Peter Jefferson

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Peter Jefferson was an 18th-century Virginia planter, surveyor, and cartographer best known as the father of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

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Peter Jefferson canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographer
colonial Virginian
landowner
planter
surveyor
birthDate 1708-02-29
birthPlace Osbornes, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
burialPlace Shadwell, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
child Anna Scott Jefferson
Elizabeth Jefferson
Jane Jefferson
Lucy Jefferson
Martha Jefferson
Mary Jefferson
Peter Field Jefferson
Randolph Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
coAuthor Joshua Fry
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia
deathDate 1757-08-17
deathPlace Shadwell, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
ethnicGroup English American
fatherOf Thomas Jefferson
heldPosition justice of the peace for Albemarle County
justice of the peace for Goochland County
knownFor being the father of Thomas Jefferson
co-producing an influential 18th-century map of Virginia
landOwned Shadwell plantation
Snowdon plantation
memberOf Virginia House of Burgesses (through local roles and commissions)
linked to: House of Burgesses
militaryRank colonel
motherOfChildrenWith Jane Randolph Jefferson
notableEvent participated in surveying the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line
notableWork Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia
numberOfChildren 10
occupation cartographer
justice of the peace
militia officer
planter
surveyor
partOf Virginia gentry
religion Anglicanism
residence Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
Goochland County, Colony of Virginia
Shadwell plantation
servedIn Virginia colonial militia
linked to: Virginia militia
spouse Jane Randolph Jefferson
yearOfBoundarySurvey 1749

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Shadwell, Virginia Colony foundedBy Peter Jefferson
Jane Randolph Jefferson spouse Peter Jefferson
Shadwell plantation foundedBy Peter Jefferson
Shadwell plantation ownedBy Peter Jefferson
Shadwell plantation associatedWith Peter Jefferson
Jefferson family hasNotableMember Peter Jefferson
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson relative Peter Jefferson