The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

will be Madison, as being SO Intimately
connected With thntsof Taylor.
5s Can tho Madison family trace their
lineage to royalty Il seems doubtful.
Bishor, Meadc glvea the family from tho
einig,stbt, Joht, Madison. WHO cainc over
and settled In Gloucester county. 1863,
the sixth year OF Charles IL Richard
Eennett being Governor and Captain
Urncrai OF The Colony, and there drops
them; hut from further resehtcli aH givorl
ID tho Virginia !. Historical Society by
Mr.. Wyridhnnt Robinson In 1885, II aeeins
that among the first colG,ilsts who car,te
IN 1929, There was a. Captain Isaac Mad
ison who landed at Jamestown juat
seventeen, years after that event; THIS
cal with tho Captain Madyson," Who
fought tho 'Salvnges In the year 1924,
NJ mentioned Ivy; Captain John Smith.
and IT IL presumed by many that this
was Tho real progcni tor OF the family IN
Virginia.. The name Itself originated,
time or Richard III, from the occupation
OF n dyer In .1nndder. as john the Mad
,ieriinali: set i,cr we have John Madder-4
son: and finally. about the time Of ed
ward i. It became Madison. OF tile Eng
lish dcscent Of the family we can gain
no trace m IA IN sssa n. & g;5s1i "a 5,{
NJ From an original account Of HIS fai,,i-
". writer, by President Madison. no.
or Tho family are $belieyed, for the most
part, * not altogether. Of l3ngllsl, do
scent In both the pntarnnl and mater
nal &ttne ~ ancestry they were planters
ana among The respectable. though not
tho most op,ilent ella 3d. KS fetS all reports
agree that they " ere a lea rned and most ~,
family. botllin England and III
tile carly Virginia colony, they being
marked BY great oratorleal powers, MI
were brought: out by the nHnnts OF tho
Revolution. ~ ssts 5544i & 88 ~
Rs we viii nov, give tho Virginia limo %
descent An gncnriy In ord ei \ OF ht ~. ~;
possible, though not BEGINNING W ~ ting
supposed Captain 1saac Mady on 'ss.5
b John Madison settled .,between ts,a.,
North and York rivers. In IF Gloucester
county near Col. n Ia yior' s crnek tscn A
Bishop Meade, p. p6) lis wife IN ne me Isl
not known. He had one son. 1oht1. land
probably 0thersl ]. VIII o was til g Ia thers OF
Ambrose Madison, who married Frances
Taylor August ~ She. nH has Al *
ready been shpw,, In. the Ia yloI's tcles
Sof tho 10th, was the daiig glitter 0f ames:
TIA ylorg and sister of Erasmus 81 ia slor+
I Bio died October .. 1851. From them
was James NJ addison, III born March
81. 1 723. who moved To-. g re count
and built tile lrst Mont ,e Ter man Sion. 9:
much amalIcr building Than the present
one, but being the first brick house In
the county. wnH considered very grand,
Cot aines Madison married ely
4 Conway sepicm Der! Is i. l 749. Size Col,-S;
way article. She was the daughter OF
Frances Conway. Of Port. Royal W wa
the son uf Col Edwin Conway and Eliza Y
beth Thompson OF whom we llayc3 n
ready spoken. She was ~ alWay VS. allied:
mother Madison a. and was most lightly
revered by the many $yisit tors toi Mont
pelicr to see her illnstrioiis son. In y HON
she was very proud She lived 70 1. y
good Old age & "a \, and rs buried In the
family cemetery at Afontnelie Ter. 81 e was
confirmed by Bishop n GORE In 81 81
though a. communicate since she. was 90
sslt BY the marriages OF Coll James 3Madi-
son, ST., and n ely Conway. were twelve
children, eight sons and y four daug hters,
as follows ~. VI, q
First. James Madison. II. born al Port
Conway VI King George rounty, March o..
i1751, his mother being tllere on visit
to her ia rents III was hap ised Il on
the 3lst az March ~ iI ROY Il VIM. Davis.
the godfathcrB. being Mr.. dino M GORE and
Jonathan Gibson; . godnothefA, N II: Re-
fbecca Nfoorcian Misses Judit I'll mn Eliza
E beth Catlett H III
Second. Frances Madison born June
is, 1853; baptised by REV. Nfencso Mar
shall OF, July$1stS godfatl,crs being sTaver-
ner Bealc and ERASMUS ylor:; god n
motlers, Miss Mill traylo and NJ Mrs.
Frances b 4 as s!9s
rs Third. Ambrose Madison. born January
u. 1866 / buptised by Rev. ftncgo D N r.
shall March Cd godfa thers I. 4 ~ nlesf
Coleman and col. George Il Ilor;;sf god VI
mothers, i. Mrs. Jano Ia ytor5 ND s Miss
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