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Beverly Hemings (1798-after 1822) was the oldest surviving son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson listed Beverly Hemings among Monticello's tradesmen [1] and Jefferson's correspondence with his overseer Edmund Bacon indicates he worked as a carpenter and assistant to Monticello's coopers making barrels. [2]
When Beverly Hemings was born on 1 April 1798, in Monticello, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, his father, President Thomas Jefferson, was 54 and his mother, Sally Hemings, was 24. He married Martha McCoy on 21 November 1831, in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States.
In 1873, Harriet's brother Madison Hemings described his siblings and their life at Monticello and afterward, claiming Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings as their parents. He said that Jefferson had promised Hemings when she became his concubine that he would free all her children.
6 cze 2018 · Today TJF and most historians believe that, years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson was the father of the six children of Sally Hemings mentioned in Jefferson's records, including Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston Hemings.
4 cze 2024 · Sally Hemings was enslaved by President Thomas Jefferson through his wife's inheritance, as were her mother and siblings. Sally was also his wife's half-sister through John Wayles. [1] Jefferson's wife Martha had died in 1782 and by 1795, Sally bore her first child by Thomas.
An in-depth look at Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson and bore several of his children, using research, videos, and oral histories, and the recollections of her son Madison Hemings to tell what is known -- and unknown -- about her life and story.
14 cze 2018 · In 1873, Madison Hemings, an enslaved son of Thomas Jefferson, became the first person formerly enslaved at Monticello to have his recollections published.
