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Mary Jefferson Eppes
Thomas Jefferson's Younger Child
Female
Born
Aug 1, 1778
Died
Apr 17, 1804
Other Names
Polly, Maria
Mary Jefferson Eppes, born Mary Jefferson, was the younger of Thomas Jefferson's two daughters who survived infancy. At the age of nine, she joined her father in Paris, when he was a United States minister to France. She attended a convent school and… Read More
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Mary Jefferson Eppes
d.1804
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CHILDHOOD
1778
Birth
Born in 1778.
TEENAGE
1797
19 Years Old
Maria/Mary married her childhood friend and cousin John Wayles Eppes on October 13, 1797. Their first child was born in January 1800; but lived only a few days. Mary gave birth to Francis W. Eppes in 1801; he was their only child to survive infancy.
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TWENTIES
1800
22 Years Old
It was her death that prompted Abigail Adams to send written condolences to President Jefferson, thus ending a long silence between the two families that had been brought on by political differences during the presidential campaign of 1800.
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1804
26 Years Old
She died on April 17, 1804 and was buried beside her mother, as she had asked.
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