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Betty Hemings
(????-1807)
Mother of Sally Hemings
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Elizabeth "Betty" Hemings (c.1735 – 1807) was an enslaved mixed-race woman in colonial Virginia. With her master, 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 enslaved from birth; they were half-siblings to Wayles's daughter, Martha Jefferson. After Wayles died, the Hemings family and some 120 other slaves were inherited, along with 11,000 acres and £4,000 debt, as part of his estate by his daughter Martha and her husband Thomas Jefferson.

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Born Elizabeth Hemings
Possibly Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia
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1807 (aged )
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  • Robert
    Robert info 1st child with John Wayles Male b. 1762 Age: 263 1762- Celebrity Baby
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  • James Hemings
    James Hemings info 2nd child with John Wayles Male b. 1765 d. 1801 Age: 35 (at death) 1765-1801 American slave
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  • Thenia
    Thenia info 3rd child with John Wayles Unknown b. 1767 Age: 258 1767- Celebrity Baby
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  • Critta
    Critta info 4th child with John Wayles Female b. 1769 Age: 256 1769- Celebrity Baby
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  • Peter
    Peter info 5th child with John Wayles Male b. 1770 Age: 255 1770- Celebrity Baby
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  • Sally Hemings
    Sarah Hemings info 6th child with John Wayles Female b. 1773 d. 1835 Age: 61 (at death) 1773-1835 Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773-1835)
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  • Peter Fossett
    Peter Fossett · Great-grandson · American, Other edit info
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  • Burwell Colbert
    Burwell Colbert · Family Member · 1783-1850 · American, Artisan edit info
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  • Harriet Hemings
    Harriet Hemings · Granddaughter · 1801-1863 · Daughter of Thomas Jefferson (1801-died after 1822) edit info
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  • Madison Hemings
    Madison Hemings · Grandson · 1805-1877 · American freed slave edit info
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  • Eston Hemings
    Eston Hemings · Grandson · 1808-1856 · Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings edit info
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  • Mary Hemings
    Mary Hemings · Daughter · 1753-1834 · American, Other edit info
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  • James Hemings
    James Hemings · Son · 1765-1801 · American slave edit info
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  • Sally Hemings
    Sally Hemings · Daughter · 1773-1835 · Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773-1835) edit info
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    John Hemings · Son · 1776-1830 · American, Artist edit info
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    Burwell Colbert · Family Member · 1783-1850 · American, Artisan edit info
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  • Harriet Hemings
    Harriet Hemings · Granddaughter · 1801-1863 · Daughter of Thomas Jefferson (1801-died after 1822) edit info
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  • Madison Hemings
    Madison Hemings · Grandson · 1805-1877 · American freed slave edit info
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  • Eston Hemings
    Eston Hemings · Grandson · 1808-1856 · Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings edit info
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