'Jeffreys1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Jeffreys of Acton, Jeffreys of Ryeton, Jeffreys of Wem (Wemm)

                               
Descended from Iorwerth Vychan ap Iorwerth Vychan of Llwynon was ...
Hugh ap Robert of Acton
m. Jonet (dau of Madoc Lloyd ap Llewleyn of the line of Tudor Trevor)
1. Jeffrey ap Hugh of Acton
  m. Catherine (dau of Richard ap Howell of Burton)
A. John Jeffreys of Acton (d 10/19.05.1622, judge)
  m. Margaret Lloyd (dau of William Lloyd of Haighton)
  Nichols suggests that Margaret m2. Sir Thomas Ireland of Bewsay (whose dau m. John's son just below; probably not), m3. Sir Edward Trevor of Brincenalt (probably, @@ see here @@).
  i. John Jeffreys of Acton and Ryeton (b 1608, d 1691)
  m. Margaret Ireland (dau of Sir Thomas Ireland of Bewsay)
  a. John Jeffreys of Acton and Ryeton (b c1636, dvp 1670)
  m. Dorothy Williams (dau of Sir Griffith Williams, 1st Bart of Penrhyn)
  (1) Sir Griffith Jeffreys of Acton (d 03.1694) had issue
  m. (1683) Dorothy Pleydell (d 07.1729, dau of Robert Pleydell of Pentryn)
  (A) Elizabeth Jeffreys (b 08.06.1689, bur 08.02.1750-1, heir) probably of this generation
  m. (28.08.1706) John Robinson of Monachdy & Gwersyllt
(B) Frances Jeffreys probably of this generation
  m. Philip Egerton of Oulton (dsp)
  b. Sir Thomas Jeffreys of Alicante (a 07.1686, 3rd son)
  m. Laura Vaubin of Alicante
c. Sir George Jeffreys of Bulstrode, Lord Chancellor, 1st Lord Jeffreys of Wem or Wemm (b c1648, d 19.04.1689, "Judge Jeffreys", 6th son)
  m1. (22.05.1667) Sarah (not Mary) Neesham (d 08.02.1677, dau of Rev. Thomas Neesham)
  (1) John (James) Jeffreys, 2nd Lord of Wem (b 16.07.1673, d 09.05.1702)
  m. (17.07.1688) Charlotte Herbert (b c1675, d 13.11.1733, dau of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke)
  (A) Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys (b by 03.1708/9)
  m. (14.07.1720) Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret (b 23.03.1697, d 15/08.07.1753)
  (2) Margaret Jeffreys
  m. Sir Thomas Stringer of Durance (or William, son/heir of Sir Thomas)
  (3) Sarah Jeffreys
  m. George Harnage (Colonel, son of Edward of Belswardyne)
  (4)+ other issue - Thomas (d 07.03.1676), George (d infant), Robert (d infant)
  m2. (06.1679) Anne Bludworth (bpt 16.12.1657, bur 29.09.1703, dau of Sir Thomas Bludworth of Leatherhead, widow of Sir John Jones)
  (7) Mary Jeffreys
  m. Charles Dive (of Lincoln's Inn)
  (8)+ other issue (d infant) - Thomas, George, Christiana (d infant?), Anne, Elizabeth
d. James Jeffreys (b 1649, d 04.09.1689, prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral, rector of Carmarthen)
  m. (18.04.1686) Margaret Wray (d 09.1723, dau of Sir William Wray, 1st Bart of Ashby)
  (1) John Jeffreys of Lincoln's Inn (b 1690, d 20.07.1741)
  m. (1711) Elizabeth Darell (d 1741, dau of Edward Darell of Putney)
  (A) John Jeffreys (b 10.08.1718, d 20.11.1798, canon of St. Paul's, rector of Great Berkhampstead)
  m. (02.06.1761) Elizabeth Darell (d 16.03.1805, dau of Robert Darell of Richmond)
  (i) John Jeffreys (b 09.01.1771, d 06.06.1840, rector of Barnes, chaplain to George, Prince of Wales) had issue
  m. (21.01.1796) Charlotte Byron (d 19.05.1858, dau of Capt. Richard Byron)
  e. Margaret Jeffreys
  m. Robert Betton of Shrewsbury
  (1) Margaret Betton (bur 05.06.1716) probably of this generation
  m. Peter Ffoulkes (bur 11.08.1713)
  f.+ other issue - Edward, Charles, William
  ii. Margaret Jeffreys probably of this generation
  m. John Trevor of Brynkinalt

Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Jeffreys of Doddington Place'), BE1883 ('Jeffreys of Wem'), 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 2, part 1, 1795, 'Pedigree of Jeffreys', p114)
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