Grewelthorpe

Jeff family

Details of the Jeff family living in the Grewelthorpe – Ripon – Masham area.


ALICE JEFF Born 31.3.1866 Azerley. Died 1942. Dau of Robert & Margaret. Married Henry Dundas [bricklayer]in 1888. They had an invalid dau. Beatrice. In 1939 in York.

Henry & Alice at their golden wedding in 1938.


ALFRED JEFF Born July 1909 Grewelthorpe. Died 1984 Leeds. Son of John William & Annie Collier. Married to Gladys Elizabeth Shaw In 1939 a cowman.
ANN JEFF Bap 1780 Masham. Dau of William & Elizabeth.
ANN JEFF Born 1799 Low Ellington. Dau of Robert & Elizabeth Bell.
ANN JEFF of Masham ,Married in 1800 at East Witton to Richard Metcalfe of Coverham.
BENJAMIN JEFF Bap 2.8.1777 Masham. Died 1838 Ripon. Son of Robert & Mary of Sutton. in 1798 he was a butcher. In 1808 he married Margaret Terry in Masham.
BENJAMIN JEFF Born C1842 Ellington. Son of Henry & Ann Bolam
CATHERINE ELLEN JEFF Born 1894 Pateley Bridge. Died 1975 Bradford. Dau of John & Isabella Addyman Wilkinson. Married Sydney Moorhouse in 1919.at Wetherby.
CHRISTOPHER JEFF Bap. & Died 1744 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of William.
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON JEFF Born C1813 Ellington. Died 1877. Son of Robert & Elizabeth. Married in 1856 to Mary Benson of Leyburn. Living Ripon in 1871. In 1862 he was fined 20s for not allowing a policeman to enter his beer house when requested.
In 1873 Mary Jeff [nee Benson] was assaulted by John Leckenby a neighbour. He hit her in the face because he said she had thrown dirty water in his kitchen. He was fined a total of 13s.
DOROTHY JEFF Married in 1728 in Ripon Cathedral to John Paller.
EDITH JEFF Born C1892 Birstwith. Dau of John & Isabel Wilkinson. Servant in Harrogate in 1921.
ELEANOR JEFF Born 1739 Bedale. Dau of Matthew & Ann Potter.
ELEANOR JEFF Born 1861 Ellington. Dau of Christopher J. & Mary Benson. In 1885 married William Ellerker in Ripon Cathedral.
ELIZA JEFF Born C1853 Kirby Wiske. Died 1873. Dau of Robert & Margaret Robson.
ELIZABETH JEFF Born 1682. Ripon. Dau of John. In 1747 married Michael Wilson in Ripon Cathedral.
ELIZABETH JEFF [nee ?] Born C 1770 Marlaby. Married to Robert. Lived Ellington. widow in 1851.
ELIZABETH JEFF Born C1843 Ellington. Dau of Henry & Ann Bolam
ELIZABETH JEFF Born C 1859 Ellington. Dau of Christopher & Mary Benson
ELIZABETH ANN JEFF Born 1879 Pateley Bridge. Died 1968 Thirsk. Dau of John & Isabella Addyman Wilkinson. Married in Bedale in 1899 to George Henry Beasley.

Elizabeth & George.


ELLEN JEFF Born C1811 Ellington at New House. Dau of Elizabeth. In 1851 she was a grocer.
ELLEN JEFF Born C1861 Ellington. Dau of Christopher & Mary Benson
GEORGE ROBERT JEFF. Born 1887 Hartwith. Killed 1915 in action. He was a driver & groom. in Royal Field Artillery. Regt. number 38063. He was hit by a stray shell whilst taking the horses to a safe place. He died the following day in hospital. He fought at the battle of Loos and was said to be a brave man. Son of John & Isabel Wilkinson.
HANNAH JEFF Born C1864 Ellington. Dau of Christopher & Mary Benson Married in 1892 in Harrogate to John Lonsdale a widower and a pork butcher.
HANNAH ELIZA JEFF Born 1881 Hartwith. Died 1913. Dau of John & Isabel Wilkinson. Married in 1910 to Laurence Patrick Oldfield. a wheelwright. Living Knaresborough in 1911.
HENRY JEFF Born C1804 Masham. Farmer at High Ellington. 2nd marriage to Ann Bolam of Croft in 1837.
HENRY JEFF Born C1844 Ellington. Died 1897 Isle of Man. Son of Henry & Ann Bolam

Henry Jeff.


JANE JEFF Born C1839 Ellington. Dau of Henry & Ann Bolam
JANE JEFF Born C1849 Kirby Wiske. Dau of Robert & Margaret.
JANE JEFF Born C1868 Ripon. Dau of Christopher & Mary Benson
JOHN JEFF Born 28.4.1735 Masham. Son of William.
JOHN JEFF Born 1737 Bedale. Died 1819 East Witton. Son of Matthew & Ann Potter. Married Hannah Gill. in 1756.
JOHN JEFF Born 1765 Kirkby Fleetham. Died 1831. Son of John & Hannah Gill. Married Martha Corner. in 1785.
JOHN JEFF Born July 1855 Kirby Wiske. Died 1935 North Deighton. Son of Robert & Margaret Robson. Married to Isabel Addyman Wilkinson of Pateley Bridge in 1874. A Gamekeeper.

John & Isabel Jeff


JOHN WILLIAM JEFF Born April 1877 Darley. Son of John & Isabel Wilkinson. Married in Grewelthorpe in 1909 to Annie Collier. of Burton Leonard. A widower in 1921.
JOSEPH WILLIAM JEFF Born 1889 Hartwith. Died 1961. Son of John & Isabel Wilkinson. A Timber leader in 1939. in Garforth.
LYDIA JEFF Born 21.6.1808 Masham. Died 1851 London. Dau of Robert & Elizabeth Bell. Married Thomas Layfield in 1825 in London.
MARY JEFF Bap 1737. Died 1787 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau.of William.
MARGARET JEFF [nee ?Possibly Robson]. Born 1826. Died 8.3.1892. Married to Robert. Lived and died at Lundhouse Green. Interred at Pannal. Harrogate.
MARGARET ALICE JEFF Born 1884 Hartwith. Died 1943. Dau of John & *Isabel Wilkinson. Married William Coe in 1906. He was a drayman for wine & Spirit merchant in 1911. In 1921 he was a coal carter.
MATTHEW JEFF Born 1680 Hornby near Bedale. Married Catherine Kitchen in 1704.
MATTHEW JEFF Born 1707 Hornby near Bedale. Son of Matthew & Catherine Kitchen. Married Ann Potter in 1731.
ROBERT BOLAM JEFF Bap 1840 Masham. Died 1916 New Zealand. Son of Henry & Ann Bolam of Ellington. Married Frances [Fanny] Sanderson in 1870 New Zealand.

Robert Bolam Jeff.


ROBERT JEFF Born 1772 Low Ellington. Died 1841.Masham. Son of Robert & Mary. Married Elizabeth Bell in 1799.
ROBERT JEFF Born 1821 Kirby Wiske. Died 1900 in Pannal, Harrogate. Son of Matthew. Married Margaret Robson from Pickhill in 1848.
ROBERT JEFF Born C1857 Masham. Son of Christopher & Mary. Gardener living Ripon 1921.
SAMUEL JEFF 1834 Living Thirn.
THIRZA JEFF Born 1859 Kirby Wiske. Died 1926. Dau of Robert & Margaret Robson. Married in 1885 to Daniel Hobkinson in Harrogate. In 1911 living Clint, Birstwith with 4 children.
THOMAS JEFF Bap 26.4.1763 Masham. Son of Matthew & Ann.
WILLIAM JEFF Born C 1847 Ellington. Son of Henry & Ann Bolam


To be continued. July 2025