Randolph Jefferson

rdf:langString Randolph Jefferson

rdf:langString Randolph Jefferson

rdf:langString Randolph Jefferson

rdf:langString William G. Hyland, Jr., In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal

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rdf:langString Anna

rdf:langString James

rdf:langString John

rdf:langString Peter

rdf:langString Robert

rdf:langString Thomas

rdf:langString Isham

rdf:langString younger brother of Thomas Jefferson

rdf:langString Anne Lewis

rdf:langString Mitchie Ballow Pryor

rdf:langString "He considered his said brother as not possessing skill for the judicious management of his affairs, and that in all occasions of life a diffidence in his own opinions… and an easy pliancy to the wishes and urgency of others made him very susceptible of influence from those who hand any views upon him."

rdf:langString Randolph Jefferson (October 1, 1755 – August 7, 1815) was the younger brother of Thomas Jefferson, the only male sibling to survive infancy. He was a planter and owner of the Snowden plantation that he inherited from his father. He served the local militia for about ten years, making captain of the local militia in 1794. He also served during the Revolutionary War. Randolph, known as "Uncle Randolph" when he visited Monticello, was considered as a candidate for the father of Sally Hemings's children following DNA studies that found that the Hemings children descended from the Jefferson line. The theory that Randolph Jefferson fathered Hemings children is discounted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation given that records do not show that Randolph often visited Monticello. He often socialized with the enslaved people during his visits. His son, Isham Randolph Jefferson, who lived at Monticello during his childhood is another alternate candidate for Hemings children's paternity. Thomas Jefferson, though, was found by The Monticello Jefferson-Hemings Report (2000) to be the likely father of Sally Hemings' children. Other scholars contend otherwise and find Randolph an attractive candidate.