1742. They moved there sometime before his son, Thomas, was born in 1743. His friend William Randolph, a widower and his wife's cousin, died in 1745, having appointed Jefferson as guardian to manage the Tuckahoe Plantation until his son came of age. That year the Jeffersons relocated to Randolph's plantation in the Fine Creek area. Jane and Peter offered a privileged life for their family whether in established areas of eastern Virginia or, later, as they settled in the Shadwell plantation of the Piedmont. They ate on fine dishware, frequently entertained, enjoyed classic books and music, and attended dances. The family was considered prosperous and cultured. While at Tuckahoe, Peter also oversaw the development of his plantation at Shadwell, traveling there as needed while also deftly managing the affairs of the Tuckahoe plantation. In 1752, Jefferson returned to Shadwell, which was improved to include a mill along the Rivanna River. A member of the gentry, he was a host to his peers and to Native Americans who travelled on official business to Colonial Williamsburg. A favored guest was Cherokee chief Ontasseté. Jefferson had more than sixty slaves at Shadwell. He died there in 1757. His land was divided between his two sons, young Thomas and Randolph. Thomas inherited the land along the Rivanna River with views of the mountain to be called Monticello. Randolph inherited "Snowdon," the so-called Fluvanna Lands.All of his children were beneficiaries of his estate. Children Peter Jefferson's children were: Jane Jefferson (1740–1765) - died unmarried at age 25 Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741–1804) - married John Bolling III, who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and who was a descendant of Pocahontas Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) third president of the United States of America. Elizabeth Jefferson (1744–1774) - mentally handicapped. Martha Jefferson Carr (1746–1811) - married Dabney Carr, founder of the underground Committee of Correspondence in Virginia on the eve of the American Revolution Peter Field Jefferson (1748) - died as an infant. unnamed son (1750) - died as an infant. Lucy Jefferson Lewis (1752–1810) - married Charles Lilburn Lewis Anne Scott Jefferson Marks (1755–1828) - twin of Randolph Randolph Jefferson (1755–1815) - twin of Anna Scott Thomas Jefferson, Lucy Jefferson, and Randolph Jefferson had several descendants in common with the Lewis family of Virginia. Career As described by Andrew Burstein in The Washington Post, Jefferson was "an accomplished, strong-minded, self-reliant frontiersman" of the eighteenth century who