John Reid Munro, Jr.

Notes:

John served as a private in the War of 1812 in Captain John Howard's Company, 1st Regiment Leeds Militia from25 Sep 1812 to 24 Dec 1812.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma

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Birth:
Birth place unverified

John married Annetje (Hannah) Alyea (Alley) about 1790-1792. Annetje (daughter of Jan Alyea and Elizabeth Mandeville) was born in 1776 in , , , USA; died on 17 Aug 1852; was buried in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Munro, Jr. was born in 1793; died about 1867.
2. Samuel Munro, II was born about 1797; died on 22 Jun 1840.
3. Hannah Munro was born about 1802; and died.
4. Polly Larue Munro was born on 4 Nov 1804 in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Mar 1837 in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada.
5. Simon Munro was born in Feb 1808; died on 11 Jul 1869 in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada.
6. Asenath Munro was born about 1811; and died.
7. James Munro was born about 1812; died about 1836.
8. Alfred Alpheus Munro was born on 12 Feb 1814 in Mallorytown, Yonge Township, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Sep 1886; was buried in Mallorytown Cemetery, Yonge Twp, Leeds Co., Ontario.

Notes:

(See UPDATED NOTE below, with corrections, Oct 2019)
He died during the Revolutionary War. His son, Daniel, served in the 77th Regiment under Col. Montgomery. A list of officers of the 77th includes George Munro, which could possibly be this person's name.

He could also be named Duncan, who according to family records, owned considerable land in Washington, D.C. where the White House now stands. This property was confiscated during the Revolutionary War. His widow later sued for recovery of property that was taken from her husband.

"Catherine Leech, petitioner, sweareth that she had considerable property taken from her in the colonies and her husband was murdered by the rebels on account of his attachment to the British Government." Misc./158,Vol 306.

Catherine Leech of Yonge, Ontario, Canada is found in W.B. Reid's Book of Loyalists. A 1790 petition says she was from Augusta, New York. She moved to Lower Canada in 1782-3 and then to Upper Canada in 1785 and settled in the Township of Yonge.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma

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

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

UPDATED NOTE OCT. 2019 (By B.J. Steele, via email from Jo Ann Munro Tuskin)

Married 30 Oct 1776, Fair Haven Church, Fairfield, Stamford Darien, CT to Katherine Reed, both of Norwalk in the records, as found in "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford-Conn. Unconnected Monroes, p. 600
The 77th Regiment was disbanded in 1763, therefore none of his sons could have served in that Regiment.
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Samuel Reid Munro states, "That your petitioner is the son of Catherine Leech, deceased, formerly widow of John Munro also deceased."
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Catherine "Kitty" Munro states "that in the Fall of 1782 ... Mrs Catherine Leech and children ... were waiting at Crown Point (NY) for a boat to take them across Lake Champlain to St. John's in the Lower Province" (this is St Jean sur Richeleau, in Quebec)
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Catharine Leech, written in 1789 in Augusta, Upper Canada (now Ontario) states: "that she had considerable property taken from her in the colonies and her husband was murdered by the rebels on account of his attachment to the British Government."
Therefore, it would seem that John Munro died before 1782 during the Revolutionary War. There is a persistent family story that he was in one of the Highland Regiments that served in North American during the "French and Indian War", but the exact regiment has not been ascertained as yet. There is also evidence that the family had lived in either Kingsbury or Whitehall, Washington County, New York, and Catherine and the children escaped from there north into the British territory of Lower Canada, now Quebec, and then finally settled in Mallorytown, Ontario.
Ref: Clan Munro files-- Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford-- Conn. Unconnected Monroes
Clan Munro files-- Tuskin, Jo Ann Munro, Jo Ann Munro Tuskin, The Munros of Mallorytown (and Beyond!) - compiled by Jo Ann Munro Tuskin
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Family ID F1858

Birth:
Estimate: John's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his wife, Katherine.

Died:
John died before 1782.

John married Catherine (Katherine) Reid (Reed) on 30 Oct 1766 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Catherine (daughter of Samuel Reid and Sarah Kellogg) was born in 1749 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died before 1836 in , , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following is from "The Munros of Mallorytown (and Beyond!)" - compiled by Jo Ann Munro Tuskin - Apr 2008:

Catherine Leech sent a petition from Augusta Townshiip in Aug 1789: "That your Petitioner had considerable property taken from her in the Colonies, & her husband was murdered by the rebels, on account of his attachment to the British Government. That your petitioner is Desirous of becoming an Inhabitant in this district. She therefore prays the Home board will be pleased to Grant her two Hundred acres of land, as a compensation for her Losses and Sufferings." As a result, she was "admitted for two hundred acres". (NA RG 1, L 3, Upper Canada Land Petitions, vol 306, 'L' Bundle, Miscellaneous, No. 158, microfilm C-2138)

C2490
I the subscriber do certify that in the Fall of 1782 - was sent by General Haldimand, then Commander and Chief of the Province of Quebec etc etc etc - as a ??? to take a number of prisoners, men, women - to East Bay at the south end of Lake Champlain in the State of New York - and when he arrived there found three families waiting for an oppontunity to get to Saint Johns in the Lower Provinces - and after Landing the prisoners sent those boats back to Crown Point to the shiping - and the families waiting (Viz) - Mrs. Spooner and Children, John Atkins, wife and children and Mrs. Catherine Leech and Children - and do certify that Mrs. Catharine Proctor is Daughter to the said Mrs. Leech. Given under my hand in Yonge this 17th Jan'y 1808. Thomas Smyth J.P.

We have assumed that Catharine Leech, widow, was the Katharine Reid who married John Munro in Norwalk, Connecticut, 30 Oct 1766, for two reasons: an old, hand-written family notebook has the name Kathryne Reid' beside Daniel's name; and the name Reid has been passed down in her son Samuel's line as well as in her grandson Timothy's line and a note from a cousin says that he (Timothy) wanted the name Reid given to his grandson as 'it was his grandmother's name'.
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Katherine's daughter, Freelove, is the only child at law and heiress of Thomas Golden. He settled before 1796. In the original documents, the last 3 girls are listed as "illegitimate".

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer - Research in Branford, Connecticut
for Mrs. Elise Wildman Hammer - undated

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

Notes:

Married:
"Fair Haven Church, Stamford, Darien, CT"

Notes:

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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.

Samuel married Sarah Kellogg. Sarah was born about 1726; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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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.