J South,
What makes you think Sally did not know who the father of her children were?
Unless, of course, she was handed out along with the guest towels when
relatives came to visit.
Anne
Anne Pemberton
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Biology and Sally Hemings
> He sure wasn't "honoring" his mother who apparently didn't know exactly
> whom
> was the father of all of her children.
>
> J South
>
>
> In a message dated 11/3/2008 10:44:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Herbert,
>
> Perhaps Eston was honoring his father.
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herbert Barger" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Biology and Sally Hemings
>
>
> No, Madison Hemings remained in Pike Co., Ohio. It was his lighter
> skinned
> brother Eston who moved to Wisconsin, passing as white as his descendents
> did. Just thinking out loud here: IF he wished to pass as white and draw
> no
> attention WHY did he choose to use the eye catching name, E.H. Jefferson?
>
> Herb Barger
>
>
> Herbert,
>
> Didn't Madison move to Wisconsin where he was known as Madison Jefferson,
> and was considered white, but his wife was mixed, so the children, would
> have also been so, and as they married other darker people, this
> descendents
>
> today could be much darker than Madison was.
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herbert Barger" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Biology and Sally Hemings
>
>
> Anne may I insert a correction and clarification here. All of Sally's
> children and their descendants were NOT white or light skinned. Eston's
> family, who claimed descent from Randolph, passed as white because they
> looked that way, however Madison who claimed TJ as his grandfather, could
> not pass for white, remained in the black community in Ohio and his
> descendants are black. May we not question this since some are claiming
> that
> Sally had only one father for her children. The Madison descendants of
> today
> REFUSE to DNA test Madison's son's DNA in a grave in Leavenworth, Kansas.
>
> Herb Barger
> Jefferson Family Historian
>
> On Nov 1, 2008, at 9:46 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Lyle,
>>
>> Explain, if you will how Sally, who was 1/2 or 1/4 black could mate
>> with a slave who was 1/4 black and produce all and only white/light-
>> skinned children, and six of them at that. Seems to me that with six
>> children, at least one of them would be considerably darker than the
>> others. Are we discussing the difference between scientific
>> possibilities and probabilities?
>>
>> Anne
>>
>> Anne Pemberton
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