"President" Thomas JEFFERSON
April 2, 1743-July 4, 1826
- BIRTH: April 2, 1743, Shadwell, Goochland, Virginia
Father: Peter JEFFERSON (February 29, 1708-August 17, 1757)
Mother: Jane RANDOLPH (February 20, 1720-March 31, 1776)
Wife 1: Maria HADFIELD (1759-1838) *married to Richard COSWAY
Wife 2: Elizabeth MOORE (1752-1809) *married to John WALKER
Wife 3: Martha WAYLES (October 30, 1748-September 6, 1782)
- MARRIAGE: January 1, 1772, Charles City, Virginia
Wife 4: Sally HEMINGS (1773-1835)
- FACTS: Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence. Biographer James Parton said Thomas Jefferson could "calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, dance a minuet, and play the violin." Besides serving two terms as president, Jefferson served as vice-president, secretary of state, minister to France, congressman, governor of Virginia; he also founded the University of Virginia and served as president of the American Philosophical Society. For all that, Jefferson is best remembered as a champion of human rights and the lead draftsman of the Declaration of Independence. High points of his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon and the exploration of the west by Lewis and Clark. The third person to be president, Jefferson followed John Adams as president and was succeeded by James Madison.
SOURCE: Who2.com
- DEATH: July 4, 1826, Monticello, Albermarle, Virginia
Children by Martha WAYLES:
Martha "Patsy" JEFFERSON (September 27, 1772-October 10, 1836) *married Thomas Mann RANDOLPH Jr on February 23, 1790
Jane Randolph JEFFERSON (April 3, 1774-September 1775)
Unnamed Son JEFFERSON (May 28, 1777-June 14, 1777)
Mary Maria "Polly" JEFFERSON (August 1, 1778-April 17, 1804) *John Wayles EPPES on October 13, 1797
Lucy Elizabeth JEFFERSON (November 30, 1780-April 15, 1781)
Lucy Elizabeth JEFFERSON (May 8, 1782-October 13, 1784)
Children by Sally HEMINGS:
Harriet HEMINGS (October 5, 1795-December 7, 1797)
Beverley HEMINGS (April 1, 1798-?)
Harriet HEMINGS (May 22, 1801-?)
Madison HEMINGS (January 19, 1805-1877) *married Mary Hughes MCCOY in 1831
Eston Hemings JEFFERSON (May 21, 1808-1856) *married Julia Ann ISAACS in 1832
Pedigree:
|Thomas JEFFERSON JR
|Peter JEFFERSON|
| |Mary FIELD
|
|--Thomas JEFFERSON
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| "Colonel" Isham RANDOLPH
|Jane RANDOLPH|
|Jane ROGERS
SOURCE: Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans
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