Col. Spence Monroe

1727 - 1774  (47 years)

• Name	Spence Monroe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Prefix	Col.
  Born	1727	, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA   [9]
  	Born near Monroe Creek
  Gender	Male
  Died	1774	, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA   [3, 9, 10]
  	Died at the Mill Hill plantation near Monroe Creek
  Person ID	I1628	Munro
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Capt. Andrew Monroe,   b. 1692, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. Nov 1735, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Christian M. Tyler,   b. 1687, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. 1754, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA   [11]
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jones,   b. 1729, , King George Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. 1806, Fredericksburg, , Virginia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1752	, King George Co., Virginia, USA   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth M. Monroe,   b. 1754, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. 1812  (Age 58 years) + 2. James Monroe, 5th US President,   b. 28 Apr 1758, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1831, New York, New York Co., New York, USA  (Age 73 years)   3. Spence Monroe, Jr.,   b. Abt 1759, , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Andrew Augustine Monroe,   b. 1764, Milton, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1826, , Fauquier Co., Virginia, USA  (Age 62 years) + 5. Joseph Jones Monroe,   b. 1764, Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1824, , Franklin Co., Missouri, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 [3, 5, 6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia, Virginia Redden, Email message from Virginia Redden - 8 Dec 1997 - p. 4 (Reliability: 3). [S108] Clan Munro files - Keener, Daris Elaine Fately, Daris Elaine Fately Keener, Membership application for Elaine Fately Keener dated 31 Ju l 2001 (Reliability: 3). [S344] Clan Munro files - Johnson, Monroe, Monroe Johnson, Descendants of Andrew Monroe - received 22 Apr 2004 - p. 17 (Reliability: 3). [S562] Clan Munro files - Beggs, Howard Ancil, Howard Ancil Beggs, Hand written notes by Charlotte deVolt Elder - date unknown (Reliability: 3). [S645] Clan Munro files - Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine " - Vol. XIII #4 - Oct 1933 - The Monroe Family - p. 231-241 (Reliability: 3). [S645] Clan Munro files - Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, Monroe - 23 Aug 1932 (Reliability: 3). [S721] Clan Munro files - Malloy, Alice Monroe, Alice Monroe Malloy, Membership application for Alice Monroe Malloy - 24 Jun 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 389 (Reliability: 3). 1 [S344] Clan Munro files - Johnson, Monroe, Monroe Johnson, Descendants of Andrew Monroe - received 22 Apr 2004 - p. 10 (Reliability: 3). [S645] Clan Munro files - Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, Descendants of Andrew Monroe Who settled in Westmoreland Co unty, Virginia, 1652 - undated (Reliability: 3). [S702] Clan Munro files - Loehr, Reta Malan, Reta Malan Loehr, Genealogy data received from Reta Malan Loehr - Jun 2009 (Reliability: 3).