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Captain Thomas Jefferson II
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24 February 1677 – 18 February 1731
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Husband of my 4th Cousin 9 times removed on my Mothers side. Field/Rogers/Hall/Babcock/Potter/Lewis/Jones/Cooper
Public Record. Family Search & National Archives. Notes from Grandparent Edgar Hope Cooper (1876-1944) and son Harold A. Cooper (1912-1982).
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Husband of my 2nd Cousin 10 times removed. Ward/Hatcher/Farley/Casteel/Darlington/Little/Cooper
Public Record. National Archives & Family Search. Notes from my grandparent Verla Olive Darlington Little (1897-1977) & daughter Glenna Little (1933-2020).
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Family at WikiTree at Jefferson-17
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jefferson-17
About 20 potential DNA connections as of 5 July 2025
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Capt. Thomas Jefferson of Henrico Co., Va., became a Justice in 1706, sheriff of the county in 1718.
The fourth child of Thomas Jefferson II was Peter Jefferson, so there were at least three siblings older than Peter, one of whom was Thomas Jefferson III, the first-born son, and apparent heir of Thomas II. Thomas III died at the age of 23, when Peter was 15. By the beginning of the eighteenth century, Thomas II had acquired the status of a gentleman. One mark of his entry into the gentry class was ownership of a racing mare called Bony, who won at least one high-stakes race. [this is debatable] Another was his appointment as a "Gentleman Justice" of Henrico County. His friend included the aristocratic Randolphs (The Randolphs were President Jefferson's Maternal family).
He became a captain of the county militia and,
after musters, dined with the other militia officers.
At one roast-beef dinner at his house, Jefferson
played host to the wealthiest men in Virginia, including
Col. William Byrd of Westover, owner of some 170,000 acres. He supervised the building of a church long called "Jefferson's Church" in Bristol Parish. He was the first Jefferson to make a family connection with the land-rich Randolphs: he married Mary Field. "Thomas Jefferson -- A Life," p. 3, by Willard Sterne Randall.
You know more about President Thomas Jefferson's family than he did :0) I spent time at the Monticello site, and he really was not interested in his paternal family, which was surprising for a man who carried a notebook around every day to record the weather, what kind of birds he saw, etc. He knew more about his Maternal line they were a bit fancier. The Jefferson side were mainly farmers.
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Capt. Thomas Jefferson II
Capt. Thomas Jefferson II was born on 24 Feb 1677 in Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America as the first child of Thomas Jefferson I and Mary Branch. He had four siblings, namely: Judith, Samuel, Mary, and Richard. He died on 18 Feb 1731 in Henrico, Virginia, United States. When he was 21, he married Mary Field,daughter of Major Peter Field and Judith Soane, on 20 Oct 1698 in Henrico County, Virginia.
Capt. Thomas Jefferson II and Mary Field had the following children:
1. Judith Jefferson was born on 30 Aug 1698 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. She died in Nov 1786 in St James Parish, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA.
2. Field Jefferson was born on 06 Mar 1702 in Osbornes, Henrico Co, VA. He died on 10 Feb 1765 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States of America. He married an unknown spouse in 1729 in Osbornes, Henrico Co, VA. He married Mary Frances Robertson in 1732 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA.
3. Alice Jefferson was born in 1704 in Henrico, Virginia, United States. She died in 1765 in VA.
4. John Jefferson was born in 1706 in Osbornes, Henrico, VA, USA. He died in 1725 in VA.
5. Colonel Peter Jefferson was born on 28 Feb 1707 in Osborne's, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. He died on 17 Aug 1757 in Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. He married Jane Randolph on 03 Oct 1739 in Dungeness, Goochland, Virginia.
6. MARY JEFFERSON was born in Aug 1710 in Henrico, Virginia, United States. She died in Feb 1784 in Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States.
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Descendants of Samuel Jefferson
Generation No. 1
1.SAMUEL1 JEFFERSON was born October 11, 1607.He married ELIZABETH ?.
Children of SAMUEL JEFFERSON and ELIZABETH ? are:
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i. THOMAS2 JEFFERSON, b. 1640, GYNNEDD, WALES; d. Bef. December 7, 1697, Henrico Co., VA.
ii. RICHARD JEFFERSON.
iii. SAMUEL JR. JEFFERSON.
Generation No. 2
2.THOMAS2 JEFFERSON (SAMUEL1) was born 1640 in GYNNEDD, WALES, and died Bef. December 7, 1697 in Henrico Co., VA.He married MARY BRANCH September 1678.She was born 1660 in Henrico Co., VA.
Children of THOMAS JEFFERSON and MARY BRANCH are:
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i. THOMAS3 JEFFERSON II, b. December 7, 1679, Henrico Co., VA; d. February 18, 1730/31, Henrico Co., VA.
ii. MARTHA JEFFERSON.
iii. MARY JEFFERSON.
Generation No. 3
3.THOMAS3 JEFFERSON II (THOMAS2, SAMUEL1) was born December 7, 1679 in Henrico Co., VA, and died February 18, 1730/31 in Henrico Co., VA.He married MARY FIELD November 21, 1697 in Henrico, Virginia, USA.She was born February 3, 1678/79.
Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON II:
Living in Henrico Southside in the Curles at Osborne, Thomas Jefferson was very active in the life of the county as a "gentleman justice, Captain of the Militia and High Sheriff" (Malone, Dumas: Jefferson the Virginian, Vol. I, 1948). He built a church in Bristol Parish, long known as Jefferson's Church, or Ware Bottom Church at Mt. MyLady located near the intersection of Route 10 and I-95 south of Richmond, Virginia and near Chester. The Chesterfield Museum, located nearby, has some diggings from this old church. He owned a race horse and was engaged in the fashionable sport of the day shows a wide variety of interests and certainly indicates a very real person. He received several grants of land; one in 1715 of 1,500 acres on Fine Creek above the Falls he left to his son Peter, father of the President. His oldest son, Field, had already received a tract of land which had been left to his mother by Major Peter Field. Thomas Jefferson's daughter Judith was willed a portion of the Grill property on Swift Creek (Will 15 March 1725/Henrico County 3 April 1731).
More About THOMAS JEFFERSON II:
Military service: Captain in militia. Occupation: gentleman justice, Captain of the Militia and High Sheriff
Residence: Henrico Southside in the Curles at Osborne Will: 13 MAR 1724/25 Written
Children of THOMAS JEFFERSON and MARY FIELD are:
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THOMAS4 JEFFERSON III, d. 1723.
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JUDITH JEFFERSON.
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MARY JEFFERSON.
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MARTHA JEFFERSON.
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FIELD JEFFERSON, b. March 6, 1700/01, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. 1765.
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PETER JEFFERSON, b. February 9, 1707/08, Osborne, Chesterfield Co, VA; d. August 17, 1757, Shadwell, Goochland, VA.
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ALICE JEFFERSON.
Generation No. 4
4.JUDITH4 JEFFERSON (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, SAMUEL1)She married GEORGE FARRAR.He was born in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
Children of JUDITH JEFFERSON and GEORGE FARRAR are:
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WILLIAM5 FARRAR, b. Henrico Co., VA.
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MARY FARRAR, b. Abt. 1720, Henrico Co., VA; d. Mecklenburg Co., VA.
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FIELDS FARRAR, b. Abt. 1724, Chesterfield Co., VA.
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THOMAS FARRAR, b. August 10, 1726, Chesterfield Co., VA.
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GEORGE FARRAR, b. Abt. 1730.
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PETER FARRAR.
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JOHN FARRAR.
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PRISCILLA FARRAR.
5.FIELD4 JEFFERSON (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, SAMUEL1) was born March 6, 1700/01 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died 1765.He married MARY FRANCES ROBERTSON, daughter of GEORGE ROBERTSON. She was born 1706.
More About FIELD JEFFERSON: #1: Large holdings on Roanoke River in VA.
Children of FIELD JEFFERSON and MARY ROBERTSON are:
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PETER FIELD III5 JEFFERSON, b. March 4, 1739/40, Viginia; d. January 1, 1794, Viginia.
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JOHN ROBERTSON JEFFERSON, b. October 20, 1742.
6.PETER4 JEFFERSON (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, SAMUEL1) was born February 9, 1707/08 in Osborne, Chesterfield Co, VA, and died August 17, 1757 in Shadwell, Goochland, VA.He married JANE RANDOLPH October 3, 1729 in Goochland Co., VA.She was born Abt. 1708 in England.
Notes for PETER JEFFERSON:
?In the south as everywhere else in the colonies-from the mountains of Vermont to the ragged forest clearings of the Mohawk River in New York, down along the eastern fringes of the Alleghenies and into the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia-growth of the back country, the frontier, became a significant development. Men seeking greater freedom of conscience than could be found in the original tidewater settlements had early pushed beyond their borders. Those who could not secure fertile land along the coast or who had exhausted the lands which they held found the hills farther west a fruitful place of refuge. Soon the interior was dotted with successful farms, worked by men economically as well as spiritually independent of the older regions. Humble farmers were not the only ones who found the hinterland attractive. Peter Jefferson, an enterprising surveyor and father of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, settled in the hill country, buying 400 acres of land for a bowl of puchIn 1727 the County of Goochiand, which included present Albemarle, was
founded. On June 16, 1727, George Hoomes obtained a grant of thirty-one hundred acres, and Nicholas Meriwether one of. thirteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-two acres, "at the first ledge of mountains called
Chesnut." This was the first appropriation of the soil of Albernarle. These grants lay east of the Rivanna. Two years later, Dr. George Nicholas obtained a grant for 2600 acres situated on the James, and including the
present site of the village of Warren.
?1 These investors in wilderness lands were wealthy men who already had large holdings in the eastern counties. During the next ten years they were followed by others of the same class, many of whom regarded their great patents as speculation, or a provision for younger sons, and did not expect imediately to occupy the land. Secretary John Carter whose name is still attached to his first holding, Carter s Mountain Col. Thomas Carr, John Minor, Peter Jefferson whose name is perpetuated in Peter s Mountain Charles Hudson, Wm. Randolph and the Lewises were among these earliest patentees, and they, or their descendants, were in
the region s development. These large followed by many of more moderate size, whose owr ers at once
cleared and cultivated their holdings.
?Settlers also soon pushed in from the West, and in 1734 Michael Woods and his son-in-law William 'Wallace patented large tracts near Woods Gap, they having been the first to enter across the Blue Ridge from the Valley. ?During the first years of the County, its activities, both social and political, were centred in a few
plantations, whose owners were men of Statewide or greater prominence. It is only through acquaintance with these typical homes that we can understand the life of that day.
**Among the earliest of these was Shadwell, the plantation of Col. Peter Jefferson, and the birthplace of his
illustrious son. It consisted of a patent of a thousand acres, and was joined on the east by the estate of his
friend William Randolph, from whom he soon obtained, "for the consideration of Henry Weatherbourne s biggest bowl of arrack punch," an additional four hundred acres. This jolly bargain providcd the site for the mansion, which was built in 1737, and named Shadwell after the parish in London where Mrs. Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson tells us that his father was the third or fourth settler in Albemarle, meaning, of course,
among those whose lands were Dr patents. (The adventurers who had squatted" in the wilderness, and who
rarely cleared the fifty acres requisite current ownership, were a shifting population, little mentioned in the early
records.
?Randall gives the following description of the old house: "Shadwell was a farm-house of a story
and a half in height, and had the four spacious ground rooms and hail, with garret chambers above, common in
these structures two hundred years since. It also had the usual huge outside chimneys, planted against each gable like Gothic buttresses, but massive enough, had such been their use, to support the walls of a cathedral,
instead of those of a low wooden cottage. In that house was born Thomas Jefferson." In the spirit of Virginia hospitality, this home was thrown open to constant guests. Being near the public highway, it was also the stopping-place for all passers-by, including the great Indian chiefs on their visits to and from the Colonial Capital.
?We are told that "Col. Jefferson was a man of gigantic stature and strength. He could simultaneously 'head up (raise from their sides) two hogsheads of tobacco, weighing each nearly a thousand pounds He once directed three able-bodied slaves to pull down a ruined shed by means of a rope. After they had failed in the attempt, he seized the rope and dragged the structure down in an instant. Traditions have come down of his continuing his lines as a surveyor through savage wildernesses, after his assistants had given out through famine and fatigue; subsisting on the raw flesh of game, and even of his own carrying mules; sleeping in a hollow tree amidst howling beasts of prey and thus undauntedly pushing on until his task was accomplished." [Randall's Life of Jefferson]
?He was a distinguished surveyor, and was engaged in a number of important expeditions. Politically also he was prominent, having served as sheriff and magistrate in Goochiand, and having represented Albemarle in the House of Burgesses. He was also Lieutenant of the County. After the death of Col. Jefferson in 1757, the family continued at Shadwell until its destruction by fire in 1770.
?Thomas Jefferson was unfortunately absent from home at the time, and his father s library and papers were a total loss. Mr. Jefferson used to relate that the slave who was despatched to inform him of this misfortune, haying detailed the general destruction, concluded with genuine thankfulness: "But, Marster, we save
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!BIR-MARR: Historical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, ..., and other Families; C.S. Hatcher; 1968; Virginia State Library & Archives; CS71.B343. !BIR-MAR: Burke's Presidential Families of the U.S.; Burke; Virginia State Library & Archives; CS69.B82; 1981. Marriage date 1697 or 1698. !BIR-MAR-DEATH: Virginia Rolle; 5 Kaden Ct. Novato, CA 94947
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THOMAS JEFFERSON Jr., was born December 7, 1679 in Henrico, Virginia, USA, and died February 18, 1730/31 in Henrico, Virginia, USA. He married Mary Field, November 21, 1697 in Henrico, Virginia, daughter of Peter Field and Judith Soane. Thomas Jefferson Jr., was the son of Thomas Jefferson Sr. and his wife, Mary Branch. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Branch, was born about 1678, died 18 February 1730/1 at age 53 (Jefferson Bible; Monticello record). He married Mary Field, born 3 February 1679; died 13 April 1715 (Jefferson Bible; Monticello record; 23 V 175; Tyler's Quarterly Magazine, Vol. VII, page 119). She was a daughter of Major Peter Field and Judith Soane Randolph Field. After Mary's death Thomas Jefferson married Alice who released her dower rights in the sale of land in 1721 and 1722, but died soon after as she was not mentioned in his will, dated 13 March 1725 in which he appointed a guardian for his youngest child (Henrico Court, lst Monday in April 1731; Henrico County Deeds and Wills, No. 1, Pt. 2, 1725-37, pp 226-7; Tyler's Quarterly Magazine XXX 59-61). Living in Henrico Southside in the Curles at Osborne, Thomas Jefferson was very active in the life of the county as a "gentleman justice, Captain of the Militia and High Sheriff" (Malone, Dumas: Jefferson the Virginian, Vol. I, 1948). He built a church in Bristol Parish, long known as Jefferson's Church, or Ware Bottom Church at Mt. MyLady located near the intersection of Route 10 and I-95 south of Richmond, Virginia and near Chester. The Chesterfield Museum, located nearby, has some diggings from this old church. He owned a race horse and was engaged in the fashionable sport of the day shows a wide variety of interests and certainly indicates a very real person. He received several grants of land; one in 1715 of 1,500 acres on Fine Creek above the Falls he left to his son Peter, father of the President. His oldest son, Field, had already received a tract of land which had been left to his mot her by Major Peter Field. Thomas Jefferson's daughter Judith was willed a portion of the Grill property on Swift Creek (Will 15 March 1725/Henrico County 3 April 1731). However, on 11 April 1728 (the year following the sale of Farrar's Island) Thomas Jefferson won a law suit against Mathew Ligon (Henrico County Deed Book W, No. 1, Pt. 2, 1725-37, pages 226-7) for rightful possession of this land, being part of a grant of land taken up by Richard Grill in 1710 and deeded to Thomas Jefferson 22 Sept. 1717. Mathew Ligon was then ordered to turn the property over to "George Farrar and his heirs forever." This transfer recorded at Varina Court, lst Monday in April 1729 (Deeds and Wills No. 1, Pt. 2, pp 226-7; 13 T 59-61; The Ligon Family, 375-6). It is evident that Thomas Jefferson gave the land to George Farrar because he was Judith Jefferson's husband, for he had already willed part of it to her, as above. Dwelling: Curles at Osborne, Henrico Southside, VA Military Service: Captain in Militia Occupation: High Sheriff Will Probated: 1731, Henrico Co., Virginia Will Written: 15 Mar, 1724/25
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1. COLONIAL WILLS OF HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA, PART ONE 1654-1737 Abstracted and complied by Benjamin B. Weisiger III (1976) Will of THOMAS JEFFERSON To son FIELD, mourning ring worth 20 shillings To son PETER, my land on Fine Creek and Manekin Creek If he dies before 21, to my three daughters, JUDITH, MARY and MARTHA. Also, to son PETER, negroes and items, some of which were bought of TURPIN, JOSEPH WILKINSON and THOMAS EDWARDS. To daughters MARY and MARTHA, the land I lately bought of GEORGE CARTE R, the land mortgaged by GRILLS, and all the rest of estate to be sold by MAJOR WILLIAM KENNON and HENRY WOOD and then L 10 to be given to my daughter JUDITH FARRAR and the rest divided between my daughters MAR Y and MARTHA. My sister MARTHA WINN to take care of my daughter MARTHA and CAPT. HEN RY RANDOLPH to take care of my daughter MARY. If daughters die before 21, survivor to get their share and if both di e, to daughter JUDITH FARRAR. Son PETER to be executor Dated 15 March 1725 Witnesses: Benjamin Branch, Henry Moody Recorded April 1731 This will proves that Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson 1 st and sister of Thomas Jefferson 2nd. married Winn (Wynne). Mrs. Winn also states that it was Thomas Wynne (Robert's brother) tha t married Ann Bolling, daughter of Robert and Ann Stith Bolling. Thoma s married (2) Martha_____? who she thinks was a Llewellyn....but has n o proof.
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Discussions
WIFE/WIVES?
May 23, 2021
Sources seem to indicate that Mr. Jefferson was married once, to a Mary Field.
There are at least half a dozen "marriages" here. Can we please talk about how to clean this up? I guess people want to be related to the Grandfather of Thomas Jefferson. But faking it? I don't understand that.
Maybe this entry will have to be read only. That happened to EVERY entry for a passenger on the Mayflower (and for some reason, a very faux entry for the late Princess Grace of Monaco. I had to remove TEN children from her parents, and Fake Grace is still there. So we don't want that to happen. No freezing a fib or huge error).
Thoughts? This all just makes.me sad, and want to give up. I tried to quit, but the thought of all of this getting worse... no.
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16 DECEMBER 2021
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AnitaBryant2 2:47 AM
LOL! "Faking it"?...Too funny!
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Is Wikipedia a trusted source?
February 9, 2021
I was surprised to see a Wikipedia URL listed on the page - not with sources, just right out in the front. Thoughts as to whether an online "encyclopedia" that anyone can change is a good source here?
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23 MAY 2021
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AmyLynn Hunt 3:27 AM
No one reads these. :/
Thomas Jefferson himself did not know his ancestors. But we do know his Grandfather was NOT married seven times. This site has sadly devolved into a free-for-all.
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I think Wikipedia is more reliable than Family Search. While it is true that anyone can change Wikipedia, it is also gtrue that anyone can change Family Search! And the bar to change Family Search is lower than for Wikipedia.
27 JUNE 2022
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AmyLynn Hunt 8:18 AM
Good points, thank you William. The people who run Wikipedia are pretty serious about providing real sources.
I really think anyone can do anything here, and there's no accountability. I usually duck in for documents and duck out again, but here's Thomas, suddenly one of my 4,000+ "great great grandfathers" again. Even though he in truth is not.
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not president thomas jefferson
December 10, 2014
the picture shown is president thomas jefferson who is not the thomas jefferson as stated on this page.
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R.Newman 1:49 PM
agree not the president
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wrong portrait
January 20, 2017
Portrait is wrong since this person is not the president.
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25 JUNE 2017
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agree this is the wrong portrait
9 FEBRUARY 2021
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AmyLynn Hunt 12:15 AM
It's gone now. It would be nice to see a portrait of this Thomas, who I believe was the President's Grandfather.
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