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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1761 - 1838 (76 years)
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| Name |
William Monroe [1, 2] |
| Born |
16 May 1761 |
Willington, , Connecticut, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
30 Apr 1838 |
Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA |
| Buried |
Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA |
| Person ID |
I2591 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
11 Feb 2010 |
| Father |
Samuel Monroe, b. 9 Sep 1720, Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA , d. 15 Jan 1777, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 56 years) |
| Mother |
Abigail Read, b. 29 Apr 1723, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA , d. 4 Jun 1817, , Chenango Co., New York, USA (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1744 |
| Family ID |
F291 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Rebecca Foster, b. Abt 1763, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| + | 1. Sally Monroe, b. 10 Aug 1812, Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA , d. Mar 1882, Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA (Age 69 years) |
| + | 2. Publius Virgilius Bogue Monroe, b. 16 Apr 1814, Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA , d. 6 Nov 1861, New Berlin, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin, USA (Age 47 years) |
| + | 3. Emily Monroe, b. 22 Jan 1817, Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA , d. 6 Feb 1909, Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan, USA (Age 92 years) |
| + | 4. Harriet Elizabeth Monroe, b. 12 May 1819, Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA , d. 6 Jun 1886, New Berlin, New York (Age 67 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F3132 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Sally Barney, b. 9 Sep 1765, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 19 Feb 1811, , Chenango Co., New York, USA (Age 45 years) |
| Married |
5 Jul 1781 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Hannah Monroe, b. 11 Feb 1782, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA , d. 6 May 1864, , Warren Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Monroe, b. 1 Oct 1783, , , Connecticut, USA , d. 2 Apr 1799, Plymouth, Chenango Co., New York, USA (Age 15 years) |
| + | 3. Benjamin Barney Monroe, b. 9 Jan 1786, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 4. William Wheaton Monroe, b. 2 May 1788, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA , d. 17 Dec 1857, Otselic, Chenango Co., New York, USA (Age 69 years) |
| | 5. Clarissa Monroe, b. 24 Feb 1791, , , Connecticut, USA , d. 24 Feb 1792, , , Connecticut, USA (Age 1 years) |
| | 6. Clarissa Monroe, b. 5 May 1793, Norwich, Chenango Co., New York, USA , d. 21 Apr 1794 (Age 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F1254 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- William served nearly four years as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, first from 6 Apr to 23 May 1777 under Captain Edward Griswold in Colonel Thomas Bilding's regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He was discharged in Peekskill, New York. He next enlisted for three years in Captain Harmon's company of Colonel John Durkee's Fourth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers from which he was honorably discharged in 1780 in Morristown, New Jersey.
During his first year he served as a private, then was transferred to Captain Seth Phillip's company of the same regiment, in which he served as a fifer for two years. He engaged in the battles of Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Monmouth and Stoney Point. After his discharge in 1780 he served for six months as orderly sergeant to his old Colonel John Durkee. Later he served a three month's term on a sloop in New York. His interest in military affairs did not abate with the revolution.
He moved in 1792 from Windsor, Connecticut to Chenango County, New York, and settled there on a tract on which the court house in the city of Norwich now stands. There he joined the State Militia serving as ensign, lieutenant, major, and lieutenant colonel between 1797 and 1809. By reason of this service he became generally known as Colonel Monroe.
He served three terms as sheriff of Chenango County and as the member of the Assembly from that county during the session of 1816.
William moved to a farm in the nearby town of Plymouth, New York, where he built a log house and lived until he died. He, his mother and other members of the Monroe family were buried in a cemetery on his farm between Norwich and the village of Plymouth.
His first wife, Sally, was a descendant of John and Eleanor Billington of the Mayflower. Her tombstone in the family cemetery in Chenango County, bears this inscription: "In memory of Mrs. Sally Monroe, consort of Colonel William Monroe, d. Feb. 19, 1811 in the 46th year of her age."
Ref: Clan Munro files - Coye, Ruby
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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| Sources |
- [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 28 (Reliability: 3).
- [S737] Clan Munro files - van Leer, Carolyn Babcock, Carolyn Babcock van Leer, Membership application for Carolyn Babcock van Leer - 3 Nov 2009 (Reliability: 3).
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