Col. William Munroe

1703 - 1747  (43 years)

• Name	William Munroe  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Col.
  Born	19 Dec 1703	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Aug 1747	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I128	Munro
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Ens. William Munroe,   b. 10 Oct 1669, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 5 Jan 1759, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Cutler,   b. 15 Mar 1681, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 1713, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 32 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1697	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  	Mary and William were married by Justice Minot. [7]
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Mason,   b. 17 Jun 1714,   d. 13 Apr 1785  (Age 70 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1733	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [5, 8]
  Children	+ 1. 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)   2. Sarah Munroe,   b. 1 May 1738, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. New Braintree, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA + 3. Catherine Munroe,   b. 29 Sep 1740, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Col. William Munroe,   b. 28 Oct 1742, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 30 Oct 1827, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 85 years) + 5. Abigail Munroe,   b. 24 Feb 1744, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1846, Hartland, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA  (Age 101 years)   6. Nehemiah Munroe,   b. 1 Jul 1747, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1828, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In a paper left by one of the family, it is stated, that William had been just engaged as a committee man to enlarge the burying yard, and taking a sudden cold while haying in his meadow, was attacked with a violent fever, which in a few days proved fatal. He was the first to be laid in the new portion of the yard that he had so recently procured. This account is confirmed by his gravestone, which has this inscription: "William Munroe, d. 18 Aug 1747, aged 44 years. The first buried in this (the new portion) yard." Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 574, 588 (Reliability: 3). [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 6, 18 (Reliability: 3). [S882] Clan Munro e-files - Murguia, Barbara J., Barbara J. Murguia, E-mail from Barbara J. Murguia - 9 Jan 2013 (Reliability: 3). [S727] The Monroe Book, Dr. Joan S. Guilford, (Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1993.). [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 574 (Reliability: 3). [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 580 (Reliability: 3). [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 6 (Reliability: 3). [S318] Clan Munro files - Proctor, Joseph Rich, Jr., Joseph Rich Proctor, Jr., Descendants of William Munro - p. 2 (Reliability: 3). [S170] Clan Munro files - Ackerman, Amanda Lisbeth Adams, Amanda Lisbeth Adams Ackerman, Membership application for Amanda Lisbeth Adams Ackerman da ted 25 Feb 1995 (Reliability: 3). [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 18 (Reliability: 3).