Edwin Conway (1644-c1698)

Biography
EDWIN CONWAY, JR. was born 11 May 1644 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. He died before 7 September 1698 in Richmond County, Virginia.

He married first to Sarah Fleete, daughter of Col. Henry Fleete, and after Sarah died Edwin, Jr. married second to Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of Francis Thornton and Alice Stafford Savage.
 * Son: COL. EDWIN CONWAY, son of Edwin Conway, Jr., married Ann Ball, daughter of Joseph Ball and Elizabeth Romney, of whom some descendants are
 * President James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution and author of the Bill of Rights
 * President Zachary Taylor
 * Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, signers of the Declaration of Independence
 * Gen. Robert E. Lee
 * Some of the family of President George Washington.

Siblings

 * Eltonhead Conway (c1646-1689)

Contributors
— Robin Patterson (Talk) and Marianne Dillow