Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1782 - 1784)

Born 8 May 1782 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Died 13 Oct 1784 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Lucy was the sixth and last child of the third president Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Randolph Jefferson. Her mother passed away just 4 months after Lucy's birth, due to childbirth complications.

This Lucy Elizabeth shall not be confused with her older sister Lucy Elizabeth, who passed away in 1781.^[1] She was born on 08 May 1782 at "Monticello" in Charlottesville, Albemarle, County, Virginia. She was named after her older sister who passed away 1 year before she was born.

Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson died when she was two years old from whooping cough on 13 Oct 1782 at Eppington Plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA. ^{[2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/lucy-jefferson-1782-1784
2. ↑ Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America / edited by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd edition#2 & published in 1981 by Burke's Peerage Limited of London, England.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #191839395

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