The Vickery Family,
The genealogy of our line
by
George M. Vickery
1985

Moses Vickery 1st, son of George Vickery 4th
Born 1740 ....
Married Sarah Trefry, Sept. 24, 1761 (ref: t-43)
Their children:
Moses Vickery 2nd (1768....)
The family moved from New England to Nova SCotia in 1773, setting up a homestead at Shurtliffes Point in Chebogue. The following members of the family were born in Nova Scotia.
John Vickery (18-March-1774 ....)
Hannah Vickery (27- April-1776 ....)
Margaret Vickery (12-June-1782 ....)
*Jacob Vickery (17-March-1785 .... May-10, 1867)
Samuel Vickery (12-Sept.-1788 ....)

Jacob Vickery 1st, son Moses Vickery 1st.
Born March 17, 1785 Died May 10, 1867
Married Bethia Allen, daughter of Capt. Jeremiah Allen 2nd, 1810
Their children:
Bethia Vickery (1811 .... 1842)
Hannah R. Vickery (1813 ....1889)
Jacob Vickery 2nd (1814 .... )
Samuel Vickery 4th (1815 .... 1892)
Sarah Anne Vickery ( .... )
Jeremiah Vickery (1817 .... 1876)
Zilpha Vickery ( .... )
James Vickery (1821 .... )
George R. Vickery (1822 .... 1913)
*Zachariah C. Vickery (1830 .... )
Elizabeth Vickery ( .... )

The Trefry family (originally Treffrey; the name was shortened in the "New World") originated in Cornwall, England. The Treffrey name has been among the prominent family names in Cornwall for several centuries. Sir John Treffrey (ref: t-607), fighting in France under the Black Prince (Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward III) at the battle of Poitiers, Sept. 9, 1356, captured the French Royal Standard. For this act he was created a Knight Baronet and his heraldic arms were augmented with the Fleur-de-lis of France.
The original Trefrys in North America are not known to us. A member of the family, Thomas Trefry(ref: t-75) lived in Marblehead, Massachusettes, in 1661. He had two sons, Thomas and James(ref: t-76).
James Trefry(ref: t-76) married Sarah Russel, June 8, 1702. Their son, Captain John Trefry(ref: t-77) (born Sept. 10, 1711) married Hannah Pitman (born March 1, 1711), daughter of James and Elizabeth (Huxtable) Pitman on Sept. 23, 1734. Their daughter, Sarah(ref: t-43) (born 1742) married Moses Vickery on Sept. 9, 1761.

The Pitman Family
Thomas Pitman (1614 - 1694) and his wife Joanna were the parents of John Pitman, a master mariner. John was a maternal great-grandfather of Sarah Trefry(ref: t-43), who married Moses Vickery. Moses and Sarah were the first Vickerys to move to Nova Scotia. John's sister, Elizabeth, was Sarah (Trefry) Vickery's paternal great-grandmother, so that Thomas and Joanna Pitman were her great-great-grandparents in both paternal and maternal lines.

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