Patrice Horace Raphael Munro

Notes:

BIO:HORACE MUNRO OF ST. ESPRIT AND MONTREAL

BIO:Horatio (as he was commonly known) also had a brief career with the Hudson Bay Company. The Hudson Bay Archives lists him as an apprentice clerk, age 20 with 3 years service and a contract that expires in 1825 (dated 1823 ?) which would indicate that he had initially signed a five or seven year indenture in or before 1820. (He would have been 16 years old in 1820.) He is listed as having been at Lac-la-Pluie in 1821-22 and at Rocky Mountain House in 1822-23. (Saskatchewan River) (B/60/d/12, P83)

BIO:In the 1822-23 Carlton House Journal by Peter Pruden are the following enties pertaining to Horatio Munro: (HBC Arch B27/1/12)

TBL:June 5 "...In the evening Mr. Munro arrived with horses from Edmonton..." June 11 "Mr. Pruden, Mr. Herriott & Munro went hunting up the river, with a
boat, & a party on hoseback." June 25 "..Mr. Munro returned with the four men from the Pines having finished
the work they were required to execute." July 28 "Sent Mr. Munro with 4 men in a boat down to Cumberland House with
provisions." Sept 10 Entry from Bow River "Mr. Munro arrived with letters from the S
Branch." Oct 3 "..Colin Robertson Esq and Mr. Horatio Munro from Fort William arrived
this morning in a boat with 6 men from York.." Oct 5 "Mr. Munro from Fort William started for Edmonton with a boat and 6
men..." (Arrived at Norway House Sept 4 & left Norway House Sept 8 -
HBC Arch B154/a/10) 1823 May 27 "The craft arrived from Edmonton on board which was Mr Herron Weekes
Mason & Munro & Dechambault.."

TBL:EDMONTON HOUSE JOURNAL 1822-23 BY Richard Grant (HBC Arch B 60/a/21) Oct 15 Arrival of Colin Robertson to take charge of the Department Nov 7 "..About 3 POM Messrs Ranald McDonald & Munro with 2 men and 4 horses
took their departure for the Rocky Mountain House where it is intended
they will pass the winter." Dec 21 "...About 4 PM Messrs Manson, Douglas and Munro accompanied by one
european and 8 Canadians & 2 Blackfeet Indians arrived from the South
Branch (or Bow River) with letters from the Gentlemen in charge of
that place." Dec 25 Mr. Robinson gave a dance and again on Jan 1st. 1823 Jan 6 "Sent Mr. Munro & 2 men with meat to be left at the white mud for Mr.
Robinson's Men and dogs that are to go to the Mountain House - in a
very short time, Mr. Munro and one of the men are to wait there until
Mr. R goes up as they are to go with him also." Jan 7 Mr. Robinson left for R.M. House. Jan 21 Colin Robertson and his party returned from Mountain House. May 8 Messrs LaRocque* & Munro arrived from Rocky Mountain House May 19 ".. At 4 PM Messrs Herron, Munro, Deshambault and Grant took their
departure on board of two of the company's boats going to the York
Factory with part of the returns of this place & the Mountain House.."
*Possibly Joseph LaRocque - older half-brother of Hugh and Horatio Munro.

BIO:Horace was the only full brother of Hugh Jr., and was born when Hugh was five years old. Horace was the ninth of the ten children born to Angelique and Hugh Munro. From Hudson Bay Records it is apparent that he followed Hugh into Company service before 1820. Since he appears to be a farmer with a family in the St. Esprit area at the time of his father's death in 1825, one would conclude that he left the service at the end of his indenture that year. The last church entry for his family in the St. Esprit Parish are dated 1827-8. Later his family records appear in the Catholic church recordings of Montreal.

BIO:Only his older brother, Hugh Jr. is mentioned in the will of Capt. Hon. John Munro, his grandfather, dated April 1800, as Horace was not born until 1804. However, when the estate of his grandfather was finally settled, and the land was to be distributed, Hugh Jr, in the far off Blackfoot country, signed a Power of Attorney and the land was awarded to Horace.

BIO:BIRTHDATE: Baptismal records of St. Surplice Catholic Church, L'Assumption de Montcalm, Quebec. Mf #1018241

BIO:Notes from Museum of Soulanges- Vaudreil, Quebec:

TBL:"DIED at L'Hotel Dieu at St. Hyasinthe on 23 August 1870, Horatio Munro Esq. at the age of 66 years after an illness of 6 months."

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Patrice married Henriette Berthelot on 26 Jan 1825 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Henriette was born about 1805; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie Anne Henriette Munro was born on 15 Dec 1825 in L'esprit, , Quebec; was christened on 15 Dec 1825 in L'esprit, , Quebec; and died.
2. Munro was born on 14 Mar 1827 in St. Esprit, , Quebec, Canada; was christened on 14 Mar 1827 in St. Esprit, , Quebec, Canada; died on 14 Mar 1827 in St. Esprit, , Quebec, Canada; was buried on 14 Mar 1827 in St. Esprit, , Quebec, Canada.
3. Antoine Osmond Munro was born on 4 Sep 1845 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 4 Sep 1845 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and died.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Hugh was the oldest son of John and Maria, but their third child as he was preceeded by two sisters. He was born in Albany City, New York, where his father was a merchant. He would have been nearly five years old when they moved to their new home in the Albany County wilderness - later to become part of the state of Vermont. These would have been busy times for his parents as his father continued to build his new estate and oversee the clearing and planting of the fields, the workings of the new mills, and the settlement of numerous small tenant farmers.

According to the old Scottish practice, as the oldest son, Hugh would be expected to eventually manage and inherit the main property at the Fowlis estate upon his father's death, and he would be educated and trained for that occupation.

Hugh had a very busy childhood. He was probably schooled at home or with a tutor until there was an appropriate school available. He would ride out with his father to visit the tenant farmers, and oversee the workings at the mills, potash works and forges. In addition he would be a silent witness to the many casual meetings and conferences where John helped his many friends and neighbors with their problems.

Hugh witnessed the distress of his father's tenants and settlers who were accosted and attacked by Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys," who thought they had a prior right to the land through their adjoining New Hampshire grants. Allen was determined to drive John Munro, "The Yorker," from his lands, or discredit him to break his influence with the settlers. The conflict escalated, and Hugh was home when the Allen cohorts burst into the manorhouse at Fowlis and bullied his mother and frightened his brothers and sisters before his father finally managed to eject them from the house, and then drive them from the yard where they had tried to set fire to the porch and house. He also helped to carry water in the vain attempt to control the fire at the potash works also set by the same unruly mob.

By 1775 Hugh was 11 years old, and wise beyond his years with the knowledge that political conflict was spreading through the land like wildfire. As expected, he and his mother bore the responsibility for the estate on the ever more frequent occasions when his father was absent on some mysterious errand about the countryside, or to Albany, Schenectady, or even Boston or New York. He was firmly bound with his father in his unswerving loyalty to King George, and heard many heated discussions about local "loyalists" and "rebels." He overheard enough to know that his father was secretly encouraging veterans of the old regiments to sign up for service in Captain John's new loyalist company in the Scottish Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment newly formed by British General Alan McLean.

Then, the summer before Hugh had his 12th birthday, the whole secure world at Fowlis suddenly was blown apart for the Munros. John was arrested and taken to Albany to appear before the rebel Committee of Safety to ascertain his political leanings and to prove he was not spying for the Crown. He testified and was parolled, then arrested and required to appear again. During his absence light-fingered cohorts of the Allen gang and fellow patriots visited Mary to bully and frighten her and the tenants, and also to liberate usable items from the Munro estate.

The family's worst fears are confirmed when they recieve word that John had been thrown into the Albany prison as a Loyalist Tory and traitor to the American cause. Eventually John's name appeared on the list of landowners whose estates were to be confiscated for activity against the new independant American Colonies, and a committee arrived to strip the estate of all remaining supplies, stock, horses, and even to ransack the house for any useful plunder that may have been overlooked on previous occasions. At first a fairly sympathetic rebel allowed Mary to retain one riding horse and saddle for their use, but he later reconsidered this generosity and sent it away with the others. After he heard her plea in the name of her seven children, he allowed her to keep one milk cow - but only as a loan until it may also be called for. Hugh struggled to help Mary find enough for the family to eat from day to day.

John was identified as being too influencial to be risked, so he was sentenced to be hung. He was put in irons and is sent to a prison ship on the Hudson River near Esopus. Mary was desperate when she heard he was not at Albany. She was told that he was hung. John was told that his wife and family were all murdered.

After 18 months in prison, John escaped with a group of prisoners and found his way to the British lines near Fort Ticonderoga where he joined "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne. Old friends told him his family was alive and he sent word to Mary to find a way to join him in Canada. Mary's reply pleads for him to help her get away from their home where she is constantly harrassed by American rebels.

Hugh helped Mary and the girls make packs to carry the extra clothing and the few remaining valuable items that they had sucessfully hidden from the looters, and they started off on the long walk to Schenectady to seek help from family or friends. His youngest brother, John Jr. is hardly four years old and Hugh assumed the responsibility of carrying him or encouraging him along. Hugh also scouted the roadway, looked for food, found the evening stopping place, looked after Cornelius and Harry, and worried about their safety - a long list of responsibilities for a 12 year old boy. The older girls, Christine and Cornelia, were fully occupied in helping their mother with the bundles and in taking turns carrying baby Charlotte, a toddler not yet two years old.

How discouraged and angry Hugh must have been when they finally reached Schenectady and the Brouwer relatives refused to help them. Selling a piece of silver to a merchant at least gave them good Dutch food to fill their stomachs for a short while. They were finally rescued and hidden away by old merchant friends of John for a few months of rest, but all of them were aware of the rebel hatred of "Tory traitors" and were determined to find some way to get to Canada. The last few pieces of hidden silver plate and all of the salvaged best dresses and finery of Mary and the girls were sold to help provide the needed bribes to get a pass and make the journey to Canada possible. Ten years later Capt. John, ever the honorable Scot, listed as debts the expenses owed to John Glen of Schenectady and Richard Duncan of Albany for the feeding and care of his family and expenses for their escape to Canada.

Outfitted in their sturdiest shoes and warmest clothing Hugh finally headed the group of women and straggling children on the trail north from Albany to Fort Ticonderoga, a trail fought over by both Loyalist and Rebel troops in the two years previous, and also frequented by Indians of unknown sympathies. It was early Autumn with warm days for walking, but nights that could be bone chilling in the open without adequate shelter or blankets. They ate sparingly of the food they carryied for they knew it might be hard to find sympathetic farmers along the road. The early days on the trail are again a trial for Mary in her poor health.

When they had traveled beyond the area where Hugh had visited farmers and friends with his father, it became a daily trial to attempt to identify the political sympathies of settlers along the way so they would know if it would be safe to ask for food or shelter because they were constantly at risk of being reported to the local Militia. Hugh was especially at risk because he was nearly 14 years old and it was common practice for the Americans to conscript into the rebel army, the male children of Tories over 12 years old.

The sore-footed, bedraggled family finally passed the front lines of the Americans and arrived at the forested shore of Lake George only to find no escort waiting to take them across the bay and up the river to Canada. There were no boats available of any kind, and they were in a no man's land frequented by hostile Indians. For six long days, shivering with cold and with little to eat, they lay hidden in the dense undergrowth, so near, and yet so far, from sanctuary in Canada. To their immense relief, late on the seventh day they were joined by another party of escaping Tory women and children, and found an escort who was able to provide transportation for all of them. Even then they did not escape without one last fright, for as they were taken by canoe across Lake George to the British boats they were discovered and closely pursued by a canoe manned by a war party of Indians.

One can only imagine their joy when they at last reached Fort St. John and were met on the landing by John. It must have been with immense relief that Hugh lay down his burden of responsibility for his mother and siblings. And when the story of their trials was related in detail, Hugh must have felt great reward in the praise and approval from his father. Indeed, it was probably at that moment that John acceded to Hugh's request to join the army, finding him matured way beyond his tender years from the past three year ordeal. Hugh signed the enlistment roll of the First Battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York on 10 Oct 1778, just five days short of his 14th birthday.

Hugh would have been warmly welcomed into his father's First Battalion Company of the King's Royal Regiment of New York as it was made up almost entirely of the old Scottish friends, neighbors, and tenants of the Munros - many of them disbanded veterans of the Seven Years War. They would welcome this eldest son of their Captain, and would be kind in teaching him the necessary Army drills and Manual of Arms, as well as the unpublished "Manual of Skills" so necessary for rank and file survival.

Complete records were not preserved of the enlisted men in the King's Royal Regiment, but some muster and provision rolls were saved that list Hugh in Captain John Munro's Company. His early duties would probably have been at Fort St. John on the Richelieu River. With the onset of winter in 1778, Captain John was ordered to Montreal to find and supervise housing for some of the New York Loyalists. He moved Mary and his children there for their protection and care.

In Oct 1780 Captain John was detailed to take fifty men and a party of Indians and Rangers down to Albany where he was to join Colonel Sir John Johnson who was raiding through the Mohawk Valley. Together they were to sweep north through the settlements burning and destroying the field crops and forage of the rebels, encourage able bodied Loyalists to join up, and, hopefully, capture a few important officers and rebels for the exchange of imprisoned Loyalists. It is likely that Hugh was among the soldiers on this excursion, traveling over the same route on which he had shepherded the family two years before.

Hugh must have fared well with the men of Captain Munro's Company as he rose to the rank of Ensign on 13 Nov 1781, and, at the age of 19, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 24 Oct 1783. Along with the rest of the officers of the First Battalion he was reduced to half pay at the end of 1784 and subject to recall if the Army had need of him.

By 1785 Hugh wass residing at L'Assumption, an old french village on the horse-shoe bend of the L'Assumption River. It was long known as "la Portage" by both the French and the Coureurs de Bois of the Fur Trade, as canoes were beached at the north side of the river bend, carried down the main street, Rue Portage, and launched again on the south side, thus avoiding the intervening falls. L'Assumption became an important hub for fur trading and commerce for the area east of Montreal. Hugh's mother, Mary, and the rest of the family had been settled here before his father sailed to England to hopefully gain reparation for the lands and fortune he lost to the American rebels in New York and Vermont. Once again, as the oldest son, Hugh feelt the responsibility for the family.

As a commissioned officer and the son of Captain John Munro, Hugh was a desirable single guest to grace the dinner tables and evening socials of the well placed families in village. Under British rule it was a political necessity for the French to make friends and trade connections with influencial English Loyalists. The business and social elite at L'Assumption included the Leroux d'Esneval and LaRocque families, now united by the marriage of Angelique to Francois Antoine LaRocque. LaRocque soon found Hugh a most desireable employee, and an amiable dinner companion and guest. The Larocque Company was building a prosperous trade in lumber and wheat, and Hugh, as its English representative, was a great asset when dealing with the British merchants in Montreal. By the time his father returned to L'Assumption in 1787 and prepared to move his growing family to promised land grants on the upper reaches of the St. Lawrence River, Hugh was firmly established with the LaRocque firm.

Hugh had been educated and trained to manage the family estates and a tremenous task awaited the Munros in Upper Canada where they would be starting over in unsettled lands. Already disappointed in his claims to the British government, John could not have been happy when Hugh announced that he was staying at L'Assumption with the LaRocque firm. Indeed, he must have felt it a real betrayal of his duty to him, his father, and to the family. John was nearly 60 years old, had limited funds, and needed the help of his sons in this new endeavor. More than that, he had counted on Hugh to set the pace for his brother, Cornelius was 20 but not overly ambitious, Harry was totally immersed in his books and studies to be a doctor, and John Jr., at 14, was just too easy going and indecisive to train for any leadership.

It is not hard to imagine the argument that must have raged between this war-weary, army-hardened, tough old Scot and his equally stubborn, independant eldest son. At 23, Hugh was two years past his legal majority. Was he to be expected to give up the job he valued, the friends who respected him as an individual, and the life he had built for himself, to return to living in a virtual wilderness, clearing land and grubbing in the dirt to plant a crop ? He acknowledged his duty to the family, but, in return, had he not paid full measure ? What of the lost years of his youth spent carrying the burden of an abandoned family in New York ? This was a new country. He had given it nearly seven years of military service - did he not then deserve, at last, to make a decision to lead his own life as he saw fit ? How could his father criticize his work as a merchant when he, himself, had built his fortune in America beginning as a merchant in Albany ? Perhaps his father was too old to see the opportunities and genteel life he enjoyed in Montreal and L'Assumption. He was now fluent in French and he enjoyed their life style. He had no need to live in an all English community.

In the end, John and the family left for the new lands in Upper Canada, and Hugh continued his life in L'Assumption. An uneasy, unsettled silence continued between father and son.

As the LaRocque business grew and prospered, Francois felt the need to widen his influence, and was soon involved in the political scene, leaving more of the merchant duties to Hugh. At last, in 1792, he was elected to represent the L'Assumption district at the first Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Alas, before he was able to attend even one session he fell ill and died on 2 Nov 1792 at the age of forty-one. He left his young widow with two young sons age six and eight, and a thriving business managed by Hugh.

With Francois only a short six months in his grave, the widow LaRocque and Hugh journeyed down the L'Assumption River to Montreal to plight their troth before the Reverend Delisle in the Anglican Church on 4 May 1793. On 12 Oct of the same year Angelique gave birth to their first child, a daughter who died just after her birth. She was buried in the family plot beside the four little LaRocque infants.

At the age of 28 Hugh took over the LaRocque business and ran it successfully for twenty years before selling it to Angelique's brother, Laurent Laroux. Called back for army duty at erratic intervals, Hugh served during the war with the United States in 1812 as a Captain. Having sold the business, he moved his family to the village of Saint-Esprit, northwest of L'Assumption, where, as a retired officer living on half pay, he became the local Magistrate and Justice of the Peace.

Except for the death of their daughter Lucie at the age of 13, these were tranquil years for Hugh and Angelique. Their five surviving children found their places in the world. Hugh, Jr. left on his great adventure to the Far West. Horatio was married and established as a farmer. The daughters, Marie Angelique and Charlotte, were married and gone. Only the youngest child, Emilie, lives at home with her parents.

Hugh became almost totally immersed in the French community and culture. He maintained a close relationship with his older sister Christine, and his brother Doctor Henry, who both married French spouses and lived in Montreal with growing families. They served as god-parents for each other's children, and attended the many festive family Catholic christening and marriage ceremonies. He maintained a more distant relationship with his youngest sister Charlotte and her famous French husband, Chartier Alain de Lotbiniere, who dropped his French title as Marquis in deference to the new British ownership of Canada.

Sharing as they did a pride as prickly as a Scottish thistle, it is doubtful that Hugh and his father comletely resolved their long-standing dispute before John's death in Oct 1800. Hugh had already divorced himself from the Upper Canada location by selling his Crown land grants there to his brother, Henry. John, however, could not carry his anger beyond the grave, and willed a share of land to Hugh's son equal in size to that willed to each of his other grandchildren. He also directed Hugh, as the eldest son, to be given his valued minature portrait. Finally humbling himself in a letter enclosed with his will, he stated his children were "all equally loved by their poor old father," and begged them all to be "friendly and kind with one another."

Hugh had gone to Upper Canada to bury his father in 1800, and returned to bury his mother in 1815. His brother Cornelius was prematurely taken in death in 1806, his sister Cornelia widowed in 1809 with the death of the seemingly indestructable fur trapper Allen Patterson. Dr. Philip Mount left the eldest sister, Christine, a bereaved widow in 1816, and out in far Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, even the baby of the family, William Johnson, was not spared by the grim reaper from an untimely death in 1820. Also Charlotte was to find that neither wealth nor advantages could buy health and longer life for the great de Lotbiniere, who died in 1822. By 1825 only Hugh, Henry, and John Jr. were left of the five brothers, and the three sisters were all widows.

Now it was Hugh's turn to mentally review the many adventures of his sixty one years as he lay seriously ill with an "inflamation of the breast." He must have derived the most comfort from his bride of thirty-two years as they had comforted each other during tragic periods in their life together, the deaths of parents and other family members, but most of all the early deaths of five of their own ten children. Although attended by local physicians his condition only continued to worsen, and he sliped away from the family gathered about his bed on 22 Sep 1825. Having converted to the Roman Catholic faith, he was attended by Father Arsenault and was buried in the Catholic cemetery at St. Ours du St. Esprit. Signing his death notice in the parish register were his brother, Dr. Henry Munro; his brother-in-law, Laurent Laroux; and his step-son, Francois Antoine LaRocque, Jr.

Because there were two or three other Hugh Munros listed in Captain John Munro's Company, there has been some errors made in other references. This Hugh is not the same person as Hugh Munro [4778], born 1744 in Scotland, Enlisted in the British army 19 Jun 1776, served in Watt's Company 1776-1777, in McDonnell's Company 1781, in Munro's company 1781-1783, married Catherine Campbell and had two sons and two daughters in 1784.

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

Buried:
Hugh was buried at Saint-Ours-du-Saint-Esprit Catholic Church in Saint-Esprit, Quebec, Canada.

Hugh married Angelique Leroux on 4 May 1793 in L'assumption, Quebec, Canada, Canada. Angelique was born on 6 Nov 1865 in Montreal/L'assum, Quebec; died on 22 Nov 1837 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada; was buried on 24 Nov 1837 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

TBL:Listings for Angelique appear under various spelling errors in public records. Angelique Laroque (Larocque)is listed as "Mrs., Widow" in the Anglican Church Records of 4 May 1793 for this Marriage. ("Marriages 1766-1850 Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC, Canada", Pub Quebec Family History Society, Quebec, Canada, 1991) She is listed as Angelique Leroux (m. Laroque) daughter of Francis-Marie Leroux and Veronique Trotier (2nd m. 1747) in notes from Henry de L. Harwood. She is listed in the Loiselle Marriage Index (under marriage of her daughter Emilie to Francis-X Olivier Boucher) as Angelique le Rouix D'noval - this should be Angelique Leroux d'Esneval: see notes under baptisms of her Larocque children formother members of her family with this name.

Translation from the French - Canadian Genealogy Journal:
"...Dr. Joseph LeDuc (1793-1829) graduated medicine in 18--, practiced at St. Roch L'Achigan, Montreal and finally at St. Polycarp where he died. He had married well, in 1819 in Montreal, Charlotte Munro (1798-1830), NEICE OF HER NAMESAKE, THE SEIGNEURESSE OF VAUDREUIL,... DAUGHTER OF HUGH MUNRO OF ST ESPRIT DE MONTCALM, MERCHANT, AND OF ANGELIQUE LEROUX (THEY MARRIED MONTREAL 1793). SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY MARRIED FRANCOIS ANTOINE LA ROCQUE (1753-92) WHO WAS ELECTED DEPUTY FOR L'ASSUMPTION IN 1792 BUT DIES PRIOR TO TAKING HIS SEAT."

The Anglican Church as Christ Church Cathedral has had a distinguished role

in the history of Montreal and the province of Quebec since the first Anglican Church under this name opened its doors on 20 December, 1789. Prior to the establishment of Christ Church, Anglican services had been conducted since 1760 in various Catholic chapels in Montreal.
Rev. Delisle, first Anglican Minister, served in this capacity for thirty years beginning in 1766. Before the establishment of permanent congregations and buildings he "rode circuit" in the surrounding areas, visiting Chambly and other areas as much as twice every year. Many of the earlier records recorded in this volume are journal entries of Marriages performed outside the Montreal area. There is no notation of the actual location of this ceremony. It could have been placed in the L'Assumtion area north of Montreal on the St. Lawrence River as both Hugh and Angelique lived in that area and the Baptisms and buriels of their children are recorded in the L'Assumption Parish Registers for the Catholic Church. ("La Paroise di L'Assumption Repertoire des Baptisms 1724-1800", Publication #17 (1981) La Centre de Genealogie S.C., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and "L'Assumption Repertoire des Sepultures 1724-1800" Vol 1, Publication #18 (1981) Hugh's father, Capt. John Munro had found housing for his family at L'Assumption after his regiment was disbanded (awaiting peace signing) where he was surrounded by old friends and compatriots, including Allen Paterson (his son-in-law) Simon McTavish, McGill and many others. He had enrolled his sons in school with Rev. Stuart in Montreal. However, when Mary wrote to John in 1785 (when he was in England petitioning for compensation for Loyalist Claims) she addresses her letter from "L'ASSUMPTION". At that time she talks of sons William, John and Cornelius being home with her also. (See Letters from Munro Box at McCord Museum/McGill University.)

BIO:ANGELIQUE LEROUX d'ESNEVAL

BIO: Angelique Leroux's genealogy is perhaps best outlined by her great-great-great-great grandson, Ron Graham: Ron Graham, descendant of Hugh Munro and Angelique Leroux d'Esneval through their daughter Charlotte, is the author of THE FRENCH QUARTER (Pub. 1992, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, Toronto, CAN) a political commentary on French-English relationships in Canada containing genealogical outlines. He comments on Angelique and her family: (P 125-6)

TBL:"Angelique was a Leroux d'Esneval - and therefore, goes the family gossip, a direct descendant of the twelfth-century French king Louis the Fat. Her father had come to New France in the 1740's as a soldier, before he too became a successful merchant in L'Assumption and died in 1792, but her mother's line went all the way back to Beaufort in the 1640's. Her brother, Laurent Leroux, was a famous fur trader for the Northwest Company, the first white man to explore Great Slave Lake, the father of four girls by an Ojibwa "wife" in the North, a Justice of the Peace, captain of the militia, member of the assembly, autodictact, and yet another L'Assumption merchant who made a fortune in grain, hardware, potash, and real estate.
"Angelique moved through the most sophisticated circles of commerce and politics, made up of practical French Canadiens who were ready (even anxious) to deal and connect with their new rulers [the British]. ... Her first husband was less than a year in his grave when she and Hugh were married on May 4, 1793, in Montreal's Anglican Christ Church." ______________________________________________________________________________

BIO:FIRST MARRIAGE - FRANCOIS-ANTOINE LAROCQUE

BIO: Angelique was probably born in either Montreal or L'Assumption where she spent the most of her life. Her birthdate is based on her death record. She was married to Francois Antoine LaRocque by 1781 at the age of sixteen. During the eleven years of their marriage she bore him six children, of whom only two survived infancy. Their marriage ended with Francois' death in 1792.

BIO:SECOND MARRIAGE - LT. HUGH MUNRO

BIO:After a brief mourning period she married, in the Anglican Church in Montreal in 1793, a Scottish Presbyterian British Army officer on half pay, Lt. Hugh Munro. Between 1793 and 1809 she bore ten more children, again burying four infants at L'Assumption beside her four LaRocque children, plus a thirteen year old daughter at the St. Our du St. Esprit churchyard. Her thirty-two year marriage to Hugh ended with his death in the fall of 1825.

BIO:Since Hugh was living as a "retired officer on half pay", Angelique would have no income after Hugh's death. With the help of her son, F.A. LaRocque Jr., she applied for a "Deceased Officer's Widow Pension" to provide for her needs. Soon after Hugh's death she moved to Montreal where both LaRocque and her son, Horatio Munro, were living.

BIO:In the Provincial Archives of Ontario at Ottawa is found a microfilm of Angelicque's Petition for a widow's pension. (C-2782)

TBL:From Thomas Slott, Quebec, dated 2 February 1826: Petition of Angelicque Munro, widow of the late Lt. Hugh Munro of the Royal Regiment of New York applying for pension of a deceased officer, and begs consideration by the Secretary of War. Capt. Hugh Munro died at St. Ours du St. Esprit on the 21st September, 1825 of an inflammation of the breast.
Recommendation that pension be granted signed by Col. John Johnson on 14th day of January 1826.
Notary of marriage by Francois Antoine LaRocque, Justice of the Peace of Montreal, dated 26th December, 1825. Copy of church marriage record.
Affidavit of death of Hugh Munro by Martin Strong Parker who attended him, and certified by P.C. Buckley, Physician at St. Ours du St. Esprit.
Separate copy of the church death register signed by Fr. Arsenault, Priest at St Ours du St. Esprit.
To Major General Darling, Quebec, from Angelique Munro, Montreal; Application for Deceased Officer Pension, dated 5 September, 1826.

BIO:HER FINAL YEARS IN MONTREAL

BIO:Angelique lived the last years of her life in Montreal for her children and grandchildren. She saw Emilie, her last spinster daughter, married in 1832 to Dr. Francis Boucher of Maskinonge'. She buries yet another daughter, Charlotte, in 1830. Of the sixteen children she has borne she now is comforted by only three. Has she given up hope that Hugh Jr., absent so long in the western wilderness, will return before she dies ? Her mind frequently dwells on the loved ones who have died, and, as a devout Catholic, much of her time is spent on prayers for all of them.

BIO:Angelique survives Hugh by a full twelve years, dying in Montreal in 1837 at the age of seventy-two.

BIO:Family record entry from notes at the Museum of Soulanges-Vaudreil,Quebec:

TBL:DIED: Beloved mother, Angelique Leroux, widow of Hugh Munro, died at the home of Dr. Lebourdais, a close friend, at Montreal, on the 22nd day of November 1837, after a period of illness, at the age of 72 years and 18 days, and was buried on the 24th day of November 1837 in the Leroux d'Esneval Vault of the Notre Dame' Church in Montreal.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

(2) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 34

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

Notes:

John was born near Foulis Castle, on an adjacent Munro estate in Ross-shire, Scotland, and spent his childhood there. His birth date is accepted as 1728, although sources have stated 1731.

When war broke out between the French and British in the American Colonies in 1755, a call was put out for soldiers to expand the 48th foot, and John joined this regiment where Munro's had served before with distinction. Some sources have stated that he was a "Subaltern", but in documentation by his own hand, he states he was a Sergeant in the 48th. Some references list him as a Major in the 48th, but this is an error which probably originated from the fact that he later was a Captain in the King's Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution.

He was posted with the 48th to the American Colonies in 1756 for the French-Indian wars, and arrived in America on 8 Jun 1756. He was stationed at the fort in Albany.

John was well educated and had moved in the upper levels of the social circles in Scotland. He was soon well acquainted and became a confederate and military companion of Sir William Johnson, kin of the DeLancey family, and became a member of the aristocratic level of the English and Dutch social community.

On 12 Apr 1758, he may have married Jane Caldwell, of the socially prominent Caldwell and Van Courtlandt families. Although no marriage record has been found, there exists a marriage bond for a couple with these names bearing a signature comparable to the same John Munro. However, on his subsequent marriage to Mary Brouwer in 1760, John is not listed as a widower, so it is doubtful that the marriage actually took place.

John was active throughout the French-Indian campaigns and served with Sir William Johnson in some campaigns. He was present with his Regiment at the capitulation of Quebec. He obtained an early discharge from the Army in 1760, and settled on Crown land grants on the Hudson River in New York Province. His grants and purchases totaled almost 15,000 acres.

On 5 Apr 1760, he married Mary (or Maria) Brower (also called Maritje Talbot Gilbert Bruere). She was the daughter of Cornelius and Cornelia (Barlieyt) Brower (or Brouwer) of Schenectady, New York. At this time, John was engaged in the mercantile business in Schenectady and became rather affluent. Before the American Revolutionary War, he moved to Albany and went into business there. While he lived in Albany, he was an elder and trustee in the Scottish Presbyterian Church.

In 1767, he built a home on the east side of the Hudson River in Shaftsbury and named his estate Fowlis. His business continued to expand until it included grain and lumber mills, a nail factory and other enterprises. He was active in political and social circles and was appointed Magistrate and Justice of the Peace of the New Hampshire holdings, a controversial area claimed by both New York and New Hampshire. Intolerant of raids conducted by The Green Mountain Boys, John became embroiled in a protracted struggle with Ethan Allen and his New Hampshire supporters for ownership of the same land.

Tensions grew as the American Revolutionary War drew closer, and John, who was known for his unswerving loyalty to the crown, was soon marked by the local Patriots. When the New Hampshire contingent seized the opportunity to discredit him, he went to New York to meet with General McLean, his old military commander, who enrolled him as a Captain in the new Royal Highland Emigrants 84th Regiment, which was being raised from Loyalists in New York, many of them previous British troops. Later McLean cited him as being the first to report for duty.

McLean commissioned him to return to Vermont and raise a company of Loyalist recruits and to provide intelligence and information on rebel troops, supplies, provisions, arms etc. He used his own money to finance his operations, depleting his farm stores to equip and support the troops he raised. He had several adventures while delivering dispatches and escorting British dignitaries through the rebel lines between New York and the British forts around Quebec and Montreal.

Eventually John was seized and imprisoned for 18 months for his Loyalist acts. He was offered freedom if he would accept a commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the American Army, but he refused. He was one of the first Loyalists imprisoned at the Fleet Prison at Esopus. Eventually he was rescued from captivity by his compatriots. Once free, he resumed his Loyalist activities meeting with General Tryon on board the British warship Dutchess of Gordon, where he received 100 pounds with which to pay his recruits and a dispatch to take to the Bishop of Quebec.

On his return from Canada, he was recaptured. This time he was sentenced to be hung and narrowly escaped that fate by rescue and flight to the British lines.

John joined General Burgoyne in the New York campaign, but realizing that he is about to be defeated, Burgoyne sent John and other well known Loyalists to Canada to avert their being captured by the Americans.

Reporting to the British Army at Quebec, he found that the Royal Highland Emigrant commissions were all filled. Instead, he received a commission as Captain in Sir John Johnson's new King's Royal Regiment of New York. Now wearing his red British Uniform as a captain of the first battalion, he officially joined the American Revolutionary War. Eventually he enlisted his oldest son, Hugh, and an Ensign, then Lieutenant in his battalion, and his three other sons as privates.

During John's imprisonment and flight Mary remained at the Bennington estate and she and her children became prisoners or hostages of the Patriot Cause. They were allowed to stay in the house and keep two milk cows to provide for the children, but they soon found themselves in dire straights as the Munro estate was picked clean by vindictive neighbors. In desperation, Mary wrote the following letter to John in Montreal:

Mr dear John

I hope when you receive these few lines they may find you in good health. Your Dear Children are all well, as for myself I am in a poor state of health and very much distresst. I must leave my house in a very short time, and God knows where I shall get a place to put my head on, for my own relations are my greatest enemys, the mills they have had a long time in their possession -- likewaise all your tenants houses and lands -- They have distressed me beyond expression. I have scarcly a mouthful of bread for myself or Childer for heavens sake my dear Mr. Munro send me some relief by the first safe hand. Is there no possibility of your sending for us, if their is no method fallen upon we shall perish, for you can have no idea of our sufferings here, let me once more entreat you to try every method to save your family - my heart is so full it is ready to break -- Adew my Dearest John May God Almighty bless and preserve and protect you, that we may live to see each other is the constant prayers of Your affectionate tho afflicted wife
Mary Munro P.S. The Childer send their love to you

[Public Archives of Canada
MG 21, Vol B214, Pg 35]

In 1778, after receiving this letter, Captain Munro wrote to British authorities and Governor Clinton pleading with them to intervene with the American Generals to allow his wife and children to move to Canada as she and their seven children hadn't enough to eat. His plea was successful and Mary left Shaftsbury using money she got from selling some silver plate that she had hidden from her persecutes. She went first to Schenectady but relatives there refused to shelter or help her. She was finally aided by a friend or relative and made her way to Lake Champlain over the roads and Indian trails. There she was provided transportation by boat to Crown point and Fort St. John. John met her there and took her to Montreal where he obtained quarters for the family. In 1784, at the close of hostilities, she was established at L'Assumption.

Although the seven children seemed to survive this adventure with little effect, Mary became very ill. She eventually recovered, but she suffered from the debilitating effects of these years for the remainder of her life.

Mary was widowed in 1800 and died in Upper Canada, at another manor house and estate called Fowlis, on 12 Apr 1815, aged 76 years, 6 months and 3 days.

John was mustered out of the military at half pay in 1781, but John Johnson requested that he help with Land Claims for displaced Loyalists, and he spent three years in England lobbying for settlements for these claimants as well as for himself before returning to Ontario with no success and virtually penniless.

In 1784 he accepted Land Grants in the Lunenburg, Upper Canada area, settled by his compatriots from the First Battalion, and was instrumental in settling the Matilda township (later Dundas County). He built a home and established mills and other enterprises.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOHN MUNRO, ESQUIRE Filed 16 Dec 1800 (Surrogate Court Records of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Wills 1800-1821, Microfilm Reel 862340, Ontario Archives)

"I give and bequeath to my loving wife MARY MUNRO during her natural life my dwelling house with so much of the furniture as will be necessary for her comfort and support, together with so much of the live cattle as she might have question for, that in any case any of my sons should marry, and that she might wish to remove that then and in that case the other house on the farm shall be repaired and made comfortable and warm, that she shall be supported from the income of the property under the direction of the Executors as shall be hereafter named in this my will, that in case it should so happen that either of my sons or daughters should leave her under this protection, she is to have the same allowance from the estate as if she were living by herself, in order to compensate them for their support, I further will, that twelve hundred acres that I have located in her own name shall be within her own right to will to whom she pleases at her death. It is also my will that each of my children shall enjoy twelve hundred acres to each, that is to say, to HARRY 1200 acres, to JOHN 1200 acres, to WILLIAM 1200 acres, to CHRISTINA 1200 acres, to CHARLOTTE 1200 acres, to CORNELIA 1200 acres, which I have located for them, and shall do my duty to have the same granted in their own names, with respect to my Military Lands. It is my will that no part should be disposed of, unless necessity requires it to pay my debts, until such time as land will become of full value.

To my three grandchildren I give and bequeath the twelve hundred acres granted to me by the Government for giving up my claim to the township, that is to say, to Hugh's SON four hundred acres, to JOHN MOUNT four hundred acres, and to Cornelius' Son JOHN four hundred acres, to be equally divided between them. The remaining rest of my property to be divided between my three sons HENRY,WILLIAM and JOHN, reserving to my son HENRY the money he has advanced for the payment of land purchased from his brother HUGH. That in case I shall not be able to obtain some lands for my son Hugh's children, HENRY, JOHN and WILLIAM will give a fourth part of the undivided remains to his children, when the property is divided, but in case I shall be able to get lands for himself or his children and in that case the remainder of any property is vested in Henry, John and William and to their heirs and assigns forever.

I beg and pray that my children shall agree amongst themselves and it is my will in case of any dispute in settling among themselves it shall be finally settled by my Executors and not be any mean go to court and that the settlement made by the Executors shall be binding and finally settled.

I further will and authorize my Executors to make sale and dispose of so much of my property as will be necessary to pay my debts which may be honestly due upon the Estate after my decease if it cannot be otherwise discharged. I struggle hard and shall so long as God is pleased to spare me in this life to clear my Estate of incumbrance that whatever remains may be of service to my dear family.

I bequeath to my son CORNELIUS my sword and I hope he will think I have done by him as well as the rest of his brothers, they are all equally beloved by their poor old father, and if I should err in any way in this my will its not with a design to favor one more than the other, that they will be friendly and kind to one another and that they will never see one another in distress without giving relief to each other, and they will be prudent, careful, and industrious to make the best use of what may remain of the Estate after all debts is paid. I do appoint my loving Nephew HUGH MUNRO, ESQ., Doctor PHILLIP MOUNT, Malcolm McMartin, Esq., my Cousin HUGH MUNRO, Esq., THOMAS FRASER, Esq., and my son HENRY MUNRO or any three of them, to be my Executors, giving these full power and authority and anything to do all lawful deeds and acts, the same as I would do in my lifetime.

For the use and benefit of my poor family I further will that my son HENRY, DR. PHILIP MOUNT shall be trustees to oversee and regulate all and everything belonging to my Estate to prevent waste or mismanagement in carrying this my will on to Execution and last of all I give all my loving family my blessing, praying that God may bless and prosper them in this life and in the life to come.

In witness whereof I hereunder set my hand seal at the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.
(s) John Munro
Signed, sealed and published and delivered by the Testator JOHN MUNRO as and for his last will and testament in presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names respectively as witnesses: (s) Rev. F.C.L.Broeffle, br T. Fraser, CORNs Munro"

LETTER FROM JOHN MUNRO TO CHILDREN (Accompanies Will) "My dear children and friends, my Executors in which I have every confidence to do all for the best. I request that you will bear all your Mother's unfortunate temper with patience as I have done and that she might have what will be sufficient to keep her comfortable during her lifetime. I should have appointed her Executrix, but being sensible of her disposition, I conceived it dangerous to the interest of all the family as her rashness of temper might lead her to what she afterwards would be sorry for, injurious to herself or her children.

I request that my silver watch will be delivered to my son WILLIAM, and my miniature picture be given to my son HUGH, being my oldest ... any clothing I may have to my son JOHN. I further request of all my children to let John have the best part in making the decision in consideration of him staying with his father and mother to carry on the business, and be good to him, for he is little acquainted with the world and the nature of mankind to guard against every advantage which may be taken of him, which is indeed my reason for not giving him more power.

Be kind and friendly to one another upon all occasions and should it so happen that the one is more successful than another let him give his assistance to him who may be in want, resoluting that all blessings is from the Hand of Providence.

I shall leave a list of what I may be indebted at the time of making this my last will and testament as near as I can recollect.

God grant you his blessing which is the prayer and will be while.
(s) John Munro"

The family erected a stone at his original burial site which was later flooded by the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. It stated "The Honorable John Munro, Esq. one of his Majesty's Legislative Council of Upper Canada, Formerly Captain in the King's late Royal Regiment of New York who died 27th of October, 1800 age 72 years."

The Munro burial marker stones were relocated at the Riverside Heights U.E.L. Memorial Cemetery with Honors in 1968. Also included in the new burial plot, surrounded with an ornate wrought iron fence, was the grave site of his wife Mary with the following inscription: "Here lies the remains of Mary Brewer (sic) relict of the late Hon. John Munro who departed this life the 12 April AD 1815 age 76 years. This humble monument is erected to her revered memory by her affectionate daughter Charlotte Munro de Lotbinere." The spelling of her name varies in references, however, the error in spelling here occurred when the old original markers were refaced and a copy of the old inscription was engraved on the new marble back in preparation for the UEL Memorial.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No. 2 - p. 5

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 29-30

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

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

Died:
John died at Dickinson's Landind.

Buried:
John's original burial site was flooded by the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. In 1968, the marker stones were moved to the Riverside Heights U.E.L. Memorial Cemetery.

John married Mary Brower on 5 Apr 1760 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA. Mary was born on 9 Oct 1738 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA; was christened on 14 Oct 1738 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA; died on 12 Apr 1815 in Morrisburg, , Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1968 in Riverside Heights, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary was the daughter of Cornelius Brower of Albany, who was the grandson of William Brower, an immigrant from Holland.

The following Family Tree is found among the "Munro Papers" in the Archives of McCord Memorial Library, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada:

I. William Henrdickse Brower b. Holland d. Albany, N.Y. 1668

II. Hendrick Brower b. ? d. 1706 m. at Albany, New York on 26 March 1692 to Maria Pietrse BORSBOOM, daughter of Pieter Jacobuse Borsboom d. 1687

III. Cornelius Brower b. 22 Jan 1704 d. ? m. 27 July 1736 to Cornelia BARLIEYT b. Albany, New York 6 Oct 1706, daughter of Johannes Barlieyt and Catherine Gilbert m. 16 July 1701.

IV. Maria Brower m. 5 April 1760 to Capt John Munro " a Tory from Schenectady son of Hugh Munro of Fyrish (in the parish of Almsquire (sic), County of Ross, Scotland"

The descendant list continues with Christiana Munro's marriage to Dr. Philip Mount; the above information was provided by a Mount descendant, Winnifred Hill.

A LETTER FROM A LOYALIST WIFE ADDRESSED: JOHN MUNRO ESQ., MONTREAL

Mr dear John I hope when you receive these few lines they may find you in good health.

Your Dear Children are all well, as for myself I am in a poor state of health and very much distresst. I must leave my house in a very short time, and God knows where I shall get a place to put my head on, for my own relations are my greatest enemys, the mills they have had a long time in their possession -- likewaise all your tenants houses and lands -- They have distressed me beyond expression. I have scarcly a mouthful of bread for myself or Childer for heavens sake my dear Mr. Munro send me some relief by the first safe hand. Is there no possibility of your sending for us, if their is no method fallen upon we shall perish, for you can have no idea of our sufferings here, let me once more entreat you to try every method to save your family - my heart is so full it is ready to break -- Adew my Dearest John May God Almighty bless and preserve and protect you, that we may live to see each other is the constant prayers of

Your affectionate tho afflicted wife Mary Munro

P.S. The Childer send their love to you

[Public Archives of Canada MG 21, Vol B214, Pg 35] This undated letter was written from Shaftsbury, Vermont, on the New York border, in the "New Hampshire Grants," then considered part of New York.

Here John Munro was granted 4000 acres in 1765 [land grants for Army service in French-Indian War] together with relatives of his wife, Mary Brouwer of an old Schenectady Dutch family. (The Brouwer House at 14 Church Street claims to be Schenectady's oldest house, built and lived in by Brouwers 160 years before John Munro took his bride Marytje from here.)

John was a newcomer, born in Ross-shire, Scotland, who came to New York in 1756 in the British Army. He went into business in Schenectady but soon moved on to Albany, where he became a Justice and was one of the first Elders in the Albany Presbyterian Church. For 13 years their home** was in Shaftsbury where he was Sheriff and Chief Magistrate of this newly settled district, in which he enforced the claims granted by New York in conflict with the grants made by New Hampshire. Many of the latter settlers were from Connecticut. He was most unpopular with the New Englanders, and in turn, he expressed great contempt for "those gentlemen called 'the Green Mountain Boys.'"

John Munro remained loyal to the crown and in August 1777 [after several adventures as a "Tory Spy" and 18 months imprisonment at Esopus with a 'death sentence' he escaped] and fled to Burgoyne's camp and went with Sir Guy Carlton to Montreal where the King's Royal Regiment was formed under the command of Sir John Johnson. He was commissioned senior Captain in the First Battalion and was very active against "the Rebels."

In the meantime poor Mary with seven children was left in this desperate situation. However she was relieved soon after this letter was written, for John petitioned Governor Haldimen in Canada and was given permission to bring his family to Montreal in October 1778.

The above is from CONNECTICUT ANCESTRY, a Quarterly Magazine of Stamford, Connecticut Genealogical Society (May 1976, Vol 18, No. 4, Pg 117-118) written by Richard and Elizabeth Hubert. Richard is the great-great grandson of Charlotte Munro de Lotbiniere, youngest daughter of Mary and John Munro.

There were seven children with Mary in Vermont. William Johnson Munro, their eighth and last child was born in Montreal on 10 December 1781. John Munro named his Shaftsbury Estate "Fowlis" in honor of his family connections to the old knighted Baronial Munro Clan Chiefs and Castle Fowlis near his birthplace in Ross-shire, Scotland. He constructed not only a "Manor-house" but stables, potash and grist mills, a nail factory and sundry other projects. Before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he had settled over 100 tenants on his lands, and was a prosperous landowner. After his arrests and final conviction and imprisonment his lands and all his belongings were confiscated. Many of these were subsequently sold or auctioned.

During this time Mary was allowed to live in the home at Fowlis with very meager provisions. When the cattle and stock were driven away an official directed that "one milk cow was to be left for her use for the children" but was to be also surrendered when she left. Family tradition reports that Mary left Fowlis and was able to finance her escape by selling some Silver Plate that she had hidden. She took the children first to Schenectady but there relatives refused to shelter or help her. She was finally aided by a friend [or relative ?] and made her way to Lake Champlain over the roads and Indian trails where she was provided transportation by boat to Crown Point and Fort St. John. There she was met by her husband who took her to Montreal where he had obtained quarters for his family.

Although the seven children seemed to survive this adventure with little ill effects, Mary was very ill. Although she eventually recovered, she suffered from the debilitating effects of these years for the remainder of her life. Even 20 years later, in 1798, William Johnson Munro writes to his father from Grand Portage while in the North West Fur Company "For Gods sake keep a good store of nourishment in the house which is the only thing you can have to comfort you and my poor ailing Mother who has suffered so much for us all."

Mary Brouwer Munro, widowed in 1800 died in Upper Canada - at another Manor-house and estate called Fowlis - on 12 April 1815, aged 76 years, 6 months and 3 days.

December 1, 1814 WILL OF MARY BROUWER MUNRO In the name of God, Amen. I, Mary Munro, the Widow of the late Hon. John Munro, Esq. of the township of Matilda, in the East District in the Province of Upper Canada, Weak in body but of sound mind and memory, praised be to God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, but first commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my Creator, Etc.

As to my worldly estate I give and bequeath the same as follows; FIRST give all Estate Real and Personal of every description whether of lands, tenements, house furniture and every part thereof to my loving son JOHN MUNRO of Matilda, aforesaid and to his heirs and assigns forever; SECONDLY I give all my wearing apparel to my daughter-in-law Catherine, wife of my son John Munro aforesaid, and their Eldest daughter Marie of every description, and I do further by these presents give all of my estate, real and personal, whether of lands, debts, Bond obligations, Legasees and loss of kind of property of whatever name or notation and all my Rights, Dues or Debts or Dower that may belong to me in the United States of America and particularly in the State of New York. Also by these presents authorizing the aforesaid John Munro Esq., my son, to collect, obtain, and receive the same in any way lawfully divided, advised or as his judgement may advise - and I do thusly make order and appoint the Rev. John Bethune, Jr. of Augusta in the District of New Johnston, and Lucius P. Sherwood, Esq. of Elizabeth Town or the survivor of them to be the Executors of this my last will and testament, Revoking all others.

Witness by my hand this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.

(s) Mary Munro Signed,

sealed and delivered by the said Testamentarian as the Last Will and Testament in the presence of us: T.G. Weagent, P. Gladdon, John Moseby

(Copied from Photostat original at Upper Canada Village Library, Morrisburg, Ontario - June 15, 1992 by Vallena B. Munro from Surrogate Court Records of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, wills 1800-1821, Reel 862340)

References:

(1) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 29

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

Christened:
Mary was christened in the Dutch Reformed Church in Schenectady, New York.

Died:
Dundas County

Buried:
Mary is memorialized at the UEL Memorial in Riverside Heights, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

BIO:The Katewell and Milnton of Katewell branches of the Munro Family Tree are poorly recorded and documented in the existing Munro records in Scotland. Alexander Mackenzie (among other historians) had few records to construct this genealogy other than those in the unpublished "Munro Tree" and the main order of the Katewell estate successions. He names John as Janet and William Munro's "only son" although this is contradicted by the 1768 "Birthbrief" written and signed by Harry Munro of Fowlis and heads of other cadet families and James Fraser, Minister of Alness, which names HUGH also as a son. [See BIRTHBRIEF - ANCESTRY OF CAPT. HON. JOHN MUNRO 1728-1800]. Mackenzie also failed to record a grandson of William and Janet's named HUGH. Although Mackenzie's "MUNRO FAMILY" book is still the primary published source for Munro genealogy, a number of errors have been discovered and proven in this volume. The proponderance of evidence established in the John Munro birthbrief, supported by detailed research of that document in both Scotland and America by Clan Munro Historian R. W.Munro, and all other available Munro sources support the conclusion that this Hugh Munro IS the son of William and Janet of Milnton of Katewell.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Hugh married Christiana Munro about 1725 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Christiana (daughter of Hugh Munro, Of Tullochue and Elizabeth Munro) was born about 1706 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; died in in , , , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christiana (or Christian) married her kinsman, Hugh Munro of Milnton of Katewell family. See history of their son, Capt. Hon. John Munro, "birth brieve."

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
459

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, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.