Spence Monroe

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Spence Monroe (1727–1774), son of Andrew Monroe & Christian Tyler, was a moderately prosperous planter who also learned the carpentry trade.

He married Elizabeth Jones (1730–1774), daughter of James Jones & Hester Davis, in 1752.

They had four children live to maturity:

1. Elizabeth Monroe Buckner - b 1754. of Caroline County, Virginia. Married William Buckner.
2. James Monroe - was born on April 28, 1758, in a wooded area of Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site is marked and is one mile from what is known today as Monroe Hall, Virginia. Married Elizabeth Kortright.
3. Spence Monroe, Jr. - b 1759. Died at age 1.
4. Andrew Monroe - d 1836. of Albemarle County, Virginia. Married Ann Bell.
5. Joseph Jones Monroe - b 1764. clerk of the District Court of Northumberland County, Virginia; private secretary to President Monroe; later settled in Missouri. Married 1) Elizabeth Kerr 2) Sarah Gordon 3) Elizabeth Glasscock

origins

From James Monroe 5th President, 1817-1825

Spence Monroe traced his ancestry back to King Edward III of England. James Monroe's great-grandfather had fought at the side of Charles I in the English Civil Wars before being taken prisoner and exiled to Virginia in 1649. James Monroe's branch of the family immigrated to America from Scotland in the mid-17th century. In 1650, Major Andrew Monroe, son of David Munro of Katewell, patented a large tract of land in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia. He later built Monrovia, also known as Monroe Hall, on Monroe Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River near present day Colonial Beach, Virginia. This estate became the plantation that generations of Monroes would cultivate. Major Monroe died in 1668, leaving six heirs, one of whom was William, father of Andrew. Andrew Monroe married Christian Tyler and they had seven children, including Spence Monroe, father of James.

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