Eleanor Rose “Nellie” Conway

• BIRTH 9 Jan 1731 Port Conway, King George County, Virginia, USA
• DEATH 11 Feb 1829 (aged 98) Orange County, Virginia, USA
• BURIAL Montpelier Estate National Historic Site Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia,

Eleanor "Nellie" Rose Conway was the daughter of Francis Conway & Rebecca Catlett. She married Col. James Madison Sr. in Port Conway, King William, VA, on 15 Sep 1749. She died and is buried at Montpelier with her husband. They were the parents of President James Madison.

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Biography

From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1450552&id=I17257

• Eleanor Rose CONWAY
• Sex: F
• Birth: 9 JAN 1730/31 in Port Conway, Prince George Co., VA
• Death: 11 FEB 1829 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA 1
• Reference Number: 17257
• Father: Francis CONWAY b: 15 SEP 1696 in Richmond Co., VA
• Mother: Rebecca CATLETT b: 1702

Marriage

1. James MADISON b: 27 MAR 1723 in Port Conway, Prince George Co., VA Married: 15 SEP 1749 in Port Conway, Prince George Co., VA

Their children

• 1. James MADISON b: 16 MAR 1750/51 in Port Conway, Prince George Co., VA
• 2. Frances MADISON b: 18 JAN 1753 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 3. Ambrose MADISON b: 27 JAN 1755 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 4. Catlett MADISON b: 10 FEB 1758 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 5. Nellie Conway MADISON b: 14 FEB 1760 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 6. William Taylor MADISON b: 5 MAY 1762 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 7. Sarah MADISON b: 17 AUG 1764 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 8. Elizabeth MADISON b: 19 SEP 1768 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 9. Reuben MADISON b: 19 SEP 1771 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA
• 10. Frances Taylor MADISON b: 4 OCT 1774 in "Montpelier", Orange Co., VA

References

• 1. Obit, "Virginia Advocate" (Albemarle Co., VA), 2/21/1840
• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=9339+james+madison&ahnum=3
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8358779/eleanor-rose-madison