Jane Jefferson

born in 1740 AD; still alive (age ~284)

sister of Thomas Jefferson


Quotes (About)

Because of the death of the two infant boys at Tuckahoe, daughters predominated in the household and there was a distinct gap between the five older children [Jane, Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Martha] and the three younger [Lucy, Anna Scott, Randolph], who were born after the return to Shadwell.

  • by Dumas Malone
  • about Thomas Jefferson, Randolph Jefferson, Martha Jefferson Carr, Jane Jefferson, Mary Jefferson Bolling, Elizabeth Jefferson, Lucy Jefferson Lewis, Anne Scott Jefferson Marks

    • Thomas's sisters Jane and Martha meant more than the others in his life. Jane, nearly three years older than he, was his first favorite... It is said that she, more than any other member of the family, stimulated his boyish ambitions and encouraged him in his reading and his cultivation of music... he was only twenty-two when she died unmarried and he wrote for her a Latin epitaph.

  • by Dumas Malone
  • about Thomas Jefferson, Martha Jefferson Carr, Jane Jefferson