[JAKraig]

I believe this theory has been discredited in favor of one of his nephews. Family legends often have a factual basis but they get confabulated with the retelling over the centuries.

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It was actually his brother that managed the place for him while he was in Washington and Europe.

[Bodleian_Girl]

Sally was with Jefferson in Paris.

She never conceived when Jefferson was not at Monticello.