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Although it is possible to go further back in time, we consider for the time being as the "main" family tree of Sessa the one headed by Antonio Monarca, born in Sessa around 1635.
Antonio married on April 16th 1662 Cecilia Capece. According to what was reported by Marquis Livio Serra di Gerace¹, the couple had four children.
We have no news on Antonio's two daughters: Vittoria and Giuditta. The first born male was Lucio in 1677, who held the Sessa's major position several times. The other son, Marcello, married Francesca De Felice Salinas in 1722, daughter of the Royal Governor of Sorrento belonging to a family of importance at the time and with Spanish connection.

Lucio's only known son is Domenico, born in 1721. Domenico, Antonio's nephew, represents a significant point of union of the Monarca family in Italy, as his direct descendants gave rise to important branches of the family, both in Sessa as well as in the rest of Italy.

Domenico born in 1721 in Sessa, major of the city in 1750 and 1757, married twice. The first wife  was Anna Maria Scalfati, daughter of Niccolò Scalfati², an influent judge of the "Gran Corte della Vicaria", supreme Organ of Justice of Kingdom of Napoli. They had six children:
- Antonio, several time city major from 1783 upto 1792. His descendants gave origin to Tropea, Roccasecca and one of Naples branches;
- Irene, nun Abbess in the local convent of Benedictine nuns;
- Gaetano, Prior of Real Archconfraternity of SS. Rosario, city major in 1795-96, unmarried;
- Gennaro, the firstborn male, who continued the Sessa branch, city major in 1777 and 1787;
- Maria, nun in the local convent of Benedictine nuns;
- Maria Gaetana, nun in the local convent of S.Anna.
After Anna Maria's death, he married Francesca Gallego, by whom he had M. Carolina in 1784 and then two sons: Luigi and Giuseppe. M.Carolina married in 1814, Luigi died unmarried in Naples, while Giuseppe always lived in Sessa, with his own family.