Nancy Monroe Cousins

Notes:

John lived in Edgecombe & Bertie Counties, North Carolina.

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Family/Spouse: John Sessoms. John (son of John Joseph Sessoms and Harriet Rogers) was born est 1846; died in in Of, Bertie Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Columbus Monroe Sessoms was born est 1871; died in 1902 in Pinetops, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA.
2. Sessoms was born est 1877; and died.

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William married Hortense Rogers. Hortense (daughter of Nicholas Lloyd Rogers and Hortense Monroe Hay) was born about 1834; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hortense married William Cousins (or Cozens), Jr. He lived in Dinwiddie, Browns, Edgecombe, and Halifax Counties, North Carolina

"Burke's Presidential Families of the United Sattes of America", Henry's "Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents", and Zorn's "The Descendents of the Presidents of the United States of America" and other references all indicate that Hortense died unmarried.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, James Harrison

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Nicholas married Hortense Monroe Hay on 5 Jul 1829. Hortense (daughter of Judge George Hay and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe) was born in 1809; died on 10 Dec 1854 in Orchard Hill, Kent Co., Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hortense was Nicholas' second wife.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Nicholas married Eleanor Buchanan. Eleanor was born about 1764; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George Hay (or Hays) was the celebrated lawyer who prosecuted Aaron Burr for treason while U.S. District Attorney for Virginia (1803-1816). He later became a judge. Eliza was his second wife. A grandson by his first wife was Charles Hay, who became the Chief Clerk of the U.S. Navy.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "The Monroe Family of Virginia" -
compiled by Nancy E. Harris - Jul 1988 - p. 14

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George married Elizabeth Kortright Monroe on 17 Oct 1808 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of James Monroe, 5th US President and Elizabeth Kortright) was born on 5 Dec 1787 in Fredericksburg, , Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jan 1840 in Paris, , Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Paris, , Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth (or Eliza) lived in France while her father was minister there. (One reference says she was born in France.) She was eduacted in France and was called "LaBelle Americaine" and the Heiress of "Ashfield". She named her daughter after her classmate, Hortense de Beauharnais, who married Napoleon's brother, Louis Bonapart in 1802. Louis and Hortense were later crowned King and Queen of Holland.

Elizabeth later returned to France where she became a Catholic and died in a Paris Convent. She is buried in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise in Paris.

One reference gives her birth year as 1786 and another says she was born in Paris, France. Her sister, Maria was born in Paris while her father was minister to the Court of St. James in France, but Elizabeth was born before her father was appointed.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison

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Buried:
Pere La Chaise

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Married:
George and Elizabeth were married at "Ashlawn", the home of President James Monroe.