The Brown Tree » Martha Wayles (1748-1782)

Personal data Martha Wayles

Sources 1, 2
  • He/she was born on October 30, 1748 in Charles City County, Virginia, United States of America.Source 1
  • He/she passed away on September 6, 1782 in Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, United States of America, at the age of 33 years.Source 1

    Fout Attention: Deceased (September 6, 1782) prior to birth (June 10, 1784) of child (Thomas Corbin Woodson).

    Fout Attention: Deceased (September 6, 1782) prior to birth (May 21, 1808) of child (Eston Hemings Jefferson).

    Fout Attention: Deceased (September 6, 1782) prior to birth (January 18, 1805) of child (Madison Hemings).

  • He/she was burried in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America.Source 1

Household of Martha Wayles

This person is married to President Thomas Jefferson.

They got married in the year 1772 at Colony, VA, at the age of 23 years.Sources 2, 3


Child(ren):

  1. Martha Randolph  1772-1836
  2. Peter Jefferson  1777-1777
  3. Maria Eppes  1778-1804
  7. Madison Hemings  1805-1877

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Sources

  1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1743; Birth city: Old Shadwell; Birth state: VA / Ancestry.com

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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 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
    • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
    • 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.
    • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
    • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
    • 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.


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