Jean Guthrie is the daughter of James Guthrie and Elizabeth (MNU). Her marriage bond uses Jeany; later census material uses Jane. These forms belong in searches alongside Madden, Maden, and Maddin.

James’s will was written 1 November 1800 and proved at May Term 1801. It names Jean among the younger unmarried daughters. Her bequests include a feather bed and its furnishings, a flax wheel, a saddle, a horse, and two cows, under the conditions stated in the will.

The working birth range 1775–1776 comes from later ages: 74 in the 1850 census index and 85 in the 1860 mortality index. These are estimates rather than an exact birthday. North Carolina is supported by those entries; Orange County is the retained family location.

James Guthrie’s recorded will · Ending and court proof.

The Orange County bond names John Madden as groom and Jeany Guthrie as bride. Alexander Madden and Henry M. Collum are the obligors. Alexander signs by mark; the witness signature appears to be Jno. Taylor.

The bond date is 10 December 1801. A bond is evidence of the intended marriage, but it does not independently supply the date on which the ceremony took place.

Alexander’s role does not establish whether he was John’s father, brother, or another associate. John’s parents remain unidentified. Samuel Morgan Madden’s reported 1796 birth predates this bond and raises the question of an earlier marriage; it does not identify Samuel’s mother.

The reviewed deed-book images name Elizabeth Guthrie, John Maden / Madden, and Alexander McMinnamy as grantors to Richard Henslee / Hinslee. The deed conveys 323½ acres on South Hico for £300. Elizabeth signs by mark. John Dunn and William McMinnamy witness the instrument.

Execution is dated 6 November 1810; proof by William McMinnamy follows at February Term 1811. The record is cited as Orange County Deed Book 13, pages 448–449. The images show the page numbers; the book number comes from the retained research citation.

The deed is part of the Guthrie family’s land and estate history. It names John, but not Jean or his relationship to her. Their marriage is established from the separate marriage evidence. Elizabeth here is Jean’s mother, identified through the estate context.

The 1810 Orange County census identification and the 1820 Humphreys County household frame the move to Tennessee. Reported Tennessee birthplaces for some earlier children conflict with this sequence and require comparison with their own records. The deed’s later proof date does not establish that every grantor remained in North Carolina in 1811.

South Hico deed · FamilySearch record locator →

1810 · Orange County, North Carolina: the retained family research identifies a John Madden household. A complete original-image comparison remains desirable before assigning every age mark to a named child.

1820 · Humphreys County: the retained comparison gives two males under ten, one male aged 45 or older, two females under ten, one female aged 16–25, and one female aged 26–44: seven free white people. The manuscript tally is seven. The index’s apparent duplication of that tally under “all other persons,” producing fourteen, should not create seven extra household members.

1830 · Humphreys County: the supplied index lists one male aged 5–9, one aged 10–14, two aged 15–19, one aged 60–69, and two females aged 15–19. A tree note adds a female aged 40–49 who is not shown in that index. This discrepancy requires the original schedule; neither an absent wife nor an extra occupant should be inferred as settled fact.

1840 · Humphreys County: one male aged 15–19, one male aged 70–79, and one female aged 60–69 form a three-person household. Two people engaged in agriculture are a subset of that total.

1850 · Humphreys County: the retained index gives Jane Maden, aged 74, and James W. Maden, aged 27, dwelling and family 261. This supports the household association. The 1850 census does not state relationships.

1860 mortality index: Jane Madden is recorded as 85, widowed, born in North Carolina, died in April, cause “old age,” line 5. This supports the working death date April 1860. The original mortality schedule remains desirable for confirmation of the indexed details.

John’s death is retained as 1840–1850, based on the household sequence. Jean’s burial place is unknown. Neither an exact 1840 death for John nor a cemetery identification should be supplied from a range displayed in a tree.

Samuel’s retained dates are 7 January 1796, reported Mecklenburg County, North Carolina–19 May 1871, Benton County, Tennessee. He married Jane Allison on 27 February 1817 and lived in Humphreys and Benton Counties. His birth precedes the 1801 John Madden–Jeany Guthrie bond. An earlier marriage of John is possible, but Samuel’s mother has not been established.

1. John Morgan Madden (1839–1925); first Sarah Louise Herrin, then Mary Ann Pafford.

John Morgan is the only child named in the supplied profile, although the census summaries indicate a larger household. This is not a claim that Samuel and Jane had only one child. Samuel’s descendants should not be treated as proved descendants of Jean until the maternal connection is resolved.

Polly was born about 1802 and died about 1857 in Texas. She married John G. Hamilton, then Marcus DeLaFayette Moore. The family research reports John’s death on 13 May 1841. The first marriage is variously entered as 1818 in Tennessee and about 1821 with an Oklahoma location; the second is reported in 1841 in Texas. These dates and place labels need original-record support.

1. James Guthrie Hamilton (1821–1910); first Isabella Griffith, then Emma Catherine Pittman.
2. Avirilla J. S. Hamilton (1822–1857); John James Robinet.
3. Thomas Russell Hamilton (1828–1879); Mary Jane Miller, Elizabeth Goodwin, and Sarah Francis Cathey.
4. Amanda Elizabeth Hamilton (1829–1916); James Burleson Allard.
5. John Perry Hamilton (1833–1904); Nancy Ann Burton.
6. Robert Morgan Hamilton (1835–1861); Louisa “Lula” Miller.
7. Margaret Hamilton (born about 1835, reportedly died about 1850); further records needed.
8. Alexander L. Hamilton (1839–1863); reported to have died in Georgia during the Civil War.
9. Daniel Fitch Moore (1842–1897), from Polly’s second marriage; first Alta Zora Cox, then Nancy Jane Steel.

The reported Shelby County, Tennessee birthplace and the Hopkins, Hunt, and Oklahoma labels require review against the event dates and jurisdictions then in use. They should not be used to invent a precise migration route. The eight Hamilton children and Daniel Moore remain distinct family groups.

Patrick was born about 1808, reportedly in Tennessee, and died in 1867 in Hickman County, Kentucky. His wife Esther, whose maiden name is unresolved, is reported born about 1808 and deceased about 1860. Their household appears in Dickson County, Tennessee, in 1850 and Moscow, Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1860.

1. John E. Madden (born about 1827; living after 1860); Catherine Thorn.
2. Robert H. Madden (1833–1863); Eliza Jane Green.
3. Thomas T. Madden (1836–before 1880); Frances Nipp.
4. Hugh P. Madden (1838–1889); Nancy Condor.
5. Mary M. Madden (born about 1839); further details needed.
6. Elizabeth Madden (born about 1842); further details needed.
7. Esther A. Madden (1844–1887); Peter Moxley.

Patrick’s reported Tennessee birthplace should be compared with the original censuses alongside the 1810 Orange County identification of his parents’ household.

William’s retained dates are 29 August 1812, reported Orange County, North Carolina–30 January 1862, Humphreys County, Tennessee. A farmer, he married Isabella Anderson about 1836 in Humphreys County. Isabella’s reported dates are 1817–1890. His burial is reported at B. Parker Cemetery.

1. Elijah Madden (born about 1837); aged 13 in the 1850 family account.
2. Elizabeth Madden (1838–1864); Albert L. Latimer.
3. Cynthia S. Madden (born about 1840); reported unmarried in 1880.
4. John Morgan Madden (1842–1917); Eliza Jane Yow.
5. Araminta Madden (born about 1849; living after 1880); Thomas Jackson.
6. Caledonia / Caladonia Madden (1851–1898); Elijah Masten Ussery.
7. Cordova Miranda “Dova” Madden (1855–1935), also listed as Cordovia; Henry Bascom Parker.

William’s reported North Carolina birthplace is compatible with a move after the 1810 records. Conflicting birthplaces among siblings should be resolved from their sources rather than corrected simply to make a uniform family timeline.

John Peter, also listed as John P. Madden, was born about 1815, reportedly at Waverly in Humphreys County. He married Margaret H. Ann Latimer about 1838. His death remains within the reported 1850–1860 interval; Margaret’s retained dates are 1814–1910.

1. Mary J. Madden (1839–1920); Sidney Bolton, John Medicus Hooper, and Stephen Cotham.
2. Elizabeth Madden (born about 1841); C. S. Parker.
3. Nancy Margaret Madden (1843–1924); Gustavus H. Durham.
4. Sarah Madden (1845–1911); Robert Harrison Durham.
5. Clarissa I. Madden (born about 1849); further details needed.
6. William Charles Madden (1851–1925); Elizabeth Livana Knight.
7. John Rufus B. Madden (1854–1890); Rebecca Eudora Parker.
8. Elijah Robert Madden (1857–1943); Margaret Alice Carter.
9. Martha Ann Madden (1857–1933); Wilson Cornelius Webb.

The later children’s births may narrow John’s death interval once their dates and parentage are confirmed. They are a reason to investigate the chronology, not to set his death exactly at 1850. The two 1857 entries should not automatically be described as twins.

The working tree contains an unnamed female Madden, with a suggested birth during 1820–1830 in Humphreys County. No supporting source was supplied for that specific entry.

Keep this as an unverified research placeholder. An unnamed female in a census household is not automatically a daughter, and an age band alone does not establish an additional child. A marriage, estate, guardianship, or family record is needed to identify her.

James W. was born about 1823 in Tennessee and was living in 1850, when the retained census index places him, aged 27, with Jane Maden, aged 74, in Humphreys County.

He is retained as a presumed son in the family reconstruction. The census establishes their household association but does not label the relationship. No spouse, children, or death date has been established in the supplied research. Later census, land, and probate records are needed to follow him.

The repository transcription of Wilford Woodruff’s 3 June 1835 journal entry describes a visit to Major Madden’s home, preaching there, and visiting the sick. The repository editors identify this Madden as Samuel Madden. The entry does not name his parents, wife, or middle name; hosting a sermon does not establish church membership.

The editorial profile also supplies a probate lead: Benton County, Tennessee, Administrators and Executors Settlements and Accounts, volumes A–B, 1860–1880, page 210, Samuel Madden, 3 July 1871, in Ancestry’s Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779–2008. That probate page has not been examined for this project. Its date is not Samuel’s death date and does not resolve his maternity.

Journal transcription, page 54 · Samuel Madden editorial profile and probate citation.

The principal evidence includes James Guthrie’s recorded will, the original 1801 marriage bond, the 1810 deed images, and the supplied census and mortality index material. The children’s and grandchildren’s dates and marriages are preserved from the family research, with unresolved entries identified above.

Laurence R. Guthrie’s American Guthrie and Allied Families (1933) and the manuscript Descendants of James Guthrie of Maryland and North Carolina provide broader family context. These compilations should be read alongside the underlying records.

American Guthrie and Allied Families · James Guthrie manuscript collection · Jean and John in the Guthrie Research Tree.