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Jane Jefferson (1740–1765) - close to her brother Thomas, she died unmarried at age 25. Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741–1803) - her husband John Bolling III served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States, married Martha Wayles Skelton. Elizabeth Jefferson (1744–1774), died ...
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence .
He was a twin to Anne Scott Jefferson and the only male sibling of Thomas Jefferson's to survive infancy. [1] The twins were Thomas' youngest siblings, about 13 years younger than him. [2] After Peter Jefferson's death, and while Randolph was a child, his affairs were managed by John Harvie Sr., the executor of Peter Jefferson's estate. After ...
Jefferson was born at a settlement called Osbornes [a] along the James River [3] in what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia and was the son of Captain Thomas Jefferson (1679–1731), [4] a large property owner, and Mary Field (1680–1715), who was the daughter of Major Peter Field of New Kent County and granddaughter of Henry Soane (1622–1661) of the Virginia House of Burgesses. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835) Sally Hemings Born Sarah Hemings c. 1773 Charles City County, Virginia, British America Died 1835 (aged 61–62) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Known for Slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, mother to his shadow family Children 6, including ...
In 1873, Harriet's brother Madison Hemings described his siblings and their life at Monticello and afterward, claiming Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings as their parents. He said that Jefferson had promised Hemings when she became his concubine that he would free all her children.
John Wayles (January 31, 1715 – May 28, 1773) was a colonial American planter, slave trader and lawyer in colonial Virginia.He is historically best known as the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
By 1804, she was the lone surviving child of Martha and Thomas Jefferson, the only one of the couple's children to survive past the age of 25. Martha Jefferson married Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., who was a politician at the federal and state levels and was elected as governor of Virginia (1819–1822), which made her the first lady of Virginia ...