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James Hemings 1765–1801 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Location: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1801

Death Location: Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John (Wales)

Mother: Elizabeth (Mulatto)

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James Hemings was born in 1765 in The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Wayles Wales And Elizabeth Betty Hemings Mulatto. James Hemings passed away in 1801 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • James Hemings was born in 1765 in The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Wayles Wales And Elizabeth Betty Hemings Mulatto.
  • 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: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Wayles (Wales)
1715–1773
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth ("Betty" Hemings) (Mulatto)
1735–1807
Bermuda Hundred (outside of Richmond), Virginia Colony, Colonial America
Grandparents
Edward (Wales) (Wayles)
1685–1734
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Margaret Waller
1689–1767
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Captain (John C) Hemings
1709–1773
Wales, Yorkshire, England
Biabaye (Susannah “Parthenia” Eppes (Enslaved African Woman of Hausa People,) Kenya)
1713–1780
Kenya
Great-Grandparents
John Hemings
1672–1739
Elizabeth Searle
1673–1743
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hemings
1624–1691
Martha King
1648–

James Hemings's Timeline

2 Records

1765
1765
Birth of James Hemings in The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, 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: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1801
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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