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The Rev. Francis Richard JEFFERSON
1838 - 1896 (57 years)
Has 21 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Francis Richard JEFFERSON Prefix The Rev. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 21 Dec 1838 Shrewsbury Reg Dist, Shropshire, England 
- Not named in his father's will so could have been postumous, but was named as son of John Jefferson in the will of his great aunt Caroline Gotham in 1848. Since his father died by 22 Jan 1841 can't have been born later than 1841.
GRO ref: JEFFERSON, Francis Richard q1 1839 Shrewsbury RD 18 168; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Bythell
Actual date from baptism register
Baptised 16 Jan 1839 St. Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 May 2017)
Gender Male Died 19 Oct 1896 No Mans Heath, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Jefferson, Francis Richard q4 1896 aged 56 Tamworth RD 6b 291
Actual date and place from probate calendar
Administration 26 Nov 1896 London, England - "Jefferson the reverend Francis Richard of No Mans heath Tamworth Staffordshire clerk died 19 October 1896 Administration London 26 November to Laura Yorke Jefferson spinster Effects £292 17s. 1d."
Siblings1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
William JEFFERSON, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Eleanor Elizabeth BYTHELL, b. Abt 1806, d. Mar Q 1890, Tamworth Reg Dist, Warwickshire Staffordshire or Derbyshire, England (Age ~ 84 years) (Mother) Person ID I300426 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 12 Feb 2014
Father John Yorke JEFFERSON, b. 18 May 1805, d. 15 Jan 1841, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Age 35 years) Mother Eleanor Elizabeth BYTHELL, b. Abt 1806, d. Mar Q 1890, Tamworth Reg Dist, Warwickshire Staffordshire or Derbyshire, England (Age ~ 84 years) Married 10 Sep 1836 St. Nicholas’ Church, Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 May 2017)
(found thanks to data transcribed by the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, also on FMP, FMPs transcription being typically inaccuate)
Shows John Yorke Jefferson, Bachelor married Eleanor Elizabeth Bythell, Spinster, both 'of this Parish', married by Licence, both signed, witnesses E Edye and Thomas Poole Bythell (both also signed)
(John's maternal grandmother was an Edye, and had moved to Montgomeryshire to live after bringing up a family in Devon; perhaps she was returning to her roots and E Edye was some sort of cousin of John's).
Family ID F300137 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Not named in his father's will so could have been postumous, but was named as son of John Jefferson in the will of his great aunt Caroline Gotham in 1848. Since his father died by 22 Jan 1841 can't have been born later than 1841.