James Bayley Bruen

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

Notes:

He was the son of James McWhurter Bruen (1818-1881) of Irvington, New Jersey and Anna Maria Miller (1822-1916).

While he was a theological student at Union Seminary, he taught at a school for young ladies at No. 1 Fifth Avenue.

He lived in Belvidere, New Jersey.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davis, Harriette

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James married Margaret White Munro on 1 Jun 1871. Margaret (daughter of Henry White Munro and Ann Margaret Bayley) was born on 30 Aug 1845; died in 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

Henry lived in Mamaroneck, New York, and was a lawyer.

In 1830 He was Supervisor of the Town and in 1840 he married Anne Margaret Bayley, half-niece of the renowned Mother Seton.

1845 was a year of change. Margaret was born, two-year-old Henry died and the house was sold to Edward Collins, the shipping magnate. The part of the farm west of the Post Road had already been sold to Judge James I. Roosevelt.

In Sep 1854, Henry is mentioned as being at the Isthmus of Panama.

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

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

Henry married Ann Margaret Bayley on 8 Jul 1840. Ann was born in 1815; died in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ann was the daughter of Richard Bayley, Jr. (1781-1815) of New York City, New York and Catherine White (1786-1878). She was the half-niece of the renowned Mother Seton.

Ref: Clan Munro files - 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