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I think i will leave it there. thank you all for your help Jean

As there don't seem to be any documents online showing Daniel's mother's maiden name, I fear you'll never know who his mother was.

We all come to dead ends at some point and have to accept that we can't go further.

Ignore other trees unless they offer PROOF which you can verify.

You found out with your other request regarding Dorothy how easily one can pick up on wrong info and take it as fact

Shirley copied and pasted from the transcribed online records

Hi i had another look at what Shirley posted earlier and she has put 1796
this is getting more confusing
ArgyllGran is right i did go by those details on the 1841 census

Perhaps Jean is going by his age as stated in 1841:


Daniel Jeffs
in the 1841 England Census
Name: Daniel Jeffs
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Gender: Male
Where born: Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St John Hackney
Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
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Registration District: Hackney
Sub-registration District: West Hackney
Neighbors:
Piece: 700
Book: 5
Folio: 24
Page Number: 41
Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel Jeffs 45
Sarah Jeffs 40
Daniel Jeffs 15
Ann Jeffs 13
John Jeffs 11
Thomas Jeffs 9
George Jeffs 6
Betty Jeffs 4
Emelia Jeffs 2


JEFFS, AMELIA mmn HALL
GRO Reference: 1839 M Quarter in THE HACKNEY UNION Volume 03 Page 133

there is this bapt as well none for 1791

Daniel
Country England
Last name Jeffs
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Gender Male
Father's last name Jeffs
Birth year -
Mother's first name(s) -
Birth place -
Mother's last name -
Baptism year 1793
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Baptism date 07 Apr 1793
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Place Hackney
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
County London
Collections from England, Great Britain

Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

My feeling he was the Daniel born in 1791

His death gives his age as 69 in 1860

JEFFS, DANIEL Aged 69
GRO Reference: 1860 J Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 187

Also on the 1851 census it gives his year of birth as 1791

Name: Daniel Jeffs
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Jeffs
Gender: Male
Where born: Hackney, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Hackney
Ecclesiastical parish: West Hackney
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
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County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Disability:
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Registration District: Hackney
Sub-registration District: West Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 07
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 225
Piece: 1504
Folio: 209
Page Number: 47
Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel Jeffs 60
Sarah Jeffs 56
George Jeffs 17
Sarah Jeffs 14
William Jeffs 7

Shirley posted Daniel's baptism (based on the date given by Jean) , and those of two sisters, at the start of this thread - parents Thomas and Mary.

No middle name for either parent.

No parents' names on the marriage/banns record.

Hi my Daniel Jeffs was born on 24 January 1796 in Hackney, London and died in Apr 1860 in Hackney, London
he was married on 27 October 1816 in Finsbury, London to
Sarah Hall who was born on 4 September 1798 Kingsland, London and died on 18 September 1869 in Hackney, London
they had 12 children

thomas jeffs 1786

Name: Thomas Jeffs
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1786
Court Date: 11 Sep 1822
Court Place: London, England
Role: defendant
Offense: Category: Theft; Subcategory: grandLarceny
Crime Location: Stoke Newington
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment: Category: Transport
Collection: Proceedings of the Old Bailey
ID: t18220911-139-defend1326
Reference Number: t18220911-139

Name: Thomas Jeffs
Criminal Admission Age: 36
Record Type: Register
Birth Date: abt 1786
Birth Place: Hackney
Occupation: Carpenter
Criminal Charge: Burglarionsly
Sentence: trans
Criminal Admission Date: 27 Aug 1822
Jail: Newgate Prison
Source Description: Newgate Prison, London: Register of Prisoners

Name: Thomas Jeffs
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786
Date of Trial: Sep 1822
Trial Year: 1822
Location of Trial: Middlesex, England
Sentence: Transportation
Crime: See Image
Date of Execution or Release: See Image

There's an Ancestry tree showing Thomas Wimples Jeffs born 1786 Hackney, but aged 30 on an Australian census of 1828 as Thomas Jeffs, having arrived as a convict 4 years earlier. So something wrong there with age.

It says he died in OZ 1855 - no proof shown
there is an online death record for a Thomas Jeffs who was aged 60. It's from a burial record I think, no other details than name and age.
Again age out compared to birth if same man!

You might have to stop at Daniel .............

There are several baptisms in the London area for Thomas Jeffs' who could have been marrying late 1700's/early1800's

Jean, tell us what you know about your Daniel Jeffs. Who did he marry, what was his occupation, where and when did he die etc?

i have got Thomas Wimples Jeffs born in 1786 Hackney and dying in 1855 Gundaroo, New South Wales
i think it was his father Thomas who died in 1804 and was born in 1760
but i still don't know if Thomas Jr married which Mary or did he marry twice but that doesn't make sense as the first Mary ( Nicholson) was still alive unless they got divorce

mary ann seabrook / thomas jeffs ???
Name: Sophia Jeffs
Gender: Female
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 7 Jul 1811
Baptism Place: St Mary, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Middlesex, England
Father:
Thos Jeffs
Mother:
Mary-Ann Jeffs

Name: Daniel Jeffs
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 12 Dec 1823
Baptism Place: St Mary, Stoke Newington, Hackney, England
Father:
Thomas Jeffs
Mother:
Mary Ann Jeffs

Name: Mary Ann Jeffs
Death Age: 45
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1783
Death Date: abt 1828
Burial Date: 15 Mar 1828
Burial Place: St Mary, Stoke Newington, Hackney, England

Name: Mary Ann Seabrook
Gender: Female
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 20 Sep 1807
Marriage Place: St Luke, Finsbury, Islington, England
Spouse:
Thomas Jeffs
Register Type: Parish Register

Name: Thomas Jeffs
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 9 Apr 1786
Baptism Place: St John At Hackney, Hackney, Middlesex, England
Father:
Thomas Jeffs
Mother:
Mary Jeffs

Mary Ann
Country England
Last name Seabrook
Father's first name(s) Willm.
Gender Female
Father's last name Seabrook
Birth year -
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Birth place -
Mother's last name -
Baptism year 1783
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Baptism date 05 May 1783
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Place Stoke Newington
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
County London

some of the family trees have Daniel's siblings from1812 to 1819 no Mary or Ann, so is it Thomas Wimples Jeffs or just Thomas Jeffs

on my tree i have Thomas Jeffs born 1760 Hackney married to Mary Young with 3 children Ann born 1784, Thomas Wimple born 1786 and Mary born 1799
on other family trees they have Thomas/ Thomas Wimples married to Mary Ann Seabrook in 1807 with 5 children Sophia born 1810, Joseph born 1812, Daniel born 1814, Thomas Sayer born 1816 and Helen born 1819

thanks Jean

I would concur with Gwyn's opinion regarding the signatures - plus, why would the man 'drop' his second forename for one marriage, and use it for another?

This is the baptism of the one who married in 1792

Name Thomas Wimples Jeffs
Sex Male
Christening Date 23 Sep 1759
Christening Place Saint Mary Matfelon, Stepney, Middlesex, England
Christening Place (Original) St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England
Father's Name Thomas Jeffs
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Mary
Mother's Sex Female

Look at the areas of Hackney and St Marylebone - consider how far apart they are

Thomas Jeffs isn't really an unusual name - there were probably several, as I said before.

Sometimes it simply isn't possible to get all the info one hopes for - especially for the 18th century

What is confusing you about Daniel's siblings?