The Hemings’ Family Tree
Sally Hemings’ family history has helped reveal some information about many people. In 2008, historian Annette Gordon-Reed published the book The Hemingses of Monticello: An American family. The book uses primary and secondary evidence including legal records, diaries, newspapers, and oral history to tell a biographical tale of the past and generations of history of the Hemings family.
The Hemings’ Family Tree
Life After Monticello
There were four Hemings children that lived long enough to become adults: Madison, Eston, Beverly, and Harriet. Three of them chose to move to the North and live in white communities. Madison was the exception. Beverly and Harriet married affluent white men in Washington D.C., while the brothers married free women of color in Charlottesville. Eston changed his last name to Jefferson to acknowledge who his father was and his true family heritage.
Life After Monticello
