John Munro

Notes:

(See UPDATED NOTE below, with corrections, Oct 2019)
He died during the Revolutionary War. His son, Daniel, served in the 77th Regiment under Col. Montgomery. A list of officers of the 77th includes George Munro, which could possibly be this person's name.

He could also be named Duncan, who according to family records, owned considerable land in Washington, D.C. where the White House now stands. This property was confiscated during the Revolutionary War. His widow later sued for recovery of property that was taken from her husband.

"Catherine Leech, petitioner, sweareth that she had considerable property taken from her in the colonies and her husband was murdered by the rebels on account of his attachment to the British Government." Misc./158,Vol 306.

Catherine Leech of Yonge, Ontario, Canada is found in W.B. Reid's Book of Loyalists. A 1790 petition says she was from Augusta, New York. She moved to Lower Canada in 1782-3 and then to Upper Canada in 1785 and settled in the Township of Yonge.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Conn. Unconnected Monroes

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

UPDATED NOTE OCT. 2019 (By B.J. Steele, via email from Jo Ann Munro Tuskin)

Married 30 Oct 1776, Fair Haven Church, Fairfield, Stamford Darien, CT to Katherine Reed, both of Norwalk in the records, as found in "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford-Conn. Unconnected Monroes, p. 600
The 77th Regiment was disbanded in 1763, therefore none of his sons could have served in that Regiment.
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Samuel Reid Munro states, "That your petitioner is the son of Catherine Leech, deceased, formerly widow of John Munro also deceased."
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Catherine "Kitty" Munro states "that in the Fall of 1782 ... Mrs Catherine Leech and children ... were waiting at Crown Point (NY) for a boat to take them across Lake Champlain to St. John's in the Lower Province" (this is St Jean sur Richeleau, in Quebec)
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Catharine Leech, written in 1789 in Augusta, Upper Canada (now Ontario) states: "that she had considerable property taken from her in the colonies and her husband was murdered by the rebels on account of his attachment to the British Government."
Therefore, it would seem that John Munro died before 1782 during the Revolutionary War. There is a persistent family story that he was in one of the Highland Regiments that served in North American during the "French and Indian War", but the exact regiment has not been ascertained as yet. There is also evidence that the family had lived in either Kingsbury or Whitehall, Washington County, New York, and Catherine and the children escaped from there north into the British territory of Lower Canada, now Quebec, and then finally settled in Mallorytown, Ontario.
Ref: Clan Munro files-- Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford-- Conn. Unconnected Monroes
Clan Munro files-- Tuskin, Jo Ann Munro, Jo Ann Munro Tuskin, The Munros of Mallorytown (and Beyond!) - compiled by Jo Ann Munro Tuskin
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Family ID F1858

Birth:
Estimate: John's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his wife, Katherine.

Died:
John died before 1782.

John married Catherine (Katherine) Reid (Reed) on 30 Oct 1766 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Catherine (daughter of Samuel Reid and Sarah Kellogg) was born in 1749 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died before 1836 in , , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
"Fair Haven Church, Stamford, Darien, CT"

1. Samuel Reid Munro was born in estt 1766 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA; died est 1845 in , , Michigan, USA.
2. John Reid Munro, Jr. was born about 1766 in , , New York, USA; died on 8 Jan 1849 in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada.
3. Robert Munro was born about 1767; and died.
4. Catherine Munro was born in 1768 in , , New York, USA; died before 1834 in , , Ontario, Canada.
5. Daniel Munro was born in 1772; died about 1810.
6. Timothy Munro was born in 1776 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA; and died.