Siblings of the U.S. Presidents
4th President James Madison (1809-1817)
b. March 16, 1751, d. June 28, 1836
James Madison was the eldest of 12 siblings. (Sisters all had middle names; males did not.)
Francis Madison, b. June 18, 1753, d. 1800. m. October 29, 1772 Susan (Susanna) Bell.
Ambrose Madison, b. January 27, 1755, d. October 3, 1793,m. Mary Willis Lee, 1779.
*Catlett Madison, b. February 10, 1758, d. March 18, 1758. First of 5 siblings to die; buried in Madison Family Cemetery in unmarked grave. “Saturday 18th of March 1758 at 3 o’clock in the morning. Aged 36 days.”
Nelly Conway Madison Hite, b. February 14, 1760, d. December 24, 1802 at age 42. m. 1783 to Major Isaac Hite, Jr. (1758-1830)
William Madison, b. May 5, 1762, d. July 20, 1843, m. Frances Throckmorton 1783. Also married to Nancy Jarrell.
Sarah (Sally) Catlett Madison Macon, b. August 17, 1764, d. 1843. m. Thomas Macon 1790.
*(Unnamed son) Madison, born and died on same day in 1766.
*(Unnamed child) Madison, stillborn. Family Bible: “Mrs. Madison Deliver’d of a Still born Child July 12th, 1770.”
*Elizabeth Madison, b. February 19, 1768. Died in summer of 1775 at age 7 of dysentery that also claimed her brother Reuben, aged 3.
*Reuben Madison, b. September 19, 1771, d. May 17, 1775 from dysentery at age 3, along with his 7-year-old sister, Elizabeth.
Frances (Fanny) Taylor Madison Rose, b. October 4, 1774, d. 1823. m. Dr. Robert Henry Rose 1-1801.
5th President James Monroe (1817-1825)
b. April 28, 1758, d. July 4, 1831
Elizabeth Monroe Buckner, b. 1754, d. 1812. m. 1773 to William Buckner (10/1/1753-1787) resided at “Mill Hill” in Caroline County, Virginia. 7 children:
Spence Monroe, some historians say he was born 1759, others say only that he was born sometime between the births of James and Andrew, a span of six years. Most sources state that he died in his early childhood. But his father’s will shows Spence Monroe inheriting land in 1774, probably in his teens. When the first Virginia land tax records appear in 1782, Spence Jr. is absent.
Andrew Monroe, b. 1763, d. December 2, 1826 at Milton, Albemarle County VA. m. Ann Bell. 1789.
Joseph Jones Monroe, b. 1764 Westmoreland, VA, d. August 5, 1824, in Howard County, Missouri, perhaps near Fayette, Mo. Married 4 times. m. Elizabeth Kerr 1790; m. Sarah Gordon 1801; m. Elizabeth Glasscock 1808. m. Huldah Hubbard in Franklin, Missouri, July 19, 1821.
6th President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
b. July 11, 1767, d. February 23, 1848
Abigail “Nabby” Adams Smith, b. July 14, 1765, d. August 15, 1813. m. Col. William Stephens Smith.
Susanna Adams, b. December 28, 1768, d. February 4, 1770.
Charles Adams, b. May 29, 1770, d. November 30, 1800. m. Sarah Smith.
Thomas Boylston Adams, b. September 15, 1772, d. March 12, 1832. m. Ann Harrod.
7th President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
b. March 15, 1767, d. June 8, 1845
Hugh Jackson b. 1762, died May 29, 1780.) After entering the Revolutionary War Hugh found himself engaged in battle with the British while in South Carolina. Hugh fought in the Battle of Stono Ferry, but was one of the thirty-four American casualties, killed by heat and exhaustion.
Robert Jackson, b. 1765, d. August 6, 1780. Robert and his brother, Andrew Jackson, were captured by British soldiers and became prisoners of war. The brothers refused to clean the muddy boots of a British officer and were slashed by his saber. Andrew, thirteen years old at the time, would bear the scars to his face and hands for the rest of his life. After two weeks as captives, their mother, Elizabeth, negotiated their release. Tragically, a short time after his release, Robert died of smallpox.
8th President Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
b. December 5, 1782, d. July 24, 1862
President Van Buren had one half sister and two half brothers by his mother’s first marriage to Johannes Van Alen.
Marytje Van Alen, (sister), 1768-1829
Jacobus Van Alen, 1773-1822
James Isaac Van Alen, b. 1776, d. December 23, 1870.
By his mother’s second marriage to Abraham Van Buren, he had two older sisters and two younger brothers.
Dirckie (Derike) Van Buren (sister), b. 1777, d. October 18, 1865. m. Barent Hoes.
Jannetje (Hannah) Van Buren, baptized January 16, 1780. d. unknown.
Lawrence Van Buren, baptized January 8, 1786, d. July 1, 1868.
Abraham Van Buren, baptized May 11, 1788, d. October 30, 1836.
9th President William Henry Harrison (1841)
b. February 9, 1773, d. April 4, 1841
Elizabeth Harrison Rickman Edmondson, b. 1751. d. 1791. m. 1) Dr. William Rickman, ca. 1775. m. 2) John Edmondson, ca. 1789.
Anna Harrison Coupland, b. May 21, 1753, d. 1821. m. David Coupland.
Benjamin Harrison VI, b. 1755, d. 1799. m. 1) Anna Mercer, 1785. m. 2) Susanna Randolph, 1787.
Lucy Harrison Randolph Singleton, d. 1809. m. 1) Peyton Randolph. M. 2) Anthony Singleton.
Carter Bassett Harrison, b. about 1762. d. April 18, 1808. m. 1) Mary Howell Allen. M. 2) Jane Byrd.
Sarah Harrison Minge, b. 1770, d. 1812. m. John Minge.
Zephaniah Harrison (?)
10th President John Tyler (1841-1845)
b. March 29, 1790, d. January 18, 1862
Anne Contesse Tyler Semple, b. 1778, d. June 12, 1803. m. James A. Semple.
Elizabeth Armistead Tyler Pryor, b. 1778, d. 1824. m. John Clayton Pryor.
Martha Jefferson Tyler Waggaman, b. 1782, d. 1855. m. Thomas Ennalls Waggaman.
Maria Henry Tyler Seawell, b. 1784, d. 1843. m. John Boswell Seawell.
Dr. Wat Henry Tyler, b. 1788, d. July 1862. m. 1) Elizabeth Warren Walker; m. 2) Margaret Govan.
William Tyler, b. 1791, d. 1856. m. Susan Harrison Walker.
Christiana Booth Tyler Curtis, b. 1795, d. 1842. m. Henry Curtis, M.D.
11th President James Polk (1845-1849)
b. November 2, 1795, d. June 15, 1849
Jane Maria Polk Walker, b. January 14, 1798, d. October 11, 1876.
Lydia Eliza Polk Caldwell, b. February 17, 1800, d. May 29, 1864.
Franklin Ezekiel Polk, b. August 23, 1802, died January 21.
Marshall Tate Polk, b. January 17, 1805, d. April 12, 1831.
John Lee Polk, b. March 23, 1807, d. September 28, 1831.
Naomi Tate Polk Harris, b. July 2, 1809, d. August 6, 1836.
Ophelia Clarissa Polk Hays, b. September 6, 1812, d. April 18, 1851.
William Hawkins Polk, b. May 24, 1815, d. December 16, 1862.
Samuel Wilson Polk, b. October 17, 1817, d. February 24, 1839.
12th President Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
b. November 24, 1784, d. July 9, 1850
Hancock Taylor, b. January 29, 1781, d. March 20, 1841.
William Dabney Strother Taylor, b. 1782, d. June 3, 1808.
George Taylor, b. 1790, d. September 1829.
Elizabeth Lee Taylor, b. January 14, 1792, d. April 22, 1845.
Joseph Pannill Taylor,b. May 4, 1796, d. June 29, 1864.
Sarah Bailey Taylor Gray, b. June 11, 1799, d. September 6, 1851.
Emily Richard Taylor Allison, b. June 30, 1801, d. November 30, 1842, m. John Stadler Allison.
13th President Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
b. January 7, 1800, d. March 8, 1874
Olive Armstrong Fillmore Johnson, b. December 16, 1797.
Cyrus Fillmore, b. December 22, 1801.
Almon Hopkins Fillmore, b. April 13, 1806, d. January 17, 1830.
Calvin Turner Fillmore, b. July 9, 1810.
Julia Fillmore Harris, b. August 29, 1812.
Darius Ingraham Fillmore, b. November 16, 1814, d. March 9, 1837.
Charles De Witt Fillmore, b. September 23, 1817, d. 1854.
Phoebe Maria Fillmore, b. November 23, 1819, d. July 2, 1843.
14th President Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
b. November 23, 1804, d. October 8, 1869
Elizabeth Pierce McNeil, b. August 9, 1788, d. March 27, 1855, was a half sister by his father’s first marriage to Elizabeth Andrews.
Pierce had four brothers and three sisters by his father’s second marriage to Anna Kendrick.
Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, b. August 29, 1790, d. August 1, 1850.
Nancy M. Pierce McNeil, b. November 2, 1792, d. August 27, 1837.
John Sullivan Pierce,b. November 5, 1796, d. March 13, 1824.
Harriet B. Pierce Jameson, b. 1800, d. November 24, 1837.
Charles Grandison Pierce, b. 1803. d. 1828.
Henry Dearborn Pierce, b. September 19, 1812, d. 1880.
Charlotte Pierce. Died in infancy.
15th President James Buchanan (1857-1861)
b. April 23, 1791, d. June 1, 1868
Mary Buchanan, b. 1789, d. 1791.
Jane Buchanan Lane, b. 1793, d.1839, mother of Harriet Lane, who became the official White House hostess during the Buchanan administration.
Maria Magaw Buchanan Yates, b. 1795, d. 1839.
Sarah Buchanan Huston, b. 1798, d. 1825.
Harriet Buchanan Henry, b. 1802, d. 1840.
John Buchanan, B. 1804, d. 1804.
William Speer Buchanan, b. November 14, 1805, d. December 19, 1826.
George Washington Buchanan, b. 1808, d. November 13 1832.
Edward Young Buchanan, b. May 30, 1811, d. January 20, 1895.
16th President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
b. February 12, 1809, d. April 15, 1865
Nancy (called Sarah) Lincoln Grigsby, b. February 10, 1807, d. January 20, 1828 during childbirth at twenty-one.
Thomas Lincoln, Jr. b. 1811, d. 1813.
4th President James Madison (1809-1817)
b. March 16, 1751, d. June 28, 1836
James Madison was the eldest of 12 siblings. (Sisters all had middle names; males did not.)
Francis Madison, b. June 18, 1753, d. 1800. m. October 29, 1772 Susan (Susanna) Bell.
Ambrose Madison, b. January 27, 1755, d. October 3, 1793,m. Mary Willis Lee, 1779.
*Catlett Madison, b. February 10, 1758, d. March 18, 1758. First of 5 siblings to die; buried in Madison Family Cemetery in unmarked grave. “Saturday 18th of March 1758 at 3 o’clock in the morning. Aged 36 days.”
Nelly Conway Madison Hite, b. February 14, 1760, d. December 24, 1802 at age 42. m. 1783 to Major Isaac Hite, Jr. (1758-1830)
William Madison, b. May 5, 1762, d. July 20, 1843, m. Frances Throckmorton 1783. Also married to Nancy Jarrell.
Sarah (Sally) Catlett Madison Macon, b. August 17, 1764, d. 1843. m. Thomas Macon 1790.
*(Unnamed son) Madison, born and died on same day in 1766.
*(Unnamed child) Madison, stillborn. Family Bible: “Mrs. Madison Deliver’d of a Still born Child July 12th, 1770.”
*Elizabeth Madison, b. February 19, 1768. Died in summer of 1775 at age 7 of dysentery that also claimed her brother Reuben, aged 3.
*Reuben Madison, b. September 19, 1771, d. May 17, 1775 from dysentery at age 3, along with his 7-year-old sister, Elizabeth.
Frances (Fanny) Taylor Madison Rose, b. October 4, 1774, d. 1823. m. Dr. Robert Henry Rose 1-1801.
5th President James Monroe (1817-1825)
b. April 28, 1758, d. July 4, 1831
Elizabeth Monroe Buckner, b. 1754, d. 1812. m. 1773 to William Buckner (10/1/1753-1787) resided at “Mill Hill” in Caroline County, Virginia. 7 children:
Spence Monroe, some historians say he was born 1759, others say only that he was born sometime between the births of James and Andrew, a span of six years. Most sources state that he died in his early childhood. But his father’s will shows Spence Monroe inheriting land in 1774, probably in his teens. When the first Virginia land tax records appear in 1782, Spence Jr. is absent.
Andrew Monroe, b. 1763, d. December 2, 1826 at Milton, Albemarle County VA. m. Ann Bell. 1789.
Joseph Jones Monroe, b. 1764 Westmoreland, VA, d. August 5, 1824, in Howard County, Missouri, perhaps near Fayette, Mo. Married 4 times. m. Elizabeth Kerr 1790; m. Sarah Gordon 1801; m. Elizabeth Glasscock 1808. m. Huldah Hubbard in Franklin, Missouri, July 19, 1821.
6th President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
b. July 11, 1767, d. February 23, 1848
Abigail “Nabby” Adams Smith, b. July 14, 1765, d. August 15, 1813. m. Col. William Stephens Smith.
Susanna Adams, b. December 28, 1768, d. February 4, 1770.
Charles Adams, b. May 29, 1770, d. November 30, 1800. m. Sarah Smith.
Thomas Boylston Adams, b. September 15, 1772, d. March 12, 1832. m. Ann Harrod.
7th President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
b. March 15, 1767, d. June 8, 1845
Hugh Jackson b. 1762, died May 29, 1780.) After entering the Revolutionary War Hugh found himself engaged in battle with the British while in South Carolina. Hugh fought in the Battle of Stono Ferry, but was one of the thirty-four American casualties, killed by heat and exhaustion.
Robert Jackson, b. 1765, d. August 6, 1780. Robert and his brother, Andrew Jackson, were captured by British soldiers and became prisoners of war. The brothers refused to clean the muddy boots of a British officer and were slashed by his saber. Andrew, thirteen years old at the time, would bear the scars to his face and hands for the rest of his life. After two weeks as captives, their mother, Elizabeth, negotiated their release. Tragically, a short time after his release, Robert died of smallpox.
8th President Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
b. December 5, 1782, d. July 24, 1862
President Van Buren had one half sister and two half brothers by his mother’s first marriage to Johannes Van Alen.
Marytje Van Alen, (sister), 1768-1829
Jacobus Van Alen, 1773-1822
James Isaac Van Alen, b. 1776, d. December 23, 1870.
By his mother’s second marriage to Abraham Van Buren, he had two older sisters and two younger brothers.
Dirckie (Derike) Van Buren (sister), b. 1777, d. October 18, 1865. m. Barent Hoes.
Jannetje (Hannah) Van Buren, baptized January 16, 1780. d. unknown.
Lawrence Van Buren, baptized January 8, 1786, d. July 1, 1868.
Abraham Van Buren, baptized May 11, 1788, d. October 30, 1836.
9th President William Henry Harrison (1841)
b. February 9, 1773, d. April 4, 1841
Elizabeth Harrison Rickman Edmondson, b. 1751. d. 1791. m. 1) Dr. William Rickman, ca. 1775. m. 2) John Edmondson, ca. 1789.
Anna Harrison Coupland, b. May 21, 1753, d. 1821. m. David Coupland.
Benjamin Harrison VI, b. 1755, d. 1799. m. 1) Anna Mercer, 1785. m. 2) Susanna Randolph, 1787.
Lucy Harrison Randolph Singleton, d. 1809. m. 1) Peyton Randolph. M. 2) Anthony Singleton.
Carter Bassett Harrison, b. about 1762. d. April 18, 1808. m. 1) Mary Howell Allen. M. 2) Jane Byrd.
Sarah Harrison Minge, b. 1770, d. 1812. m. John Minge.
Zephaniah Harrison (?)
10th President John Tyler (1841-1845)
b. March 29, 1790, d. January 18, 1862
Anne Contesse Tyler Semple, b. 1778, d. June 12, 1803. m. James A. Semple.
Elizabeth Armistead Tyler Pryor, b. 1778, d. 1824. m. John Clayton Pryor.
Martha Jefferson Tyler Waggaman, b. 1782, d. 1855. m. Thomas Ennalls Waggaman.
Maria Henry Tyler Seawell, b. 1784, d. 1843. m. John Boswell Seawell.
Dr. Wat Henry Tyler, b. 1788, d. July 1862. m. 1) Elizabeth Warren Walker; m. 2) Margaret Govan.
William Tyler, b. 1791, d. 1856. m. Susan Harrison Walker.
Christiana Booth Tyler Curtis, b. 1795, d. 1842. m. Henry Curtis, M.D.
11th President James Polk (1845-1849)
b. November 2, 1795, d. June 15, 1849
Jane Maria Polk Walker, b. January 14, 1798, d. October 11, 1876.
Lydia Eliza Polk Caldwell, b. February 17, 1800, d. May 29, 1864.
Franklin Ezekiel Polk, b. August 23, 1802, died January 21.
Marshall Tate Polk, b. January 17, 1805, d. April 12, 1831.
John Lee Polk, b. March 23, 1807, d. September 28, 1831.
Naomi Tate Polk Harris, b. July 2, 1809, d. August 6, 1836.
Ophelia Clarissa Polk Hays, b. September 6, 1812, d. April 18, 1851.
William Hawkins Polk, b. May 24, 1815, d. December 16, 1862.
Samuel Wilson Polk, b. October 17, 1817, d. February 24, 1839.
12th President Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
b. November 24, 1784, d. July 9, 1850
Hancock Taylor, b. January 29, 1781, d. March 20, 1841.
William Dabney Strother Taylor, b. 1782, d. June 3, 1808.
George Taylor, b. 1790, d. September 1829.
Elizabeth Lee Taylor, b. January 14, 1792, d. April 22, 1845.
Joseph Pannill Taylor,b. May 4, 1796, d. June 29, 1864.
Sarah Bailey Taylor Gray, b. June 11, 1799, d. September 6, 1851.
Emily Richard Taylor Allison, b. June 30, 1801, d. November 30, 1842, m. John Stadler Allison.
13th President Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
b. January 7, 1800, d. March 8, 1874
Olive Armstrong Fillmore Johnson, b. December 16, 1797.
Cyrus Fillmore, b. December 22, 1801.
Almon Hopkins Fillmore, b. April 13, 1806, d. January 17, 1830.
Calvin Turner Fillmore, b. July 9, 1810.
Julia Fillmore Harris, b. August 29, 1812.
Darius Ingraham Fillmore, b. November 16, 1814, d. March 9, 1837.
Charles De Witt Fillmore, b. September 23, 1817, d. 1854.
Phoebe Maria Fillmore, b. November 23, 1819, d. July 2, 1843.
14th President Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
b. November 23, 1804, d. October 8, 1869
Elizabeth Pierce McNeil, b. August 9, 1788, d. March 27, 1855, was a half sister by his father’s first marriage to Elizabeth Andrews.
Pierce had four brothers and three sisters by his father’s second marriage to Anna Kendrick.
Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, b. August 29, 1790, d. August 1, 1850.
Nancy M. Pierce McNeil, b. November 2, 1792, d. August 27, 1837.
John Sullivan Pierce,b. November 5, 1796, d. March 13, 1824.
Harriet B. Pierce Jameson, b. 1800, d. November 24, 1837.
Charles Grandison Pierce, b. 1803. d. 1828.
Henry Dearborn Pierce, b. September 19, 1812, d. 1880.
Charlotte Pierce. Died in infancy.
15th President James Buchanan (1857-1861)
b. April 23, 1791, d. June 1, 1868
Mary Buchanan, b. 1789, d. 1791.
Jane Buchanan Lane, b. 1793, d.1839, mother of Harriet Lane, who became the official White House hostess during the Buchanan administration.
Maria Magaw Buchanan Yates, b. 1795, d. 1839.
Sarah Buchanan Huston, b. 1798, d. 1825.
Harriet Buchanan Henry, b. 1802, d. 1840.
John Buchanan, B. 1804, d. 1804.
William Speer Buchanan, b. November 14, 1805, d. December 19, 1826.
George Washington Buchanan, b. 1808, d. November 13 1832.
Edward Young Buchanan, b. May 30, 1811, d. January 20, 1895.
16th President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
b. February 12, 1809, d. April 15, 1865
Nancy (called Sarah) Lincoln Grigsby, b. February 10, 1807, d. January 20, 1828 during childbirth at twenty-one.
Thomas Lincoln, Jr. b. 1811, d. 1813.
