Marriage and Family
Jefferson's first marriage was to his first cousin Ann Jefferson Lewis on July 30, 1780, however, another account states that they were married in 1781. Ann was the daughter of Charles Lilburn Lewis of Buck Island and Mary Randolph, the sister of Jane Randolph Jefferson. Isham Randolph of Dungeness was the grandfather of both Randolph Jefferson and Ann Jefferson Lewis. Randolph Jefferson and Ann Jefferson (Lewis) Jefferson had four children: Isham Randolph Jefferson (1781–1852), Thomas Jefferson (1783–1876), Lewis Jefferson, and Anne Scott Jefferson. Possibly: Field Jefferson (c1785?-1808+); Robert Lewis Jefferson (c1787?-1808+); and James Lilburne Jefferson (c1789?-1816+).
As a child, Thomas, Jr. was a resident at Monticello for extended periods of schooling in 1799 and 1800, and possibly 1801. In another first cousin marriage, Thomas eventually married Mary Randolph Lewis, the daughter of Charles Lilburn Lewis of Monteagle.
After Ann died, Randolph Jefferson married a second time, to Mitchie B. Pryor of Buckingham.
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