Re: Jeffers Family, Bibb County, GA
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Re: Jeffers Family, Bibb County, GA
Leona MacDonald 12/27/07
John E. Jeffers m. to Eliza Rambaut was born in Petersburg, VA, apx. 1803.This JEF could definitely be related to the Connecticut Jeffers as Eliza Rambaut Jeffers descended from well-known, well-documented French aristocracy.After French Revolution, Eliza's mother--Elizabeth (Eliza) de LaRoche, lived in Santo Domingo, then the richest colony on earth, now Haiti, the poorest; her father, Count deLa Roche, had massive coffee plantations in Santo Domingo.When French Revolution hit Santo Domingo, everyone fled, of course.Elizabeth deLaRoche fled to Baltimore where she met and married Richard Rambaut (b. Bordeaux, France); they removed to Petersburg in early 1800s.
Does any of this ring a bell with you, I mean like Santo Domingo, etc.?
Betty McDade
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Re: Jeffers Family, Bibb County, GA
Leona MacDonald 12/24/08
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Re: Jeffers Family, Bibb County, GA
Leona MacDonald 12/27/07