Ancestry of
James Madison

4th U.S. President

Ambrose Madison

View famous kin of Ambrose Madison

• • Grandfather of James Madison — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • John Madison Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Isabella Todd   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jan 1696 
  • Birth Location:
  • Orange County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Aug 1732 
  • Death Location:
  • Montpelier Plantation, Orange Co., Virginia  
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Montpelier Plantation, Orange Co., Virginia  
  • Spouse Name:
  • Frances Taylor
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Aug 1721 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  James Madison (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 
  • Killed by three angry slaves who poisoned him in his sleep. He died on his estate which would later be known as Montpelier.

• Sources for Ambrose Madison

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2012).
  • ² Casey, Albert Eugene, Southern Taylor Families, 1607-1830, Birmingham, Alabama: Published and bound privately for the Amite County Historical Fund (1958), 133.
  • ³ Meade, Bishop, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Vol. II, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. (1857), 97.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 513.
  • ⁵ Tyler, Lyon G., ed., William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 09, Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson (1901), 38-39.
  • ⁶ Watson, Annah Robinson, Of Sceptred Race, Memphis, TN: Early Printing and Publishing Company (1910), 164.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Ambrose Madison", (accessed 12/19/2011).