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Martha Eppes (mother) Martha Skelton Jefferson ( née Wayles; October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the wife of Thomas Jefferson from 1772 until her death. She served as First Lady of Virginia during Jefferson's term as governor from 1779 to 1781. She died in 1782, 19 years before he became president.
Maintained by: CMWJR. Originally Created by: TM. Added: Jun 21, 2002. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6531978. Sponsored by Collins Crapo. Source citation. She was born Mary Jefferson. During her childhood she was known as Polly.
When Mary was eight years old, Jefferson arranged for his daughter to travel to France to be with him and her older sister, Martha. However, Mary had become attached to the Eppes family. Before leaving, she wrote her father "I don’t want to go to France, I had rather stay with Aunt Eppes." Mary was nine years old when she arrived in Paris ...
14 de dic. de 2023 · So, too, did Jefferson’s nineteen-year-old half-brother-in-law James Hemings, albeit as Jefferson’s slave, in order to study the art of French cookery and thereafter serve as chef in Jefferson’s household. Mary Jefferson remained where she had been since late 1782, with her aunt Elizabeth Eppes, finally, and very reluctantly, coming to ...
Located along the Appomattox River in Chesterfield County, Eppington was the Georgian plantation home of Mary Jefferson Eppes and John Wayles Eppes. The builder of Eppington, Francis Eppes, was a cousin of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. Following Martha's death in 1782, two of Thomas Jefferson's daughters, Maria (Polly) and Lucy, lived there ...
Mary "Maria" Jefferson Eppes, born Mary Jefferson (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804), was the younger of Thomas Jefferson's two daughters who survived infancy. Mary Jefferson was born to politician and future president Thomas Jefferson and Martha Wayles Jefferson (née Skelton). Known as "Polly the Parrot" and "gopher" in her childhood, she ...
Jefferson’s Three Daughters — Two Free, One Enslaved. Book Review The New York Times 2018-01-26. Mary Beth Norton, Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History History Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. JEFFERSON’S DAUGHTERS Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America By Catherine Kerrison Illustrated. 425 pp. Ballantine ...
