1. JOHN² JEFFERIS (DAVID¹) was born in Wiltshire, England, and died in Wiltshire, England.

Child of JOHN JEFFERIS is:

2.     i. ROBERT³ JEFFERIS, b. Wiltshire, England; d. April 04, 1739, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

2. ROBERT³ JEFFERIS (JOHN², DAVID¹) was born in Wiltshire, England¹, and died April 04, 1739 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. He married (1) ANN. He married (2) JANE CHANDLER 1692 in Chester Co., Pa.², daughter of GEORGE CHANDLER and JANE.
Notes for ROBERT JEFFERIS:

Robert Jefferis, with his wife and three children came to New England with William Hillier in the vessel Elizabeth & Ann with Cooper as master. Came to Chester Co., Pa. in 1684. After his wife Jane (Chandler) Jefferis death, he married secondly to Ann ______. After his death, Ann married Richard Archer.

Notes for JANE CHANDLER:

Some sources have Jane Chandler marrying Richard Archer after Robert Jeffries death in 1745. This is not possible since Jane preceeded her husband in death in 1726. Robert Jeffries died 13 yrs later on 4 April 1739.

Child of ROBERT JEFFERIS and ANN is:

i. RICHARD⁴ JEFFERIS, d. Huntingdon Co., Pa.

    ii. PATIENCE⁴ JEFFERIS, b. April 23, 1693;

m. (1) HENRY BETTERTON;
m. (2)      MACKEY.

m. (1) JOHN EVANS;
m. (2) JOHN COPE, 1721.

            m. ELIZABETH TULL CARTER, March 03, 1727/28.

      v. GEORGE JEFFERIS, b. June 01, 1704; m. LYDIA.

     vi. JANE JEFFERIS, b. October 02, 1706; m. JOSEPH SKEEN.

    vii. ANNE JEFFERIS, b. January 16, 1707/08; m. ALEXANDER DUNCAN.

    viii. MARY JEFFERIS, b. June 08, 1711; m. THOMAS TEMPLE.

     ix. BENJAMIN JEFFERIS, b. June 29, 1713; m. ELIZABETH CARTER.

3.  x. JOHN JEFFERIS, b. June 27, 1719.

    xi. THOMAS JEFFERIS, b. May 30, 1716; m. CATHERINE.

    xii. ROBERT JEFFERIS, b. March 29, 1702;
        m. (1) ELEANOR; m. (2) ELIZABETH HARPER.

4. xiii. WILLIAM JEFFERIS, b. August 17, 1697; d. November 23, 1777.

3. JOHN⁴ JEFFERIS (ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born June 27, 1719.

Child of JOHN JEFFERIS is:

    i. ROBERT⁵ JEFFERIS.

4. WILLIAM⁴ JEFFERIS (ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born August 17, 1697, and died November 23, 1777. He married ELIZABETH RING 1724, daughter of NATHANIEL RING and ELIZABETH.

Children of WILLIAM JEFFERIS and ELIZABETH RING are:

    i. HANNAH⁵ JEFFERIS, m. JOHN HUNT.

    ii. MARY JEFFERIS, b. May 29, 1727; m. WILLIAM MARSH.

5. iii. WILLIAM JEFFERIS, b. March 12, 1728/29, East Bradford Twp.;
        d. 1782, Chester Co., Pa..

    iv. MARTHA JEFFERIS, b. January 08, 1730/31; m. WILLIAM BENNETT.

    v. NATHANIEL JEFFERIS, b. November 08, 1733; d. September 30, 1823.

6. vi. SAMUEL JEFFERIS, b. October 06, 1736; d. February 28, 1823.

    vii. NATHAN JEFFERIS, b. May 06, 1741; d. 1777.

5. WILLIAM⁵ JEFFERIS (WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born March 12, 1728/29 in East Bradford Twp., and died 1782 in Chester Co., Pa.. He married HANNAH DARLINGTON April 30, 1752 in East Bradford³, daughter of ABRAHAM DARLINGTON and ELIZABETH HILLBORN.

Children of WILLIAM JEFFERIS and HANNAH DARLINGTON are:

    i. NATHANIEL⁶ JEFFERIS, m. PRUDENCE.

7. ii. WILLIAM JEFFERIS, b. September 05, 1761; d. May 21, 1848, Fayette Co., Pa..

6.     SAMUEL⁵ JEFFERIS (WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born October 06, 1736, and died February 28, 1823. He married MARGARET TOWNSEND November 24, 1759, daughter of JOHN TOWNSEND and JOANNA.

Children of SAMUEL JEFFERIS and MARGARET TOWNSEND are:

    i. WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS.

    ii. JOHN JEFFERIS, m. (1) JANE P. BISHOP;
        m. (2) HANNAH CARPENTER, March 29, 1787.

7.     WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS (WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born September 05, 1761, and died May 21, 1848 in Fayette Co., Pa.. He married (1) MARTHA MENDENHALL. He married (2) ANN WOODWARD 1784, daughter of RICHARD WOODWARD and HANNAH TAYLOR.

Notes for WILLIAM JEFFERIS:

    William Jefferis was disowned by the Quakers who did not believe in wars and violence, on February 6, 1782 for "mustering with the militia". In "Revolutionary Soldiers from Pennsylvania" William Jefferis is listed as a member of the Third Battalion of the Chester County, Pa. militia, commanded by Lieut. Col. John Hannum (1781) and of Capt. Peter Strode's 5th Company from East Bradford, Pa.

In a codicil to his will dated July 16, 1847, William Jefferis disinherited his son Mifflin. Whether it was the fact that Mifflin was the son of his first wife or he had fallen in disfavor with his father is not known. Generally the will favored the children of his second wife.

Child of WILLIAM JEFFERIS and MARTHA MENDENHALL is:

    i. ESTHER⁷ JEFFRIES.

Children of WILLIAM JEFFERIS and ANN WOODWARD are:

    ii. WILLIAM⁷ JEFFRIES.

    iii. ELIZABETH JEFFRIES.

    iv. ANN JEFFRIES.

    v. HANNAH JEFFRIES.

    vi. JOSEPH JEFFRIES.

    vii. TAYLOR JEFFRIES.

8. viii. REBECCA JEFFRIES, b. Abt. 1790, Pennsylvania; bur.. Louisa Co., Iowa. m. Isaac Hague

9. ix. MIFFLIN JEFFRIES, b. December 26, 1796, Union Twp. Fayette Co., Pa.; d. January 03, 1872, Columbus City, Iowa. Buried Spring Run Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa

8. REBECCA⁷ JEFFRIES (WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born Abt. 1790 in Pennsylvania, and died in Iowa. She married ISAAC HAGUE.

Notes for ISAAC HAGUE:

The Hague family were in Iowa before the Iowa census was taken for 1840 as Isaac Hague is found in the Iowa census for that year and was still in Pennsylvania in 1820.

Children of REBECCA JEFFRIES and ISAAC HAGUE are:

    i. ALBERT⁸ HAGUE.

    ii. BILLY HAGUE.

9. MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES (WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born December 26, 1796 in Union Twp. Fayette Co., Pa., and died January 03, 1872 in Columbus City, Iowa. He married JANE MULLEN December 31, 1818 in Fayette Co., Pa.

Notes for MIFFLIN JEFFRIES:

    Interview notes from elderly relative: Mifflin Jefferies was nearsighted. He was a Quaker who insisted on the use of "Thee" and "thou". He ran a distillery in Pennsylvania and brought the copper kettles from the distillery when they moved to Iowa in 1854. He had a vineyard near the cemetery in Columbus City and sent his grape juice to the winery after the grapes were pressed.

    The Marriage certificate for Mifflin has his name spelled "Jefferis". However, his tombstone in the Spring Run Cemetery has the name spelled "Jefferies"

Children of MIFFLIN JEFFRIES and JANE MULLEN are:

10.   i. HANNAH⁸ JEFFERIES.

        ii. WILLIAM JEFFERIES.

11.   iii. NANCY ANN JEFFRIES, b. September 28, 1819, Fayette Co. Pa.;
        d. September 24, 1864, Louisa Co., Iowa.

12.  iv. ELIZABETH JEFFRIES, b. March 03, 1821, Fayette Co., Pa.; d. September 12, 1874.

13.  v. JANE JEFFRIES, b. July 27, 1824, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.; d. Aft. 1900, Kansas.

14.  vi. RACHEL JEFFRIES, b. Abt. 1829, PA; d. Abt. 1862.

15. vii. ESTHER MATILDA JEFFRIES, b. 1832; d. 1871, Columbus City, Iowa.

16. viii. LYDIA JEFFERIES, b. February 24, 1835, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.; d. February 18, 1918.

17. ix. TAYLOR JEFFERIES, b. May 10, 1836, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa; d. September 29, 1862, Columbus City, Iowa.

10. HANNAH⁸ JEFFERIES (MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹). She married (1) JOHN M. WILSON, son of FRANK WILSON and HANNAH JEFFERIES. She married (2) FRANK D. WILSON September 12, 1850.

Child of HANNAH JEFFERIES and JOHN WILSON is:

       i. MARY J.⁹ WILSON.

Children of HANNAH JEFFERIES and FRANK WILSON are:

18.   ii. JOHN M.⁹ WILSON, Stepchild.

       iii. CHARLES A. WILSON, Stepchild.

       iv. ELIZABETH WILSON, Stepchild.

       v. RACHEL WILSON, Stepchild.

      vi. VIOLA WILSON, Stepchild.

      vii. LYDIA WILSON, Stepchild.

     viii. SARAH WILSON, Stepchild.

      ix. HESTER B. WILSON, Stepchild.

       x. SHEPHERD DUKE WILSON, Stepchild.

       xi. MARY J. WILSON.

11. NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES (MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born September 28, 1819 in Fayette Co. Pa., and died September 24, 1864 in Louisa Co., Iowa. She married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JENNINGS December 24, 1840 in Fayette Co., Pa., son of DAVID JENNINGS and LUCRETIA NASH.

Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JENNINGS:

    For the consideration of One Hundred Sixty Dollars, we James S. Hensley and Martha G. Hensley, husband & wife hereby Quit Claim our right & interest unto Benjamin Jennings of the County of Louisa County in the State of Iowa to wit: The South Half of the South East quarter of the South East Quarter of Section 24 (twenty-four) Township Seventy Four (74) of Range (5) Five West

    Signed Sixteenth day of January 1863, James S. Hensley and Martha G. Hensley. J.M. Edwards Notary Public Filed for Rcord April 10, 1863 at 11 o'clock
 

Children of NANCY JEFFRIES and BENJAMIN JENNINGS are:

    i. ELIJAH⁹ JENNINGS, b. November 23, 1841, Elm Grove, Twp. Louisa Co., Iowa; d. August 31, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.

19. ii. MIFFLIN JENNINGS, b. July 27, 1843; d. 1922, Kansas.

20. iii. WILLIAM HENRY JENNINGS, b. February 14, 1845; d. 1913, Lincoln, NB.

21. iv. TAYLOR JENNINGS, b. October 04, 1846, Guernsey County, Ohio; d. May 06, 1938, Van Meter, IA.

      v. JEFFRIES JENNINGS, b. November 19, 1848; d. July 20, 1862, Louisa Co., IA.

22. vi. ENOCH JENNINGS, b. May 21, 1851, Guernsey County, Ohio; d. February 22, 1927, Van Meter, Iowa.

     vii. DOCTOR FRANKLIN JENNINGS, b. December 02, 1853; d. 1894, Kansas.

23.viii. ELLEN JENNINGS, b. March 01, 1856; d. 1926, Oregon.

24. ix. ALVIN WHARTON JENNINGS, b. March 13, 1858, Louisa Co., Iowa; d. September 26, 1925, Louisa Co. Ia.

       x. OLIVER JENNINGS, b. March 12, 1860; d. 1861, Louisa Co., IA.

      xi. EMMA JANE JENNINGS, b. August 26, 1862, Iowa; d. 1864, Iowa.

12. ELIZABETH⁸ JEFFRIES (MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born March 03, 1821 in Fayette Co., Pa., and died September 12, 1874. She married (1) WILLIAM MALLABY, son of CHARLES MALLABY and ELIZABETH SHIBLER.

Children of ELIZABETH JEFFRIES and WILLIAM MALLABY are:

25. i. MARTHA JANE⁹ MALLABY, b. September 26, 1842.

    ii. ELIZABETH ANN MALLABY, b. March 28, 1844; d. July 29, 1862, Columbus City, Iowa.

    iii. GEORGE J. MALLABY, b. December 07, 1846, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa;
        d. March 14, 1852, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.

    iv. LYDIA FRANCIS MALLABY, b. December 23, 1848; d. January 28, 1853.

26. v. LEWIS M. MALLABY, b. January 15, 1850, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.

27. vi. SABINA MALLABY, b. April 07, 1852.

Children of ELIZABETH JEFFRIES are:

    vii. LEWIS MIFFLIN⁹ MALLABY.

    viii. SABINA MALLABY, m. ??? MCCORMICK.

13. JANE⁸ JEFFRIES (MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born July 27, 1824 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., and died Aft. 1900 in Kansas. She married (1) ELIJAH JENNINGS September 03, 1846 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa, son of DAVID JENNINGS and LUCRETIA NASH. She married (2) SHEPHERD EDWIN WILSON August 10, 1856 in Louisa Co., Iowa.

Notes for JANE JEFFRIES:

    This Deed witneseth that Joseph Mickey and Mary A. Mickey his wife of the County of Louisa in the State of Iowa for the consideration of three hundred dollars we hereby convey unto Jane Wilson, wife of S.E. Wilson of the County of Louisa in the State of Iowa the following Real Estate situated in the county of Louisa State of Iowa to wit: The South half of the South East quarter of the South East quarter of Section Number (section number omitted) Seventy Four Township Range Number five (5) West containing 20 acres more or less. And we warrant the Title Against all Persons whomsoever in testimony whereof, we have subscribed our names this the first day of Janaury A.D. 1859 Signed Joseph Mickey and Mary A. Mickey
Wesley Garner, Notary Public of Columbus City, Iowa

Notes for SHEPHERD EDWIN WILSON:

    Elected to the Kansas Legislature inthe fall of 1875 as a Republican, but later joined the People's Party; was a delegate to the Cincinnati Convention 1891 and to the St. Louis Convention February 1892 and was an active worker in the party that demands equal rights to all mankind on Abraham Lincoln's Principles. The family church affiliation was Baptist.

Children of JANE JEFFRIES and ELIJAH JENNINGS are:

    28. i. LUCRETIA JANE⁹ JENNINGS, b. February 27, 1847.

         ii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JENNINGS, b. September 26, 1848;
            d. July 22, 1892, Elk Creek, Nebraska; m. ESTELLA ANDREWS.

Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JENNINGS:

        Left some children. No record. Widow remarried.

    29. iii. RACHEL JENNINGS, b. April 04, 1850, Fayette Co., Pa.; d. Baker City, Oregon.

Children of JANE JEFFRIES and SHEPHERD WILSON are:

          iv. ALBERT⁹ WILSON.

           v. THEODORE WILSON.

          vi. ORIE WILSON.

         vii. ELMA WILSON.

30.    viii. IRWIN EDWIN WILSON, b. September 01, 1862, Columbus City, Iowa.

14. RACHEL⁸ JEFFRIES (MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born Abt. 1829 in PA, and died Abt. 1862. She married HENRY JENNINGS, son of DAVID JENNINGS and LUCRETIA NASH.

Notes for RACHEL JEFFRIES: Age 33 years when she died.

Children of RACHEL JEFFRIES and HENRY JENNINGS are:

      i. MILTON S⁹ JENNINGS.

31. ii. EMMA JENNINGS, b. January 26, 1859; d. October 20, 1900.

     iii. LYDIA JENNINGS.

32. iv. JOHN WILLIAM JENNINGS, b. August 30, 1855; d. December 20, 1925, Henry Co., Iowa.

      v. MATILDA JENNINGS, b. 1858.

     vi. ROBERT ALLEN JENNINGS, b. Abt. 1861; d. September 29, 1862.

15. ESTHER MATILDA⁸ JEFFRIES (MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born 1832, and died 1871 in Columbus City, Iowa. She married WILLIAM JASPAR. DENHAM April 24, 1856 in Pennsylvania, son of HEZEKIAH DENHAM and WINNIE LITTELL.

Children of ESTHER JEFFRIES and WILLIAM DENHAM are:

33. i. HUGH EMMETT⁹ DENHAM, b. 1857, Louisa Co., Ia; d. 1941, Baker City, Ore..

    ii. TAYLOR DENHAM, b. 1859.

    iii. FRANCIS ELER DENHAM, b. 1861.

    iv. WINNIE J. DENHAM, b. 1863.

34. v. ELLA MAY DENHAM, b. 1865; d. 1901.

    vi. MARY ELSIE DENHAM, b. 1868.

16. LYDIA⁸ JEFFERIES (MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born February 24, 1835 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., and died February 18, 1918. She married HENRY PENDLETON MAY December 13, 1855, son of STEPHEN MAY and MALINDA HARPER.

Notes for LYDIA JEFFERIES:

    Lydia Jeffries drove one of the wagons in the caravan of Jeffries and Jennings relatives who arrived in Iowa in 1854.

Children of LYDIA JEFFERIES and HENRY MAY are:

    i. NEALY⁹ MAY, b. September 11, 1857; d. October 27, 1873.

    ii. HERMIE S. MAY, b. May 18, 1859; d. 1938; m. (1) CATHERINE EDWARDS; m. (2) CLARA PLATTER.

5. iii. EVA MAY, b. January 30, 1861.

36. iv. CLARA F. MAY, b. October 09, 1865.

       v. FLORENCE E. MAY, b. October 31, 1867, Columbus City, Iowa;
          d. September 23, 1893, Columbus City, Iowa.

       vi. ERNEST MAY, b. May 18, 1870; d. August 27, 1887, Louisa Co, Ia.(Typhoid).

      vii. JOHN C. MAY, b. October 29, 1872; d. 1935.

37.viii. HENRY LESTER MAY, b. February 23, 1878; d. August 1938.

17. TAYLOR⁸ JEFFERIES (MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born May 10, 1836 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa, and died September 29, 1862 in Columbus City, Iowa. He married MARGARET CARSON.

Notes for TAYLOR JEFFERIES:

    Died of a sickness resulting from his service in the Union Army, Civil War. Prior to his enlistment, Taylor was a member of a crack rifle battalion from Southeastern Iowa. The group put on demonstrations in various places around Iowa.

Child of TAYLOR JEFFERIES and MARGARET CARSON is:

    i. LYDIA⁹ JEFFERIES.

18. JOHN M.⁹ WILSON (HANNAH⁸ JEFFERIES, MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹). He married HANNAH JEFFERIES, daughter of MIFFLIN JEFFRIES and JANE MULLEN.

Child of JOHN WILSON and HANNAH JEFFERIES is:

    i. MARY J.¹⁰ WILSON.

19. MIFFLIN⁹ JENNINGS (NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born July 27, 1843, and died 1922 in Kansas. He married MARY ELIZABETH STILLWELL July 04, 1867 in Wapello, Louisa Co., Iowa.

Children of MIFFLIN JENNINGS and MARY STILLWELL are:

    i. LOUELLA RUTH¹⁰ JENNINGS, b. April 12, 1868.

    ii. ANNA EDITH JENNINGS, b. November 14, 1869.

    iii. ARTHUR B. JENNINGS, b. May 16, 1873.

    iv. DRUSILLA MAY JENNINGS, b. October 22, 1874.

    v. CHARLES A. JENNINGS, b. August 10, 1876.

    vi. MARY VIOLA JENNINGS, b. July 20, 1880.

    vii. WALTER MIFFLIN JENNINGS, b. March 07, 1883.

20. WILLIAM HENRY⁹ JENNINGS (NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born February 14, 1845, and died 1913 in Lincoln, NB. He married RUTH ANN CLAYTON October 04, 1870 in Dallas Co., Ia..

Children of WILLIAM JENNINGS and RUTH CLAYTON are:

    i. MARY ELLEN¹⁰ JENNINGS, b. July 09, 1871.

    ii. GIRL JENNINGS, b. October 30, 1872.

    iii. JOHN SIMEON JENNINGS, b. October 30, 1872.

    iv. ANNA VIVIAN JENNINGS, b. January 30, 1874.

    v. ROSA BELLE JENNINGS, b. July 17, 1875.

    vi. WILLIAM HENRY JENNINGS, b. February 21, 1876.

    vii. EDITH LILLIAN JENNINGS, b. November 05, 1878.

    viii. LULA RUTH JENNINGS, b. November 04, 1880.

    ix. HERMON BENJAMIN JENNINGS, b. December 25, 1882.

    x. AMY MAY JENNINGS, b. February 25, 1885.

    xi. MELVIN M. JENNINGS, b. November 05, 1886.

    xii. BEULA LUELLA JENNINGS, b. August 26, 1889.
 

21. TAYLOR⁹ JENNINGS (NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born October 04, 1846 in Guernsey County, Ohio, and died May 06, 1938 in Van Meter, IA. He married ELIZABETH HUNT October 24, 1869 in Polk Co., Iowa.

Notes for ELIZABETH HUNT:

    Postmistress at Montrose, Iowa during the Civil War. Along with her regular duties, she read daily dispatches to the interested neighbors who gathered at the post office. She taught school for one term at Campbell, Iowa before her marriage to Taylor. She and Taylor moved to a farm southwest of Van Meter, later known in 1938 as the A.C. Smith farm.

Children of TAYLOR JENNINGS and ELIZABETH HUNT are:

    i. CHARLES BENJAMIN¹⁰ JENNINGS, b. October 19, 1870.

    ii. RUTH OLIVE JENNINGS, b. May 29, 1873.

    iii. JOSEPH FRANKLIN JENNINGS, b. February 11, 1875.

    iv. ALICE MAUD JENNINGS, b. October 14, 1876.

    v. ELLEN EMMA JENNINGS, b. April 04, 1879, Dallas Co., Iowa; d. May 1974, Van Meter Cemetery, Van Meter, Iowa; m. HOWARD T. SMITH, April 24, 1904.

    vi. DAISY ESTELLA JENNINGS, b. September 22, 1881; d. September 18, 1972, Woodward, Iowa; m. FRANK BALDWIN, June 28, 1905.

Notes for DAISY ESTELLA JENNINGS: Buried in Van Meter Cemetery at Van Meter, Iowa
Notes for FRANK BALDWIN: Jeweler

    vii. ALCY LEONA JENNINGS, b. September 06, 1884;
         m. JOE BRITTAIN, July 04, 1909, Dallas Co., Iowa.

    viii. RALPH JENNINGS, b. December 06, 1886; d. June 07, 1961, Dallas Co., Iowa;
          m. LOIS FLETCHER, August 04, 1909, Stuart, Iowa.

22. ENOCH⁹ JENNINGS (NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born May 21, 1851 in Guernsey County, Ohio, and died February 22, 1927 in Van Meter, Iowa. He married MARY ALICE GOLDEN 1874, daughter of ABRAM GOLDEN and RACHEL BALDWIN.

Children of ENOCH JENNINGS and MARY GOLDEN are:

    i. CLARA AMY¹⁰ JENNINGS, b. January 20, 1878;
        d. March 13, 1964, Los Angeles, California;
        m. JAMES W. ROSEMAN, April 20, 1904, Madison Co., Iowa.

Notes for JAMES W. ROSEMAN: Buried in Forest Lawn, Glendale, California

    ii. ROY WOOTEN JENNINGS, b. February 15, 1880;
        d. April 05, 1957, Des Moines, Iowa;
        m. ALMA HARRIET KIMMEY, September 29, 1910, Des Moines, Iowa.

    iii. LULA JENNINGS, b. April 05, 1882.

    iv. ALICE MAE JENNINGS, b. May 02, 1888.

    v. MERIAL JENNINGS, b. November 27, 1890.

    vi. GOLDEN JENNINGS, b. February 02, 1892.

23. ELLEN⁹ JENNINGS (NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born March 01, 1856, and died 1926 in Oregon. She married ABNER HARRISON TRINDLE December 25, 1877 in Van Meter, Iowa.

Children of ELLEN JENNINGS and ABNER TRINDLE are:

    i. WILLIAM HERSCHEL¹⁰ TRINDLE, b. May 01, 1879;
        d. June 14, 1956, Salem, Oregon;
        m. ALICE RHEINKING JONES, March 07, 1912, Salem, Oregon.

    ii. GENEVRA MAY TRINDLE, b. December 23, 1880.

    iii. LEONA BELLE TRINDLE, b. September 22, 1885;
        m. OSCAR NEWTON GOOKINS, June 30, 1910, Loveland, Colorado.

    iv. MARY ETHEL TRINDLE, b. November 20, 1887, Van Meter, Iowa;
        m. GEORGE HAMPTON RUCKER.

    v. MILDRED RUTH TRINDLE, b. January 31, 1892;
        m. ADOLPH KITTILSON, November 10, 1924.

    vi. MELVINA RAE TRINDLE, b. January 31, 1892.

    vii. MARLIN BURDETTE TRINDLE, b. July 02, 1900; d. October 19, 1900.

24. ALVIN WHARTON⁹ JENNINGS (NANCY ANN⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born March 13, 1858 in Louisa Co., Iowa⁴, and died September 26, 1925 in Louisa Co. Ia. He married MARY ISABELLE HESTER January 25, 1883 in Dallas Co., Iowa, daughter of STEPHEN HESTER and MARY PECKINPAUGH.

Notes for ALVIN WHARTON JENNINGS:

    Know All Men by These Presents that we M. Jennings and Elizabeth Jennings, his wife; W.H. Jennings and Ruth Jennings, his wife; T. Jennings and Elizabeth Jennings, his wife; Enoch Jennings and Alice Jennings, his wife; Ellen Trindle and Abner Trindle, her husband; Nancy Jennings, widow; and Ginevra Jennings Single, Heirs of B. Jennings, deceased for the consideration of Six Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Eight & 10/100 Dollars hereby convey to Alvin W. Jennings of the County of Louisa County and the State of Iowa The South East quarter (1/4) of Section 24, Twp. 74 Range 4 West containing 160 acres and the south part of lot no. six (6) of Section 20 Twp. 74 Range 4 containing Six and 50/100 acres. Signed different dates in different areas. Filed March 18,1896

Children of ALVIN JENNINGS and MARY HESTER are:

    i. INFANT BOY¹⁰ JENNINGS.

    ii. LOIS AZALIA JENNINGS, b. February 03, 1884;
        d. October 14, 1972, Morning Sun, Iowa;
        m. ORA CARL BUFFINGTON, July 09, 1902.

    iii. VERDIE EULA JENNINGS, b. January 10, 1886;
        d. July 26, 1974, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa;
        m. RICHARD MCCULLOUGH BUFFINGTON, January 13, 1904, Louisa Co., Iowa.

    v. BRUCE ABNER JENNINGS, b. March 13, 1888⁵;
        d. May 14, 1964, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa;
        m. SARAH JANE CHAMBERLIN, December 14, 1910, Louisa Co., Iowa.

    v. BOYD BENJAMIN JENNINGS, b. September 15, 1893;
        m. OLIVE LILLIAN HUMPHREY, December 24, 1919.

    vi. DONALD DEAN JENNINGS, b. November 30, 1898;
        d. June 25, 1975; m. GRACE JANE SMITH, December 25, 1919, Louisa Co, Iowa.

    vii. JEFFERSON MCKINLEY JENNINGS, b. November 12, 1905;
         d. 1995, Henry Co., Iowa;
        m. MAITE LOUISE CUTKOMP, January 28, 1928.

25. MARTHA JANE⁹ MALLABY (ELIZABETH⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born September 26, 1842. She married LINVILLE SMITH MAY.

Child of MARTHA MALLABY and LINVILLE MAY is:

    i. LINNIE BELL¹⁰ MAY, b. Columbus City, Iowa;
        m. RUFUS PASCHALL, June 05, 1878, Ellsworth, Kansas.

26. LEWIS M.⁹ MALLABY (ELIZABETH⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born January 15, 1850 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa. He married (1) JULIA A. DARROW December 24, 1874, daughter of JOSEPH CLARK. He married (2) MARY A. GANG September 01, 1890, daughter of JOHN GANG.

Child of LEWIS MALLABY and JULIA DARROW is:

    i. KATIE¹⁰ MALLABY, b. November 24, 1875, Columbus City, Iowa; d. May 16, 1876, Columbus City, Iowa.

Child of LEWIS MALLABY and MARY GANG is:

    ii. MAY¹⁰ MALLABY, b. November 03, 1893, Little Rock, Arkansas.

27. SABINA⁹ MALLABY (ELIZABETH⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born April 07, 1852. She married THOMAS MCCORMICK August 12, 1874, son of JOHN MCCORMICK and ESTHER ALLEN.

Notes for THOMAS MCCORMICK:

He was a carpenter, a school director and a member of the city council, Columbus City, Iowa.

Children of SABINA MALLABY and THOMAS MCCORMICK are:

    i. CHARLES A.¹⁰ MCCORMICK, b. October 16, 1875; d. November 1968, Iowa.

    ii. WILLIAM M. MCCORMICK, b. August 09, 1877.

    iii. ESTHER A. MCCORMICK, b. March 21, 1880.

    iv. MAY A. MCCORMICK, b. February 08, 1885.

28. LUCRETIA JANE⁹ JENNINGS (JANE⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born February 27, 1847. She married JOHN WESLEY MCCOY May 17, 1866 in Wapello, Iowa.

Children of LUCRETIA JENNINGS and JOHN MCCOY are:

    i. IDA MAY¹⁰ MCCOY, b. May 08, 1867; m. THOMAS MCMILLAN.

    ii. INFANT DAUGHTER MCCOY, b. April 01, 1870; d. April 01, 1870.

    iii. MARY EMMA MCCOY, b. March 22, 1873;
        m. JAMES E. GRAHAM, September 05, 1895, Webber, Kansas.

29. RACHEL⁹ JENNINGS (JANE⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born April 04, 1850 in Fayette Co., Pa., and died in Baker City, Oregon. She married (1) PERKINS. She married (2) LEWIS CRABILL August 14, 1872.

Children of RACHEL JENNINGS and LEWIS CRABILL are:

    i. ALVA¹⁰ CRABILL, b. July 16, 1873.

    ii. FRED T. CRABILL, b. November 19, 1874.

    iii. LINNIE L. CRABILL, b. August 24, 1876.

    iv. EARL E. CRABILL, b. April 13, 1878.

    v. ERNEST E. CRABILL, b. September 03, 1879; d. March 05, 1883, Baker City, Oregon.

    vi. BERTHA J. CRABILL, b. September 03, 1881.

30. IRWIN EDWIN⁹ WILSON (JANE⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born September 01, 1862 in Columbus City, Iowa. He married ELLA MAY DENHAM 1886, daughter of WILLIAM DENHAM and ESTHER JEFFRIES.

Children of IRWIN WILSON and ELLA DENHAM are:

    i. JENNIE E.¹⁰ WILSON, b. October 1887.

    ii. HAZEL L. WILSON, b. March 1889.

    iii. HUGH E. WILSON, b. December 1890.

    iv. ORA M. WILSON, b. May 1892.

    v. LEILA E. WILSON, b. February 1894.

31. EMMA⁹ JENNINGS (RACHEL⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIWILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born January 26, 1859, and died October 20, 1900. She married CHARLES W. MARSHALL, son of JOSHUA MARSHALL and EUPHEMIA MARLOWE.

Children of EMMA JENNINGS and CHARLES MARSHALL are:

    i. OSCAR¹⁰ MARSHALL.

    ii. GUY MARSHALL.

    iii. CHESTER MARSHALL.

    iv. ZOE MARSHALL.

    v. NELLIE MARSHALL.

    vi. HENRY JOSHUA MARSHALL, b. January 18, 1884; d. August 26, 1938, Bur. Winfield Scott Cemetery, Winfield, Iowa; m. ETHEL DE GARMOE, September 17, 1915, New Richland, Minn.

32. JOHN WILLIAM⁹ JENNINGS (RACHEL⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born August 30, 1855, and died December 20, 1925 in Henry Co., Iowa. He married SUSAN VIOLA BEMIS September 20, 1877.

Children of JOHN JENNINGS and SUSAN BEMIS are:

    i. HENRY W.¹⁰ JENNINGS.

    ii. LAURA JENNINGS, b. 1878; d. February 08, 1902; m. CLARE WOODWORTH.

    iii. ETTA MAE JENNINGS, b. August 24, 1880, Agricola, Kansas;
        d. October 30, 1938, Leola, S. Dakota;
            m. IRA K. CRIST, March 27, 1900, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa.

    iv. HOWARD JENNINGS, b. March 01, 1883.

    v. FRANK JENNINGS, b. January 09, 1887.

    vi. LEE S. JENNINGS, b. 1889.

    vii. ORPHA PEARL JENNINGS, b. July 02, 1891; d. March 12, 1915, Louisa Co., Iowa.

33. HUGH EMMETT⁹ DENHAM (ESTHER MATILDA⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born 1857 in Louisa Co., Ia, and died 1941 in Baker City, Ore.. He married MARGARET GOODING 1884.

Child of HUGH DENHAM and MARGARET GOODING is:

    i.     EARLE O.¹⁰ DENHAM, b. 1897, Baker Co., Oregon;
           d. November 1975, Oregon;
           m. MARY LOUISE HERFURTH.

34. ELLA MAY⁹ DENHAM (ESTHER MATILDA⁸ JEFFRIES, MIFFLIN⁷, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born 1865, and died 1901. She married IRWIN EDWIN WILSON 1886, son of SHEPHERD WILSON and JANE JEFFRIES.

Children of ELLA DENHAM and IRWIN WILSON are:

    i. JENNIE E.¹⁰ WILSON, b. October 1887.

    ii. HAZEL L. WILSON, b. March 1889.

    iii. HUGH E. WILSON, b. December 1890.

    iv. ORA M. WILSON, b. May 1892.

    v. LEILA E. WILSON, b. February 1894.

35. EVA⁹ MAY (LYDIA⁸ JEFFERIES, MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born January 30, 1861. She married WYMAN L. AYERS July 24, 1878 in Columbus City, Iowa, son of WARREN AYERS and ELIZABETH WAUGH.

Notes for WYMAN L. AYERS:

Located in Columbus City, but removed to Columbus Junction July 23, 1881, where he was a jeweler.

Children of EVA MAY and WYMAN AYERS are:

    i. CHARLES WARREN¹⁰ AYERS, b. October 16, 1879; d. October 16, 1879.

    ii. GLEN WYMAN AYERS, b. February 22, 1890; d. 1974.

36. CLARA F.⁹ MAY (LYDIA⁸ JEFFERIES, MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born October 09, 1865. She married CHARLES WHITNEY March 15, 1883 in Columbus City, Iowa, son of WILLIAM WHITNEY and SARAH POLLY.

Children of CLARA MAY and CHARLES WHITNEY are:

    i. ESTELLA¹⁰ WHITNEY, b. November 16, 1887; d. August 22, 1888.

    ii. HENRY MAY WHITNEY, b. June 15, 1890; d. Clinton, Iowa;
        m. MARY GERTRUDE WENTWORTH, March 17, 1912.

    iii. LEILA GRACE WHITNEY, b. September 01, 1892;
        m. HAROLD WALLACE GUERNSEY, October 21, 1911.

    iv. WILLIAM JEFFERIES WHITNEY, b. July 19, 1894; d. April 18, 1918.

37. HENRY LESTER⁹ MAY (LYDIA⁸ JEFFERIES, MIFFLIN⁷ JEFFRIES, WILLIAM⁶ JEFFERIS, WILLIAM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², DAVID¹) was born February 23, 1878, and died August 1938. He married VERONICA KOOS November 22, 1898, daughter of ADAM KOOS and MARY ZIMMERMAN.

Children of HENRY MAY and VERONICA KOOS are:

    i. WARREN¹⁰ MAY, m. JEAN HANKINS.

    ii. CECILIA GENEVIEVE MAY, b. May 31, 1900; d. June 1956; m. RALPH G. BAILEY.

    iii. LYDIA GERTRUDE MAY, b. January 04, 1902; m. THOMAS A. WEST.

    iv. FRANCES LEONA MAY, b. August 14, 1906; m. GEORGE RAYNOR.

    v. ALETHA MAY, b. February 16, 1911; m. DEAN ROWLEY.

1. Robert Jefferis of Chester Co. Pa, Gilbert Cope

2. History of Chester County, Pennsylvania by Gilbert Cope, p. 613, Robert Jefferis first wife was Jane, Daughter of George and Jane Chandler, whom he married about 1692. After her death, he married Ann___, by whom he had one more child.

3. General History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by Gilbert Cope, p. 504, Hannah m. 4, 30, 1752 to William Jefferis of East Bradford.

4. Portrait and Biographical Album of Louisa County, Iowa

5. Donald Jennings Family Records