Jessie Van Cortlandt

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Ref: Clan Munro files - Fisher, Arthur H. - NY Gen. & Biog. Rec. - vol. iv, #3

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Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Fisher, Arthur H. - NY Gen. & Biog. Rec. - vol. iv, #3

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

Peter married Anne M. Hunter. Anne (daughter of Elias Desbrosses Hunter and Anna Maria Munro) was born about 1839; died on 24 Apr 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ref: Clan Munro files - Fisher, Arthur H. - NY Gen. & Biog. Rec. - vol. iv, #3

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Augustus married Harriet Munro in 1823. Harriet (daughter of Peter Jay Munro and Margaret White) was born on 21 Jun 1798; died on 10 Mar 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1830 she commissioned a protrait of her mother. Her husband assumed the name of Van Cortlandt.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davis, Harriette
- Fisher, Arthur H. - NY Gen. & Biog. Rec. - vol. iv, #3

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Elias married Anna Maria Munro on 22 Apr 1832. Anna (daughter of Peter Jay Munro and Margaret White) was born on 2 Feb 1806; died on 21 Mar 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Fisher reference says Anna Maria was born 1806 and died 1865 age 63.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Fisher, Arthur H. - NY Gen. & Biog. Rec. - vol. iv, #3
- Davis, Harriette

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When his father sailed for England in 1778, Peter remained in America with his mother. They stayed with the Jays.

Peter was like a son to John Jay and at the age of fifteen Peter went with John on his diplomatic missions to Spain and France, while his cousin, Peter Augustus Jay, who was too young to go, stayed with his Livingston grandparents. On returning to America, Peter Jay Munro studied law with Aaron Burr, opened a law office, began practice, eloped with Margaret White, and "took a house on John Street," New York City. Peter Augustus Jay studied law in his office, then accompanied his father to England and made a side-trip to Edinburgh to obtain Harry Munro's signature to a quit-claim giving Munrosfield to his son.

Peter Munro sold the land and with the proceeds bought property in Mamaroneck below Rye. About 1798 he built the house which was the nucleus of the town of Larchmont and which still stands on the Boston Post Road, between that road and Prospect Street. While continuing his practice in the city, Peter Munro lived in this home with his wife Margaret, who bore him twelve children.

While John Jay was in England in 1794-95, Peter kept a supervisory eye on the farm his uncle was establishing in Katonah near Bedford, and on his return they no doubt conferred on building plans, for the Munro house, built about 1798 and the Jays' Bedford House, begun two years later, have much the same design.

In 1821, Peter Augustus Jay and Peter Jay Munro served as delegates to the State Constitutional Convention in Albany.

In 1826, Peter Jay Munro suffered a stroke and he died in 1833.

Peter's wife, Margaret White, was the daughter of Henry White, of the Governor's council of New York, and Eve Van Cortlandt. In 1830, Margaret's portrait was commissioned by her daughter, Harriet.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davis, Harriette
- Elder, Charlotte
- Fisher, Arthur H. - NY Gen. & Biog. Rec. - vol. iv, #3

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Peter married Margaret White on 1 Jan 1790. Margaret was born in 1774; died in 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1830, her portrait was commissioned by her daughter, Harriet.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davis, Harriette
Elder, Charlotte

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