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Name	James Munro [1, 2]
Born	Abt 1641
	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.
Gender	Male
Died	Yes, date unknown
Person ID	I11875	Munro
Last Modified	30 May 2009

Father	Robert Munro, VII of Ardullie, b. Abt 1612, d. 1692 (Age ~ 80 years)
Mother	Isabella Ross, b. Abt 1614, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F4313	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Sarah Cockburn, b. Abt 1643, Prob., Honieflat, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown
Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
Family ID	F4315	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

James was extractor of deeds in Edinburgh and, after his elder brother's death, was Tutor of Ardullie. He married his sister-in-law, Sarah Cockburn.

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) - M/52

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/52

"Robert of Ardullie married Isobell daughter to Alexr. Ross of pitkery by whom he had Alexr. James Hugh Andrew in Coul litster and Robert and a daughter Janet married to Teanard."

"...James was extractor of deeds in Edinburgh and tutor of Ardullie after elder borther's death and m his sister-in-law Sarah Cockburn..."

James was educated in Edinburgh, where he became Extractor of Deeds.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
397

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

«i»Alexander Munro of Ardullie d. 1691 Eldest son of Robert Munro of Ardullie & Isabella Ross; suc. father, & had charter of Ardullie 19 Dec 1684; educ. Edinburgh, writer, one of the 'under clerks or assistant clerk of session; subscribed test 1681; burgess of Edinburgh 1688; clerk to the Council of War from 1689 to death in Feb 1691 (nominated by Gen Hugh MacKay, a Commissioner of Supply for Ross-shire 1689); m. Jean or Jane Cockburn (who survived him) with issue - George (d. young), Hugh (Suc.), Isabella (d. inf.), 'Alex M, tutor of Ardullie' 1698 prob error for brother James (tutor 1703, 1704)

Munro Tree M/53; Mackenzie 397-9; Chronological & Genealogical Account of the Ancient & Honorable Family of Foulis, Inverness (1805) p. 30; Foulis Writs nos. 282, 283 [293 - as tutor]; 3 Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vii 804; xiii 105, 518; xiv 313; xv 494; xvi 391, 477; Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses 1406-1700 (Scottish Record Society) 356; Services of Heirs (1710/19); Commissariot Record of Edinburgh: Register of Testaments - 7 Apr 1691; Reg. Mag. Sig. , vol. 69, fol 67 - MS; National Library of Scotland MSS 1393/ (1788/87, 95-6) - See bro James; Records of Cockburn Family (1913) p. 144; W. McGill, Old Ross-shire and Scotland, vol i, no 263 & p. 402; Lord Fountainhall Historical Notices II Tax; NMRS Photograph RC/813 - Monogram Stones at Ardullie (AM - 1C); W. McGill, Old Ross-shire and Scotland, I 85 for dr. Christian - ? error for Alex of Killichoan.«/i»
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Monro]«i»? Cousin of Robert Monro of Coul, writer in Edinburgh, on record 1670, 1677, 1686, 1687; appointed Regent in St. Salvator's College, St. Andrews, 15 Jan 1691; Provost of the College 16 Jan 1694; friend & correspondent of John Mackenzie of Delvine, W.S.; d. Dec 1697, unmarried. (Robt. Ramsay nominated successor 29 Jan 1698.) Apparently a friend of James, brother of Alexander Monro of Ardullie (under clerk of Session). See John fl 1690/1 d. 1696/7; Rev. Alex fl 1634/49 d. 1643.

Fasti vii, p. 411; Letter from St. Andrews University Library to RWM, 31 Aug 1967; Foulis Writs nos. 247, 273, 275, 277; Reay Papers 4/2 (1677); Scottish History Society Misc v 212 n.; Letters (1688-97) in National Library of Scotland MSS 1393 & 1788 (typed copies); Two Students at St. Andrews, ed. WC Dickinson, pp. xix/n, xxxiv-xl [golf clubs]; St. Andrews Testaments, 18/1/1709 & 24/11/1714; Calendar for State Papers (Domestic) 1698 p. 56 - successor; D.M. Geddes, A Swing Thru Time, (1992) , 1691 MS letter reprod p. 42-3.
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1, 2]

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 132 (Reliability: 0).
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[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 134 (Reliability: 0).
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