Extends the pedigree of Thomas Jefferson back to Sussex, England.

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson was mainly of English ancestry, born and educated in colonial Virginia. He graduated from the College of William & Mary and briefly practiced law, with the largest number of his cases concerning land ownership claims. During the American Revolution, he represented Virginia in the Continental Congress that adopted the Declaration, drafted the law for religious freedom as a Virginia legislator, and served as a wartime governor.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson was mainly of English ancestry, born and educated in colonial Virginia. He graduated from the College of William & Mary and briefly practiced law, with the largest number of his cases concerning land ownership claims. During the American Revolution, he represented Virginia in the Continental Congress that adopted the Declaration, drafted the law for religious freedom as a Virginia legislator, and served as a wartime governor.

Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.

This book is an introduction and survey of the genealogical royal ancestry of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. The initial inspiration for this book was a book written by Gary Boyd Roberts (1995), however, this present book has increased the number of royal ancestry lines, and increased the genealogical information of the persons within each of the genealogical lineages, specifically in the addition of the years of birth and death, if known, of each person in the genealogical lineages, from the royal ancestor to the President. This book is not an absolutely complete compilation of royal ancestry lineages, but instead merely a selection of some of the royal ancestry lines, mostly connecting to the most recent royal ancestors. Some of the genealogical information within each of the royal ancestry lineages is obtained from books, which are listed in the line references and the bibliography, books personally owned by this author, but much of the genealogical information has been obtained from internet sources. By examination of the various internet genealogy sources, there has been the attempt by this author to choose what appeared to be the most reliable internet genealogy sources. The numbering of the genealogy lineages in this book is somewhat arbitrary in sequence, although the lines were usually initially numbered from the most recent royal ancestor, and subsequent lines usually tending toward lines with royal ancestors in the more distant past. The royal ancestry lines in this book are numbered 1 thru 33.