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Branch: Descendants of James Taylor I (died VA 1698) ![]() |
Judge Andrew Spence Monroe | 1727 -- 1774 | ![]() |
Elizabeth Jones | 1727 -- | ![]() |
Captain Lawrence Kortright | 27 NOV 1728 -- SEP 1794 | ![]() |
Hannah Aspinwall | 1735 -- 1777 | ![]() |
Marriage | 16 FEB 1786 |
Birth | 28 APR 1758 | |||
Military | VA Army / Major / Revolutionary War | ![]() | ||
History | 1777 | Valley Forge Encampment Major, USA | ![]() | |
Education | ![]() | |||
Occup | 1790-1794 | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1794-1796 | USA Ambassador to France | ![]() | |
Occup | 1803-1807 | USA Ambassador to United Kingdom | ![]() | |
Election | 1808 | USA Presidential Election Runner up for presidential nominee | ![]() | |
Occup | 1811-1811 | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1811-1814 | USA Secretary of State | ![]() | |
Reside | 1811/1817 | |||
Occup | 1814-1815 | USA Secretary of War,Defense | ![]() | |
Election | 1816 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Occup | 1817-1825 | ![]() | ||
Election | 1820 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Org. | 1829 | Virginia Constitutional Convention, Virginia, Delegate | ![]() | |
Death | 4 JUL 1831 | |||
Grave |
James Monroe was the fourth Virginian to become President, and it was logical that he would follow in the footsteps of his friends Jefferson and Madison. When we reach Monroe, however, we reach an individual about whose religion we know little. He was an Episcopalian and was baptized, married and buried within the Episcopal Church. There is little, however, to indicate his per oral religious sentiments. A paper in the archives of St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, noted that President Monroe "agreed with Jefferson that religion is a matter between our Maker and ourselves." Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, served in the Virginia legislature, was governor of Virginia and was also minister to France and England, as well as Secretary... Read More
Birth | 30 JUN 1768 | |||
Occup | 1817-1825 | USA First Lady | ![]() | |
Death | 23 SEP 1830 | |||
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Children | First Name | Birth Dt | Death Dt | Birth Place | Spouses | |
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1+ | Eliza | 5 DEC 1786 | 1835 | VA | George Hay | |
2+ | Maria Hester | 1803 | 1850 | France, Ile-de-France, Paris | Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur |
Name | Relation | ||
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![]() | Stephen Decatur | friend | |
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![]() | George Washington | Appointed Amb. to France | |
![]() | Thomas Jefferson | Appointed Amb. to United Kingdom | |
![]() | James Madison | Appointed Secretary of State | |
![]() | James Madison | Appointed Secretary of War,Defense |