Sally Hemings
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Sally Hemings, whose given name may have been Sarah, was an enslaved woman, inherited among many others by the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, from his father-in-law, John Wayl
Thomas Jefferson in 1791
Colonel John Wayles Jefferson, a grandson of Hemings, through her son Eston
Martha Jefferson
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Martha Skelton Jefferson was the wife of Thomas Jefferson from 1772 until her death in 1782. She served as First Lady of Virginia during Jefferson's term as governor from 1779 to 1781. She died in 178
Sally Hemings
…Hemings. Her father was Wayles, the enslaver of Betty Hemings who owned her from the time of her birth. Wayles was also the father of Jefferson's wife, Martha Wayles, making Hemings the half-sister to Jefferson's wife. According to her son Madison, Hemings's maternal grandmother was an enslaved African woman whose…
Mather Brown, Thomas Jefferson, 1786, oil painting, National Portrait Gallery
Original front elevation drawing of Monticello, 1771
Governor's Palace, Governor Jefferson's residence in Williamsburg
Monticello Family Graveyard, including Thomas Jefferson's gravesite