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  • He also petitioned the courts to allow Eston and Madison Hemings to continue to live in Virginia despite a law that freed slaves had to leave the state.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

  • Mr. Hyland does not exclude Thomas Jefferson as a possible father of Eston.

    A Declaration of Inconclusiveness 2009

  • Sally Hemings was not freed but was allowed to live free with her sons Madison and Eston.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • After Jefferson's death, Sally collected mementoes of Jefferson, including pairs of his glasses, an inkwell, and shoe buckles, which she passed on to Madison and Eston.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

  • Its conclusion was limited: Nature magazine's sole relevant finding, the commission said, was that the DNA of a male member in ­Jefferson's direct line of ­descent was present in a DNA sample taken from a single living descendant of Hemings's youngest child, Eston, who was born when Jefferson was 64 and in the White House.

    A Declaration of Inconclusiveness 2009

  • Four of his children with Hemings survived: Beverley, Harriet, Madison, and Eston.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • Lembede was born on 21 January 1914 at Eston in Mbumbulu, in what is now KwaZulu Natal.

    The enduring voice of revolutionary youth 2008

  • And, FWIW, some of those descendants are socially black; both the descendants of her son Eston, who have lived as white, and the descendants of Madison, who have lived as black, preserved a family history of being descended from Jefferson.

    Wanted: Wall-E Steven Barnes 2008

  • Anyway, Alli is out of town this weekend so he will come out with me to the restaurant as will most likely Eston.

    dulligirl Diary Entry dulligirl 2008

  • Lembede was born on 21 January 1914 at Eston in Mbumbulu, in what is now KwaZulu Natal.

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