Andrew Augustine Monroe

Notes:

"Burke's Presidential Families" says that Andrew only had two sons. His first wife was Frances Garnett (or Garrett). Ref 2 says Andrew and Frances had two sons.

Andrew attended William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Andrew is believed to have purchased a farm near Batesville in 1781, where he lived for four years.

He served in the Navy during the American Revolutionary War, and moved to Scott County, Kentucky from Albemarle County, Virginia about 1793.

In 1816 he was living on a farm which his brother, President James Monroe, purchased on Limestone, below Milton.

The Johnson reference says he may have been born in 1764 and may have died in 1826. Ref 4 says he died in 1828.

Several references give Andrew's death place as Milton County, Virginia, but there has never been a Milton County, Virginia. Other references say he died in Fauquier County, Virginia.

There is much confusion and probably a lot of error in this family record. There is another Andrew Monroe [529] married to another Ann Bell in a completely different family line. Is this an error or just an interesting coincidence? Care must be taken here because of the many similar names at about the same time and place.

Ref: "Burke's Presidential Families" - p. 157
Clan Munro files - Monroe, Ruby Lucille
- Monroe, James Harrison
- Johnson, Monroe
- Andrew Monroe notes
- William & Mary Quarterly - 1933
- Guilford, Dr. Joan S. ("Southern Monroes" manuscript)
- Williams, Mary Gayle - Descendants of George Munro

Ref (7) says Andrew was born in 1760. This reference also says Andrew was the eldest brother of President James Monroe.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(3) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy chart for Andrew
Monroe (ca. 1615-1668) - signed with initials "MDH" and dated 18 Sep 1987 (4) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Mary
Cooke Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - # 16

(5) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - short undated biography
which accompanied Mary Roder's membership application - author unknown

(6) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - family group record of
Andrew Augustine Monroe - undated

(7) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #1

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Andrew married Frances Garnett before 1789. Frances was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth W. Monroe was born in 1793; and died.
2. John Monroe was born about 1795; and died.
3. Joseph Monroe was born about 1797; and died.

Andrew married Ann Bell in 1789 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. Ann was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin Monroe was born about 1775; died in in , Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.
2. Robert Bell Monroe was born on 7 Oct 1791 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; died on 24 Dec 1865 in , , Kentucky, USA.
3. Augustine Garnett Monroe was born in 1792 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; died on 25 Sep 1866 in New Richmond, Ohio, USA.
4. Col. James B. Monroe was born on 10 Sep 1799 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1870 in Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA; was buried in New York, New York Co., New York, USA.
5. Thomas Charles Monroe was born on 19 Feb 1814 in , Stafford Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1865 in , , Alabama, USA.

Notes:

Captain (or Colonel) Spence Monroe resided on Monroe Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, having moved there by 1752. He was the father of President James Monroe. He was a signer of the Westmoreland County resolutions protesting against the Stamp Act.

His son, President James Monroe, said that his father, Spence Monroe, was "a worthy and respectable citizen possessed of good landed and other property."

Ref: Clan Munro files - Cones, Mona
- Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison
- Eggleston, Sam Daniel, Jr.
- Johnson, Monroe
- Spence Monroe notes
- Descendants of Edward Blair Cabell

Ref (1) says Spence was the son of Andrew [3544].

A plausable theory espoused by Virginia R. Redden in ref 2 says that Spence may have been the posthumous son of Spence Monroe, the first husband of Christian Tyler. The will of Christian Tyler's first husband, Spence, mentions two small children and one unborn child. Most historians believe that the "unborn child" died young, but Redden believes that the child may have been born after Christian's marriage to Andrew Monroe and that the child was named Spence after his deceased biological father.

Spence left a will dated 1774, but there is no date of probate.

Ref (3) calls him Andrew Spence Monroe.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of "Andy I"
- received 17 Oct 1997 - p. 3

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - letter dated 23 Aug 1997

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

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Born near Monroe Creek

Died:
Died at the Mill Hill plantation near Monroe Creek

Spence married Elizabeth Jones in 1752 in , King George Co., Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jones) was born in 1729 in , King George Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1806 in Fredericksburg, , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Hester (Davis) Jones of Wales. She was the sister of the Honorable Joseph Jones of Virginia, a member of the Continental Congress.

Her son, President James Monroe, said that his mother, Elizabeth, was "a very amiable and respectable woman, possessing the best domestic qualities of a good wife, and a good parent".

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Partial Lines of Selected
Ancestors and Selected Collateral Descendants of the Monroes

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - The Monroes of Virginia:
Corrections, updates - e-mail message dated 19 Oct 1997 - p. 3

(3) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(4) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #3

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Elizabeth's place of birth has not been verified.

Notes:

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[Andrew Monroe] «i»Son of William Monroe (1666-1737) & Margaret Bowcock; Sheriff of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1733; m. Christian Tyler (widow of cousin Spence Monroe who died 1725/6), with issue - Spence (1727-74, father of President James Monroe), Andrew (c.1730-75), & Jane (m. John Chancellor 1726-1815).

Northrup 351 - corrected by 'Daughters of American Revolution Magazine' (April 1958) p. 341; Notes by Mrs.deVolt (1957); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1979) on Pres. James Monroe.
«/i»
(R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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Andrew inherited from his uncle, Andrew: 1 horse, 1 feather bed and furniture.

He married Christian (or Christiana) Tyler, the widow of his first cousin, Spence Munro. In 1731, he was appointed sheriff of Westmoreland County.

One reference gives Andrew's death date as 1733. He died intestate, and his widow obtained an order for administration on his estate on 25 Nov 1735. The Boyer reference says he was born in 1700.

The Gerald Monroe reference says he married Jane Watts, but other references say Jane was the wife of Col. Andrew Monroe (1697-1770).

Ref: "Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 8
Clan Munro files - Cones, Mona
- Rice, Dorothy
- Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, Thomas Guy, III
- Johnson, Monroe - Andrew Monroe notes
- Petersen, Charles A. - letter 2 Feb 1996
- Boyer, Wallace R. - descendants of Hector Munro 13th

Spence is named in the will of his step-grandfather, John Jordan. From that will he received a negro, a silver-hilted sword, a drum, a gold ring and a sorrel horse.

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The following abtract appears in the Westmoreland Order Book:

"Pursuant to order of court of 29 May 1744: Originall Wroe, John Prince, and william Wroe settled the accts. related to the estate of Andrew Monroe, dec'd, and set apart for Richard Fry the share due him as marrying Christian Monroe, relict and Admx. of Andres. There was a balance due the orphans of Andrew Monroe."
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In his will, dated 15 Jan 1726 and probated 30 Mar 1726, he left his sword and all his wearing clothes to his brother Andrew, and mentions two small children and one unborn child.

One reference gives his name as Spens and confuses him with Spence [1628], the father of President James Monroe.

His wife was Christian Tyler. She married (1) Spence Monroe [3545], then (2) Andrew Monroe [291] (the first cousin of Spence), then (3) Richard Fry.

She was the sister of Joseph Tyler of Westmoreland County who died 1737 leaving a will in which he mentions as "cousins" (meaning nephews and nieces) several of the children of Christian Monroe.

One reference says Spence was born in 1697.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Cones, Mona
- Eggleston, Sam Daniel, Jr.
- Johnson, Monroe
- James Monroe ancestors

Refs (3) and (4) say Andrew was the son of Andrew Monroe [256] and Eleanor Spence.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - letter from John W. King, Jr.
dated 28 Jul 1997

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

(4) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #8

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Andrew married Christian M. Tyler in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA. Christian (daughter of Tyler) was born in 1687 in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1754 in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian was the daughter of Charles and Jane Tyler.

Andrew died intestate, and Christian obtained an order for adiminstration of his estate on 25 Nov 1735, with Andrew Monroe Gent. and Joseph Tyler as securities.

Christian married Richard Fay after the death of her second husband, Andrew Monroe.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of "Andy I"
- received 17 Oct 1997 - p. 2

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - The Monroes of Virginia:
Corrections, updates - e-mail message dated 19 Oct 1997 - p. 3

(3) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

(4) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - letter from John W. King, Jr.
dated 28 Jul 1997

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

William was the "godchild of Willford". He is not mentioned in his father's will. The name "Gent" may just mean "gentleman" and could have been added as part of his name in error.

William's will, dated 1737, was found in Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills 1654-1800 - p. 102. It mentions four sons, three daughters and several grandchildren.

30 Mar 1737 - Recorded in Westmoreland County, Virginia
26 Apr 1737 - Proved

William left a plantation located in King George County, Virginia to his son, Thomas. Also mentioned are: grandson Spence and his brother Andrew Munroe; granddaughter Jane Munroe; son George; grandson George son of William Munroe; grandson Daniel Payne; Jeane Payne; daughters Sarah Stone and Mary Stone; grandsons William Payne and William Stone; son Andrew Munroe's children Spence, Andrew and Jeane; son William executor.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Bolton, James, Jr.
- Chambers, John
- Cones, Mona
- DiZerega, Thomas
- Elder, Charlotte
- Monroe, Douglas Eugene
- Guilford, Dr. Joan S.
- Johnson, Monroe - William Monroe notes
- Boyer, Wallace R. - descendants of Hector Munro 13th
- Petersen, Charles - Letter 2 Feb 1996
"Journey From Ross-shire" by James Harrison Monroe - p. 8

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Richard Walter - "Virginia Descendants of
Andrew Monroe" by Anne Monroe Wintzer - p. 33

Ref (1) says William was the eldest son.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #8

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

William married Margaret Bowcock in 1689 in Westmoreland, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Bowcock and Jane) was born in 1670 in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1695 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Borgman, Geraldine Monroe - membership application
dated 3 Jul 1997

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "The Monroe Family of Virginia" -
compiled by Nancy E. Harris - Jul 1988 - p. 7

(3) Clan Munro files - Roder, Mary Margaret Ball - Pedigree chart for Andrew
Augustine Monroe compiled by Rebekah B. McBride - dated 12 Oct 1977 - #9

(4) Clan Munro files - Monroe, Richard Walter - "Virginia Descendants of
Andrew Monroe" by Anne Monroe Wintzer - p. 33

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia - "Genealogy of James Monroe" - email received 12 Jun 1998

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA