Ancestry of
James Madison

4th U.S. President

James Madison Jr.

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • James Madison 
  • Mother:
  • Eleanor Rose "Nelly" Conway   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Mar 1751 
  • Birth Location:
  • Belle Grove Plantation, Port Conway, King George, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Jun 1836 
  • Death Location:
  • Montpelier Plantation, Orange Co., Virginia  
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Montpelier Plantation, Orange Co., Virginia  
  • Notes: 

  • 4th President of the United States.

    Although James Madison's birthdate is listed as 16 MAR 1751, it was actually 05 MAR 1750/1 on the day he was born based on the Julian calendar. In 1752 the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar and 11 days were added to adjust for the discrepancy between the two calendars. Also, records of James Madison Sr. state that his son James Jr. was actually born at midnight between 05 and 06 MAR.

• Marriages for James Madison Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Dolley Payne
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Sep 1794
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harewood, near Charles Town, Berkeley Co., Virginia (now Jefferson Co., West Virginia)

• Sources for James Madison Jr.

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/19/2011).
  • ² King, George Harrison Sanford, Marriages of Richmond County, Virginia 1668-1853, Fredericksburg, Virginia: G.H.S. King (1964), 248.
  • ³ Meade, Bishop, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Vol. II, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. (1857), 97.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 314.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 513.
  • ⁶ Tyler, Lyon G., ed., William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 09, Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson (1901), 39.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "James Madison", (accessed 12/19/2011).