Murdoch Munro

Notes:

Murdoch's father remained loyal to the the Crown of England when the American Revolution broke out. The family was forced to flee to Canada where, after the war, they settled in Charlottenburg, Glengarry County, Ontario. They first lived on lot 22, first consession. Later, Murdock settled on lot 19 in the 9th concession and lived there for the rest of his life.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Reid, Vera

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

Died:
Glengarry County

Buried:
Saint Andrew's Cemetery

Murdoch married Isabella McKay on 26 Oct 1814 in Williamstown, , Ontario, Canada. Isabella was born on 28 Feb 1796 in , , Ontario, Canada; died in May 1843; was buried in Williamstown, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Saint Andrews Church

1. Hugh Munro was born on 28 Mar 1816; died on 11 Jul 1888.
2. Donald Munro was born on 26 Feb 1818; died on 10 Jan 1896.
3. Elizabeth Munro was born on 6 Jan 1820; died in Sep 1896.
4. Alexander Munro was born on 22 Sep 1821; died on 2 Aug 1874.
5. Catherine Munro was born on 3 Jul 1823; died on 2 Aug 1875.
6. Angus Munro was born on 18 Aug 1829; died in Sep 1913.
7. Annie Munro was born on 7 Jul 1831; died on 4 Dec 1896.
8. Christena Munro was born on 15 Apr 1836; died on 6 Oct 1893.
9. Margaret Munroe was born on 15 Aug 1836; died in Jun 1864.

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