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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.
Eppes married his first cousin Mary Jefferson (known as "Polly" in childhood and "Maria" as an adult) on October 13, 1797, at Monticello. [1] They resided at Mont Blanco plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia. After several miscarriages, [4] Maria and John had three children: [3] Unnamed daughter Eppes (December 31, 1799 – January 1800) [4]
Mary or Maria (Polly) Jefferson Eppes (1778-1804) was the fourth child of Thomas Jefferson and Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson and the younger of their only two children to survive to adulthood. Following her mother's death in 1782, Polly was sent to stay with her aunt, Elizabeth Wayles Eppes. She became very attached to the family at Eppington ...
When John Wayles Eppes was born in April 1772, in Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Eppes, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Wayles, was 20. He married Mary Jefferson on 13 October 1797, in Monticello, Albemarle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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Eppes was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, the only son and youngest of six children of Francis Eppes and Elizabeth (née Wayles) on April 19, 1773. He attended the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia in 1786. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1794 and commenced practice in Richmond, Virginia. Eppes married his ...
Mary is the daughter of Thomas & Martha Jefferson, She was born at "Monticello" and died there. Her father's nickname for her was Polly. Mary shared White House hostess with her sister Martha Randolph and Dolly Madison, the wife of James Madison. Mary married John Wayles Eppes on October 13, 1797 at her father's house Monticello.
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John and Maria were married at Monticello in October 1797, after a lifelong courtship. When her mother died, the four-year-old Mary Jefferson (later called Maria) went to live with her aunt, Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, at Eppington in Chesterfield County, Virginia. There she met her cousin John, five years her elder.
