Mary Ann Munro

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1841-BORN-Mary Ann, daughter of William Munro, farmer of the Township of Cox and of Margaret Gallie his wife; born June 3, 1841 and baptized September 19, 1841, sponsors being: William Munro, Mary Sherar, Joanna Munro. --- George Milne, Missionary.

1784 - DIED - Mary Ann Munro, wife of Edmund LeGallais of Cox Township, farmer; died August 7, 1874, aged 33 years, and was buried August 9, 1874 at St Peter's Church, Paspebiac. Edmund LeGallais, husband; Edward LeGallais, Brother-in-law. --- George Milne, Cergy.

Note: Church register entries preceding and following this death entry record that Mary Ann Munro LeGallais was delivered of twin sons (Frederick and Albert) on July 31, 1874. Albert Munro LeGallais died on September 29, and was buried October 1, 1874.

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

Christened:
Mary was christened at the St. Andrew Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Mary was buried at the St. Peter Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Mary married Edmund Legallais on 8 Dec 1864 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. Edmund was born on 30 Oct 1838 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 3 Mar 1839 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

MARRIED: Edmund Le Gallais, widower of Paspebiac and Martha Miller of Port Daniel were married on 14 December 1875 at the home of the bride's father in Port Daniel by License from his Excellency M. Grent, Governor of Quebec. William Scott, Minister New Carlisle Presbyterian Church.

1. William Legallais was born on 12 Nov 1865 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 14 Jan 1866 in Paspebiac, Cox Twp, Quebec, St Andrew Anglic; died in 1890 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was buried in St Peters Church, Paspebiac, Quebec.
2. Mary Ann Legallais was born on 29 Sep 1867 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 19 Jan 1868 in New Carlisle, Cox Twp, Quebec, St Andrew Anglic; died in 1951 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada.
3. Edmund Legallais was born on 16 Aug 1869 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 21 Sep 1869 in New Carlisle, Cox Twp, Quebec, St Andrew Anglic; died in 1943 in Gascoyne Co., ND, USA.
4. Drusilla Jane Legallais was born on 11 Oct 1871 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 31 Dec 1871 in Paspebiac, Cox Twp, Quebec, St Peter Anglica; and died.
5. Frederick Legallais was born on 31 Jul 1874 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 8 Aug 1874 in Paspebiac, Cox Twp, Quebec, At Home; died in 1926 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada.
6. Albert Munro Legallais was born on 31 Jul 1874 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 28 Sep 1874 in Paspebiac, Cox Twp, Quebec, At Home; died on 29 Sep 1874 in Paspebiac, Cox Twp, Paspebiac, At Home; was buried on 1 Oct 1874 in Paspebiac, Cox Twp, Quebec, St Peter Church.

Notes:

William owned property south of the Anglican Church at New Carlisle. The street west of the church was the west boundary of the property. Later he traded with Mr. Edward Caldwell for the property in Paspebiac where he made his home. It was here that he started to clear his farm in a thick wooded country of maple, birch, spruce, pine and cedar which was of little value in those days.

The lumber for the buildings were sawed with a whip saw at the old saw pit. Shingles were split from cedar logs and shaved with the draw knife.

He later gave the eastern part of the property to his son William.

While on a visit to the Carr Harris home at Bathurst, William became seriously ill. The doctor was summoned, but he pronounced the case hopeless, and William died shortly after. He was 75 years old.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Munro, Francis Elaine

St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. 1837 - MARRIED - On March 9, 1837, William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, bachelor of major age, twin son of William Johnson Munro, formerly of Caroquette, N.B., merchant, now deceased and of Sarah Sherar his widow; to Margaret Gallais, spinster, 2nd daughter of John Gallais of Cox Township, farmer, and of Ann Marie his wife (Scott), in the presence of and with the consent of her parents and the young man's mother, brother and aunt. William Munro and Margaret Gallie Witnesses: John Gallie and Thomas B. Munro. ---Andrew Balfour, Minister.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records 1833-1987 1886 - DIED - William Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, died at Bathurst, N.B. on August 22, 1886. Buried in New Carlisle.

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

Birth:
William and his twin brother, Thomas, were born at their home near Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada.

William married Margaret Gallie on 9 Mar 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Margaret was born on 1 Apr 1819 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 30 Sep 1821 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 8 Jun 1903 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Jun 1903 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

Note: - 1821 - BORN (2) Baptized on the 30th September 1821, Joanna, born August 24, 1816 and Margaret, born April 1, 1819; daughters of John Gallie, farmer of Cox Township and Moriah his wife. By me - Richard Knagg, Minister. Sponsors: James Scott, Francis Gallie, Jane Scott, Nancy Whittom, Eleanor Knagg, Margaret Gallie.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church 1833-1987 Records, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1903 - DIED - Mrs. William Munro died June 8, 1903.

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

Christened:
Margaret was christened at the St. Andrew Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Margaret was buried at the Presbyterian Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Notes:

Married:
William and Margaret were married at the Anglican Church in Carlisle, Quebec.

Notes:

The birth and christening records of William Johnson Munro has not yet been located. History directs that he was born in the city of Montreal due to the following proven facts: (1) William's mother, Mary Brower, with her other seven children, escaped to Fort St. John via Lake Champlain and Crown Point in 1778. (2) Her husband, Captain John Munro, met her at Fort St. John. (3) John was dispatched to Montreal to find housing there for Loyalist families and also took Mary and the children with him. (4) Mary and the children stayed in Montreal until 1783 when John went to England to help plead for compensation for lands lost by Loyalists in New York. (5) William was probably christened by the Regimental Chaplain as he was a personal friend, although some of these records have been lost.

William was named after the celebrated General Johnson of the British Army, a much esteemed comrade in arms of his father, John Munro. He grew up on the Munro land grants at Matilda, near Morrisburg, Ontario. He signed on with the North West Fur Company and eventually settled in Bas-caraquet, New Brunswick in 1807, where he received a land grant as a Loyalist son.

William spent eight years in the service of the Northwest Fur Company, enlisting in about 1798 for an eight year indenture. He spent most of this time in the Grand Portage, Fort William Area, but mad voyages to other outposts from time to time.

In 1808 William completed his indenture to the North West Company. Disappointed at the inadequate wages offered for a "factor" or permanent post with The Company, he left western Canada to take up a merchandising offer made by his cousin, Hugh Munro, of St. Peter (Bathurst) New Brunswick. Eventually he settled on a site at Bas Caraquett on the Bay of Chaleur, opposite the Colony of New Carlisle-Paspebiac. He built a Trading Post-Store where he dealt in furs and provisioned the French fisherman and bought their salted fish for shipping by Hugh Munro and Sherar ships. His long experience in the western lands stood him in good stead and certainly provided him with the language skills to deal also with the French speaking fishermen who populated the area. William may have become an agent for the Hudson Bay Company both on the New Carlisle side of the bay and on the New Brunswick side at Carequete. Hudson Bay Company agents held positions of considerable importance and the agent occupied a central influence in many respects in the community.

Although he died early and in debt, if he had been able to maintain his business until it began to show a profit he would undoubtedly have established a very lucerative post.

Munro Island in the Shippigan area still bears William Munro's name although title went out of the family when his son Thomas Brock Munro sold the property.

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

References:

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

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

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 33-38

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

Buried:
William died at his home in 1820 at the age of 39 and was buried on his farm because the Catholic Church refused to bury a Presbyterian in their cemetery. In the fall of 1993, a homeowner on the old Munro property discovered human bones while doing an excavation. An Investigation identified the remains as being those of William Johnson Munro and his son. In 1995, after considerable paperwork, the remains were released to William's descendant, Henry Munro for re-interment in the cemetery of Trinity Anglican Church in Riverside Heights alongside W.J.'s father, Captain John Munro.

William married Sarah Sherar on 15 Sep 1808 in Caraquet, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Sherar) was born on 26 Aug 1786 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All church records of her marriage to William had been lost so Sarah endured a prolonged period of litigation after William's death while she endeavored to unravel his legal title to Crown land grants in Caraquette as well as authenticating the debts due him from fishermen in the Trading Post Store and other business enterprises and inheritances. Eventually most of this was cleared, although she lost title to some of the land through ambiguous title.

Sarah had to liquidate most of William's holdings to pay their debts and support her children. Even some of the lots that William had inherited from his father, Capt. Hon John Munro, in Upper Canada on the Matilda, Dundas County homestead were eventually sold for expenses by his sons William Thomas and Thomas B. Munro after many years of litigation over his estate.

Sarah returned to New Carlisle with her six children to live with her father on the old Sherar homestead which was about a mile west of the Munro homestead at Paspebiac.

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:

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