of such.

Mayor of Cobourg in 1852, also Councillor in 1851 (ref Cobourg 1798-1948" Page 253by Edwin Guitllet 1948)

President of the Board of Trustees of the Northumberland and Durham Savings Bank (ref Library Item 31) 1852 to his death.

Appointed one of five Commissioners of the Cobourg Town Trust 1859 until his death. He was Chairman from 1859. See letter of appreciation upon his death Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 35a.

In 1848 he was the Reform candidate for the Legislative Assembly. In 1859 he went to the Provincial Reform Convention in Toronto, where he was Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. (ref John Graham's Jan 1998 presentation to the Lakeshore Genealogical Society - Library\William Campbell Jeffrey Materials\Item 5)

Elected to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada in 1860 (until his death) representing the Newcastle Division.

Homes
Assessment records reviewed by William Campbell show that Andrew lived somewhere on Lot 15 Concession A in Hamilton Township (Cobourg) from at least 1826 to 1838. (Library\William Campbell Jeffrey Materials\Item 10 Census records) Also Settlement map (Library/Misc Stuff/Item 26)shows him as being on an easterly portion of Lot 15.

The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (cobourghistory.ca/architecture) recorded that Andrew Jeffrey built a house at 272 University Ave West in Cobourg in the 1830s. It is shown on Sandford Flemings 1846 Map (Library/Andrew Jeffrey Item 26b) (See Library Item 28) He probably lived there until 1844. When it was built, University Ave was called Seminary. Also, its front entrance faced directly to William Street. In modern times a lot has been separated off on William Street so the house no longer has access to William, insteead University. It is very close to the first Church property for which he was a Trustee in 1833. Andrew's house was demolished in 1893 according to Cobourg World May 17, 1893 (see email from R Mikel to John Cowan Oct 28, 2019)

He built a new house in 1844 at the corner of King and Ontario Street (See Library Item 24). It was a large property for a house, occupying lots 12, 13, 25 and 26 of Block I in Lot 19 Concesssion A. Robert Mikel reported Oct 19, 2019 that the Polson's rented the house at some stage after the Jeffreys moved out (still in the 19th century). This house was used as West End Public School after 1928 (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21 page 1). It was taken down in the 1960s.(ref Robert Mikel - see Libary Doucment Index for Item 27). The school's grounds were described in 1937 as "large spacious grounds are one of the beauty spots of Cobourg." (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21) A park was on the site until 1995 when the Public Lirary was built there.

He bought 4 acres from Abraham Crouter on Sept 10, 1839, in the west part of Lot Pk Lot A, in Lot 18 Conc B (Land Titles Record for Lot 18, in Northumberland County Archives, page 3, Instr 5649.) This property faced Victoria St, close to what became the Grand Trunk Railway (Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 26f). He was probably first user of this land since Crouter bought a 60 A chunk in 1836 and a 57 A chunk in 1837. (A lot contains 200 A.) He and his wife sold 9/100 acre to GTR on July 2, 1856 (Registry Lot 18 page 11, Instr C63). Robert Mikel speculated with John Cowan (Oct 19, 2019) that the land was probably used to provide food for the family, since no industrial facilities were known on the property until modern times.

1861 Census (Library/Misc Stuff/Item 28 P1) show his mother-in-law (Jane Moscrip) living with him, as well as two unkowns: Harriet, age 19, and I. Thompson Age 17.

His will made his eldest son (William) executor and heir. His assets at death seem minimal (need to source this).

In Oct 1866 William Jeffrey was discharging(?) 6 mortgages on Parts 12, 13, 25 and 26 in Part ?? of Lot 18 Conc A - the land that Andrew's house stood on. Or was he granting mortgages on sale - its unclear from the incomplete land title records in the Northumberland Archives. Two of the mortgages were to a person by the name of Daintry. GS Daintry was Mayor of Cobourg in 1864 and 1865.

Misc facts:
Land Titles records for Lot 18 show that Andrew Jeffrey loaned money via a mortgage on a half acre of land to James Burnett (location unknown) on Oct 16, 1846. Instr 8256.

It was reported by Jessie Belle Jeffrey Greig to John Cowan that Andrew entrusted his chequebook with a fellow peer of the church so that the contractor building the new church in 1862 could be paid while Andrew travelled on government business. His bank account was cleaned out and the contractor was not paid. Was this a stress that led to Andrew's early death within a year? Or is this the family story to account for the financial distress commonplace in the town as recession hit (sSpeculation by R Mikel Oct 19, 2019).

His Obit reports that "the places of business in town were closed from noon to 2 o'clock, in token of respect to the departed" Obit also speak in glowing terms of his upright character. (See Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-C)

BAPTISM: From the Foulden Parish Register - Andrew, lawful son to William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall, born Feb 17th, baptised March 16th 1800, before these witnesses viz: Andrew Jeffrey, Peter Jeffrey

Andrew married Janet HALL on 18 Feb 1828 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. Janet (daughter of James HALL, II and Jean RUSSELL) was born on 21 May 1808 in Clackmannan, Scotland; was christened on 21 May 1808 in Clackmannan, Scotland; died on 10 Oct 1851 in Cobourg, Ontario; was buried in Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Agnes MOSCRIP on 4 May 1853 in Ontario. Agnes (daughter of Robert MOSCRIP and Janet MACDOUGAL) was born on 19 Jan 1819 in Upper Canada; died on 9 Jan 1876 in Cobourg, Ontario; was buried in Jan 1876 in Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BAPTISM: From the Foulden parish Register:
(p.156) Isabella, lawful daughter to William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall, born Oct 29th, baptised Dec 13th 1801, before the congregation.

Isabella married George GILLESPIE on 9 Aug 1822 in St Peters Anglican Church, Cobourg, Ontario. George (son of ?? GILLESPIE) was born in 1786 in Berwick On Tweed, Scotland, Great Britain; died on 4 May 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alex Collins deduced Jean was born about 1803, as sourced to his email of Oct 28, 2017 to Jim Jeffrey.

Bill Campbell reports in correspondence Oct 1990 that he believes Jane was born in about 1798 - no source info.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Winnipeg.

Jean married William Ralph GRIGG in 1822 in Bath, Ontario. William was born in 1792 in St. Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire, England, Great Britain; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had 8 children.

After Wm Hall died they lived at his homestead (Smith Twp, South Half Lot 20 Con 4) Moved to the east half of Lot 19 when their son Adam took over the prosperous farm.

Catherine married Adam HALL, Sr. on 29 Feb 1832 in Cobourg, Ontario. Adam (son of William HALL and Christian TATE) was born on 14 Jul 1804 in Scotland; died on 4 Oct 1881 in Smith, Twp., Peterborough, Ontario; was buried in 1881 in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John SHORT on 7 Jan 1836 in Cobourg, Upper Canada, British North America. John was born on 6 Aug 1808 in Rugley, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom; died on 4 Oct 1858 in Orono, Northumberland and Durham, Canada, British North America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]