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(詳細はThomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years. This article covers his early life and career, through his writing the Declaration of Independence, participation in the American Revolutionary War, serving as governor of Virginia, and election and service as Vice-President to President John Adams. Born into the planter class of Virginia, Jefferson was highly educated and valued his years at the College of William and Mary. He became an attorney and planter, building on the estate and 20-40 slaves inherited from his father. ==Jeffersons of Virginia== His father was Peter Jefferson, a planter and major slaveholder, and a surveyor in Albemarle County (Shadwell, then Edge Hill, Virginia). He was of possible Welsh descent, although this remains unclear.〔(Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia – Welsh Ancestry ). Retrieved June 2, 2010.〕 Thomas's paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were also named Thomas. Other relatives were also early settlers of Virginia. Taylor (1965) argues that the ancestors of the Jeffersons may have been associated with the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), for "Jefferson" is derived from the Norman "Geoffrey."〔Olivia Taylor, "The Ancestry of Thomas Jefferson," in George Shackelford, ed. ''Collected Papers to Commemorate Fifty Years of Monticello,'' vol i (1965), ch 3〕 (It stands for Jeff's son or Jeffer's son, and arose independently in numerous families.) When Colonel William Randolph, an old friend of Peter Jefferson, died in 1745, Peter assumed executorship and personal charge of Randolph's estate in Tuckahoe as well as his infant son, Thomas Mann Randolph. That year the Jeffersons relocated to Tuckahoe, where they lived for the next seven years before returning to their home in Albemarle in 1752. Peter Jefferson was appointed to the colonelcy of the county, an important position at the time.〔Henry Stephens Randall, ''The Life of Thomas Jefferson''〕 After he died in 1757, his son Thomas Jefferson inherited his estate, including about 20-40 slaves. They comprised the core of his labor force when he started to build Monticello as a young man. In an 18th-century Presidential campaign, someone speaking against Jefferson's candidacy and in favor of that of John Adams accused Jefferson of being "half Injun, half nigger, half Frenchman"〔Nock, Albert Jay, ''Jefferson'' (N.Y.: Hill & Wang, 1st Am. Century ser. ed. September 1960, 3d printing November 1963, © 1926), p. 141, citing ''The Johnnycake Papers'' (in another ed., possibly p. 233).〕〔Taylor, Coley, & Samuel Middlebrook, ''The Eagle Screams'' (N.Y.: Macaulay, 1936), p. 77 and see p. 76 (campaign of 1796), citing Nock, A. J., ''Jefferson''.〕 and born to a "mulatto father"〔〔〔Broder, David S., ''Why the Candidates are Targets for Mudslingers'', in ''The New York Times'', September 27, 1964, last page of article (in ''ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851–2008) with Index (1851–1993)'' (database) (subscription probably required)) (saved as PDF file from search.proquest.com April 30, 2012, 7:15:39p) (pagination partly omitted from PDF file) (campaign in 1796).〕 or slave〔Taylor, Coley, ''et al.'', ''The Eagle Screams'', ''op. cit.'', p. 67.〕 and "a half-breed Indian squaw",〔〔〔 this birth to a mulatto and an Indian allegedly "well-known in the neighbourhood where he was raised"〔〔Taylor, Coley, ''et al.'', ''The Eagle Screams'', ''op. cit.'', p. 77 (without hyphen & "u") and see p. 76, citing Nock, A. J., ''Jefferson''.〕 but otherwise unproven. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Early life and career of Thomas Jefferson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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