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Eleanor "Nelly" Rose Madison (née Conway; January 9, 1731 – February 11, 1829) was a prominent Virginia socialite and planter who was the mother of James Madison Jr., the 4th president of the United States and Lieutenant General William Taylor Madison.
Brief Life History of Eleanor Conway. When Eleanor Conway Madison was born on 14 February 1760, in Montpelier Station, Orange, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Col James Madison, was 36 and her mother, Eleanor Rose Conway, was 29. She married Isaac Hite Jr. on 2 February 1783, in Montpelier Station, Orange, Virginia, United States.
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- Isaac Hite Jr.
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.
- The Founding of Montpelier
- The Enslaved Population at Montpelier
- Sale and Family Separation
People enslaved by Ambrose Madison, James Madison’s grandfather, began clearing the land for the plantation that became known as Montpelier around 1725. Ambrose Madison’s father-in-law, Colonel James Taylor, acquired the property on what had been Manahoac and Monacanland near the Southwest Mountains in what is now Orange County during a period of w...
There is no complete inventory of enslaved people at Mount Pleasant or Montpelier for any year except 1732, because most of the records concerning people enslaved at Montpelier were lost or destroyed. However, through the remaining account books, tax records, letters, deeds of sale, wills, receipts, and journals, along with a robust archaeology pro...
James and Dolley Madison tried to avoid selling enslaved people and separating families as much as possible, to the point of selling land from the 3,000-acre plantation to pay off debt. However, the early 1800s were a period of dramatically declining profitability for many large Virginia plantations, and Montpelier was no exception. As their financ...
They are Eleanor Conway Madison and James Madison, Sr. A smaller replica portrait of Thomas Jefferson hangs over the hallway door. Jefferson was vice-president of the United States then. Two of the seven paintings are missing. They were of Isaac's daughter and sister-in-law. Isaac's daughter Nelly Conway Hite would have been 9 years old in 1799.
25 de jan. de 2022 · Eleanor Conway Madison was the wife of James Madison, the fourth U.S. president and the author of the Federalist Papers. She lived at Montpelier, the Orange County home of his father, from 1797 to 1829. She helped him expand and improve the house, and she died there in 1829. Learn more about her life and legacy at Montpelier from this article by archaeologists.
Eleanor Conway (Madison) Hite (1760 - 1802) Eleanor Conway (Madison) Hite. (1760 - 1802) Eleanor Conway (Nelly) Hite formerly Madison. Born 14 Feb 1760 in Montpellier, Orange County, Virginia. Ancestors. Daughter of James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison. Sister of James Madison Jr., Francis Madison, Ambrose Madison, Catlett ...
