John Madison, Jr.

1640 - 1705  (Age 65)



Birth	1640 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA
Died	1705 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA
Father	John Maddison b. 1620, Gloucestershire, England
Mother	Maria Ambrose b. 1620, Buckinghamshire, England
Married	1654 New Kent County, Virginia, USA

Isabella Minor Todd

1663 - 1706  (Age 43)



Birth	1663 Toddsbury, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Died	1706 St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA

Family	John Madison, Jr. & Isabella Minor Todd
Married	1690 Virginia, USA
Children	1. John Madison, III b. Abt 1680, Virginia, USA 2. Elizabeth Madison b. Abt 1690, Virginia, USA 3. Catherine Madison b. 1693, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA 4. Ambrose Madison b. 1693, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA 5. Thomas Madison b. 1698, Orange County, Virginia, USA 6. Eleanor Madison b. 1700, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA

Adam Dickinson

1702 - 1762  (Age 59)



Birth	5 Feb 1701/02 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Died	1762 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Father	Hezekiah Dickinson b. 28 Feb 1645/46, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Mother	Abigail Blakeman b. 11 Nov 1663, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Married	4 Dec 1679 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Catherine Stephenson

- 1790



Died	Feb 1790 Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA

Family	Adam Dickinson & Catherine Stephenson
Married	**EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**
Children	1. Mary Dickinson b. 1725, Augusta County, Virginia, USA 2. Abigail Dickinson b. 1728, Pennsylvania, USA 3. John Dickinson b. 4 May 1732, Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA

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Name	Humphrey Madison  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
Name	Humphrey Madison [1]
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.
Gender	Male
Birth	25 Apr 1730 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA [9, 11]
Died	12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA [1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11]
	Died in an attack of Fort Dickinson, in what was Augusta County at the time. Capt John Dickinson (Humphrey's brother-in-law) may have been negligent in organizing the defense

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Family ID: F21387 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	Thomas Madison (ID:I23417) (Age 56) b. 1698, Orange County, Virginia, USA d. 20 Jan 1754, Caroline County, Virginia, USA (Age 56)
Mother	Joanna Buckner (ID:I23416) (Age 60) b. 1698, Caroline County, Virginia, USA d. 13 Apr 1758, Caroline County, Virginia, USA (Age 60)
Children	1. John Madison (ID:I30710) (Age 59) b. 26 Oct 1719, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA d. 1779, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 59) 2. James Madison (ID:I32411) (Age 78) b. 1723, Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA d. 1801, Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia, USA (Age 78) 3. Ambrose Madison (ID:I30709) b. 11 Mar 1724, Virginia, USA 4. Jane Madison (ID:I30711) (Age 41) b. 11 Feb 1726, Virginia, USA d. 24 Oct 1767 (Age 41) 5. Humphrey Madison (ID:I20846) (current person) (Age 26) b. 25 Apr 1730, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA d. 12 Sep 1756, Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA (Age 26) 6. Ann Madison (ID:I30712) b. 31 Jul 1733, Virginia, USA d. Virginia, USA 7. Sarah Madison (ID:I30713) (Age 66) b. Feb 1735, Virginia, USA d. 31 Oct 1801 (Age 66) 8. Mary Madison (ID:I30714) (Age 61) b. 15 May 1738, Virginia, USA d. 1800, Caroline County, Virginia, USA (Age 61) 9. George Madison (ID:I32410) (Age 45) b. 1740   d. 1785 (Age 45) 10. Roger Madison (ID:I32412) (Age 24) b. 1744   d. 1768 (Age 24) 11. Elizabeth Madison (ID:I32409) (Age 59) b. 1747, Virginia, USA d. 1806 (Age 59)

Family

Family ID: F20387 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025  

Wife	Mary Dickinson (ID:I20847) (Age > 73) b. 1725, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1797, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age > 73)
Marriage	17 Aug 1753 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [12]
Children	1 . Catherine Madison (ID:I20849) (Age 64) b. 1754, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Jul 1818, Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA (Age 64)
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Residence	Nov 1749 Caroline County, Virginia, USA [8]  –  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 [2]  –  Sold land says on Buffalo Creek in or about Roanoke, VA just north Cloverdale, which was in Augusta County at the time.
Military	1756 Bath County, Virginia, USA [1, 7, 13]  –  Ensign in Dickinson's Rangers of the Virgina Militia
Probate	15 Dec 1756 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [10]  –  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]
Civil	Dec 1770 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA [1, 7]  –  Land bounty granted to Catherine Arbuckle because her father, Humphrey Madison, was killed "in the service of his country" in 1756.

Documents » Slide Show		U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
		Marriage record, Humphrey Madison
		Humphrey Madison, French & Indian War Land Bounty Certificates from: Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 35, #3
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Histories » Slide Show		Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 Humphrey Madison served and died under Capt. Dickensen
		Thomas Madison family per Reminisces of Eastern Oregon Birth record of Humphrey Madison from the Family Bible of Thomas and Johannah Madison, from Reminiscences of Eastern Oregon by Elizabeth Laughlin Lord. http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/12698/ReminiscencesEasternOregon_Pt2.pd
		Humphrey Madison, Deputy Sheriff Annals of Bath County
		Humphrey Madison, Dickenson's Rangers from a Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia
		Maddeson Lines Very comprehensive review of numerous conflicting versions of Madison genealogy, beginning with immigrant Issac Maddeson. Compiled by Leslie Barker Thomas. Describes a source of Humprey Madison's birth and parentage, but notes that it is incorrect.
		rr/ftm/AugustaCoOrderBook-p228.jpg
		rr/ftm/AnnalsOfBathCop82.jpg
		rr/ftm/VaSoldiersOf1861AndEarlier.jpg
		Madisons of Colonial Virginia, Revised (Robt Allen) Detailed and sourced Madison genealogy, which quotes from the Thomas Madison family Bible, giving the bird and death of Humphrey Madison
		VirginiaSocietyQuarterlySum1997p252
		Beverly Manor Notes about a book (The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom…, Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954) that presents information about Beverly Manor in August County, and the lifestyle of the mid-1700
		Beverly Manor, from The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom Notes about a book (The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom, by Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954) that presents information about Beverly Manor, a mid-18th-century housing development in Augusta County, that was heavily promoted in Pennsylvania and New England as a place to leave the increasing crowded towns and cities, and find a home on the frontier.
		Death of Humphrey Madison Indian attack in Bath Co., VA in September 1756. John Byrd/Bird killed by Shawnee; son John Jr., wife, and 5 other children abducted. After truce with Indians in 1763, mother and John Jr. returned.
		The Story Of Adam Brown He was kidnapped as a child from Bath County, VA in 1756 (probably by Shawnees), was raised by the Wayandotte people in Michigan, and became a prominent leader of the Wayadotte.

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Birth - 25 Apr 1730 - King & Queen County, Virginia, USA Residence - Nov 1749 - Caroline County, Virginia, USA Possessions - 3 Aug 1753 - Cloverdale, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 17 Aug 1753 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Military - 1756 - Bath County, Virginia, USA Died - 12 Sep 1756 - Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA Probate - 15 Dec 1756 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Civil - Dec 1770 - Botetourt County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

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[S188] Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, by William Armstrong Crozier (Ed.) SCI Details: Name: The Genealogy Association; Location: New York, New York; Date: 1905; Citation: Page: p14. Section on Land Bounty Certificates of the French and Indian War Text:  Ensign in Capt. Dickinson's Co of Rangers in 1756, and lost his life in the service of his country. Catherine Arbuckle [dau], wife of Wm. Arbuckle and heiress at law of Humphrey Madison, deceased. - Botetourt Co Court, Decr, 1780 Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=flhg-vacolonialmilitiai&h=342388&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 Humphrey Madison served and died under Capt. Dickensen [S189] Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800, Vol 2, by Lyman Chalkey SC Details: Name: The Commonwealth Publishing Co; Location: Rosslyn, VA; Date: 1912; Citation: Page: Book: 50-333, Humphrey Madison, 3 Aug 1753, Augusta Co, VA Text:  Name: Humphrey Madison Date: 3 Aug 1753 Location: Augusta Co., VA Property: 600 acres; Buffalo Creek of Roanoke; The Barrens; corner Joshua McCormick; Corraven's Creek. Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Remarks: By patent 3 Nov 1750. Delivered to Benj. Estell Nov 1762. Book: 5-333 Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=varecords_​ga&h=76590&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S190] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 SCI Details: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Citation: Text:  Death date: 1750 Death place: Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=sarmemberapps&h=338268&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [S189] Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800, Vol 2, by Lyman Chalkey SC Details: Name: The Commonwealth Publishing Co; Location: Rosslyn, VA; Date: 1912; Citation: Page: Adam Dickinson's bond as administrator of Humphrey Madison. [S189] Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800, Vol 2, by Lyman Chalkey SC Details: Name: The Commonwealth Publishing Co; Location: Rosslyn, VA; Date: 1912; Citation: Page: Book: 2-108 Text:  4 Feb 1748 Location: Augusta Co., VA Property: On Little Calfpasture; Beverley Manor patent line; Grassy Lick tract. Remarks: Delivered to Humphrey Madison, 1753. [S769] Annals of Bath County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton SCI Details: Name: McClure Co; Location: Morton, Oren Frederic Staunton, VA; Date: 1917; Citation: Page: p82 Text:  Of the Indian raids into Bath, the earliest we can locate took place near the middle of September, 1756... Among the slain were Ensign Humphrey Madison... During this raid...Captain Dickenson was absent at a general muster... (Seven weeks later, George Washington remarked that the stockade was in need of improvement) ... In the summer of 1757 Fort Dickinson was invested (sic) a second time. Again, Dickinson was absent, and again there was neglegence on the part of the defenders. rr/ftm/AnnalsOfBathCop82.jpg [S770] French and Indian War Land Bounty Certificates (in Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly), by Barbara Vines Little SCI Details: Name: Virginia Genealogical Society; Citation: Page: Vol 55, No 3, (Summer 1997), p 252 Text:  Humphrey Madison Botetort Co Dec 1770 Cert No 1170 Catharine Arbuckle wife of Wm Arbuckle and Heiriss at Law of Humphry Madisond eceased proved to this Court that the said Humpry Madison Served in Capt Dickerson's Company of Rangers in the year 1756 as an Ensign that he lost his Life in the Service of his Country... David May CCBC [[See annotated images in the profiles of both Catherine and Humphrey Madison]] VirginiaSocietyQuarterlySum1997p252 [S771] Winston of Virginia and and Allied Families, by Terrence Clayton SCI Details: Name: Whittet & Shepperson; Location: Richmond, VA; Date: 1927; Citation: Page: p 228, Caroline County Records, Order Book 1732-1740 Text:  Nov 1749; Humphrey Madison witness to deed of Stone to Bowler; (This listing is among many that refer to other Madisons, e.g. Roger & Elizabeth, Thomas, and John & Agatha) rr/ftm/AugustaCoOrderBook-p228.jpg [S772] Flack Family Tree, by Marilyn Flack SC Details: Name: ancestry.com; Date: 2013; Citation: Page: Profile of Humphrey Madison Text:  (numerous citations, stories, and images from books ; not all are accurate) [S1133] Genealogy.com Bulletin Boards SC Details: Name: genealogy.com; Citation: Page: Re: John Madison (1st Clerk of August Co, VA 1745), By Robert Allen, 26 Jan 2009 Text:  Several data elements and citations for Humphrey and Catherine Madison Note: https:/​/​www​.genealogy​.com/​forum/​surnames/​topics/​madison/​1169/​ [S774] Reminiscences of Eastern Oregon, by Elizabeth Laughlin Lord SC Details: Name: The Irwin-Hodson Co; Location: Portland, OR; Date: 1903; Citation: Page: p231, THOMAS MADISON'S FAMILY RECORD Text:  Thomas Madison died January 20, 1754; Joanah Madison, his wife, died April 13, 1758. Their children were J. Madison, born October 26, 1719. Ambrose Madison, born March II, 1724. Jane Madison, born February II, 1728; died October 24, 1767. Humphrey Madison, born April 25, 1730; died September 12, 1756. Ann Madison, born July 31, 1733. Sarah Madison, born Feb.. mary 29, 1735; died October 31, i8oi. Mary Madison, born May 15, 1738. George Madison, born October 7, 1740. Roger Madison, born April 15, 1744; died September 12, 1768. Elizabeth Madison, born May 30, 1747. [S302] Virginia Marriage Records (index), by Elizabeth Petty Bently (indexed by) SCI Details: Name: Gernealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1982; Citation: Page: p.84, Marriage Licences, Augusta County, VA 1749-1773 Text:  1753 - August 14, Humphrey Madison 1759 - July 14th James LIttlepage rr/ftm/VAMarriageRecords-001165-84.jpg [S768] A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton SCI Details: Name: J.K. Reubush Co; Location: Dayton, VA; Date: 1923; Citation: Page: p 155, Soldiers of 1861 and Earlier Wars Text:  Some other members of Dickinson's Rangers were... Ensign Humphrey Madison rr/ftm/VaSoldiersOf1861AndEarlier.jpg