Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Jefferson, Samuel
JEFFERSON, SAMUEL (1809–1846), topographer, was born at Basingstoke, Hampshire, on 8 Nov. 1809. After residing for many years at Carlisle, first as a bookseller's assistant, and afterwards in business for himself, he acted for six months as assistant to Mr. Bell, bookseller in Fleet Street, London, and was afterwards engaged in writing for Sharpe's ‘London Magazine.’ He died on 5 Feb. 1846 in the Caledonian Road, Pentonville, leaving a widow, a native of Wigton in Cumberland, a son, and four daughters.
Jefferson published: 1. ‘The History and Antiquities of Carlisle,’ 1838. 2. ‘Guide to Naworth and Lanercost,’ 1839. 3. ‘The History of Leath Ward,’ 1840, and 4. ‘History of Allendale Ward above Derwent,’ 1842, parts of a projected description of the county at large, divided into volumes corresponding to the several wards. 5. ‘Guide to Carlisle,’ 1842. He edited with prefaces and notes a series called the ‘Carlisle Tracts,’ a collection of tracts relating to the history of the city and county (8vo, Carlisle, 1839–44).
[Gent. Mag. new ser. xxv. 546–7.]