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The Family of Wormley and Ursula Granger Hughes
The first child ever born in the White House was the son of Wormley and Ursula Hughes.
Wormley Hughes (grandson of Elizabeth Hemings) was head gardener and head stableman at Monticello. His wife, Ursula (granddaughter of George and Ursula Granger), worked in the kitchen (with some training at the White House) and in the fields.
Wormley Hughes was freed after Jefferson's death, but the rest of his family was sold. The Hugheses persuaded Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Jefferson's grandson) to purchase Ursula and her youngest children, as well as Ursula's parents and some of her brothers. The Hughes family stayed together. |