"Martha was tall and slim with angular features and red hair, and was said to have closely resembled her father."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Jefferson_Randolph
Showing posts with label Jefferson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jefferson. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
192) Martha Jefferson Randolph
Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772 - 1836). Daughter of American president Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton.
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
140) Martha Jefferson
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (1748 - 1782). Wife of American president Thomas Jefferson. Mother of Martha Jefferson Randolph.
"She was pretty, her figure 'slight', but shapely, and her eyes were hazel and and her hair auburn"https://books.google.it/books
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139) Eston Hemings Jefferson
Eston Hemings Jefferson (1808 – 1856). Born a slave, the illegitimate son of American president Thomas Jefferson.
"Eston, who became a skilled carpenter, had Jefferson-like red hair and freckles."https://people.uwec.edu/ivogeler/w188/jeff.htm
138) Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826). American statesman,
diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previously, he had served as
the second vice president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. The principal
author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of
democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists
to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced
formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level.
Husband of Martha Wayles Skelton and father of Martha Jefferson Randolph and of Eston Hemings Jefferson.
- "Although his natural hair color was consistently described as red or sandy red, it was often dressed and powdered."
http://www.isthisjefferson.com/DLP_E01.html
- "Hair Color: reddish"
https://foundingbrothersproject.weebly.com/thomas-jefferson.html
- "It is still well covered with hair, which having been once red, and now turning gray, is of an indistinct sandy color." https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/physical-descriptions-jefferson
- "It is still well covered with hair, which having been once red, and now turning gray, is of an indistinct sandy color." https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/physical-descriptions-jefferson
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