Mary W Coles

1743 - 1808  (64 years)

• Name	Mary W Coles  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	14 Oct 1743	Hanover County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  	(Coles Hill)
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Feb 1808	Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  	(Harrison County was in Virginia until 1863)
  Burial	Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  	(Cemetery was originally in Virginia)
  Person ID	I30957	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	John Parish Payne,   b. 9 Feb 1739, Goochland County, Virginia, USA d. 24 Oct 1792, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1764	Guilford County, North Carolina, USA   [2, 3]
  	(New Gardens)
  Children	1. Dorothea Dandridge 'Dolley' Payne,   b. 20 May 1768, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Jul 1849, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Oct 1743 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1764 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Death - 8 Feb 1808 - Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Dorothea Dandridge PAYNE [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for John Payne [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, COLES Mary Payne1743-1808. She was the mother of Mary Payne Jackson (born c. 1781 died 02-13-1808). She was the mother of First Lady Dorothy "Dolly" Madison, the wife of President James Madison. While visiting her daughter and son-in-law John G. Jackson in Clarksburg (then Virginia) in October of 1807, she suffered a "violent stroke of the dead palsy" and died a week later. West Virginia Highway Historical Marker number MC-103's inscription reads: "In this cemetery lie buried members of the Stonewall Jackson family: his father Jonathan, a sister Elizabeth, his great grandparents John Jackson and wife Elizabeth Cummings. Buried here also are Mrs. Mary Payne Jackson and Mrs. Mary Coles Payne, sister and mother of Dorothy (Dolly) Madison, wife of President James Madison. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8253476/mary-payne