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Martha Wayles

Martha Wayles

Female 1748 - 1782  (33 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Martha WaylesMartha Wayles was born on 30 Oct 1748 in Charles City County, VA; died on 6 Sep 1782 in Monticello, Albemarle County, VA.

    Notes:

    MARTHA WAYLES
    Martha Wayles, d/o John Wayles
    REF: Rev. Philip Slaughter, "The True Thomas Jefferson", E.E. Curtis, 1908. Much of what Rev. Slaughter says, needs verification; the material on the Skipwiths is drawn primarily from his work. He was not a genealogist and
    concerned by accuracy, using rumor and gossip and some records.
    Martha m2. Nov 20 1766 Virginia Bathurst Skelton [d. Sep 30 1768] had 1 son, John Skelton [Nov 7 1767-Jun 10 1771]

    Michael Ragan, MWRagan@aol.com:
    Martha m. Jan 1 1771/72 Thomas Jefferson [Apr 2 1743, Shadwell VA-Jul 4 1826, Alemarle Co VA]

    SJG NOTE: Well, if it is the same MARTHA WAYLES in all 3 marriages, she had to have mar. THOMAS JEFFERSON last, 3rd and would be buried under WAYLES or JEFFERSON.

    Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:10:57 -0700
    From: Katherine Snow
    To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com
    Message-ID:
    Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] EPES/WAYLES/JEFFERSON

    On Mon, 09 Nov 1998 19:34:48 -0700 Katherine Snow writes:
    who are descended from EPES/WAYLES/JEFFERSON might be interested in
    this lineage:

    Re: Martha (Patty) Wayles (Jefferson): her lineage was:

    Francis I Eppes of England, settled in VA @ Isle of Wight
    ... Francis Eppes II
    ...... Francis Eppes III
    ......... Francis Eppes IV m. Sarah Hamlin Hett
    ............ Child: Martha Eppes m. (1)Llewellin Eppes (2)John Wayles
    ............... Child of Martha & John Wayles:
    .................. Martha (Patty) Wayles born 19 Oct 1748 d. 6 Sep 1782
    .................. m. (1)Bathurst Skelton
    ..................... Child by Skelton: John born 7 Nov 1767
    .................. m. (2?)Thomas Jefferson 1 Jan 1772
    .................. OR DID SHE MARRY HENRY SKIPWITH 2ND, AND JEFFERSON 3RD??
    .................. Children by Thomas Jefferson:
    ..................... Martha (Patsy) Jefferson born 27 Sep 1772;
    ..................... Jane Randolph Jefferson born 3 Apr 1774;
    ..................... Son Jefferson born 28 May 1777;
    ..................... Mary (Maria (Polly) Jefferson born 1 Aug 1778;
    ..................... Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson born 30 Nov 1780 d.bfr May 1782
    ..................... Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson born 8 May 1782

    Lila of VA email: Genealogy98@juno.com

    Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
    1748-1782
    http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/mj3.html Biography:

    When Thomas Jefferson came courting, Martha Wayles Skelton at 22 was already a widow, an heiress, and a mother whose firstborn son would die in early childhood. Family tradition says that she was accomplished and beautiful--with slender figure, hazel eyes, and auburn hair--and wooed by many. Perhaps a mutual love of music cemented the romance; Jefferson played the violin, and one of the furnishings he ordered for the home he was building at Monticello was a "forte-piano" for his bride.

    They were married on New Year's Day, 1772, at the bride's plantation home "The Forest," near Williamsburg. When they finally reached Monticello in a late January snowstorm to find no fire, no food, and the servants asleep, they toasted their new home with a leftover half-bottle of wine and "song and merriment and laughter." That night, on their own mountaintop, the love of Thomas Jefferson and his bride seemed strong enough to endure any adversity.

    The birth of their daughter Martha in September increased their happiness. Within ten years the family gained five more children. Of them all, only two lived to grow up: Martha, called Patsy, and Mary, called Maria or Polly.

    The physical strain of frequent pregnancies weakened Martha Jefferson so gravely that her husband curtailed his political activities to stay near her. He served in Virginia's House of Delegates and as governor, but he refused an appointment by the Continental Congress as a commissioner to France. Just after New Year's Day, 1781, a British invasion forced Martha to flee the capital in Richmond with a baby girl a few weeks old--who died in April. In June the family barely escaped an enemy raid on Monticello. She bore another daughter the following May, and never regained a fair measure of strength. Jefferson wrote on May 20 that her condition was dangerous. After months of tending her devotedly, he noted in his account book for September 6, "My dear wife died this day at 11:45 A.M."

    Apparently he never brought himself to record their life together; in a memoir he referred to ten years "in unchequered happiness." Half a century later his daughter Martha remembered his sorrow: "the violence of his emotion...to this day I not describe to myself." For three weeks he had shut himself in his room, pacing back and forth until exhausted. Slowly that first anguish spent itself. In November he agreed to serve as commissioner to France, eventually taking "Patsy" with him in 1784 and send for "Polly" later.

    Famous Folks http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/index.html
    Biography.com http://www.biography.com/
    Jefferson, Martha (b. Wayles Skelton) 1748 -- 1782
    http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=16222
    Wife of Thomas Jefferson; born near Richmond, Virginia Daughter of a well-known lawyer, she was a young widow when she married Thomas Jefferson in 1772 and settled at Monticello. Her premature death left Jefferson devastated; it was said he promised her he would never marry again, and he did not. Two of their children, Martha and Mary, survived to maturity and assisted their father as hostesses in the White House.

    Martha married President Thomas Jefferson on 1 Jan 1772 in The Forest, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. Thomas (son of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph) was born on 2 Apr 1743 in Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jul 1826 in Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jefferson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1777.
    2. 3. Jefferson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1780.
    3. 4. Mary Jefferson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Aug 1778.
    4. 5. Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1782.
    5. 6. Martha Jefferson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1772; died on 10 Oct 1836.
    6. 7. Jane Randolph Jefferson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Apr 1774.

    Martha married Bathurst Skelton on 20 Nov 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  JeffersonJefferson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 28 May 1777.

  2. 3.  JeffersonJefferson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 3 Nov 1780.

  3. 4.  Mary JeffersonMary Jefferson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 1 Aug 1778.

  4. 5.  Lucy Elizabeth JeffersonLucy Elizabeth Jefferson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 8 May 1782.

  5. 6.  Martha JeffersonMartha Jefferson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 27 Sep 1772; died on 10 Oct 1836.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Monticello", Albemarle Co., VA

    Died:
    "Edge Hill", King George Co., VA

    Martha married Jr. Thomas Mann Randolph on 23 Feb 1790. Thomas (son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary) was born on 17 May 1768; died on 20 Jun 1828; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Anne Cary Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jan 1791; died on 11 Feb 1826.
    2. 9. Thomas Jefferson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Sep 1792; died on 8 Oct 1875; was buried .
    3. 10. Ellen Wayles Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1794; died on 26 Jul 1795.
    4. 11. Ellen Wayles Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1796; died on 21 Apr 1876.
    5. 12. Cornelia Jefferson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1799; died on 24 Feb 1871.
    6. 13. George Wythe Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1818; died on 3 Apr 1867.
    7. 14. Virginia Jefferson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1801; died on 26 Apr 1882.
    8. 15. Mary Jefferson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Nov 1803; died on 29 Mar 1876.
    9. 16. James Madison Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1806 in White House, Washington, DC; died on 23 Jan 1834.
    10. 17. Benjamin Franklin Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1808; died on 18 Feb 1871.
    11. 18. Meriwether Lewis Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jan 1810; died on 24 Sep 1837 in Clarke County, AR; was buried in near Whelen Springs, Clarke County, AR.
    12. 19. Septimia Anne Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jan 1814; died on 14 Sep 1887.

  6. 7.  Jane Randolph JeffersonJane Randolph Jefferson Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 3 Apr 1774.


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Anne Cary RandolphAnne Cary Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 23 Jan 1791; died on 11 Feb 1826.

    Anne married Charles Lewis Bankhead on 19 Sep 1808. Charles was born in 1788; died in 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Thomas Jefferson RandolphThomas Jefferson Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 12 Sep 1792; died on 8 Oct 1875; was buried .

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Died:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Thomas married Jane Hollins Nicholas on 10 Mar 1815. Jane was born in 1798; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Margaret Smith Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1816; died on 20 Dec 1842.
    2. 21. Mary Buchanan Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1821; died on 23 Jun 1884.
    3. 22. Eleonora Wayles Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1823; died on 15 Aug 1896.
    4. 23. Maria Jefferson Carr Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1817; died on 16 Jul 1857.
    5. 24. Mary Buchanan Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Nov 1818; died on 24 Oct 1821.
    6. 25. Caryanne Nicholas Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Apr 1820; died on 24 Jul 1857.
    7. 26. Wilson Cary Nicholas Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Oct 1834; died on 26 Apr 1907 in Charlottesville, VA.
    8. 27. Jane Nicholas Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Dec 1831; died on 26 Aug 1868 in Lynchburg, VA.
    9. 28. Meriwether Lewis Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1837; died on 1 Feb 1871.
    10. 29. Sarah Nicholas Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1839 in Cleveland, Bradley County, TN; died on 25 Apr 1892.
    11. 30. Thomas Jefferson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Aug 1829; died on 8 Aug 1872.
    12. 31. Caroline Ramsay Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jan 1828; died on 28 Jun 1902.

  3. 10.  Ellen Wayles RandolphEllen Wayles Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 30 Aug 1794; died on 26 Jul 1795.

  4. 11.  Ellen Wayles RandolphEllen Wayles Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 13 Oct 1796; died on 21 Apr 1876.

    Ellen married Joseph Coolidge on 27 May 1825. Joseph was born in 1798; died in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 12.  Cornelia Jefferson RandolphCornelia Jefferson Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 26 Jul 1799; died on 24 Feb 1871.

  6. 13.  George Wythe RandolphGeorge Wythe Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 10 Mar 1818; died on 3 Apr 1867.

    George married Mary Elizabeth Adams on 10 Apr 1852 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 14.  Virginia Jefferson RandolphVirginia Jefferson Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 22 Aug 1801; died on 26 Apr 1882.

    Virginia married Nicholas Philip Trist on 11 Sep 1824. Nicholas was born in 1800; died in 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Mary Jefferson RandolphMary Jefferson Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 2 Nov 1803; died on 29 Mar 1876.

  9. 16.  James Madison RandolphJames Madison Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 17 Jan 1806 in White House, Washington, DC; died on 23 Jan 1834.

  10. 17.  Benjamin Franklin RandolphBenjamin Franklin Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 14 Jul 1808; died on 18 Feb 1871.

    Benjamin married Sarah Champe Carter on 13 Nov 1834. Sarah (daughter of Robert Hill Carter and Mary Eliza Coles) was born in 1810; died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 18.  Meriwether Lewis RandolphMeriwether Lewis Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 31 Jan 1810; died on 24 Sep 1837 in Clarke County, AR; was buried in near Whelen Springs, Clarke County, AR.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Meriwether married Elizabeth A. Martin on 9 Apr 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Lewis Jackson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Mar 1836; died in 1840.

  12. 19.  Septimia Anne RandolphSeptimia Anne Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 3 Jan 1814; died on 14 Sep 1887.

    Septimia married David Scott Meikleham on 13 Aug 1838. David was born in 1804; died on 20 Nov 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 20.  Margaret Smith RandolphMargaret Smith Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 7 Mar 1816; died on 20 Dec 1842.

    Margaret married William Mann Randolph on 2 Sep 1839. William (son of John Randolph and Judith Archer Lewis) died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Jane Margaret Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1840.
    2. 34. William Lewis Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 21.  Mary Buchanan RandolphMary Buchanan Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 17 Dec 1821; died on 23 Jun 1884.

  3. 22.  Eleonora Wayles RandolphEleonora Wayles Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 1 Dec 1823; died on 15 Aug 1896.

    Family/Spouse: William Byrd Harrison. William was born in 1800; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 23.  Maria Jefferson Carr RandolphMaria Jefferson Carr Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 20 Jul 1817; died on 16 Jul 1857.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Maria married John Charles Randolph Taylor on 22 Dec 1834. John was born on 30 May 1812 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Jan 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Bennett Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1836; died on 9 Apr 1898.
    2. 36. Susan Beverley Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1840; died on 22 Sep 1890.
    3. 37. Jefferson Randolph Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Dec 1842; died on 15 Apr 1919.
    4. 38. Margaret Randolph Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1843; died on 12 Feb 1898.
    5. 39. Charlotte Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1845; died on 17 May 1846.
    6. 40. Stevens Mason Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jul 1847; died on 10 Jan 1917.
    7. 41. Cornelia Jefferson Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Mar 1849; died on 3 Mar 1937.
    8. 42. Moncure Robinson Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 1851; died on 7 Dec 1915.
    9. 43. Edmund Randolph Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jul 1853; died on 16 Jun 1919.

  5. 24.  Mary Buchanan RandolphMary Buchanan Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 23 Nov 1818; died on 24 Oct 1821.

  6. 25.  Caryanne Nicholas RandolphCaryanne Nicholas Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 22 Apr 1820; died on 24 Jul 1857.

    Caryanne married Francis Gildart Ruffin on 28 Dec 1840. Francis was born in 1816; died in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 26.  Wilson Cary Nicholas RandolphWilson Cary Nicholas Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 26 Oct 1834; died on 26 Apr 1907 in Charlottesville, VA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Wilson married Mary Holliday on 11 Nov 1858 in Charlottesville, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 27.  Jane Nicholas RandolphJane Nicholas Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 10 Dec 1831; died on 26 Aug 1868 in Lynchburg, VA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Jane married Robert Garlick Hill Kean on 24 May 1854 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. Robert was born on 7 Oct 1828; died in 1898 in Lynchburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 28.  Meriwether Lewis RandolphMeriwether Lewis Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 17 Jul 1837; died on 1 Feb 1871.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Meriwether married Anna T. Daniel in 1869 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 29.  Sarah Nicholas RandolphSarah Nicholas Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 10 Oct 1839 in Cleveland, Bradley County, TN; died on 25 Apr 1892.

    Family/Spouse: Noah H. Haggard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 30.  Thomas Jefferson RandolphThomas Jefferson Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 29 Aug 1829; died on 8 Aug 1872.

    Family/Spouse: Mary Walker Meriwether. Mary was born on 29 Apr 1833; died on 4 Oct 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 44. Francis Merriwether Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 1854; died on 8 Sep 1922.
    2. 45. George Geiger Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 46. III Thomas Jefferson Randolph  Descendancy chart to this point

    Thomas married Charlotte N. Meriwether in 1865. Charlotte died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 31.  Caroline Ramsay RandolphCaroline Ramsay Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born on 15 Jan 1828; died on 28 Jun 1902.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA

    Died:
    "Edge Hill", Albemarle Co., VA


  13. 32.  Lewis Jackson RandolphLewis Jackson Randolph Descendancy chart to this point (18.Meriwether3, 6.Martha2, 1.Martha1) was born in Mar 1836; died in 1840.