Colonel Field Jefferson

From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia:

Field Jefferson ( 16 March 1702 - 10 February 1765) was Thomas Jefferson's uncle, the older brother of his father, Peter Jefferson.[1] He was the third child of Thomas Jefferson (1677-1731) and Mary Field (1679-1715).

His first wife is believed to have been named Mary Frances Robertson (SIC: her maiden name is not known; see notes) (1706-1750) and they had nine children:[2]

1. Thomas Jefferson (1733-1783)
2. Peterfield Jefferson (1735-1794)
3. Elizabeth Jefferson (1736-?)
4. Frances Jefferson (1738-1766)
5. George Jefferson (1739-1780)
6. Mary Jefferson (1740-?)
7. Judith Jefferson (1741-?)
8. John Robertson Jefferson (1742-1809)
9. Phoebe Jefferson (1743-1830) m. Alexander Clark[3]

Field Jefferson married a second time in 1753, to Mary Allen "of Albemarle County."  No children were born to Field and his second wife.[4]

notes

From http://astoundingpast.blogspot.com/2011/06/field-jefferson-march-6-...

A correspondent of Mr. Landon C. Bell writes:  Field Jefferson was twice married; First to Frances____, who died February 26, 1750.  His second wife was Mary Robertson who survived him.  I do not know the last name of his first wife.  He was born in 1702 and died February 16, 1765."

http://astoundingpast.blogspot.com/2011/05/field-jefferson-will-in-...

Field Jefferson Will Mecklenburg Virginia County Court House Will Book 1 page 4

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Further Sources

FOOTNOTES

• 1. Birth and death dates for Field are from a Jefferson family Bible originally belonging to Field's father, Thomas Jefferson (1677-1731) and published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981), 2:450-455.
• 2. Information on Field Jefferson's children from a genealogical chart provided to us by a descendant. The information is believed to be accurate but we have not independently confirmed it unless otherwise noted.
• 3. See Elizabeth Shown Mills, "A Husband for Phoebe Jefferson," Virginia Genealogist 29 (1985): 83-104.  View PDF.
• 4. See Landon C. Bell, "Field Jefferson's Second Wife," Tyler's Quarterly 13 (1931): 15-23.

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ID: I3873

Name: *Mary Hunt

Sex: F

Birth: 15 MAY 1695 in Charles City,Virginia

Death: 8 MAR 1763 in Buchingham,Virginia

Note:

Mary was the daughter of William II and Tabitha (Underwood) Bowler Hunt. William Allen was the overseer on the Minge plantation. On 12 Jul 1726, William Allen and his wife Mary sold 200 acres in Surry Co VA to John Allen, "being part of 4342

acres granted William Hunt on 24 Oct 1707, and by him willed to his dau, the above named Mary Allen". On 18 Nov 1741, Mary's daughters Tabitha Minge and George Baskerville (for his wife Martha Minge) sold 375 acres in Goochland Co VA to William Allen, being the land left by Robert Minge to his wife Mary. William Allen died in 1752, and Mary went to visit her Minge

Note:

daughters in Lunenburg Co VA. On 31 Oct 1753 Mary Allen and Field Jefferson applied for a marriage bond in Lunenburg Co, with George Baskerville as surety. On 1 Nov 1753 Mary and Field signed an agreement to not claim the other's assets upon the death of the other...The agreement was witnessed by George Baskerville, and recorded 1 Jan 1754 at Lunenburg Co VA.

Note: (from Virginia Connections: www.expage.com/page/eakhu)

Note: Title: The Allen Family by Richard Fenton Wicker 1995

Note: Title: History of the Allen Family by Donald Lee Allen 2000

Change Date: 1 JAN 2006

Father: *William Hunt b: ABT 1655 in of various,Virginia

Mother: *Tabitha Edloe b: ABT 1655

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