Family/Spouse: Beatrix CRAIGE. Beatrix (daughter of George CRAIGE) was born in 1705; was christened on 11 Feb 1705 in Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Sunnyside, Berwickshire, United Kingdom.

Joseph married Jean SIMPSON on 23 Jun 1763 in Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire, Scotland. Jean (daughter of Patrick SIMPSON and Isobel PRINGLE) was born in 1741 in Bunkle And Preston, Berwickshire, United Kingdom; was christened on 6 Dec 1741 in Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 2 Jul 1810 in Crowfoot, Berwick, United Kingdom; was buried in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Isabel

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Ordained into the eldership of the Presbyterian Church in Cobourg in 1827 - Sources: History of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cobourg, and Library/Andrew Jeffrey Anscestors/Mary Lyall/Item 4

John married Margaret JOHNSTONE on 5 Mar 1802 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwick, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of William JOHNSTONE and Jean FIFE, daughter of William JOHNSTON and Jean FIFE) was born on 11 Dec 1776 in Pefferlaw, Chirnside, Berwick, Scotland; was christened on 19 Dec 1776 in Chirnside, Berwick, United Kingdom; died on 10 Dec 1820 in Georgina Township, York County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Lyall was born 4 May 1774 on the Sunnyside Farm in the Borders region of Scotland. Sunnyside was between Chirnside and Reston, in Berwickshire, now located about two miles from the A1 highway. She was baptized 4 days later, on 8 May, by the Chirnside Parish Church. Her parents were Joseph Lyall (1740-1799) and Jean Simpson (1741-1810). Mary had at least 7 siblings: Isabel (1769-1793), Jean (b. 1772-1776), John (1776-1851), Joseph (b. 1780), Margaret, called Peggy (1784-1798), Elizabeth (1788-1820), and Beatrix (b. 1790).

Mary’s father, Joseph, was mostly a farmer, but also had been a servant, of William Hall, who lived at the Whitehall estate, and Mrs. Ker of the Nisbet estate near Duns. In 1785, Joseph was said to be a resident of the village of Chirnside, and very soon afterwards, he moved to a local farm, Crowbut. Mary would have been ~ 11 years old at this time. The family lived here until Joseph’s death in 1799, and his wife, Jean, was also said to have passed away at Crowbut in 1810.

Sometime around 1798, Mary married William Jeffrey. The details of this marriage are cloudy, because there is no official record of it in the Old Scottish Parish registers. But it was a legal marriage, because at the christening of her first son, Andrew, in 1800 in Foulden, he is said to be “the lawfull son of” William and Mary”. Mary and William’s second child, Isabella, was born 29 October 1801, and baptized on 13 December, also in Foulden.

Around May, 1804, William Jeffrey, smith Foulden, signed a rental agreement (tack) to live and work the property of Swinewood Mill, which was a corn farm and mill on the Eye Water, near Reston. The agreement was to possess the property for a period of 19 years. It is unknown how long William and Mary actually lived and worked on this property.

Mary was said to have at least 3 more children: Jean (1803-1887), Catharine (1806-1882), and Mary (1809-1883), but there are no birth or baptism records in the Old Scottish Parish registers for these births. The death records of these last three children all list ‘Scotland’ as their birthplace. On Mary Jeffrey Short’s tombstone, her birthplace is listed as Berwick, Scotland.

In 1820, Mary and her family followed her husband, William, to Canada. Mary’s name appears on the passenger list of the ship, Malsham, traveling from Quebec City to Montreal in August 1820, along with her son, Andrew, and two other children.

Her name next appears in the records of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Cobourg. On 4 May 1823, George Gillespie and Isabella Jeffrey baptized their first child, Mary Gillespie. The godmother of this child is listed as “Grandmother, Mrs. Jeffrey.” Mary Gillespie was Mary Lyall Jeffrey’s first grandchild. Mary Lyall Jeffrey ended up with 37 grandchildren from her 5 children.

Mary died on 26 May 1857, in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 83. The cause of death was listed as “old age.” She was buried the following day, 27 May 1857 in Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough (Sect G, north of Chapel, Range 5s, lot 40, 915 Haggart St - see Library\Misc Stuff\Item 4 page 11), in a plot owned by Adam Hall, her son-in-law who was married to Catharine Jeffrey. Her tombstone reads, “Sacred to the memory of Mary Lyall, wife of William Jeffrey. Age 83 years.”

BURIAL: From the register at Little Lake Cemetery:
"Mary Lyall, wife of William Jeffrey, age 83. Born in Scotland, died in Peterborough. Cause of death: old age. Date of death: 26 May 1857", by Rev. Mr. Reger.
John M. Reger was the Presbyterian minister in Peterborough at the time.

Mary married William JEFFREY about 1797. William (son of Andrew JEFFREY and Katharine STEIL) was born about 1775 in Berwickshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Swinton and Simprin, Berwick, Scotland.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Sutton, York County, Ontario.

Jean married James O'Brien BOURCHIER in 1821 in Georgina Twp, Upper Canada, British North America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Charles Henry HOWARD on 26 Nov 1826 in Georgina Twp., York, Upper Canada, British North America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Rose Anne OSBORNE on 10 Nov 1830 in Georgina Twp, York, Upper Canada, British North America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lucy M. SMITH about 1840 in Ontario, British North America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Harriett HODGES on 8 Jun 1847 in Ontario, Canada, British North America. [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]

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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]