Daniel Parke
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Re: Bailey
| DickinsonRL (View posts) | Posted: 5 May 2008 6:55PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Parke, Bailey, Madison
My name is Randy Dickinson. My family and I are doing genealogical research on our line of the Dickinson's of Louisa Co., Va. My fourth maternal Great Grandfather was Ambrose Madison, originally from King William Co., Va. We are attempting to identify which Ambrose Madison he was and his relationship to other Madison's of King Wm. Co., but he is proving to be a rather elusive character, who has thus far been able to evade detection. We are hoping that you may be able to provide some assistance ..., or at least some helpful leads.
My third Great Grandmother was Ann Parkes Madison, who married my third Great Grandfather, William Dickinson, of Louisa Co. in 1809. Her father was Ambrose Madison.
Ambrose Madison relocated from King William Co. to Louisa Co. in 1801 with his wife, Martha "Patsey" Duke. They lived there for the next 18 years, before moving on with their family to Montgomery Co., Tn., in 1819, and later to Todd Co., Ky., where he died in 1844.
(A King Wm. Co. deed dated Jan. 1801 has Ambrose Madison and "Patsey", his wife and Reuben Smith selling 275 acres to Dr. John Smith.)
Ambrose Madison and his wife, Martha "Patsey" Duke, had four children ..., John Albert, Mortimer Burnley, Richard Hardin, and Elizabeth Helen Madison. You will note that Ann Parkes Madison is not listed among these children.
... so, where, you may be asking, does Ann Parkes Madison fit into the family portrait ..., and what does any of this have to do with the Bailey Family? The simple answer to those questions is that Ambrose Madison appears to have been previously married before his marriage to Martha "Patsey" Duke, with a separate family from the earlier marriage ..., and we have some reason to believe that his first wife may have been a Bailey daughter.
There were four children, including my third Great Grandmother, Ann Parkes Madison, from Ambrose Madison's first marriage. The remaining children were a son, Parkes B. (Bailey???), and daughters Eliza C. and Cynthia. Parkes B. (Bailey???) died in 1810, Eliza C. married Lewis Nuckolls in 1815, and virtually nothing is known of Cynthia. Further, my Great Great Grandfather, son of Wiliiam Dickinson and Ann Parkes Madison, was Parkes Madison Dickinson.
The name "Parke(s)", used as a given and/or middle name, struck us as rather unusual. It seemed, therefore, that it must surely have been a family name that entered the Madison line from somewhere ..., but we had no clue about where it may have come from.
As we began to focus our research on the "Parke(s)" name, we inadvertently stumbled upon a deed of 25 acres in King William Co. from John Madison to Parke Bailey dated 1790/91. John Madison was Ambrose Madison's brother (their father was Henry Madison).
(In 1797 Ambrose Madison and "Betsey", his wife deeded 25 acres to John Powers. Ambrose and his first wife's last child, Cynthia, would most likely have been born sometime between 1795 and 1797.)
That little find was the first evidence we had seen to date of any direct association between any member of the Madison family and the Parke(s) name, and it rather brought about a shift in our focus. We have since been looking for information on the Bailey Family.
As I began looking into the Bailey Family background, I discovered two Parke Bailey's. One born to John and Anne (Parkes???) Bailey in about 1724/25, the other born to Edward and Mary Bailey in 1773. These people lived in New Kent Co., portions of which eventually became King Wm. Co.
(The Lipscomb's were another prominent King Wm. Co. family, and were closely associated with the Madison's. Indeed, the two families intermarried, resulting eventually in a son named Madison Lipscomb. Madison Lipscomb had, among his other children, a son named Conway O. Lipscomb. There exists a deed from 1813 showing Conway O. Lipscomb owning 25 acres through marriage. His wife was Sarah Parkes Bailey, daughter of Parke Bailey.)
While poking around on the internet, we ran across material on the family of Richard Peyton Bailey, son of James Bailey, Sr., and Lucy Simms. We note that Richard and his wife, Annie Belcher, had, among their other children, sons John P. and Henry Bailey. John P. had son James Madison Bailey. Henry had son Madison Bailey. Finally, James Madison Bailey had, in his turn, son John Madison Bailey.
While it is certainly true that many people during the early years of our Nation named their children out of respect after the President's, it is significant, I think, that, according to this material material, James Madison Bailey was born in 1800 ..., nine years before James Madison became President. Further, it appears he named his son, John Madison Bailey, born in 1826, long after the Presidential term of James Madison ...
..., so why James before Jas. Madison had become President ... and John after Jas. Madison's term in Office had ended???
Lastly, in a book entitled Sketches and Genealogy of the Bailey, Cradock, and Lawson Families of Virginia and North Carolina, published in 1974 by Betsey Lawson Willis and Martha Barksdale Cradock, we ran across the name of a Frances Madison Bailey, b. 1817. She married in 1835 a Reuben Charles Traynam, b. 1800.
It seems to us that there are simply too many apparent associations here for them to simply be the result of mere coincidence. The trouble we're having is finding the key to bring them all together in order to identify just exactly who Ambrose Madison' first wife, the mother of my third Great Grandmother, Ann Parkes Madison, might have been.
Do you have any knowledge of any members of the Bailey Family of King William/New Kent Co.'s? Do you have further information on the Bailey's of any of the surrounding counties that might shed some light on our search? Do you have any knowledge of any associations between the Bailey and Parke(s) Families? Do you have any knowledge of either of the two Parke Bailey's? Do you have any knowledge of any relationship between the Bailey's and the Madison's? What was the origin of the usage of the Madison name among the Bailey's? Any information you are able to provide would be helpful and will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Randy Dickinson
120 Wineberry Ln.
Ballston Spa, N.Y. 12020
(518) 899-3302
My third Great Grandmother was Ann Parkes Madison, who married my third Great Grandfather, William Dickinson, of Louisa Co. in 1809. Her father was Ambrose Madison.
Ambrose Madison relocated from King William Co. to Louisa Co. in 1801 with his wife, Martha "Patsey" Duke. They lived there for the next 18 years, before moving on with their family to Montgomery Co., Tn., in 1819, and later to Todd Co., Ky., where he died in 1844.
(A King Wm. Co. deed dated Jan. 1801 has Ambrose Madison and "Patsey", his wife and Reuben Smith selling 275 acres to Dr. John Smith.)
Ambrose Madison and his wife, Martha "Patsey" Duke, had four children ..., John Albert, Mortimer Burnley, Richard Hardin, and Elizabeth Helen Madison. You will note that Ann Parkes Madison is not listed among these children.
... so, where, you may be asking, does Ann Parkes Madison fit into the family portrait ..., and what does any of this have to do with the Bailey Family? The simple answer to those questions is that Ambrose Madison appears to have been previously married before his marriage to Martha "Patsey" Duke, with a separate family from the earlier marriage ..., and we have some reason to believe that his first wife may have been a Bailey daughter.
There were four children, including my third Great Grandmother, Ann Parkes Madison, from Ambrose Madison's first marriage. The remaining children were a son, Parkes B. (Bailey???), and daughters Eliza C. and Cynthia. Parkes B. (Bailey???) died in 1810, Eliza C. married Lewis Nuckolls in 1815, and virtually nothing is known of Cynthia. Further, my Great Great Grandfather, son of Wiliiam Dickinson and Ann Parkes Madison, was Parkes Madison Dickinson.
The name "Parke(s)", used as a given and/or middle name, struck us as rather unusual. It seemed, therefore, that it must surely have been a family name that entered the Madison line from somewhere ..., but we had no clue about where it may have come from.
As we began to focus our research on the "Parke(s)" name, we inadvertently stumbled upon a deed of 25 acres in King William Co. from John Madison to Parke Bailey dated 1790/91. John Madison was Ambrose Madison's brother (their father was Henry Madison).
(In 1797 Ambrose Madison and "Betsey", his wife deeded 25 acres to John Powers. Ambrose and his first wife's last child, Cynthia, would most likely have been born sometime between 1795 and 1797.)
That little find was the first evidence we had seen to date of any direct association between any member of the Madison family and the Parke(s) name, and it rather brought about a shift in our focus. We have since been looking for information on the Bailey Family.
As I began looking into the Bailey Family background, I discovered two Parke Bailey's. One born to John and Anne (Parkes???) Bailey in about 1724/25, the other born to Edward and Mary Bailey in 1773. These people lived in New Kent Co., portions of which eventually became King Wm. Co.
(The Lipscomb's were another prominent King Wm. Co. family, and were closely associated with the Madison's. Indeed, the two families intermarried, resulting eventually in a son named Madison Lipscomb. Madison Lipscomb had, among his other children, a son named Conway O. Lipscomb. There exists a deed from 1813 showing Conway O. Lipscomb owning 25 acres through marriage. His wife was Sarah Parkes Bailey, daughter of Parke Bailey.)
While poking around on the internet, we ran across material on the family of Richard Peyton Bailey, son of James Bailey, Sr., and Lucy Simms. We note that Richard and his wife, Annie Belcher, had, among their other children, sons John P. and Henry Bailey. John P. had son James Madison Bailey. Henry had son Madison Bailey. Finally, James Madison Bailey had, in his turn, son John Madison Bailey.
While it is certainly true that many people during the early years of our Nation named their children out of respect after the President's, it is significant, I think, that, according to this material material, James Madison Bailey was born in 1800 ..., nine years before James Madison became President. Further, it appears he named his son, John Madison Bailey, born in 1826, long after the Presidential term of James Madison ...
..., so why James before Jas. Madison had become President ... and John after Jas. Madison's term in Office had ended???
Lastly, in a book entitled Sketches and Genealogy of the Bailey, Cradock, and Lawson Families of Virginia and North Carolina, published in 1974 by Betsey Lawson Willis and Martha Barksdale Cradock, we ran across the name of a Frances Madison Bailey, b. 1817. She married in 1835 a Reuben Charles Traynam, b. 1800.
It seems to us that there are simply too many apparent associations here for them to simply be the result of mere coincidence. The trouble we're having is finding the key to bring them all together in order to identify just exactly who Ambrose Madison' first wife, the mother of my third Great Grandmother, Ann Parkes Madison, might have been.
Do you have any knowledge of any members of the Bailey Family of King William/New Kent Co.'s? Do you have further information on the Bailey's of any of the surrounding counties that might shed some light on our search? Do you have any knowledge of any associations between the Bailey and Parke(s) Families? Do you have any knowledge of either of the two Parke Bailey's? Do you have any knowledge of any relationship between the Bailey's and the Madison's? What was the origin of the usage of the Madison name among the Bailey's? Any information you are able to provide would be helpful and will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Randy Dickinson
120 Wineberry Ln.
Ballston Spa, N.Y. 12020
(518) 899-3302