C. Thomas Chapman The Montpelier Foundation 540-672-2728 x162 [email protected] Descendants of Ambrose Madison, the Grandfather of President James Madison, Jr. First Generation 1. Ambrose MADISON1,2,3,4 was born5,6 about 1696 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He died1,5,7,8,9,10,11,12 27 Aug 1732 in Mount Pleasant, Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia from Poisoning and was buried4,13 29 Aug 1732 in Madison Family Cemetery. Ambrose was involved with the6 promissory note document; indicating Ambrose was of legal age 1717 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He resided14,15 on Mattaponi River on land patented by father and Daniel Coleman before 1723 - Mar 1732 in King and Queen County (later Caroline County), Virginia. He patented land on10,16,17,18,19,20 arranged by Col. James Taylor, father-in-law and county surveyor 15 1 Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America, London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, p.138. 2 Edmundson Family Papers, 1781-1949, Section 70 - genealogical notes, The Virginia Historical Society, Mss1Ed598a 1392-1394. 3 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison (Orange, VA: Orange County Historical Society, Inc., 2001), p.7. 4 Col. James Gordon Madison Family Tree, Montpelier Archives. Madison Family Charts Folder, photocopy. 5 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.1. 6 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.9. 7 Chart Pedigree of Madison Family, William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine (Vol.9, No.1, July 1900), p.39. 8 Scott Family Bible Record, 1737-1930, Bible Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, #34106. 9 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.26. 10 Ann L. Miller, Antebellum Orange (Orange, VA: Moss Publications, 1988.), p.100. 11 Tamarra C. Castillo, Ambrose Madison: Virginia Frontier Gentryman, Paper written for graduate class, Dec. 12, 1996, p.7, Montpelier Archives. 12 Margaret R. Amundson, Descendants of Ambrose Madison, Montpelier Archives. 13 Frederick Schmidt, The Madison Cemetery at Montpelier, A Research Report, January 2000, Montpelier Archives. 14 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.39, n.19. 15 Tamarra C. Castillo, Ambrose Madison: Virginia Frontier Gentryman, p.6. 16 Ann L. Miller, The Madison Family's Land in the Region of "Montpelier", Central Orange County, Virginia: 1723-1801, 1985, p.7-8. 17 Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1695-1732, Vol. 3 (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1979, 1986), p.257. 18 John Frederick Dorman, Orange County, Virginia Deed Books 1 and 2 (1735-1738), Judgments 1735, Washington, D.C., 1961, p.30. 22 May 2006 Page 1 Nov 1723 in Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia. He was employed21 county justice before 1724 - Apr 1728 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He was employed21,22 merchant 1725 - 1732 in King and Queen County (later Caroline County), Virginia. He patented land on23,24,25,26 Madison & Chew patent appraised and proved 23 Nov 1726 in Mount Pleasant, SClOC, Virginia. He was employed27,28 County Justice Apr 1728 - 1732 in Caroline County, Virginia. He sold his property on29 from Henry Willis, part of 10,000 acre patent, later town of Gordonsville 1728 in Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia. He moved15,30 from Caroline County, Virginia with Thomas Chew's family Mar 1732 to Mount Pleasant, SClOC, Virginia. He suffered illness11,31 poisoned June/July 1732 in Mount Pleasant, SClOC, Virginia. He signed a will1,11,32,33,34 31 Jul 1732 in Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia. He was involved with the35 Commission for the Court of Oyer and Terminer; trial of slaves Pompey, Turk & Dido 28 Aug 1732 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was involved with the11,35 trial of slaves Pompey, Dido & Turk for 'suspicion of poisoning' Ambrose Madison 6 Sep 1732 in Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia. He was involved with the36 slave Pompey hung for murder of Ambrose Madison; Dido and Turk whipped as punishment 7 Sep 1732 in Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia. He had a will probated37 2 May 1733 in Spotsylvania County (later Orange County), Virginia. DEATH: "Ambrose Madison Departed this Life August 27, 1732, being Sunday Night" (Clark, 1958, p.81; Sarah Madison Macon Bible). Ambrose married1,2,4,7,8,22,38,39,40 (MRIN:1) Frances Taylor MADISON1,2,41, daughter of Col. James TAYLOR Jr. and Martha Thompson TAYLOR (MRIN:19), on 24 Aug 1721 in King and Queen County, Virginia. Frances was born1,42 30 Aug 1700. She died1,4,7,12,41,43,44,45 25 Nov 1761 in Mount 19 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.51-2. 20 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.40, n.26. 21 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.14. 22 Ralph Ketcham, James Madison, A Biography (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1990), p.3. 23 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.43, n.38. 24 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.53. 25 Tamarra C. Castillo, Ambrose Madison: Virginia Frontier Gentryman, p.16. 26 W. W. Scott, A History of Orange County, Virginia (Richmond, VA, 1907 (reprint Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Company, 1974)), p.22. 27 Virginia Council Journals, 1726-1753, In The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol.33, No.1 (Jan 1925), p.14. 28 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.15. 29 Ann L. Miller, Antebellum Orange, p.41. 30 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.18. 31 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.25. 32 William Armstrong Crozier, Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800, Vol.1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965 (reprint), original published 1905), p.3. 33 Will of Ambrose Madison, 1732, In The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol.6, No.4, April 1899, p.434-5. 34 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.57-9. 35 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.47, n.52. 36 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.27. 37 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.61. 38 Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Vol.4 (Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Company, 1907), p.373. 39 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.11. 40 Beale Family, p.247, Montpelier Archives. photocopy. 41 Ralph Ketcham, James Madison, A Biography, p.16. 42 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.38, n.18. 43 William Everett Brockman, Orange County Families and their Marriages, A Supplement to and Including Virginia Wills and Abstracts (Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Co., 1949), p.9e. 22 May 2006 Family and Descendants of Page 2 Pleasant, Orange County, Virginia from smallpox? and was buried4,13,45,46 29 Nov 1761 in Madison Family Cemetery. Frances is inlcuded in the tax list on47 6 and 8 Tithables 1736/1737 in Orange County, Virginia. She owned property on18,48,49 division of Thomas Chew (1825 acres) and Ambrose Madison (2850 acres) patent 26 May 1737 in Orange County, Virginia. She owned property on18,44,49 life estate in land, only passes to James Madison, Sr., after her death 26 May 1737 in Mount Pleasant, Orange County, Virginia. She is inlcuded in the tax list on50 (Mrs. Madisons) 6 Tithables in Elijah Daniels precinct 1739 in Orange County, Virginia. She is inlcuded in the tax list on51 5 Tithables in Thomas White's precinct 1755 in Orange County, Virginia. She is inlcuded in the tax list on52 17 Tithables in John Williams precinct (James and Frances Madison listed) 1758 in Orange County, Virginia. She was given a funeral on46,53,54,55 presided over by Rev. James Marye, Jr. on Revelation Ch.14, v.13 30 Dec 1761 in St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Orange County, Virginia. DEATH: "Frances Madison Departed this life on Wednesday Morning about 2 OClock 25 of November 1761 and was inter'd the Sunday following. Her Funeral Sermon was preached on Wednesday the 30th of Decemr. Following by the Revd. Mr. James Marie junior, on Revelations. Ch. 14. v. 13" (Clark, 1958, p.81; Sarah Madison Macon Bible). DEATH: Smallpox was in the vicinity of Orange County at the time of Frances Madison's death (Ketcham 1990, p.1). BURIAL: "Frances Madison Departed this life on Wednesday Morning about 2 OClock 25 of November 1761 and was inter'd the Sunday following. Her Funeral Sermon was preached on Wednesday the 30th of Decemr. Following by the Revd. Mr. James Marie junior, on Revelations. Ch. 14. v. 13" (Clark, 1958, p.81; Sarah Madison Macon Bible). They had the following children: + 2 M i. Col. James MADISON Sr. was born 27 Mar 1723 and died 27 Feb 1801. + 3 F ii. Elizabeth Madison Willis BEALE was born 14 Jun 1725 and died 6 Jan 1773. + 4 F iii. Frances Madison Beale HITE was born 6 Mar 1726 and died 9 Aug 1776. 44 Ann L. Miller, The Short Life and Strange Death of Ambrose Madison, p.32. 45 Ralph Ketcham, James Madison (Chartottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1990), p.1.