She was born in 1803, she died in 1850, at the age of 47. She was the first presidential child to be married in the White House. Her future husband Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur worked as Junior Secretary in the Monroe Administration. They married in 1820.
They eventually moved to New York City, where Samuel was appointed postmaster. James Monroe, widowed and in dire financial straits turned to Maria and her husband for help. He lived his final years with the Gouverneurs.
