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Elizabeth Hemings ( c. 1735 – 1807) was a female slave of mixed-ethnicity in colonial Virginia. With her owner, planter John Wayles, she had six children, including Sally Hemings. These children were three-quarters white, and, following the condition of their mother, they were considered slaves from birth; they were half-siblings to Wayles's ...
Learn about Elizabeth Hemings, the matriarch of a prominent enslaved family at Thomas Jefferson's plantation. Discover her origins, children, relationships, and legacy through historical records and archeological evidence.
Learn about Elizabeth Hemings, the enslaved mother of several of Jefferson's children, and her descendants who lived and worked at Monticello. Read her family history, oral traditions, and primary sources from Madison Hemings.
Occupation: Household servant. 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.
Elizabeth "Betty" Hemings (1735-1807) was a woman from Virginia. She was the mother of Sally Hemings and eleven other people. For part of her life, she was enslaved to Thomas Jefferson .
The daughter of an enslaved woman and an English sea captain named Hemings, Elizabeth Hemings was brought to Monticello with her children after the 1773 death of her owner John Wayles, Jefferson’s father in law.
14 de jul. de 2003 · Nearly five years after DNA testing provided compelling -- some argue overwhelming -- evidence that Jefferson fathered at least one child with a young slave named Sally Hemings, about 150 of her ...
