John Madison, Jr.: Robin's Roots Test

1640 - 1705 (65 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

John Madison, Jr. was born in 1640; died in 1705.

Other Events and Attributes:

Birth: 1658
Death: Mar 1725

John married Isabella Minor Todd in 1690. Isabella was born in 1663; died in 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. Thomas Madison was born in 1698; died on 20 Jan 1754.
3. Elizabeth Madison was born about 1690.
4. Catherine Madison was born in 1693; died in 1760.
5. Eleanor Madison was born in 1700; died in 1751.
6. Ambrose Madison was born in 1693; died on 27 Aug 1732.
7. John Madison, III was born about 1680; died about 1720.

Generation: 2

Thomas Madison

(1.John¹) was born in 1698; died on 20 Jan 1754.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Some say Caroline Co

Family/Spouse: Joanna Buckner. Joanna was born in 1698; died on 13 Apr 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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

3. Elizabeth Madison (1.John¹) was born about 1690.

Catherine Madison

(1.John¹) was born in 1693; died in 1760.

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

Children:

19. William Gaines was born in 1710; died in 1780.

5. Eleanor Madison (1.John¹) was born in 1700; died in 1751.

Ambrose Madison

(1.John¹) was born in 1693; died on 27 Aug 1732.

Notes:

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

Died:
Poisoned by slaves

Ambrose married Frances Taylor on 29 Aug 1721. Frances was born on 30 Aug 1700; died on 25 Nov 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

20. James Madison, Sr was born on 27 Mar 1723; died on 27 Feb 1801.
21. John Madison was born in 1720; died in Mar 1784.
22. Frances Madison was born on 6 Mar 1725/26; died in 1776.
23. Elizabeth Madison was born on 14 Jun 1725; died on 6 Jan 1773.

7. John Madison, III (1.John¹) was born about 1680; died about 1720.

Generation: 3

Humphrey Madison

(2.Thomas², 1.John¹) 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:

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

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

9. Ambrose Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born on 11 Mar 1724.

10.

John Madison

(2.Thomas², 1.John¹) 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]

11.
Jane Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born on 11 Feb 1726; died on 24 Oct 1767.
Other Events and Attributes:
Death: 1767, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
12.
Ann Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born on 31 Jul 1733.
Other Events and Attributes:
Birth: 1733, Caroline County, Virginia, USA

Death: 1819
13.
Sarah Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born in Feb 1735; died on 31 Oct 1801.
Other Events and Attributes:
Death: 1801, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
14.
Mary Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born on 15 May 1738; died in 1800.
Other Events and Attributes:
Birth: 1738, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
15. Elizabeth Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born in 1747; died in 1806.
16. George Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born in 1740; died in 1785.
17. James Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born in 1723; died in 1801.
18. Roger Madison (2.Thomas², 1.John¹) was born in 1744; died in 1768.
19. William Gaines (4.Catherine², 1.John¹) was born in 1710; died in 1780.

20.

James Madison, Sr

(6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 27 Mar 1723; died on 27 Feb 1801.

Notes:

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

Buried:
GrID=8358563

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Rose (Nelly) Conway. Eleanor was born on 9 Jan 1731; died on 11 Feb 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

25. Mollie Madison was born in 1750; died in 1777.
26. James Madison was born on 16 Mar 1751; died on 28 Jun 1836.
27. Francis Madison was born on 18 Jun 1753; died on 5 Apr 1800.
28. Ambrose Madison, Sr was born on 27 Jan 1755; died on 3 Oct 1793.
29. Catlett Madison was born on 10 Feb 1758; died on 18 Mar 1758.
30. William Taylor Madison was born on 1 May 1762; died on 19 Jul 1843.

21.
John Madison (6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born in 1720; died in Mar 1784.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 18 Nov 1773, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA

22.

Frances Madison

(6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 6 Mar 1725/26; died in 1776.

Notes:

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

Frances married Jacob Hite on 15 Dec 1760. Jacob was born in 1719; died on 1 Jul 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

31. George Hite was born in 1761; died on 14 Dec 1816.
32. Eleanor Hite was born about 1760; died in unknown.
33. Susan Hite was born about 1762; died in unknown.

Frances married Tavener Beale, Sr about 1743. Tavener was born in 1713; died in 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

23. Elizabeth Madison (6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 14 Jun 1725; died on 6 Jan 1773.

Generation: 4

24.

Catherine Madison

(8.Humphrey³, 2.Thomas², 1.John¹) 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:

34. Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle was born on 4 Apr 1784; died on 13 Sep 1847.
35. Jane Madison Arbuckle was born on 2 Apr 1780; died in Sep 1826.
36. Margaret Thompson Arbuckle was born on 26 Mar 1782; died after 21 Jan 1835.
37. Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle was born on 11 Jul 1793; died on 16 Oct 1859.
38. Elizabeth Arbuckle was born on 15 Jul 1790; died on 29 Jul 1861.
39. William Arbuckle, Jr. was born on 26 Nov 1788; died in 1805.
40. Nancy Arbuckle was born on 8 Sep 1796; died on 21 Dec 1801.
41. 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:

42. Robert McClanachan, III was born in 1771; died in 1824.
43. 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:

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

25.

Mollie Madison

(20.James³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born in 1750; died in 1777.

Family/Spouse: William Davis. William was born in 1739; died in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

45. John Davis was born in 1770; died in 1832.

26.

James Madison

(20.James³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 16 Mar 1751; died on 28 Jun 1836.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Buried:
GrID=661;

James married Dorothea Dolley Payne on 15 Apr 1794. Dorothea was born on 20 May 1768; died on 12 Jul 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

27.	Francis Madison (20.James³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 18 Jun 1753; died on 5 Apr 1800. Francis married Susanna Bell on 9 Oct 1772. Susanna was born in 1757; died in 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

28.	Ambrose Madison, Sr (20.James³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 27 Jan 1755; died on 3 Oct 1793. Notes: Birth: (The president's brother) Ambrose married Mary Willis Lee on 11 Nov 1779. Mary was born on 27 Jan 1757; died on 14 Mar 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

29. Catlett Madison (20.James³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 10 Feb 1758; died on 18 Mar 1758.

30.

William Taylor Madison

(20.James³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born on 1 May 1762; died on 19 Jul 1843.

William married Frances Throckorton in 1783. Frances was born on 24 Feb 1765; died on 20 Aug 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

46. Ambrose Madison was born on 12 Mar 1796; died on 26 Dec 1855.

31.	George Hite (22.Frances³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born in 1761; died on 14 Dec 1816. Notes: Birth: Was at school at College of William and Mary in Williamsburg when his sisters and parents were killed (and/or kidnapped) in South Carolina on July 1, 1776

32.

Eleanor Hite

(22.Frances³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born about 1760; died in unknown.

Notes:

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

33.	Susan Hite (22.Frances³, 6.Ambrose², 1.John¹) was born about 1762; died in unknown. Notes: Died: Along with her sister, Eleanor, Susan was kidnapped or killed in an attack by Cherokees that killed her parents. No traces of her were ever found.