Unrelated Jeffersons

The following families share a surname with Thomas Jefferson, and often have an oral history of being related to him.  However, no evidence has been found of their connection.^[1]

Jeffersons in Maryland

• Benjamin Jefferson (d. 1788), Calvert or Montgomery County, Maryland, m. Ann Wood
  • Hamilton Jefferson (1769-1821) m. 1798 Judith Whiting; died Jefferson County.
    • Hamilton Jefferson (d. 1844) m. 1826 Ann Sophia Kountz in Frederick, Maryland
      • Frances Ann Jefferson (1830-1914) m. 1853 Philip H. Raiford.  Frances Ann Jefferson was born in Charles Town, West Virginia and claimed to be a great-grandniece of President Jefferson.
  • Leonard Jefferson (1778-1853) m. 1806 Barbara Nichols
    • John Jefferson (1821-1894) m. Harriet Gibson
    • Elizabeth Jefferson

Jeffersons in New England

• Thomas Jepherson m. Susann Bullard
  • Joseph Jepherson (c1730-1769) m. Mehitable Cummings (1730-?) of Massachusetts
    • Joseph Jefferson (1751/9-1813) m. Ruth Emerson (1758-1845) of Rochester, Vermont
      • Joseph Jefferson (1783-1846) m. Clarissa Pettit; moved to Indiana in 1832, then to Des Plaines, Illinois
      • Luther Jefferson
      • Hiram Jefferson
      • Daniel Jefferson
      • [many other children]
    • Horace Jefferson (1795-1825)
    • 7 other children

• Jeremiah Jefferson m. ?
  • Nancy Jefferson (1795-?) m. Bazil Bachelor; Nancy born in Rutland County, Vermont

Other Jeffersons

• John Jefferson m. Lucy Andrews (John was a Revolutionary War veteran, born Sumter County, South Carolina, still alive in 1803)
  • Elizabeth Jefferson (1799-1872), lived in Sumter County, South Carolina, m. Charnick Tharp

• John Jefferson (1769-1831) m. ca. 1792 Elizabeth Zimmerman (1765-1850); they moved ca. 1809 from Alexandria to Ohio County (now Moundsville), West Virginia.  Family has strong tradition of descent from Field Jefferson.
  • James Jefferson (1793-1874) m. Jerniah Freeland

• Robert Jefferson (1783-1875) m. Sarah Harris of Boston; Robert was born in Virginia, later moved to Nova Scotia, and died in Boston; had a brother named Thomas

• Henry Jefferson (d. ca. 1828) m. Catherine Welch, Fauquier County, Virginia; moved to Garrard County, Kentucky, then to Boone County, Missouri, then to Yoncalla, Oregon
  • Children born 1806-1817: Judith Margaret, Nancy, Catherin, Thomas
  • William Wadsworth Jefferson (1814-1899)
  • James Jefferson
  • Mason Jefferson

• Henry Jefferson m. Elizabeth Busby

• Captain Jefferson - sea captain in Pacific Northwest in 1825, lived with Native Americans

• Sarah "Sally" Jefferson (ca. 1808-?) m. [William?] Vernon

• Frances Jefferson (ca. 1835- ), born in Virginia or Georgia, m. Jesse Milner

• Mary Frances Jefferson m. ca. 1825-1835 William A. Clay

• Kitty Ann Jefferson (1859-1921) m. H. S. Norton; Kitty Ann Jefferson's father buried in Palmyra, Missouri, mother in Old Alexandria, Lincoln County, Missouri.

• Campbell Jefferson (1806-?) m. Elizabeth Oliver

• Thomas Jefferson (ca. 1821-?), born in North Carolina, worked as a cooper

- compiled by Cinder Stanton, 7/2000; updated 9/30/15, 12/9/15