John Munro

Notes:

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The following is from the E.W. Wait reference via the Beckett file.

"John Munroe, second child of Thomas and Mary, was born in Bristol on May 14, 1701. We know quite a bit about him and he appears to have been a good, substantial ancestor. he left a will and from this we get some idea of his property and we learn the married names of his daughters.

"John married Hannah Rosbotham on April 29, 1728 in St. Michael's Church, Bristol. (This church was burned in May 1778 by British soldiers on a pillaging expedition from the island of Rhode Island.) They had a large family, their first eleven children being born in Bristol, their last two in Rehoboth, to which town they moved between December 1748 and October 1750. A deed dated February 20, 1750 shows that John bought sixty-three acres of land in Rehoboth from Jeremiah Allen for '1180 pounds of ye old tenor.'

"John Munroe's will is dated April 2, 1789 - he is 'of Rehoboth' and he calls himself 'yeoman.' He appoints his youngest son, Joseph, executor. To his wife Hannah he leaves all his household furniture, half of his dwelling -house, a quarter of an acre of land for a garden west of the house; also a cow and a swine, 'both to be kept for her winter and summer;' also 12 bushels of Indian corn yearly, 4 bushels of rye, 8 pounds of good sheep's wool, two pounds of flax, 50 pounds of beef, and 8 cords of firewood, 'brought to the door and cut fit for the fire.'

"John's will also leaves to daughter Comfort Bowen 27 pounds; to son Nathan 8 shillings; to son Stephen 30 pounds; to son Rosbotham 3 pouunds; to son Benjamin 15 pounds; to son John 45 pounds; to heirs of deceased daughter Elizabeth Carpenter 15 pounds; to heirs of deceased daughter Mary Fuller 15 pounds; to heirs of deceased daughter Alice Horton 15 pounds; to son Thomas 18 pounds; to daughter Hannah 30 pounds; and to granddaughter Patience Short 'for the love I bare to her and Services She as Done for me' 3 pounds. Son Joseph is to have all the estate, both real and personal, not otherwise disposed of. John died on April 18, 1793 and his will was probated the following 6th of August.

"In the first United States Census, taken in 1790, we find John Munroe of Rehoboth with a household consisting of one male of sixteen (himself) and two females - his wife Hannah and probably his daughter Hannah, as she was unmarried when he made his will in 1789 and was very likely still living at home.

"John Munroe appears in the tax lists for the years 1759, 1765 and 1769 as printed in Richard LeBaron Bowen's splendid work EARLY REHOBOTH. In 1759 he was taxed 12 pounds on his real estate and 6 pounds, 9 shillings on his personal estate. That he was a prosperous farmer is shown by the fact that in 1765 his tax jumped to 30 pounds on real and 13 pounds, 1 shilling on personal property; it was practically the same in 1769.

"John was sixty-three years old when he made the acquaintance of young Hector Munro. In February 1764, Hector, accompanied by a relative named Donald, turned up in Rehoboth and wrote a letter to a cousin back home in the Concord-Lexington area. He stated that he and Donald had been unable to find work in Boston, so had started for New York.

"'We marched from Boston,' wrote Hector, 'that very same day and came to Providence and as I was very curios inquiring after my Relations and Kinsmen, I was informed that there was Great Many of them in Rehoboth & Bristol within six mile of Providence & that same hour we marched of in order to find them out which we did that same night with one Nathan Munroe as stately a man as ever you seied of the name and he keepted us with him Two days and the Third he convoyed us to his father's house a good stately old man that hath great deal of Regard for his relations and he keepted us four days and the fift he and Nathan his son went along with us to convoy us in order to show us the rest of our relations down at Bristol and the very first house we came to was Doctor Munro, Captain Thomas Munro's son at Concord.' (Doctor Munro was born in Concord in 1731, a grandson of the first William Murnoe of Lexington; but had moved from there to Bristol before 1762.)

"It was providential for us that Boston had offered no employment to Hector, for otherwise he might never have gotten to Rehoboth and written the letter which adds proof of the relationship between the Bristol and Lexington Munroe families. (Incidentally, Hector went no further to seek his fortune; he married a Rehoboth girl and had several children born in Rehoboth and in 1776 he made his will because he was going into the Army.)"
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Ref 3, p. 26 says John first married Ruth Bowen [9683]. Since this marriage is almost never mentioned in the many references available for John, there is some doubt about its authenticity. Other references (i.e. Rockwell) say that Ruth was the second wife of John [29187].

The Stotler reference says that John sailed on the sloop "Providence" with John Paul Jones.

John and his family moved from Bristol, Rhode Island to Rehoboth between Dec 1748 and Oct 1750. There he bought 63 acres (ref 1) of land from Jeremiah Allen for 1180 pounds. Ref 2 says it was 69 and a half acres and that it may have been part of the land left to Hannah's mother. This land was in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts until an 1812 boundary change set it in the rural town of Seekonk. It was situated a short distance west of the Rehoboth/Seekonk boundary, south of Winthrop Street (later Highway 44) and southeast of the intersection of Lake and Lincoln Streets. The family built a house to live in and some out buildings on the property. The farm produced grain and supported cattle, pigs and sheep.

John was a charitable and hospitable man, a patriarch who valued family connections. A letter dated Feb 1764 gives an account written by Hector Munro, a young soldier, a descendant of William Munro of Lexington, who had been recently discharged from the King's Army after fighting in the French War for King James. Hector tells of his travels to seek work in New York and Boston and to locate his "kinsmen" in Rehoboth and Bristol. During this time Hector met John, who was then almost 63. Hector was delighted by the elder Munro and described him as "a good stately old man and a man that hath a great deal of regard for his relations."

His will, in which he calls himself "yeoman," is dated 2 Apr 1789 (Beckett says 2 Apr 1781), and contains a wealth of genealogical information. He left the family farm to his son, Joseph, with the stipulation that Joseph care for his mother in the family home for the rest of her years.

He was buried in the family cemetery on the farm. His grave stone reads: "The Sweet Remembrance of the Just/Shall Flurish when they sleep in Dust."

References:

(2) "Brown Munro, Sr.: A Life in Time (1829 - 1909)" by Dr. Nancy Brown
Brooker Bowers - Ames, Iowa (1993) - p. 11, 21-24

(3) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Correspondence with Prof. F.
L. Dixon Yard - 1991-1992 - p. 22, 26, 30, 43

(4) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Early Rhode Island Vital
Records - collected by Prof. F. L. Dixon Yard - p. 15

The May reference says that John [37] was the son of John [65] instead of his grandson.

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

Died:
Will dated 2 Apr 1789

Buried:
John was buried in the family cemetery on the corner of Lake and Lincoln Streets. His headstone reads: "In Memory of Mr. John Munro, son of Thomas Munro of Bristol who departed this life April 18 AD 1793 aged 91 years 10 months & 24 days."

John married Hannah Rosbotham on 29 Apr 1728 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Hannah (daughter of Capt. Joseph Rosbotham and Elizabeth Church) was born on 20 Jun 1711 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 18 Jun 1809 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
John and Hannah were married at Saint Michael's Church.

1. Comfort Munro was born on 22 Mar 1729 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 2 Apr 1789.
2. Major Nathan Munro, Esquire was born on 29 Sep 1730 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 6 Mar 1806 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
3. Stephen Munro was born on 22 Apr 1731-1732 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 9 Apr 1824 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
4. Egbert Rosbotham Munro was born on 9 Feb 1734 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died in 1831 in Galway, New York.
5. Benjamin Munro was born on 5 Feb 1736 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 22 Feb 1818 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
6. Elizabeth Munro was born on 6 Aug 1738 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 31 Oct 1774 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
7. Samuel Munro was born on 25 Sep 1740 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 23 Mar 1758 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
8. John J. Munro, Jr. was born on 23 Dec 1742 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 18 Feb 1829 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA.
9. Mary Munro was born on 5 Jan 1745 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 30 May 1772 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
10. Alice Munroe was born on 1 Jan 1747 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 2 Apr 1789 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
11. Thomas Munro was born on 3 Dec 1748 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died in 1798.
12. Joseph Munro was born on 27 Oct 1750 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Dec 1828 in Seekonk, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA.
13. Hannah Munro was born on 5 Mar 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; died after 1789.

Notes:

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The following information is from the Sikes reference:

Thomas Munrow was the second son of John and Sarah if we accept the order of their children given in the "Articles of Agreement" as chronological. We know very little about him. He left no will; no inventory was taken of his possessions; there is no accounting of his estate on record. Some historians and genealogists have suggested that he was the nephew of William, of Lexington, but if this were so, then his father John would have been William's brother.

The first time we meet Thomas is in the records at Taunton in which we find his marriage on October 13, 1698 to Mary Wormwell. There is no "T" beside the entry to signify that it took place in Taunton, but if not in that town, it surely must have taken place not too far away. Mary Wormwell's ancestry is as yet undetermined, but she was probably a member of the Wormall family which appears briefly in early records of Rowley, Scituate and Duxbury. John Munrow may have lived in or near Duxbury in 1674 which could account for the acquaintanceship between the Munroe and Wormwell, or Wormall families.

Thomas and Mary settled in Bristol and the births of three children were recorded there, Elizabeth's being the second oldest Munroe birth in the town. This was apparently the extent of their family, for on February 13, 1705, the records show the death of Mary Munroe, wife of Thomas. Subsequent records indicate that Thomas married again, for we find a wife Margaret, and two more children who seem to belong to him.

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There is confusion about the death dates of Thomas and his son, Thomas. Dates in 1717 and 1744 are attributed to both men by various authors. It seems more likely that the elder Thomas is the one that died in 1744 and that his son, Thomas, died in 1717 shortly after his birth.

The Charles C. Munroe, III reference says that Thomas was the son of a Thomas Munro.

References:

(1) "The Munro Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, North Carolina (1993)
- p. 261

(2) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Early Rhode Island Vital
Records - collected by Prof. F. L. Dixon Yard - p. 23, 55

(3) Clan Munro files - Bowers, Dr. Nancy Brooker - membership application
dated 3 Feb 1989

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

Birth:
Bristol County, Rhode Island was founded in 1747.

Thomas married Mary Wormwell on 13 Oct 1698 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Josiah Wormwell and Remember Brown) was born in 1677 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Feb 1705 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, North Carolina (1993)
- p. 261

(2) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Early Rhode Island Vital
Records - collected by Prof. F. L. Dixon Yard - p. 23, 55

(3) Clan Munro files - Bowers, Dr. Nancy Brooker - membership application
dated 3 Feb 1989

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

Notes:

Married:
Married by Thomas Leonard

Notes:

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

«b»«i»"Goodman" John Munro«/b» b. in 1632 Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. He married Sarah Lawton in Oct 1663 Duxbury, Plymouth, Mass., [no VR found]. He d. on 10 Oct 1691 Bristol [no VR found]. He is referred to also as Monroe, Monrow, Munroe and Munrow.

John joined the Royalist army to fight against Cromwell and fought in the battle of Worcester on 3 Sep. 1651, which was the final English Civil War and where the Royalists were badly defeated. Fourteen thousand Scots died in the battle and John was among the 8,000 who were taken prisoner. The prisoners were freed by ordinance of Parliament on 20 Oct. 1651 and sent to America to serve as indentured servants until debt of their passage was paid. He is the same person as the "John Monrow" who came on the John and Sarah from London on 11 Nov. 1651, along with three other "Monrow" passengers listed as Robert, Hugh and "(William)." This latter passenger, whose first name was obliterated in the record, has been demonstrated clearly for testimony of William that he came in 1652. All were shipped as prisoners of war and consigned to Thomas Kemble (of Boston) to whom they were indentured.

They all arrived at Boston and were indentured to farmers, land and mill owners, and planters for a period of seven or eight years. John is believed to have been sold into bondage south of Boston, possibly to the iron bogs in Taunton, Massachusetts. Nothing further is heard of John from 1652 until he appeared on a record on 27 Jan. 1673/74 as a witness for Constant Southworth's taking of land in Sakonnet (now Little Compton, Rhode Island) from the Indian Squaw Sachem, Awashunks.

John Munro is likely the one who is listed as "Goodman Roe" in the 11 Feb. 1688/89 census of Bristol with a wife and ten children. An inventory of John's estate was taken on 10 Nov. 1692 (valued at £75 15s). He and Sarah had ten children at Bristol, Rhode Island. John was the 7th great-grandson of James II, King of Scotland (1437-1460).«/i»
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The following is from the writings of Estelle Wait, of Massachusetts, (via the Sikes reference) who completed in 1958 eighteen years of research on location, attempting to clarify that although the Lexington branch of the Munros was descended from William, undoubtedly the Bristol branch was descended from John Munro of the "John and Sarah" prisoners from the battle of Worcester.

One of the early settlers at Cambridge Farms (now part of Lexington) was a William Munroe, who became the founder of he large Lexington Munroe family. He is known to have been born in Scotland in 1625, and both Mr. MacKenzie and John G. Locke, a former historian of the town of Lexington, believe that he is identical with William, son of Robert of Aldie, born in 1625, and captured in the battle of Worcester. Robert of Aldie's son is known to have been deported, hence the historian's belief that the obliterated name on the passenger list of the "John and Sarah" is William. Mr. MacKenzie died before he could establish the ancestry of the three other Munrows on this ship, but he did believe that there was a blood relationship between the four men, and that Robert, John, or Hugh was the founder of the Munroe family of Bristol, Rhode Island.

It is my belief that it was John Munrow who was the founder of this family and, with very little documentary evidence to go on, I have tried in this account to prove it. What disposition Thomas Kemble made of John on his arrival at Boston in February, 1652, (or 13 May 1652 according to Thomas E. Monroe) is not known, and we can only guess where he was and what he was doing for his first twenty-two years in New England. That seems like a long time to be unaccounted for, but such is the case at this writing.

We do not see him from 1652 until January 28, 1674, when he was one of several witnesses to the taking of land in Sakonnet (now Little Compton, Rhode Island) by Constant Southworth from the Indian squaw Sachem, Awashunks. Constant Southworth was one of the leading men in Plymouth Colony, and his home was in Duxbury. It seems a safe assumption that John Munrow was also living in or near Duxbury at that time, for how else would he have been chosen to accompany Southworth on his mission to Sakonnet? The account of this land transaction is in Baylies Memoirs of Plymouth Colony.

John Munrow's next appearance is in Bristol, Rhode Island. This town, situated on land which had been the home territory of King Phillip, was founded in 1680. The first town meeting was held in 1681, and as John Munrow's name is not on the list of inhabitants, it is evident that he had not yet moved there. However, in 1688/9 when the first Bristol census was taken, there appears in it the name of G. Row who had a wife and ten children, the largest family in town. The name Munroe has often been found shortened to Row or Roe, and I believe that G. Row was actually G. Munrow. (G. stands for Goodman, a lesser title than Mr., but better than no title at all.)

The census of 1688/9 does not give G. Row a first name, but without a doubt it was John, for on November 10, 1691, an inventory was taken of the "estate of John Munro deceased." While no location is mentioned in this inventory, the fact that it was taken by William Troop and Samuel Kelton, two Bristol men, makes it practically certain that the John Munro who died in 1691 was a Bristol inhabitant.

His estate was valued at 72 pounds, 15 shillings; and in the uncertain spelling of the day, the inventory appraises the following possessions: "21 cattell, 1 hors, swine, corne of all sorts, carts and plows and other furnitur, working towls and houshold good of all sorts." His debts amounted to 16 pounds,14 shillings; the Largest amount (14 pounds) being owed to Mr. Burton, who may have been Stephen Burton, one of the four proprietors of Bristol. There is a note at the bottom of the inventory which reads: "Admin Deferred & opportunity taken to bring ye wid. & child together." This note would suggest that at the time of John's death his family were not all under one roof. It may be that some of the children were married and in homes of their own. One boy we know was an apprentice and was very likely living with his master. But whatever the reason for the separation, John's widow and children were soon brought together and a very interesting document resulted.

This document is dated Feb. 1, 1692, and is called "Articles of Agreement between Sarah Munroe, relict of John Munroe late of Bristol deceased and adminstratix of his estate remaining on the one part, and his sons John, Thomas, William and George Munroe, and his two daughters, Sarah, and Elizabeth Munroe, on the other part." In this agreement, Sarah promises to bring up, maintain and educate the other four children - Susannah, Benjamin, Joseph, and Mary -until they become of age or marry. She further agrees to allow the three oldest sons to keep all the estate they have had, and to give George two cows with calf or calves when his apprenticeship expires in about three years; and to give daughters Sarah and Elizabeth each a cow with calf or calves on May 1 next. After she has paid John's debts, the widow Sarah is to have the balance of the estate. The document is signed by the marks of Sarah and the six eldest children.

From this agreement we know that John Munroe had a wife an ten children, which confirms the fact that he and G. row were one and same. Knowing this number of children, we are able to make some calculations as to John's probable age. If his tenth child was a year old when the census of 1688/9 was taken, and if we allow twenty years for the births of all ten children, he would have been married about 1668. (And of course the older his tenth child in 1688/9, the earlier he would have been married). William Munroe of Lexington had his first child in 1666. Thus we see that John of Bristol and William of Lexington were contemporaries, a fact which strengthens my belief that John of Bristol was the John Munrow on the "John and Sarah." It is interesting to note that the earliest Munroe births in Bristol, beginning in 1696, list children born to men of the same names as John's sons - John, Thomas,, George, Benjamin and Joseph - while the first Munroe marriage in Bristol, was that of Elizabeth in 1694. This should indicate almost without a doubt that John was the ancestor of the Bristol Munroes.

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John joined the Royalist army to fight against Cromwell. On 3 Sep 1651, he fought in the battle of Worcester where the Royalists were badly defeated. Fourteen thousand Scots died in the battle and John was among the 8,000 who were taken prisoner. The prisoners were freed by ordinance of Parliament on 20 Oct 1651 and sent to America to serve as indentured servants until debt of their passage was paid.

John, his brother, Hugh, and his uncle Robert along with a distant cousin, William, are believed to have been among the 272 "honorable convicts" who were deported to the American colonies aboard the "John and Sarah," John Green, Master, which sailed from England in Nov 1651 and arrived in Boston before Feb 1652. The ship carried tools, household goods, and provisions that merchant and mill owner, Thomas Kemble was to sell, in addition to the men, for the "best advantage" of the investors.

The men were sold as indentured servants for a total of 4,000 pounds which was used to buy goods to ship to the West Indies on the second leg of the voyage. John and the other prisoners were indentured to farmers, land and mill owners, and planters for a period of seven or eight years. John is believed to have been sold into bondage south of Boston, possibly to the iron bogs in Taunton, Massachusetts.

There is no further record of John for 22 years until on 28 Jan 1674, he made his mark as a witness to the taking of land in Sakonnet (later renamed Compton, Rhode Island) by Constant Southworth from Awashunks, a Squaw Sachem, or lieutenant who served the Indian, King Philip. Because Constant Southworth lived in Duxbury, it is thought that John also lived in Duxbury at the time.





















An inventory of his estate was taken on 10 Nov 1691.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/41

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466, 560

(3) "The Ancestors and Descendants of Albert Nelson Monroe of Swansea and
Brighton, Mass. (1819-1902)" by Estelle Wellwood Wait - (1958) - p. 1-4

(4) Clan Munro files - Bowers, Dr. Nancy Brooker - descendancy chart - John
Munro to Nancy Brown Brooker Bowers - prepared by Dr. Bowers - Jul 1994

(5) "Brown Munro, Sr.: A Life in Time (1829-1909)" by Nancy Brown Brooker
Bowers - Ames, Iowa (1993) - p. 10-11

(6) "A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A." compiled and edited by
Donald Whyte - Baltimore (1972) - p. 226

(7) "The Munro Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, North Carolina (1993)
- p. 257-258

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

Birth:
According to Y-DNA testing (Mark E. Monroe) 2018, John Munro of Bristol is Not the son of George Munro, b. 1615.)

Died:
Some references say John's will was dated 10 Nov 1691, but other references say he died in Oct 1691. The Thomas E. Monroe reference says the inventory was taken 10 Nov 1691.

John married Sarah Lawton in Oct 1663 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born in 1640 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died in Feb 1693 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

«b»«i»Sarah Lawton«/b» b. in 1640 Bristol, Bristol, Mass. She d. in Feb 1692/93 Bristol [no VR found]. She may have been of Lawton ancestry, but further research is needed. Sarah entered into an agreement on 1 Feb. 1691/92 with her four oldest sons (John, Thomas, William and George) and daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. In this agreement, Sarah promises "to bring up, maintain and educate the other four children - Susannah, Benjamin, Joseph and Mary - until they become of age or marry." The birth dates and birth order of Sarah's children are approximations, based on other source data.«/i»
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According to Guilford, "Wait has a vague sort of feeling that Sarah may have been in some way connected to Thomas Lawton."

According to Stotler, Sarah may have been born in Scotland, but Thomas E. Monroe says that it is very unlikely that Sarah came from Scotland as John came to America as a war prisoner in 1652, only men are listed on the ship manifest and New England was settled primarily by English.

References:

(1) "The Ancestors and Descendants of Albert Nelson Monroe of Swansea and
Brighton, Mass. (1819-1902)" by Estelle Wellwood Wait - (1958) - p. 4

(2) "Brown Munro, Sr.: A Life in Time (1829-1909)" by Nancy Brown Brooker
Bowers - Ames, Iowa (1993) - p. 11

(3) "The Munro Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, North Carolina (1993)
- p. 257-258

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

Birth:
Bristol County, Rhode Island was created in 1747, so it did not exist at the time of Sarah's birth or death.

This birth date can be found in "New England Families" (via the Thomas E. Monroe reference).

Notes:

Married:
Plymouth County, Massachusetts was created in 1685, so it did not exist when John and Sarah were married.

Notes:

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

Birth:
Estimate: Josiah's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his daughter, Mary.

Josiah married Remember Brown. Remember was born about 1649 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Birth:
Estimate: Remember's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of her daughter, Mary.

Notes:

Error alert: Some researchers says George was the son of Hugh Munro of Assynt instead of his grandson.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466

(2) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/38, Q/41

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

Birth:
George was born at Assynt.

George married Marjory Ross. Marjory (daughter of Hugh Ross) was born est 1615 in , , Sutherland, Scotland; died about 1648 in , , , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466

(2) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/41

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

Birth:
Margory was born at Assynt.