Jane Randolph Jefferson
| Jane Randolph Jefferson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jane Randolph February 9, 1721 Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London, The Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | March 31, 1776 (aged 55) Massachusetts, United States |
| Children | Jane Mary Thomas Elizabeth Martha Peter (died in infancy; 1748) Peter (died in infancy; 1750) Lucy Anna Randolph |
Jane Randolph Jefferson, née Jane Randolph (February 9, 1721 – 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, a ship's captain and planter, and Jane Rogers. She was a cousin of Peyton Randolph.
Randolph was born in Shadwell, a 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; Jefferson rarely mentioned his mother.
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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