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Name	James Jeffery [1, 2]
Birth	Bef 27 Jul 1828	Alwington, Devon, England [2, 3]
Christening	27 Jul 1828	St Andrew’s Church, Alwington, Devon, England [2, 4]
		Baptismal Record: James Jeffery (1828)
		Baptismal Record: James Jeffery (1828) The entry in the parish register; the other image of this record is the bishop’s transcript.
Gender	Male
Census	6 Jun 1841	Yeo Mill, Alwington, Devon, England [5]
	Age: 12
		1841 Census: Yeo Mill, Alwington, Devon
Person ID	I2231	Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake \| Westlake family
Last Modified	11 Nov 2026

Parents’ family

Father	Thomas Jeffery, b. Abt 1790 d. 31 Jan 1837, Ley Mills, Alwington, Devon, England (Age 47 years)
Mother	Jane Elliott, b. Bef 11 Sep 1791, Hartland, Devon, England d. Bef 12 Feb 1873, Bideford, Devon, England (Age < 81 years)
Marriage Banns	28 Apr 1811	St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, Devon, England [6]
Marriage Banns		Marriage Banns: Thos Jeffery and Jane Ellott (1811)
Marriage Banns	5 May 1811	St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, Devon, England [7]
Marriage Banns		Marriage Banns: Thos Jeffery and Jane Ellott (1811)
Marriage Banns	12 May 1811	St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, Devon, England [8]
Marriage Banns		Marriage Banns: Thos Jeffery and Jane Ellott (1811)
Marriage	14 May 1811	St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, Devon, England [9]
	Both were of the parish; the register gives neither party’s condition. Witnesses: Richard Jeffery and Samuel Cloutman.
		Marriage Record: Thomas Jeffery and Jane Elliot (1811) The entry in the parish register; the other image of this record is the bishop’s transcript.
		Marriage Record: Thomas Jeffery and Jane Elliot (1811)
Family ID	F622	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

Christening - 27 Jul 1828 - St Andrew’s Church, Alwington, Devon, England

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Sources

[S4] Website: Familysearch, link (Reliability: 2).
James Jeffery; Birth 27 July 1828; Baptism 1828, Alwington, Devon, England; Residence Yeo Mills; parents Thomas (Miller) & Jane
[S2336] Baptismal Record: James Jeffery (1828), 27 Jul 1828, Alwington baptisms 1828, p. 24, no. 191 (South West Heritage Trust 266A/PR/1/4); bishop’s transcripts, p. 24-25, no. 191 (FamilySearch DGS 5750254, image 63) (Reliability: 3).
[S4] Website: Familysearch, link (Reliability: 2).
James Jeffery; Birth 27 July 1828; Baptism 1828, Alwington, Devon, England; Residence Yeo Mills; parents Thomas (Miller) & Jane
The index reads the abode as “Yeo Mills”, as the bishop’s transcript does.
[S4] Website: Familysearch, link (Reliability: 2).
James Jeffery; Birth 27 July 1828; Baptism 1828, Alwington, Devon, England; Residence Yeo Mills; parents Thomas (Miller) & Jane
The index files this date as the birth; it is a Sunday, and the same index does the same with William’s baptism at Hartland on 29 Aug 1813, so it is taken as the baptism date.
[S368] 1841 Census, 6 Jun 1841, HO 107/242/3, f. 7, p. 8 (Reliability: 3).
[S2597] Marriage Banns: Thos Jeffery and Jane Ellott (1811), 28 Apr 1811, Hartland banns 1811, p. 24 (South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10), South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10. (Reliability: 3).
[S2597] Marriage Banns: Thos Jeffery and Jane Ellott (1811), 5 May 1811, Hartland banns 1811, p. 24 (South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10), South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10. (Reliability: 3).
[S2597] Marriage Banns: Thos Jeffery and Jane Ellott (1811), 12 May 1811, Hartland banns 1811, p. 24 (South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10), South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10. (Reliability: 3).
[S2325] Marriage Record: Thomas Jeffery and Jane Elliot (1811), 14 May 1811, Hartland marriages 1811 (South West Heritage Trust 1201A/PR/1/10; Findmypast GBPRS/DEV/100121515, image 75); bishop’s transcripts, marriages 1811 (FamilySearch DGS 5882806, image 370) (Reliability: 3).
Identified with Thomas, miller, and Jane of Ley Mill: the only such marriage in the Devon indexes, Jane was born at Hartland, and Thomas was a miller at Hartland in 1813.