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1778 - 1804 (26 years)
1743 - 1826 (83 years)
Birth |
2 Apr 1743 |
Shadwell Estate Goochland, Virginia |
Died |
4 Jul 1826 |
Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia |
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Father |
Peter Jefferson, b. Aug 1707, Virginia |
Mother |
Jane Randolph, b. 1719, Virginia |
Married |
3 Oct 1739 |
Goochland County, Virginia |
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Family |
Martha Wayles, b. 19 Oct 1748, The Forest Plantation, Charles City, Virginia |
Married |
1 Jan 1772 |
near Williamsburg, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. Martha "Patsy" Jefferson, b. 27 Sep 1772, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia |
+ | 2. Mary "Maria" Jefferson, b. 1778, Monticello, Virginia |
| 3. Jane Randolph Jefferson, b. 1774, Charlottesville, Virginia (Monticello) |
| 4. Lucy Elizabeth (2) Jefferson, b. 1782, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia |
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1748 - 1782 (33 years)
Birth |
19 Oct 1748 |
The Forest Plantation, Charles City, Virginia |
Died |
6 Sep 1782 |
Monticello, Albermarle, Virginia |
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Father |
John Wayles, b. 31 Jan 1715, England |
Mother |
Martha Eppes/Epps, b. 10 Apr 1721, Bermuda Hundred, Chresterfield Co., Virginia |
Married |
3 May 1746 |
Chesterfield Co., Virginia |
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Family 1 |
Bathurst Skelton, b. Jun 1744, Williamsburg, Virginia |
Married |
20 Nov 1766 |
Children |
| 1. John Skelton, b. 7 Nov 1767 |
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Family 2 |
Thomas Jefferson, b. 2 Apr 1743, Shadwell Estate Goochland, Virginia |
Married |
1 Jan 1772 |
near Williamsburg, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. Martha "Patsy" Jefferson, b. 27 Sep 1772, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia |
+ | 2. Mary "Maria" Jefferson, b. 1778, Monticello, Virginia |
| 3. Jane Randolph Jefferson, b. 1774, Charlottesville, Virginia (Monticello) |
| 4. Lucy Elizabeth (2) Jefferson, b. 1782, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia |
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1773 - 1823 (50 years)
Birth |
19 Apr 1773 |
Chester County, Virginia |
Died |
13 Sep 1823 |
His estate Millbrook, Buckingham County, Virginia |
Buried |
Eppes Cemetery, Curdsville, Virginia |
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Father |
Francis Bowling Eppes/Epps, b. Abt 1747, Henrico Co., Virginia |
Mother |
Elizabeth Wayles, b. 24 Feb 1752, Charles City Co., Virginia |
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Family |
Mary "Maria" Jefferson, b. 1778, Monticello, Virginia |
Married |
13 Oct 1797 |
at Monticello, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. Female Eppes, b. 31 Dec 1799, January 1780 |
+ | 2. Francis5 Wayles Eppes/Epps, b. 20 Sep 1801, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 3. Martha Maria Eppes, b. 20 Feb 1804, Monticello, Virginia |
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1799 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
31 Dec 1799 |
January 1780 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
Albemarle Couty, Virginia |
Buried |
Monticello Graveyard, Virginia |
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Father |
Deacon John Wayles Eppes, b. 19 Apr 1773, Chester County, Virginia |
Mother |
Mary "Maria" Jefferson, b. 1778, Monticello, Virginia |
Married |
13 Oct 1797 |
at Monticello, Virginia |
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1801 - 1881 (79 years)
Birth |
20 Sep 1801 |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
Died |
30 May 1881 |
Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery, Orange County, Florida |
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Father |
Deacon John Wayles Eppes, b. 19 Apr 1773, Chester County, Virginia |
Mother |
Mary "Maria" Jefferson, b. 1778, Monticello, Virginia |
Married |
13 Oct 1797 |
at Monticello, Virginia |
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Family 1 |
Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph, b. 16 Jan 1801, Goochland, Virginia Colony |
Married |
18 Nov 1822 |
Virginia |
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Family 2 |
Susan Margaret Ware, b. 14 Feb 1815, Georgia |
Children |
| 1. Susan Frances "Fannie" Eppes/Epps, b. 15 Mar 1839, Leon County, Florida |
| 2. Marie Jefferson Eppes/Epps, b. 12 Apr 1840 |
| 3. Nicholas Ware Eppes/Epps, b. 1 Nov 1843, Tallahassee, Forida |
| 4. Martha Virginia Eppes/Epps, b. 14 Nov 1847 |
| 5. Robert Francis Eppes/Epps, b. 19 May 1851, Tallahassee, Leon Co., FL |
| 6. Caroline Matilda Eppes/Epps, b. 1859 |
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1804 - 1806 (1 years)
Birth |
20 Feb 1804 |
Monticello, Virginia |
Died |
Feb 1806 |
Monticello, Albemarle, County, Virginia |
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Father |
Deacon John Wayles Eppes, b. 19 Apr 1773, Chester County, Virginia |
Mother |
Mary "Maria" Jefferson, b. 1778, Monticello, Virginia |
Married |
13 Oct 1797 |
at Monticello, Virginia |
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Name |
Mary "Maria" Jefferson |
Nickname |
Polly |
Born |
1778 |
Monticello, Virginia |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
27 Apr 1804 |
at her childhood home |
- Mary Jefferson at her childhood home.
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Buried |
Monticello, Virginia [3] |
Person ID |
I547451389 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
6 Apr 2020 |
Father |
Thomas Jefferson, b. 2 Apr 1743, Shadwell Estate Goochland, Virginia , d. 4 Jul 1826, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia (Age 83 years) |
Mother |
Martha Wayles, b. 19 Oct 1748, The Forest Plantation, Charles City, Virginia , d. 6 Sep 1782, Monticello, Albermarle, Virginia (Age 33 years) |
Married |
1 Jan 1772 |
near Williamsburg, Virginia |
Family ID |
F3869 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Deacon John Wayles Eppes, b. 19 Apr 1773, Chester County, Virginia , d. 13 Sep 1823, His estate Millbrook, Buckingham County, Virginia (Age 50 years) |
Married |
13 Oct 1797 |
at Monticello, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. Female Eppes, b. 31 Dec 1799, January 1780 , d. Yes, date unknown, Albemarle Couty, Virginia |
+ | 2. Francis5 Wayles Eppes/Epps, b. 20 Sep 1801, Charlottesville, Virginia , d. 30 May 1881, Orlando, Orange County, Florida (Age 79 years) |
| 3. Martha Maria Eppes, b. 20 Feb 1804, Monticello, Virginia , d. Feb 1806, Monticello, Albemarle, County, Virginia (Age 1 years) |
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Last Modified |
29 Dec 2013 |
Family ID |
F518495486 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Headstones |
| Maria Jefferson Epps
findagrave |
| Maria Epps
daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha Wayles |
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Sources |
- [S100] Internet Source, http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/maria-jefferson-eppes.
Maria Jefferson Eppes
Mary or Maria (Polly) Jefferson Eppes (1778-1804) was the second of Thomas Jefferson's only two children to survive to adulthood. Following her mother's death in 1782, Maria was sent to stay with her aunt, Elizabeth Wayles Eppes. Polly became very attached to the family at Eppington, but Jefferson arranged for the eight-year-old to join him and Martha in Paris. Upon her arrival in England, Polly lived briefly with Abigail and John Adams, who were so charmed by the little girl that Mrs. Adams wrote to Jefferson that "she was the favorite of everyone in the house."
In 1797, Maria married her cousin, John Wayles Eppes, and returned to live at Eppington. They had two children, Francis Wayles Eppes and Maria Jefferson Eppes (February 15, 1804 - February 1806).[1] Like her mother, Maria suffered from poor health and she died on April 17, 1804 two months after giving birth to Maria. Her father wrote, "This morning between 8 & 9. aclock my dear daughter Maria Eppes died."[2]
A Note on the Pronunciation of Maria's Name
Mary, also known as Polly, took the name of "Maria" from at least November 1789, when Jefferson and his family disembarked at Norfolk, Virginia, from the Clermont. On November 26, 1789, according to his Memorandum Book, Jefferson "gave Maria" twenty cents at Norfolk. Thereafter he addressed her as Polly or Maria, while she signed her letters sometimes Mary, sometimes Maria.
Jefferson's great-granddaughter Sarah Nicholas Randolph gave this account: "After her return to Virginia, Polly's name was changed to Maria, that being the Virginia pronunciation of Marie, as she was called in France."[3] As Miss Randolph did not provide any indication of pronunciation, her statement is difficult to interpret. The long history of the use of the long "i" in Randolph and related families of Virginia suggests that Jefferson's daughter, too, might have pronounced her name with a long "i".
On the other hand, the eleven-year-old Polly had just spent two years in a French school, where her name had been given the French pronunciation "Marie." She was also reported as speaking French rather than English when she disembarked in Norfolk in 1789. She may have wished to retain the familiar sound of Marie and her father may have suggested giving it an Anglicized ending to conform with the ways of her native country--in other words, a convenient evolution. Jefferson's biographer, Dumas Malone, wrote that "later her English Mary became Marie, and finally in America evolved into Maria, which it remained unto the end."[4]
Until more clear-cut evidence comes to light, it seems that arguments can be made for both pronunciations.
- Text of this section by Lucia Stanton, 1991
Descriptions
Undated. (Sarah Nicholas Randolph). "She does not seem to have had the bright, gay, and happy temper which her sister possessed. To deserve and retain their father's unbounded live was the highest aim in life for both the sisters, and the youngest was always troubled with the fear that not having her sister's talents she would not have an equal share in his affections...The singular beauty of Mrs. Eppes caused all eyes to be riveted on her when her lovely face and graceful form appeared in the doorway."[5][7]
Undated. (Peachy Gilmer). "Her sister Miss Maria Jefferson, who married Mr. Jno. W. Eppes, I also knew, having been in her company repeatedly. She was said to be very intelligent and accomplished. I only knew her personal appearance. Her person was bad, her manners reserved and retiring. Her face was all that struck or gave interest to one slightly unacquainted, and that was divine. Her complexion was exquisite; her features all good, and so arranged as to produce an expression such as I never beheld in any other countenance: sweetness, intelligence, tenderness, beauty were exquisitely blended in her countenance. Her eye, fine blue, had an expression that cannot I think be described."[6]
1787 July 10. (Abigail Adams). "She is a child of the quickest sensibility, and the maturest understanding, that I have ever met with for her years. She had been 5 weeks at sea, and with men only, so that on the first day of her arrival, she was as rough as a little sailor, and then she had been decoyed from the ship, which made her very angry, and no one having any authority over her; I was apprehensive I should meet with some trouble. But where there are such materials to work upon as I have found in her, there is no danger. She listened to my admonitions, and attended to my advice and in two days, was restored to the amiable lovely Child which her Aunt had formed her. In short she is the favorite of every creature in the House, and I cannot but feel Sir, how many pleasures you must lose by committing her to a convent...Books are her delight, and I have furnished her out a little library, and she reads to me by the house with great distrinctness, and her comments on what she reads with much propriety."[7]
1787 July 10. (John Adams). "I am extremely sorry, that you could not come for your Daughter in Person, and that we are obliged to part with her so soon. In my Life I never saw a more charming child."[8]
1789 March 13. (Francis Hopkinson). "While my elder daughter was playing it [a song of Hopkinson's] on the harpsichord, I happened to look towards the fire and saw the younger one all in tears. I asked her if she was sick? She said, 'no; but the tune was so mournful.'"[9]
1789 October 12. (Nathaniel Cutting). "The youngest Daughter is a lovely Girl about 11 years of age. The perfect pattern of good temper, an engaging smile ever animates her Countenance, and the chearful attention which she pays to the judicious instructions and advice of her worthy Father, the Pertinent queries which she puts to him, and the evident improvement she makes in her knowledge of Foreign languages, History and Geography, afford a pleasing Presage that when her faculties attain their maturity, she will be the delight of her Friends, and a distinguish'd ornament to her sex."[10]
1796 June. (Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt). "In the superintendence of his household he is assisted by his two daughters, Mrs. Randolph and Miss Mary, who are handsome, modest, and amiable women."[11]
1802 December 26. (Margaret Bayard Smith). "Mrs. Eppes is beautiful, simplicity and timidity personified when in company, but when alone with you or communicative and winning manners. Mrs. R is rather homely, a delicate likeness of her father, but still more interesting than Mrs. E."[12]
1837. (George Tucker). "Mrs. Eppes, a lady whose gentle virtues and rare beauty won the admiration and regard of all who knew her."[13]
1847. (Isaac Jefferson). "Polly low like her mother and longways the handsomest, pretty lady just like her mother; pity she died--poor thing!"[14]
1856 January 15. (Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to Henry S. Randall). "My aunt, Mrs. Eppes, was singularly beautiful. She was high-principled, just, and generous. Her temper, naturally mild, became, I think, saddened by ill health in the latter part of her life. In that respect she differed from my mother, whose disposition seemed to have the sunshine of heaven in it...[My mother] was intellectually somewhat superior to her sister, who was sensible of the difference, though she was of too noble a nature for her feelings ever to assume an ignoble character. There was between the sisters the strongest and warmest attachment, the most perfect confidence and affection."[15]
- [S4] Deborah Lozano.
After the death of her mother, Mary spent time in France, hence the name change from Mary to Maria(Marie)
(The Thomas Jefferson papers)
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6531978.
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