Martha Eppes Wayles
(1721-1748)
BIRTH
April 10, 1721
PLACE
DEATH
November 5, 1748
PLACE
FAMILY
HUSBAND
John Wayles
(1715-1773)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Martha Eppes Wayles (1721–1748) was born at Bermuda Hundred and became John Wayles’s first wife in May 1746. Their twins, born that December, died at birth or within hours. In October 1748 she gave birth to their only surviving child, also Martha, and died less than a week later on 5 November. Her daughter later married Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson’s family notes preserve these births and deaths; fuller details of the elder Martha’s daily life remain limited.
EARLY LIFE
Martha Eppes was born Apr 10, 1721. The external genealogical record identifies Francis Eppes IV as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Martha Eppes is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Martha Eppes died Nov 5, 1748. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Martha Eppes died on Nov 5, 1748. Martha Eppes Wayles was born at Bermuda Hundred and became John Wayles’s first wife in May 1746. Their twins, born that December, died at birth or within hours. In October 1748 she gave birth to their only surviving child, also Martha, and died less than a week later on 5 November. Her daughter later married Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson’s family notes preserve these births and deaths; fuller details of the elder Martha’s daily life remain limited. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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