Is anyone researching the JEFFREY / JEFFRIES names (of any spellings) in south Worcestershire? My NEW line on the distaff side trace back to a Sarah JEFFRES, ch. 14 Jan 1778 at Fladbury, dau. of George & Mary JEFFRES. She married at Offenham in 1793 James HARRIS who became a farmer at Badsey. A collateral NEW line in Evesham on their distaff side trace back to a Sarah JEFFREY, ch. 1762 at Badsey, dau. of Arthur JEFFREY & Sarah COWLEY. Sarah married at Badsey 10 Aug 1785 James Knight, b. 1760, of Badsey. A sister of Sarah's was christened Mary JEFFERYES 1770 at Badsey. When their parents were buried they were named as JEFFREYS and JEFFRIES respectively. A son of Arthur, and a brother of Sarah and Mary, was married in 1793 as Arthur GEOFFREY (1765-1837) to Elizabeth Davis at Fladbury. Five of their children were christened at Fladbury from 1795 to 1805. The coincidence of these names in both Fladbury and Badsey would be explained if George JEFFRES and Arthur JEFFREY (1735? - 1775) were brothers, or some other relationship, but the I.G.I. is of no further help. Mapping the name(s) from the 1881 Census using the Surname Atlas from www.archersoftware.co.uk shows that there were 12,000 or more across the nation but comparatively few in that part of Worcestershire - just 5 in Evesham and 10 in Pershore. Bob New