Ambrose Madison married Frances Taylor in 1721, and he was the father of James Madison, Sr.

James Madison, Sr.

James Madison, Sr. was a prominent Virginia planter and the owner of Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia. He was father to U.S. President James Madison who also owned and lived at Montpelier.-Biography:James Madison, Sr, was the son of Ambrose Madison and his wife...

 and the grandfather of U.S. President James Madison

James Madison

James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...

. His father was John Madison, and his mother was Isabella Minor Todd. Ambrose was born in 1696 in Orange County, Virginia

Orange County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,881 people, 10,150 households, and 7,470 families residing in the county. The population density was 76 people per square mile . There were 11,354 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...

, and died there on August 27, 1732.

Ambrose and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew received 4675 acres (18.9 km²) of land in a Virginia land grant in 1723, which they named Mount Pleasant. By the 1750s, it was referred to as "Home House", but by 1780 it was called Montpelier

Montpelier (James Madison)

Montpelier was a large tobacco plantation and estate of the prominent Madison family of Virginia planters, including James Madison, fourth President of the United States. The manor house of Montpelier is four miles south of Orange, Virginia, and the estate currently covers some...

, now famous as the home of President James Madison. Ambrose Madison was killed in 1732 after three angry slaves sneaked into his house and poisoned him in his sleep.

External links

• Madison Biography
• http://www.ericjames.org/html/fam/fam31836.htm