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Technically, the Eppes family owned Elizabeth Hemings even when she worked for the Wayles. [2] Elizabeth Hemings lived as a house servant. Historians think that Elizabeth Hemings' job with the Wayles family was to help raise Martha Wayles, who would later marry Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835) Sally Hemings Born Sarah Hemings c. 1773 Charles City County, Virginia, British America Died 1835 (aged 61–62) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Known for Slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, alleged mother to his shadow family Children 6, including ...
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Peter Jefferson. Jane Randolph. Yes: Yes: Yes: Samuel Jefferson [8] [9] [10] 4 ... Presidential Family Trees and Famous Kin, famouskin.com
Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Jefferson Medallion Portrait, 1805, the year that Madison Hemings was born. Madison Hemings was born into slavery at Monticello, [4] where his mother Sally Hemings was a mixed-race enslaved woman inherited by Martha Wayles Skelton, the wife of Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson was born at a settlement called Osbornes [a] along the James River [3] in what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia and was the son of Captain Thomas Jefferson (1679–1731), [4] a large property owner, and Mary Field (1680–1715), who was the daughter of Major Peter Field of New Kent County and granddaughter of Henry Soane (1622–1661) of the Virginia House of Burgesses. [3]
White first learned of her Jefferson family lineage as a young girl and years later, she still ponders the emotional complexities associated with Jefferson, the third President of the United ...
Wayles' three sons-in-law, including Thomas Jefferson, decided to break up the estate and its debts. [31] Martha and her husband Thomas Jefferson inherited the Willis Creek and Elk Hill plantations and a total of 135 enslaved persons, including members of the Hemings family. [23] They also inherited £4,000 in debt. [32]