What is the origin of the name Jefferson?
1: English (northern): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Geffrey or Jeffray (see Jeffrey) + -son. In the late medieval period Geffreyson was increasingly pronounced Jeffrason with shortening of the diphthong [...]
The New England magazine
...the Virginian disciple of Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, ever did meet to-gether over the hospitable board in Lebanon, we might, without... (Lebanon, Lebanon - 1776)
...the Virginian disciple of Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, ever did meet to-gether over the hospitable board in Lebanon, we might, without... (Lebanon, Lebanon - 1776)
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The New England magazine
...ascribes to Thomas Jefferson the founding- of the order, another claims that the novel society was an... (Williamsburg, United States - 1749)
...ascribes to Thomas Jefferson the founding- of the order, another claims that the novel society was an... (Williamsburg, United States - 1749)
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The New England magazine
...learning. In the South, Thomas Jefferson had set a high standard by the foundation of the University of Virginia,... (Virginia, Virginia, United States - 1833)
...learning. In the South, Thomas Jefferson had set a high standard by the foundation of the University of Virginia,... (Virginia, Virginia, United States - 1833)
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The New England magazine
...the white race devised by Thomas Jefferson, at the time of its publication in some ways the broadest and most... (United States - 1860)
...the white race devised by Thomas Jefferson, at the time of its publication in some ways the broadest and most... (United States - 1860)
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The New England magazine
...thought that John Adams or Thomas Jefferson ever lived, it is bedlam - the seizing of an opportunity to throw... (United States - 1843)
...thought that John Adams or Thomas Jefferson ever lived, it is bedlam - the seizing of an opportunity to throw... (United States - 1843)
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The New England magazine
... Thomas Jefferson early saw the peril of such a condition and urged Virginia to adopt... (United States - 1860)
... Thomas Jefferson early saw the peril of such a condition and urged Virginia to adopt... (United States - 1860)
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What is the origin of the name Jefferson?
1: English (northern): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Geffrey or Jeffray (see Jeffrey) + -son. In the late medieval period Geffreyson was increasingly pronounced Jeffrason with shortening of the diphthong [...]