Individual Details

Elizabeth Jefferson

(4 Nov 1744 - 1774)



Elizabeth never married. She drowned along with one of the family slaves, Little Sall, while trying to cross the Rivanna River in a skiff during the winter of 1774. There is a tradition she may have been somewhat feeble minded.

Events

Birth4 Nov 1744Albemarle County, Virginia
Death1774

Families

FatherPeter Jefferson (1705 - 1757)
MotherJane Randolph (1720 - 1776)
SiblingJane Jefferson (1740 - 1765)
SiblingMary Jefferson (1741 - 1804)
SiblingPresident Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
SiblingMartha Jefferson (1746 - 1811)
SiblingPeter Field Jefferson (1748 - 1748)
Sibling[Son] Jefferson (1749 - 1749)
SiblingLucy Jefferson (1752 - 1784)
SiblingAnna Scott Jefferson (1755 - 1828)
SiblingRandolph Jefferson (1755 - 1815)