General William Madison

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• Name: William Taylor Madison
• Alt. Birth: 1 May 1762; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: 5 May 1762; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 20 Jul 1843; Alt. Death

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He was a soldier of the Revolution as well as of the War of 1812. In the Revolution, he served as a lieutenant of Artillery in Whitehead Coleman's Company, Harrison's Regiment. As commander of militia after that war, he acquired the title of General and became known as, "General Madison".[Cheryl.FTW]

He was a general in militia during the war of 1812.

William married Frances Throckmorton in 1783 in Orange Co., Virginia. Frances was born on 28 Feb 1765; died in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rebecca Conway Madison was born on 31 Mar 1785 in Woodberry Forest, Madison, Virginia; died in 1860.
2. John Madison was born on 31 May 1787 in Orange Co., Virginia; died in 1819.
3. William Madison was born on 28 May 1789 in Orange Co., Virginia; died in 1812.
4. Alfred Madison was born on 12 Sep 1791 in Orange Co., Virginia; died in 1811.
5. Robert Lewis Madison was born on 4 Mar 1794 in Orange County; died in 1828.
6. Rebecca Conway Madison was born in 1795; and died.
7. Ambrose Madison was born in Mar 1796 in Woodberry Forest, Madison, Virginia; died in 1850.
8. James Edwin Madison was born on 28 May 1798 in Woodberry Forest, Madison, Virginia; died in 1821.
9. Lucy Frances Madison was born on 18 Aug 1800 in Woodberry Forest, Madison, Virginia; died in 1813.
10. Eliza Madison was born on 5 Oct 1802 in Woodberry Forest, Madison, Virginia; and died.
11. Letitia Madison was born in Mar 1804; and died.
12. Rubert Madison

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• Evidence 1: Letter Transcribed In Notes Of Ambrose Gilmore Madison
• Name: James Madison Col.
• Alt. Birth: 27 Mar 1723; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 27 Feb 1801; Alt. Death

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Colonel

James married Eleanor Rose Conway on 23 Sep 1749. Eleanor was born on 9 Jan 1731 in Virginia; died on 11 Feb 1829 in Montpelier Virginia; was buried in Montpelier Graveyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Eleanor "Nellie" Rose Conway
• Name: Nellie
• Alt. Birth: 9 Jan 1729; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: 1731, Virginia; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 11 Feb 1829, Virginia; Alt. Death
• Alt. Death: 11 Feb 1829; Alt. Death

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Following the death of her husband, she had continued to reside at Montpelier, making her home with her eldest son, James Madison (4th president of USA 1809-1817)

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• Alt. Birth: 1695; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 27 Aug 1732; Alt. Death

Ambrose married Frances Taylor on 24 Aug 1721 in Orange County, Virginia. Frances (daughter of James Taylor, II and Martha Thompson) was born on 30 Aug 1700 in Piedmont County, Orange.; died on 15 Nov 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 20 Jun 1700; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 25 Nov 1761; Alt. Death

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Great Aunt of Zachary Taylor of Mexican War Fame and who also became to twelfth president of USA in 1849

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See attached sources.

John married Isabella Minor Todd. Isabella was born in 1670 in Toddsbury, Gloucester, VA; died after 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ancestral File Number: 9JXJ-W5

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• Name: James Taylor
• Alt. Birth: 13 Mar 1673; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 23 Jan 1727; Alt. Death

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Col. Taylor was Colonel of Militia of King and Queen Co., Va. He was a member of "The Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe," under Gov. Spottswood's Expedition. He was Surveyor General of the Colony of Va.; Burgess, King and Queen Co., 1702-14; Justice of the Peace. He died at "Bloomsbury," Orange Co., Va., at the home which he built in 1720, on an estate of ten thousand acres. It is about four miles from Orange courthouse, and the house, which is still standing, is in good condition.

James married Martha Thompson on 23 Dec 1699 in Orange County, Virginia. Martha (daughter of Colonel William Thompson and Martha Montague) was born in 1679 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, U.K.; was christened in Blackwell Neck, Hanover, VA; died on 19 Nov 1762 in Greenfield, Orange, VA; was buried on 19 Nov 1762 in Taylor Cem, Rapidan, Orange Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1679; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 19 Nov 1762; Alt. Death

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