Frances (Madison) Hite (1727 - 1776)

Born 6 Mar 1727 in Montpelier, Spotsylvania County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Tavener Beale I — married 1741 (to 29 Oct 1756) in , Orange County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Wife of Jacob Hite — married 15 Dec 1760 (to 1 Jul 1776) in Orange, Orange County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1776 at age 49 in , Greenville County, South Carolina

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Biography

Frances Madison Beale Hite was born 6 Mar 1726 and died 9 Aug 1776.^[1]. She is the daughter of Ambrose Madison and Frances Taylor.

Frances Madison wed first Taverner Beale and second Jacob Hite^[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. p. 135.

See also:

• Thomas Kemp Cartmell, Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908 Joist Hite, The Pioneer Ch. XLVII, pp. 252-269. (Google eBook). Eddy Press Corporation, 1909 - Berkeley County (W. Va.)

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

• Ancestry Family Trees Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.