Back مارثا جيفرسون Arabic مارثا جيفرسون ARZ Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson Czech Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson Danish Martha Jefferson German Martha Jefferson English Martha Jefferson Spanish Martha Jefferson Finnish Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson French מרתה ויילס סקלטון ג'פרסון HE
Martha Jefferson | |
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| First Lady of Virginia | |
| In office June 1, 1779 – June 3, 1781 | |
| Preceded by | Dorothea Henry |
| Succeeded by | Anne Fleming |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1748 Charles City, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | September 6, 1782 (aged 33) Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America |
| Spouse(s) | Bathurst Skelton (1766–1768) Thomas Jefferson (1772–1782; her death) |
| Children | John (1767–1771) Martha (1772–1836) Jane (1774–1775) Peter (1777) Polly (1778–1804) Lucy Elizabeth (1780–1781) Lucy Elizabeth (1782–1784) |
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, born Martha Wayles (October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the only wife of her second husband, Thomas Jefferson.
She was a widow at her second wedding, as her first husband had died young. When her second husband, Jefferson, was Governor of Virginia, she served as First Lady of Virginia from 1779 to 1781.
The Jeffersons had six children together. Only two daughters survived to adulthood, and only one past the age of 25. Weakened by childbirth, Martha Jefferson died several months after the birth of her last child, twenty years before her husband became the third President of the United States. At her wishes, he never married again.