Disconnected Thomas Jefferson, Sr. as son of Samuel Jefferson, II If anyone knows otherwise, he can always be put back, but apparently, the The Thomas Jefferson Foundation doesn’t support origins with certainty.
Disputed Origins
Parents: Samuel & (Elizabeth.) Or - Thomas's father may have been a John Jefferson who arrived in 1619 aboard the ship Bonahora ("Thomas Jefferson," by William Eleroy Curtis).
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Two Theories of his Heritage
- Thomas Jefferson, Sr., was born in the British West Indies, on Saint Christopher island, ca. 1640, the son of Samuel Jefferson, aka Jeaffreson (b. 1607 in Pettistree, Suffolk, England), and Elizabeth Broom (possibly "widow Broom"), b. 1610, in Suffolk, England. It is now believed that his parents married in 1628 in Suffolk, England before they joined Samuel Jefferson on St. Kitts around 1630, where their son, Thomas Jefferson, was born. The family was educated and fairly well-to-do - they would be considered "upper middle class" today. A Thomas Jefferson went to Jamaica in 1656, but the 1670 Census, 14 years later, shows no one there by that name. It is not improbable that the family left the Leeward Islands for Jamaica, before finally settling in the English colony of Virginia. If born in 1649 or earlier he would have been at least 18 by 1667 and thus free to emigrate north. Apparently his parents did not join him in Virginia for Samuel Jeaffreson Jr.'s death was reported in Antigua, BWI, in 1685, at age 78. He is said to have moved to Antigua in 1669 - possibly the same year young Thomas left for Virginia.[1]
- Thomas's father may have been a John Jefferson who arrived in 1619 aboard the ship Bonahora.[2]
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation agrees that these are both theories and not proven.[3] For this reason, no parents are attached to this profile.
