Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the USA

1743 - 1826  (83 years)

• Name	Thomas Jefferson  [1, 2]
  Suffix	3rd President of the USA
  Born	13 Apr 1743	Shadwell Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1762	College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
  	Graduated
  Occupation	1767  [3]
  	Admitted to the bar.
  Occupation	Between 1769 and 1775  [3]
  	Member, Virginia House of Burgesses.
  Occupation	Between 1775 and 1776  [3]
  	Member, Continental Congress.
  Occupation	Between 1776 and 1779  [3]
  	Member, Virginia legislature.
  Occupation	1776  [3]
  	Primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
  Occupation	Between 1779 and 1781	Virginia, USA   [3]
  	Governor of Virginia.
  Occupation	Between 1783 and 1785  [3]
  	Member, Congress of Confederation.
  Occupation	Between 1785 and 1789	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [3]
  	USA Minister to France (1785-89).
  Occupation	Between 1790 and 1793
  	US. Secretary of State.
  Occupation	Between 1797 and 1801  [3]
  	Vice President of the United States.
  Occupation	Between 1801 and 1809  [3]
  	President of the USA.
  Occupation	20 Dec 1803  [2]
  	Approved Louisiana Purchase from France, the largest land transfer in history, 828,800 square miles for 60 million francs and cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs. Land acquired represented present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans.
  Occupation	1819	University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	Founded University of Virginia.
  Died	4 Jul 1826	Monticello Estate, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I1750771188	Red1st
  Last Modified	1 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Col Peter Jefferson,   b. 1707,   d. 1757  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Jane Randolph,   b. 1720, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1776  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1739
  Family ID	F673092860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Wayles,   b. 30 Oct 1748,   d. 6 Sep 1782  (Age 33 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1772	The Forest, Charles City County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Martha"Patsy" Jefferson,   b. 27 Sep 1772,   d. 1836  (Age 63 years)   2. Jane Randolph Jefferson,   b. 3 Apr 1774   3. Mary (Maria ,Polly) Jefferson,   b. 1 Aug 1778,   d. 1804  (Age 25 years)   4. Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson,   b. 3 Nov 1780   5. Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson,   b. 8 May 1782
  Family ID	F673092861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Apr 1743 - Shadwell Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia, USA Education - 1762 - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Married - 1 Jan 1772 - The Forest, Charles City County, Virginia, USA Occupation - Between 1779 and 1781 - Virginia, USA Occupation - Between 1785 and 1789 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Occupation - 1819 - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Died - 4 Jul 1826 - Monticello Estate, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the USA by Charles Willson Peale (cropped version)

  
  

• Sources

  [S50917195509] Royal Descents of Famous People, Mark Humphrys, (copyright 1995, 1996). [S50917195322] Presidents Database: Genealogy of the US Presidents, Brian Tompsett, Computer Science Dept, University of Hull (England), (based on book "The Presidents", pub. by Funk & Wagnall's). [S50917202782] Book of the Founding Fathers, Vincent Wilson, Jr., (American History Research Associates, Brookville, MD, 1974). [S50917195322] Presidents Database: Genealogy of the US Presidents, Brian Tompsett, Computer Science Dept, University of Hull (England), (based on book "The Presidents", pub. by Funk & Wagnall's). Jan 1772