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His mother was Jane. His father Peter Jefferson was a planter and surveyor who died when Jefferson was fourteen. Founding Fathers Reading Comprehension Activities Print And Digital Versions Founding Fathers Reading Comprehension Activities Comprehension Activities The young boys known as. . Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13 1743 April 2 1743 Old Style Julian calendar at the family home in Shadwell Plantation in the Colony of Virginia the third of ten children. The young boys known as nailers hammered out 5000 to 10000 nails per day. He was of English and possibly Welsh descent and was born a British subject. Nailmaking implements from Thomas Jeffersons nailery at Monticello.