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Betty's daughter Sally Hemings had six children, all of whom were fathered by Thomas Jefferson, between 1795 and 1808. Jefferson freed all four of her surviving children when they came of age, two of them by his will.
Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings (1735-1807) was the matriarch of a prominent and extensive family that made up a third of the population at Monticello, the largest family to ever call Monticello home.
Dec 9, 2022 · How did her grave survive the racist times when blacks were brutalized and their property destroyed? Why was this seemingly insignificant Hemings slave honored with such a grave, while her famous Aunt Sally, her wealthy mother Mary, and her talented Uncle John lie in unmarked graves?
The majority of those interviewed for the Getting Word project trace their ancestry to Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings. According to her grandson Madison Hemings, she was the daughter of an English sea captain named Hemings and an enslaved woman.
Much has been written by descendents and scholars about existence of Betty Hemings as mother of Thomas Jefferson's concubine Sally Hemings. But our quest is for much more about what matters more, ... the DNA sources and consequences of her existence and our own.
Oral histories passed through many generations of the descendants of Elizabeth Hemings’s daughters Mary Hemings Bell , Betty Brown, and Sally Hemings include the tradition of descent from Thomas Jefferson.
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Dec 9, 2022 · Thomas Jefferson permitted Mary to retain only two of her four children; she kept the Bell children, whom Thomas Bell freed along with Mary. But Betsy and Joseph were returned to Monticello in bondage.
