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John Munro

John Munro

Male Est 1666 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Munro was born est 1666 (son of Robert Munro and Mathieson); and died.

    Notes:

    Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) - Q/28

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/28

    "Robert his son married a daughter of Duncan Mathieson in [? Sinnese] by whom he has John."


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Munro was born about 1641 (son of Lt. Col. Colin Munro, of Pontefract); and died.

    Notes:

    Robert was born out of wedlock. He married the daughter of Duncan Mathieson in Sinnese.

    Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) - Q/27 & Q/28

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/27

    "Lieutenant Collonel Cole Munro in Charles I Army Governor of [? Pomfret] Castle dyed unmarried but left a naturall son called Robert."

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/28

    "Robert his son married a daughter of Duncan Mathieson in [? Sinnese] by whom he has John."

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
    Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

    Robert married Mathieson. was born about 1643; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mathieson was born about 1643; and died.

    Notes:

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/28

    "Robert his son married a daughter of Duncan Mathieson in [? Sinnese] by whom he has John."

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
    Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

    Children:
    1. 1. John Munro was born est 1666; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lt. Col. Colin Munro, of Pontefract was born est 1620 in Inveran, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland (son of Robert Munro, of Inveran and Margaret Munro); and died.

    Notes:

    Lieutenant Colonel Cole (or Coll or Colin) Munro was in the Army of Charles I. He served in Colonel Thomas Wheatley's Regiment of Foot and on Sir Richard Lowther's staff in defence of Pontefract Castle in 1644-5.

    He served for some time as Governor of Penrith Castle and may have been Governor of Pontefract Castle at one time.

    He was unmarried, but left a son who was born out of wedlock.

    References:

    (1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/20, Q/27, R/2

    (2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
    472

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Munro was born about 1641; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Munro, of Inveran was born about 1589 in Of, Assynt, Of, Inveran (son of Hector Munro, Of Assynt and Isobel Dunbar); died in in Of, Auchness.

    Notes:

    Robert Munro of Assynt, I of Inveran and Auchness was Montrose's 'chief scootmaster' in the Carbisdale campaign of 1650. Robert had three sons in Montrose's army.

    He was a member of the Assize held at Inverness on 4 Jun 1616 where John, eighteenth Earl of Sutherland, was served heir to his father, Earl John. He was also a member of an Assize held in the Tolbooth, Inverness in 1630, when the same Earl John was declared lawful heir to the three previous Earls of Sutherland.

    References:

    (1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/19, Q/20,
    R/2

    (2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
    61, 470-472

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
    Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

    Robert married Margaret Munro. Margaret (daughter of Robert Munro, XVI of Foulis and Elizabeth Rose) was born est 1593; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Munro was born est 1593 (daughter of Robert Munro, XVI of Foulis and Elizabeth Rose); and died.

    Notes:

    Margaret was excluded from succession to Foulis by her uncle as heir male, but as heir to her father and grandfather, she had the lands of Kiltearn from David Bishop of Ross.

    References:

    (1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/20, R/1, R/2

    (2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
    61, 472

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Children:
    1. Hugh Munro, Of Inveran & Auchness was born est 1615 in Evanton, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; and died.
    2. George Munro was born est 1617 in Inveran, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; and died.
    3. 4. Lt. Col. Colin Munro, of Pontefract was born est 1620 in Inveran, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; and died.
    4. Elizabeth Munro was born est 1621 in , , , Scotland; died est 1683 in , , , Scotland.
    5. John Munro, Of Achany was born est 1628; and died.
    6. Margaret Munro was born est 1632; and died.