William Munro

1674 - 1746  (72 years)

• Name	William Munro  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	1674	Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1746	Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA
  Buried	Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA
  	William was buried at the North Burial Ground.
  Person ID	I184	Munro
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	John Munro,   b. 1637, Evanton, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 10 Oct 1691, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Sarah Lawton,   b. 1640, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. Feb 1693, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Oct 1663	Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	Plymouth County, Massachusetts was created in 1685, so it did not exist when John and Sarah were married.
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Lindsay,   b. 28 Nov 1677, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1760, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1701	Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Hezekiah Munroe,   b. 27 Jul 1702, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1702  (Age 0 years) + 2. William Munro,   b. 20 Nov 1703, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 1759  (Age 55 years) + 3. Nathan Munro,   b. 11 Jun 1706, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Capt. Bennett Munro,   b. 1 Oct 1708, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1775, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 66 years)   5. George Munroe,   b. 31 Aug 1710, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1744  (Age 34 years) + 6. Nathaniel Munro,   b. 27 Oct 1712, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 1794  (Age 81 years)   7. Benjamin Munroe,   b. 16 Nov 1714, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1743  (Age 28 years)   8. Mary Munro,   b. 15 Dec 1716, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 1763, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 46 years)   9. Hezekiah Munroe,   b. Est 1718,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Susannah Munroe,   b. 20 Dec 1720, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F1479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ********** (The following is from an e-mail message from Marston Watson - 25 Jun 2013) «i»William purchased commonage #33 (4 acres) from Obadiah Pappilon for £39 on 22 Aug. 1718. [NEHGR 124:176] William was a member of the first vestry at St. Michael's Church in Bristol, which was established through the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. [De Wolfe Howe, Bristol, Rhode Island: a Town Biography, 29-30].«/i» ********** Ref. (1) says that William was the son of William [185]. William settled in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1698. He owned a farm that extended from the Grey Farm on the north to Mt. Hope on the south, and east to the Narrows. It was called the "Major Munro Farm" and was owned by the Munro family until 1900. It was later occupied by the Columban fathers. He served as executor of the estate of his neighbor, Colonel Henry McIntosh (Mt. Hope Farm) and managed the property of his widow, Madam McIntosh. At the orginization in 1724 of St. Michaels Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, William became Vestryman. His son, Bennett [183], grandsons James [6969] and Edward [182], great-grandson Bennett [181], 2nd great-grandsons John [179] and Otis [7052], and 3rd great-grandson Wilfred [7053] have all been Vestrymen - six generations. When he died, he had 30 slaves who were given to his children. He and several of his descendants were buried on the farm and their grave stones were later moved to the Major Munro lot at the North Cemetery (Neck). One of his sons is said to have had no children, and another is said to have moved to Connecticut. His wife, Mary Lindsay, was the sister of John Lindsay, who married William's sister, Elizabeth. One source says his wife was Elizabeth Carey, but this is unconfirmed. On Mary's grave stone it says she died 8 Nov 1760 at the age of 85, which places her birth in about 1675. Ref. (1) says 1685 and other sources say 1684, 1685 or 1677. References: (1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S527] Clan Munro files - Christofferson, Helen Elizabeth, Helen Elizabeth Christofferson, Membership application for Helen Christofferson - 25 Sep 20 06 (Reliability: 3). [S537] Clan Munro files - Beckett, Gilbert Percy, Gilbert Percy Beckett, Munro Family by E. W. Wait published 1958 (Reliability: 3). [S610] Clan Munro files - Monroe, Thomas Edward, Thomas Edward Monroe, "New England Families" - John Monroe (Reliability: 3). [S823] Clan Munro e-files - Munro, Chuck, Chuck Munro, E-mail from Chuck Munro - 5 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 3). [S812] Clan Munro e-files - Watson, Marston, Marston Watson, E-mail from Marston Watson - 25 Jun 2013 (Reliability: 3).