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Margaret Munro

Margaret Munro

Female Est 1679 - 1729  (~ 50 years)

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  • Name Margaret Munro 
    Born Est 1679 
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Mar 1729  Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12537  Munro
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2011 

    Father Sir John Munro, XXII of Foulis, 4th Baronet,   b. Abt 1639,   d. 29 Sep 1697, Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Anne MacKenzie,   b. Abt 1641,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1660 
    Family ID F1591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Daniel McNeil,   b. Abt 1671, Of, Kintyre Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F4577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Margaret is described as 'relict of Captain Donald McNeill of Gen Sabine's Regiment'. This regiment was stationed in the Highlands 1723-1727. Her husband may actually have been Daniel McNeil who served in Col William Grant's Independent Company and was captain in Brigadier General Alexander Grant's Regiment of Foot in 1717

      Donald MacNeil was a captain in the militia and was accused along with Captain George Munro of Culcairn of destroying Jacobites' property at Loch Broom in 1716.

      Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - X & X/5

      Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - X, X/5

      Sir John Munro of Fowlis married Anne daughter to Sir Kenneth McKenzie of Coul by whom he had Robert Andrew Jean Christane Anne and Margaret he dyed at Fowlis 15 October 1696.

      Margaret Munro his youngest daughter married Captain Daniel McNeil a Kintyre man and dyed 19 of March 1729 at Edinburgh.

      Margaret described as 'relict of Captain Donald (sic) McNeill of Gen Sabine's Regiment' (Edin Tests 6 Aug 1731) which was stationed in the Highlands 1723-7 (Royal Welch Fusiliers comp Cary & McCance i 95-6); may be Daniel McNeil who served in Col Wm Grant's Independent Company and was captain in Brig-Gen Alexander Grant's Regt of Foot 1717, h.p. 1722 (Dalton's George I's Army i 316); Donald Macneil captain in the militia accused along with Captain George of Culcairn Y/1 of destroying Jacobites' property at Loch Broom 1716 (Robertson's Lords Appeals from Scotland i 477-82).

      Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 95

      6. Margaret, who married Captain Donald Macneill of Kintyre, with issue. She died in Edinburgh on the 19th of March, 1729.

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