Eleanor Rose Conway

1731 - 1829  (98 years)

• Name	Eleanor Rose Conway
  Born	9 Jan 1731	Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Feb 1829	Orange County, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I2926	My Family Tree | McGee-Christensen
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Francis Conway,   b. 1696, Richmond County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1733, Virginia, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Catlett,   b. 1707, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1760, Virginia, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Bef 1722  [1]
  Family ID	F1115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Madison,   b. 27 Mar 1723, Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1801, Orange County, Virginia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1749	Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA
  	James Madison, Sr. was a prominent Virginia planter, who served as a colonel in the militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia. James eventually acquired more property totally over 5,000 acres and became the largest landowner in the county. He was father to U.S. President James Madison, who inherited what he called Montpelier.
  Children	+ 1. Mollie Madison,   b. Abt 1750, Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James Madison, Jr.,   b. 16 Mar 1751, Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA ,   d. 28 Jun 1836, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  (Age 85 years)   3. Francis Madison,   b. 18 Jun 1753, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 20 Jul 1843, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  (Age 90 years)   4. Ambrose Madison,   b. 27 Jan 1755, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Oct 1793, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  (Age 38 years)   5. Catlett Madison,   b. 10 Feb 1758, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 18 Mar 1758, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  (Age 0 years)   6. Nelly Conway Madison,   b. 14 Feb 1760, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 24 Dec 1802, Virginia, USA  (Age 42 years)   7. William Taylor Madison,   b. 5 May 1762, Woodberry Forest, Madison, Virginia, USA ,   d. 20 Jul 1843, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  (Age 81 years)   8. Sarah Catlett Madison,   b. 17 Aug 1764, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 Oct 1843, Orange County, Virginia, USA  (Age 79 years)   9. Elizabeth Madison,   b. 19 Feb 1768, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 May 1775, Washington City, District of Columbia, USA  (Age 7 years)   10. Reubin Madison,   b. 19 Sep 1771, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 May 1775, Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F1111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Jan 1731 - Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA Married - 13 Sep 1749 - Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA Died - 11 Feb 1829 - Orange County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Eleanor "Nelly" Rose Conway by Charles Peale Polke, 1799 See http://www.bellegrove.org/

  
  

  Headstones

  Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway Madison gravesite Eleanor "Nellie" Rose Conway was the daughter of Francis Conway & Rebecca Catlett. She married Col. James Madison Sr.(See his grave for their children) in Port Conway, King William, VA, on 15 Sep 1749. She died and is buried at Montpelier with her husband. . Find A Grave Memorial# 8358779

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Marriages of Richmond County, VA 1668-1853, King, George Harrison Sanford, (Fellow American Society of Genealogists, Fredericksburg, VA, 1964), 248 (Reliability: 3).