[grok] **Sally Hemings** (born Sarah “Sally” Hemings, c. 1773–1835) was an enslaved woman at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation. She is best known for her long-term relationship with Jefferson and as the mother of several of his children. Her story is documented through plantation records (especially Jefferson’s Farm Book), oral history from her son Madison Hemings (published 1873), contemporary accounts, census data, and later historical/DNA research. ### Ancestry and Early Life Sally was born at The Forest plantation in Charles City County, Virginia. Her mother was **Elizabeth “Betty” Hemings** (c. 1735–1807), an enslaved mixed-race woman. According to family oral history passed down by grandson Madison Hemings, Elizabeth’s father was an English sea captain named Hemings (who tried but failed to buy her freedom), and her mother was an enslaved African woman. Her father was **John Wayles** (1715–1773), a wealthy English-born planter, lawyer, and slave trader. Wayles was also the father of Martha Wayles (who married Thomas Jefferson in 1772), making Sally and Martha **half-sisters**. Sally was thus approximately three-quarters European in ancestry (often described historically as a quadroon or octoroon). Contemporary descriptions noted her light skin, long straight dark hair, and beauty. After Wayles’s death in 1773, Sally (then a toddler), her mother, and siblings became part of the inheritance that went to Martha and Thomas Jefferson. The Hemings family arrived at Monticello around 1774–1776. Sally grew up there and, from a young age, served as a nursemaid/companion to Jefferson’s younger daughter, Maria (Polly). In 1787 (age 14), she accompanied 9-year-old Maria to Paris, where Jefferson was serving as U.S. Minister to France. In France, slavery was not legally enforced in the same way, and Sally received wages, smallpox inoculation, training in needlework/sewing, and some exposure to French language and culture. She returned to Virginia with Jefferson and Maria in 1789, pregnant (the child died shortly after birth). According to Madison Hemings, she negotiated “extraordinary privileges” for herself and a promise of freedom for her future children before agreeing to return. At Monticello, her duties included caring for Jefferson’s chamber and wardrobe, looking after the children, and light sewing/seamstress work. She remained enslaved until Jefferson’s death. ### Children Jefferson’s records and Madison Hemings’s account confirm Sally had **at least six children**, all fathered by Thomas Jefferson (per the historical consensus supported by DNA, timing of Jefferson’s visits to Monticello, oral history, and other evidence). Four survived to adulthood. All inherited enslaved status from their mother but received unique treatment. Here is a summary (birth dates primarily from Jefferson’s Farm Book): - **Unnamed child** (c. 1790): Born shortly after the return from Paris; died in infancy. Madison Hemings: “It lived but a short time.” - **Harriet Hemings** (born October 5, 1795; died December 1797): Died in infancy at about age 2. - **Beverly Hemings** (born April 1, 1798; survived to adulthood, died after 1873): Became a carpenter and fiddler. Left Monticello in late 1821 or early 1822 (listed as “run away” but almost certainly allowed to go). Passed into white society (likely in Washington, D.C.). Descendants largely untraced publicly. - **Unnamed daughter** (born c. December 1799; died in infancy): Possibly named Thenia (after Sally’s sister). - **Harriet Hemings** (born May 1801; survived, died after 1863): Worked as a spinner and weaver in Jefferson’s textile factory. Left Monticello with Beverly in 1821/1822 and passed into white society. Madison reported she later married a white man in Washington, D.C. Descendants largely untraced. - **Madison Hemings** (born January 19, 1805; died November 28, 1877): Carpenter and joiner. Formally freed in Jefferson’s 1826 will. Moved to southern Ohio in the late 1830s with his family; worked at his trade and owned a farm. Remained in the Black community and preserved family history. - **Eston Hemings** (born May 21, 1808; died January 3, 1856): Carpenter and professional musician. Formally freed in Jefferson’s 1826 will. Moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, then (c. 1852) to Wisconsin, where he changed his surname to **Jefferson** and identified as white. Jefferson freed no other enslaved nuclear families at Monticello in this manner. The children’s names reflect family connections (e.g., “Beverly” and multiple “Harriet” references in Jefferson/Randolph lines; “Madison” honoring James and Dolley Madison; “Eston” possibly linked to Jefferson family origins or cousins). ### Later Life Sally remained at Monticello as a valued household servant. After Jefferson’s death on July 4, 1826, she was unofficially freed (“given her time”) by his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph and lived as a free person in Charlottesville. She resided with sons Madison and Eston. In the 1830 U.S. Census, she was listed as a free white person; in a 1833 special census, she identified as a free mulatto who had lived in Charlottesville since 1826. She died in 1835 at about age 62. Her grave location is unknown. ### Descendants Sally’s descendants reflect complex paths of identity, migration, and “passing” (common for light-skinned individuals in that era). - **Beverly and Harriet (the survivor)**: Entered white society after leaving Monticello. Their lineages are poorly documented publicly; some descendants may exist who are unaware of or do not publicly claim the connection. - **Madison Hemings’s line**: He married Mary Hughes McCoy (c. 1830s). They had about 10 children. Madison’s family stayed in the African American community in Ohio and preserved oral history of descent from Jefferson and Sally. Many descendants are documented through Monticello’s “Getting Word” African American oral history project. Notable or interviewed descendants include Shay Banks-Young, Shannon LaNier, George Pettiford, and others. No living direct male-line descendants are widely reported. Madison’s 1873 memoir remains a foundational primary source. - **Eston Hemings’s line** (who became Eston Hemings Jefferson): Married Julia Ann Isaacs (c. 1832). Their children included John Wayles Jefferson (1835–1892, who served as a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War and passed as white), Anna Wayles Jefferson, and Beverly Frederick Jefferson (1839–1908). Some branches integrated into white society (especially after Eston’s move to Wisconsin); others maintained awareness of their heritage. DNA testing on Eston’s male-line descendants in 1998 matched the Jefferson Y-chromosome haplotype, providing key genetic evidence. Modern descendants include figures like William Magill Jefferson. Some branches lost or downplayed knowledge of the full ancestry until later rediscovery. Today, descendants of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson number in the hundreds or more across lines. Many participate in reunions, historical projects, or public discussions of their heritage. Some identify as Black, others as white or mixed; identity choices often reflect historical “passing,” migration patterns, and personal/family decisions. Monticello continues to highlight the Hemings family through exhibits, oral history, and research. **Note on sources and context**: Information draws primarily from Jefferson’s own records, Madison Hemings’s recollections, census data, and scholarly work (e.g., Annette Gordon-Reed’s *The Hemingses of Monticello*). The 1998 DNA study (Y-chromosome analysis) corroborated a Jefferson male as Eston’s father and supported the broader historical consensus on Jefferson’s paternity of Sally’s children. Earlier family denials (often pointing to Jefferson nephews) were contradicted by the evidence. Sally Hemings left no known writings or portraits. Her life illustrates the complexities of race, slavery, freedom, and family in early America. For deeper reading, Monticello’s resources and Gordon-Reed’s book are excellent starting points. --- Gathering information on Sally Hemings ancestry and descendants ### Searched web Sally Hemings ancestry family background John Wayles Elizabeth Hemings 8 [ Elizabeth Hemings - Getting Word L1: # Elizabeth Hemings L3: The majority of those interviewed for the Getting Word project trace their ancestry to Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings. L3: According to her grandson Madison Hemings, she was the daughter of an English sea captain named Hemings and an enslaved woman. L3: She came with her children to Monticello about 1775, part of the inheritance from John Wayles, Jefferson’s father-in-law. L3: There she was a valued domestic servant. L3: Over seventy-five of her descendants lived and worked at Monticello as butlers, seamstresses, weavers, carpenters, blacksmiths, gardeners, and musicians. L5: Elizabeth Hemings had twelve known children. L5: According to Madison Hemings, six of them were fathered by Wayles (Robert, James, Thenia, Critta, Peter, and Sally). L5: All of the men and women freed by Jefferson (either officially or unofficially) were her children or grandchildren. ... L12: ## Hear the Voices L14: Elizabeth Hemings1735-1807 L18: ##### “Such Is The Story That Comes Down To Me” L20: Madison Hemings speaks in 1873 of his grandmother Elizabeth Hemings. L22: “I never knew of but one white man who bore the name of Hemings; he was an Englishman and my greatgrandfather. He was captain of an English trading vessel which sailed between England and Williamsburg, Va., then quite a port. My grandmother was a fullblooded African, and possibly a native of that country. She was the property of John Wales, a Welchman [incorrect; she then belonged to the Eppes family]. Capt. Hemings happened to be in the port of Williamsburg at the time my grandmother was born, and acknowledging her fatherhood he tried to purchase her of Mr. Wales, who would not part with ... L22: Capt. Hemings soon afterwards sailed from Williamsburg, never to return. L22: Such is the story that comes down to me.” L24: “Elizabeth Hemings grew to womanhood in the family of John Wales, whose wife dying she (Elizabeth) was taken by the widower Wales as his concubine, by whom she had six children—three sons and three daughters, viz: Robert, James, Peter, Critty, Sally and Thena. These children went by the name of Hemings….” Monticello ](https://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/descendants-elizabeth-hemings-sally-hemings)[ Monticello | Sally Hemings L1: # Monticello | Sally Hemings L3: Skip to content L5: # Sally Hemings L7: Sally Hemings: Daughter, mother, sister, aunt. L7: Inherited as property. L7: Seamstress. L7: World traveler. L7: Enslaved woman. L7: Concubine. L7: Negotiator. L7: Liberator. L7: Mystery. L11: Dates L13: 1773 - 1835 L15: Profession L17: Enslaved lady's maid, seamstress, and household servant. L19: **Sally Hemings** (1773-1835), whose given name was probably Sarah, was the daughter of Elizabeth Hemings . L19: According to her son, Madison Hemings , her father was Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law, John Wayles . L19: There are no known portraits of her. L19: Sally Hemings became Thomas Jefferson's property as part of his inheritance from the Wayles estate in 1774 and came with her mother to Monticello by 1776. ... L31: After the family's return to Virginia in 1789, Sally Hemings remained at Monticello, where she performed the duties of an enslaved household servant and lady's maid (Jefferson still referred to her as "Maria's maid" in 1799). L31: 3 Sally's son Madison recalled that one of her duties was "to take care of [Jefferson's] chamber and wardrobe, look after us children, and do light work such as sewing, &c." 4 ... L35: 6 L37: Years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson fathered at least six of Sally Hemings’s children. L37: Four survived to adulthood and are mentioned in Jefferson’s plantation records: Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston Hemings. L37: Beverly Hemings (b. 1798), an enslaved carpenter and fiddler, was allowed to leave the plantation in late 1821 or early 1822 and, according to his brother, passed into white society in Washington, D.C. Harriet Hemings (b. 1801), an enlsaved spinner and weaver in Jefferson's textile shop , also left Monticello in 1821 or 1822, and passed for white. ... L39: Madison Hemings reported that his mother lived in Charlottesville with him and his brother Eston until her death in 1835. L39: 7 The location of her grave remains a mystery. L41: Children: L43: - Harriet Hemings (1795-1797) L44: - Beverly Hemings (1798-after 1822) L45: - Harriet Hemings (1801-after 1822) Monticello ](https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/sally-hemings)[ A 'Thomas and Sally' Timeline L1: # A 'Thomas and Sally' Timeline L3: + Aug 15, 2017 L5: ## A 'Thomas and Sally' Timeline L7: By Laura A. Brueckner L9: **Circa 1734** Likely near Williamsburg, Virginia, Captain John Hemings, an English sea captain, becomes sexually involved with an enslaved African woman. ... L9: Her father will later attempt to buy her freedom, but her owner will refuse. L11: **1746** John Wayles, an English-born lawyer, plantation owner, and slave trader living in Virginia, marries Martha Eppes at the Eppes’ family plantation, Bermuda Hundred. ... L13: Wayles remarries; his second wife, Tabitha, dies, leaving three daughters. L13: Wayles’ third wife, Elizabeth, dies within a year, childless. L13: During this time, Betty Hemings bears four children to an unknown man or men, likely enslaved: Mary Hemings (1753), Martin Hemings (1755), Betty Brown (1759), and Nancy Hemings (1761). L13: Like their mother, all of these children are enslaved to John Wayles. L15: **1761** John Wayles and Betty Hemings become sexually involved; Betty bears five children to Wayles between 1762 and 1770: Robert (1672), James (1765), Thenia (1767), Critta (1769), and Peter (1770). L15: All share three-quarters white ancestry; all are half-siblings to his daughter, Martha; and all are born into slavery. L17: **1773** John Wayles dies, leaving substantial property (human and otherwise) but also a staggering pile of complex debt. L17: His daughter Martha and her new husband, Thomas Jefferson, inherit over 100 enslaved people. Marintheatre ](https://www.marintheatre.org/press-release-details/73/a-thomas-and-sally-timeline)[ Hemings family - Wikipedia L21: But she also says that "Sally" is a nickname for "Sarah," and there were many girls named "Sarah" and "Sally" in the Hemings family too. L21: [ 2 ] L23: According to Madison Hemings, Elizabeth Hemings' mother was an African woman and her father was an English sea captain named Hemings. ... L27: That year, Martha Eppes married John Wayles . L27: Elizabeth and other enslaved people went with Martha to Wayles's house as part of her marriage settlement . L27: Technically, the Eppes family owned Elizabeth Hemings even when she worked for the Wayles. L27: [ 2 ] L29: Elizabeth Hemings lived as a house servant. L29: Historians think that Elizabeth Hemings' job with the Wayles family was to help raise Martha Wayles , who would later marry Thomas Jefferson. L29: After John Wayles' wife died, he made Elizabeth Hemings his concubine , meaning that they had a sexual relationship but he did not marry her or free her or her children. ... L79: - Billy (1780-after 1795) L80: - Critta Hemings (1783-1819) L82: Elizabeth Hemings' children with John Wayles: L84: - Robert Hemings (1762-1819) L86: Robert Hemings' children with his wife: L88: - Martin Hemings L89: - Elizabeth Hemings L91: - James Hemings (1765-1801) L92: - Thenia Hemings (1767-1795) L94: - Mary L95: - Lucy L96: - Betsy L97: - Susan L98: - Sally L99: - an unnamed child (1795-after 1796) L101: - Critta Hemings (1769-1850) L103: - James Hemings (1787-after 1815) L105: - Peter Hemings (1770-after 1834) L107: - Eugenia Hemings (1803-1885) L108: - James Hemings (1804-1870) L109: - Anderson Hemings (1808-1868) Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemings_family)[ Sally Hemings | American Enslaved Person & Thomas Jefferson’s Mistress | Britannica L1: # Sally Hemings | American Enslaved Person & Thomas Jefferson’s Mistress | Britannica L3: # Sally Hemings L5: **Sally Hemings** (born 1773, Charles City county, Virginia [U.S.]—died 1835, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.) was an American slave who was owned by U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson and is widely believed to have had a relationship with him that resulted in several children. L7: *(Read Joseph Ellis’s Britannica essay on the Sally Heming’s affair.)* L9: Hemings, known as Sally but who was likely named Sarah, was born into slavery to a white father, John Wayles, and his mulatto slave, Elizabeth Hemings. L9: According to oral history passed down through the Hemings family, Elizabeth was the daughter of a white sea captain named Hemings and an African slave owned by Wayles. L9: Sally was thus three-fourths white. L9: When Wayles died in 1773, Elizabeth and her children were inherited by Martha Jefferson , who was Wayles’s daughter by Martha Eppes Wayles and the wife of Thomas Jefferson. L9: The Hemings family was sent to Monticello , Jefferson’s farm and estate in Virginia , where they were given positions as house slaves. ... L11: In 1789 Jefferson and Hemings returned to the United States . L11: She resumed her work at Monticello, and Jefferson’s records noted that, over the next two decades, she gave birth to six children. L11: Harriet was born in 1795 but lived only two years. L11: Hemings gave birth to a son, Beverly, in 1798 and another daughter named Harriet, in 1801. ... L15: With conflicting and inconclusive evidence, the majority of scholars found the allegations unlikely. L15: In 1998, however, DNA samples were gathered from living descendants of Jefferson and Hemings, and the subsequent tests revealed that Jefferson was almost certainly the father of some of Hemings’s children; Carr was ruled out. Britannica ](https://www.britannica.com/print/article/260823)[ Sally Hemings - Children, Thomas Jefferson & Descendants | HISTORY L26: ## Who Was Sally Hemings? L28: Sally Hemings (her given name was probably Sarah) was born in 1773; she was the daughter of Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings, and her father was allegedly John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson’s father-in-law. L28: She came into Jefferson’s household as part of his inheritance from the Wayles estate in 1774, and as a child probably served as a nurse to Jefferson’s younger daughter, Mary (Maria). ... L32: There, he changed his last name to Jefferson, and began identifying himself as a white man. L34: The only surviving descriptions of Sally Hemings emphasized her light skin, long straight hair and good looks. L34: She had four children (according to Jefferson’s records)—Beverly, Harriet, Madison and Eston—several of them were so light-skinned that they later passed for white. ... L52: In November 1998, new biological evidence surfaced, in the form of a DNA analysis of samples from Field Jefferson, a living descendant of Jefferson’s paternal uncle, and from Eston Hemings (born in 1808). L52: The analysis showed a perfect match between Y-chromosomes—a match with less than one in a thousand chance of being random coincidence. L52: The same study compared DNA between the Hemings line and descendants of Peter Carr’s family, revealing no match. L52: Though the study established probability and not certainty (though several of Jefferson’s male relatives certainly shared that male Y-chromosome, none of them were present at Monticello nine months before each time Sally gave birth), it lent new legitimacy to Madison Hemings’ long-ago claims that Jefferson fathered Madison and his siblings. L54: ## Evidence and Consensus L56: In January 2000, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation accepted the conclusion, supported by DNA evidence, that Jefferson and Sally Hemings had at least one and probably six offspring between 1790 and 1808. L56: Though most historians now agree that Jefferson and Hemings had a sexual relationship, debate continues over the duration of that relationship and, especially, over its nature. History ](https://www.history.com/articles/sally-hemings)[ John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson, and Sally Hemings – Sterling Journal-Advocate L14: **Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... L14: ** L16: *Bill BensonIn Retrospect* L18: John Wayles was born in Lancaster, England, in 1715. L18: When a teenager, he sailed to Virginia, and there he acquired vast landholdings, over a hundred slaves, and enormous debts. ... L22: John then took a concubine, a slave named Elizabeth Hemings, and a biracial woman. L22: Her father was an English sea captain named Hemings, and her mother was an African woman. L22: By John Wayles, Betty produced six children: Robert, James, Peter, Critta, Sally, and Thenia, each born into slavery, although each were three-fourths white. ... L26: Before she died, she made Thomas promise that he would never marry again, and he never did. L28: Most historians now agree that Thomas then took a concubine, Sally Hemings, John Wayles’s daughter by Betty Hemings. L28: Jefferson’s wife Martha, and Sally Hemings, were half-sisters. L28: They shared the same father, John Wayles, but had different mothers, and they may have looked alike. L30: No complete description of Sally Hemings exists. L30: In 1847, Isaac Jefferson, a Monticello slave, said, “Sally Hemings’ mother Betty was a bright mulatto woman, and Sally mighty near white. Sally was very handsome, long straight hair down her back.” ... L36: For decades, descendents of the Wayles-Jefferson family refused to believe that Sally Hemings’s children were also Jefferson’s, but DNA testing proved it true. L36: Markers on the Y chromosome, passed from father to son, confirmed that the sons who claim Field Jefferson, Thomas’s uncle, as their ancestor, match those sons who descended from Eston Hemings. Journal-advocate ](https://www.journal-advocate.com/2019/03/27/john-wayles-thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings/)[ Hemings-Elizabeth Archives - Getting Word L22: ## Sally Hemings L24: Posted on December 9, 2022 by - L26: Sally Hemings was born in 1773 at The Forest , the plantation home of her enslaver and father, John Wayles. L26: Her mother was Elizabeth Hemings , an enslaved, mixed-race woman who was also owned by John Wayles (the father of Martha Wayles Skelton, Jefferson’s wife). L26: ​Following John Wayles’ death, the Hemingses (Sally Hemings, her mother, and her siblings) were brought to Monticello in 1774 as a part of Thomas Jefferson’s inheritance from his father-in-law. L26: ​As of now, we know little about Sally Hemings’ early childhood. ... L44: ## Elizabeth Hemings L46: Posted on December 9, 2022 by - L48: The majority of those interviewed for the Getting Word project trace their ancestry to Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings. L48: According to her grandson Madison Hemings, she was the daughter of an English sea captain named Hemings and an enslaved woman. L48: She came with her children to Monticello about 1775, part of the inheritance from John Wayles, Jefferson’s father-in-law. L48: There she was a valued domestic servant. L48: Over seventy-five of her descendants lived and worked at Monticello as butlers, seamstresses, weavers, carpenters, blacksmiths, gardeners, and musicians. L50: Elizabeth Hemings had twelve known children. L50: According to Madison Hemings, six of them were fathered by Wayles (Robert, James, Thenia, Critta, Peter, and Sally). L50: All of the men and women freed by Jefferson (either officially or unofficially) were her children or grandchildren. Gettingword.monticello ](https://gettingword.monticello.org/family/hemings-elizabeth/) ### Searched web Sally Hemings children names birth death Madison Eston Beverly Harriet descendants 10 [ Sally Hemings' Children L32: Descendants of Madison Hemings and Eston Hemings are known. L34: The evidence is mixed for a son who may have been born to Hemings when she returned from Paris. L34: Descendants of Thomas Woodson claims that he was that son. L36: One way to look at the likelihood of Jefferson as the father of the Hemings children is to see whether Jefferson was present at Monticello and whether that is within a reasonable "conception window" for each child. L38: The following chart summarizes the known birth dates and the dates of Jefferson's presence at Monticello within that "conception window": L40: | **Name** | **Birth Date** | **Jefferson at** **Monticello** | **Death Date** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Harriet** | October 5, 1795 | 1794 and 1795—all year | December 1797 | | **Beverly** | April 1, 1798 | July 11–December 5, 1797 | probably after 1873 | | **Thenia** ? | about December 7, 1799 | March 8–December 21, 1799 | soon after birth | | **Harriet** | May 1801 | May 29–November 24, 1800 | probably after 1863 | | **Madison** | January (19?), 1805 | April 4–May 11, 1804 | November 28, 1877 | | **Eston** | May 21, 1808 | August 4–September 30, 1807 | January 3, 1856 | L49: ## What Happened to These Children and Their Descendants? L51: Two of Sally's documented children (a first Harriet and a girl possibly named Thenia) died in infancy (plus, possibly, the child named Tom who was born shortly after the return from Paris). L53: Two others―Beverly and Harriet―left Monticello in 1822; they were never formally freed, but they disappeared into White society. L53: Beverly probably died after 1873, and Harriet after 1863. L53: Their descendants are not known, nor do historians know what names they used after their egress. L53: Jefferson spent minimal effort to track them after their departure, lending credence to the theory that he let them go purposely. ... L55: Both worked as tradesmen and musicians and ended up in Ohio. L57: Eston's descendants at some point lost their memory of being directly descended from Jefferson and from Sally Hemings and were unaware of their Black heritage. L59: Madison's family includes descendants of three of his daughters. Thoughtco ](https://www.thoughtco.com/sally-hemings-children-3529305)[ Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: A Brief Account | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello L1: # Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: A Brief Account | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello L3: Years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson fathered at least six of Sally Hemings ’s children. L3: Four survived to adulthood and are mentioned in Jefferson’s plantation records: Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston Hemings. ... L3: Decades later, Jefferson freed all of Sally Hemings’s children – Beverly and Harriet left Monticello in the early 1820s; Madison and Eston were freed in his will and left Monticello in 1826. L3: Jefferson did not grant freedom to any other enslaved family unit. ... L43: There is no indication in Jefferson's records of a child born to Hemings before 1795, and there are no known documents to support that Thomas Woodson was Hemings's first child. L45: Shortly after the DNA test results were released in November 1998, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation formed a research committee consisting of nine members of the foundation staff, including four with Ph.D.s. In January 2000, the committee reported that the weight of all known evidence—from the DNA study, original documents, written and oral historical accounts, and statistical data—indicated a high probability that Thomas Jefferson was the father of Eston Hemings, and that he was likely the father of all six of Sally Hemings's children listed in Monticello records—Harriet (born 1795; L45: died in infancy); Beverly (born 1798); an unnamed daughter (born 1799; died in infancy); Harriet (born 1801); Madison (born 1805); and Eston (born 1808). L47: Since then, a committee commissioned by the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, after reviewing essentially the same material, reached different conclusions, namely that Sally Hemings was only a minor figure in Thomas Jefferson's life and that it is very unlikely he fathered any of her children. ... L65: * Eston Hemings changed his name to Eston Hemings Jefferson in 1852. L66: * Madison Hemings stated in 1873 that he and his siblings Beverly, Harriet, and Eston were Thomas Jefferson's children. L67: * The descendants of Madison Hemings who have lived as African-Americans have passed a family history of descent from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings down through the generations. Monticello ](https://www.monticello.org/slavery/jefferson-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings-a-brief-account/)[ Hemings family - Wikipedia L43: It also let them learn things about the outside world. L43: [ 2 ] L45: ## Family tree L47: [ edit ] L49: Elizabeth Hemings' children with an unknown partner: [ 6 ] L51: - Mary Hemings Bell (1753-after 1834) L53: Mary Hemings' children with earlier partners: L55: - Daniel Farley (1772-1837) ... L79: - Billy (1780-after 1795) L80: - Critta Hemings (1783-1819) L82: Elizabeth Hemings' children with John Wayles: L84: - Robert Hemings (1762-1819) L86: Robert Hemings' children with his wife: L88: - Martin Hemings L89: - Elizabeth Hemings L91: - James Hemings (1765-1801) L92: - Thenia Hemings (1767-1795) L94: - Mary L95: - Lucy L96: - Betsy L97: - Susan L98: - Sally L99: - an unnamed child (1795-after 1796) L101: - Critta Hemings (1769-1850) L103: - James Hemings (1787-after 1815) L105: - Peter Hemings (1770-after 1834) L107: - Eugenia Hemings (1803-1885) L108: - James Hemings (1804-1870) L109: - Anderson Hemings (1808-1868) L110: - Betty Hemings L112: - Sally Hemings (1773-1835) L114: Sally Hemings' children with Thomas Jefferson: L116: - an unnamed baby L117: - Harriet (1795-1797) L118: - Beverley Hemings (1798- after 1822) L119: - a daughter (1799-1800) L120: - Harriet Hemings (1801- after 1822) L121: - Madison Hemings (1805-1877) L122: - Eston Hemings Jefferson (1808-1856) L124: Elizabeth Hemings' children with Joseph Neilson, known: L126: - John Hemings (1776-1833) L128: Elizabeth Hemings' children with Joseph Neilson, possible: L130: - Lucy Hemings (1777-1786) L134: Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hemings_family&oldid=1351958738 " Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemings_family)[ Harriet Hemings - Wikipedia L1: # Harriet Hemings - Wikipedia L3: Jump to content L7: # Harriet Hemings L9: Add links L11: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia L13: | Harriet Hemings | | | --- | --- | | Born | May 1801 Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia , US | | Died | after 1822 | | Occupation | Textile Worker | | Known for | Being daughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson | | Parent(s) | Sally Hemings Thomas Jefferson | | Relatives | Beverly Hemings (brother), Madison Hemings (brother), Eston Hemings (brother) | L22: **Harriet Hemings** (May 1801 – after 1822) was born into slavery at Monticello , the home of Thomas Jefferson , third president of the United States , in the first year of his presidency. L22: Most historians believe her father was Jefferson, who is now believed to have fathered, with his slave Sarah "Sally" Hemings , four children who survived to adulthood. ... L34: Hemings was said to have a child born in 1790 after she returned from Paris, but it died as an infant. L34: Hemings' first daughter who was recorded, was born in 1795. L34: She was named Harriet but she died in infancy. L34: This name was prominent among women in Jefferson's family. L34: [ 4 ] It was customary to name the next child of the same sex after one who had died. L34: Harriet's surviving siblings were her older brother William Beverley, called Beverley; and younger brothers James Madison and Thomas Eston Hemings . L34: Like the other Hemings children, Harriet had light duties as a child, which she spent mostly with her mother. ... L131: Madison said Harriet later married a white man in good standing in Washington City . L131: [ 4 ] L133: While Harriet and Beverly disappeared into history, more is known about the lives of their brothers Madison and Eston Hemings, who married in Charlottesville and began their families there. Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Hemings)[ Monticello | Sally Hemings L19: **Sally Hemings** (1773-1835), whose given name was probably Sarah, was the daughter of Elizabeth Hemings . L19: According to her son, Madison Hemings , her father was Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law, John Wayles . L19: There are no known portraits of her. L19: Sally Hemings became Thomas Jefferson's property as part of his inheritance from the Wayles estate in 1774 and came with her mother to Monticello by 1776. ... L35: 6 L37: Years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson fathered at least six of Sally Hemings’s children. L37: Four survived to adulthood and are mentioned in Jefferson’s plantation records: Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston Hemings. L37: Beverly Hemings (b. 1798), an enslaved carpenter and fiddler, was allowed to leave the plantation in late 1821 or early 1822 and, according to his brother, passed into white society in Washington, D.C. Harriet Hemings (b. 1801), an enlsaved spinner and weaver in Jefferson's textile shop , also left Monticello in 1821 or 1822, and passed for white. L37: Madison Hemings (1805-1878), a enslaved carpenter and joiner, was given his freedom in Jefferson's will; he resettled in southern Ohio in 1836, where he worked at his trade and had a farm. L37: Eston Hemings Jefferson (1808-ca. 1856), also a enslaved carpenter, moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in the 1830s. ... L39: Madison Hemings reported that his mother lived in Charlottesville with him and his brother Eston until her death in 1835. L39: 7 The location of her grave remains a mystery. L41: Children: L43: - Harriet Hemings (1795-1797) L44: - Beverly Hemings (1798-after 1822) L45: - Harriet Hemings (1801-after 1822) L46: - Unnamed daughter (1799-1800) L47: - Madison Hemings (1805-1878) L48: - Eston Hemings Jefferson (1808-ca. 1856) L50: Further Sources L52: - Gordon-Reed, Annette. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. L53: - Stanton, Lucia. *Free Some Day: The African-American Families of Monticello* . Charlottesville: Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2000. Monticello ](https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/sally-hemings)[ Monticello Affirms Thomas Jefferson Fathered Children with Sally Hemings | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello L8: 2. The Foster et al. (1998) DNA study revealed that male-line descendants of Eston Hemings (a son of Sally Hemings) and male-line descendants of Field Jefferson’s father (who was Thomas Jefferson's grandfather), shared the same Y-chromosome haplotype. This demonstrates that Eston's father was a Jefferson male. This result not only corroborates Madison’s account in the Pike County Republican, it definitively refutes the claims by Jefferson grandchildren, including Ellen Randolph Coolidge and her brother Thomas Jefferson Randolph, that either Peter or Samuel Carr (they could not agree on ... L11: 5. Eston Hemings changed his racial identity to white and his surname to Jefferson after moving from Ohio to Wisconsin in 1852. Newspaper accounts in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1887 and 1902 recalled that Eston resembled Thomas Jefferson. L12: 6. The two oldest surviving children of Sally Hemings, Beverly Hemings (a male) and Harriet Hemings, were both allowed to leave Monticello without pursuit and were described as “run away” in Jefferson’s inventory of enslaved families. In an 1858 letter to her husband Joseph Coolidge, Jefferson’s granddaughter, Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, (while denying Jefferson’s paternity) described Sally Hemings’s children as “all fair and all set free at my grandfather’s death, or had been suffered to absent themselves permanently before he died." L13: 7. Jefferson's records of his travels and the birthdays of Sally Hemings’s children reveal that he was present at Monticello during the estimated dates of conception for all six of Hemings's documented offspring. Statistical modeling shows the likelihood of this coincidence for any other male (if we assume that Thomas Jefferson is not the father) as 1 percent, or 1 chance in 100 — strong evidence of Thomas Jefferson’s paternity. 2 ... L15: 9. Jefferson freed all four surviving Hemings children (in accordance with the terms of his negotiation with Sally Hemings, as reported by her son Madison). He did not grant freedom to any other enslaved nuclear family. L16: 10. The names of Sally Hemings’s four surviving children — William Beverly Hemings, Harriet Hemings, James Madison Hemings, and Thomas Eston Hemings — suggest family ties to Thomas Jefferson. Annette Gordon-Reed outlines these naming connections in her book, *Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings: An American Controversy* (1997). A man named William Beverly accompanied Jefferson’s father on an expedition through Virginia in 1746, and he was connected to Jefferson’s mother’s family by blood and marriage. There were multiple Harriets in the Randolph family, including a sister and a niece L16: of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jefferson’s son-in-law. Madison Hemings was named at the request of Dolley Madison, whose husband, James Madison, was one of Jefferson’s close friends. Historian and biographer Fawn Brodie offered two possible explanations for Eston Hemings’s name: Eston was the birthplace of Jefferson’s maternal ancestor, William Randolph, in Yorkshire, England. Thomas Eston Randolph was also a first cousin of Jefferson; Jefferson described their two families as being “almost as one.” 3 Furthermore, it was convention for Jefferson to be involved in the naming of family Monticello ](https://www.monticello.org/slavery/jefferson-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings-a-brief-account/monticello-affirms-thomas-jefferson-fathered-children-with-sally-hemings/)[ Julia Ann Isaacs (1814–1889) L1: Published: 2026-07-09 # Julia Ann Isaacs (1814–1889) L4: Skip to Main Content L6: # Julia Ann Isaacs Female L10: 21 November 1814–22 March 1889 • KFY1-542 L14: ## Brief Life History of Julia Ann L16: When Julia Ann Isaacs was born on 21 November 1814, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States, her father, David Isaiah Isaacs, was 54 and her mother, Nancy West, was 47. L16: She married Eston Hemings about 1832, in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States. L16: They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. L16: She lived in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Wisconsin, United States in 1870. L16: She died on 22 March 1889, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. L18: More L20: ## Parents and Siblings L22: ### Siblings (7) L24: 1. L26: 2. L28: 3. L30: 4. L32: 5. L34: +2 More Children L36: View All L38: ## Discover Even More L40: As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story. L44: Create a FREE Account L46: ## Photos and Memories (1) ... L68: ### 1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated L70: Age 22 L72: On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated. L74: View All L76: ## Family Time Line L78: 1780 L80: 1800 L82: 1820 L84: 1840 L86: 1860 L88: 1880 L90: 1900 L92: 1920 L94: 1940 L96: Eston Hemings L98: 1808–1856 L100: Julia Ann Isaacs L102: 1814–1889 L104: Marriage: about 1832 L106: George Hemings-Jefferson L108: 1829–Deceased L110: Col. John Wayles Hemings-Jefferson L112: 1835–1892 L114: Anna Wayles Hemings-Jefferson L116: 1837–1866 L118: Beverly Frederick Hemings-Jefferson L120: 1839–1908 L122: ## Spouse and Children L124: Marriage L126: about 1832 Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States L128: ### Children (4) Ancestors.familysearch ](https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KFY1-542/julia-ann-isaacs-1814-1889)[ Sally Hemings - Wikipedia L1: # Sally Hemings - Wikipedia L3: Jump to content L5: # Sally Hemings L7: **Checked** L9: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia L11: (Redirected from Sally Hemmings ) L13: | Sally Hemings | | | --- | --- | | Born | Sarah (or Sally) Hemings c. 1773 Charles City County , Virginia, British America | | Died | 1835 (aged 61–62) Charlottesville , Virginia, U.S. | | Known for | Enslaved woman owned by Thomas Jefferson , mother to his shadow family | | Children | 6, including Beverly , Harriet , Madison , and Eston | | Parent(s) | Betty Hemings John Wayles | | Relatives | Hemings family | ... L30: [ 10 ] L32: The historical question of whether Jefferson was the father of Hemings' children is the subject of the Jefferson–Hemings controversy . L32: Following renewed historical analysis in the late 20th century, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation empaneled a commission of scholars and scientists who worked with a 1998–1999 genealogical DNA test that found a match between the Jefferson male line and a descendant of Hemings' youngest son, Eston Hemings . ... L98: Hemings had six children after this; their complete names are in some cases uncertain: [ 13 ] L100: * Harriet Hemings [I] (October 5, 1795 – December 1797) [13] L101: * Beverly Hemings , possibly William Beverley Hemings (April 1, 1798 – after 1873) [13] L102: * Daughter, possibly named Thenia Hemings after Sally's sister (born in 1799 and died in infancy) [13] L103: * Harriet Hemings [II] (May 1801 – Unknown) [13] L104: * Madison Hemings , possibly James Madison Hemings (January 19, 1805 – November 28, 1877) [13] L105: * Eston Hemings , possibly named Thomas Eston Hemings (May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856) [13] L107: Jefferson recorded births of slaves in his Farm Book. ... L115: [ 49 ] L117: Jefferson formally freed two slaves while he was alive: Sally's older brothers Robert, who bought his freedom, and James , who was required to train his brother Peter as a chef for three years to get his freedom. L117: Jefferson eventually (including posthumously, through his will ) freed all of Sally's surviving children, [ 50 ] Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston, as they came of age . Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Hemmings)[ The Life of Sally Hemings | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello L131: Jefferson did not grant freedom to any other enslaved family unit. L133: #### Hemings's & Jefferson’s Descendants L135: *Beverly Frederick Jefferson (left), grandson of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, is pictured with three of his sons, circa 1900. L135: No images of Sally Hemings or her children are known. L135: * L137: *John Wayles Jefferson, Hemings's and Jefferson's grandson through Eston Hemings* L139: *George Pettiford - a descendant of Madison Hemings* L141: *Shannon LaNier and Madeline Yurkoski - descendants of Madison Hemings* L143: *Shay Banks Young - a descendant of Madison Hemings* L145: *William Magill Jefferson - a descendant of Eston Hemings Jefferson* L147: 1790 Sally Hemings’s first child is born. L147: According to Madison Hemings, “It lived but a short time.” L149: 1795 A daughter, Harriet Hemings, was born. L149: She died two years later in 1797. L151: 1798 A son, Beverly was born. L151: He survived to adulthood, becoming a carpenter and fiddler. L153: 1799 An unnamed daughter was born and died. L155: 1801 Harriet was born. L155: She was their only surviving daughter, and was a spinner in Jefferson’s textile factory. L157: 1805 A son, Madison was born. ... L175: Annette Gordon-Reed L177: Madison resettled in southern Ohio in the late 1830s, where he worked at his trade and owned a farm. L177: He chose to remain in the black community. L177: He died in 1878. L179: Eston, also a carpenter, moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in the 1830s. L179: There he was a well-known professional musician before moving around 1852 to Wisconsin, where he changed his surname to Jefferson along with his racial identity. Monticello ](https://www.monticello.org/sallyhemings/)[ Madison Hemings - Wikipedia L48: Children L50: 10 L52: Parent(s) L54: Sally Hemings Thomas Jefferson L57: Relatives L59: Beverly Hemings (brother), Harriet Hemings (sister), Eston Hemings (brother), Betty Hemings (grandmother) L61: **Madison Hemings** (January 19, 1805 – November 28, 1877) was the son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson . ... L113: During that time, Hemings helped build houses in Waverly, Ohio , which was known for its anti-black sentiment. L113: [ 16 ] L115: Madison and Mary Hemings were the parents of ten children: L117: * an unnamed son - died young before they moved to Ohio. L118: * Sarah Hemings (1835–1884) - married Reuben Byrd, and had three children. L119: * Thomas Eston Hemings (1839–1865) a Civil War soldier who died in capture, died unmarried. L120: * Harriet Hemings (1842–1926) - married Civil War veterans, James Butler, and Henry Spears. She had three children with her first husband James Butler. L121: * Mary Ann Hemings (1843–1921) - married David Johnson, had two children. L122: * Catherine Jane Hemings (1844–1880) - married George Washington Hale, had four children. L123: * William Beverly Hemings (1845–1910) - a Civil War veteran, died unmarried. L124: * James Madison Hemings (1849–1922) - a Civil War veteran, died unmarried. L125: * Julia Ann Hemings (1851–1867) - died young, and unmarried. ... L146: [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ c ] L148: There are no living male-line descendants of Madison Hemings. L148: Beverley Hemings's descendants have been lost to history, as he apparently changed his name after moving to Washington, DC and passing into white society. L148: Descendants of Madison Hemings declined to have the remains of his son William Hemings disturbed to extract DNA for testing (he was buried in the Leavenworth National Cemetery ), just as Wayles-Jefferson descendants declined to have Thomas Jefferson's remains disturbed. Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Hemings) ### Searched web Sally Hemings descendants modern family lines DNA 5 [ Sally Hemings | A Presidential Paternity Case - Your DNA Guide - Diahan Southard L22: Two of Jefferson’s grandchildren claimed that Peter and Samuel Carr, Jefferson’s nephews, had fathered two enslaved people at Monticello. L22: But two of Hemings’ children, Madison and Eston, claimed Thomas was their father, and this belief was passed along their descendants. L26: “3 Thomas Jefferson,” GPA Photo Archive, Flickr. L26: Public Domain Mark 1.0 L28: ## YDNA test results L30: In 1998, DNA testing–specifically YDNA testing–shed more light on the claims. L30: Dr. Eugene Foster and a team of geneticists conducted YDNA testing on male-line descendants of Eston Hemings as well as male-line descendants of both Field Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson’s paternal uncle, who would share his YDNA signature) and John Carr (the grandfather of Jefferson Carr’s nephews, who would share *their* YDNA signature). ... L34: Results showed that Eston’s descendants shared no Y-chromosome relationship with the Carrs. L34: But researchers discovered that Eston did indeed carry the Jefferson Y chromosome. L34: Quoting from its assessment of the DNA study: L36: “The results clearly show that the **male-line descendants of Field Jefferson and Eston Hemings have identical Y-chromosome haplotypes** (the particular combination of variants at defined loci on the chromosome). Scientists note that there is less than a 1 percent probability that this is due to chance. Thus the haplotype match is over one hundred times more likely when Jefferson and Eston Hemings are genetically related through the male line. **This study by itself does not establish that Hemings’s father was Thomas Jefferson, only that Hemings’s father was a Jefferson** .” ( source ) ... L40: So how did the finger get so confidently pointed at Thomas? L40: Quoting again from the committee’s report: L42: > “While there is a scientific possibility that Randolph Jefferson (Jefferson’s brother), one of his sons, or one of Field Jefferson’s grandsons, was the father of Eston Hemings, the preponderance of known historical evidence indicates that Thomas Jefferson was his father. Randolph Jefferson and his sons are not known to have been at Monticello at the time of Eston Hemings’s conception, nor has anyone, until 1998, ever before publicly suggested them as possible fathers. Field Jefferson’s grandsons are unlikely candidates because of their distance from Monticello…. > “The ... L49: > “The DNA study, combined with multiple strands of currently available documentary and statistical evidence, indicates a high probability that Thomas Jefferson fathered Eston Hemings, and that he most likely was the father of all six of Sally Hemings’s children appearing in Jefferson’s records. Those children are Harriet, who died in infancy; Beverly; an unnamed daughter who died in infancy; Harriet; Madison; and Eston.” Yourdnaguide ](https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/sally-hemings)[ New Kensington woman, 95, is oldest descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings L1: Published: 2024-04-17 # New Kensington woman, 95, is oldest descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings L4: # New Kensington woman, 95, is oldest descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings L6: Wed, Apr 17, 2024 • 07:38 AM L8: Mary Lee Brady-Atkins visits the gravesite of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Va., in 2023. ... L22: It’s quite the heritage for the New Kensington woman, and one that Brady-Atkins, 95, was scarcely aware of for most of her life. L22: It’s even more surprising because Brady-Atkins is Black. L24: Her great-great-great-grandmother was Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman at Jefferson’s home of Monticello, Va. Jefferson and Hemings had four children who survived to adulthood. ... L30: One of Westerinen’s ancestors was Eston Hemings, the youngest of Sally Hemings’ children. L32: Brady-Atkins, too, was related to Eston Hemings. L32: It was about that time that the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings, long-rumored, was being confirmed through historical research. ... L48: Brady-Atkins kept a relationship via email with the people who made the connection regarding Westerinen and the Hemings family. L50: “About 15 years ago, the Smithsonian Institute started a DNA study, which is not yet completed, and, periodically, I would hear from someone. Otherwise, I didn’t give it much thought,” Brady-Atkins said. ... L107: His mother, Brady-Atkins' grandmother, was Mary Elizabeth Lee (1863-1940), whom Brady-Atkins is named after. L107: Lee was the daughter of Harriet Hemings (1842-1946). L107: Harriet's parents were Madison Hemings (1805-77) and Mary Hughes McCoy. L107: Madison Hemings' parents were Sally Hemings (1773-Sept. 6, 1835) and Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826). Triblive ](https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/new-kensington-woman-95-is-oldest-descendant-of-sally-hemings-and-president-thomas-jefferson/)[ Hemings (Sally) - Getting Word L1: Published: 2026-05-11 # Hemings (Sally) - Getting Word L4: # Hemings (Sally) L6: ## Madison Hemings L10: *Madison Hemings descendants at Monticello* L12: One of the most revealing sources about the Hemings family and life at Monticello is a newspaper publication of the recollections of Madison Hemings in 1873. ... L54: Read More L56: ## People L60: ### Lucille Roberts Balthazar L62: 1915-1998 L66: ### Shay Banks-Young L68: 1944-2016 L72: ### Colby Boggs L74: 1973- L78: ### William Dalton L80: 1961-2015 L84: ### Clara Lee Fisher L86: 1962- L90: ### Rosemary Medley Ghoston L92: 1942- L96: ### Patti Jo Medley Harding L100: ### Madison Hemings L102: 1805-1877 L106: ### Mary McCoy Hemings L108: 1810-1876 L112: ### Paula Roberts Henderson L114: 1946- L118: ### Ellen Roberts Hodnett L120: 1947- L124: ### Mary Jefferson L126: 1947- L130: ### Beverly Frederick Jefferson L132: 1839-1908 L136: ### Eston Hemings Jefferson L138: 1808-1856 L142: ### John Wayles Jefferson L144: 1835-1892 L148: ### Julia Isaacs Jefferson L150: 1814-1889 L154: ### Nancy Lee L156: 1904-1995 L160: ### Ann Pettiford Medley L162: 1918-2012 L166: ### George Pettiford L168: 1926-1996 L172: ### Jacqueline Diggs Pettiford L174: 1934- L178: ### Diana Redman L180: 1948- L184: ### Annette Woodson Roberts L188: ### Gloria Roberts L190: 1924-2011 L194: ### Patricia Roberts L196: 1934-2007 L200: ### William A. Roberts L202: 1945- L206: ### William G. Roberts L208: 1914-2008 L212: ### William Giles Roberts L214: 1889-1975 L218: ### Andrew Jackson Roberts L220: 1851-1927 L224: ### Ellen Hemings Roberts L226: 1856-1940 L230: ### Frederick Madison Roberts L232: 1879-1952 L236: ### Pearl Hinds Roberts L238: 1892-1984 L242: ### Robin Roberts-Martin L244: 1952- Gettingword.monticello ](https://gettingword.monticello.org/families/hemings-elizabeth/hemings-sally/)[ Her mother said they descended from a president and a slave. What would their DNA say? - Washington Post L57: Spurred on by her mother’s wishes, Bettye Kearse took up her genealogical mission with yet another source of inspiration: the haunting parallels of her family’s oral history to the one famously passed down by Sally Hemings’s descendants. L59: Thomas Jefferson owned Hemings, who was black, and the Hemings family’s oral history had long held that the third president was their ancestor, biological father to Sally Hemings’s children. L59: Documentary history also placed Jefferson and Hemings together during the period when her children were conceived. L59: Yet consensus did not gel that he indeed was their father until a 1998 DNA test showed a match between the Jefferson male line and a male Hemings descendant. L61: Kearse had started working on a manuscript about her family history that drew some interest from agents and publishers. L61: But one advised her that she would have a better shot at getting a book deal if she, too, could find genetic proof. L63: Elizabeth (Betsey) Madison, born into slavery, was Bettye Kearse’s great-great-grandmother. ... L67: But he warmed to Kearse. L69: She was a woman of science, a physician who had studied genetics in college. L69: And she came with a box of ancestral papers that were especially compelling for Jackson. L69: According to Kearse’s story, her foremother Coreen gave birth to a son, and that son had a son, and so on — an unbroken line of male descent, from Madison on through Kearse’s generation. ... L331: Neither has yet followed up on that idea. L335: Bettye Kearse’s ancestry L337: Emanuel Madison L339: Elizabeth “Betsey” L341: b. 1807 L343: Martha Strain L345: Mack Madison L347: Birdie Joe Massey L349: John Madison L351: Ruby Madison L353: Clay Wilson III L355: Bettye L357: Kearse L359: b. 1943 L363: Bettye Kearse’s ancestry Washington Post ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/dna-madison/)[ FamilyTreeDNA - Hemings DNA Project L1: # FamilyTreeDNA - Hemings DNA Project L3: | Hemings DNA Project - Y-DNA Results Overview For genealogy within the most recent fifteen generations, STR markers help define paternal lineages. L3: Y-DNA STR markers change (mutate) often enough that most men who share the same STR results also share a recent paternal lineage. L3: This page displays Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) STR results for the project. L3: The columns display each project member's kit number, paternal ancestry information according to project settings, the paternal tree branch (haplogroup), and actual STR marker results. ... L3: 15 23 12 24 18 10 14 17 9 12 11 142376 Hemmings Hemmings, kingswood Hill, England England J-M172 Y-DNA37 12 23 15 10 16 - 16 11 15 12 13 11 29 17 8 - 9 11 11 26 15 20 31 13 - 13 - 15 -17 10 11 19-23 15 14 16 15 36 -39 12 9 34347 Hemingway Unknown Origin E-M35 Y-HAP-Backbone 13 24 13 9 13 -14 11 12 10 14 11 30 20 9- 9 11 12 23 14 20 32 14 -15-17-17 289314 Hemmings John Hemmings b abt 1787, Sedgley, Staffordshire England R-BY30612 Big Y-500 13 24 14 10 11-14 12 12 12 12 13 28 17 9-10 11 11 26 15 18 29 15- 16 -17-17 11 11 19-23 16 15 18 17 35- 37 12 12 11 9 15-16 8 10 10 8 10 10 12 23-23 16 10 L3: 12 12 15 8 12 22 20 13 12 11 13 11 11 12 12 34 14 9 16 12 27 27 19 12 11 13 12 10 9 11 12 10 11 11 30 12 12 24 13 10 10 20 15 19 14 24 19 12 15 23 12 24 18 10 14 17 9 12 11 191627 Hemming England R-L151 Family Finder 13 24 14 11 11- 16 12 12 13 13 13 29 116609 Hemingway England R-M269 Y-DNA37 14 24 14 11 11-14 12 12 12 14 13 30 17 9-10 10 11 25 15 19 29 15-15-17-17 10 11 19-23 15 15 19 18 35-39 11 12 H1168 Hemingway Unknown Origin R-M269 Y-DNA25 14 24 14 11 13 -14 12 12 12 13 13 30 17 9-10 11 11 27 14 19 29 15-15-17-17 10 11 19-23 16 12 12 12 13 11 30 12 13 24 13 10 23 12 Ungrouped 236386 L3: Holland Robert Holland, b. 1822-d. L3: ?, Isle of Wight,Va United States E-M2 Y-DNA37 13 21 16 10 17-17 11 12 12 13 11 29 18 8-10 11 11 24 14 21 30 12-16-16-18 10 11 19-19 16 14 15 17 34-35 11 11 H1535 Hemingway Anthony Hemingre, b. abt 1607 and d. 2 Dec 1676 England I-M170 Y-DNA25 13 23 14 10 13-14 11 14 11 12 11 28 15 7-9 8 11 22 16 20 29 12-12-14-15 10 10 19-19 14 12 10 14 13 12 31 11 13 21 16 11 22 12 B311152 HEMENWAY Ralph HEMENWAY England R-BY164688 Big Y-500 13 23 14 11 12-14 12 12 11 13 14 28 16 9-10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15-16-16-17 11 11 21-23 15 15 17 17 37-37 12 12 11 9 15-16 8 10 10 8 10 10 12 21-23 16 10 12 12 15 8 14 22 Familytreedna ](https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Hemings?iframe=ydna-results-overview) Browsed [monticello.org/sallyhemings/](https://www.monticello.org/sallyhemings/) ---