Individual Details

Col. Andrew "Spence" Monroe

(1727 - 16 Feb 1774)

[[Category: Monroe Family Cemetery, Monroe Hall, Virginia]]
[[Category: Westmoreland County, Virginia, Cemeteries]]
[[Category: Monroe Hall, Virginia]]
== Biography ==
[[Category:Parents of US Presidents]]
President James Monroe's genealogy includes his parents Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. Spence Monroe received half the 1,100 acre farm from his father, Andrew Monroe III. Judge Joseph Jones of Fredericksburg, maternal uncle to the Monroe children, was a key part of James Monroe's family history, as he helped the Monroe siblings survive after their parents died.http://www.archives.com/genealogy/president-monroe.htmlSOURCES: Spence was born in 1730. He is the son of [[Monroe-462|Andrew Monroe]]. He passed away in 1774. Entered by Janice Hardin, Mar 8, 2012He is also mentioned in his grandfather, William's willWestmoreland County, Virginia Wills 1654-1800 - p. 102


== Sources ==

*Find A Grave Memorial# 162134373*Burial: Monroe Family Cemetery, Monroe Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia
*Col. Spence MONROE b. 1727 , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA d. 1774 , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA: ClanMunroUSA Gen [[http://www.clanmunrousa.org/gen/getperson.php?personID=I1628&tree=1]]

* http://famouskin.com/pedigree.php?name=9497+james+monroe&ahnum=1
* http://www.archives.com/genealogy/president-monroe.html* "Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, H.R. Moser , L. Orlandini, O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, A.Terlinden , L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, and E. Lodge) http://geneastar.org."Genalogy of the Presidents of the USA", http://uers.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/7088.htm.* The American Genealogist, New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus, 1970, Vol. 46, Page 183, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).* Hampton, William Judson, Our Presidents and Their Mothers, New York: The Cornhill Publishing Company (1922), 38, Google Books (Digital Library).* King, George Harrison Sanford, Marriages of Richmond County, Virginia 1668-1853, Fredericksburg, Virginia: G.H.S. King (1964), 249.* Tyler, Lyon G., ed., William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 16, Richmond, Virginia: Whittet and Shepperson (1907/1908), Jan 1907, No. 1, Pages 52-53, Google Books (Digital Library).

Events

Birth1727Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America
Marriage1752Elizabeth Jones
Death16 Feb 1774Monroe Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Families

SpouseElizabeth Jones (1730 - 1774)
ChildJames Monroe (1758 - 1831)
FatherAndrew Monroe (1692 - 1735)
MotherChristian Tyler (1699 - 1754)
SiblingSpence Monroe (1727 - 1774)