The exquisite neoclassical home that Thomas Jefferson built ... The saga of the enslaved Hemings family — and of Sally Hemings, with whom Jefferson fathered several children — has become ...

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 ... was part of Martha's convoluted family tree. Martha’s father, John Wayles, had an affair with Sally’s mother, Elizabeth Hemings—meaning most historians ...

By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that this ... a society for Thomas Jefferson’s descendants, voted to revise its rules for full eligibility ...

Julia Jefferson Westerinen was a proud Staten Islander, an accomplished artist, a nurturing teacher, an effective saleswoman, and a devoted mother ... family lore, that they were descended from ...