William
Pine
Jeffers
Born in Batavia, Clermont, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Jeffers
and Hannah (Pine) Jeffers
Brother of
John Carson Jeffers, Mary Ann (Jeffers) Hooper, Samuel Pine Jeffers, Isaac Eves Jeffers, Rachel Ann (Jeffers) Potter, James W Jeffers, Hannah Lucinda (Jeffers) Daniels, Francis Leaton Jeffers and Martha Elizabeth (Jeffers) Donley
Husband of
Martha (Potter) Jeffers
— married
29 May 1851 in Pike County, Illinois
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Potter Jeffers
Died
at age 69
in Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2014
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Biography
Taken From, "Biography of the Jeffers Family". Unknown Author. This resource was handed down through the family.
"William Pine Jeffers was born near Batavia, Clermont, Ohio (near Cincinnati, Ohio) in 1829. He was a small boy when his parents moved to Pike County, Illinois. After reaching years of maturity he was married in Illinois to Miss Martha Potter. The started their domestic life on a farm belonging to his maternal grandfather, William Pine. After living there for several years, around 1865, he purchased a farm from his brother Carson Jeffers, upon which he made his home for twenty years. It was around 1884, he sold the farm and purchased land near Aurora Nebraska where he and his wife spent their remaining years. William Pine and Martha Potter Jeffers had 14 children all natives of Pike County, Illinois."
From: "Descendants of William Jeffers Sr." by Doyle Spahr "William, son of Elijah Jeffers and Hannah Pine was born Dec 16, 1829. He came to Pike County in 1837 where he eventually married Martha Potter. Three of their children died in infancy there. They moved to Aurora, Hamilton County, NE. in 1884. All 14 of their children were born in Pike County, IL. William and Martha farmed his grandfather Pine's farm for several years then bought a farm from Williams' brother John Carson Jeffers. Stayed there for 20 years when he sold this farm in 1884 and moved his family to Aurora, NE."
Sources
- Source: S-481537315 Repository: #R-998256369 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=65563775&pid=427
- Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940, Author: Ancestry.com Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Publisher date: 2016 Publisher location: Lehi, UT, USA Ancestry.com http://www.Ancestry.com
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~12.50%
Rex Jeffers
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AV5699998 [compare], Ancestry member jnclarsen66
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~6.25%
Colleen Larsen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M174427 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M174427 [compare], Ancestry member jnclarsen
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~1.56%
Bill Barnhart :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Patricia Stracener :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A144704 [compare], Ancestry member PATWOODS601
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~0.78%
Kimberly Barnhart :
23andMe, GEDmatch M322592 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A005361 [compare], Ancestry member alexisnel
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