Ann Munroe

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
- Yard, F. L. Dixon
- Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" (1908)

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

Samuel married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1760; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

Ref (1) says Bennett was born 7 Oct 1708 and died 25 Oct 1775. Refs (2) and (3) say he was born 1 or 7 Oct 1708.

Captain Bennett Munro lived for sometime at the Munro place on the corner of Hope and Franklin Streets, Bristol, Rhode Island, but for the greater part of his life, he lived on the Mt. Hope Farm (now Church's) then owned by Isaac Royal of Boston. Royal was a Tory and his property was confiscated in the Revolution and purchased from the state by Gov. Bradford.

Bennett was Vestryman at St. Michaels Church, Bristol, Rhode Island. He was the second of six generations to hold that position.

Ref (3) says that all of Bennett's children came from his first marriage to Sarah Bosworth, but Ref (2) says Bosworth died in 1754.

References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma - copy of an old undated letter in the
possession of Frances (Brown) Nichols - p. 1

(2) Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma - Line of Descent of John Munro of
Rehoboth, MA & Bristol, RI - p. 1

(3) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754

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

Bennett married Sarah Wardwell on 27 Nov 1755. Sarah was born in 1719; died on 25 Sep 1811; was buried in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref (2) says that all of Bennett's children came from his marriage to Sarah Bosworth. Ref (1) says Bosworth died in 1754. The confusion may stem from the fact that both of Bennett's wives were named Sarah. The Christofferson reference says Bennett's first wife was Sarah Lindsey. From other information in that reference, it appears that Sarah Lindsey is the same person as Sarah Wardwell, Bennett's second wife.

Sarah Wardwell burned to death at the age of 94 years when a handkerchief worn around her neck caught fire while she was lifting a kettle from an open fireplace.


References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma - Line of Descent of John Munro of
Rehoboth, MA & Bristol, RI - p. 1

(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754

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

Buried:
East Cemetery

Notes:

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(The following is from an e-mail message from Marston Watson - 25 Jun 2013)

«i»William purchased commonage #33 (4 acres) from Obadiah Pappilon for £39 on 22 Aug. 1718. [NEHGR 124:176] William was a member of the first vestry at St. Michael's Church in Bristol, which was established through the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. [De Wolfe Howe, Bristol, Rhode Island: a Town Biography, 29-30].«/i»
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Ref. (1) says that William was the son of William [185].

William settled in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1698. He owned a farm that extended from the Grey Farm on the north to Mt. Hope on the south, and east to the Narrows. It was called the "Major Munro Farm" and was owned by the Munro family until 1900. It was later occupied by the Columban fathers.

He served as executor of the estate of his neighbor, Colonel Henry McIntosh (Mt. Hope Farm) and managed the property of his widow, Madam McIntosh. At the orginization in 1724 of St. Michaels Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, William became Vestryman. His son, Bennett [183], grandsons James [6969] and Edward [182], great-grandson Bennett [181], 2nd great-grandsons John [179] and Otis [7052], and 3rd great-grandson Wilfred [7053] have all been Vestrymen - six generations.

When he died, he had 30 slaves who were given to his children. He and several of his descendants were buried on the farm and their grave stones were later moved to the Major Munro lot at the North Cemetery (Neck).

One of his sons is said to have had no children, and another is said to have moved to Connecticut.

His wife, Mary Lindsay, was the sister of John Lindsay, who married William's sister, Elizabeth. One source says his wife was Elizabeth Carey, but this is unconfirmed. On Mary's grave stone it says she died 8 Nov 1760 at the age of 85, which places her birth in about 1675. Ref. (1) says 1685 and other sources say 1684, 1685 or 1677.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754

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

Buried:
William was buried at the North Burial Ground.

William married Mary Lindsay in 1701 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of John Lindsay and Mary Alley) was born on 28 Nov 1677 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Nov 1760 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Lindsay, was the sister of John Lindsay, who married William's sister, Elizabeth.

On Mary's grave stone it says she died 8 Nov 1760 at the age of 85, which places her birth in about 1675. Ref. (1) says 1685 and other sources say 1684, 1685 or 1677.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754

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

Buried:
Mary was buried at the North Burial Ground.