Isabella Minor (Todd)

Notes:

I no longer believe that Isabella Minor Todd was the daughter of Thomas Todd and Anne Gorsuch. Their children are fairly well documented and no list of their children include an Isabella. Also

Isabella married John Madison, Jr. in 1690 in Virginia. John (son of John Maddison and Maria Ambrose) was born in 1640 in St Stephen's Parish, King & Queen, VA; died in 1705 in King & Queen Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Sources list several dates in the 1690s

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

Family/Spouse: Richard Gaines. Richard was born in 1686 in Culpeper Co, VA; died on 13 Feb 1755 in Culpeper Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Madison

Died:
Poisoned by slaves

Ambrose married Frances Taylor on 29 Aug 1721 in Orange Co, VA. Frances was born on 30 Aug 1700 in Rapidan, Orange, VA; died on 25 Nov 1761 in Montpelier Station, Orange, VA; was buried in Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; His niece, Catherine Madison, orphan of Humphrey Madison, chose John Madison her guardian

John married Agatha Strother in 1748. Agatha was born in 1728 in King George Co, VA; died in 1822 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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: 18 Nov 1773, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison,_Sr.

Buried:
GrID=8358563

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Rose (Nelly) Conway. Eleanor was born on 9 Jan 1731 in Port Conway, King George, VA; died on 11 Feb 1829 in Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA; was buried in Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Was kidnapped and then killed by Cherokees who killed her husband, Jacob Hite. Her body was found on August 9. Their two daughters were also kidnapped or killed.

Frances married Tavener Beale, Sr about 1743 in Orange Co, VA. Tavener was born in 1713 in Farnam Parish, Richmond, VA; died in 1756 in Orange Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances married Jacob Hite on 15 Dec 1760 in Orange Co, VA. Jacob was born in 1719 in Perkiomen, Chester, PA; died on 1 Jul 1776 in Greenville Co, SC. [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

Catherine married Robert McClenachan, Jr on 15 May 1770 in Augusta Co, VA. Robert was born on 19 Apr 1747 in Augusta Co, VA; died on 10 Oct 1774 in Point Pleasant, Mason, WV; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married William Poague in 1776 in Augusta Co, VA. William was born in 1754 in Augusta Co, VA; died in 1777 in Augusta Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married William Arbuckle on 30 Oct 1779 in Botetourt Co, VA. William (son of James Arbuckle, Sr and Margaret Thompson) was born on 3 Mar 1752 in Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, VA; died on 21 Mar 1836 in Mason Co, WV; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Davis. William was born in 1739 in Virginia; died in 1775 in Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1810, Madison, Madison County, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, Orange County, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, Orange County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Short biography at http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/jamesmadison
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The Madison Family Tree, Sketched by President James Madison.
Founders Online, National Archives (http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-01-02-0063-0001 [last update: 2015-06-29]). Source: The Papers of James Madison, vol 1, 16 March 1751-15 Dec 1779. ed. William T. Hutchinson and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1962, pp. 4-6.


Buried:
GrID=661;

President married Dorothea Dolley Payne (Todd) on 15 Apr 1794 in Winchester, Frederick, VA. Dorothea was born on 20 May 1768 in Rowan, Guilford, NC; died on 12 Jul 1849 in Washington, DC; was buried in Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Susanna Bell on 9 Oct 1772 in Orange Co, VA. Susanna was born in 1757 in Orange, Orange, VA; died in 1834 in Madison Mills, Madison, VA; was buried in Madison-Taliaferro Family Cemetery, Madison Mills, Madison, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
(The president's brother)

Ambrose married Mary Willis Lee on 11 Nov 1779 in Fauquier Co, VA. Mary was born on 27 Jan 1757 in Warrenton, Fauquier, VA; died on 14 Mar 1798 in Montpelier Station, Orange, VA; was buried in Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

(General) married Frances Throckorton in 1783. Frances was born on 24 Feb 1765; died on 20 Aug 1832; was buried in Montpelier Estate Cemetery, Montpelier Station, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
With her sister, Susan, was kidnapped or killed by Cherokees on July 1, 1776, when her parents were killed. There were rumors that he was sold to a British officer who married her, and that she died young in Pensacoloa, FL.

Notes:

Birth:
Was at school at College of William and Mary in Williamsburg when his sisters and parents were killed (and/or kidnapped) in South Carolina on July 1, 1776

Notes:

Died:
Along with her sister, Eleanor, Susan was kidnapped or killed in an attack by Cherokees that killed her parents. No traces of her were ever found.