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Personal data Martha Wayles 

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Household of Martha Wayles

She is married to Thomas Jefferson.

They got married on January 1, 1772 at The Forest, Williamsburg, Virginia, she was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Martha Jefferson  1772-1836 
  3. Maria Eppes  1778-1804 
  6. Madison Hemings  1805-1877

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Martha Wayles

Francis Isham Eppes
1686-1759
John Wayles
1715-1773
Martha Eppes
1712-1748

Martha Wayles
1748-1782

1772

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826

Martha Jefferson
1772-1836
Jane Randolph Jefferson
1774-1775
Maria Eppes
1778-1804
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson
1780-1781
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson
1782-1784
Madison Hemings
1805-1877

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    Historical events

    Birthday October 30, 1748

    • The temperature on October 30, 1748 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer en geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1748: Source: Wikipedia
      • June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
      • August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
      • October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
      • October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

    Day of marriage January 1, 1772

    • The temperature on January 1, 1772 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: vochtig donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. 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)
    • In the year 1772: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
      • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
      • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
      • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
      • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
      • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

    Day of death September 6, 1782

    • The temperature on September 6, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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)
    • In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
      • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
      • April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
      • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
      • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
      • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
    

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