Davis Family Tree » Colonel Peter Jefferson (1708-1757)
Personal data Colonel Peter Jefferson
Sources 1, 2Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10- He was born on February 29, 1708 in Shadwell, Goochland Albemarle Co, VA.Sources 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
- He died on August 17, 1757 in Shadwell, Goochland, Virginia, USA, he was 49 years old.Sources 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10
- He is buried in Albemarle County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 7
- A child of Thomas JEFFERSON and Mary FIELD
Household of Colonel Peter Jefferson
He is married to Jane Randolph.
They got married on October 3, 1739 at Goochland, Virginia, USA, he was 31 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Jefferson 1733-1744
- Jemima Jefferson 1740-1765
- Judith JEFFERSON 1740-????
- Jane Jefferson 1740-1765
- Mary JEFFERSON 1741-1817
- Elizabeth Jefferson 1744-1774
- Peter Field Jefferson 1748-1748
- Lewis Jefferson 1749-1749
- Dabney Jefferson 1750-1750
- Randolph Jefferson 1755-????
- Anna Scott Jefferson 1755-1805
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Sources
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 2709.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DP1
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting
Name: Colonel Peter Jefferson death date: 17 Aug 1757 death place: Shadwell, Goochland, Virginia, USA marriage date: 03 OCT 1739 marriage place: Goochland, Virginia, USA birth date: 29 Feb 1708 birth place: Osbornes, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
/ Ancestry.com - Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, Dodd, Jordan / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com
marriage date: 03 OCT 1739 marriage place: Goochland, Virginia, USA Name: Colonel Peter Jefferson
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Source Citation: SAR Membership Number: 89736
death date: 17 Aug 1757 death place: Shadwell, Goochland, Virginia, USA Name: Colonel Peter Jefferson birth date: 29 Feb 1708 birth place: Osbornes, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
/ Ancestry.com - Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2011, Ancestry.com / iOS Application
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1707; Birth city: Chesterfield Co; Birth state: VA / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com
marriage date: 03 OCT 1739 marriage place: Goochland, Virginia, USA Name: Colonel Peter Jefferson
/ Ancestry.com - Family Data Collection - Deaths, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Marriages, Edmund West, comp.
- Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, Dodd, Jordan
Name: Jane Randolph marriage date: 03 OCT 1739 marriage place: Goochland, Virginia, USA
/ Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 29, 1708
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
- March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
- September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
- October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
Day of marriage October 3, 1739
- The temperature on October 3, 1739 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1739: Source: Wikipedia
- February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
- March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
- May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
- September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
- October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
- November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Day of death August 17, 1757
- The temperature on August 17, 1757 was about 17.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken hagel regen. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
- January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
- January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
- March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
- May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
- June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
- December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
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