Thos. Wythe Randolph was Jeff. They lived at Jefferson's residence, the Htel de Langeac. Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Name: Sally Hemings, Birth Year: 1773, Birth State: Virginia, Birth City: Shadwell, Albermarle County, Birth Country: United States. When Jefferson prepared to return to America, Hemings said his mother refused to come back, and only did so upon negotiating extraordinary privileges for herself and freedom for her future children. Tradition holds that she is the child of Martha Jeffersons father, John Wayles, and Elizabeth Hemings, an enslaved woman, making Martha and her half-sisters. 2, no. Of the seven children born to Hemings over the next two decades, only four (five, according to Woodson's descendants) lived to adulthood. The historical evidence points to the truth of Madison Hemingss words about my father, Thomas Jefferson. Although the dominant narrative long denied his paternity, since 1802, oral histories, published recollections, statistical data, and documents have identified Thomas Jefferson as the father of Sally Hemingss children. Hemings gave birth to a son, Beverly, in 1798 and another daughter named Harriet, in 1801. Drawn from the words of her son Madison Hemings, Such is the story that comes down to me.. Corrections? Hemings spent the next two years living with the Jeffersons in Paris, along with her brother, James, who served as Jefferson's personal servant. Thomas Jefferson and is widely believed to have had a relationship with him that resulted in several children. Hemings' youngest children, Madison and Eston (born in 1805 and 1808, respectively) were freed by order of Jeffersons will in 1826. The niece of Sally Hemings and the mistress of John Wayles Eppes with whom he fathered a daughter Frances. I was born at my fathers seat of Monticello, in Albermarle county, Va., near Charlottesville, on the 19th day of January, 1805.