WILLIAM MADDOX

b. 1773 VA

 

(DNA Kit 25616)

 

As speculated over the past decades, the DNA of a proven descendant of William and that of a proven descendant of Nathan Maddox (DNA Kit 35166) of Bedford/Franklin Co., VA, are a perfect match, so indicate relationship.  Further, they are a perfect match to a proven descendant of immigrant John Maddox of Goochland Co., VA

 (DNA Kit 29381).  Exactly through which son is yet to be determined.

 

It is believed that John Wilson Maddox b.c. 1743 VA was the father of William Maddox.  This is based on a letter from Henry Bascom Maddox (A10 below), youngest of William & Catherine, dated 1891, stating "My grandfather's name was Wilson."  Further, John Maddox witnessed deeds of Nathan Maddox in Bedford Co., VA (believed to be his brother); lived on adjacent land in Bedford and Franklin Counties, VA.  John moved with William and Michael Maddox to Greenbrier/Monroe Co., (W)V, again living on adjacent lands.  All other records give his name as Wilson.  John was probably his legal first name, but he was called by Wilson his middle name.  See more under "Generation 1 Again" at the end. -1

 

Generation 1

 

A.         WILLIAM MADDOX (nephew of Nathan in DDD below?) -2

b.         1773 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

m.        1795 Catherine Tennis, Franklin Co., VA

d.         1856 Adams Co., OH

 

CH:

 

A1       John Tennis, b. 1798 Greenbrier Co., VA, m. 1819 Sophia Richards, Adams Co., OH, d. 1871 Brown Co., OH

A2       William Maddox, b.c. 1801 Greenbrier Co., VA

A3       Samuel L. Maddox, b.c. 1804 Adams Co., OH, d. prob. Kenton Co., KY

A4       Wilson L. Maddox, b.c. 1807 Adams Co., OH, d. IA

A5       MADISON G. MADDOX, b. 1810 (see B below)

A6       Thompson Maddox b. 1812 Adams Co., OH, m. 1st 1831 ___ Brown co., OH, m 2nd 1838 Elizabeth Early, Brown Co., OH, d.c. 1900 Audrian Co., MO

A7       Joseph K. Maddox, b.c. 1816 Adams Co., OH, d. Adams Co., OH

A8       Nancy A. Maddox, b. 1821 Adams Co., OH, d. 1909 Adams Co., OH

A9       ELIZABETH TENNIS MADDOX, b.c. 1823 Adams Co., OH; m. 1835 Robert Elder, Brown Co., OH, d. 1888 Montgomery Co., IA

A10     Henry B. Maddox, b. 1824 Adams Co., OH, d. 1896 Greenwood Co., KS      

 

Generation 2

 

B.        MADISON G. MADDOX (same as A5 above) -3

b.         1810 Adams Co., OH

m.        1st 1830 Eleanor Watson, Adams Co., OH

d.         1869 Champaign Co., IL

 

CH:


Madison G. Maddox

 

B1        William H. Maddox, b.c. 1831 Adams Co., OH

B2        John B. Maddox, b. 1833 Adams Co., OH, m. 1853 Rebecca Rawlings, Adams Co., OH, d. 1911 Woods Co., OK
m.        2nd 1838 Rebecca A. Maddox, Highland Co., OH (see D & DD below)

B3        Julia T. Maddox, b. 1839 Adams Co., OH, m. 1859 Thomas Parry, Adams Co., OH, d. 1922 Marion Co., KS

B4        Joseph C. Maddox, b. 1841 Brown Co., OH, m. 1868 Luvinah E. Stewart, Vermilion Co., IL, d. 1924 Vermilion Co., IL

B5       MICHAEL JEFFERSON MADDOX, b. 1843 (see C below)

B6        James Madison Maddox, b. 1847 Adams Co., OH, m. 1870 Melvina E. Skeen, Nehema Co., NE, d. 1908 Jackson Co., MO

B7        Robert E. Maddox, b. 1849 Adams Co., OH, m. 1884 Nannie V. Hitchcock, Vermilion Co., IL, d. 1937 Los Angeles Co., CA

B8        Byers W. Maddox, b. 1851 Adams Co., OH, m. 1881 Ada L. Simmons, KS, d. 1894 Gove Co., KS

B9        Nathaniel Jackson Maddox, b.c. 1854 Adams Co., OH, m. Grace Delashumate, d. 1911 Chaves Co., NM

 

Generation 3

 

C.        MICHAEL JEFFERSON MADDOX (same as B5 above) -4

b.         1843 Adams Co., OH

m.         1870 Sarah J. Wiles, Champaign Co., IL

d.         1926 Sedgwick Co., KS

 

CH:

 

C1       Caroline Rebecca Maddox, b. 1871 Champaign Co., IL, d. 1879 McPherson Co., KS

C2       George Madison Maddox, b. 1873 Champaign Co., IL, m. 1899 Josephine Pogue, Payne Co., OK, d. 1953 Lincoln Co., OH

C3       Edith Belle Maddox, b. 1876 McPherson Co., KS, m. 1896 Allen McNees, McPherson Co., KS, d. 1955 Kingman Co., KS

C4       CHARLES MANSFIELD MADDOX, b. 1878 McPherson Co., KS, m. 1910 Rose M. Mather, Klingman Co., KS, d. 1954 Sedgwick Co., KS

C5       Mary Ellen Maddox, b. 1881 McPherson Co., KS, m. 1905 John A. Green, Gentry Co., MO, d. 1964 San Diego Co., CA

C6       Nannie Julia Maddox, b. 1884 McPherson Co., KS, m. 1st 1920 Bert A. McReary, Sedgwick Co., KS, m. 2nd Russell Caples, d. 1963 San Diego Co., CA

C7       Manta Jane Maddox, b. 1887 McPherson Co., KS, m. 1915 Victor H. Glunt, Sedgwick Co., KS, d.c. 1974 Kansas City, MO

C8       Dollie Lou Maddox, b. 1889 McPherson Co., KS, d. 1902 Kingman Co., KS

C9       Floy Lucille Maddox, b. 1891 McPherson co., KS, m. 1917 George Briceland, m. 2nd Carol Fisher, m. 3rd Dale Norton, d. 1976 San Diego Co., CA

C10     Alfred Nathan Maddox, b. 1893 McPherson Co., KS, m. 1917 Isabel A. Babby, Wyandotte Co., KS, d. 1963 Los Angeles Co., CA

 

Generation 1 Again

 

Although female X-Chromosome DNA is not part of our project, Rebecca Maddox is enlarged here because she was born a Maddox.  Perhaps her father and her husband's father were cousins, with her grandfather, Nathan, being a brother to William's father John Wilson Maddox.

 

D.        NATHAN MATTOX (Uncle of William Maddox, Generation 1 above?)

b.         c. 1735 VA

m.        1769 Prudence Bozman, VA

d.         Aft. 1828, Franklin (ceded from Bedford) Co., VA

 

CH:

 

D1       MICHAEL MADDOX, b. 1773 (see E below)

D2       Margaret V. Mattox, b.c. 1775 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

D3       Rebecca Mattox, b.c. 1776 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

D4       Gabriel Mattox, b. 1778 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

D5       Sarah P. Mattox, b.c. 1780 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

D6       David Mattox, b. 1783 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA (see Posey Mattox's pedigree chart on this website)

D7       John Mattox, b.c. 1783 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

D8       Wesley Mattox, b. 1787 Franklin Co., VA

 

Generation 2 Again

 

E          MICHAEL MADDOX (same as D1 above)

b.         1773 Bedford/Franklin Co., VA

m.        1st 1795 Mary Fraley, Franklin Co., VA   

d.         1845 Blackford Co., IN

 

CH:

 

E1        Margaret Maddox, b.c. 1796 Greenbrier Co., (W)VA

E2        Frederick F. Maddox, b. 1797 Greenbrier Co., (W)VA

E3        Nathan Mattox, b. 1800 Greenbrier Co., (W)VA

E4        Elizabeth B. Maddox, b. 1802 Franklin Co., VA

E5        John Maddox, b. 1804 PA

E6        Daniel F. Maddox, b. 1806 Adams Co., OH

E7        Samuel F. Maddox, b. 1808 Adams Co., OH

E8        Silas F. Maddox, b. 1811 Adams Co., OH

D9       REBECCA ANN MADDOX b. 1813 Adams Co., OH, m. 1838 Madison G. Maddox, Highland Co., OH, d. 1877 Champaign Co., IL (wife of B in Generation 2 above)

D10     Michael Maddox b. 1814 Adams Co., OH

 

m.        2nd 1816 Frances Jones, Highland Co., OH

 

CH:

 

D11    Mary M. Maddox, b. 1817 Highland Co., OH

D12    Joseph C. Maddox, b. 1819 Franklin Co., VA

D13    Wesley H. Maddox, b. 1821 Highland Co., OH

D14    William M. Maddox, b. 1823 Highland Co., OH

D15    Wilson M. Maddox, b. 1825 Highland Co., OH

D16    James J. Maddox, b. 1827 Highland Co., OH

D17    Eliza J. Maddox, b. 1829 Highland Co., OH

D18    Sarah P. Maddox, b. 1831 Highland Co., OH

 

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1Paternity  Documentation John Wilson to William:  Letter of son Henry Bascom (A10) dated 1891 (bro. of Madison G. above) to William McKendree Maddox (D14) in possession of Harold Maddox.

2Paternity Documentation William to Madison G: Letter of David E. Maddox to William McKendree Maddox dated 1899.  Adams Co., OH, census 1830, 1840, 1850.

3Paternity Documentation Madison G. to Michael J: Probate records 1869, Champaign Co., IL, 1850, 1860 census Adams Co., OH.

4Paternity Documentation Michael J. to Charles M:  Family Bible and letter of Manta Jane Maddox Glunt (C7 above)

 

 

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