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John Wayles 1715–1773 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1715

Birth Location: Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 23 May 1773

Death Location: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States

Father: Edward Wayles

Mother: Margaret Waller

Spouse(s): Tabitha Cocke, Martha Eppes, Elizabeth Lomax, Elizabeth Hemings

Children(s): Martha Skelton, Sally Hemmings, Elizabeth Wayles, Ann Wayles, Sarah Wayles, Tabitha Wayles, Peter Slave, Thena Slave, James Slave, Robert Slave, Critta Slave

John Wayles was born in 1715 in Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States, the child of Edward Wayles And Margaret Waller. John Wayles married Elizabeth Betsy Hemings, Elizabeth Lomax, Martha Eppes, Tabitha Cocke, and had children including Ann Wayles, Critta Hemings Slave, Elizabeth Wayles, James Hemings Slave, Martha Patty Wayles Skelton, Peter Hemings Slave, Robert Hemings Slave, Sally Hemmings, Sarah Wayles, Tabitha Tibby Wayles, Thena Hemings Slave. John Wayles passed away in 1773 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • John Wayles was born in 1715 in Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States, the child of Edward Wayles And Margaret Waller.
  • John Wayles married Elizabeth Betsy Hemings, Elizabeth Lomax, Martha Eppes, Tabitha Cocke, and had children including Ann Wayles, Critta Hemings Slave, Elizabeth Wayles, James Hemings Slave, Martha Patty Wayles Skelton, Peter Hemings Slave, Robert Hemings Slave, Sally Hemmings, Sarah Wayles, Tabitha Tibby Wayles, Thena Hemings Slave.
  • John Wayles passed away in 1773 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Wayles
1685–1734
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
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Margaret Waller
1690–
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
MW

Spouses(s)

Tabitha Cocke
1724–1772
Birth Location: Malvern Hill, Henrico, Virginia Colony
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Martha Eppes
1712–1748
Birth Location: Bermuda Hundred
ME
Elizabeth Lomax
1731–1761
Birth Location: Fort Tobago, Essex, Virginia, USA
EL
Elizabeth Hemings
1735–1807
Birth Location: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, United States
EH

Children(s)

Martha Skelton
1748–1782
Birth Location: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
MS
Sally Hemmings
1773–1835
Birth Location: Guinea, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
SH
Elizabeth Wayles
1752–1810
Birth Location: Charles City, Virginia, USA
EW
Ann Wayles
1756–1852
Birth Location: Charles City, Charles County, Virginia, USA
AW
Sarah Wayles
1751–1761
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
SW
Tabitha Wayles
1753–1851
Birth Location: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA
TW
Peter Slave
1770–1827
Birth Location: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
PS
Thena Slave
1767–1795
Birth Location: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
TS
James Slave
1765–1801
Birth Location: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
JS
Robert Slave
1762–1819
Birth Location: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
RS
Critta Slave
1769–1850
Birth Location: The Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
CS

John Wayles's Ancestors

Self
John Wayles
1715–1773
Birth Place: Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States
Parents
Edward Wayles
1685–1734
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Margaret Waller
1690–
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Wayles's Descendants

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John Wayles (1715–23 May 1773) m. Tabitha Cocke (25 September 1724–18 Dec 1772) m. Martha Eppes (10 April 1712–5 November 1748) m. Elizabeth Lomax (10 Jun 1731–10 Feb 1761) m. Elizabeth ((Betsy)) Hemings (25 Sep 1735–22 Aug 1807)
  1. 1. Martha ("Patty" Wayles) Skelton 1748–1782 m. Thomas (Jefferson, 3rd President of the United) States 1743–1826 m. Bathurst Skelton 1744–1768
    1. 1. Martha (Washington "Patsy") Jefferson 1772–1836 m. Thomas (Mann Randolph) Gov. 1768–1828
      1. 1. Ellen (Wayles RANDOLPH) (1) 1794–1795
      2. 2. James (Madison) Randolph 1795–1806
      3. 3. Elenora (Wayles "Ellen") Randolph 1796–1876 m. Joseph (Coolidge) Jr. 1798–1879
        1. 1. Joseph (Randolph) Coolidge 1828–1925
        2. 2. Ellen (Randolph) Coolidge 1826–1894 m. Edmund Dwight 1825–1900
        3. 3. Algernon (Sidney) Coolidge –1863
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Bullfinch) Coolidge 1827–1832
        5. 5. Thomas (Jefferson) Coolidge 1815–1816
      4. 4. Cornelia (Jefferson) Randolph 1799–1871
      5. 5. Virginia (Jefferson) Randolph 1801–1882 m. Nicholas (Philip) Trist 1800–1874
        1. 1. Hore (Browse) Trist 1832–1896
        2. 2. Martha (Jefferson) Trist 1826–1915
        3. 3. Thomas (Jefferson) Trist 1828–1890
      6. 6. Mary (Jefferson) Randolph 1803–1876
      7. 7. Anne (Cary) Randolph 1791–1826 m. Charles (Lewis) Bankhead 1788–1833
        1. 1. William (Gibbons Stuart) Bankhead 1826–1898
        2. 2. Charles (L.) Bankhead 1833–
      8. 8. Thomas (Jefferson) Randolph 1792–1875 m. Jane (Hollins) Nicholas 1798–1871
        1. 1. Mary (B) Randolph 1822–1884
        2. 2. Ellen (Wayles) Randolph 1823–1896
        3. 3. Caroline Randolph 1828–1902
        4. 4. Thomas (Jefferson) Randolph 1830–1892
        5. 5. Jane (Nicholas) Randolph 1831–1868
        6. 6. Martha (Jefferson "Patsy") Randolph 1817–1857 m. John (Charles Randolph) Taylor 1812–1875
        7. 7. Mary (Buchanan) Randolph 1818–1821
        8. 8. Caryanne (Nicholas) Randolph 1820–1857
        9. 9. Ellen (Wayles) Randolph 1823–1896
        10. 10. Maria (Jefferson Carr) Randolph 1826–1902
        11. 11. Carolina (Ramsay) Randolph 1828–1902
        12. 12. Thomas (Jefferson) Randolph 1829–1872
        13. 13. Jane (Nicholas) Randolph 1831–1868
        14. 14. Wilson (Cary Nicholas) Randolph 1834–1907
        15. 15. Meriwether (Lewis) Randolph 1837–1871
        16. 16. Sarah (Nicholas) Randolph 1839–1892
        17. 17. Margaret Randolph 1816–1842 m. William (Mann) Randolph 1810–1850
        18. 18. Martha (Jefferson) Randolph 1817–1857
        19. 19. Mary (Buchanan) Randolph 1818–1820
        20. 20. Cary (Anne Nichols) Randolph 1820–1859
        21. 21. Mary Randolph 1821–1884
      9. 9. James (Madison) Randolph 1806–1834
      10. 10. Benjamin (Franklin) Randolph 1808–1871 m. Sarah (Champe) Carter 1808–1896
        1. 1. Isetta (Carter) Randolph 1835–1888
        2. 2. Lewis (Carter) Randolph 1838–1887 m. Louisa Hubard 1845–1936
        3. 3. Robert (Mann) Randolph 1849–1927 m. Margaret (Calhoun) Harris 1852–
        4. 4. Septimia Randolph 1840–
      11. 11. Meriwether (Lewis) Randolph 1810–1837 m. Elizabeth Martin 1815–1860
        1. 1. Lewis (Jackson) Randolph 1836–1837
      12. 12. Septimia (Anne) Randolph 1814–1887
      13. 13. George (Wythe) Randolph 1818–1867 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Adams 1826–1871 m. Mary Pope 1814–1835
        1. 1. Frank (Wythe) Randolph 1840–1900
    2. 2. Jane (Randolph) Jefferson 1774–1775
    3. 3. Son Jefferson 1777–1777
    4. 4. Mary (Maria Polly) JEFFERSON 1778–1804 m. John (Wayles) Eppes 1773–1823
      1. 1. Sarah (A) Eppes 1795–1800
      2. 2. Virginia (Randolph) Eppes 1799–1800
      3. 3. Francis (Wayles Eppes) VII 1801–1881 m. Susan (Margaret) Ware 1815–1887 m. Mary (Elizabeth Cleland) Randolph 1801–1835
        1. 1. Robert (Francis "Frank") Eppes 1851–1894
        2. 2. Caroline (Matilda "Carrie" Randolph) Eppes 1859–1940
        3. 3. Susan (Frances "Fannie") Eppes 1839–1908
        4. 4. Maria (Jefferson) Eppes 1840–1896
        5. 5. Nicholas (Ware) Eppes 1843–1904
        6. 6. Martha (Virginia) Eppes 1847–1920
        7. 7. Dr. (John Wayles) Eppes 1825–1908
        8. 8. Thomas (Jefferson) Eppes 1827–1869
        9. 9. William (Eston) Eppes 1830–1896
        10. 10. Jane (Cary) Eppes 1823–1893
        11. 11. Elizabeth (Mary Cleland) Eppes 1832–1903
        12. 12. female Eppes 1833–1850
        13. 13. Francis Eppes 1835–1835
      4. 4. Maria (Jefferson) Eppes 1804–1907
      5. 5. John Eppes 1813–1864
    5. 5. Lucy (Elizabeth Jefferson) I 1780–1781
    6. 6. Martha Randolph 1772–1836
    7. 7. Maria Eppes 1778–1804
    8. 8. John Skelton 1767–1771
    9. 9. Lucy (Elizabeth) Jefferson 1782–1784
    10. 10. John (Randolph) Jefferson 1777–1777
    11. 11. Judith Jefferson 1698–1786
  2. 2. Sally Hemmings 1773–1835 m. Thomas (Jefferson, 3rd President of the United) States 1743–1826 m. Thomas Swearingen 1774–1839
  3. 3. Elizabeth Wayles 1752–1810 m. Francis Eppes 1747–1808
    1. 1. John (Wayles) Eppes 1773–1823 m. Mary (Maria Polly) JEFFERSON 1778–1804 m. Martha (Burke Patsy) Jones 1790–1863
      1. 1. Mary (Montfort) Eppes 1810–1867
      2. 2. Willie (Jones) Eppes 1811–1879
      3. 3. Sarah (Ann Sallie) Eppes 1820–1895
      4. 4. Robert (A) Eppes 1822–
      5. 5. Caroline (Matilda Montfort) Eppes 1810–1840
      6. 6. John (Wayles) Eppes 1813–1880
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Wayles) Eppes 1818–1884
    2. 2. Mary (Polly) Eppes 1788–1860
    3. 3. Richard Eppes 1771–1823
    4. 4. Martha (Bolling) Eppes 1778–1836
    5. 5. Lucy Eppes 1786–1860
    6. 6. Elizabeth (Wayles) Eppes 1787–1860
    7. 7. Sarah Eppes 1789–1860
    8. 8. Martha (Wayles) Eppes 1790–1836
    9. 9. Matilda (Wayles) Eppes 1795–1860
  4. 4. Ann Wayles 1756–1852
  5. 5. Sarah Wayles 1751–1761
  6. 6. Tabitha ("Tibby") Wayles 1753–1851
  7. 7. Peter (Hemings) Slave 1770–1827
  8. 8. Thena (Hemings) Slave 1767–1795
  9. 9. James (Hemings) Slave 1765–1801
  10. 10. Robert (Hemings) Slave 1762–1819
  11. 11. Critta (Hemings) Slave 1769–1850

John Wayles's Timeline

6 Records

1715
31 January 1715
Birth of John Wayles in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
1715
1715
Birth of John Wayles in Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, United States
1715
1715
Birth of John Wayles in Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States
Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States
1773
28 May 1773
Age 58
Death of John Wayles in "The Forest", Charles City County, Virginia
"The Forest", Charles City County, Virginia
1773
28 May 1773
Age 58
Death of John Wayles in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
1773
23 May 1773
Age 58
Death of John Wayles in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 January 1715
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Conjurors Neck, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 May 1773
    Event Place: "The Forest", Charles City County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 May 1773
    Event Place: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 May 1773
    Event Place: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
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