When Col William Monroe was born on 16 May 1761, in Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, Samuel Monroe, was 40 and his mother, Abigail Leonard Read, was 38. He married Rebecca Walkley Bogue Foster about 1811, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 30 April 1838, in Plymouth, Chenango, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Scottish: variant of Munro .
Irish: variant of Mulroy .
History: Scottish bearers of this name are descended from Donald O’Kane, who in the 11th century migrated from the mouth of the Roe to Ferrindonald in Cromarty, Scotland. There his descendants, as barons of Foulis and vassals of the earls of Ross, held lands along the Firth of Cromarty. James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th president of the US (1817–25), came from a cadet branch of this family.
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