Individual Details
William Gent Monroe I
(1666 - 26 Apr 1737)
This William Monroe is President James Monroe's gGF
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9f54a82c-4c42-40e9-b85f-af6d77caa70d&tid=7047470&pid=671716643
!BIRTH - ANCESTORS OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS - JAMES MONROE compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 12
William Monroe, Westmoreland Co., born about 1666.
!MAR - Ibid
He married Margaret Bowcock about 1689.
!DEATH - Ibid
His will was dated 1737 in Westmoreland Co.,VA.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGY, VOL 4, #4 (FALL 1999) - SUSANNAH MONROE (CA. 1698-1752) THE FULL CIRCLE OF HER LIFE by Virginia R. Redden, p. 344
"Jane White has previously married Thomas Bowcock and had 2 daughters, Margaret (who married William Monroe and Eleanor (who married Andrew, brother of William Monroe)."
The education, care and guardianship of the orphans of Andrew Monroe and Elinor Spence were entrusted, according to Andrew Monroe's will, to his "trusty friends" (Richard Watts and Charles Tyler) and to his "living brother William Munroe", executors of his will.
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9f54a82c-4c42-40e9-b85f-af6d77caa70d&tid=7047470&pid=671716643
!BIRTH - ANCESTORS OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS - JAMES MONROE compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 12
William Monroe, Westmoreland Co., born about 1666.
!MAR - Ibid
He married Margaret Bowcock about 1689.
!DEATH - Ibid
His will was dated 1737 in Westmoreland Co.,VA.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGY, VOL 4, #4 (FALL 1999) - SUSANNAH MONROE (CA. 1698-1752) THE FULL CIRCLE OF HER LIFE by Virginia R. Redden, p. 344
"Jane White has previously married Thomas Bowcock and had 2 daughters, Margaret (who married William Monroe and Eleanor (who married Andrew, brother of William Monroe)."
The education, care and guardianship of the orphans of Andrew Monroe and Elinor Spence were entrusted, according to Andrew Monroe's will, to his "trusty friends" (Richard Watts and Charles Tyler) and to his "living brother William Munroe", executors of his will.
Events
| Birth | 1666 | Monroe Creek, Westmoreland | |||
| Marriage | 1689 | Westmoreland, Virginia, United States - Margaret Bowcock | |||
| Death | 26 Apr 1737 | Washingtonpar, Westmoreland |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Bowcock (1670 - 1737) |
| Child | William Gent Monroe II (1690 - 1775) |
| Father | Andrew "Banished to VA in 1650 by O. Cromwell" Monroe I (1625 - 1668) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Elizabeth (Alexander) Monroe Horner" Alexander (1632 - 1687) |