Traditon has preserved the romantic incident that determined Jeffrey’s choice of partner. “1250While walkin on a hot summer’s day, he was ovecome with fatigue and thirst, and stopped at Vinson’s Spring for rest and refreshment. The ouse of Vinson was near by, and a benevolent impulse pormpted his beautiful daughter Sarah to apporach the weary stanger with the the tender of a drinking cup. The charmes and kind attentions of the fair one made a deep impression on the heart of Jeffery; and, as she recipropcated the sentiments she had inspired, she ere long became his wife.”