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First Lady Biography: Elizabeth Monroe. ELIZABETH KORTRIGHT MONROE. Birth: 1768, June 30. New York City, New York. Father: Lawrence Kortright, born 27, November 1728; a New York merchant, died in September of 1794. Mother: Hannah Aspinwall, born 1729-1730, New York City; married 1755, May 6, at Trinity Church in New York City; died, 1777. Ancestry:
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe served as First Lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825 as the wife of the fifth President, James Monroe. Romance glints from the little that is known about...
Elizabeth Monroe. Elizabeth Kortright was born in New York on June 30, 1768, daughter of an old New York family. Her father, Lawrence, served the Crown privateering during the French and Indian War and made a fortune. He took no active part in the War of Independence; and James Monroe wrote to his friend Thomas Jefferson in Paris in 1786 that ...
Elizabeth Monroe ( née Kortright; June 30, 1768 – September 23, 1830) was the first lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825, as the wife of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States.
May 31, 2023 · Elizabeth grew up in New York City and made her debut into the city's exclusive mercantile society. In 1785, she met James Monroe, then a Virginia delegate to the Confederation Congress. They were married on February 16, 1786, and lived with her father in New York until the congressional session ended.
U.S. Presidents. James Monroe. Elizabeth Monroe. Since few of her personal papers remain in existence, relatively little is known about Elizabeth Kortright Monroe. Most of the information about her comes from other people’s letters and writings.
Elizabeth Monroe. 1817-1825. Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830) Born New York City. Having lived in Paris for two years, Elizabeth Kortright Monroe was a remarkably cosmopolitan woman who established herself as a skilled hostess in the European style.
