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THE MADISON FAMILY,
Frances Taylor, eldest child and daughter of James Taylor, 2nd, and his wife, Martha Thompson, and sister of Col.George Taylor; married Ambrose Madison, of Orange Co. By him she had a number of children, the eldest of whom was Col.James Madison Sr., who married Eleanor Rose Conway, daughter of Mrs.Rebecca Conway (nee Catlett), who (R.C.) married 2nd, John Moore. James Madison Sr. and his wife, Eleanor Rose Conway, had several children:
1. James Jr., b.Mar.16,1751,-4th, President of the U.S.
2. Francis,
3. Ambrose, -called "Major," in diaries.
4. William, General.
5. Frances,
6. Sallie, married Feb.4,1790, Thomas Macon, of Hanover.
In the diaries, "Col. Madison Sr." was James Madison Sr. and "Col.Madison Jr," was James Madison Jr., afterwards President. Very often the "Sr." and "Jr." are left off in mentioning them. It is thus shown that the Madisons and Taylors were closely connected: Col.James Madison Sen'r was nephew of Col.George Taylor and the President was his great nephew, and second cousin of the diarist and his brothers. There was also another way in which the Erasmus Taylor family and the Madisons were related, as follows:
Rebecca Catlett married first, Francis Conway do married second, John Moore. By her first husband, she had Eleanor Rose Conway, the mother of President Madison. By her second husband she had Major William Moore, and Jane Moore. The latter married Erasmus Taylor. Jane Moore and Eleanor Rose Conway were half-sisters. President Madison was, therefore, nephe of Mrs.Erasmus Taylor, and he was also grand-nephew of her husband. A third relationship between the Madisons and Taylors also existed in that both families descended from the Catletts.
MAJOR WILLIAMMOORE,
whose name is met with on almost every page of the diaries, son of John Moore and Mrs. Rebecca Catlett Conway, brother of Mrs. Erasmus Taylor and half-brother of Eleanor Rose Conway, the mother of President Madison, was a man of high standing, wealth and influence; a magistrate, a lay reader of the Church of England, "Ebenezer," and a member of the Orange Co.Committee of Safety. His home was at "Church Run," in Orange Co., where Major Erasmus Taylor (now 1900 living) lived in 18966 His children were:
1. Mary (Polly), married March 22, 1796, Capt. Richard Barbour.
2. Frances Catlett, married Dec.22,1795, James Taylor, son of James, and grandson of Col.George Taylor.
3. Rebecca, married Feb.11,1782, Reuben Taylor, son of Col.George.
4. William,
5. John.
6. Robert.
7. Thomas.
Memo.--I think it possible that Rebecca Moore, above, who married Reuben Taylor, may have been sister of Major Moore
From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.