Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph (September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836) , was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. She was born in Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia and was named in honor of Martha Washington, wife of George Washington.

She was educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Paris

She is now considered to have been First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1809 because her father was a widower. She earned a reputation as an intellectual.

In 1790, Martha married Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and was mother to twelve children:

Anne Cary Randolph (1791 - 1826).
Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792 - 1875).
Ellen Wayles Randolph (1794 - 1795).
Ellen Wayles Randolph (1796 - 1876). Named after deceased older sister. Married to Joseph Coolidge.
Cornelia Jefferson Randolph (1799 - 1871).
Virginia Jefferson Randolph (1801 - 1882).
Mary Jefferson Randolph (1803 - 1876).
James Madison Randolph (1806 - 1834).
Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1808 - 1871).
Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810 - 1837). His widow Elizabeth Martin remarried to Andrew Jackson Donelson—nephew of President Andrew Jackson.
Septimia Anne Randolph (1814 - 1887).
George Wythe Randolph (1816 - 1867).

She educated her children at home. She inherited Monticello from her father in 1826. She faced increasing financial difficulties and had to sell it to James T. Barclay in 1831. She was estranged from her husband until shortly before his death in 1828. She died at her Edgehill estate in Albemarle County, Virginia.