Jacob Ifert "Efird" was born in about 1772 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Hans Joggi "Jacob" Ifert and Maria "Mary" Schaffner. His siblings were Anna Ifert, Ursula Ifert, Hans Jacob Ifert, who died when he was only three months old, Maria Ifert, Verena Ifert, and Barbara Ifert, who was known later as Barbara Efird.
Jacob Efird and Elizabeth Dove were married in about 1792 in the Old Dutch Buffalo Creek Meeting House in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. They had eight children, George, Mary, Martin, Jacob John, Daniel, Solomon, Sarah, and Elizabeth. They were prominent citizens in their community. As well as being a farmer, Jacob built and operated a sawmill and a grist mill. They were very active in the Religious life of the area. As they didn't have an actual Church building, the Congregation of the Church usually met in the Efird home to have Services. This is mentioned extensively in the diary of the Reverend David Henckel, who was one of the traveling Lutheran Ministers of the time. Sometimes when a Minister wasn't available, Jacob himself acted as a Lay-Minister and led the Church Services, demonstrating the practical and Religious Education that he had recieved from his father Hans Joggi Ifert, who had been a Schule Meister (School Master) for about ten years in Rünenberg, Switzerland, before the Ifert family came to America, and from his mother, Maria Schaffner, whose father had also been a Schule Meister and a Bailiff. Jacob and Elizabeth and several of their sons, as well as Jacob's uncle Martin Ifert "Eaford" were some of the founders of Saint Martin's Lutheran Church in Stanly County, North Carolina.
Jacob Efird died in late 1844 in Stanly County, North Carolina, the Patriarch of the Efird family in America. Elizabeth Dove died between 1844 and 1850, also in Stanly County, the Matriarch of the Efird Family in America. They are both buried in the Efird Family Cemetery in Oakboro, Stanly County, North Carolina.

(I would like to note that even though I am giving the last name "Efird" for all of the children of Jacob Efird and Elizabeth Dove, when they were born, their last name was actually "Ifert". At that time, all of the Census, Church, and land records had the last name "Ifert", or an equivalent spelling, attached to them. The first time any record with anything resembling "Efird" appeared, it was in the United States Census of 1810. By that time all of Jacob and Elizabeth Dove Efird's children had been born. The family name wasn't changed officially unti much later, which is why they are all known now with the "Efird" last name.)

Children of Jacob Ifert "Efird" and Elizabeth Taub "Dove" -
- George Efird - born about 1793 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He died in late 1844 in Stanly County, North Carolina. He was very probably named after his mother's father Johann Georg Taub, who was called "George" later in life. George Efird married Margarete "Grete" Coble in 1816 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. She was born in 1791 in
Cabarrus County and died on 16 February 1852 in Stanly County. Her parents were David Coble and Martha Bray.
- Mary E Efird - born on 1 August 1795 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died on 1 September 1872 in Stanly County, North Carolina. She married Jacob Shoffner
in 1819 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He was born on 1 August 1797 in Cabarrus County, and died on 3 March 1858 in Stanly County. His parents were Jacob
Shoffner and Elizabeth Gould.
- Martin Efird - born on 29 June 1797 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died on 17 October 1831 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He married Mary Coble in 1821 in Montgomery County. She was born in 1800 in Montgomery County, and died in 1897 in Stanly County, North Carolina. Her parents were David Coble and
Martha Bray.
- Jacob John Efird - born on 24 March 1800 in Montgomery County, North Carolina and died on 19 August 1872 in Stanly County, North Carolina. He married first
Catharine Cagle in 1824 in Montgomery County. She was born on 21 March 1807 in Montgomery County, and died on 22 May 1860 in Stanly County. Her parents were
Benjamin Franklin Cagle and Susanna Rebecca (?) . Jacob John Efird married second Talitha A Perry on 9 September 1860 in Stanly County. She was born in 1836 in
Stanly County, and died in 1870 in Stanly County. Her parents were Phillip Perry and Susannah Cagle.
- Daniel Efird - born 19 September 1804 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and died on 13 November 1848 in Stanly County, North Carolina. He married Lavinia Furr
on 9 July 1827 in Montgomery County. She was born on 5 October 1806 in Montgomery County, and died on 4 November 1891 in Stanly County. Her parents were Paul Furr
and Rosanna Peck.
- Solomon Efird - born in 1807 in Montgomery County, North Carolina and died in 1852 in Stanly County, North Carolina. He married first Eliza E Furr on 6 April
1829 in Montgomery County. She was born on 6 April 1808 in Montgomery County, and died in 1837 in Montgomery County. Her parents were Paul Furr and Rosanna Peck. Solomon Efird married second Eliza White. She was born in 1818 in Montgomery County, and died in 1847 in Stanly County. Her parents were John Jackson White and
Anna (?) . Solomon Efird married third Elizabeth Bowers in 1847 in Montgomery County. She was born in 1827 in Montgomery County. Date and place of death are
unknown. Her parents were John Bowers and Margaret Lipe.
- Sarah "Sally" Efird - born 1809 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and died after 1880, possibly in Surry County, North Carolina. She married David
Kimmer in 1830 in Montgomery County. He was born in 1805 in Montgomery County, and died after 1880, possibly in Surry County. His parents were Henry Kimmer and
Elizabeth "Betsy" Coble.
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Efird - born in 1810 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and died after 1870 in Union County, North Carolina. She married Jonathan Austin in
1831 in Montgomery County. He was born on 9 January 1809 in Union County, and died on 13 February 1877 in Union County. His parents were John Austin and Lucretia
Coburn.

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