The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914/James Madison
James Madison  Also in this chapter … Dorothy, wife James
Madison, fourth president of the United States, born in Port
Conway, Va., March 16, 1751; died at Montpelier, Orange County,
Va., June 28, 1836. His earliest paternal ancestor in Virginia
seems to have been John Madison, who, in 1653, took out a patent
for land between the North and York rivers on Chesapeake bay.
There was a Capt. Isaac Madison in Virginia in 1623–'5, but his
relationship to John Madison is matter of doubt. John's son,
named also John, was father of Ambrose Madison, who married,
August 24, 1721, Frances, daughter of James Taylor, of Orange
County, Va. Frances had four brothers, one of whom, Zachary, was
grandfather of Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United
States. The eldest child of Ambrose and Frances was James
Madison, born March 27, 1723, who married, September 15, 1749,
Nelly Conway, of Port Conway. The eldest child of James and
Nelly was James, the subject of t