William Meroth

1745 - 1814  (68 years)

• Name	William Meroth
  Born	5 Oct 1745	Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Feb 1814	Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I18514	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	Rebecca Leeds,   b. Abt 1747,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	8 Dec 1768
  Children	1. Elizabeth Munroe,   b. 17 Feb 1769,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lydia Munroe,   b. 20 Oct 1770,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. William Munroe,   b. Aug 1772,   d. Prob., Williamstown, Massachusetts + 4. Thomas Evans Munroe,   b. 31 May 1774,   d. Abt 1815  (Age 40 years)   5. Rebecca Munroe,   b. 13 Dec 1776,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sukey Munroe,   b. Est 1779,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Richard Leeds Munroe,   b. Feb 1788,   d. 27 May 1790  (Age ~ 2 years) + 8. Richard Leeds Munroe,   b. 13 Aug 1790, Of, Dorchester, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 1831  (Age 40 years)   9. Caroline Munroe,   b. Jan 1796,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F6429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William is a descendant of Hezekiah Meroth who was head of a family that changed their surname to Munroe. He is probably the William Meraw who on 4 Jul 1780, enlisted in Capt. Lemuel Clapp's Company and on 8 Jul 1787 was in the Artillery Company as William Maurough. He is also William of Dorchester who was a gunner in Capt. Winthrop Gray's Company, Col. Crafts artillery Regiment. An order for advance pay dated at Hull, Massachusetts 27 Jun 1776, was signed by him as William Manrw. Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Hezekiah of Dorchester - 5