Monk was born in
Siston near
Bristol,
England and died in 1827. He is entombed at Spesutia Church of St. George's Parish in
Abingdon, Maryland, along with both his wives (first wife Mary and second wife Sarah Rebecca Lewis). He apparently left his crew instructions that when he died, his feet were not to touch dry land for any reason. To meet that requirement his body was wrapped in a lead shroud, lowered into an underground vault, where it was placed on two thick stone planks sitting roughly two feet above the vault floor. It is also said Monk's body was soaked in
rum before being placed the lead shroud. ==References==