![]() ![]() Later that year, they married, but as a result of her marriage to Madison, a non-Quaker, Dolley was expelled from the sect. ![]() One year after the deaths of her husband and son, Dolley’s friend, Senator Aaron Burr, introduced her to Congressman James Madison Jr. Rufus Griswold writes, “becoming a widow she threw off drab silks and plain laces, and was for several years one of the gayest and most fascinating women of the city.” However, in 1793, a yellow fever epidemic swept through Philadelphia, killing the infant William and his father, and leaving Dolley a widow with a young son to support. In 1790, Dolley Payne married lawyer and fellow Quaker John Todd Jr., and with him had two sons, John Payne and William Temple. ![]() It was in that city that Dolley was introduced to elite families, befriending Sally McKean, the daughter of the governor of Pennsylvania, and other well-to-do citizens. There, John Payne was a planter and slave owner, but in 1783, he freed his slaves and moved his family to Philadelphia. Dolley Payne was born in a Quaker community in rural North Carolina, the oldest daughter of John and Mary Coles Payne. ![]()
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