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Mother of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States.
Jane was born in the Tower Hamlets of Shadwell, a neighborhood of London. Later her family moved to Virginia.
She was reportedly quite close with her son, Thomas Jefferson, who became President of the USA.
Jane was also cousin to Peyton Randolph, 1st President of the Continental Congress.
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9 Feb 1720
3 Oct 1739
31 Mar 1776
Jane Randolph Jefferson, née Jane Randolph (February 9, 1720 – March 31, 1776) was the wife of Peter Jefferson and the mother of president Thomas Jefferson. Born in Shadwell Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, she was the daughter of Isham Randolph and Jane Rogers, and a cousin of Peyton Randolph.
Randolph was born in one of the Tower Hamlets, Shadwell, a poor maritime neighborhood of London. She most likely immigrated to Virginia as a child with her family and that her education was received entirely at home. Little is known of her, for Jefferson rarely mentioned his mother in his extensive writings. According to the 20th-century biographer Merrill Peterson, she represented "zero quantity" in her son Thomas's life, although more recent scholarship questions Peterson's conclusions..
Randolph married Peter Jefferson in Virginia in 1739. Together, they had the following children:
Jane Randolph Jefferson died from what was described at the time as an "apoplexy" on March 31, 1776, barely three months before Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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