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Martha Carr (Jefferson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Albemarle USA, Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
Death: September 03, 1811 (65)
Monticello Albermarle USA, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States (a "wasting complaint which has for two or three years been gaining upon her.")
Place of Burial: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel Peter Jefferson and Jane Jefferson
Wife of Dabney Carr
Mother of Jane Barbara Cary; Mary Holliday; Lucy Maria Terrell; Peter Carr; Samuel Jefferson Carr and 3 others
Sister of Jane Jefferson; Mary Bolling; Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America; Elizabeth Jefferson; Peter Field Jefferson, II and 4 others

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Managed by: James Hutchison
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About Martha Carr

Martha Jefferson Carr (1746–1811) - her husband Dabney Carr, Thomas Jefferson's best friend and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, helped launch the intercolonial Committee of Correspondence in Virginia in March 1773.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia.
DAR Ancestor #: A134385
Service: VIRGINIA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 5-29-1746 IN TUCKAHOE GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Death: 9-3-1811 IN MONTICELLO BUR ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Service Description: 1) PROVIDED SUPPLIES

Parents

Peter Jefferson 1707–1757
Jane Isham Randolph Jefferson 1720–1776

Spouse Dabney Carr 1743–1773

Mary Jefferson Bolling 1741–1804
Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826
Elizabeth Jefferson 1744–1774
Lucy Jefferson Lewis 1752–1810
Scott Jefferson Marks 1755–1828

Citations

https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/martha-jefferson-carr

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Martha Carr's Timeline

1746
May 29, 1746
Albemarle USA, Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1766
1766
Albemarle, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1768
March 7, 1768
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
March 7, 1768
Bear Castle, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
1770
January 2, 1770
Gochland, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1771
October 9, 1771
Goochland, Goochland County, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
1773
April 27, 1773
Richmond, Henrico, Henrico County, Virginia, United States
1775
1775
Virginia
1775
Virginia