Amarintha Munro

Notes:

Amarintha lived on plantation "Palmyra". She married Major John Stevens.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Elder, Charlotte

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Amarintha married John Stevens, IV on 2 Feb 1804 in Midway, , Georgia, USA. John (son of John Stevens, III and Margaret McCartney) was born on 13 Dec 1777 in Sunbury, Liberty Co., Georgia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1832 in , Liberty Co., Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Stevens was born in 1804; died in 1877.
2. Henry Munro Stevens was born in 1808; died in 1888.
3. James Dana Stevens was born in 1810; died in 1845.
4. Harriet Elizabeth Stevens was born in 1811 in Sunbury, Liberty Co., Georgia, USA; died on 15 Mar 1887 in Quitman, Brooks Co., Georgia, USA.
5. Joseph Law Stevens was born in 1814; died in 1862.
6. Mary Anna Stevens was born in 1817; died in 1885.
7. William Crawford Stevens was born in 1820; died in 1887.

Notes:

Simon was the 9th son and had no inheritance, so he went to America in the 1700's and built up a mercantile business in Sunbury, Georgia which was a thriving port south of Savannah at that time. He had warehouses and owned a dock, and might have been given a land grant by the King. He remained loyal to Scotland-England and was a Tory during revolutionary times. He was driven out of the state and fled to Florida (possibly). His wife remained with her children to protect their remaining possessions. He later petitioned the Georgia Legislature to pay reparations for his vast losses.

He was called Sir Simon Munro of New Inverness, and owned a rice plantation in Liberty County, Georgia.

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The following is from the James Gordon Munro reference:

«i»Simon Munro, 1741 - Dec 29, 1790, a slave trader, owned land with partner Darling, along Altamaha and Savannah Rivers and 1700 acres, a plantation he named Novare, granted to him by King George III in Georgia. He married Elizabeth West of Westfield Plantation, Georgia. He is buried at Westfield, donor of the silver communion service used for many years in old Midway Congregational Church. Early in the Revolutionary War, Simon Munro, a resident of St. John's Parish, was banished from the State of Georgia, and forbidden to set foot within its borders, because of his Tory activities (Georgia state historical marker). «/i»The History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family«i» states that Col. Sir Simon Munro was the younger son of Sir Robert Munro 24th Baron of Foulis and Mary Seymour, daughter of Henry Seymour of Woodland County, Dorset. Simon Munro came to Georgia from Inverness.«/i»
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Error alert: Mary Seymour died in 1732, nine years before Simon's birth so she couldn't have been his mother. He is not listed as a child of Sir Robert Munro of Foulis in Mackenzie or R.W. Munro.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davis, Harriette
- Elder, Charlotte
- Bond, Denise - letter 28 Aug 1995
- Martin, Robert - membership application

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Birth:
Simon was born at Foulis Castle.

Died:
Simon died at his plantation, Navarre in Saint John's Parish.

Buried:
Simon was buried at his brother-in-law's Westfield Plantation Cemetery.

Simon married Elizabeth West in 1768. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles West and Anne) was born in 1750; died on 8 Nov 1807 in , Liberty Co., Georgia, USA; was buried in Sunbury, Liberty Co., Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Buried:
Elizabeth was buried at her brother's Westfield Plantation Cemetery.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davis, Harriette

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Notes:

Charles and his wife immigrated to America aboard the ship Anne with General James Oglethorpe to settle Savannah in 1732.

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Charles married Anne. Anne was born est 1712; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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