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MADISON, James

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1) James married Dorothea (Dolley) Payne on 15 Sep 1794 in Harewood, NrCharles Town, Virginia. (Dorothea (Dolley) Payne was born on 20 May 1768 in Guilford Co., North Carolina, died on 12 Jul 1849 in Washington D.C. and was buried in Montpelier, Orange Co., Virginia.) Ellen Elizabeth O'Neale married the nephew of James and Dorothea.

2) James was the Fourth President of the United States. His term was from March 1809 to 1817. He is also the cousin of the 12th president, Zachary Taylor. He connects two ways to President George Washington: EdwinConway (James' first cousin twice removed) married Ann Ball (half sister) of Mary Ball Washington, Mother of President George Washington. Also: Colonel Francis Thornton III (James' first cousin twice removed) married Francis Gregory, first cousin of President George Washington. Her mother Mildred Washington, is the sister of Augustine Washington. (Georges' Father.)

3) James Madison was born at Port Conway, Va. on March 16 1751. He later became the fourth President of the United States. However, Madison isalso known as the great participator in the writing of the Constitution of the United States. Moreover, he is also known to be in the Orange County Committee of Safety during the American Revolution. Two years later, Madison was elected to the Virginia convention that voted for independence and that drafted a constitution for the new state. In the debates on the constitution he successfully changed a clause guaranteeing religious toleration into a general statement of "liberty of conscience for all." During 1778 and 1779 he served on the council of state under governors Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.
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