Kevin, A question: Do we know as a certitude that Sally Hemings had children by more than one man? Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: What we know about Sally Hemings > Let us see if we can agree on some basic facts--what can we say about > Sally Hemings that no one is likely to dispute. > > 1. She was a slave. > 2. She belonged to Thomas Jefferson > 3. She had several children > 4. She was the half sister of Jefferson's wife > 5. She accompanied Jefferson to France > 6. She had children by more than one man > 7. The father of one of her children was descended from Thomas > Jefferson's paternal grandfather--that is to say, we can narrow the list > of possible fathers for this child to Thomas Jefferson, his paternal > uncles, and his paternal cousins > 8. Most (all?) of Heming's pregnancies correspond with times when > Jefferson was at Monticello > 9. During the years when Hemings was having children, Jefferson was > rarely at Monticello ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html