The Resume

(October 30, 1748-September 6, 1782)
Born in Charles City County, Virginia
Birth name was Martha Wayles
Married Bathurst Skelton (1766-68) and future president Thomas Jefferson (1772-82)

Why she might be annoying:

Sally Hemmings was both her slave and her half-sister.
She named two of her children Lucy Elizabeth.
Many portraits credited as being her are actually her daughter, Martha Jeferson Randolph.

Why she might not be annoying:

She outlived four of her seven children.
She was an accomplished harpsichordist, and often performed duets with Thomas Jefferson, who played violin.
She introduced brewing beer to Jefferson's plantation, Monticello.
Jefferson promised her that he would never remarry. (Although she should have extracted a promise that he wouldn't boink the slaves, either.)

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on Halloween Eve [October 30th] (Ranked: 1748)
• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 7)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 17]
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 33)
• I Have Diabetes
• I Outlived My Child
• I was Home Schooled
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Profiles 24751-25000 (Ranked: 24881)
• Sixty-Nine
• Slave Owners
• U.S. Presidential Wives who Were Not the First Lady
• Women who Might Have Slept with the President

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 23.81% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 36.11% Annoying