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Richard Jefferson 1640–1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1640

Birth Location: West, Nimba, Liberia

Death Date: abt 1720

Death Location: , Somerset, Maryland, USA

Father: Captain Jefferson.

Mother: Elizabeth Robertson

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Children(s):

Richard Jefferson was born in 1640 in West, Nimba, Liberia, the child of Captain Samuel Jefferson And Elizabeth Robertson. Richard Jefferson passed away in 1720 in , Somerset, Maryland, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Jefferson was born in 1640 in West, Nimba, Liberia, the child of Captain Samuel Jefferson And Elizabeth Robertson.
  • Richard Jefferson passed away in 1720 in , Somerset, Maryland, USA.

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Richard Jefferson's Ancestors

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Richard Jefferson
1640–1720
Birth Place: West, Nimba, Liberia
Parents
Captain Samuel Jefferson.
1607–1685
Pettistree, Suffolk, , England
Elizabeth Robertson
1610–1697
West Nimba, Nimba, Liberia
Grandparents
(Captain) (Samuel) Jeaffreson
1584–1649
Pettistree, Suffolk, , England
Jane
1589–1645
Burgh, Suffolk, England
Nicholas Carr
1588–
Ireland or England
Elizabeth ((Broome) Carr) 1
1589–
England (guess)
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Jeaffreson
1540–1590
Elizabeth Fiske
1530–1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Jefferson's Timeline

2 Records

1640
1640
Birth of Richard Jefferson in West, Nimba, Liberia
West, Nimba, Liberia
1720
abt 1720
Age 80
Death of Richard Jefferson in , Somerset, Maryland, USA
, Somerset, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: West, Nimba, Liberia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1720
    Event Place: , Somerset, Maryland, USA

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