Josiah Monroe

1757 - 1830  (72 years)

• Name	Josiah Monroe
  Born	22 Nov 1757	Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Christened	4 Dec 1757
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Oct 1830	Orange Co., New York
  Person ID	I16331	Munro
  Last Modified	27 May 2001

  
  

  Father	Josiah Meroth,   b. Dec 1705, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 1792, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Thankful Evans,   b. 20 Aug 1715,   d. 10 Nov 1807  (Age 92 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1731	Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F6415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Fincher,   b. Abt 1760,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Sep 1785	New York, New York Co., New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. Josiah Munroe,   b. Abt 1785, New York, New York Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F5639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Josiah is a descendant of Hezekiah Meroth who was head of a family that changed their surname to Munroe. Josiah and Catherine were married at Trinity Church in New York City, New York. His war record is impressive and lengthy. He enlisted from Dorchester on 5 Dec 1776 and was described as 5' 10" tall, light complexion, light hair, and blue eyes in one listing, and dark in another. He served from 1 Jan 1777 to 31 Dec 1779 in Capt. Samuel Foster's Company, Col. John Greaton's 3rd Regiment, also in Dec 1777 at Albany in the same regiment. He was on a muster roll at White Plains, 20 Jul 1778 and in Aug of that year. In Sep 1778, he was with the same Company and was in different assignments throughout 1779. In short, he was almost a professional soldier during four years of the Revolutionary War. He applied on 18 Apr 1818 for a warrant on the basis of his military service, and his widow applied on 1 Aug 1828 in Orange County, New York for a pension. Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Hezekiah of Dorchester - 7