Margaret Thompson Arbuckle

Notes:

Died:
Named in her father's will

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Harrison Jones. Benjamin died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Colonel Robinson. Colonel died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Will: 21 Jan 1835, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
• Probate: 5 Sep 1836, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

William Arbuckle was the third husband of Catherine Madison, who, when she married William, was 25 years old, twice widowed, and with two children. William and Catherine had 8 children together, and he lived to the age of 84 in Mason County (now in West Virginia), just a few miles from Point Pleasant.
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William was at Fort Randolph in Point Pleasant for the famous Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, but he later described himself as a "volunteer soldier". My guess is that he was given an assignment at the fort by his much older brother Capt Matthew Arbuckle. He is somtimes credited Matthew's military accomplishment, but there is no contemporary evidence that he served in the militia. In fact, his application for a Revolutionary War pension was denied for that very reason.


Will:
He left bequests to the four daughters who survived him and to several grandchildren. He left $1 to be shared by the seven or eight sons and daughters of his late daughter Jane McMullin "by way of Remembrance". He similarly left $1 to his daughters Margaret James, Catherine Craig, & Elizabeth Alexander, though he left his blacksmith tools and his shop property to Elizabeth's husband, Samuel. His daughter Mary Nelson and several grandsons received $100 notes that were due to him from Samuel Alexander. He also left a shotgun and a rifle to two grandsons.
His executors were his "friends" (and sons-in-law) John G Nelson and Sam'l Alexander.

Buried:
GRid=34837010; Very old stone; almost disintegrated. A new monument reads "ARTIFICER VA TROOPS REV WAR". An "artificer" is a craftsman who specializes in the construction of artillery or fortification systems.

William married Catherine Madison
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on 30 Oct 1779 in Botetourt Co, VA. Catherine (daughter of Humphrey Madison and Mary Dickinson) was born in 1754 in Augusta Co, VA; died on 18 Jul 1818 in Buffalo, Putnam, WV; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; She chose John Madison as her guardian
• Residence: 1779, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Court appearance establishg that her father, Humphrey, died in service to his country as an Esign in the company of Capt John Dickinson (Catherine's uncle)

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34836924; Very old headstone, mostly faded

Notes:

Married:
She is listed as Katherine Pogue

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James Arbuckle
• Arrival: Bef 1740, Virginia, USA; Before the birth of their first son
• Residence: 1749, Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; "Greenbrier pioneers and their homes" says that he settled on land on the James River granted by King George II. A letter from his grandson James II says that he lived for a time on the James RIver, and his son William was born in 1752 in Balcony Falls
• Residence: 5 Sep 1749, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Purchase of 400 acres on the North side of the James River, below the Isand Ford
• Residence: 1779, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=90938675; short bio, no photo

James married Margaret Thompson on 12 Feb 1734 in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Margaret was born on 1 Jan 1714 in Scotland; died in 1761 in Augusta Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
GRid=96521594; no photos; minimal biographical information

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Nov 1749, Caroline County, Virginia, USA; Humphrey Madison witness to deed Stone to Bowler. This record is among several for other Madisons, such as Roger and Thomas, and helps support the notion that Humprey was in their family
• Possessions: 3 Aug 1753, Cloverdale, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Sold land says on Buffalo Creek in or about Roanoke, VA (present-day Botetourt County, just north Cloverdale, a suburb of Roanoke)
• Military: 1756, Bath County, Virginia, USA; Ensign in Dickinson's Rangers of the Virgina Militia
• Probate: 15 Dec 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Adam Dickinson gave bound for the adminisration of the estate of Humphrey Madison. Security given by Wallace Estill and Daniel Harrison. [Augusta Co., Va, Will Book 2, page 180]

Notes:

Humphrey Madison's origins are obscure. I know of no contemporaneous documentation of his parents. He is almost always presented as a grandson of President James Madison's great-grandfather, John Madison, Jr (1640-1705). Most online trees and stories list Humphrey as the son of John Madison III and John's first wife Eliza Minor (whose origins appear to be completely undocumented). He is listed as a son of John Madison III's brother Thomas in only a couple of resources that I've found, including the 1903 book Reminisces of Eastern Oregon by Mrs. Elizabeth Lord.

Died:
Died in an attack of Fort Dickinson, where Capt John Dickinson (his brother-in-law) may have been negligent in organizing the defense

Humphrey married Mary Dickinson on 17 Aug 1753 in Augusta Co, VA. Mary (daughter of Adam Dickinson and Catherine Stephenson) was born in 1725 in Augusta Co, VA; died after 1797 in Augusta Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 29 Mar 1759, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Actions as administrator of Humphrey Madison's estate

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Sep 1686, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

John married Margaret Bartholomew. Margaret was born in 1685 in Scotland; died in 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1762, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Sources list several dates in the 1690s

Thomas married Johanna Buckner??. Johanna was born in 1698 in Caroline Co, VA; died on 13 Apr 1758 in Caroline Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1733, Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
• Civil: 1742, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA; Entered into a bond in favor of Thomas Lindsay, whereby he was to patent 1,000 acres on Clover Creek, \"otherwise ye Cow Pasture\"; and place two families on the tract.
• Residence: 1745, Cowpasture Region, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; 1080 acres were surveyed for Adam Dickenson, in what is now Allegheny County.
• Residence: 15 Dec 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Adam Dickinson gave bond for the adminisration of the estate of Humphrey Madison. Security given by Wallace Estill and Daniel Harrison

Adam married Catherine Stephenson. Catherine died in Feb 1790 in Cowpasture Region, Alleghany, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1754, Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA; 310 acres granted from her husband
• Residence: Betw 1782 and 1785, Virginia, USA
• Will: 17 Feb 1790