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Mary Jefferson Eppes (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804), known as Polly in childhood and Maria as an adult, was the younger of Thomas Jefferson 's two daughters with his wife who survived beyond the age of 3. She married a first cousin, John Wayles Eppes, and had three children with him. Only their son Francis W. Eppes survived childhood.
Maria Jefferson Eppes (1778-1804) was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. She married her cousin John Wayles Eppes in 1797 and had two children, Francis and Maria, before dying at age 26.
Article. Mary Jefferson Eppes, Jefferson’s daughter. 1778 - 1804. Overview. Mary (who was sometimes called Maria) was born in 1778 at Monticello. Her parents were Martha and Thomas Jefferson. When her mother died, Mary was only four years old. Jefferson sent Mary and her younger sister Lucy to live with their aunt. Soon little Lucy died.
Eppington was the Georgian plantation home of Mary Jefferson Eppes and John Wayles Eppes, cousins of Thomas Jefferson. Learn about the history, architecture, and significance of this historic site in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Maria Jefferson Eppes (February 15, 1804 – February 1806) Mary died at Monticello on April 17, 1804, two months after the birth of Maria, and is buried there. On April 15, 1809, Eppes married Martha Burke Jones, daughter of Willie Jones, a prominent North Carolina planter and politician.
Letters among Thomas Jefferson, Mary Jefferson Bolling, and their sister Martha Jefferson Carr, as well as Jefferson's daughter Maria Jefferson Eppes, reveal affectionate family relationships. It is apparent, however, that John Bolling suffered from alcoholism, and that this was the cause of major strain in the family.
Born Mary Jefferson in 1778; died in 1804; dau. of Martha Jefferson (1748–1782) and Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826, 3rd president of US); m. her cousin John Wales Eppes; children: several, including Frances Eppes and Maria Eppes (who died in childbirth at age 25).
