Did Thomas Jefferson have a family?

Answer 1

Yes, Jefferson had a family. He had six children with his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. She died giving birth to their sixth child. There is wide speculation that Jefferson had children with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. DNA evidence published in 1998 has convinced many historians that at least one of Sally's children, if not all six, were Jefferson's.

Answer 2

Yes. Their names were Martha Washington Jefferson, Jane Randolph Jefferson, Mary Wayles Jefferson, Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson I, and Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson II. He had an unnamed stillborn as well.

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson had six children but only two survived the adult hood.