- Believed to be the earliest-born actor to work in films.
- Father of actors William Jefferson,Thomas Jefferson and stage actor/manager Charles B. Jefferson. His daughter Margaret Jefferson married the novelist B.L. Farjeon and they begat the writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon.
- Was the third in a line of stage actors called Joseph Jefferson, including his grandfather (1774-1832), and his father (1804-1842) who made more of a career out of scene painting.
- Both of his wives were stage actresses.
- Actor Tony Randall named his son after him.
- The Joseph Jefferson Awards, given out to theatrical productions in Chicago, are named after him.
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