Stephen Jeffery mid1800Penetanguishene
Looking for information about Stephen Jeffery (Jeffrey) (Jefferys) this is what was written about him. Must have been from a wealthy family.Wife was named Harriet.Would have been born around 1815 in England.
Came to York (later Toronto, Canada)
according to Drummond Island Voyageurs, www.tbaytel.net/bmartin/drummond.htm
"Stephen Jeffery, of Penetanguishene, would come through the Indian trail from Colborne Bay and get the whiskey and take it across to his canteen.After barrels were emptied they would break them up and leave the staves in the sand.They would sometimes dig holes in the gravel staves in the sand.They would sometimes dig holes in the gravel at Lighthouse Point, on Christian Island, and hide the whiskey and cover it with brush, until they came after it.The distance through the Indian trail across to Colborne Bay opposite to the barracks was called seven miles."
"We left Penetanguishene in 1834, to go to Meaford to take up land received for Government Service.We were in a bateau with our goods and of which were Captain Workman and family and Mr. Rattray and family, with their household furniture, also going to Meaford, accompanied by a Mr. Vail; Stephen Jeffrey in his sail-boat was also being towed."
"Stephen Jeffery owned a sailing vessel which he brought from Kingston, and in which he brought the stone from Quary Island to build the barracks.He kept the first canteen on the spot now occupied by the Reformatory, just above the barracks, and built the old "Globe Hotel" where the "Georgian Bay House" now stands.He felled trees across the road leading to Mundy's canteen, on the old Military Road, so as to compel customers to come to the "Globe" tavern and patronize him.He afterwards built the "Canada House."
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Re: Stephen Jeffery mid1800Penetanguishene
Frank LaBare 9/09/01