. . "John Hemmings"@en . "1830Z"^^ . . . "1776Z"^^ . . . "American carpenter" . . . . . . . "John Hemings (also spelled Hemmings) (1776 \u2013 1833) was born into slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello as part of the large mixed-race Hemings family. He trained to become a highly skilled carpenter and woodworker, making furniture and doing the fine woodwork of the interiors at Monticello and Poplar Forest.Jefferson's sons by Sally Hemings: Beverly, Madison and Eston, were each apprenticed to John Hemmings at the age of 14 for training as fine carpenters."@en . . "Hemings, John"@en . .