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William JEFFERSON
Abt 1769 - 1850 (~ 81 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William JEFFERSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1769 - Age at death given as 80
Baptised 23 Jan 1770 St. Mary and St. Sexburga’s Church, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England 
- From KFHS transcribed data
Gender Male Occupation Master Mariner Died Mar Q 1850 Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England - GRO ref: JEFFERSON, William q1 1850 Sheppey RD 5 337; GRO online index shows age at death as 80
Buried 26 Mar 1850 Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England - From PR entry (transcribed data on KFHS CD 16)
Shows William Jefferson, aged 80, abode Queenborough
Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - Almost certainly the William who with wife Sarah was having children baptised in Queenborough at the same time as his brother John was living in the parish.
Person ID I303250 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 8 Sep 2016
Father William JEFFERSON, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary, d. Yes, date unknown Married - William and John are shown as the sons of William and Mary Jefferson (KFHS transcribed data for their baptisms).
However, a William married a Sarah Saffree in Minster on Sheppey on 1 Apr 1759. They appear to have had a daughter Lydy in 1760 and a son William in 1765, possibly the William who died in 1766.
Could William who was married to Sarah have remarried to Mary? I don't think so.
In 1774 a widow Sarah had an illegitimate child, and there is no burial of a Sarah in Minster until 1779. Many burials are shown to be of infants, children etc. so it seems most likely that the 1766 burial was not of the son of William and Sarah, but of William senior, the infant's father.
Hence I think we have two different couples.
There is no marriage of William to a Mary in Minster.
Was there a Jefferson link between this family and the Portsea / Gosport area before son John settled there for a few years?
A William who could have been this one married in Portsea in 1763 (to Mary Hunt).
Family ID F301005 Family Group Page | Family Chart