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1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 4-7,8:
Jeffry Matthew, M, Married, 51, born Nov[a Scotia], Baptist, Farmer;
Margrate, F, Married, 46, born England, Baptist;
Mary Ann, F, Single, 19, born UC;
Henry P., M, Single, 17, born UC;
Edgar A., M, Single, 15, born UC, Labour;
Josephine, F, Single, 12, born UC;
John F., M, Single, 11, born UC;
Margrate C., F, Single, 9, born UC;
James P., M, Single, 7, born UC;
Aliza D., F, Single, 3, born UC.

County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 35 Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 1998, Generation Press, Agincourt, ON:
Huchins Peter, 24, Colchester, Colchester, s/o William & Mary, married 20 Feb 1866 Josephine Jeffery, 18, Gosfield, Gosfield, d/o Mathew & Margaret.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 300-301:
George L. Evans, a well known farmer and stock raiser of Mersea township, was born March 15, 1836, in the parish of Croxton, Staffordshire, England, a son of James and Sarah (Develle) Evans...
     George L. Evans was three months old when his parents emigrated from England...
     On Oct. 29, 1861, in Gosfield, Mr. Evans married Mary Ann Jeffery, who was born in that township, Jan. 25, 1841, daughter of Matthew and Margaret (Thornton) Jeffery, highly respected citizens of Gosfield township, who were born in Nova Scotia and Manchester, England, respectively. Mr. Jeffery died on the Gosfield homestead, and his widow still resides there. Mrs. Evans is a most estimable lady, and has been of the greatest assistance to her husband. Four children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy, the survivor being Ruby Sarah, now the wife of S. G. Morse, a leading business man of Leamington...
     The Jeffery family is of Scottish extraction and was founded in America by John Jeffery, prior to the American Revolution. At the time the Colonies rebelled against the Mother Country he was determined in his loyalty, and about 1775 removed to Nova Scotia. Here he became a soldier in the army of Lord Cornwallis. After the close of the war he settled in Ontario, working at his trade of ship blacksmith and iron worker, later settling on a farm in the County of York, where he died.
     Mathew Jeffery, son of John, was born Oct. 10, 1810, while the family resided in Nova Scotia, and accompanied his parents to the County of York. Like his father he showed his loyalty by serving in the army during the rebellion of 1837-38. Later he removed to the County of Essex and settled in Gosfield township, where he acquired a farm of 500 acres. This was valuable land, heavily timbered, and his whole life was spent in clearing and cultivating the property. He was a stanch Reformer and always worked for the success of his party and was deeply interested in the advancement of education and reform. In religious connection he was a member of the Baptist Church. His death occurred in December, 1895.
     Mathew Jeffery married Margaret Thornton, a resident of Oakville, County of York, but a native of Manchester, England, born Aug. 6, 1813. She still survives, at the age of ninety-one years, making her home with her son, James P. She is one of the most venerable ladies in the vicinity, and, with remarkably clear mind, recalls the early days of this section. A consistent member of the Baptist Church for more than half a century, she has reared her children in the same faith. She is the mother of fourteen children, named as follows: Henry died young; Mary is deceased; George is a farmer and stock raiser of Mersea township; Edgar is deceased; Mary Ann, born Jan. 25, 1841, is the wife of George L. Evans, a farmer near Leamington; Henry Perry is a well known farmer of Blytheswood, Mersea township; Edgar is a resident of Mersea township; Josephine is the wife of Peter Hutchinson of Mersea township; John is a farmer of Mersea township; Katherine is the wife of Alexander Lang, of Detroit, Michigan; James P. is on the homestead; Damaris and two others died in infancy.

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John Matthew Jeffery 1787-1838   Eunice Travis Crowell 1789-1867    
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Mathew Jeffery 1810-1895   Margaret Thornton 1813-
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Josephine Jeffery ca 1849-