Its not a good day to be called Chris Jefferies!! I am not aware of anyone else of that name on my tree so if there is a family connection it is a very distant one as Jefferies is quite a common surname around Bristol. Yesterday on the TV news when they announced that they had an interview with the murdered girl's landlord called Chris Jefferies I had a very strange feeling as I waited to see what he looked like. It was a very odd interview and when they first announced this morning that someone had been arrested I knew immediately it was him. Perhaps I should try and trace his family back to see if there is a connection as its always good to have a connection to someone famous or infamous. Some years ago I Googled my name and most hits were for someone in Bristol but I don't think it was him as he I believe is a lecturer and the person I found like me worked in IT. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos

Well, perhaps you are also related to the famous Judge --- I grew up in Winchester and the Bloody Assizes of 1685 were notorious and we were taught about them from very early days. There is even a shop which boasts that a platform was built out from their first floor level to create the scaffold. Happy New Year! Jean > From: chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:45:35 +0000 > Subject: [B&S] Jefferies > > Its not a good day to be called Chris Jefferies!! > > > > I am not aware of anyone else of that name on my tree so if there is a > family connection it is a very distant one as Jefferies is quite a common > surname around Bristol. Yesterday on the TV news when they announced that > they had an interview with the murdered girl's landlord called Chris > Jefferies I had a very strange feeling as I waited to see what he looked > like. It was a very odd interview and when they first announced this morning > that someone had been arrested I knew immediately it was him. > > > > Perhaps I should try and trace his family back to see if there is a > connection as its always good to have a connection to someone famous or > infamous. Some years ago I Googled my name and most hits were for someone in > Bristol but I don't think it was him as he I believe is a lecturer and the > person I found like me worked in IT. > > > > Chris Jefferies > > Cheltenham > > Glos > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I thought that Judge Jeffreys came from Shropshire but it seems that he was born near Wrexham. Someone told me that he visited Siston Court on his travels. Some years ago I estimated that pre 1800 about 1/3 of the graves in Siston churchyard were JEFFERIS and the early parish registers certainly have more of the surname than any other parish. I have always doubted any connection between the Judge and the surname in the Bristol area. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos