[15896] Grandmother of U.S. President William Henry Harrison and greatgrandmother of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison
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*Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library Research Report Series
_William Henderson _____________+ | (1518 - 1547) m 1543 _James Henderson ____|_Elizabeth Scott _______________ | (1544 - 1610) m 1564 (1519 - ....) _John Henderson, Sir _| | (1565 - 1618) m 1588 | | | _William Murray of Tullibardine_+ | | | (.... - 1562) m 1538 | |_Jean Murray ________|_Katherine Campbell ____________ | m 1564 _John Henderson Sir__| | (1600 - 1650) m 1625| | | ________________________________ | | | | | _____________________|________________________________ | | | | |_Agnes Balfour _______| | (1568 - ....) m 1588 | | | ________________________________ | | | | |_____________________|________________________________ | | |--Margaret Henderson | | ________________________________ | | | _____________________|________________________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | ________________________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|________________________________ | | |_Margaret Monteith __| (1611 - 1653) m 1625| | ________________________________ | | | _____________________|________________________________ | | |______________________| | | ________________________________ | | |_____________________|________________________________
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Margaret married firstly, 9 June 1653, Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie, 3rd Bt.
(See Burke's Peerage). He dsp ante 16 May 1654. She married secondly, Peter 24
Hay of Mauchten, and had issue
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Dolley Payne Todd Madison
For half a century she was the most important woman in the social circles of America. To this day she remains one of the best known and best loved ladies of the White House--though often referred to, mistakenly, as Dorothy or Dorothea.
She always called herself Dolley, and by that name the New Garden Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, in Piedmont, North Carolina, recorded her birth to John and Mary Coles Payne, settlers from Virginia. In 1769 John Payne took his family back to his home colony, and in 1783 he moved them to Philadelphia, city of the Quakers. Dolley grew up in the strict discipline of the Society, but nothing muted her happy personality and her warm heart.
John Todd, Jr., a lawyer, exchanged marriage vows with Dolley in 1790. Just three years later he died in a yellow- fever epidemic, leaving his wife with a small son.
By this time Philadelphia had become the capital city. With her charm and her laughing blue eyes, fair skin, and black curls, the young widow attracted distinguished attention. Before long Dolley was reporting to her best friend that "the great little Madison has asked...to see me this evening."
Although Representative James Madison of Virginia was 17 years her senior, and Episcopalian in background, they were married in September 1794. The marriage, though childless, was notably happy; "our hearts understand each other," she assured him. He could even be patient with Dolley's son, Payne, who mishandled his own affairs--and, eventually, mismanaged Madison's estate.
Discarding the somber Quaker dress after her second marriage, Dolley chose the finest of fashions. Margaret Bayard Smith, chronicler of early Washington social life, wrote: "She looked a Queen...It would be absolutely impossible for any one to behave with more perfect propriety than she did."
Blessed with a desire to please and a willingness to be pleased, Dolley made her home the center of society when Madison began, in 1801, his eight years as Jefferson's Secretary of State. She assisted at the White House when the President asked her help in receiving ladies, and presided at the first inaugural ball in Washington when her husband became Chief Executive in 1809.
Dolley's social graces made her famous. Her political acumen, prized by her husband, is less renowned, though her gracious tact smoothed many a quarrel. Hostile statesmen, difficult envoys from Spain or Tunisia, warrior chiefs from the west, flustered youngsters--she always welcomed everyone. Forced to flee from the White House by a British army during the War of 1812, she returned to find the mansion in ruins. Undaunted by temporary quarters, she entertained as skillfully as ever.
At their plantation Montpelier in Virginia, the Madisons lived in pleasant retirement until he died in 1836. She returned to the capital inthe autumn of 1837, and friends found tactful ways to supplement her diminished income. She remained in Washington until her death in 1849, honored and loved by all. The delightful personality of this unusual woman is a cherished part of her country's history.
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_____________________ | _John W. Wheeler __________|_____________________ | _William Albert Wheeler _| | (1852 - 1925) m 1877 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Isabelle Wolfe ___________|_____________________ | _Donald M. Estep Wheeler _| | (1894 - 1918) m 1917 | | | _Abraham Marshall ___+ | | | (1799 - 1836) | | _Henry Vanamrage Marshall _|_Ann Roberts ________ | | | (1828 - 1909) m 1857 (1807 - 1889) | |_Ella Cecilia Marshall __| | (1858 - 1944) m 1877 | | | _Joshua Jessop ______ | | | (1806 - 1869) | |_Amanda Comly Jessop ______|_Ann Comly Price ____ | (1835 - 1885) m 1857 (1806 - 1878) | |--Robert Theodore Wheeler | (1918 - ....) | _____________________ | | | ___________________________|_____________________ | | | _Harvey Richards ________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |___________________________|_____________________ | | |_Phoebe Lavinia Richards _| (1899 - ....) m 1917 | | _____________________ | | | ___________________________|_____________________ | | |_Sarah Bradshaw _________| | | _____________________ | | |___________________________|_____________________