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John Wayles (January 31, 1715 – May 28, 1773) was a colonial American planter, slave trader and lawyer in colonial Virginia. He is historically best known as the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
John Wayles (January 31, 1715 - May 28, 1773) was Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson 's father and Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law. He was born in Lancaster, England, in 1715 and emigrated to Virginia, likely in the 1730s, though the date is not known. He established his home at The Forest, in Charles City County.
Occupation: Hotelkeeper; Army officer; Cotton merchant. John Wayles Jefferson, the oldest child of Eston Hemings and Julia Isaacs Jefferson, lived as an African American in southern Ohio until the age of fifteen, when his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, changed their surname from Hemings to Jefferson, and thereafter lived as white people.
John Wayles Jefferson was a Union officer in the Civil War who hid his mixed-race heritage and his connection to Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He was born free in Virginia, moved to Ohio and Wisconsin, and became a successful cotton broker in Tennessee.
John Wayles Jefferson (born John Wayles Hemings; May 8, 1835 – June 12, 1892), was an American businessman and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He is believed to be a grandson of Thomas Jefferson; his paternal grandmother is Sarah (Sally) Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's mixed-race slave and half-sister to his late wife.
4 de jul. de 2018 · White widowers like John Wayles and Thomas Jefferson who forged relationships with black women they owned were less controversial but equally common. Nevertheless, historians ridiculed...
11 de jul. de 2011 · The Forest was the home of John Wayles, the father of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, whom Thomas Jefferson married in 1772. The land is now privately owned and the house no longer exists, but a historical marker marks the wedding place on Route 5.
