THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF the M adison F amily Descendants 2011 Newsletter Encompassing the Compass : 2011 A Year of Twain Meetings for NSMFD

And why is that? It is because under the compulsion of mysterious and all-powerful destiny . . . we are joined together . . . side by side, struggling for the same ideals and joined together until the triumph of the great causes which we serve has been made manifest . . . when this union of action which has been forced upon us by these wars against tyranny . . . shall become a lasting union of sympathy and feeling and loyalty and hope between all the British and American peoples, wherever they may dwell . Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Nov. 23, 1944 By east and by west, the NSMFD’s growth political break with England, and a young critic in membership and significant appreciation of of much that he thought politically corrupt the extended family’s breadth and reach across there, Bishop Madison was inexorably tied by more than nine recorded centuries in 2011 his religious profession to the ecclesiastical and mirrors a creative tension - some might say, cultural life and institutions of the Mother historically, a frequently creative contention Country, traveling to England for both his - which seems to perpetually define us in a ordination studies and consecration. One cultural as well as geographic equipoise between version of his consecration visit to Lambeth in the two compass points of the historical as well 1790 relates that he had an audience with the as figurative American Frontier and the Old King from whom he received his bishop’s ring; World - between a perpetual, modernizing if that relation is correct, any conversation on innovation and our ancient grounding. the occasion has yet to be published, although By a vote of 42-2, with two abstaining, we John Adams’ detailed record of his own voted in March to extend official membership We would like to thank The College audience with George III tempts one to believe to a selective line of our English Maddison of William & Mary for their gra- it might have been a similarly extraordinary family across the pond, largely to reciprocate cious permission in allowing us to instance of reconciliation and authentically their considerable kindness, research assistance hold our Special Meeting in March expressed affection on both sides that and genuine interest in our Virginia branch of 2011 in The Wren Chapel, not- transcended a decade of political strife and war. the family. ing particularly President W. Taylor Among the earliest settlers, explorers That this would happen in the year prior to Reveley III, Louise Lambert Kale, and developers of The Great Valley and the the celebration of the Bicentennial of the War of Executive Director of the Historic Kentucky territory, few branches of the family 1812 (our “Second War for Independence”) was Campus, and W&M alumnus in the Colonial and Founding eras seems to a coincidence that only highlighted the dynamic Channing Moore Hall III, Esq. and have exemplified so strongly the progressive which has always propelled our interests and his brother John Lesslie Hall III, social and political impulse of the Westward research, revealing an identity grounded in both of Williamsburg, for their help Movement that erupted to the fore during a commonality of religious, educational, in arranging this. Our gift of flowers the Revolution while deliberately maintaining family feeling and cultural beliefs alongside a in the W&M colors of gold and green significant cultural ties to England. Indeed, frequently divergent political understanding and in memory of President Madison and much of the ongoing research into the family’s evolution. Bishop Madison, who is buried in the English origins was undertaken by one of this But it was no coincidence that our Special chapel crypt, remained on the altar line in the early part of the 20th century, also an Meeting to extend the membership was held at for the week following the meeting for Episcopalian priest, The Rev. James M. Owens. The Wren Chapel at The College of William the use and enjoyment of the college Increasingly, we are drawing new members and Mary in Williamsburg, as we thought community for whom the Chapel is from this branch of the family, descendants it appropriate to honor and memorialize the the focal point of much of their cam- of Capt. John Maddison III, oldest brother legacy of Bishop Madison and his branch of the pus life. We are especially grateful for of Ambrose Madison Sr., and the enthusiastic family in the place most intimately associated the many warm expressions of wel- genealogical odyssey of one of them, Don with him and his life’s work, and indeed his come and interest tendered us during McClanahan of Dunwoody, Georgia, is related burial place. the day by the faculty, administration in this issue. and students. An ardent and vocal supporter of the Continued on page 2

In Memoriam: John Macon Cornick, NSMFD Director and Treasurer Encompassing the Compass : 2011 A Year of Twain Meetings for NSMFD Continued from page 1 One could say that Montpelier itself was an architectural the years leading up metaphor of this cross-Atlantic familial and intellectual dynamic to the Revolution, in the full flower of President Madison’s tenure there: its outward had observed the visual perspective focused on the dramatic panorama of the Blue proper constitutional Ridge to the West while encapsulating within its various rooms a relationship to the strongly European aesthetic derived from both France and Britain colonies in the and whose library collections filled the highly critical Baron de 17th century as Montlezun with such lingering and enthusiastic appreciation in outlined by their 1816. charters, governing The baron’s dyspeptic and frequently caustic reaction to so them directly via much he disliked about America and Virginia in the early stages their respective of his tour are stark contrast to his confessed relief at crossing over assemblies long into Orange County where the sudden change of air and scenery before any claims from the Tidewater and Fall Line brought out the never latent poet of “Parliamentary in him. Completely seduced by the rural scene, the mountain Sovereignty” began views, the freshening air and, most deeply of all, the enormous to be interposed, charm of the Madisons and their family circle, de Montlezun quite with obviously settles down there for an extended stay. disastrous results, in Interestingly, the baron records his immediately favorable the 1760s. impression of the good looks, charm, intelligence, manners, Long respected education and - most importantly to him, perhaps, perfect and cherished in French - of the young Payne Todd, a reminder as much of the memory by the early adage that few finishes are worthy of their start as of the limits of Virginians, Charles Bishop Madison’s Monument, Wren Chapel, The “accomplishments” unfortified by any substantial moral or personal II’s inclusion among College of William & Mary. discipline. Montpelier’s gallery But the books of the house draw as much of the Baron’s highly of worthies was also a not altogether subtle reminder to English discriminating praise and, so easy does he become under the spell visitors that the Old Dominion had remained loyal to the Stuarts of the Madisons as much as Montpelier’s scenery and comforts, that when the English Parliament set about deposing and killing them, he segues into many pages of gushing appreciation of the Madisons’ giving the lie to any accusations of any native hot-headedness or literary taste and his particular enjoyment in the library of a French unprincipled rebelliousness. translation of Tasso’s “Jerusalem Liberated,” the epic poem centered President Madison surely planned such objects in the house around the conflict and reconciliation of diverse cultures and as his springing board to point out that the contention between religions against the backdrop of the Crusades. Virginia and Britain was grounded in very principled objections to Much of what is known about the contents of Montpelier - attempts to revise or alter what had been anciently the Colonists’ especially is painting and sculpture collection - at this time comes understanding of an established constitutional settlement upon from de Montlezun’s account, and his encounter with the famous which they had for over a century built their unique polity within “Louis” of the Madison’s dining room (a print of a portrait of the the Empire, their economic security and enterprise, as well as their restored Bourbon King Louis XVIII) does much to win the royalist military security on the many actively hostile (and dangerously Frenchman’s immediate approbation. close) geographic frontiers. Often cited as another instance of the cultural Francophilia of It seems a commonplace among us today to say that the President Madison and Dolley, the inclusion of this portrait must emphasis here is on the security of property, life and progressive also speak to a more catholic appreciation of what constitutional enterprise (something obviously closely akin to life, liberty and governments are, or should be, beyond, and often coexisting pursuit of happiness) which he felt could only be had by the alongside - albeit in other countries and with other traditions - the covenants of constitutional governments guaranteeing the same, distinctive American republican constitutional model that President whether that constitutional government was republican, as was his Madison’s life was devoted to evolving. emerging United States, the formerly long observed constitutional But de Montlezun also notes without emphasis the inclusion relationship of the former Colonies to Britain in the 17th and early of a print portrait of England’s King Charles II in Montpelier’s 18th centuries, or the limited constitutional monarchies of Britain entrance hallway. Was this just another grand piece of art (or print or the restoration France of Louis XVIII properly and diligently of a grand piece of art) designed to impress the visitor with the observed. taste and education of the house’s owner, or how else to explain President Madison was always wary and more than a bit these royalist icons in the home of one of the most preeminent of qualified on the subject of exporting the American Republican our Early Republican political theorists and statesmen ? experiment abroad unaltered to countries or cultures to which he It is not too speculative to suppose that this portrait of Charles felt it was simply not suited in his time. Yet he hoped earnestly II was deliberately chosen for its prominent place in the house that the larger principles that animated our experiment might as a reminder to President Madison’s many English visitors in guide other nations to renew or work out their own forms of particular of a king who, in the Colonists’ much cited claim in constitutional government, often with hope and enthusiasm in –2– emulation of our early successes which he often reminded us were “must visit” Founder’s homes of that time - Montpelier was still a sheer miracle, though often, as he knew, it would be “with fear and private estate not often open to the public except for the grounds trembling.” on Hunt Race days or similar equestrian sporting events. Beyond the obvious ties of blood, family feeling, culture and That such a visit might have taken place during the War history which bind us to our cousins in the Old World, it is this seems even more curious - what, exactly, would the experience of very strong conviction in the vital efficacy and inviolability of any seeking out and viewing - or “experiencing,” in the modern idiom free and duly constituted government which design as well as long - Montpelier at that time, to these men, with all the intense cares perpetual experience have ensured and tested which have kept and anxieties of that time, have been ? Was it an impulsive lark, President Madison’s ”upstart” Republic fairly in lock step with a cavalier respite from their cares, an impromptu “historical place Britain and France through two World Wars, the last of which most visit adventure,” a search for some vicarious historical inspiration surely threatened free constitutional government as we have long amidst their very immediate and perilous struggle, or some understood and accepted it with near extinction. combination of all of these ? A local story many decades extant among the family and others Is it possible that Sir Winston knew of his own connection in Orange County relates that sometime either during or shortly to the English line of the Maddison family as he was in fact their after World War II Sir Winston Churchill made an impromptu direct descendant via his very extraordinary grandmother the visit to Montpelier (in some versions of the account with President Seventh Duchess of Marlborough who, recent scholarship has Roosevelt, in others with General Marshall and still others insisted, largely raised him and influenced his character, views and General Eisenhower). Arriving at the property, these men (and any education and who had a deep and abiding personal interest in combination of these other companions would have ranked the the history and families of County Durham such as her own ? Was basic duo here as among the most important men of their time there a personal, familial connection that animated Sir Winston’s in the world) sent word to Marion DuPont Scott that they had interest here and, if so, what inspiration did he take from it ? arrived and wished to see the estate. It would not be possible for anyone - as de Montlezun and According to these accounts, Mrs. Scott’s response was basically countless other visitors to Montpelier for two centuries continue that they were free to see whatever they liked, as they liked, but as to attest - to not be inspired in the most immediate way by she was busy foaling a mare at the moment she regretted she would the panorama westward view of the Blue Ridge from that front be unable to greet them personally - an anecdote humorously portico - in the best Romantic tradition of the early 19th century, related to reveal what some might have considered an eccentric set it exemplifies the influence, character and powerful operation of of priorities, but which some, of course, might not. The Sublime to the human heart and mind - an almost intuitive We have attempted to verify and flesh out this story - of clear understanding and compelling acquiescence that the literal and fascination to local historians and, perhaps, of some limited interest figurative vision here will not admit of cynicism or despair - that for national or international ones - by much research and contact to no burden of the past or present, no seemingly intractable problem, Churchill scholars internationally, as well as some of his immediate contest or disagreement, is beyond the power of inspired and family, but not with entire success as yet. hopeful minds, talents and faith to resolve. This is as much the gift But to us the most curious question regarding this story is of this place as its spirit. why would Sir Winston seek out the property to begin with, given One of the most frequent criticisms of President Madison the relatively low esteem - even dismissiveness - which British and his generation - and in many ways surely one of the most constitutional historians had in the late 19th and early 20th centuries perennially adolescent ones - is that they failed in utter and for President Madison’s constitutional theory or accomplishments. unforgiveable ways to solve the contest of slavery and slavery Could it have been some lingering romance associated with Dolley’s expansion in the evolving Republic and doomed their lives work, life and celebrity that was the primary drawing card here ? succeeding generations and the country they founded to inevitable Unlike Mount Vernon or Monticello - the most frequent Continued on page 4

NSMFD Altar Flowers in memory of President and Bishop Madison , Sir Winston Churchill and Gen. Eisenhower arriving at Williamsburg, March March 2011, Wren Chapel, The College of William & Mary. 1946. (William Edwin Booth photograph, The Virginia Historical Society) –3– Encompassing the Compass : 2011 A Year of Twain Meetings for NSMFD Continued from page 3 devastation, shame, dishonor, racial strife Southern poet Arthur Hugh Clough which the greatest teacher of America’s laws and and recrimination in the mid 19th century was intended to evoke a then desperate Constitution, indeed one of the foremost and beyond as a result of that failure. Our yearning for America’s example and help in of all constitutional scholars, shared a not fathers - our Founding Fathers - this all the fight for democracy’s survival at its most too distant family connection to the man says, were such hypocrites (the most facile historically imperiled moment: who, more than any other, perhaps, in the invective), they failed us. past century, insured the very survival of One of the most recently published And not by eastern windows only, constitutional democratic government itself expressions of this decries President When daylight comes, comes in the light; as we have long understood it ? Madison’s efforts in this regard as In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly! Perhaps the answer is sitting on that “worthless, a pathetic case of intellectual But westward, look, the land is bright! portico. and moral failure.” - Frederick Madison Smith, But none of those criticisms ever seems From the very start of our family’s President NSMFD to acknowledge the fact that gradualist push for an organization to give it both abolition had been successful in other voice and focus in outreach and research, places and under other governments, most the most persistent question and concern principally in The British Empire in the of any General Meeting or Board Meeting 1830s under the administration of The Earl has been whether we had made any contact Grey (himself a close descendant of the with the family in England or sought to English Maddison line via the Claverings). reach out to them with our best and most Presuming that a gradualist abolition sincere family feeling and concern - an program - or any gradualist program - impulse that has driven us as much East could not work is simply not historically and it has brought them West. This remains supportable. much of our dynamic as a family and a Was President Madison pitifully family association, inevitably so from the naive, hypocritical or foolishly optimistic first of our landings on Virginia’s shores to believe as late as the 1830s that the in the 17th century as the jointure of our American Republic was capable of common cause with Europe’s democracies resolving the slavery issue by peaceful and in two World Wars and the sending of our constitutional means at the very same time servicemen and women back to the Old a British Imperial government he found in World to fight and die there. many respects inferior in its foundational Those World Wars increasingly are presumptions was able to perfect it of so distant an interest or concern to legislatively without a shot fired and this immediate generation, especially the King Charles II, portrait after Lely. (The successfully in advance of its own scheduled younger who have no personal memory Virginia Historical Society) program ? or connection to either of them, and to Did President Madison’s optimism and many nearly as fantastical or as much faith (or naïveté) fail his country, or did Hollywood fodder as The Revolution and his country in succeeding generations fail The War of 1812 and the plumed helmet, his faith and optimism by resorting to self- cocked hat and hooped skirt theatricality righteousness, faithlessness, intractable ill in which they are often presented and will and the ensuing bloodbath and decades which can be difficult to separate from any of bad faith, vengeance and ceaseless serious understanding of their formerly or recrimination to resolve such an issue ? continuingly vital issues. Whose failures, in the end, are any But none of those issues continues so of these, if not that of an immediate vital and so much shared by us on either generation that controls political power and side of the pond as an deeply rooted, opinion, either in the mid 19th century or often impassioned, understanding of the today ? importance of constitutionally founded Very much the most self-acclaimed democratic governments to secure, even embodiment of the Anglo-American if often by fits and starts, by failures as cultural and political union which he much as successes, what President Madison saw as the literal savior of democratically defined as simply that “sense of justice constituted governments in the 20th derived from the people” and on which century, one of Sir Winston’s lesser quoted their security, indeed their very lives itself The Rt. Rev. James Madison, first bishop of speech excerpts from the darkest and most as a people of free conscience, can be the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia, despairing of the war years in fact is just maintained. President of The College of William & Mary. that, a quote, from the Anglo-American Is it only a distant coincidence that (The Virginia Historical Society) –4– For reference and further reading: of the County Palatine of Durham. Newcastle Pilpel, Robert H. Churchill in America, upon Tyne 1834. 1895-1961: an affectionate portrait. New York Churchill, Winston. A History of the Montlezun Baron de. Voyage Fait Dans 1976. English Speaking Peoples. New York 1956-58 le Annees 1816 et 1817 De New-Yorck a la Rouse, Parke. Virginia: The English Churchill, Winston. The Second World Nouvelle-Orleans et l’Orenoque an Mississipi. Heritage in America. New York 1966. War. London 1951 Paris 1818. Surtees, Robert. The History and Churchill, Winston. The World Crisis. Palgrave, Francis T. ed. Poems: Arthur Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. New York 1931. Hugh Clough. London, 1862. London 1816-40 Fisher, David Hackett. Albion’s Seed: four British folkways in America. New York 1989. Forster, Margaret Elizabeth. Churchill’s Grandmama: Frances, 7th Duchess of Marlborough. Stroud 2010. Gilbert. Martin. Churchill. Garden City, N.Y. 1980. Godson, Susan H. The College of William & Mary: A History. Williamsburg, Va. 1993. Mackenzie, Eneas and Ross, Metcalf. An Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains as viewed from the Front Portico of Montpelier. (The Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View Montpelier Foundation/Kenneth M. Wyner)

Montpelier Thrives, Focuses on Constitution

The Center for the Constitution’s Executive though video, and even interactive elements the Brookings Institution that explores Director Doug Smith files this report: and activities. Madison’s notes of the federal convention, “It’s a real game changer,” says Jen on March 16. Working with an interdisci- The home of James and Dolley now Howell, the Center’s new Director of plinary group of historians, political theo- restored, Montpelier is turning more and Digital Publishing. “We worked with rists, lawyers, technological innovators, and more attention to the Madisons’ great- scholars and political theorists to make sure educators, the Center has begun the process est legacy, the U.S. Constitution. For ten we assembled the best online training in the of crowd-sourcing Madison’s notes, putting years the Center for the Constitution at country, all the while maintaining a strict them in their historical and contemporary Montpelier has trained over 4,000 teach- non-partisan perspective that lets the legacy context, and giving them a larger relevance ers, law enforcement officers, and elected of Madison shine through.” never before understood. officials. In this first phase the organiza- Montpelier’s Center for the Noting the rapid changes in technol- tion has quickly become one of the most Constitution sees the Internet as a way to ogy, Howell noted, “We know that we have respected constitutional training programs, capture the interest of targeted audiences to be even more mobile than just the Web, working with teachers throughout the who are using search engines, social media, so we are planning for a series of mobile country, and world, on key frameworks and who may be scattered throughout the iPad applications as a way to develop multi- of American constitutionalism. George globe. “Our broadest audiences are on the ple entryways into the content. People will Washington secured freedom through the Web though core content and solid promo- be able to access our world-class education Revolution; James Madison sustained it tion of courses we are bringing online,” programs on-site, online, and now on-the- through the Constitution. It is clear that added Howell. “We have already begun go.” This application is in the prototype the Center for the Constitution is ensur- working on a new online course on the Bill stage and the Center is working with a ing that freedom by inspiring others to go of Rights, and we believe it will continue Richmond, VA technology and design firm further in their study and understanding of to fulfill our mission to engage and inspire to provide a robust experience of history, our founding principles and constitutional adult learners to learn more about the political theory, and contemporary applica- ideals. Madisons and the gift of liberty.” tion. In contribution to that inspiration, Montpelier has just announced that As Montpelier’s Center for the the Center launched a new program in renowned scholar Dr. Lynn Uzzell will be Constitution moves into its next phase of September 2011, bringing world-class con- the principal author of the Bill of Rights growth with online courses supplementing stitutional education online. The successful online course which will be fully vet- its on-site trainings, it is clear that the leg- program, the Constitutional Foundations ted by peers in the fields of history and acy of James Madison thrives through the course, is free for the general public to political theory. Dr. Uzzell has been named Center’s programs. With the capability of enroll and can be found at learn.montpe- “Senior Editor and Resident Scholar” at reaching audiences as far away as Africa and lier.org. To date, over 2,500 people have Montpelier’s Center allowing for the con- Asia, the Center is ensuring that the world logged into the course, twice the number tinual presence of academic excellence at continues to learn of the great promise that who participated in on-site seminars last the training program. self-governance secures. year at James Madison’s Montpelier. The Enhancing its online presence, the course offers a multi-media review of the Center for the Constitution will also The NSMFD salutes Mr. Smith and staff on world’s greatest document including histori- launch ConText, a groundbreaking another innovative year at the Center for the cal notes, scholars sharing their perspectives online tool developed in partnership with Constitution. –5– “The Signer” John Penn (1740-1788) of North Carolina

By The Rev. Pike Thomas opportunity. Offered only a limited educa- Pendleton. Thomas tion as a child, he became self-taught and Jefferson later wrote One of the lesser-known yet influential as a young adult began to read law with to John Adams that jewels of the extended Madison firmament his close cousin, the renowned Edmund Penn had been key was John Penn, signer of the Declaration Pendleton (1721-1803), who also intro- in delivering North of Independence from North Carolina. duced the young man into the highest Carolina for inde- Tangible memories of his life have been all circles of Virginia political life (Pendleton pendence. but obliterated by time and circumstance. was a Burgess in Virginia for thirty years War His Granville County home, deteriorated beginning in 1752 and leading man of let- Commissioner. Penn’s one additional major by the late 19th-Century, was finally demol- ters, and surely became a role model for his contribution during the Revolutionary ished, and his remains, buried in the cem- younger cousin). Penn began his practice of Period, arguably his greatest personal etery on his land, transferred felicitously law in 1762 in Caroline County and honed achievement, was as Chief Commissioner to the National Military Park at Guilford his legal skills for the ensuing dozen years. of the Board of War in North Carolina in Court House, NC. A bronze statue fittingly Along with Taylor relatives, in 1774 he 1780-1781, a position he carried out for a adorns the site. joined the many Virginians who had been very difficult eighteen months, coinciding The Penn Family: As with many early settling the newly opened Granville District with Cornwallis’ famed “Southern Strategy” Virginia families, including the Madisons, plains of north-central North Carolina since of invading the South so as to sever those we have only tantalizing clues to ancestral the early 1760’s, placing his family seat near rural states from the commercial centers in origins and even their immigration to the Grassy Creek and the Village of Stovall. the North, thus splitting the colonies. Penn Commonwealth, thanks in large part to the Revolutionary Patriot: Already pain- was masterful in amassing and directing wholesale destruction of Virginia records fully familiar with the British neglect and the resources of the state in support of the in war and fire. In the case of the Penns, misrule of their American colonies and American troops under General Nathanael certainty reaches back only two generations in the opening stanzas of the Revolution, Greene, and perhaps was one of a small to Penn’s grandfather. The elder John Penn Penn was named in 1775 to the Provincial handful of men who prevented the British (d1741), Caroline County VA planter, sired Congress in his new home, and as well from success. four very active sons in quick succession to the Continental Congress, and then By the end of 1781, Penn’s health had between 1708-1712: George, Joseph, Moses elected one of three delegates from North begun to fail, and he retired to private life and John. Two of the four married daugh- Carolina to the Convention in April 1776. on his large farm until his death in 1788. ters of John Taylor (1696-1780) of Caroline He was thirty-five at the time, a young Penn married Susannah Lyne in 1763 and and later Vance Co NC, a prominent man with a wife and young family. At the raised two children William (single) and planter, justice and member of the Virginia peril of his career and family, he devoted Lucy, who married her 2nd cousin John Council: Joseph Penn – my ancestor – wed his next five years to the cause of liberty, Taylor (1753-1827) “of Caroline,” for Catherine while Moses married Mary. It serving in the Congress three years and whom John Penn apparently played the is, as the reader may be aware, the Taylor then the Convention for the Article of same role his kinsman Edmund Pendleton connection which joins the Penns to the Confederation (signed in 1781). Although had played for him. Taylor, outstanding if Madison Descendants. firm in his beliefs, Penn was not a man controversial statesman and political theo- Moses Penn, John the Signer’s father, of the pen, and we have few examples of rist, Burgess and U.S. Senator from 1779- was a moderately successful planter, and writings from his hand. He played a qui- 1824, ironically became one of the leading only child John was able to parlay his native etly effective role as supporter of the great opponents of James Madison for the latter’s ability and drive with his inheritance into leaders, including his cousins Madison and support of a strong central government.

NSMFD Triennial Reunion June 16 & 17, 2012

Our Reunion Committee, headed children, will follow in the afternoon on the We have a limited number of rooms again by your Vice President Susan estate. group-rate reserved at The Holiday Fogg, is well on its way to surpass the We will reprise our famous champagne Inn Express, Orange, at a rate of $119 brilliant reviews of our 2009 Reunion reception on the back lawn followed by a per night for the nights of June 15 & with events planned for June 16 & 17 at semi-formal dinner. 16. Please call the HI Express directly Montpelier. The traditional service at our cem- at 540-672-6691 and reference the Exact details will be mailed in etery at Montpelier Sunday morning will Madison family society’s reservation the next few months to all registered be followed by a light luncheon which will code of MAD. and approved members in good stand- allow those having to leave at mid-day an Additional lodging is available at ing, but our programs will begin with opportunity to make their farewells without many venues in and near Orange, and a Saturday morning registration, followed excessive delay. It is largely for this reason list of these is available on the county’s by a General Meeting and Luncheon. that we have decided to hold the General tourism website at www.visitorangevir- A variety of educational events, includ- Meeting on Saturday rather than Sunday as ginia.com. ing many specifically for families with in previous years.

–6– 2010 and 2011 Madison Cup Award Presentations Remarks by NSMFD President Frederick Madison Smith

2010 MADISON CUP AWARD TO CHARLES SEILHEIMER Jr.

Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010

Thank you, Michael, and I want to thank you and the Foundation for allowing us to come today and present this Cup again - as well as for all your kindness and consideration to the family through these past decades. It would be very tempting to look about at the restored estate here today, or on any day, and take for granted the countless efforts behind the scenes that have brought about this restoration - an achievement only very fondly and distantly entertained a mere 15 years ago. The Madison Cup Award recipient this year has been one of Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr. (left) and NSMFD President Frederick Madison the chief facilitators of this sheer miracle, not the least because of Smith at the 2010 Hunt Races Breakfast. (Photograph courtesy of The his vision, experience and energy in making these Hunt Races one Montpelier Foundation) of the premier steeplechase events in this country, if not the world. Not only has the growth in the profile and stature of this event amplified the extraordinary gift these Races have been to this com- munity since the du Ponts began them over 75 years ago, but it continues to bring the work of the Foundation here in furthering President Madison’s work of Constitutional education to a very much wider audience with each passing year that he has nurtured it. Whatever the weather, this is always a bright day of excite- ment, athletic energy, intense social and familial joy and camara- derie - more a holiday than anything else. What event could have been more satisfying or congenial to President Madison and Dolley ? Those of us - still quite young, I think - who pine for the days when the likes of Heywood Hale Broun delivered our sports com- mentary cannot but feel our sails filled again when looking about on this day and thinking how at home he might have felt. And that our award recipient displays a similar style and panache - and indeed demands and expects it from his co-laborers in this endeavor From left, Jan Pifer, Frederick Madison Smith, Helen Marie Taylor, Ellison - can be no accident. Jeanes, Caroline Jeanes, John K. Jeanes, Mary Lyle Jeanes, J. Ridgely Porter It was he who substantially negotiated the very tender agree- III, Gail Babnew-Silverman, Ann Bellfield Thornton, Nicole Silverman, ment that opened the way for the restoration of the mansion to its Montpelier Foundation President Michael C. Quinn. (Photograph courtesy Madison-era appearance while allowing those amazing, splendid of The Montpelier Foundation) and very significant du Pont rooms to be removed and recon- structed at the Visitor’s Center in a way that augments, rather than 2011 MADISON CUP AWARD TO JOHN K. JEANES diminishes, the historical and architectural legacy of one of this nation’s foremost and most historic families. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 Educational, civic, religious, historical, cultural and artistic institutions here and throughout his adopted Commonwealth have Thank you, Michael. My family again has asked me to also been the recipients of his thoughtful, shrewd and always on-point thank the Foundation for allowing us to come here this year and advice, and no detail is too small for his notice and does not benefit present this cup as we have now for so many years. from it. The very guidebooks that are the most persistent and per- Ridge Porter and Ann Thornton - President Madison’s several haps intimate keepsakes of visitors to this estate were indeed paid times great-nephew and great-niece, respectively - originated this for by his largesse. award as an expression of the family’s sincere appreciation and There needs to be something more than this Cup to recog- admiration for those who continue to keep the legacy of President nize this brand of genuine enthusiasm and unstinting generosity Madison and Dolley alive by their work in preserving and uncover- to Montpelier, but if it will award only a small portion of what he ing the details of the family’s life in the ongoing restoration of the has given to it so far - and secure more of the same to come - it Montpelier estate. has done yeoman’s service in being awarded this year to Charles H. The award recipient this year has had one of the most - if not Seilheimer Jr. Continued on page 8 –7– 2010 and 2011 Madison Cup Award Presentations Continued from page 7 indeed the most- intimate and detailed ment in church, prison ministry, military, “those blue remembered hills.” roles in this world class and award winning civic and business service to this communi- We have remarked before, and can- restoration project, as it is he who has so ty and his country reflected a family legacy not but remark again, how extraordinary it principally guided or actually performed the of centuries of one of Philadelphia’s most must be for this restoration project and the hands-on scientific architectural investiga- noted philanthropic traditions in education- programs of the Foundation as a whole to tion, recovery and rebuilding of the original al, civic, health and poor relief work. flourish so astonishingly at a time of con- fabric - from the inception of the restora- Each of these family influences would tinuing and pervasive national and inter- tion feasibility study to the design and mak- be inspiration enough to anyone mindful national weariness, fear and anxiety. This is ing of all manner of 18th and 19th century of the admonition and challenge implicit in obviously something which should give any architectural details - shingles, door latches, their example. of us the most basic and sustaining hope - hinges and nails. But reading again recently the diary of the belief long uniquely nurtured here that His self-effacement might have hidden Baron de Montlezun’s visit to Montpelier in no problem or challenge, however seem- from many the astonishing degree of calcu- the early 1800s, one is struck by the peren- ingly intractable or difficult, is beyond the lating, precise and deliberative intelligence nial and amazing transformational influence force of an inspired and benevolent talent and quiet energy which has been made so which the estate’s picturesque and uniquely and intelligence to solve. manifest in the rebuilt mansion, but many American and Virginian natural and built And this hope and optimism is, in of the sources of his own inspiration - and landscape, as well as its history, continues to many ways, very much one of President the inspiration his quiet integrity in this have on any who encounter it, even briefly. Madison and Dolley’s simplest and most process has given to his team - might not be In the tradition of the romantic conscious- enduring bounties and legacies. too hard to seek. ness which absorbs and amplifies from This work does not continue to His maternal grandfather was a key nature - of the eye altering which alters encourage so many in the country - and and continuing force in the restoration of all - that spirit of place can make a perfect now so many more in the wider world - Monticello for decades and a noted mayor rocket fuel when it encounters the vibrant because of my family and certainly not and public servant of the city of Petersburg and methodical intelligence and creating because of this cup, but every day with for equally as long. His mother was very talent. greater certainty it does because of the actively involved in many phases of the How much more powerful that ampli- dedication, skill, talent, industry, devotion, community life of Orange County in gar- fication and identification are in the true amplifying intelligence and undiminish- dening, beautification, church and numer- native son that he is, our recipient and his ing love for its always unfolding meaning ous other charitable and civic works. His fellows of this soil and scene know best in and message that is brought to it and taken father’s equal example of sustained engage- their closest thoughts and affections for from it daily by such as John K. Jeanes.

James Madison at Princeton

By Sarah Palmer Garrett, NSMFD iron gates were worn the Madisons and the administration of Member brick buildings covered in William and Mary, in the summer of ivy, which turned out to 1769 James Madison made the trek to Just mention the word college to any be only pieces of this large New Jersey to attend Princeton, then high school senior and you will witness and world-renowned uni- called The College of New Jersey. their calm composure quickly transform versity. As my father and At Princeton today, the James into a nervous smile and a shrug of the I obediently followed our Madison Society honors scholars whose shoulders. Though there are a handful tour guide around campus, he mentioned “research contributes significantly to who are lucky enough to already know something that was stood out to us. civic education in institutions of higher where they are going to college, the rest James Madison had graduated from learning” (James Madison Program). of us seniors wait anxiously for April 1st Princeton University in 1771, and it was According to the program’s website, when we will find out exactly what the only a mere five years after his gradu- these members “share the belief of James next four years hold for us. Of course, ation that Madison was elected to the Madison that only a well-instructed one of the most important steps in the Virginia legislature. Though today it is people can be permanently free.” college process is deciding where to apply. common for a student to attend col- Not only did James Madison attend Last fall my father and I traveled lege far from home, in Madison’s day, Princeton, but he left his mark on the up and down the east coast touring col- it was very unusual. As a Virginian, it university as well. Though, in the end, leges— so many that we could almost would have been expected that Madison I decided not to apply to Princeton, predict exactly what each tour guide continue his schooling at the College the high school seniors that will receive would say (without fail, there was always of William and Mary in Williamsburg, acceptance letters come springtime will be mention of an a cappella group and a Virginia. But, thanks to the persua- lucky to follow in Madison’s footsteps. Quidditch team…go figure). sion of his well-respected tutor, Thomas One of the schools that we visited Martin—a Princeton graduate of 1762— Sarah Palmer Garrett is a senior at Miss was Princeton University. Hidden behind and some personal differences between Porter’s School in Farmington, CT

–8– The View From Pall Mall: A Sampling Of Chew-Madison Family Letters

By Frederick Madison Smith, NSMFD President

The destruction of much of the family correspondence of President Madison and his father, Col. James Madison Sr., by the former’s nephews following his death to prevent it falling into the hands of Payne Todd’s creditors, who doubtlessly would have either sold or published it, unfortu- nately has deprived us of many details of the family’s life in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Yet a cache of letters belonging to Joseph Chew Sr., first cousin of James Madison Sr., has survived in the Rare Books Collection of William L. Clements Library of the University of Michigan, and these letters give many fascinating and otherwise lost details of Chew’s Orange County rela- tives. A Tory during the Revolution, Joseph Sr. had been appointed Secretary of Indian Affairs for North America in 1774 by the good offices of his friend Sir William Johnson, and eventually made his way to Montreal where he supervised the Indian Department until his death in 1798. Oldest surviving son of Thomas and Martha Taylor Chew, Joseph Sr. was the intimate boyhood friend of his first cousin James Madison Sr. and, despite their politi- cal differences, both James Sr. and President Madison helped Joseph in securing his title to Kentucky bounty lands which he inher- ited from his brother Coleby who had been killed in the battle for Fort Duquesne in 1758. The letters between Madison father and son and Joseph Sr., and especially those to and from President Madison, reveal an extraordinary familial concern and affec- tion in these political circumstances, so immediately after the cessation of hostili- ties between the former colonies and Great Britain in 1783. Among the most interesting and charming letters in the collection is one from Joseph’s oldest son - Joseph Chew Continued on page 10

–9– The View From Pall Mall: A Sampling Of Chew-Madison Family Letters Continued from page 9

Jr. - written to his mother while he was at Indeed, for several years during the 1770s, not be. This letter also references several school in England in 1789. Little is known Christie held the leasehold to another expatriate American Loyalists then living about Joseph Jr. - even the school in which building west of Nos. 83-84 where the in England - “Dr. Moffatt” most probably he is enrolled is not discernable from the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy of refers to Dr. Thomas Moffatt, one of the surviving letter - but one astonishing detail Arts was held. original proprietors of the Redwood Library that the letter does reveal is that he was liv- Christie’s oldest son, James the and Athenaeum in Providence, Rhode ing at the home of James Christie the Elder, Younger, was a student at Eton during the Island, and an outspoken and active Tory. founder of Christie’s Auction House, during time Joseph Jr. was living with the fam- With the permission of the William his vacation. ily during this vacation, but Joseph’s name L. Clements Library, we publish the entire Christie’s London address at that time does not appear among the Eton Rolls for text of three letters from this collection was Nos. 83-84 Pall Mall. A friend of Dr. these years, nor do we know how long he - the Joseph Jr. schoolboy letter, another Johnson, Burke, Boswell, Goldsmith, Sir remained in England, or whether he ever from President Madison to Joseph Sr. in Joshua Reynolds and the next-door neigh- returned to America at all. 1792 and, finally, a letter from Joseph Sr. bor of Thomas Gainsborough, Christie The details of Joseph Jr.’s letter will to Joseph Jr. giving a history of his Virginia counted the chief intellectual, political be familiar to any parent whose son has connections in 1798; this last letter is and artistic lights of 18th century London assured them of his good behavior while much referenced in genealogical collections, among his circle, and the atmosphere of his abroad (one might easily speculate what though the copy often cited is not the origi- home and company must have been heady prompted the assurance), but the formu- nal, but an edited version in another hand. enough to a young lad from the colonies. laic address of “Honored Madam” might We publish Joseph Sr.’s original here.

–10– My Odyssey to the Madisons By Don Crawford McClanahan I was born in San people back then were literate, many official records were lost in Antonio ,Texas in 1935. court house fires, etc., etc., etc. Well by this time I was retired had Like most people reading had time to spend on this great puzzle. My career had been as a this, I went through the problem solver so I set off to conquer this challenge. It turned out evolution that most of us go to be one of the most difficult of my life. through. Early childhood, I learned that local genealogical societies were a key ingredi- pre-teen and teenage years, ent to obtaining information half way across the United States early adulthood, middle from where I lived. I was lucky to come in contact with Joe and age, etc. During all of these Jim McClanahan of the McClanahan Society. I was lucky that phases I had different things my brother-in-law, John Thompson, was so knowledgeable about that were the focus of my on-line research. I was lucky to work with Tom Chrisman, the life (childhood friends, being Registrar for the Piedmont Chapter of SAR. I was lucky to get accepted by classmates, the in contact with JoAnn Pendley and Leslie Hall of the Augusta big transition to high school, County Genealogical Society, where my four-times great- grand- the stark difference between father settled in the early 1700s. I was lucky to come in contact high school and college, Don Crawford McClanahan with a cousin, Gary Lutman, who lived in Ste. Genevieve County serving in the military, start- Missouri where my great-great and great-grandfathers lived in the ing a career, starting a family, turning 40, middle age, ending a mid 1800s. But when I think back on it, I realize that my tena- career and now the golden years). Family interests changed signifi- cious approach to spending many, many hours doing research lead cantly over this period. The comfort of being around aunts, uncles, to all of these “lucky” connections. But I absolutely could not have and grandparents, relationships with cousins, seeing the changes done this without all of these peoples help and I am so grateful. in all of these people’s lives, and eventually an interest in who they With the help of all of those listed above I felt like I had really were and what their early lives were like. accumulated enough proof of my lineage to my patriot three-times Until later life I didn’t even know what the word genealogy great-grandfather Capt. Robert McClanahan Jr. The one excep- meant. But then I became interested in my ancestors. My primary tion was proving my great grandfather, Spicer McClanahan, was interest was in learning what kind of people they were and what life the son of John McClanahan. I finally got the big break when was like for them. They didn’t have to be important people to be Gary Lutman went to the Ste. Genevieve County Courthouse and interesting but it was rewarding to learn when some did have suc- obtained court records of John McClanahan’s estate that named cess. In later life I had the good fortune to come in contact with Spicer McClanahan as one of his sons. Jim McClanahan who was involved with the McClanahan Society. But all of this is just a lead up to my Madison family connec- He gave me the McClanahan family tree dating back to Ireland. I tion. I never dreamed that my family was related to a President. thought that was wonderful to know the names of my ancestors Even when JoAnn Pendley told me that my three-times great- beyond my grandparents but in reality they were just names living grandmother, Catherine Madison (who married Capt. Robert in places I had no knowledge about. As my career came to an end McClanahan Jr.), was a cousin to a President, I still didn’t believe I began to have more time to try and find out who they really were it. But as with other things I had done, I decided to check it and what life was like for them. out. I sent an email to the National Society of Madison Family This connection spiked my interest in learning more about Descendants (NSMFD) letting them know about my lineage my ancestors. According to Joe McClanahan’s road map, my four- to Catherine. To my big surprise, Frederick Smith, president of times great-grandfather had two sons that fought in the Battle NSMFD, responded that if I could prove my lineage to Catherine of Point Pleasant in 1774. Unfortunately my three-times great- and her father Humphrey Madison, that I indeed was related to grandfather, Capt. Robert McClanahan Jr. was killed in that battle James Madison. I was shocked by this. No one in my family had with the Indians. I later learned that the Sons of the American ever know of this connection. But when I think about it, no one Revolution (SAR) considered this the first battle of the American in my family had ever know we were related to a patriot of the Revolution. Thinking that I could prove my lineage to Robert Jr. American Revolution. using Jim’s road map, I applied to SAR. Then came the bad news I supplemented my on-line research with trips to areas where that I had to provide proof that would stand up in court of each my ancestors lived. They were always a combination of sightseeing, relationship in that long chain dating back to the 1700s. I started sometimes visiting with family and genealogy research. by gathering my birth certificate, my father’s death certificate, my I planned a sightseeing & genealogy trip to Staunton in the father’s family bible, my grandfather’s death certificate. One of Shenandoah Valley in October of 2010. I picked this time because the smartest steps was becoming a member of Ancestry.com. Over the leaves would be at their peak of fall colors and the weather time I learned that I could get copies of census reports listing fam- would be nice. For a few months before leaving I did extensive ily members. It was thrilling to lean that I could trace my ancestors research on things and places to see and well as joined the Augusta back to 1850. But it really got hard after this. I learned the hard County Genealogical Society and made plans with two of their facts that there was no naming of all family members in the census researchers and a person at the church where my four-times great- before 1850, no death & birth certificates before 1900, counties grandfather attended in 1740 . like Augusta County, Virginia, in the 1700s went from the east Continued on page 12 coast to as far west as anyone had knowledge of the land, many –11– My Odyssey to the Madisons Continued from page 11 Lexington ,Va. JoAnn Pendley and Leslie Hall of Point Pleasant. I saw her second from the from the Augusta County husband’s surname mentioned several I visited Washington & Lee University, Genealogical (ACGS) took me into the times while researching my family. the Chapel on campus where Robert inner bowels of the Augusta County E. Lee is buried, the VMI campus, Courthouse where we successfully the home of Stonewall Jackson and searched for records of my colonial the cemetery where he was buried. A ancestors. I was privileged to have beautiful place swathed in the gor- access to areas that the public was geous colors of Fall. Talking with not allowed to visit. It was a magical cadets at VMI and touring the campus feeling to put my hands on original reminded me so much of the mili- records of my ancestors dating back to tary high school I attended and West the 1700’s. Point where my brother graduated. I asked lots of questions everywhere I JoAnn and Leslie are both officers of the Augusta County Genealogical went the entire trip. It was interesting Belle Grove, Winchester, home of Nelly Madison Society (ACGS). I attended the to learn why R. E. Lee got involved Hite. (Photo by Don McClanahan) with Washington and Lee. Touring monthly meeting of the ACGS where Jackson’s home I learned about the JoAnn and Leslie introduced me to Woodstock, Va. kind of person he was and about his several of the members and I was teaching at VMI. And at the cemetery treated to extremely interesting pre- I learned why Jackson’s monument was sentation made by the person from the I visited Belle Grove Plantation which surrounded by lemons. Library of Virginia that was in charge President Madison’s sister, Nelly, and of digitializing and preserving the her husband Maj. Isaac Hite con- court records of all Virginia Counties structed beginning in 1797. I took a dating back to the 1700s. My previ- very interesting tour of the home and ous days visit to the Staunton County learned more about what life was like Courthouse made this presentation in that era. Another absolutely beauti- come to life. I had seen what poor ful day. The Battle of Cedar Creek was condition some of the records were fought near the plantation. in and it made it clear what a diffi- cult and important job the Library of Charlottesville, Va. Virginia was doing. I am convinced that I could not have imagined the No trip to Charlottesville would be significance of their work if I had not complete without a visit to Montpelier, Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church, Fisherville, visited Augusta Courthouse. Monticello and Ash Lawn. I visited Virginia. (Photo by Don McClanahan) all three and learned quite a bit about My three-times great-grandmother each of the presidents. It was interest- Staunton ,Va. was Catherine Madison. By doing ing to learn that Madison was con- research on her I felt that I got to sidered the intellectual and Jefferson I visited the Tinkling Spring Church know her and I also realized how dif- the scientist. I was in awe as I visited in Fishersville ,Va., where my four- ficult it was to live during colonial these places that I have heard of since times great-grandfather was an original times. She was orphaned at age 16 and junior high school. Again, the days member in 1740. They had a wonder- had married for the 3rd time before of my visit had beautiful weather and ful museum explaining the European her 25th birthday. Her first husband, the leaves were near their peak. I also migration to the United States. I my three-times great-grandfather, was was able to visit the home outside of walked the cemetery grounds with a killed 4 years after they were married Charlottesville where Meriwether Lewis volunteer looking for family graves but fighting Indians. Her father was killed lived as a boy and where his mother found none. I concluded that the writ- and I believe it was fighting Indians. is buried. I found it only after visit- ten history survived the aging process Her second husband lived only 10 ing the local genealogy society. It was much better than the physical traces months after their marriage. Another hard to believe the house was privately of history. As a University of Texas thing that became clear from this visit owned and located in a nice neighbor- Alumni I enjoyed hearing Texas A & was that there were a lot fewer people hood of newer homes. The cemetery M jokes from the pastor whose parents in those days and neighbors married is behind the house on public lands both were alumni of UT. I thought neighbors much more that we do and you would have to be told exactly that my ancestor would be very proud today. For example Catherine’s first where to go to find either of them. I of how the church has been taken care and third husbands were both cap- visited the Orange County Historical of and expanded over so many years. tains and fought together at the Battle Society close to Montpelier where –12– I obtained information about the talking with the hosts really helped me the 1940’s. In Fincastle I visited the Madison family. understand what it was like to live in library where I got to talk extensively those periods. Also it was interesting about the Madison and McClanahan Staunton ,Va. to learn why people would migrate to families, and where I was able to copy the American frontier and endure such quite a bit of information about the I visited the fabulous Frontier Museum hardships in the process. families. in Staunton. It is run by the state and is really first class. I is broken into Roanoke ,Va. The biggest things I have gotten out sections showing the migration into of all of this is learning who my family the Shenandoah Valley. They have I visited the grave of a relative, Col. was, what they did, what it was like to live on display English, Irish and German Elijah McClanahan and his wife. His in their time and how this country has farms that came from 1700 Europe, a wife was the granddaughter of General evolved. More than any time in my life West African farm and American farms Lewis who was famous for his involve- I appreciate what our ancestors had to go of the 1740’s, 1820’s and 1850’s. I ment with Indian Wars and the Battle through to build this nation into what it got the most out of talking with the of Point Pleasant. On my way to is today. Another thing I have taken from hosts at each location. They were Fincastle, Va., I visited the beauti- this experience is how much fun it is to state employees that knew their his- ful campus of Hollins College where combine sightseeing and family visits with tory. Being in those buildings and my sister-in-law attended college in learning about history.

Madison Biographer to Speak at NSMFD 2012 Reunion Greetings from Chapel Hill and The University of North Carolina Press! We are pleased and proud to publish this important biography of James Madison in March. Professor Jeff Broadwater, award- winning author and historian, will give a lecture to our group after lunch on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in the William S. DuPont Gallery Grand Salon at the Montpelier Visitors’ Center. He will sign books outside the Museum Shop afterwards. UNC Press would like to offer all NSMFD a 20% discount (full price is $30) on the book through August 1. You may order the book by mailing the accompanying form, by phone or online; details are below.

We are so lucky to have Professor Broadwater and his wife, Cyndi, joining us for our reunion, so please welcome them at our Saturday picnic lunch, the afternoon lecture, and at dinner on Saturday night! See you all in June! Best regards, Susan Raines Garrett, NSMFD Director

James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison’s role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a “An essential American wartime commander in chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater’s perspective, no single philosopher and president figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president. gains a substantive treatment.” 320 pp., 9 illus., notes, bibl., index; a selection of the History Book Club, Military Book Club, Book of the Month Club and BOMC2 Online — Kirkus Reviews

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–13– Editor’s Note:

Happy 2012 to all! with the NSMFD. We wish Mr. Quinn multi year events (Two Madison Cup all the best in his new endeavors. presentations!) and we are very excited It’s with great affection and respect that to have articles by new contributing we dedicate this issue of the NSMFD At this year’s board meeting we decided NSMFD members. Newsletter to our NSMFD director, to change the publishing date of the We hope to be adding an extended treasurer and, most of all, friend, newsletter from late in the reported year newsletter on our website and a John Macon Cornick. His kindness, to the first of the following year (the NSMFD Facebook page in the near generosity, friendship and courage will newsletter for 2011 coming out early future so we’ll keep you posted. always be remembered by those knew 2012). This would give us a chance to him. We send our best wishes to his report on activities of the entire year, Many thanks to our President, Directors wonderful family. to not conflict with (and get lost in) and Member contributors! the busy holiday season, and to give We also would like to thank Michael NSMFD members a nice treat to start All the best, Quinn for is ceaseless dedication to The the New Year! Montpelier Foundation and especially William Garrett for his caring commitment to working Our 2011 newsletter covers a few NSMFD Director

Registrar Contact Information

By Iris Collins Eaton, Registrar www.jamesmadisonfamily.com (click Send copies of your proofs and the “Membership”) and has been updated to NSMFD application to: The National Society of the Madison including date and place of marriage, birth, Iris Collins Eaton Family Descendants organization is open death, town, county and state etc. This Registrar, The National Society of the to all persons who can show proof accept- specific information is needed to confirm Madison Family Descendants able to the Registrar that they are descended lineage. If a family member is already been 3807 Olympia Drive from any lateral or collateral American accepted to the NSMFD, you may only Houston, TX 77019-3031 ancestor of President James Madison, complete the short form and include cop- Email: [email protected] paternal or maternal, who was living in this ies (no originals please) of birth certificates, Phone: 713-840-7675 country (Colony) after 1607. marriage dates as well as names and birth In the past, we have received a number dates of their children where applicable. of applications without adequate proof of We appreciate that so many members The Society’s Current lineage. We can help you locate this infor- have sent family stories and pictures that mation if you will tell us where you have are rare treasures! 2009’s triennial reunion Officers and Directors: come to a stopping point in your search. at Montpelier was the most attended and Officers: We may already have information that you successful to date. We hope current mem- are searching for or can help you in your bers will encourage other family members Frederick Madison Smith, President - Marietta, GA search. to participate. We look forward to your Susan Lewis Fogg, Vice President - Tappahannock, VA Our online application form is at involvement in the NSMFD! C. Edward Kube, Jr., Secretary - Mineral, VA A. Preston Moore, Jr., Treasurer - Charlottesville, VA *Iris Collins Eaton, Registrar - Houston, TX Contact Information \To provide information on family births or deaths please contact Directors: Ed Kube, Secretary, PO Box 841, Mineral, VA, 23117; [email protected]. Margaret Macon Boeker - Del Mar, CA h h h h John William Garrett, IV - Long Island City, NY For general information about the NSMFD, the family’s history, genealogy Susan Garrett - Chapel Hill, NC and membership qualifications, please contact our *John Ferratt Macon - Palm Springs, CA President, Frederick Madison Smith at [email protected]. Mark A. Parsells - Wilmington, DE h h h h *J. Ridgely Porter, III - Montpelier Station, VA William Garrett, Editor, 4708 Vernon Blvd; Long Island City, NY 11101; Gail Babnew-Silverman – Gordonsville, VA [email protected]. The Honorable Helen Marie Taylor - Orange, VA *Ann Belfield Thornton - New York, NY Newsletter published annually by NSMFD. * Past NSMFD Presidents

–14– Where There’s A Will... Society Lifetime Members The persistent will to persevere in this effort is a multi-year project, and like Carole S. Alderman the enormous and complicated project of the mansion, it will require an endow- Peter Belfield returning Madison’s home to its original ment for its future stability. Prudence Richardson Beidler configuration was based on the convic- Estate gifts, those that arrive after Margaret Macon Boeker tion that Montpelier is an invaluable one’s lifetime, fund the endowment and Andrea Lynn Bruce-Smith asset to the nation and as such deserved are the pillars that hold up Montpelier’s Robert G. Bruce a major commitment of energy and future. The easiest way to make an estate Joseph Gregg Casagrande resources. The preservation of the site gift is through a bequest in your will. Rebecca L. Casagrande where Madison researched and pondered You might consider, however, a gift of an all options for creating a stable system of insurance policy or real estate. Alfred Byrd Taliaferro Conway government for this new country, drew Won’t you name The Montpelier George Byrd Taliaferro Conway support not only in current dollars but Foundation as a beneficiary of your Timothy Roy Reid Conway in the start of an endowment, funds that estate? In recognition of your generos- Betsy Wornom Craft are never spent but with wise invest- ity, you will be invited to become a Adrienne Iris Eaton ment, grow and produce income for The member of The Madison Pillars Society, Iris Collins Eaton Montpelier Foundation’s wide array of those special people whose gifts ensure James Madison Ewing activities and programs. Montpelier’s stability for future genera- To provide a learning center where tions? Even though your gift will arrive Dana Faulconer Madison’s unique ideas as embodied in after your lifetime, The Montpelier Susan Lewis Fogg the US Constitution can be taught and Foundation would like to honor you Paul G. Gaines discussed, The Montpelier Foundation is now. William Garrett making plans to expand The Center for Where there’s a will, there truly is a Lee Belfield Heath the Constitution. In addition to adding way to keep Montpelier a beautiful and Mary Eleanor Fitzhugh Hitselberger new programs, expansion plans include vibrant national treasure. Letty Gregg Lynn the construction of new campus for The Peggy Boeker Rhoads, Director, John F. Macon, II Center. Like the mansion restoration, NSMFD William P. Moore, Jr. (Cut Out Box) Zachary Taylor Munroe Gail Alderman Nimitz Angine Neely Ogburn CONFIDENTIAL REPLY FORM Mark A. Parsells ______I have included The Montpelier Foundation in my will. Eleanor Madison Macon Porter Please enroll me in The Pillars Society J. Ridgely Porter, III Johnny Scott ______I would like more information on how to include The Gail Babnew-Silverman Montpelier Foundation in my estate plans and the benefits of Frederick Madison Smith Pillars Society membership Ms. Joesph T. Stubbs, Jr. The Honorable Helen Marie Taylor Name______Howell L.T.D. Taylor Rev. LaVerne Pike Thomas Phone______Ann Belfield Thornton William Francis Thornton Address______Frank Vaden, III Kevin Dale West ______Samuel J. Wornom, III Raleigh Elroy Worsham Clip and mail to: Kimberly Skelly, Director of Development, P.O. Box 911, Orange, VA 22960

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