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Daniel Munro

Male 1697 - 1764  (67 years)

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  • Name Daniel Munro  [1, 2
    Born 1697  [1, 2
    Christened 2 Dec 1697  Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Feb 1764  [1, 2
    Buried Feb 1764 
    Person ID I28882  Munro
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2009 

    Father Alexander Munro,   b. Abt 1672,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Bethia Johnston,   b. Abt 1674,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Dec 1696  [2
    Family ID F3788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christian Wylie,   b. 25 Apr 1731,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Alexander Munro,   b. 1731,   d. 28 Mar 1809, Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2009 
    Family ID F10041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

      [Alexander Munro] «i»Third and only surving son of Daniel Munro(1697-1764) (tailor) and Christian Wylie B. (? Bapt.?) 25 Apr 1731, merchant in Glasgow (burgess 20 September 1750); said to have been reduced from affluence to compartive indigence by act of confiscation of 1776 (ruined Virginia Trade); d. Edin. 28 March 1809, having married Margaret Starke (d. 15 May 1807), with issue - Daniel (d. 1799, aged 39); Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet«b» «/b»(1761-1827); Alexander (1764-1850); William (d. c. 1786); James (d. 1798), Erskine (m. 1798, 1. [Sir] Jas Turnbull, 2. Hon Henry Erskine), and Margaret. (m. 1801 G.M. Drummond).

      Glasgow Parish Records 1731 (per manuscript of M.W. Grant 1965). Gleig, Sir Thomas Munro. Mackenzie pp 366-8. Burke's Peerage . St Cuthbert's (Edin.) M1 - p 57, Edinburgh Evening Courtant 3 April 1809 & 21 May 1807. Scots Mag. (1809) p. 319, (1798) p. 651. Scots Mag (1807) p. 400. Edinburgh Directories, 1805-6 to 1808-9. Ross-shire Journal. 16 June 1961. Edinburgh Marriage Reg. (1751-1800) p. 573 - dr Erskine. Glasgow Burgess Roll (5RS) 20 September 1750. SRO Glasgow Commissariat Record 26 June 1764. E. Grant "Memoirs of a Highland Lady" (1988 edn) ii 59.
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      The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:

      [Alexander Munro] «i»? Culcraggie family; tailor in Glasgow. Admitted burgess and guild brother in right of wife, 22 April 1697; married Bethia Johnstone, 9 December, 1696; father of Daniel (1697-1764); Robert (1700-__); Isabel(1702- __);Alex (1727x29); John (1732-__);Rachel married William McFarlane); Isabel (baptised 1702); son Daniel had son Alexander (1731-1809) father of Sir Thomas 1st Bart.

      Glasgow High Kirk Parish RecordsI (Glasgow City Archives Office, 1969) Marriage; Glasgow Burgess Roll 22 April, 1697; 18 August, 1727-son Daniel; 20 September, 1732-son John
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      Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/26

      "...William [137] is said by Mackenzie to be father of Daniel merchant in Glasgow whose son Alexander (1731-1809) was father of Sir Thomas governor of Madras; but records show that Alexander's father was Daniel, baptd 2 Dec 1697, son of Alexander Munro and Bethia Johnston, tailor in Glasgow, burgh treasurer, bailie and deacon convener who d Feb 1764."

      Daniel was a tailor in Glasgow, burgh treasurer, bailie and deacon convener.

      One reference says that Daniels parents were Alexander Munro and Bethia Johnston.

      Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/26
      Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret [1, 2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 60 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 172 (Reliability: 3).