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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1751 - 1834 (83 years)
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| Name |
Rebecca Harrington |
| Born |
17 Feb 1751 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
6 Mar 1834 |
Arlington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  |
| Person ID |
I127 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2002 |
| Family |
Capt. Edmund Munroe, b. 2 Feb 1736, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 28 Jun 1778, Monmouth, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, USA (Age 42 years) |
| Married |
31 Aug 1768 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Lydia Munroe, b. 17 Sep 1769, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 29 Sep 1770 (Age 1 years) |
| + | 2. Rebecca Munroe, b. 27 Jun 1771, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 15 Apr 1848, Arlington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years) |
| + | 3. Pamelia Munroe, b. 20 Sep 1773, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 28 Jun 1849 (Age 75 years) |
| | 4. Edmund Munroe, b. 13 Oct 1775, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 9 Feb 1854, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years) |
| + | 5. Abigail Munroe, b. 6 Dec 1777, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 14 May 1838, Arlington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F64 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Rebecca was the daughter of Jonathan and Abigail Harrington, and the sister of Jonathan Harrington, who died in 1854, the last survivor of the battle of Lexington.
When her husband was killed at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, she was just 27 years old with four children ages nine to three years old. The young fatherless family moved to West Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Honorable mention was made of her in an obituary notice in the Boston Daily Advertiser of 11 Apr 1834, a part of which reads as follows: "The worthy lady who is the subject of this notice, with other families in Lexington, fled on the 19th of April, 1775 with their children, to the woods, while their husbands were engaged with the enemy, and their houses were sacked or involved in flames. Her husband was killed at Monmouth in New Jersey, 28 Jun 1778. On his bereaved partner, in the midst of discouragement, sorrows, and the privations of the times, devolved the task of rearing an infant family. The long life of this venerable lady was a pattern of domestic duties and virtue."
Although entitled to a pension, Rebecca refused it saying that her husband only did his duty.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-31 - p. 46, 48
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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| Sources |
- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 589 (Reliability: 3).
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