Alexander Munro b. Abt 1681 d. 3 Aug 1740 Lisbon, , Lisboa, Portugal: Our Family History

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Name	Alexander Munro [1]
Born	Abt 1681 [1]
Gender	Male
Died	3 Aug 1740	Lisbon, , Lisboa, Portugal [1]
Person ID	I10874	Munro
Last Modified	7 Nov 2009

Father	Hugh Munro, yr. of Teaninich, b. Abt 1642, d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Elizabeth Fraser, b. Abt 1644, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F3921	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Alexander was factor at Lisbon.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/15

"Hugh of Teaninich by Elizabeth daughter to Bailzie Fraser of Inverness had Hugh who succeeded Alexr. factor at Lisbon and Andrew."

"Hugh yr of Teaninich, Commissioner of Supply for Ross 1690, died in father's lifetime; son Alexander d Lisbon 3 Aug 1740."

Alexander was a merchant, trading in Lisbon. When he died there, he left a considerable personal estate. He was not married.
References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
420

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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Munro] «i»Second son of Hugh Munro, Younger of Teaninich, & Elizabeth Fraser; merchant trading in Lisbon, where he died unmarried, 3 Aug 40, leaving a considerable personal estate, of which the Lisbon inventory was in the Teaninich Charter Chest (also in National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh Testaments), had a 'large collection' of Scots songs 'supposed now to be lost' one of which was printed in an edition of Scott's 'Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' from MSS of David Herd (1732-1810). ?Same as Alexander (b. c.1695)

Munro Tree (M/15) MHM p. 420; Edinburgh Testaments, 13 Aug 1741; Sir Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of Scottish Border, (ed. T. Henderson, 1931), p. 496 (& see 67); for D. Herd, see Miller's Literary History of Scotland, pp. 412, 566-7.
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]

Sources

[S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 138 (Reliability: 0).
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