Hello List I am new to Worcestershire: this is the furthest south my ancestor hunting has - so far - taken me. This is a touch long-winded, but it was a brickwall until some recent finds in legal documents led to a Will. Do you have JEFFERIES with connections to LLOYD, pre 1835; or JEFFERIES in boat building - particularly if a Henry has gone walkabout (or sail-about) to Warwickshire by 1809? My line is from Henry JEFFERIES, boat builder, who died at Minworth, Warwickshire 4 Jan 1832 aged 44, buried at nearby Curdworth. His widow and their children were named in the will of John LLOYD of Christ Church, Surrey, proved 1835. Henry was "late nephew" to John LLOYD. John LLOYD's sister Mary (she died before 1835) married a JEFFERIES - which one I have yet to discover - and had children Henry (as above), Charles Lloyd who was boat builder of Smethwick at his demise in 1850, and possibly Elizabeth who married Wm MORLING (he was schoolmaster in Sussex in 1835). I have the will for Charles Lloyd JEFFERIES (he was married to Sophia Bill or Hill who was born Bewdley). At present, the birthplace of Henry and Charles is not known: Henry married in Birmingham to Sarah MACE of Curdworth, 1809. However, another nephew of John LLOYD - the unmistakably named Henry Edward Lampkin LLOYD - is on 1851 census at Southwark as wid, aged 45, born Stourport with just a servant at same address: in 1861 he is wid with 26 yr old dau and 24 yr old son plus servant. In my collection I also have a will of Joseph JEFFERIES, boat builder of Stourport who died 1845, but it contains nothing to link to Henry/Warwickshire. My **hunch** is that Henry JEFFERIES originated from Bewdley-Stourport area: can you help prove or disprove the hunch? Would be delighted to hear from anyone with connections or information. With thanks in anticipation. Jacqui