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Elizabeth (Madison) Beale (1725 - 1773)

Elizabeth Beale formerly Madison aka Willis
Born in King and Queen, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of — married Sep 1740 in Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 47 in Orange, Orange, Virginiamap
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Biography

Elizabeth was born in was born 14 Jun 1725 and died 6 Jan 1773.[1] She is the daughter of Ambrose Madison and Frances Taylor.

Elizabeth Madison wed first john Willis and second Richard Beale. [2]

There is a letter from Edmund Pendleton, attorney (later Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Virginia) to James Madison (father of the President) dated January 15, 1762 that is lodged in the Gilder Lehrman Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of the New York Historical Society, item # GLC00099.017. "... I am of the opinion that on the marriage of one of the children of Mr. Ambrose Maddison the estate lent his wife til that time should have been divided according to the Act of Distributions, the law the testator refers to, that is one third of the slaves to the wife for life & one third of the personal estate as her absolute property. The other two thirds of the slaves descended to the son he paying his sisters each a third of the value thereof as appraised, and the two thirds of the personal estate was to be equally divided between all the children. At the death of the mother her slaves descended to the son without his paying anything for them. Then in my opinion the estate should have been divided, but it seems it was not for at the time appointed the mother took a fourth part only and the residue slaves as well as personal estate was equally divided between the three children and now the mother is dead intestate...."


Sources

  1. Sarah Catlett Madison Macon Bible, Madison Family Bible Records 1764-1871, The Virginia Historical Society, Mss6:4 M265:1. photocopy in Montpelier Archives.
  2. Côté. Richard N. Strength and Honor: the Life of Dolley Madison. Corinthian Books, 2005

See also:

  • Gilder Lehrman Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of the New York Historical Society, item # GLC00099.017.




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