12. Madison³ Hemings (Thomas² Jefferson, Peter¹)⁽³⁸⁾ was born in Monticello, Albemarle, Virginia 19 Jan 1805. Madison died 28 Nov 1877 in Ross County, Ohio, at 72 years of age.

He married Mary McCoy in Virginia, 21 Nov 1831. Mary was born in Virginia ca 1810.⁽³⁹⁾

Madison was freed upon the death of his master 1826. He was manumitted by Jefferson's will.

Madison Hemings and Mary McCoy had the following children:

14 i. son⁴ Hemings⁽⁴⁰⁾. Son died young in Albemarle Co., Virginia.

15 ii. Sarah Hemings was born in Virginia 9 Nov 1835.⁽⁴¹⁾ Sarah died 11 Nov 1884 at 49 years of age.⁽⁴²⁾ She married Reuben Byrd 1858.⁽⁴³⁾ Reuben was born ca 1826. Reuben died 17 Apr 1863 in Pike County, Ohio, at 36 years of age.⁽⁴⁴⁾ (See Reuben Byrd for the continuation of this line.)

16 iii. Thomas Eston Hemings was born 1838. Thomas died in a Confederate prison.

17 iv. Harriet Hemings was born ca 1839. She married James Butler. (See James Butler for the continuation of this line.)

18 v. Mary Ann Hemings was born 1843.⁽⁴⁵⁾ She married David Johnson 1867.⁽⁴⁶⁾ (See David Johnson for the continuation of this line.)

19 vi. Catherine Jane Hemings was born 1844.⁽⁴⁷⁾ Catherine died 1880 at 36 years of age.⁽⁴⁸⁾ She married George Washington Hale. George was born in Alabama 1845.⁽⁴⁹⁾ (See George Washington Hale for the continuation of this line.)

20 vii. William Beverly Hemings was born 1847. William died 1910 in Leavenworth, Kansas, at 63 years of age.⁽⁵⁰⁾

21 viii. James Madison Hemings was born 1849.⁽⁵¹⁾

22 ix. Julia A. Hemings.

23 x. Ellen Wayles Hemings was born in Ohio 1856.⁽⁵²⁾ Ellen died 1936 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, at 80 years of age.⁽⁵³⁾ She married Andrew Jackson Roberts. Andrew died Sep 1927 in Mexico.⁽⁵⁴⁾ (See Andrew Jackson Roberts for the continuation of this line.)

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