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Peter Jefferson
Member of the
Virginia House of Burgesses
from Albemarle County
In office
1754–1755
Serving with Allen Howard
Preceded byJoshua Fry
Succeeded byWilliam Cabell
Personal details
Born(1708-02-29)February 29, 1708
Chesterfield County, Virginia, British America
DiedAugust 17, 1757(1757-08-17) (aged 49)
Albemarle County, Virginia, British America
Resting placeShadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia
SpouseJane Randolph (m. 1739)
Children10, including Thomas, Lucy, and Randolph
Parents
  • Thomas Jefferson ll (father)
  • Virginia Field Jefferson (mother)
OccupationTobacco plantation owner, surveyor, cartographer

Peter Field Jefferson (February 29, 1708 – August 17, 1757) was a planter, cartographer and politician in colonial Virginia best known for being the father of the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. The "Fry-Jefferson Map", created by Peter in collaboration with Joshua Fry in 1757, accurately charted the Allegheny Mountains for the first time and showed the route of "The Great Road from the Yadkin River through Virginia to Philadelphia distant 455 Miles"—what would later come to be known as the Great Wagon Road.

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