A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jeffery, Bartholomew
JEFFERY. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 22; h-p., 5.)
Bartholomew Jeffery is nephew of Commander John Molesworth, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1820; passed his examination 1 Nov. 1826; and obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His appointments have since been – 8 Sept. 1837, to the Thunder surveying-vessel, Lieut.-Commanders Bird Allen and Edw. Barnett, on the North America and West India station – 27 Oct. 1838, to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Peter John Douglas – for a few months in 1840-1, to the Transport Servite – and 3 Jan. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is now employed.
Lieut. Jeffery, who had been left a widower with three children, married, secondly, 25 April, 1845, his cousin Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late John and Hon. Jane Stephenson, and niece of the late General Sir Benj. C. Stephenson, K.C.G.