James Madison, Sr. (
Orange CountyOrange County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 25,881. Its county seat is Orange.-History:...
,
VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
, March 27, 1723 –
MontpelierMontpelier was the estate of James Madison, fourth President of the United States. It is four miles south of Orange, Virginia, and covers some .-History:...
, Orange County, Virginia, February 27, 1801) was the owner of a tobacco plantation in
Orange County, VirginiaOrange County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 25,881. Its county seat is Orange.-History:...
. He was the son of
Ambrose MadisonAmbrose Madison married Frances Taylor in 1721, and he was the father of James Madison, Sr. and the grandfather of U.S. President James Madison. His father was John Madison, and his mother was Isabella Minor Todd...
and wife Frances Taylor, and the father of President
James MadisonJames Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States , and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
. During the
American RevolutionThe American Revolution is the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America at first rejected the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later the British monarchy itself, to become the sovereign United States of...
, Madison served as chairman of the Orange County
Committee of SafetyMany Committees of Safety were established throughout Colonial America at the start of the American Revolution. These committees started to appear in the 1760s as means to discuss the concerns of the time, and often consisted of every male adult in the community...
and was a colonel in the
Virginia militiaThe Virginia militia is an armed force composed of all citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia capable of bearing arms. The Virginia militia was established in 1607 as part of the British militia system. Militia service in Virginia was compulsory for all free males...
.
James Madison, Sr. (
Orange CountyOrange County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 25,881. Its county seat is Orange.-History:...
,
VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
, March 27, 1723 –
MontpelierMontpelier was the estate of James Madison, fourth President of the United States. It is four miles south of Orange, Virginia, and covers some .-History:...
, Orange County, Virginia, February 27, 1801) was the owner of a tobacco plantation in
Orange County, VirginiaOrange County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 25,881. Its county seat is Orange.-History:...
. He was the son of
Ambrose MadisonAmbrose Madison married Frances Taylor in 1721, and he was the father of James Madison, Sr. and the grandfather of U.S. President James Madison. His father was John Madison, and his mother was Isabella Minor Todd...
and wife Frances Taylor, and the father of President
James MadisonJames Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States , and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
. During the
American RevolutionThe American Revolution is the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America at first rejected the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later the British monarchy itself, to become the sovereign United States of...
, Madison served as chairman of the Orange County
Committee of SafetyMany Committees of Safety were established throughout Colonial America at the start of the American Revolution. These committees started to appear in the 1760s as means to discuss the concerns of the time, and often consisted of every male adult in the community...
and was a colonel in the
Virginia militiaThe Virginia militia is an armed force composed of all citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia capable of bearing arms. The Virginia militia was established in 1607 as part of the British militia system. Militia service in Virginia was compulsory for all free males...
.
He married Eleanor Rose Conway (
Port ConwayPort Conway is an unincorporated community on the north side of the Rappahannock River in King George County, in the Northern Neck of Virginia, in the United States...
,
Caroline CountyCaroline County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 22,121. Its county seat is Bowling Green...
, Virginia, January 9, 1731 – Montpelier,
Orange CountyOrange County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 25,881. Its county seat is Orange.-History:...
, Virginia, February 11, 1829) and they had twelve children:
- James Madison
James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States , and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
(1751–1836)
- Francis Taylor Madison (June 18, 1753–1800)
- Ambrose Madison (January 27, 1755–October 1793); married Mary Willis Lee (27 May 1755-14 March 1798), daughter of Hancock Lee II & Mary Willis
- Catlett Madison (February 10, 1758–March 18, 1758)
- Nelly Conway Madison (February 14, 1760–December 24, 1802)
- William Taylor Madison (May 5, 1762–July 20, 1843)
- Sarah Catlett Madison (August 17, 1764–1843)
- unnamed child (1766–1766)
- Elizabeth Madison (February 6, 1768–May 1775)
- unnamed child (1770–1770)
- Reuben Madison (September 19, 1771–May 17, 1775)
- Frances Taylor Madison (October 4, 1774–October 1823)