Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson

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First Lady of Virginia human

Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson was an American planter's daughter who became the wife of future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and served as the mistress of Monticello until her death in 1782.

Aliases (1)

Martha Wayles ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Lady of Virginia → human →
associatedWithPlace	Albemarle County, Virginia → Charles City County, Virginia →
birthDate	1748-10-30 →
birthName	Martha Wayles →
birthPlace	Charles City County, Colony of Virginia →
burialPlace	Monticello cemetery →
causeOfDeath	complications from childbirth →
child	Jane Jefferson → Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson → Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson II → Martha Jefferson Randolph → Mary Jefferson → Unnamed son Jefferson →
countryOfCitizenship	Colony of Virginia → United States of America →
deathDate	1782-09-06 →
deathPlace	Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia →
ethnicGroup	English American →
familyName	Jefferson →
father	John Wayles →
fullName	Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson →
givenName	Martha →
heritage	British colonial American →
livedDuring	American Revolutionary period → Colonial America →
marriageDate	1772-01-01 →
mother	Martha Eppes Wayles →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableEvent	American Revolutionary War era →
notableFor	being the wife of Thomas Jefferson → managing Monticello household → serving as First Lady of Virginia →
notablePropertyInherited	Wayles estate →
notableRole	mistress of Monticello →
occupation	planter's daughter →
partOf	Jefferson family → Wayles family →
positionHeld	First Lady of Virginia →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Elk Hill plantation → Monticello → The Forest plantation →
socialClass	Virginia planter elite →
spouse	Thomas Jefferson →
spouseOccupation	third President of the United States →
spouseOf	Thomas Jefferson →
spousePositionHeld	Governor of Virginia →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson ("Martha Wayles") →	birthName
Monticello cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson →	fullName
Thomas Jefferson →	spouse