Donald William Munro

Notes:

Donald "Danny" William Munro. One reference gives his death date as 1922.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Reid, Vera

Family/Spouse: Mary Macgregor. Mary (daughter of Duncan Macgregor and Margaret Munro) was born on 18 Jul 1829; died on 5 Oct 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Duncan Munro was born about 1860; and died.
2. Janet Munro was born in 1862; died in 1927.
3. Margaret Munro was born in 1864; died in 1909.
4. William Munro was born in 1867; died in 1954.
5. Christy Jane Munro was born in 1872; died in 1929.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Reid, Vera

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William married Janet Ross. Janet (daughter of Donald Ross and Christina Munro) was born in 1804; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Reid, Vera

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Notes:

One reference says Hugh's wife's name was Christena Ross. Their marriage is recorded in the Church Register of St. Andrew's Church at Williamstown, Ontario, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Elder, Charlotte
Munro, Hugh Stewart
Reid, Vera

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Died:
Glengarry County

Hugh married Mary Ross on 3 Feb 1795 in Williamstown, , Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Donald Ross) was born on 9 Mar 1776 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., New York, USA; died on 2 Oct 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Birth:
Mowhawk Valley

Notes:

Donald was the son of Thomas Taylor and Isabella (Ross) Ross.

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Donald married Christina Munro. Christina (daughter of Lt. Hugh Munro and Catherine Campbell) was born on 2 Jul 1774 in Charlottenburg Twp., Glengarry Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Mar 1848 in Martintown, Glengarry Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Donald had thirteen children. Donald was killed in an accident in "the bush" in 1818 or 1819, before the birth of their youngest child.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Reid, Vera

Notes:

David moved from Tain, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland to Mapleton, New York in 1773 or 1774, possibly as a soldier in the King's Army. Ref 1 says he was a farmer who joined the First Battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York in 1776.

In 1784, he went to Johnstown, Ontario, Canada, and then to Cornwall Township.

His name is found on a Muster Roll of disbanded troops in Cornwall, Ontario Canada in Oct 1784 with the note "David Munro - gone to the States for his property".

He returned to Canada in 1788 and settled on the north branch of the Raisin River near Martintown, Ontario.

He and Nancy had two sons and three daughters.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Elder, Charlotte
Munro, Hugh Stewart

References:

(1) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 26

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David married Nancy McKay in 1764. Nancy was born in 1744 in Tain, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Elder, Charlotte

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Notes:

United Empire Loyalist

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries.

Notes:

Hugh and his wife, Catherine, left Scotland in 1773 with a number of their neighbors. Soon after they embarked, the ship was disabled and had to return to Ireland where they were obliged to spend the winter. During their stay, their eldest son, John was born.

In 1774, they settled in what was then Tryon County, now changed to Fulton County, north of the Mohawk Valley, New York. He was known as Hugh Munro of Foulis, parish of Dingwall, Scotland. He located some eight or ten miles northeast of the present town of Johnston.

Hugh and most of his neighbors remained loyal to the British Crown when the American Revolution erupted. Because of that, he suffered severely financially and otherwise. He narrowly escaped capture when Colonal Dayton was sent to capture Sir John Johnston and the rest of the Loyalist community. The Loyalists fled into the woods and made their way through numerous hardships to Montreal, Canada. Hugh was forced to abandon his home, his farm of 120 acres, and his livestock which were confiscated by the state of New York.

Sir John was immediately commissioned a Colonel in the British Service and he raised a command of two battalions. The regiment was known as "The King's Royal Regiment of New York" or the "Royal Greens". Hugh was one of the first to join and participated in three expeditions to his old settlement in the Mohawk Valley, New York to retaliate for their treatment. During one of these forays, they fought the Battle of Oriskany, a small but very bloody affair. The battle was a failed attempt to capture Fort Stanoix.

Hugh served for six and a half years in the first battalion and was discharged as a First Lieutenant when the regiment was disbanded in Dec 1783. Ref 1 says he fought as a private soldier until disbanded in 1784.

The year after his discharge, Hugh settled on Crown land grant lot 22, in the first concession, south of the river Raisin, one mile south of Martintown (ref 1 says east), in the township of Charlottenburg, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada. He lived there for about 18 years and then moved to lot 19 in the 9th concession of Charlottenburg where he lived with his family until his death on 24 Dec 1821. (One reference says he died in 1794.)

In 1785 Hugh made a claim against the U.S. government for the loss of his property. It appears that he was compensated for his property, but the amount of compensation is not known.

Error alert: The Postma reference places Hugh as a child of John Munro (1728-1800) and Marie Talbot Gilbert Bruere (1738-1815) but this doesn't seem to fit with data from other sources.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Elder, Charlotte
Reid, Vera
"A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A."

References:

(1) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 28-29

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

Died:
Glengarry County

Buried:
Saint Andrew's Cemetery

Hugh married Catherine Campbell in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Catherine was born in 1748 in Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; died in 1838 in , , Ontario, Canada; was buried in Williamstown, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 28

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

Died:
Glengarry County

Death place unverified

Buried:
Saint Andrew's Cemetery