John Jeffries

John Jeffries
John Jeffries
Born(1745-02-05)5 February 1745
Died16 September 1819(1819-09-16) (aged 75)
Boston
Resting placeGranary Burying Ground
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard College, University of Aberdeen
Occupation(s)physician, surgeon
EmployerBritish Army
Known forballooning
TitleSurgeon General of British Forces in North America 1776–1780
Spouse(s)Sarah Jeffries (nee Rhoads) – m.1770 and d. 1780; Hannah Jeffries (nee Hunt) m 1787
Children2

John Jeffries (5 February 1744 – 16 September 1819 using Old Style Dating, 5 February 1745 – 16 September 1819 using New Style)[1][2][3] was an American physician, scientist, and military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution. He is best known for accompanying French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard on his 1785 balloon flight across the English Channel.[4][5]

  1. ^ Channing 1820, p. 63
  2. ^ Channing 1820, p. 70
  3. ^ "Jeffries Family Papers". Massachusetts Historical Society.
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