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Mary Jefferson Eppes (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804), known as Polly in childhood and Maria as an adult, was the younger of Thomas Jefferson's two daughters with his wife who survived beyond the age of 3. She married a first cousin, John Wayles Eppes, and had three children with him. Only their son Francis W. Eppes survived childhood. Maria ...
The oldest known portrait of Jesus, found in Syria and dated to about 235, shows him as a beardless young man of authoritative and dignified bearing. He is depicted with close-cropped hair and wearing a tunic and pallium —the common male dress for much of Greco-Roman society, and similar to that found in the figure art in the Dura-Europos ...
Thomas Sully, Portrait of Martha Jefferson Randolph. On February 23, 1790, Randolph married Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. [8] [9] The Jefferson and Randolph families had shared progenitors; [1] They were third cousins. [9] Thomas Jefferson was a second cousin to Randolph.
Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from the material. They used a computer program to reverse the aging process. After reducing his jaw ...
[citation needed] Elizabeth married Francis Eppes, Martha's cousin, and had two sons, Richard and John Wayles Eppes, the latter of whom married Thomas Jefferson's second daughter, Mary Jefferson. [11] Wayles' second wife died most likely after the birth of Anne in August 1756 and before he married his third wife in January 1760. [7]
Eppes married his first cousin Mary Jefferson (known as "Polly" in childhood and "Maria" as an adult) on October 13, 1797, at Monticello. [1] They resided at Mont Blanco plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia. After several miscarriages, [4] Maria and John had three children: [3] Unnamed daughter Eppes (December 31, 1799 – January 1800) [4]
Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Jefferson Medallion Portrait, 1805, the year that Madison Hemings was born. Madison Hemings was born into slavery at Monticello, [4] where his mother Sally Hemings was a mixed-race enslaved woman inherited by Martha Wayles Skelton, the wife of Thomas Jefferson.
Eston Hemings Jefferson (May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856) was born into slavery at Monticello, the youngest son of Sally Hemings, a mixed-race enslaved woman. Most historians who have considered the question believe that his father was Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. [1]