Peter Jefferson
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Peter Jefferson was an 18th-century Virginia planter, surveyor, and cartographer best known as the father of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Jefferson canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1509120 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Jefferson Context triple: [Shadwell, Virginia Colony, foundedBy, Peter Jefferson]
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A.
Bushrod Washington
Bushrod Washington was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1798–1829) and the nephew of President George Washington, known for his influential early interpretations of the Constitution.
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B.
John Adam
John Adam was a member of the prominent Adam family of Scottish architects and designers in the 18th century.
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C.
John Parker
John Parker was an American colonial militia captain best known for leading the Lexington militia at the opening skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Jefferson Target entity description: Peter Jefferson was an 18th-century Virginia planter, surveyor, and cartographer best known as the father of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
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A.
Bushrod Washington
Bushrod Washington was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1798–1829) and the nephew of President George Washington, known for his influential early interpretations of the Constitution.
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B.
John Adam
John Adam was a member of the prominent Adam family of Scottish architects and designers in the 18th century.
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C.
John Parker
John Parker was an American colonial militia captain best known for leading the Lexington militia at the opening skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographer
ⓘ
colonial Virginian ⓘ landowner ⓘ planter ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1708-02-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Osbornes, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Shadwell, Virginia Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
Shadwell, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
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| child |
Anna Scott Jefferson
ⓘ
Elizabeth Jefferson ⓘ Jane Jefferson ⓘ Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson ⓘ
surface form:
Lucy Jefferson
Martha Jefferson Randolph ⓘ
surface form:
Martha Jefferson
Mary Jefferson ⓘ Peter Field Jefferson ⓘ Randolph Jefferson ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Joshua Fry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
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surface form:
Colony of Virginia
|
| deathDate | 1757-08-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Shadwell, Virginia Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
Shadwell, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
|
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
justice of the peace for Albemarle County
ⓘ
justice of the peace for Goochland County ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Thomas Jefferson
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co-producing an influential 18th-century map of Virginia ⓘ |
| landOwned |
Shadwell plantation
ⓘ
Snowdon plantation ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Burgesses
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia House of Burgesses (through local roles and commissions)
|
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| motherOfChildrenWith | Jane Randolph Jefferson ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participated in surveying the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line ⓘ |
| notableWork | Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
ⓘ
justice of the peace ⓘ militia officer ⓘ planter ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Families of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia gentry
|
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
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| residence |
Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
Goochland County, Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Goochland County, Colony of Virginia
Shadwell plantation ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Virginia militia
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia colonial militia
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| spouse | Jane Randolph Jefferson ⓘ |
| yearOfBoundarySurvey | 1749 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Jefferson Description of subject: Peter Jefferson was an 18th-century Virginia planter, surveyor, and cartographer best known as the father of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.