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Mary (Field) Jefferson (1679 - 1715)

Mary Jefferson formerly Field
Born in Henrico County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Wife of — married 20 Oct 1697 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 36 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Ancestor of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President.

Contents

Biography

Mary is the daughter of the Late Major Peter Field in 1708 per an indenture[1]

Birth

Birth Date: 3 FEB 1678/79[2]
Birth Place: Henrico Co., VA.
Father: Peter Field b: Abt 1635 Virginia[2]
Mother: Judith Soane b: Abt 1645 Henrico, Virginia[2]

Marriage

Marriage: Thomas Jefferson b: 1679 Henrico, Virginia
Married: 20 Nov 1697, Henrico, Virginia,
Children:
  1. Judith Jefferson b: 30 Aug 1698 -1786 married between 1717 and 1718 to George Farrar 1692-1772
  2. Thomas Jefferson 1701-1765
  3. Field Jefferson b: 16 Mar 1703 married 10 April 1732, Henrico Co., VA, to Mary Frances Robertson 1706-1750
  4. Peter Jefferson b: 29 Feb 1708 in ,Virginia married 3 October 1739, Goochland Co., VA, to Jane Randolph
  5. Mary Jefferson b: Aug 1708 in Henrico, Virginia 1709-1755 married 5 April 1732, Virginia, to Thomas Turpin 1708-1790
  6. Martha Jefferson 1710-1797 married to Bennett Goode ca 1706-1768/

Death

Death Date: 13 Aug 1715 (aged 36)[2]
Death Place: Henrico County, Virginia, USA[2]
Burial: Unknown

Research Notes

Often Conflated

John Ragsdale married Mary Jefferson, not this Mary (Field) Jefferson (1679-1715).

Sources

  1. see p 174: Letters and Other Papers, 1735-1829 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr., 1915), pp. 162-192 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243433 Page Count: 31
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Find A Grave: Memorial #64448319 for Mary Field Jefferson (1679–1715) (memorial only, no gravestone photo).

See also:

  • Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America . . ., Vol. 2, Chicago, Illinois: Hammond Press (1901), p. 1060-
  • Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
  • Web Page Author: Brian Tompsett, Data Author: Funk&Wagnall's "The Presidents", Genealogy of the US Presidents, web page, (http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents/, Version: 23 Apr 96), "Electronic."
  • Kinnexions web site, ancestor of both Griffith BOWEN and Margaret FLEMING, "Electronic."




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Is there a source for the image of her?
see p 268: Henrico County: Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families: Part III

William Clayton Torrence The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 24, No. 4 (Apr., 1916), pp. 262-283 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture DOI: 10.2307/1914683 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914683

see also http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henrico/vitals/marriages/1699.txt (married 20 Nov 1697)

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
see p 174:

Letters and Other Papers, 1735-1829 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr., 1915), pp. 162-192 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243433 Page Count: 31

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Field-2765 and Field-1 appear to represent the same person because: identical dates, same family

This week's connection theme is the Puritan Great Migration. Mary is 11 degrees from John Winthrop, 11 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 11 degrees from John Cotton, 12 degrees from John Eliot, 12 degrees from John Endecott, 12 degrees from Mary Estey, 10 degrees from Thomas Hooker, 9 degrees from Anne Hutchinson, 13 degrees from William Pynchon, 12 degrees from Alice Tilley, 8 degrees from Robert Treat and 10 degrees from Roger Williams on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.

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