Sylvester Maxwell

Notes:

Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 11-55-7

Family/Spouse: Tirzah Taylor. Tirzah was born est 1777; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Hugh married Bridget Munroe on 4 Nov 1760. Bridget (daughter of William Munroe and Phebe) was born on 27 Apr 1735 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in in Heath, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bridget's husband, Colonel Hugh Maxwell, had no advantage of school when he was a child. His father had died suddenly in 1759, his body was found in the road supposed to have been killed by falling from his horse.

Hugh served in the French War and was in the battle near Lake George in 1755 and in Fort William Henry when it was surrendered to the French in 1756. He was captured by the Indians, but managed to escape.

Gov. Pownal of Massachusetts appointed him an Ensign in Brigadier Ruggle's Regiment on 31 Mar 1759. At the close of the war in 1759, he returned home to take up his plough and surveyor's instruments.

In 1773 he moved to Charlemont, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (now Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts). He was elected a member to the first Provincial Congress which convened at Salem, 7 Oct 1774. When he came home, he helped raise an army and was made Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain in the regiment of Colonel William Prescott at Cambridge 26 May 1775. He was wounded at Bunker Hill on 17 Jun 1775 when a ball passed through his right shoulder. He was in the operations of Long Island, New York in Aug and Sep 1776 and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and Burgoyne. He also saw service at Stillwater and Saratoga.

Having joined the southern army in Nov, he shared the hardships of Valley Forge and was at the battle of Monmouth in Jun 1778. In 1779 he was appointed to the rank of Major, and remained under the command of Major General William Heath for three years. In Aug 1783 he received a commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts line to take rank 12 Oct 1782. He held this rank to the close of the war. He was honored as a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and the document given to him was signed by H. Knox Sec. and G. Washington, President.

On 29 Dec 1794, he went to Philadelphia to make a personal application to Congress for a pension as an invalid, but it came to no avail and he returned home with a pocket emptied by the expense of the trip.

In an effort to make some money for his declining years, he bought some horses, left home in Jul 1799 and sailed from Hartford for the West Indies. He had a good and prosperous voyage, but just three days before his vessel was to arrive in port homeward bound, he was taken with a fever on 14 Oct, died and was buried at sea.

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Notes:

William was frequently called the "black-smith" to distinguish him from others of the same name, one of whom was known as the "shoe-maker", for the same reason. His will is dated 25 Mar 1777, and was proved 4 Jun 1783. It mentions his wife, Tabitha, daughters Phebe Caldwell, Dorcas parker, Bridget Maxwell, Sara Barber, Lucy hobbs, Susanna and son Oliver.

In Nov 1753, William was appointed executor of the estate of his deceased father.

References:

(1) "Charles Monroe (1823-1873) of Posey, Vanderburgh & Gibson County, Indiana
- His Ancestors and Descendants" by Kendyl K. Monroe - (1997) - p. 4

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William married Phebe. Phebe was born about 1702; died on 15 Jan 1742. [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.

Notes:

John Munroe was admitted to the church 1 Feb 1699 together with his father, and sisters Martha Commee, Elizabeth Rugg and Hannah Pierce. He was subscriber for the meeting-house in 1692, and was taxed for the purchase of ministerial land in 1693. He was one of the assessors in 1699, 1714 and 1720; constable in 1700, selectman in 1718, 1719 and 1726; also treasurer in 1718, 1719 and 1720. He was employed several years to ring the bell and sweep out the meeting-house, which shows that he did not consider it derogatory to perform this type of work.

On 13 May 1709, he bought ten acres of land adjoining his farm in Cambridge. On 22 Feb 1723, he gave 20 acres in Lexington to his son, John. This land was sold back to John Sr. in Dec 1725 when John Jr. migrated to New London. John Sr. continued to acquire property in Lexington. In the last deed found for him, he bought land adjacent to that of his deceased father, William.

According to the Andrews reference, John and others had 900 acres granted to them in 1735 for services rendered in an Indian fight at Lamprey River on 6 Jun 1690.

John was honored with the office of Lieutenant in the military. He along with others, had nine hundred acres of land granted to them in 1735, for services rendered in the Indian fight at Lamprey River, 6 Jun 1690.

Lucius R. Paige in his "History of Cambridge, Mass. 1630 to 1877," speculates that Hannah Marrett was John's second wife, but R. S. Munroe argues convincingly in his book about the Lexington Munroes that she was John's first wife.

John's estate was administered by his son William, appt. 25 Nov 1753. No distribution is included in surviving documents. The total value of the inventory of 1 apr 1754 was £791.15.00.

References:

(2) "Charles Monroe (1823-1873) of Posey, Vanderburgh & Gibson County, Indiana
- His Ancestors and Descendants" by Kendyl K. Monroe - (1997) - p. 3-4

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

John married Hannah Marrett in 1692 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of John Marrett and Abigail Richardson) was born on 17 Aug 1668 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Apr 1716 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah's headstone reads: "here lyes the body of Hannah Munroo wife to John Munroo aged 42 years 4 months and 19 days died April ye 14th 1716." Lexington vital records shows this same date for her death. Paige gives her birthdate as 17 Aug 1668 in his "The History of Cambridge." There is about a 5-year discrepancy between the life span given on her headstone and that calculated using these birth and death dates.

The Furbush reference says that John's wife was named Hannah Mooer, daughter of Jonathan and Constance Mooer and that they named two of their children after Hannah Mooer's parents.

References:

(2) "Charles Monroe (1823-1873) of Posey, Vanderburgh & Gibson County, Indiana
- His Ancestors and Descendants" by Kendyl K. Monroe - (1997) - p. 3



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