Thenia
Hemmings
Born in Virginia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of John Wayles
and Elizabeth Hemings
Sister of
Unnamed Wayles [half], Unnamed Wayles [half], Martha (Wayles) Jefferson [half], Elizabeth (Wayles) Eppes [half], Mary (Hemmings) Bell [half], Tabitha Anne (Wayles) Skelton [half], Martin Hemmings [half], Anne (Wayles) Skipwith [half], Betty (Hemmings) Colbert [half], Nance Hemmings [half], Robert Hemmings, James Hemmings, Critta (Hemmings) Bowles, Peter Hemmings, Sarah Hemings, John Hemmings [half] and Lucy Hemmings [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died about
at about age 28
in Virginia, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Thenia was born in 1767.[1] She was the daughter of John Wayles and Betty Hemmings. In 1774, she was allotted to Thomas Jefferson "in right of his wife" upon the division of the estate of John Wayles. She is listed with Betty Hemmings in the Farm Book of Thomas Jefferson as an enslaved child at the Guinea farm. In 1774, she was moved to Elk-hill with Betty Hemings (page 18) and in 1783 she is listed again with Betty Hemings (page 24). She was sold to James Monroe (1758-1831)in 1794 along with 5 of her children[2][3]
Thenia Hemings passed away in 1795.
Slave Owners
- Thomas Jefferson, Monticello Plantation, Albemarle, Virginia See Families of Betty Hemings.
- James Monroe.Highland Plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia
Sources
- ↑ Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 13, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003. (https://www.masshist.org/thomasjeffersonpapers/doc?id=farm_13)
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson's Farm book p25 19 September 1794 entry.
- ↑ https://www.leesburgva.gov/home/showdocument?id=8851
- Farm Book, 1774-1824, pages 13, 18, and 24, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003. (http://www.thomasjeffersonpapers.org/)
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