Joanna Buckner: Robin's Roots Test

1698 - 1758 (60 years)

TNG Descendant Charts

Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person, but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page) They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print, but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart with more than three or four generations of data, you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF. On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF, but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes, wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart. (That's good news and bad news). In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling, and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width (albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
- The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
- When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense, and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all; they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Joanna Buckner was born in 1698; died on 13 Apr 1758.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Madison. Thomas (son of John Madison, Jr. and Isabella Minor Todd) was born in 1698; died on 20 Jan 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. Humphrey Madison was born on 25 Apr 1730; died on 12 Sep 1756.
3. Ambrose Madison was born on 11 Mar 1724.
4. John Madison was born on 26 Oct 1719; died in 1779.
5. Jane Madison was born on 11 Feb 1726; died on 24 Oct 1767.
6. Ann Madison was born on 31 Jul 1733.
7. Sarah Madison was born in Feb 1735; died on 31 Oct 1801.
8. Mary Madison was born on 15 May 1738; died in 1800.
9. Elizabeth Madison was born in 1747; died in 1806.
10. George Madison was born in 1740; died in 1785.
11. James Madison was born in 1723; died in 1801.
12. Roger Madison was born in 1744; died in 1768.

Generation: 2

Humphrey Madison

(1.Joanna¹) was born on 25 Apr 1730; died on 12 Sep 1756.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Humphrey Madison
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
Property: 3 Aug 1753, Cloverdale, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; 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; 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]
Civil: Dec 1770, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Land bounty granted to Catherine Arbuckle because her father, Humphrey Madison, was killed "in the service of his country" in 1756.

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. I've picked Thomas as his father because Thomas was granted custodianship of Humprey's daughter Catherine after Humphrey was killed.

Died:
Died in an "Indian" raid near 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

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

Children:

13. Catherine Madison was born in 1754; died on 18 Jul 1818.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3. Ambrose Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born on 11 Mar 1724.

John Madison

(1.Joanna¹) was born on 26 Oct 1719; died in 1779.

Other Events and Attributes:

Birth: 1719, Drysdale, King & Queen County, Virginia, USA
Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; His niece, Catherine Madison, orphan of Humphrey Madison, chose John Madison her guardian
Death: 1783, Visses, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA

John married Agatha Strother in 1748. Agatha was born in 1728; died in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.
Jane Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born on 11 Feb 1726; died on 24 Oct 1767.
Other Events and Attributes:
Death: 1767, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
6.
Ann Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born on 31 Jul 1733.
Other Events and Attributes:
Birth: 1733, Caroline County, Virginia, USA

Death: 1819
7.
Sarah Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born in Feb 1735; died on 31 Oct 1801.
Other Events and Attributes:
Death: 1801, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
8.
Mary Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born on 15 May 1738; died in 1800.
Other Events and Attributes:
Birth: 1738, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
9. Elizabeth Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born in 1747; died in 1806.
10. George Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born in 1740; died in 1785.
11. James Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born in 1723; died in 1801.
12. Roger Madison (1.Joanna¹) was born in 1744; died in 1768.

Generation: 3

13.

Catherine Madison

(2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born in 1754; died on 18 Jul 1818.

Other Events and Attributes:

Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; She chose John Madison as her guardian
Civil: Dec 1799, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Court appearance establising 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 William Arbuckle on 30 Oct 1779. William (son of James Arbuckle, Sr and Margaret Granger) was born on 3 Mar 1752; died on 21 Mar 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

14. Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle was born on 4 Apr 1784; died on 13 Sep 1847.
15. Jane Madison Arbuckle was born on 2 Apr 1780; died in Sep 1826.
16. Margaret Thompson Arbuckle was born on 26 Mar 1782; died after 21 Jan 1835.
17. Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle was born on 11 Jul 1793; died on 16 Oct 1859.
18. Elizabeth Arbuckle was born on 15 Jul 1790; died on 29 Jul 1861.
19. William Arbuckle, Jr. was born on 26 Nov 1788; died in 1805.
20. Nancy Arbuckle was born on 8 Sep 1796; died on 21 Dec 1801.
21. Frances Littlepage Arbuckle was born on 11 Jul 1793; died in Dec 1801.

Catherine married Robert McClenachan, Jr on 15 May 1770. Robert was born on 19 Apr 1747; died on 10 Oct 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

22. Robert McClanachan, III was born in 1771; died in 1824.
23. John Burns McClanahan, Sr was born in Dec 1774; died in Apr 1847.

Catherine married William Poague about 1776. William was born in 1754; died in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

24. John Poage was born in 1776; died in 1777.

Generation: 4

14.

Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 4 Apr 1784; died on 13 Sep 1847.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1834, Emporia, Madison County, Indiana, USA; Parents John and Polly Arbuckle Nelson and their 14 children (some adult) moved to a 127-acre tract near the present community of Emporia

Notes:

Buried:
Grid=42026284; Old thin stone with script inscription. Has a DAR plaque. Marriage date and place. Lists her 14 children

Mary married John Griffith Nelson on 22 May 1807. John (son of Richard Nelson and Elizabeth Griffith) was born on 2 Apr 1776; died on 4 Mar 1847. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

25. William 'Arbuckle' Nelson was born on 13 Sep 1807; died on 4 Aug 1876.
26. Nancy Jane Nelson was born on 19 Oct 1820; died on 18 Jan 1880.
27. Davis Griffith Nelson was born on 24 May 1809; died after 1885.
28. Thompson Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1811; died on 17 Sep 1884.
29. Eliza Jane Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1811; died on 12 Feb 1881.
30. John Nelson was born on 30 Dec 1812; died on 27 Jan 1818.
31. Mary Ann Nelson was born on 6 Feb 1814; died after 1880.
32. Katherine Madison Nelson was born on 18 Oct 1816; died on 11 Jun 1893.
33. Elizabeth R Nelson was born on 28 Dec 1818; died on 20 Jan 1888.
34. Frances Nelson was born on 5 Dec 1822; died on 16 May 1846.
35. John William Nelson was born on 29 Jan 1825; died after 1880.
36. Susan Nelson was born on 20 Mar 1827; died in 1873.
37. Agnes Nelson was born on 22 Jun 1829; died on 13 Oct 1906.
38. Maglin Nelson was born on 13 Aug 1831; died on 5 Jan 1915.

15.

Jane Madison Arbuckle

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 2 Apr 1780; died in Sep 1826.

Jane married Joseph McMullen on 30 Aug 1796. Joseph was born about 1777; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

39. Katherine Madison McMullen was born on 27 Apr 1801; died on 30 Dec 1835.
40. Mary D (Polly) McMullen was born on 8 Jan 1803; died on 6 Apr 1836.
41. William Arbuckle McMullen was born on 3 Sep 1800; died on 14 Oct 1872.
42. Madison B McMullen was born about 1808; died on 20 Jan 1888.
43. Alexander L McMullen was born in 1810; died in 1888.
44. Jane Ann McMullen was born on 8 Nov 1812; died on 27 Jun 1853.
45. John N McMullen was born about 1815.
46. Elizabeth McMullen died in unknown.

16.	Margaret Thompson Arbuckle (13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 26 Mar 1782; died after 21 Jan 1835. Notes: Died: Named in her father's will Family/Spouse: Benjamin Harrison Jones. Benjamin died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

17.

Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 11 Jul 1793; died on 16 Oct 1859.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34840719, Barely legible stone lying against its base. Reported Inscription: "Kitty B Wife of Jas K Craig Died Oct 10 1859 Aged 66 years 3 Months 5 Days"

Catharine married William Langtry in 1819. William died in 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

47. Arbuckle Strong Langtry was born on 3 Mar 1817; died on 3 May 1853.
48. Hickory Langtry was born about 1820; died in unknown.
49. William Langtry was born about 1820; died in unknown.

Catharine married James Kennerly Craig in 1826. James was born on 12 Jul 1794; died on 21 Jun 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

50. Mary Jane Craig was born on 20 Apr 1835; died on 9 Oct 1877.
51. George William Craig was born est 1828; died on 6 Jul 1897.
52. Kennerly Craig was born on 3 Jan 1830; died on 1 Jun 1874.
53. Harriet Elizabeth Craig was born on 12 Oct 1832; died on 2 Feb 1872.

18.

Elizabeth Arbuckle

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 15 Jul 1790; died on 29 Jul 1861.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=47944375; Tall obelisk shared with husband. Inscription: "Elizabeth Wife of Saml Alexander Aged 70 Years"

Elizabeth married Samuel Alexander in 1812. Samuel was born on 17 May 1784; died on 6 Nov 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

54. William Arbuckle Alexander was born on 3 Nov 1816; died on 1 Apr 1885.
55. Catherine Madison Alexander was born on 7 Oct 1818; died on 30 Aug 1892.
56. Andrew B Alexander was born in Mar 1826; died on 12 May 1905.
57. Samuel Alexander, Jr was born est 1820.
58. Matthew T Alexander was born est 1828; died est 1828.

19. William Arbuckle, Jr. (13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 26 Nov 1788; died in 1805.
20. Nancy Arbuckle (13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 8 Sep 1796; died on 21 Dec 1801.
Notes:
Buried:
GRid=88420079; No grave photo. No bio.

21.

Frances Littlepage Arbuckle

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born on 11 Jul 1793; died in Dec 1801.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34836809; single sentence obit. Head & Shoulders engraved gravestone is barely legible. Inscription: "In Memory of Fanny Died December 1801 Aged 8 years", "Frances, dau. of William and Catherine"

22.

Robert McClanachan, III

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born in 1771; died in 1824.

Other Events and Attributes:

Civil: 19 Mar 1776, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; 19 Mar 1776Augusta Co, VARobert and Alexander McClenachan are appointed guardians for John McClenachan and Robert McClenachan, orphans of Robert McClenachan, deceased.
Civil: 16 Jun 1789, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; chose Alexander McClenachan as his guardian. Capt Alexander McLenachan served alongside Robert's father, Capt Robert McClenachan, at Point Pleasant
Residence: 1800, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Birth:
His father died in the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. He and his brother retained their surname and were raised by their mother and her 3rd husbabnd William Arbuckle

Died:
GRid=131172695.

Robert married Sarah (Sally) Abney on 4 Jul 1797. Sarah was born in 1769; died on 11 Sep 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

23.

John Burns McClanahan, Sr

(13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born in Dec 1774; died in Apr 1847.

Other Events and Attributes:

Civil: 19 Mar 1776, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Robert and Alexander McClenachan are appointed guardians for John McClenachan and Robert McClenachan, orphans of Robert McClenachan, deceased.
Residence: 1840, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
His father died in the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. He and his brother retained their surname and were raised by their mother and her 3rd husbabnd William Arbuckle

Died:
GRid=144264662, with bio. Unknown burial.

John married Lydia Burns on 23 May 1797. Lydia was born in 1774; died on 1 May 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

59. Michael Burns McClanahan was born on 24 Jul 1816; died on 12 Dec 1868.
60. Spicer C McClanahan was born in 1824; died in 1881.
61. William Madison McClanahan was born on 25 Aug 1812; died on 13 Oct 1869.
62. James McClanahan was born on 14 Mar 1798; died in 1873.
63. Mary Ann McLanahan was born on 18 Jan 1808; died in 1855.
64. John Burns McClanahan, Jr was born in 1814; died in 1908.
65. Catherine McClanahan was born in 1797; died in 1837.
66. Robert McClanahan was born in 1820.

24. John Poage (13.Catherine³, 2.Humphrey², 1.Joanna¹) was born in 1776; died in 1777.