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[[Category:Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]]
[[Category:US President Direct Ancestor]]
Ancestor of [[Monroe-17| James Monroe]] 5th US President

== Biography ==
Andrew Monroe was the 3rd son of David Munro. Andrew, under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro I, of Newcome, fought with the rank of Major at the Battle of Preston, 17 August, 1648. Andrew was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia, America.[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919192 Ancestry of James Monroe, by Edward S. Lewis, published in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul., 1923), pp. 173-179] Andrew managed to escape (or worked off his indentureship) and settled in Northumberland Co., Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designated as one of the "Head Rights", being dated 8 Jan. 1650. Andrew died, leaving issue (according to Westmoreland Deed Book) as listed on the Family Page. (??"Moved from Scotland to Maryland c.1641, to Virginia, c.1648, and settled on Monroe Bay, Westmoreland County, Virginia)...(Major Monroe was born in Scotland, & came to Maryland before 1642 when he represented St. Mary's Co. in the Assembly. In 1648, due to religious troubles, he crossed the Potomac & seated himself in Westmoreland, and there received large patents on that creek now called Monroe Bay).
Andrew began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe
One source states: " Andrew (Munro) Monroe was a vicar/preacher who came to America in 1642. '''Andrew Munro was married to Elizabeth Alexander. They had six children. Andrew's brother William was the great grandfather of James Monroe, the fifth President of the USA."''' needs more research ....... This same??? "Andrew Monroe emigrated from Scotland to America in 1650; he belonged to an ancient highland clan and was Captain in the service of Charles I. He received a grant of land on the borders of Monroe's Creek (so-called after the family) about one mile below Bluff Point and about four miles from Pope's Creek (where Washington was born) on the Potomac in Northumbefrland County. In the time of Charles II he retgurned to Scotland and induced others of his family to emigrate and another extensive grant of land in the same quarter was made to him by the Crown."
....... On page 480 of MacKenzie's History is stated "Andrew, 3rd son of David Monro, fought with rank of Major at battle of Preston (Lancashire) 17th Aug. 1648. Was taken prisoner there and banished to Virginia, America. He escaped and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had a grant of 200 acres land dated 8th June 1650. He married and had issue, from whom President James Monroe was probably descended."[http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/munro3.html]

June 8 1650 : Received 1st land grant in Northumberland Co.

=== Name ===: Andrew MonroeYates Publishing. ''U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.'' Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Birth date: 1625 Marriage date: 1665[[#S474]] Page: Ancestry Family Trees[[#S-483389976]][[#S-475360078]][[#S-475360067]][[#S-475360063]] APID: 1,5090::95[[#S-475360168]][[#S-475370367]][[#S-483361454]] Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1641; Page Number: 198[[#S-483379963]]
:: Prefix: Major[[#S89]]
=== Birth ===:: 1625 Evanton, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland[[#S27]] Page: 82 "Major Andrew Monroe immigrated to America from Scotland about 1641 and settled in Saint Mary's County, Maryland. In 1648 he crossed the Potomac River and settled on Monroe Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, where he received land patents before the formation of the county.".[[#S53]]
:: 1625 Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland:: 1625 Katewell, Scotland[[#S-483389976]][[#S-475360078]][[#S-483379963]]
=== Event ===
:: Arrival:: 1641 Maryland[[#S-483361454]] Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1641; Page Number: 198
=== Marriage ===:: 1652 Westmoreland, Virginia, United StatesYates Publishing. ''U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.'' Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Birth date: 1630 Marriage date: 1665
:: 1658 Katewell[[#S-475370367]]
: Wife: [[Alexander-5430|Elizabeth Alexander]]:: 1652 Westmoreland, Virginia, United States[[#S-475360078]]
:: 1665 Westmoreland, Virginia, USA[[#S-483389976]]
=== Residence ===
:: Virginia[[#S-475360063]] APID: 1,5090::95
=== Death ===:: 1668 Doctor's Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia[[#S89]] :: 1668 Westmoreland, Virginia, USA[[#S-475360078]][[#S-475360168]]
=== Burial ===
:: Doctors Point, Westmoreland, Virginia[[#S-475360078]]
=== Object ===:: [http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e8c75fb7-cfe2-4ea3-829c-49429edb3bc3&tid=64241365&pid=788 Flag of Scotland]
=== Notes ===: Andrew is mentioned in a book written by Alexander Mackenzie titled, History of the Monroes of Foulis, published in 1898 in Inverness, Scotland. He has this to say about Andrew. "He, under his distinguished relative General Sir George Munro I of Mewmore, fought with the rank of Major, at the battle of Preston on the 17th of August 1648 when taken prisoner there and banished to Virginia, America. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designed as one of the "Head Rights" being dated 8th June 1650."
: "Andrew Monroe, third son of David and Agnes Munro, came first to America about 1642 and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he lived and we find record of him moving about 1647 to Virginia and living at Appomattox, Westmoreland County, until about April, 1648, when (as intimated in the quotation above) he returned to Scotland, fought in the Battle of Preston with the rank of Major on 17th of August 1648, where he was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia--again settling in Westmoreland County, where he died in 1668.: Mentioned should be made that Andrew Monroe was among the Ninety-Seven settlers who signed the Oath of Allegiance to Cromwell's "Commonwealth of England as established without King or House of Lords, 11 April 1652... In 1659/60 he was made a Member of the Westmoreland Commission. In July 1661 he was elected to the Vestry of Appomatox Parish, Westmoreland County. He began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe... Andrew and [his wife] Elizabeth had issue 6 children. One of the children, William, was a great great grandfather of Scotty [Catharine] Borum and a great grandfather of President James Monroe.": Betty Jo Tilly, untitled manuscript on the Bushrod and Susan Borum family line, p. 2.
: Heale and Muscoe, Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. III, pp. 742-752. This article has a genealogy of the Munro clan of Scotland down to and including Andrew Monroe of Northumberland Co., Virginia.
: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: Some researchers believe that this is a composite of two people, one Andrew who came to Maryland about 1642 and a second Andrew who was taken prisoner at the battle of Preston in 1648 and banished to Virginia. This belief is based mainly on the fact that the "earlier" Andrew was illiterate and unable to sign his name, but the "later" Andrew was literate. There is no definitive proof one way or the other, since he may have simply become literate. The May reference quotes a reference as saying that Andrew went to Kent County, Maryland in 1637.

: **********: Said to be son of David Munro (Katewell family) settled St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA 1641, Northumberland County, Virginia 1650; b. Scotland; d. Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA 1668; m. Elizabeth (traditionally Alexander), with issue - Andrew (1661-1714), George, William (1666-1737, ancestor of President James Monroe), Elizabeth (m. Bunch Roe), Susan or Susannah (m. George Weedon), & Mary (d. December, 1661).
: Munro Tree Q/47 note; Mackenzie pp. 480-1 - dismissed by G.H.S. King in Clan Munro Magazine vi 14-18 (1959/60 issue); Northrup 351; Note by Mrs. deVolt (1957); D. Dodson, Scots on the Chesapeake (1992), p. 113.

: (R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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: **********: The following is from the "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine" - Vol. XIII #4 - Oct 1933 - The Monroe Family - p. 231-241:
: In the "Life of James Monroe" by his son-in-law, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur of New York State, it is stated that Andrew Monroe, ancestor of President Monroe, was an officer in King Charles' Army.
: The following is quoted in part from Lund Washington (1767-1853), who married Susannah Monroe Grayson, grand-daughter of Captain Benjamin Grayson and Susannah Monroe, his wife, and who was for years on intimate terms with members of the Monroe family: - "Andrew Monroe emigrated from Scotland to America in 1650, he belonged to an ancient highland clan and was Captain in the service of Charles I. He received a grant of land on the borders of Monroe creek (so called after the family) about one mile below Bluff Point and about four miles from Pope's Creek (where Washington was born) on the Potomac in Northumberland County. In the time of Charles II he returned to Scotland and induced others of his family to emigrate and another extensive grant of land in the same quarter was made to him by the corwn."
: We quote the following from Mr. James D. Evans, a descendant of the Monroe family, and an ardent student of genealogy: - "The identity and derivation of the immigrant, the 1st Andrew Monroe, has not, I think, been settled by the assumption that he was indubitably the Major Andrew Monroe, 3rd son of David Munro of Scotland who participated in the Battle of Preston and being taken prisoner by the English (1648) was banished to Virginia. The article which appears in the William and Mary Quarterly, written by Mr. Edward S. Lewis of St. Louis, which attempts to substantiate the identity is by no means conclusive. It presents nohting more than an interesting conjecture but no evidence except identity of name. There is very positive proof that Andrew Monroe who appeared in Virginia and Westmoreland County in 1650 and patented lands in 1652 on what later became known as Monroe's Creek, and who can be none other than the first of the Monroes who for generations remained in unbroken line in that vicinity, came there from St. Mary's County, Maryland, and was the same as is traceable in the Maryland Archives back to 1642 in the same place. He appears there to have been assessed 50 lbs. of tobacco in Jul 1642 to support the war against the Susquehanna Indians (Maryland Assembly Proceedings V. 2-30/2 Entry book #53) and again as a freeholder represented in the Assembly by Capt. Thomas Cornwallis on 22 Aug 1642 (Maryland Archives Acts of Assembly V. I-165). On 6 Apr 1648 Andrew Monroe signed with his mark as witness a deed of gift from Burgess Thomas Sturman to his son John Sturman to all his cattle and his shallop 'now in Maryland.' (Lb. 362). On 2 Apr 1648 Andrew Munrowe of Appomattox in Virginia (a point on the Potomac across the river from St. Mary's, Maryland) made a bill of sale for a heifer 2 years old to Thomas Sturman which was witnessed by John Sturman (Lb-383).
: "it is likely, if not certain, that Andrew Monroe went to Virginia from Maryland in 1647, with Thomas Youell and Thomas Sturman. These two men originally settled in Kent Isle in the Chesapeake - first claimed by Colonel William Clayburn of the Virginia Council who settled it in 1634 or earlier but was in 1638 dispossessed by Lord Calvert. They made an affidavit to the effect 20 May 1640, when they removed to St. Mary's, the seat of government. Thomas Sturman was successively Burgess from St. Michael's and St. Mary's. In 1645 Thomas Sturman, his son John, and Thomas Youell joined Richard Ingle in a revolt against Leonard Calvert, deputy-governor, and were condemned as rebels, a price put on their heads and their property confiscated. They fled to Virginia across the Potomac. Amnesty was later decreed to such as should sue for pardon and Thomas and John Sturman accepted it and made their oaths of allegiance. Thomas Youell apparently never complied and remained in Virginia where he patented lands and lived the rest of his life. In 1647/8 Thomas Sturman and Andrew Monroe left St. Mary's and settled near Youell in Westmoreland county. John Sturman later also crossed into Virginia where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Dorcas Spence, the sister of Eleanor Spence, who married Andrew the 2nd, son of Andrew, the immigrant. Patrick Spence the second married Penelope, daughter of Thomas Youell."
: The following is taken from the History and Register of the Colonial Dames of Virginia, page 497, and is basis for Colonial Dame Claim: - "Andrew Monroe of Maryland born in Scotland in _____ and died in Virginia 1668. Resided in Virginia and Maryland 1642-1668. Member of the Maryland Association, 1642. Captain of a ship under Cuthbert Fenwick."
: In the preceding paragraphs we have tried to give as much evidence as possible in regard to the identity and derivation of the immigrant Monroe. In brief, it will be noted that there are two schools of thought among most Monroe genealogists - (1) those that think him to be the son of David and Agnes (Munro) Munro of Scotland, fought in the Battle of Preston with rank of Major, 1648, was banished and came to Virginia where he settled; (2) those that think him to be of undetermined derivation, first appearing in St. Mary's county, Maryland, in 1642, and later, about 1647/8, moving across the Potomac River to Westmoreland county, Virginia, where he settled and died.
: However, it is the opinion of the writers that these two Andrew Monres are identical; that is, that Andrew Monroe, the third son of David Munro of Katewell and Agnes Munro, his wife, came first to America about 1642 and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he lived and we find record of him, moving about 1647 to Virginia and living at Appomattox, Westmoreland County, until about Apr 1648, when (as intimated in the quotation from Lund Washington) he returned to Scotland, fought in the Battle of Preston with the rank of Major on 17 Aug 1648, where he was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia - again settling in Westmoreland county where he died in 1668.
: Andrew received his first grant of land 8 Jun 1650 in Northumberland County, Virginia, and was later (1652) granted land in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In 1659/1660 he was made a member of the Westmoreland Commission. In Jul 1661 he was elected to the vestry of Appomattox Parish, Westmoreland County. He began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe. He married Elizabeth, who is said to have been a daughter of Colonel John Alexander, who died in 1677, but we have found no documentary evidence that would definitely establish her surname. Andrew Monroe died in Westmoreland County in 1668. His widow, Elizabeth Monroe, married second before 30 Jul 1679, George Horner, and third before 23 Feb 1686-1687, Edward Mountjoy of Westmoreland County.
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: Lund Washington wrote that Andrew Monroe came from the Scottish Highlands and received a land-grant on Monroe Creek, in Northumberland, in 1650. He was Captain in the service of Charles 1st. He returned to Scotland in the time of Charles 2nd and encouraged other of the family to emigrate and received another grant of land from the Crown. Lund Washington knew the descendants of all the people of whom he wrote. After all, his mother-in-law, Susanna Monroe Grayson, was the daughter of Col. Andrew Monroe and the grand-daughter of the original Andrew Monroe.
: Andrew learned to write and gradually changed the name from Munroe to Monroe (this, according to George Harrison Sanford King in his article "The Monroe Family"). King states that the Maryland Andrew Monroe and the Virginia Andrew Monroe are one and the same. He references MacKenzie's book as one of his sources. King was regarded as the expert on the Monroes. He did the genealogies for the Jamestowne Society and Order of the First Families of Virginia.
: In the article "The Maryland Ancestry of James Monroe" in Maryland Genealogies Vol. II by Monroe Johnson, Johnson quotes Pres. Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University and the original biographer of James Monroe, that Andrew came to Maryland in 1637 and settled on Kent Island. He left Maryland after Ingle's revolt and settled in Westmoreland County.
: It is believed that Andrew first came to America about 1642 and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland. In Jul 1642, he was assessed 50 lbs. of tobacco to support the war against the Susquehanna Indians. On 24 Feb 1647 he was defendant in a suit of Mrs. Mary Brent in which he was decreed to pay her 400 lbs. of tobacco. He was a member of the Maryland Association, in 1642, and captain of a ship under Cuthbert Fenwick, general agent for Lord Baltimore, and he was known as a "mariner."
: When Richard Ingle declared for the Parliament, Andrew took sides against Lord Baltimore's government, and like Nathaniel Pope, ancestor of President Washington, Dr. Thomas Gerrard and other leading Marylanders, he fled over the Potomac to a settlement under the Virginia authority. He lived at Appomattox, Westmoreland County until about Apr 1648, when he returned to Scotland.
: He fought with the rank of Major under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro I of Newmore at the battle of Preston on 17 Aug 1648 with the forces of King Charles I. He was taken prisoner there and banished to Virginia. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designated as one of the "Head Rights" being dated 8 Jun 1650. He received a grant of land on the borders of Monroe Creek (so called after the family) about one mile below Bluff Point and about four miles from Pope's Creek (where Washington was born) on the Potomac in Northumberland County. In the time of Charles II he returned to Scotland and induced others of his family to emigrate and another extensive grant of land in the same quarter was made to him by the crown.
: In 1652, he had settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In this same year he signed an oath promising to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England. This implies that he must have been a suspected Loyalist to the Crown, otherwise his oath would not have been required. By 11 Apr 1652, he was serving as Commissioner of the Council of the State for the Common Wealth of England.
: In 1659/60 he was made a Member of the Westmoreland Commission. In July 1661 he was elected to the Vestry of Appomattox Parish, Westmoreland County. He began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe.
: On 26 Oct 1666, he received 920 acres of land in Westmoreland County, Virginia for transporting 6 persons.
: Andrew and Elizabeth married in 1652 according to one reference, but another says they were married before 1650. Elizabeth is said to be a daughter of Colonel John Alexander, but this surname has not been proven. After Andrew's death she married, before 30 Jul 1679, (2) George Horner and, before 23 Feb 1686/7, (3) Edward Mountjoy of Westmoreland County.
: Error alert: The Cochran reference says that Andrew married Eleanor Spence, but it is believed that Eleanor was the wife of Andrew's son, Andrew.

: **********: The following is from Mackenzie's "History of the Munros of Fowlis" - p. 480-481:
: Andrew, who under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro, I. of Newmore, fought, with the rank of Major, at the battle of Preston, on 17 Aug 1648, was taken prisoner there, and banished to Virginia, America. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, disignated as one of the "Head Rights," being dated 8 Jun 1650. He married, and had issue, from whom, it is believed, President James Monroe of the United States of America was descended.
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: The following is from the documents of Reta Malan Loehr:
: : Andrew Munro immigrated to America in his early teens first settling in Maryland, possibly on Kent Island. In the late 1640's he was listed on the freeman's proxies of Capt. Thomas Cornwalleys, a Catholic. But he eventually was linked to the notorious Ingle's revolt and took refuge across the Potomac in Northumberland County which later became Westmoreland. The Virginia Land Patent Books showed that on 8 Jun 1650, Andrew Monroe received from Sir William Berkeley a patent for 200 acres in Northumberland County. This patent was for the transportation of four persons.
: : He later was among the ninety-seven settlers who signed the Oath of Allegiance to Cromwell's "Commonwealth of England as established without King or House of Lords, 11 Apr 1652" He then on 24 Nov. 1652 received another patent for 440 acres in Northumberland County for the transportation of nine persons. This patent was renewed on 18 Mar 1662. In 1652, Monroe married Elizabeth, daughter of John Alexander. They had at least five children. In Feb. 1663 he received another patent for 350 acres for the transportation of seven persons and by this time, having over 990 acres of productive land growing tobacco and corn.
: : By 1661 he was considered one of the leading planters of his parish because on 3 July 1661 he was selected as a member of the vestry of Apomatocks Parish, which later became Washington parish. His exact date of death is unknown but on 28 April 1668, Elizabeth, relict of Andrew Monroe, made a deed of gift to her daughters, Elizabeth an Susanna, of "a pair of heifers marked with the mark of Andrew Monroe....all her children, Elizabeth, Susanna, Andrew, George and William to have a mare foal... when either Elizabeth or Susanna shall be married the the cattle shall be equally divided between them" (recorded 28 Apr 1668, Westmoreland County Records, 1668;23, 23a).
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: Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/47
: "Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 5
: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Mary
: - Eggleston, Sam Daniel, Jr.
: - Johnson, Monroe - James Monroe ancestors
: - "William & Mary Quarterly" - 1933
: - Guilford, Dr. Joan S.
: - Boyer, Wallace R. - descendants of Hector Munro 13th
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: Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/47
: : "David Munro of Catwall married Agnes daughter to Mr Alexander Munro Minister of Durness by whom he had George Mr Andrew Alexander Robert and Hector who died without succession Mr John and a daughter Janet married to Hugh Boggie in Fortrose."
: : "...Alexander Munro of Katewell is on record 1687/8 (FW 277, 279). The singling out of Mr John Q/48 in this MS suggests that all David's elder sons may have d without succession, but Mackenzie restricted this phrase to Hector and named Andrew as possible ancestor of USA President James Monroe (which may have been too readily accepted, in absence of any more likely identification, see CMM vi 14-18 and RWM in RSM's Lexington Munroes p. v)."
: : Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Richard Walter - "Virginia Descendants of
: Andrew Monroe" by Anne Monroe Wintzer - p. 33
: : Ref (1) says that Andrew was the son of Andrew Munro of Daan [12329].
: : Ref (2) says that Andrew's father was "William Monroe born in Scotland 1625 came to America 1651 located in Mass. Came as Captain on Lord Baltimore's ship."
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: References:
: : (1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "The Monroe Family of Virginia" -
: compiled by Nancy E. Harris - Jul 1988 - p. 7, 14
: : (2) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew: Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #B16
: : (3) Clan Munro files - Cataluna, Esther R. - The Ancestry of Esther Cataluna -
: dated 7 jan 1998 - p. 1
: : (4) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
: 480-481
:
: (5) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/47
: : Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA - e-mail: alger@alum.mit.edu

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[[Category:Questionable_Gateway_Ancestors]] } } [[Category:Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]] [[Category:US President Direct Ancestor]] Ancestor of [[Monroe-17| James Monroe]] 5th US President == Biography == Andrew Monroe was the 3rd son of David Munro. Andrew, under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro I, of Newcome, fought with the rank of Major at the Battle of Preston, 17 August, 1648. Andrew was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia, America.[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919192 Ancestry of James Monroe, by Edward S. Lewis, published in The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul., 1923), pp. 173-179] Andrew managed to escape (or worked off his indentureship) and settled in Northumberland Co., Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designated as one of the "Head Rights", being dated 8 Jan. 1650. Andrew died, leaving issue (according to Westmoreland Deed Book) as listed on the Family Page. (??"Moved from Scotland to Maryland c.1641, to Virginia, c.1648, and settled on Monroe Bay, Westmoreland County, Virginia)...(Major Monroe was born in Scotland, & came to Maryland before 1642 when he represented St. Mary's Co. in the Assembly. In 1648, due to religious troubles, he crossed the Potomac & seated himself in Westmoreland, and there received large patents on that creek now called Monroe Bay). Andrew began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe One source states: " Andrew (Munro) Monroe was a vicar/preacher who came to America in 1642. '''Andrew Munro was married to Elizabeth Alexander. They had six children. Andrew's brother William was the great grandfather of James Monroe, the fifth President of the USA."''' needs more research ....... This same??? "Andrew Monroe emigrated from Scotland to America in 1650; he belonged to an ancient highland clan and was Captain in the service of Charles I. He received a grant of land on the borders of Monroe's Creek (so-called after the family) about one mile below Bluff Point and about four miles from Pope's Creek (where Washington was born) on the Potomac in Northumbefrland County. In the time of Charles II he retgurned to Scotland and induced others of his family to emigrate and another extensive grant of land in the same quarter was made to him by the Crown." ....... On page 480 of MacKenzie's History is stated "Andrew, 3rd son of David Monro, fought with rank of Major at battle of Preston (Lancashire) 17th Aug. 1648. Was taken prisoner there and banished to Virginia, America. He escaped and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had a grant of 200 acres land dated 8th June 1650. He married and had issue, from whom President James Monroe was probably descended."[http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/munro3.html] June 8 1650 : Received 1st land grant in Northumberland Co. === Name ===: Andrew MonroeYates Publishing. ''U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.'' Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Birth date: 1625 Marriage date: 1665[[#S474]] Page: Ancestry Family Trees[[#S-483389976]][[#S-475360078]][[#S-475360067]][[#S-475360063]] APID: 1,5090::95[[#S-475360168]][[#S-475370367]][[#S-483361454]] Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1641; Page Number: 198[[#S-483379963]] :: Prefix: Major[[#S89]] === Birth ===:: 1625 Evanton, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland[[#S27]] Page: 82 "Major Andrew Monroe immigrated to America from Scotland about 1641 and settled in Saint Mary's County, Maryland. In 1648 he crossed the Potomac River and settled on Monroe Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, where he received land patents before the formation of the county.".[[#S53]] :: 1625 Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland:: 1625 Katewell, Scotland[[#S-483389976]][[#S-475360078]][[#S-483379963]] === Event === :: Arrival:: 1641 Maryland[[#S-483361454]] Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1641; Page Number: 198 === Marriage ===:: 1652 Westmoreland, Virginia, United StatesYates Publishing. ''U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.'' Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Birth date: 1630 Marriage date: 1665 :: 1658 Katewell[[#S-475370367]] : Wife: [[Alexander-5430|Elizabeth Alexander]]:: 1652 Westmoreland, Virginia, United States[[#S-475360078]] :: 1665 Westmoreland, Virginia, USA[[#S-483389976]] === Residence === :: Virginia[[#S-475360063]] APID: 1,5090::95 === Death ===:: 1668 Doctor's Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia[[#S89]] :: 1668 Westmoreland, Virginia, USA[[#S-475360078]][[#S-475360168]] === Burial === :: Doctors Point, Westmoreland, Virginia[[#S-475360078]] === Object ===:: [http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e8c75fb7-cfe2-4ea3-829c-49429edb3bc3&tid=64241365&pid=788 Flag of Scotland] === Notes ===: Andrew is mentioned in a book written by Alexander Mackenzie titled, History of the Monroes of Foulis, published in 1898 in Inverness, Scotland. He has this to say about Andrew. "He, under his distinguished relative General Sir George Munro I of Mewmore, fought with the rank of Major, at the battle of Preston on the 17th of August 1648 when taken prisoner there and banished to Virginia, America. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designed as one of the "Head Rights" being dated 8th June 1650." : "Andrew Monroe, third son of David and Agnes Munro, came first to America about 1642 and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he lived and we find record of him moving about 1647 to Virginia and living at Appomattox, Westmoreland County, until about April, 1648, when (as intimated in the quotation above) he returned to Scotland, fought in the Battle of Preston with the rank of Major on 17th of August 1648, where he was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia--again settling in Westmoreland County, where he died in 1668.: Mentioned should be made that Andrew Monroe was among the Ninety-Seven settlers who signed the Oath of Allegiance to Cromwell's "Commonwealth of England as established without King or House of Lords, 11 April 1652... In 1659/60 he was made a Member of the Westmoreland Commission. In July 1661 he was elected to the Vestry of Appomatox Parish, Westmoreland County. He began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe... Andrew and [his wife] Elizabeth had issue 6 children. One of the children, William, was a great great grandfather of Scotty [Catharine] Borum and a great grandfather of President James Monroe.": Betty Jo Tilly, untitled manuscript on the Bushrod and Susan Borum family line, p. 2. : Heale and Muscoe, Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. III, pp. 742-752. This article has a genealogy of the Munro clan of Scotland down to and including Andrew Monroe of Northumberland Co., Virginia. : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: Some researchers believe that this is a composite of two people, one Andrew who came to Maryland about 1642 and a second Andrew who was taken prisoner at the battle of Preston in 1648 and banished to Virginia. This belief is based mainly on the fact that the "earlier" Andrew was illiterate and unable to sign his name, but the "later" Andrew was literate. There is no definitive proof one way or the other, since he may have simply become literate. The May reference quotes a reference as saying that Andrew went to Kent County, Maryland in 1637. : **********: Said to be son of David Munro (Katewell family) settled St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA 1641, Northumberland County, Virginia 1650; b. Scotland; d. Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA 1668; m. Elizabeth (traditionally Alexander), with issue - Andrew (1661-1714), George, William (1666-1737, ancestor of President James Monroe), Elizabeth (m. Bunch Roe), Susan or Susannah (m. George Weedon), & Mary (d. December, 1661). : Munro Tree Q/47 note; Mackenzie pp. 480-1 - dismissed by G.H.S. King in Clan Munro Magazine vi 14-18 (1959/60 issue); Northrup 351; Note by Mrs. deVolt (1957); D. Dodson, Scots on the Chesapeake (1992), p. 113. : (R. W. Munro's genealogy notes) : ********** : **********: The following is from the "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine" - Vol. XIII #4 - Oct 1933 - The Monroe Family - p. 231-241: : In the "Life of James Monroe" by his son-in-law, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur of New York State, it is stated that Andrew Monroe, ancestor of President Monroe, was an officer in King Charles' Army. : The following is quoted in part from Lund Washington (1767-1853), who married Susannah Monroe Grayson, grand-daughter of Captain Benjamin Grayson and Susannah Monroe, his wife, and who was for years on intimate terms with members of the Monroe family: - "Andrew Monroe emigrated from Scotland to America in 1650, he belonged to an ancient highland clan and was Captain in the service of Charles I. He received a grant of land on the borders of Monroe creek (so called after the family) about one mile below Bluff Point and about four miles from Pope's Creek (where Washington was born) on the Potomac in Northumberland County. In the time of Charles II he returned to Scotland and induced others of his family to emigrate and another extensive grant of land in the same quarter was made to him by the corwn." : We quote the following from Mr. James D. Evans, a descendant of the Monroe family, and an ardent student of genealogy: - "The identity and derivation of the immigrant, the 1st Andrew Monroe, has not, I think, been settled by the assumption that he was indubitably the Major Andrew Monroe, 3rd son of David Munro of Scotland who participated in the Battle of Preston and being taken prisoner by the English (1648) was banished to Virginia. The article which appears in the William and Mary Quarterly, written by Mr. Edward S. Lewis of St. Louis, which attempts to substantiate the identity is by no means conclusive. It presents nohting more than an interesting conjecture but no evidence except identity of name. There is very positive proof that Andrew Monroe who appeared in Virginia and Westmoreland County in 1650 and patented lands in 1652 on what later became known as Monroe's Creek, and who can be none other than the first of the Monroes who for generations remained in unbroken line in that vicinity, came there from St. Mary's County, Maryland, and was the same as is traceable in the Maryland Archives back to 1642 in the same place. He appears there to have been assessed 50 lbs. of tobacco in Jul 1642 to support the war against the Susquehanna Indians (Maryland Assembly Proceedings V. 2-30/2 Entry book #53) and again as a freeholder represented in the Assembly by Capt. Thomas Cornwallis on 22 Aug 1642 (Maryland Archives Acts of Assembly V. I-165). On 6 Apr 1648 Andrew Monroe signed with his mark as witness a deed of gift from Burgess Thomas Sturman to his son John Sturman to all his cattle and his shallop 'now in Maryland.' (Lb. 362). On 2 Apr 1648 Andrew Munrowe of Appomattox in Virginia (a point on the Potomac across the river from St. Mary's, Maryland) made a bill of sale for a heifer 2 years old to Thomas Sturman which was witnessed by John Sturman (Lb-383). : "it is likely, if not certain, that Andrew Monroe went to Virginia from Maryland in 1647, with Thomas Youell and Thomas Sturman. These two men originally settled in Kent Isle in the Chesapeake - first claimed by Colonel William Clayburn of the Virginia Council who settled it in 1634 or earlier but was in 1638 dispossessed by Lord Calvert. They made an affidavit to the effect 20 May 1640, when they removed to St. Mary's, the seat of government. Thomas Sturman was successively Burgess from St. Michael's and St. Mary's. In 1645 Thomas Sturman, his son John, and Thomas Youell joined Richard Ingle in a revolt against Leonard Calvert, deputy-governor, and were condemned as rebels, a price put on their heads and their property confiscated. They fled to Virginia across the Potomac. Amnesty was later decreed to such as should sue for pardon and Thomas and John Sturman accepted it and made their oaths of allegiance. Thomas Youell apparently never complied and remained in Virginia where he patented lands and lived the rest of his life. In 1647/8 Thomas Sturman and Andrew Monroe left St. Mary's and settled near Youell in Westmoreland county. John Sturman later also crossed into Virginia where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Dorcas Spence, the sister of Eleanor Spence, who married Andrew the 2nd, son of Andrew, the immigrant. Patrick Spence the second married Penelope, daughter of Thomas Youell." : The following is taken from the History and Register of the Colonial Dames of Virginia, page 497, and is basis for Colonial Dame Claim: - "Andrew Monroe of Maryland born in Scotland in _____ and died in Virginia 1668. Resided in Virginia and Maryland 1642-1668. Member of the Maryland Association, 1642. Captain of a ship under Cuthbert Fenwick." : In the preceding paragraphs we have tried to give as much evidence as possible in regard to the identity and derivation of the immigrant Monroe. In brief, it will be noted that there are two schools of thought among most Monroe genealogists - (1) those that think him to be the son of David and Agnes (Munro) Munro of Scotland, fought in the Battle of Preston with rank of Major, 1648, was banished and came to Virginia where he settled; (2) those that think him to be of undetermined derivation, first appearing in St. Mary's county, Maryland, in 1642, and later, about 1647/8, moving across the Potomac River to Westmoreland county, Virginia, where he settled and died. : However, it is the opinion of the writers that these two Andrew Monres are identical; that is, that Andrew Monroe, the third son of David Munro of Katewell and Agnes Munro, his wife, came first to America about 1642 and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he lived and we find record of him, moving about 1647 to Virginia and living at Appomattox, Westmoreland County, until about Apr 1648, when (as intimated in the quotation from Lund Washington) he returned to Scotland, fought in the Battle of Preston with the rank of Major on 17 Aug 1648, where he was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia - again settling in Westmoreland county where he died in 1668. : Andrew received his first grant of land 8 Jun 1650 in Northumberland County, Virginia, and was later (1652) granted land in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In 1659/1660 he was made a member of the Westmoreland Commission. In Jul 1661 he was elected to the vestry of Appomattox Parish, Westmoreland County. He began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe. He married Elizabeth, who is said to have been a daughter of Colonel John Alexander, who died in 1677, but we have found no documentary evidence that would definitely establish her surname. Andrew Monroe died in Westmoreland County in 1668. His widow, Elizabeth Monroe, married second before 30 Jul 1679, George Horner, and third before 23 Feb 1686-1687, Edward Mountjoy of Westmoreland County. : ********** : Lund Washington wrote that Andrew Monroe came from the Scottish Highlands and received a land-grant on Monroe Creek, in Northumberland, in 1650. He was Captain in the service of Charles 1st. He returned to Scotland in the time of Charles 2nd and encouraged other of the family to emigrate and received another grant of land from the Crown. Lund Washington knew the descendants of all the people of whom he wrote. After all, his mother-in-law, Susanna Monroe Grayson, was the daughter of Col. Andrew Monroe and the grand-daughter of the original Andrew Monroe. : Andrew learned to write and gradually changed the name from Munroe to Monroe (this, according to George Harrison Sanford King in his article "The Monroe Family"). King states that the Maryland Andrew Monroe and the Virginia Andrew Monroe are one and the same. He references MacKenzie's book as one of his sources. King was regarded as the expert on the Monroes. He did the genealogies for the Jamestowne Society and Order of the First Families of Virginia. : In the article "The Maryland Ancestry of James Monroe" in Maryland Genealogies Vol. II by Monroe Johnson, Johnson quotes Pres. Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University and the original biographer of James Monroe, that Andrew came to Maryland in 1637 and settled on Kent Island. He left Maryland after Ingle's revolt and settled in Westmoreland County. : It is believed that Andrew first came to America about 1642 and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland. In Jul 1642, he was assessed 50 lbs. of tobacco to support the war against the Susquehanna Indians. On 24 Feb 1647 he was defendant in a suit of Mrs. Mary Brent in which he was decreed to pay her 400 lbs. of tobacco. He was a member of the Maryland Association, in 1642, and captain of a ship under Cuthbert Fenwick, general agent for Lord Baltimore, and he was known as a "mariner." : When Richard Ingle declared for the Parliament, Andrew took sides against Lord Baltimore's government, and like Nathaniel Pope, ancestor of President Washington, Dr. Thomas Gerrard and other leading Marylanders, he fled over the Potomac to a settlement under the Virginia authority. He lived at Appomattox, Westmoreland County until about Apr 1648, when he returned to Scotland. : He fought with the rank of Major under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro I of Newmore at the battle of Preston on 17 Aug 1648 with the forces of King Charles I. He was taken prisoner there and banished to Virginia. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designated as one of the "Head Rights" being dated 8 Jun 1650. He received a grant of land on the borders of Monroe Creek (so called after the family) about one mile below Bluff Point and about four miles from Pope's Creek (where Washington was born) on the Potomac in Northumberland County. In the time of Charles II he returned to Scotland and induced others of his family to emigrate and another extensive grant of land in the same quarter was made to him by the crown. : In 1652, he had settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In this same year he signed an oath promising to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England. This implies that he must have been a suspected Loyalist to the Crown, otherwise his oath would not have been required. By 11 Apr 1652, he was serving as Commissioner of the Council of the State for the Common Wealth of England. : In 1659/60 he was made a Member of the Westmoreland Commission. In July 1661 he was elected to the Vestry of Appomattox Parish, Westmoreland County. He began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe. : On 26 Oct 1666, he received 920 acres of land in Westmoreland County, Virginia for transporting 6 persons. : Andrew and Elizabeth married in 1652 according to one reference, but another says they were married before 1650. Elizabeth is said to be a daughter of Colonel John Alexander, but this surname has not been proven. After Andrew's death she married, before 30 Jul 1679, (2) George Horner and, before 23 Feb 1686/7, (3) Edward Mountjoy of Westmoreland County. : Error alert: The Cochran reference says that Andrew married Eleanor Spence, but it is believed that Eleanor was the wife of Andrew's son, Andrew. : **********: The following is from Mackenzie's "History of the Munros of Fowlis" - p. 480-481: : Andrew, who under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro, I. of Newmore, fought, with the rank of Major, at the battle of Preston, on 17 Aug 1648, was taken prisoner there, and banished to Virginia, America. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, disignated as one of the "Head Rights," being dated 8 Jun 1650. He married, and had issue, from whom, it is believed, President James Monroe of the United States of America was descended. : ********** : ********** : The following is from the documents of Reta Malan Loehr: : : Andrew Munro immigrated to America in his early teens first settling in Maryland, possibly on Kent Island. In the late 1640's he was listed on the freeman's proxies of Capt. Thomas Cornwalleys, a Catholic. But he eventually was linked to the notorious Ingle's revolt and took refuge across the Potomac in Northumberland County which later became Westmoreland. The Virginia Land Patent Books showed that on 8 Jun 1650, Andrew Monroe received from Sir William Berkeley a patent for 200 acres in Northumberland County. This patent was for the transportation of four persons. : : He later was among the ninety-seven settlers who signed the Oath of Allegiance to Cromwell's "Commonwealth of England as established without King or House of Lords, 11 Apr 1652" He then on 24 Nov. 1652 received another patent for 440 acres in Northumberland County for the transportation of nine persons. This patent was renewed on 18 Mar 1662. In 1652, Monroe married Elizabeth, daughter of John Alexander. They had at least five children. In Feb. 1663 he received another patent for 350 acres for the transportation of seven persons and by this time, having over 990 acres of productive land growing tobacco and corn. : : By 1661 he was considered one of the leading planters of his parish because on 3 July 1661 he was selected as a member of the vestry of Apomatocks Parish, which later became Washington parish. His exact date of death is unknown but on 28 April 1668, Elizabeth, relict of Andrew Monroe, made a deed of gift to her daughters, Elizabeth an Susanna, of "a pair of heifers marked with the mark of Andrew Monroe....all her children, Elizabeth, Susanna, Andrew, George and William to have a mare foal... when either Elizabeth or Susanna shall be married the the cattle shall be equally divided between them" (recorded 28 Apr 1668, Westmoreland County Records, 1668;23, 23a). : ********** : : Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/47 : "Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 5 : Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Mary : - Eggleston, Sam Daniel, Jr. : - Johnson, Monroe - James Monroe ancestors : - "William & Mary Quarterly" - 1933 : - Guilford, Dr. Joan S. : - Boyer, Wallace R. - descendants of Hector Munro 13th : : Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/47 : : "David Munro of Catwall married Agnes daughter to Mr Alexander Munro Minister of Durness by whom he had George Mr Andrew Alexander Robert and Hector who died without succession Mr John and a daughter Janet married to Hugh Boggie in Fortrose." : : "...Alexander Munro of Katewell is on record 1687/8 (FW 277, 279). The singling out of Mr John Q/48 in this MS suggests that all David's elder sons may have d without succession, but Mackenzie restricted this phrase to Hector and named Andrew as possible ancestor of USA President James Monroe (which may have been too readily accepted, in absence of any more likely identification, see CMM vi 14-18 and RWM in RSM's Lexington Munroes p. v)." : : Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Richard Walter - "Virginia Descendants of : Andrew Monroe" by Anne Monroe Wintzer - p. 33 : : Ref (1) says that Andrew was the son of Andrew Munro of Daan [12329]. : : Ref (2) says that Andrew's father was "William Monroe born in Scotland 1625 came to America 1651 located in Mass. Came as Captain on Lord Baltimore's ship." : : References: : : (1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "The Monroe Family of Virginia" - : compiled by Nancy E. Harris - Jul 1988 - p. 7, 14 : : (2) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew: Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #B16 : : (3) Clan Munro files - Cataluna, Esther R. - The Ancestry of Esther Cataluna - : dated 7 jan 1998 - p. 1 : : (4) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. : 480-481 : : (5) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/47 : : Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA - e-mail: alger@alum.mit.edu == Sources ==* Hoes, Rose Gouverneur. ''James Monroe, Soldier'', "[[Space:Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine|Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine]]" (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dec. 1923) Vol. 57, No. 12, Whole No. 375 [https://archive.org/stream/daughtersofameri1923daug#page/720/mode/1up Page 720]* "Genalogy of the Presidents of the USA", http://uers.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/7197.htm.* Webclans Munro, [http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/munro3.html]* S-475360063Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s Author: Kinard, June. comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,5090::0 * S-475360067Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 Author: Lineages, Inc., comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,4900::0 * S-475360078Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7249::0 * S-475360168Family Data Collection - Deaths Author: Edmund West, comp. 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Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=64241365&pid=788 * S-483389976U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0* S27 Abbreviation: Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 Title: Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 * S53 Abbreviation: George H.S. King, William and Mary Quarterly Title: George H.S. King, William and Mary Quarterly * S89 Abbreviation: Susan Kellar Ratcliffe, Michael Kellar and Catharine Monroe of Fairfax County, Virginia (Gateway Press: Baltimore, 2002) Title: Susan Kellar Ratcliffe, Michael Kellar and Catharine Monroe of Fairfax County, Virginia (Gateway Press: Baltimore, 2002) Note: Source Medium: Other * S474 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; NOTE: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. === Footnotes ===

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Ancestor of [[Monroe-17| James Monroe]] 5th US President

==Disambiguation==
There were more than one Andrew Munro or Monroe living in the same time period, creating the possibility of confusion. *[[Munro-2875|Major Andrew Munro]], born, say, 1620, Katewell, Scotland, son of David Munro of Katewell and Agnes, present at the Battle of Preston, 1648.*[[Monroe-377|Andrew Monroe]], born, say, 1620, Immigrant to Maryland and Virginia, died 1666; Great-great-great grandfather of United States President James Monroe.*[[Munro-100|Rev. Andrew Munro]], born 1660, lived Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

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The parents of Andrew Monroe, immigrant, are unknown. See Disambiguation and Research Notes.

===1620 Birth Year Estimation===
It is generally accepted that Andrew Monroe was born in Scotland. The circumstances of his birth -- date, place, parents, are unknown.
Andrew Monroe was a freeholder in St. Mary's, Maryland, in 1642, so assume he had achieved majority by that time. He is reported to have been on Kent Island in 1637. He might have secured passage to Kent as an adventurer as young as, say, age 15, which would make him age 22 in 1642, with a birth year of, say, 1620.
Many genealogies give a birth year of 1625 in Scotland Mike Marshall. [http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I024168&tree=Tree1 Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties] Andrew Monroe. Accessed October 31, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]] which would appear late by this calculation.

===1637 Kent Island, Maryland===
Pres. Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University and the original biographer of James Monroe, stated that that Andrew came to Maryland in 1637 and settled on Kent Island. President Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University. Monroe Johnson. "The Maryland Ancestry of James Monroe." Maryland Genealogies, Volume II.
Assuming the truth of this statement, Andrew Monroe was involved with Virginians from the beginning. While King Charles I gave the Calvert family a charter to establish Maryland in 1632, and the Calverts made their first Maryland settlement at St. Mary's in 1634, William Claiborne, the official surveyor of the Jamestown colony and Secretary of State for Virginia had received permission from Virginia's governor in 1627 to explore the Chesapeake and investigate trade with the Indians. [https://www.kentislandheritagesociety.org/kent-island-history/ Kent Island History] Accessed November 2, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]
By 1631 Claiborne had bought Kent from the Susquehannock Indians (who were the enemies of the native population living there) and establsihed a trading post and fort on the southern tip of the island. By 1634, the community within a wooden wall (palisade) included a trading station, grist mill, and courthouse, and by 1638 120 English men, plus women and children, lived there. But in 1635, the Calverts claimed Kent Island as part of their Maryland province, and Maryland and Virginia clashed in a series of naval battles that year. Claiborne having gone to England on business, Calvert forces seized Kent Island in 1638. Unsuccessful in legal efforts, Claiborne retreated to Virginia.
Andrew Monroe in Kent Island in 1637 would place him in the midst of this conflict with divided loyalties between Virginian Claiborne and the Maryland Calverts.

===1642 St. Mary's, Maryland===
Gary Roberts, who writes "Ancestors of American Presidents," reports that Andrew Monroe came to St. Mary's County, Maryland by 1642
They made an affidavit to the effect 20 May 1640, when they removed to St. Mary's, the seat of government. Thomas Sturman was successively Burgess from St. Michael's and St. Mary's. "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine" - Vol. XIII #4 - Oct 1933 - The Monroe Family - p. 231-241, quoting James D. Evans, a descendant of the Monroe family, and an ardent student of genealogy, and cited by Mike Marshall. [http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I024168&tree=Tree1 Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties] Andrew Monroe. Accessed October 31, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]
In July 1642 Andrew Monroe appears to have been assessed 50 lbs. of tobacco to support the war against the Susquehanna Indians Maryland Assembly Proceedings V. 2-30/2 Entry book #53)
On 22 August 1642 he again was assessed, as a freeholder represented in the Assembly by Capt. Thomas Cornwallis Maryland Archives Acts of Assembly V. I-165). In the late 1640's he was listed on the freeman's proxies of Capt. Thomas Cornwalleys, a Catholic. From documents of Reta Malan Loehr
This establishes that Andrew Monroe was considered a property owner in Maryland by 1642.
In Maryland, Andrew Monroe "commanded a pinnace in the service of Cuthbert Fenwick, general agent of Lord Baltimore.
On 5 September 1642 Andrew Monroe's name is among those attending the Provincial Assembly. "5 September 1642 morning Assembled Governor, Captain Cornwaleys, Mr Giles Brent, Mr Secretary, Mr Surveyor Genl, David Whitdiffe, George Pye, Mr Greene, Mt Clerk. Appeared: Nathaniel Pope, Mr Weston, Cyprian Thorowgood, Nicholas Herby, Mr George Binks, John Hollis Carp, Jo: Weywill, Thomas Franklin, Thomas Hebden, Francis Posie, Joseph Edlo, John Norman, John Halfhead, John Cockshott, Cuthbert Fennick, Jo: Holderne, Richard Cope, '''Andrew Monroe''', Robert Perry, John Cook, Daniel Clocker, by their Proxie Mr Thos Greene, by their Proxie Capt Thomas, Cornwaleys Maryland Archives [www.mdarchives.state.md.us+%22andrew+monroe%22&hl=enProceedings and Acts of the General Assembly January 1637/8-September 1664Volume 1, Page 167] Liber M C p. 248, 249. Cited by Mike Marshal, Colonials.

===1645 Possible First Marriage in Maryland===
Mike Marshall asserts that Andrew Monroe married first about 1645 in Charles County, Maryland a woman, name unknown, who was born about 1629 and died in 1651, Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had one child, George Monroe, born about 1645 in Charles County, Maryland and died before 1668 in Charles County, Maryland.

===Other Marylanders named Andrew Monroe===
Skordas shows an Andrew Monroe, Servant, Transported (someone else paid his way in exchange for indenture), 1651. This records the date the land was awarded. If it was awarded after the completion of a 7 year indenture, then Monroe could have arrived in Maryland as early as 1644. Maryland Record ABH: 276, cited by Gust Skordas, The Early Settlers of Maryland. Genealogical Publishing House, 1968, p. 320
It would seem, however, that someone who was an indentured servant in the period 1644-1651 would not have also been a freeholder in that period. This suggests the presence in Maryland of an additional person named Andrew Monroe.
Another source states that " Andrew (Munro) Monroe was a vicar/preacher who came to America in 1642.. This would appear to be yet another person named Andrew Munro or Monroe living in Maryland and Virginia during this period.

===1645 Ingle's Rebellion and Virginia Property===
In 1645 Thomas Sturman, his son John, and Thomas Youell joined Richard Ingle in a revolt against Leonard Calvert, deputy-governor, and were condemned as rebels, a price put on their heads and their property confiscated.
In 1645, when Richard Ingle declared for Parliament, Andrew Monroe, being a Protestant, took sides against Lord Baltimore's government. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons. Cited by Geni [https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Mountjoy/6000000008452147170 Elizabeth Alexander] Added by: Dianna Lynn Ordway on June 8, 2007; Managed by:Margaret (C) and 25 others; Curated by: Erica Howton. Accessed October 30, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]
On 11 April 1654, Mr Nicholas Gwyther, aged 28 or therabouts, made a deposition "in open Court at St Maries in the Province of Maryland the 11th day of April 1654; Upon oath Sayth.*That he this Deponent was Servant to Tho: Cornwalleys Esq when one Thomas Harrison Came into this Province in the year 1641 (as this Deponent taketh it) with the Said Capt Cornwalleys as his servant, and *lived in the house with this Depont one yeare or thereabouts before the arrivall of one Richard Ingle which was in the year 1644 or thereabouts *at which time the Said Harrison was Sent by Cuthbt ffenwick then Attorney to the Said Capt Cornwalleys with one Edward Mathews his fellow Servant *to assist one '''Andrew Monroe''' to bring a Pinnace (that then ridd in the Mouth of St Inegos Creek (as Near as Conveniently could be to the house of the Said Capt Cornwalleys *which Said Servants (as they did report themselves) were Commanded aboard the Ship of the Said Ingle, she riding in the Mouth of the Said Creek,
* which Said Mathews was there detained prisoner, *And the Said Harrison tooke up Armes in the assistance of the Said Ingle, and the said Harrison never after returned to his Said Masters Service as this Deponent Ever Saw or heard, the terme of time of the Said Harrison's Service was unknown to this Deponent, but he hath heard the Said Harrison Say that the Said Capt Cornwalleys would abate Some of the time of his Service Maryland State Archives, Judicial and Testamentary Business of the Provincial Court, 1649/50-1657 Volume 10, Page 362 [www.mdarchives.state.md.us+%22andrew+munroe%22&hl=en Deposition of Nicholas Gwyther. Cited by Mike Marshall, Colonial Families

===1647 Move from St Mary's Maryland to Appomattox, Virginia===
Andrew Monroe's move from Maryland to Virginia appears to be a direct consequence of his participation in Ingle's Rebellion. "They fled to Virginia across the Potomac. Amnesty was later decreed to such as should sue for pardon and Thomas and John Sturman accepted it and made their oaths of allegiance. Thomas Youell apparently never complied and remained in Virginia where he patented lands and lived the rest of his life."
"it is likely, if not certain, that Andrew Monroe went to Virginia from Maryland in 1647, with Thomas Youell and Thomas Sturman. These two men originally settled in Kent Isle in the Chesapeake - first claimed by Colonel William Clayburn of the Virginia Council who settled it was in 1638 dispossessed by Lord Calvert.
In 1647/8 Thomas Sturman and Andrew Monroe left St. Mary's and settled near Youell in Westmoreland county, Virginia. John Sturman later also crossed into Virginia where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Dorcas Spence, the sister of Eleanor Spence, who married Andrew the 2nd, son of Andrew, the immigrant. Patrick Spence the second married Penelope, daughter of Thomas Youell."
In 1647, however, Andrew Monroe was still engaged with St. Mary's -- On 24 February 1647 he was listed as the defendant in a suit brought by Mrs. Mary Brent, in which it was decreed that he would pay her 400 lbs of tobacco.
On 2 Apr 1648 Andrew Munrowe of Appomattox in Virginia (a point on the Potomac across the river from St. Mary's, Maryland) made a bill of sale for a heifer 2 years old to Thomas Sturman which was witnessed by John Sturman (Lb-383).
On 6 Apr 1648 "Andrew Monroe of Appomattox in Virginia" signed with his mark as witness a deed of gift from Burgess Thomas Sturman to his son John Sturman of all his cattle and his shallop 'now in Maryland.' (Lb. 362).
Roberts reports that Andrew Monroe was of Westmoreland Co, Virginia, by 1650.

===1650 Claim Against John Steerman===
By 1650, Andrew's friend John Sturman was dead. On May 24, 1650, ""att a Court houlden att Chickecon...It is ordered by this Court that an Attachment shall be awarded against the Estate of John Sturman for a Debt of Foyer hundred pounds of tobaco." Witnessed by Andrew Munroe. 1650-1652 Deed-Will Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 41 cited by Mike Marshall. [http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I024168&tree=Tree1 Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties] Andrew Monroe. Accessed October 31, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]

===1650 Land Patents in Virginia===
In 1650 Andrew Monroe began to obtain a series of land grants in Virginia. The first of these, which notes the late Thomas Sterman as a neighbor, confirms that the Andrew Monroe of Maryland in the previous decade is the same Andrew Monroe who moved to Virginia and lived there.
*8 June 1650. Andrew Munrow. Northumberland Co. 200 acres abutting north east upon a creek issuing out of Potomack River that divideth this land from a neck of land late in the possession of Thomas Sterman. Virginia Land Office [http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=225&last=&g_p=P2&co llection=LO Patent Patents No. 2, 1643-1651] p. 225 (Reel 2) The land was described as neighboring land of John Hollowes, Gent., S. W. upon a great Indian Path neare Hallowes Cr. The patent reflected the transportation of 4 persons, Andrew Monrow, Sarah Hungerford, Christian Bell, Richd. Farmer. Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book No. 2, page 193 On the same date 328 acres neighboring Andrew Monrow's land was patended to John Hallowes. Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book No. 2; page 193*29 November 1652. Andrew Munrow. Northumberland Co. 440 acres on a creek that issueth out of Potomac River; S. Et. on a plantation granted to said Andrew Munrow by patent. Virginia Land Office [http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=169&last=&g_p=P3&co llection=LO Patent Patents No 3, 1652-1655], p. 169 (Reel 2) The grant reflected transportation of 9 persons --William Longe, James Brice, William James, George Dale, John Teagg, Edis Kleg, John Hodin, Wm. Brice, James Longe. Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book NO 3, pg. 272 *4 Sept 1655, Thomas Wilsford, Gent, received 50 acres in Westmoreland Co on N. W. side of Hallows Cr, adj his own land and land of Andrew Munroe, for transporting Sarah Southerne. Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book No 3, p. 312. *18 March 1662. Andrew Monrow. Northumberland Co. Description: 440 acres N. Et. on a creek that issueth out of Potomac River; s. et. on a plantation granted to the said Andrew Monrow by patent. .Gen. note "The sd. land formerly granted sd. Monrow, Nov. 9., 1652." Virginia Land office [http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=174&last=&g_p=P5&collec tion=LO Patent Patents No 5, 1661-1666] (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 174 (Reel 5). This was the renewal of a patent dated 9 November 1652. Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book No 5, p. 474
*26 October 1666. Andrew Monrowe receives 920 acres in W'moreland Co.Mentions Potomack River, Thomas St ---, John Hallowes, gent., Jno. Bear---. Part granted him by patent 8 Jan. 1651 & 1 Mar. 1662; 280 acs. for trans. of 6 pers: Sarah Fanshaw, Margaret Bush, William Love, Sampson Wine, William Chase (?), Simon (?) Miller. Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book No 6, page 1 On the same date 290 acres are mentioned in Westmoreland Co which had been deserted: "Upon Andrew Monroes Creek and land patented from Wm Bothum now in possession of Richard Heabeard and granted sd Heabeard 27 Mar 1658, deserted. Trans of 5 persons. [one was John Lewellin) Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book 6 page 5

===1651 Marriage to Elizabeth===
By 1652 Andrew Monroe married Elizabeth, "sometimes called Alexander". or "said to be the daughter of Colonel John Alexander, who died in 1677."
After Andrew Monroe's death, his widow Elizabeth Monroe, married a second time before July 30, 1679 George Horner, and a third time before February 23, 1686-7 Edward Mountjoy of Westmoreland County.

===1652 Oath of Allegiance to Commonwealth===
On 11 April 1652 Andrew Monroe was among the Ninety-Seven settlers who signed the Oath of Allegiance to Cromwell's "Commonwealth of England as established without King or House of Lords."
In 1659/60 he was a Member of the Westmoreland Commission.

===1661 Appomattox Vestry===
On the July 3, 1661, Andrew Munroe was selected as a member of the Vestry of the Parish of Appomattox, and took the required "oath of allegiance and supremacie", subscribing to the following words: "I doe Acknowledge my self a true sonn of ye Church of Engld so I doc beleeve ye Articles of faith there professed & oblige myself to bee Conformable to ye Doctrine & Dicepline there taught & established." "Westmoreland County Deeds, Wills, Patents, etc, from 1661-1662", p. 46, cited in "The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 167 by Mike Marshall. [http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I024168&tree=Tree1 Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties] Andrew Monroe. Accessed October 31, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]] The Vestry was comprised of John Dodman, Andrew Munroe, John Washington, Herbert Smith, Daniel Lisson, Richard Griffin, William Ffreke, John Turnere, Ffrancis Grey, William Webb, Henry Brookes, and Nathaniel Jones.

===Elegant Lifestyles of Plantation Elite on the Potomac===
"The Englishmen on the banks of the Potomac mingled elegant pleasures with rude labors and perilous enterprises. There is a record of a contract in 1670 between John LEE, son of Col. Richard LEE, then deceased, Henry CORBIN, Isaac ALLERTON, and Dr. Thomas GERRARD, for building a banqueting house at or near their respective lands. The English colonist acted as far as the circumstances would permit, precisely as he would in London. It was a rare thing if the richer settlers did not visit the mother country once during the year...
Among those who resided in the "suburban" area (Westmoreland Co. VA) above Machodic, at Nomini Creek, were: Walter BRODHURST, Edmund BRENT, Nicholas SPENCER, Valentine PEYTON, Maj. John HALLOWES(HOLLIS), Above Nomini resided at Appomattox Creek (now Mattox) Col. John WASHINGTON, his father-in-law, Col. Nathaniel POPE, William BUTLER, the minister, and '''ANDREW MONROE, who lived in Maryland, in 1643.''' Genealogies of VA Families" in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. V, p.903-907 Cited by Geni [https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Mountjoy/6000000008452147170 Elizabeth Alexander] Added by: Dianna Lynn Ordway on June 8, 2007; Managed by:Margaret (C) and 25 others; Curated by: Erica Howton. Accessed October 30, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]
Still further up the river, beyond Nomini, were Samuel HAYWARD, , Col. Giles BRENT, and his famous sister, Margaret BRENT, at "Peace" on Acquia Creek. Other settlers were Capt. John ASHTON, Capt. John LORD, brother of Rich'd LORD, of Hartford, New England; Capt. William HARDWICH, a tailor from Maryland, brother-in-law of Mrs. WASHINGTON; Thomas STURMAN, of Maryland; Daniel HUTT, formerly of London; John ROSIER, minister, Anthony BRIDGES, Capt. George MASON (born in 1629), John HILLILER, Capt. Thomas EWELL, Col. Gerrard FOWKE, Col. Thomas SPEKE, Capt. William PIERCE, Capt. John APPLETON, Col. Tomas BLAGG, Capt. Alexander BAINHAM, Col. John DODMAN, Lewis MARKHAM, Clement SPELMAN, William BROWNE, of Plymouth, Daniel LISSON, Robert VAULX, and Capt. Thomas and William BALDRIDGE. "

===1668 Death and Burial===
Andrew Monroe died in 1668 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was buried at Doctor's Point, Westmoreland, County. Becky Bass Bonner and Josephine Lindsay Bass. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/ My Southern Family] Updated 29 May 2005. Accessed October 30l 3018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]
His exact date of death is unknown but on 28 April 1668, Elizabeth, relict of Andrew Monroe, made a deed of gift to her daughters, Elizabeth and Susanna, of "a pair of heifers marked with the mark of Andrew Monroe....all her children, Elizabeth, Susanna, Andrew, George and William to have a mare foal... when either Elizabeth or Susanna shall be married then the cattle shall be equally divided between them" (recorded 28 Apr 1668, Westmoreland County Records, 1668;23, 23a).

===1679 Estate Suit===
The estate of Andrew Monroe as divided amongst the children, that in case of the mortality of either of the children, his estate ought desend to the surviveing children in equall shares, and Bunch Roe who married Eliz one of the surviveing Children of Andrew Monroe, Sergeant, and Bunch Roe...did arrest Geo: Horner who married the relict and administratrix of Andrew Monroe for his part of Geo: Monroe one of the children's estate, he being deceased, the Court doth order that Horner Make payment to Bunch Roe of his equall part of Geo. Monroe's estate. John Frederick Dorman. Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book 1679-1682. page 5 (30 July 1679) Cited by Mike Marshall. [http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I024168&tree=Tree1 Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties] Andrew Monroe. Accessed October 31, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]

===Children===
Andrew and Elizabeth had six children:" Andrew and an earlier wife had a child, George as well. mOne of the children, William, was a great great grandfather of Scotty [Catharine] Borum and a great grandfather of President James Monroe." Betty Jo Tilly, untitled manuscript on the Bushrod and Susan Borum family line, p. 2.
#George Monroe, born about 1645 in Charles County, Maryland to Andrew Monroe and his unnamed first wife.; died before 1668 in Charles County, Maryland#[[Monroe-526|Mary Monroe]] b abt 1655, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. 15 Jan 1660/61, Westmoreland County, Virginia (Age ~ 6 years)#[[Monroe-301|Andrew Monroe II]], b. 1661, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. 9 Jun 1714, Westmoreland County, Virginia - Probate (Age 53 years)#[[Monroe-1116|Elizabeth Monroe]] was born about 1662, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia and died bef 1708, Westmoreland County, Virginia (Age ~ 45 years) Elizabeth is named as one of the surviving children of Andrew Monroe, Sergeant in a suit of her husband Bunch Roe against Elizabeth's mother's new husband, George Horner. #[[Monroe-461|William Monroe]], b. 1666, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. 26 Apr 1737, Westmoreland County, Virginia - Probate (Age 71 years)#[[Monroe-1501|George Monroe]] was born bef 1668, Westmoreland County, Virginia, d. Bef 1679, Westmoreland County, Virginia (Age < 11 years)#[[Monroe-528|Susannah Monroe]], b. Abt 1668, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia Married Weedon.

===Presidential Ancestor===
Andrew Monroe was the great-great grandfather of President James Monroe. Gary Boyd Roberts. Ancestors of American Presidents. 2009 Edition. New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009. page 18

== Research Notes==

===1648 Did this Andrew Monroe fight in an English Battle?===
In 1898, Scottish genealogist Alexander Mackenzie wrote, ''Andrew, who under his distinguished relative, General Sir George Munro, I, of Newmore, fought, with the rank of Major, at the battle of Preston, on the 17th of August, 1648, was taken prisoner there, and banished to Virginia, America. Andrew managed to effect his escape and settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had several grants of land made to him, the first extending to 200 acres, designated as one of the "Head Rights," being dated the 8th of June, 1650. He married, and had issue, from whom, it is believed, President James Monroe of the United States of America was descended.'' Alexander Mackenzie. History of the Munros or Foulis with Genealogies of the Principle Families of the Name. Inverness: A&W Mackenzie, 1898[https://archive.org/stream/historyofmunroso00mack#page/480/mode/2up The Munros of Katewell, Pages 480-481] Accessed November 1, 2018 [[Day-1904|jhd]]
This account, tying together a battle in England and a land grant in Virginia linked only by similar names, gave Scottish nobility an American President for a descendant, and gave an American President's family a distinguished noble ancestry. The connection initiated by Mackenzie in 1898, was assumed by Edward S. Lewis in his Ancestry of James Monroe. Edward S. Lewis. Ancestry of James Monroe. The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul., 1923), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919192 pp. 173-179] This significant work of biography asserts, without adequate support of either fact or logic, that the Andrew Monroe who settled in Maryland and the Major Andrew Munro of the Battle of Preston were one and the same.
Because facts have not been found to support this connection, WikiTree has a separate profile for [[Munro-2875|Major Andrew Munro]] of the Katewell Munros, and for his parents, [[Munroe-459|David]] and [[Munro-492|Agnes]] Munro, who were previously shown as the parents for Andrew Monroe, Immigrant to Maryland and Virginia. The difficulties imposed by conflating linking these two Andrews into one include the following:*The Maryland Andrew signed documents with a mark, indicating he was illiterate. Major Andrew of Katewell was literate. Noting this distinction in the documents, some writers conjectured an Andrew Monroe allotting time among his other mid-life pursuits, to learn to read and write. Lewis, for instance, wrote that "Andrew began to write the name Munroe and it finally attained its present form, Monroe*The Maryland Andrew having sided with the Parliamentarians and against the Royal government during Ingle's Rebellion in Maryland in 1645, and then retreating to Parliament-governed Virginia, the notion that the same Andrew crossed the Atlantic to fight against the Parliamentarians on behalf of the Scots and king is improbable.*By April of 1648, Andrew Monroe, Immigrant was just getting settled in his new property in Appomattox, Virginia -- an unusual time to return to Scotland to fight a war in August of that same year.*England and Scotland of this period were extremely class conscious. The notion that someone who was illiterate in Maryland and possibly a servant there would emerge in a Battle with a rank of Major appears doubtful.

===Parents and Ancestry===
If one agrees that Andrew Monroe, Immigrant, and Major Andrew Munro of Scotland were two different people, then one agrees that the parents and ancestors of Andrew Monroe, immigrant, are unknown. If one asserts that the two are one, then the well known ancestors of Major Andrew Munro were also ancestors of Andrew Monroe, Immigrant.

Scholars fall into two camps:*The two-person camp asserts that an Andrew Monroe came to Maryland in 1637 and was there until he moved to Virginia in 1648, and was not the Major Andrew Munro, son of James, who fought in the Battle of Preston, England, in 1648. This theory solves the problem of Andrew being two places in 1648, but, since there appears to be only one Andrew Monroe in Virginia subsequently, leaves unsolved the question of which Andrew died in 1677. The two-person theory is advocated by King, as reported by Roberts: Andrew Monroe/Munro of St. Mary's County, Maryland (1642-1647) and later of Westmoreland County, Virginia, was '''not''' the younger Mr. Andrew Munro, second son of David Munro of Katewell and Agnes Munro of Durness, and rector of St. Luke's Church, Newport Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, who died intestate in 1719. Roberts points to the proof of this in Clan Munro Magazine, No 6 (1959-60) 14-18, ("An Unsolved Problem: President James Monroe's Scottish Ancestry" by George H. S. King, Cited by Gary Boyd Roberts. Ancestors of American Presidents. 2009 Edition. New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009. page 229 *The one-person camp asserts that Andrew Monroe who came to Maryland in 1642 returned to Scotland in 1648 in order to fight at the Battle of Preston and after the defeat there was taken prisoner and banished to Virginia. This theory solves the problem of two Andrews, but leaves unsolved the question that the earlier Maryland Andrew appears to be illiterate, while the Scottish Major was literate -- and also the question of what prompted a Maryland settler to return to Scotland at that particular time. The one-person theory is advocated by Lewis

== Sources ==



See also:
*Heale and Muscoe, Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. III, pp. 742-752. This article has a genealogy of the Munro clan of Scotland down to and including Andrew Monroe of Northumberland Co., Virginia.*Hoes, Rose Gouverneur. ''James Monroe, Soldier'', "[[Space:Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine|Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine]]" (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dec. 1923) Vol. 57, No. 12, Whole No. 375 [https://archive.org/stream/daughtersofameri1923daug#page/720/mode/1up Page 720]* "Genalogy of the Presidents of the USA", http://uers.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/7197.htm '''NOTE''' - url is not valid Dec 2020* Webclans Munro, [http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/munro3.html]*Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s Author: Kinard, June. comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,5090::0 *Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 Author: Lineages, Inc., comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,4900::0 *Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 Title: Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 *Abbreviation: George H.S. King, William and Mary Quarterly Title: George H.S. King, William and Mary Quarterly *Susan Kellar Ratcliffe, Michael Kellar and Catharine Monroe of Fairfax County, Virginia (Gateway Press: Baltimore, 2002) Title: Susan Kellar Ratcliffe, Michael Kellar and Catharine Monroe of Fairfax County, Virginia (Gateway Press: Baltimore, 2002) Note: Source Medium: Other

Birth	Abt 1620	Scotland
Birth	1625	Evanton, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birth	1630	Katewell, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Marriage	1653	Virginia - Elizabeth Unknown
Marriage	1653	Elizabeth Alexander
Death	1668	Doctor's Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Burial	1668	Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America
Alt name		Andrew Monroe
Alt name		Munro Munroe
Title (Nobility)		Major
Reference No		3040672
Reference No		3083608
Reference No		60
Military		The Battle of Preston
Exiled to Virginia 1648		1648 Exiled to Virginia from Scotland for fighting for Charles the 1st grandson of Mary Queen of Scots

Spouse	Elizabeth Alexander (1632 - 1687)
Child	Andrew Monroe II (1661 - 1714)
Child	Mary Monroe (1655 - 1661)
Child	Andrew Monroe II (1661 - 1714)
Child	Susannah Monroe (1659 - )
Child	George Monroe (1656 - 1679)
Child	William Gent Monroe (1666 - 1737)
Child	Elizabeth Monroe (1657 - 1708)

Spouse	Elizabeth Unknown (1635 - 1707)
Child	William Gent Monroe (1666 - 1737)
Child	Andrew Monroe II (1661 - 1714)
Child	Mary Monroe (1655 - 1661)
Child	Elizabeth Monroe (1657 - 1708)
Child	Susannah Monroe (1659 - )
Child	George Monroe (1656 - 1679)

Father	David Monroe (1614 - 1648)
Mother	Agnes Munro (1600 - 1634)
Sibling	Reverend John Monroe (1630 - )