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Name	Alexander Munro
Born	Abt 1673
	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	I12104	Munro
Last Modified	21 Aug 2009

Father	John Munro, of Milntown of Alness, b. Abt 1630, d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Clunas, b. Abt 1650, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F4393	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Catherine Fraser, b. Abt 1702, d. Yes, date unknown

Married 12 Dec 1719 [1]

Children

	1. John Munro, b. Abt 1721, d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Robert Munro, b. 1722, d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Seymour, b. 1723, d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Alexander Munro, b. 1724, d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Elizabeth Munro, b. 1728, d. Yes, date unknown
	6. James Munro, b. 1730, d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Christian Munro, b. 1734, d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Simon Munro, b. 1741, d. 1790 (Age 49 years)

Last Modified 21 Aug 2009

Family ID F4395 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Alexander was commissary and sheriff clerk of Inverness. He married the daughter of Alexander Fraser, Provost of Inverness.

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) - M/96 & M/97

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/96

"John Munro Commissar of Inverness married /blank/ Clunes in Cromartie by whom he had Alexander George and David and a daughter Christane marrie to James Thomson Merchant of Inverness."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/97

"Alexander Munro Commissar Deput of Inverness married Katherine daughter to Mr Alexander Fraser Provost of Inverness by whom he has Alexander Seymors Elizabeth."

"Alexander commissary and sheriff clerk of Inverness and Katharine Fraser had John, Robert, Alexander, James and drs Seymors, Elizabeth and Christian (Invass OPRs 1721-3), also Simon (ib. 1741 & Munro Eagle vii 37-8); Seymors, presumably named in compliment to Lady Munro (see Z below) as her sponsor, has been misread as 'John' (Mackenzie 415); Alexander baptd. 1724 may have been eldest surviving son in 1734."

Alexander succeeded his father as Commissary Depute of Inverness. He is said to have been a man of great ability.

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

[Alexander Munro] «i»Third son of Alexander Munro, Inverness (Milntown of Alness branch) and Catherine Fraser; succeeded father as representative of family; baptized Inverness 24 November 1724; presumably one of children mentioned (though not by name) in will of father's uncle Alexander (d. 1730); he is the only son named in "Munro Tree" (compiled in 1734), so presumably became representative of family after father.

Munro Tree (M/97). Mackenzie 415. Edinburgh Testaments 16 January 1731.
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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Munro] «i»Son of John "Dow" Munro (postmaster, Inverness), writer in Inverness. 1703; also 1718, when he is mentioned in Delvine Manuscript, and his parentage stated; witnessed disposition by Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel at Achnacarry to grandson Donald, 1716. For another, or same?, Alexander (brother of George postmaster Inverness)see Mackenzie p415.

1718 -Delvine Manuscript. 5 Dec 1718 (NLS. MS 1349); 1703 - MacGillivray case papers (Inverness Public Library); 1716 - Claim by John Cameron to Lochiel Estate, 29 Aug. 1749 (Signet Lib. S.P. 36/32 -- another copy 7/17).
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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Munro] «i»Eldest son of John Munro (of Milntown of Alness family) and ______ Clunas; succeeded father as representative of family, probably 1718; Sheriff Clerk of Inverness (later Sheriff Substitute); appointed 21 July 1738 one of the ordinary "doers" and regents of the Lovat family in North of Scotland for life by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat; unsuccessfully claimed £2,000 Scots compensation for loss of office as Sheriff-Clerk (appointed by Lovat 21 January 1738); combined with the Clerkship of the regality of Lovat under Heritable Jurisdictions Act, 1747; Commissary Depute (1731) - probably the "Commissary of Inverness", one of arbitrators between Lovat and Glenmoriston, 1735/45, and "Commissary Depute of 1739. Probably writer in Inverness who was served heir general to brother John writer there in 6 February, 1718; Married in Inverness Catherine (baptized 1702) daughter of Provost Alexander Fraser, Inverness, with issue John (baptized 1721); Robert (1722); Alexander (1724); James (1730); Simon (1741-1790); & 3 daughters Seymour 1723, Elizabeth 1728, & Christian 1734.

Mackenzie 415; Forfeited Estates papers(1818) p 1; C. Fraser Mackintosh, Antiquarian Notes P26-27,101,265; Old Parish Register Inverness; Scots Magazine X 549-551 (Lovat's Letter of 1739);J. Hill Burton 'Life of Duncan Forbes' p 261; Heritable Jurisdictions Act Petitions (Signet Library) # 83; D. Warrand "Some Fraser Pedigrees' p 85; Acts of Sederunt Court of Session) I 418-31; J. Dunbar "History of Highland Dress" 7-8; Keltie: 768 - jurisdiction; Services of Heirs (1710-1719) p 13; Chisholm Writs #814,815 (both 1727-Commissary Depute & Sheriff Clerk).
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This might be the same person as Alexander [60034].

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
415

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 179 (Reliability: 3).
[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 57 (Reliability: 3).