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Orasmus Leonard Monroe

Orasmus Leonard Monroe

Male 1799 - 1877  (77 years)

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  1. 1.  Orasmus Leonard Monroe was born on 4 Jun 1799 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA (son of Joseph Monroe and Hannah Monroe); died on 28 Jan 1877 in Freehold, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Soon after 1829, Orsamus moved to what is now Freehold township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he bought a tract of wild land. He improved this land into a farm where he lived out the rest of his life.

    References:

    (1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
    Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 19-81-51 - p. 282,

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

    Buried:
    Orasmus was buried at the Pine Valley Cemetery.

    Orasmus married Anna Lowe on 22 Oct 1820 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA. Anna was born on 17 Aug 1798; died on 8 Feb 1864; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Diana Monroe was born on 8 Nov 1821; died in 1892.
    2. Emily Monroe was born on 7 Jun 1823; died on 27 Nov 1880.
    3. Hiram Leonard Monroe was born on 22 Jan 1825 in Lottsville, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Sep 1908.
    4. Maria Monroe was born on 30 Jan 1827; died on 12 May 1903 in Corry, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Cyrus Monroe was born on 30 May 1829 in Lottsville, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Apr 1901 in Sigorney, Keokuk, Iowa, USA.
    6. Lovina Monroe was born on 8 Jan 1837; died on 1 Dec 1896 in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Monroe was born on 25 Sep 1776 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA (son of Isaac Monroe and Sarah Fassett); died on 6 May 1851 in Lottsville, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Joseph and his wife, Hannah, were cousins. They were married by their uncle, John Welch, justice of the peace.

    About 1798, Joseph settled in Chenango County, New York. He moved to Warren County, Pennsylvania about 1823, where he served as justice of the peace from 1828 to 1832.

    Joseph served as Sergeant Major in the 27th regiment of the New York Militia in the War of 1812, from 12 Sep until 19 Nov 1814, when he was honorably discharged.

    Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 19-81-5

    References:

    (1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
    Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 19-81-51 - p. 282

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

    Buried:
    Joseph was buried at the Pine Valley Cemetery.

    Joseph married Hannah Monroe in 1798 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA. Hannah (daughter of William Monroe and Sally Barney) was born on 11 Feb 1782 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 6 May 1864 in , Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah Monroe was born on 11 Feb 1782 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (daughter of William Monroe and Sally Barney); died on 6 May 1864 in , Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Hannah married Joseph Monroe, her cousin.

    Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - 19-84-1

    References:

    (1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
    Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 19-81-51 - p. 282

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

    Buried:
    Hannah was buried at the Pine Valley Cemetery.

    Children:
    1. 1. Orasmus Leonard Monroe was born on 4 Jun 1799 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 28 Jan 1877 in Freehold, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Eliza Monroe was born on 21 Dec 1800 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; and died.
    3. Diana Monroe was born on 7 Apr 1803 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 27 Oct 1812.
    4. Minerva Monroe was born on 1 Mar 1805 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 9 Oct 1858 in Freehold, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Havilla Monroe was born on 4 Apr 1808 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 16 Nov 1809.
    6. Chrysanthis Monroe was born on 18 May 1810 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 24 Jul 1810.
    7. Cyrenius C. Monroe was born on 25 Feb 1814 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 8 Nov 1855 in Freehold, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Pine Valley Cem., Columbus, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac Monroe was born in 1745 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA (son of Samuel Monroe and Abigail Read); died on 1 Aug 1825 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.

    Notes:

    Isaac lived in Pomfret from 1768 until after 1785, in Brooklyn in 1800 and in Greene, Chenango County, New York in 1818.

    He was a private in the Revolutionary War, first in 1775. When the Lexington Alarm sounded he responded and served with the militia near Boston for twenty days, afterwards he enlisted in Pomfret, 1 Jan 1776, and served one year in Captain Grosvenor's company of Colonel John Durkee's regiment.

    In May 1798 he purchased a fulling mill in Lebanon, Connecticut, from his son Dan and sold it to James Sexton the following year by deed witnessed by his son Dan and daughter Lucy.

    In 1818 he applied for a pension which was granted in 1820. He was a soldier by trade. His application was supported by affidavit of his brother William and his comrade in arms, Jonathan Crane. His own affidavit, sworn to in 1820, states that he was a saddler by trade, with no family, unable to labor, in indigent circumstances and residing with and supported by his son Joseph in Greene.

    His name appears on the records in Pomfret and Brooklyn and on the index to the deeds in Lebanon as Isaac Row. In the body of the Lebanon deeds his surname is spelled Mon Row and Munrow. The latter spelling of his surname appears in his signature, also in that of his son Dan and daughter Lucy, witnessing the deeds to James Sexton. Notwithstanding these discrepancies in spelling his surname upon the records, his identity is amply proven by the affidavit of his brother William Monroe, stating that he and Isaac were brothers, also by existing family records, among which are his son Joseph's family Bible in the possession of E.L. Monroe in Columbus, Pennsylvania stating that Joseph was born 25 Sep 1776 and separate family records prepared by each of his grandsons, Dyer Monroe, and James Sexton Monroe, the former now in the possession of Dyer's grandmother, Mrs. Estella Hughes in Plymouth, New York, the latter with James Sexton's daughter, Mrs. Ella M. Axline of Ada, Ohio, until her death in 1930. Each of these two records state that their father, Dan, son of Isaac Monroe, was born in Pomfret 22 Aug 1774. These dates exactly correspond with the dates shown by the Pomfret records when sons Joseph and Dan were born to Isaac Row.

    Isaac died at the home of his son Dan Monroe in Plymouth, New York.

    Ref: Clan Munro files - Cones, Mona
    Coye, Ruby

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

    Isaac married Sarah Fassett on 25 Jul 1768 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of John Fassett and Lydia Warren) was born on 11 Mar 1746 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Nov 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Fassett was born on 11 Mar 1746 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA (daughter of John Fassett and Lydia Warren); died on 30 Nov 1787.

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. Dyer Monroe was born on 29 May 1769 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; and died.
    2. Annis Monroe was born on 18 Aug 1770 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; and died.
    3. Elijah Monroe was born on 20 Feb 1773 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died in in Rockdale, Crawford, Pennsylvania.
    4. Daniel Monroe was born on 22 Aug 1774 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 12 Feb 1854 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.
    5. 2. Joseph Monroe was born on 25 Sep 1776 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 6 May 1851 in Lottsville, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Samuel Monroe was born on 20 Aug 1781 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died in in , Chenango Co., New York, USA.
    7. Lucy Monroe was born on 4 Jul 1784 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; and died.

  3. 6.  William Monroe was born on 16 May 1761 in Willington, , Connecticut, USA (son of Samuel Monroe and Abigail Read); died on 30 Apr 1838 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.

    Notes:

    William served nearly four years as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, first from 6 Apr to 23 May 1777 under Captain Edward Griswold in Colonel Thomas Bilding's regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He was discharged in Peekskill, New York. He next enlisted for three years in Captain Harmon's company of Colonel John Durkee's Fourth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers from which he was honorably discharged in 1780 in Morristown, New Jersey.

    During his first year he served as a private, then was transferred to Captain Seth Phillip's company of the same regiment, in which he served as a fifer for two years. He engaged in the battles of Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Monmouth and Stoney Point. After his discharge in 1780 he served for six months as orderly sergeant to his old Colonel John Durkee. Later he served a three month's term on a sloop in New York. His interest in military affairs did not abate with the revolution.

    He moved in 1792 from Windsor, Connecticut to Chenango County, New York, and settled there on a tract on which the court house in the city of Norwich now stands. There he joined the State Militia serving as ensign, lieutenant, major, and lieutenant colonel between 1797 and 1809. By reason of this service he became generally known as Colonel Monroe.

    He served three terms as sheriff of Chenango County and as the member of the Assembly from that county during the session of 1816.

    William moved to a farm in the nearby town of Plymouth, New York, where he built a log house and lived until he died. He, his mother and other members of the Monroe family were buried in a cemetery on his farm between Norwich and the village of Plymouth.

    His first wife, Sally, was a descendant of John and Eleanor Billington of the Mayflower. Her tombstone in the family cemetery in Chenango County, bears this inscription: "In memory of Mrs. Sally Monroe, consort of Colonel William Monroe, d. Feb. 19, 1811 in the 46th year of her age."

    Ref: Clan Munro files - Coye, Ruby

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

    William married Sally Barney on 5 Jul 1781. Sally was born on 9 Sep 1765 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Feb 1811 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sally Barney was born on 9 Sep 1765 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Feb 1811 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.

    Notes:

    Ref: Clan Munro files - Coye, Ruby

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

    Children:
    1. 3. Hannah Monroe was born on 11 Feb 1782 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 6 May 1864 in , Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Monroe was born on 1 Oct 1783 in , , Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Apr 1799 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.
    3. Benjamin Barney Monroe was born on 9 Jan 1786 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; and died.
    4. William Wheaton Monroe was born on 2 May 1788 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Dec 1857 in Otselic, Chenango Co., New York, USA.
    5. Clarissa Monroe was born on 24 Feb 1791 in , , Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Feb 1792 in , , Connecticut, USA.
    6. Clarissa Monroe was born on 5 May 1793 in Norwich, Chenango Co., New York, USA; died on 21 Apr 1794.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel Monroe was born on 9 Sep 1720 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; was christened on 1 Apr 1722 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA (son of David Munroe and Deborah Howe); died on 15 Jan 1777 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Samuel Monroe was of Canterbury, and Willington, Connecticut. He died while serving with the Connecticut troops in the Revolutionary War. His place of death is said to be 3 miles over North River from Kings Ferry to New Jersey.

    He served in the French and Indian War in the company commanded by Captain Jedediah Fay of Ashford, Connecticut, from 10 Apr to 3 Sep 1758 and in the campaign of 1759 under Captain Slap of Mansfield, Connecticut. In the Revolutionary War, he served in the fourth company, eighth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, from 8 Jul to 30 Nov 1775 and reenlisted 14 May 1776 for one year in Captain Oziah Pettibone's company of Colonel Ward's Regiment. He died in the service 15 Jan 1777, as shown by a certificate filed in the Archives in the Connecticut State Library.

    Ref: Clan Munro files - Coye, Ruby

    Ref: Membership application for Harris G. Terry dated 21 Oct 2002

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

    Christened:
    Samuel was baptized at the Canterbury First Church.

    Samuel married Abigail Read about 1744. Abigail (daughter of Isaac Read and Abigail Leonard) was born on 29 Apr 1723 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Jun 1817 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in , Chenango Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Abigail Read was born on 29 Apr 1723 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (daughter of Isaac Read and Abigail Leonard); died on 4 Jun 1817 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in , Chenango Co., New York, USA.

    Notes:

    Abigail was admitted to the First Church of Christ of Canterbury in May 1745, upon a letter of recommendation and later was admitted to the church at Willington, upon a letter from the church at Canterbury.

    She was appointed administratrix of her husband, Samuel's estate in Aug 1777. She filed claims for his clothing and accoutrements, and was allowed 12 lb 11s 6d in Mar 1778.

    Abigail and her sons, Isaac, Leonard and William, moved to Chenango County, New York, where she died and was buried beside her son, William. The headstone marking her grave bears this inscription: "In memory of Widow Abigail Monroe, d. 4 June 1817 in the 95 year of her age."

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

    Children:
    1. 4. Isaac Monroe was born in 1745 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 1 Aug 1825 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.
    2. Deborah Monroe was born on 5 Nov 1747 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died in Jun 1828 in , Delaware Co., Ohio, USA.
    3. Leonard Monroe was born on 11 Oct 1757 in Willmington, , Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Aug 1827 in , Delaware Co., Ohio, USA.
    4. 6. William Monroe was born on 16 May 1761 in Willington, , Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Apr 1838 in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA.
    5. Ammitty Monroe was born in Sep 1763 in Willington, , Connecticut, USA; and died.

  3. 10.  John Fassett was born est 1721; and died.

    Notes:

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

    John married Lydia Warren. Lydia was born est 1723; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lydia Warren was born est 1723; and died.

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Fassett was born on 11 Mar 1746 in Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Nov 1787.


  

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