Jun 18, 2025 · Although the Jeffersons were not among the elite landholding families of colonial Virginia, Thomas Jefferson’s grandfather and great-grandfather, both also named Thomas, …

Although Thomas Jefferson was instrumental in founding a new nation, he was no newcomer to the American colonies. His ancestors on both his mother's and father's side came from …

Drawn from Collected Papers of the Monticello Association of The Descendants of Thomas Jefferson, George Green Shackleford, ed. (1984).

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years. This article covers his early life and career, through his writing the Declaration of …

Sep 28, 2025 · According to Family Search Thomas and I are both descended on my father's side from distant ancestors Hugh Sherbourne (1463 to 1528) and his wife Anne Talbot (1468 to …

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, was of English descent, but with deep and wide Virginia roots. His father and paternal grandparents were Virginians; his mother was born …

Jan 15, 2025 · Born on April 13, 1743, in colonial Virginia, Jefferson grew up in a world of wealth and privilege on his father’s Shadwell plantation near the Blue Ridge Mountains. Spanning …

History: The third US president, author of the Declaration of Independence, and VA statesman Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) relates in his memoirs a family tradition that he was …

Jefferson's two daughters had married political figures, and they sometimes lived with their husbands at the White House. When they were in residence, one or the other served as …

The third of ten children, Thomas Jefferson was born into a planter family closely related to some of the most prominent individuals in Virginia. Two siblings died in childhood.