Susanna , African Woman

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Susanna , African Woman (Hausa people, Kenya?)

Also Known As: "Biabye", "Susannah", "Susanna Eppes bayabiyah"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kenya
Death: 1780 (62-71)
Monticello, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Francis Eppes, V and Judith Eldridge
Partner of Captain John Hemings
Mother of Elizabeth Hemings
Half sister of Thomas Eldridge, II; Judith Binns; Martha Harris; Ann Clack; Elizabeth Eldridge and 2 others

Occupation: Slave
Managed by: STEVEN EUGENE MILLER, Sr.
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About Susanna , African Woman

https://youtu.be/CyZaVH7dbqc
As part of her dowry, Martha's mother brought with her a personal slave, Susanna, who had an eleven-year-old daughter by the name of Elizabeth Hemings (Betty). John and Martha's marriage contract provided that Susanna and Betty were to remain the property of Martha Eppes and her heirs forever or be returned to the Eppes family should there be no heirs. This is how the Hemingses came into the custody of Martha Wayles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wayles_Skelton_Jefferson

She was the property of John Wayles, a Welchman. 1873 The Memoirs of Madison Hemings. DNA might be connected to the Hausa People of current day Nigeria, Guinea Africa is also noted on some web sites. The name of Susanna Eppes is also noted.

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Susanna , African Woman's Timeline

1713
1713
Kenya
1735
1735
possibly, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
1780
1780
Age 67
Monticello, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, Colonial America