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James Hemings 1765–1801 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Location: Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1801

Death Location: Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Capt

Mother: Elizabeth Hemings

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James Hemings was born in 1765 in Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA, the child of John Wayles Capt And Elizabeth Betty Slave Hemings. James Hemings passed away in 1801 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • James Hemings was born in 1765 in Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA, the child of John Wayles Capt And Elizabeth Betty Slave Hemings.
  • James Hemings passed away in 1801 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.

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James Hemings's Ancestors

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James Hemings
1765–1801
Birth Place: Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Wayles Capt
1715–1773
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Betty Slave) Hemings
1735–1807
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Margret\Margaret*** Waller
1689–
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
John (C Hemings Sea Capt) Jr
1709–1773
Wales, Yorkshire, England
BIABAYA (Susannah Eppes) slave\black
1713–1807
Kenya, South Africa
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Hemings's Timeline

2 Records

1765
1765
Birth of James Hemings in Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
1801
1801
Age 36
Death of James Hemings in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1765
    Event Place: Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1801
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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