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 [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ----- 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 > [log in to unmask] > http://www.erols.com/apembert > http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html