Bridget Munroe

1735 -

• Name	Bridget Munroe  [1, 2]
  Born	27 Apr 1735	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Heath, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I2905	Munro
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	William Munroe,   b. Abt 1700, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Bef 4 Jun 1783  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Phebe,   b. Abt 1702,   d. 15 Jan 1742  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F1378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh Maxwell,   b. 27 Apr 1733, Minterburn, Tyrone, Ireland ,   d. 14 Oct 1799, At Sea  (Age 66 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1760  [1]
  Children	1. Hannah Maxwell,   b. 22 Jun 1761, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lillie Maxwell,   b. 7 Aug 1763, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Dorcas Maxwell,   b. 13 Apr 1765, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Priscilla Maxwell,   b. 23 Oct 1767, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Hugh Maxwell,   b. 13 Mar 1770, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Chloe Maxwell,   b. Abt 1772, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Sylvester Maxwell,   b. 18 Apr 1775, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F2892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bridget's husband, Colonel Hugh Maxwell, had no advantage of school when he was a child. His father had died suddenly in 1759, his body was found in the road supposed to have been killed by falling from his horse. Hugh served in the French War and was in the battle near Lake George in 1755 and in Fort William Henry when it was surrendered to the French in 1756. He was captured by the Indians, but managed to escape. Gov. Pownal of Massachusetts appointed him an Ensign in Brigadier Ruggle's Regiment on 31 Mar 1759. At the close of the war in 1759, he returned home to take up his plough and surveyor's instruments. In 1773 he moved to Charlemont, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (now Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts). He was elected a member to the first Provincial Congress which convened at Salem, 7 Oct 1774. When he came home, he helped raise an army and was made Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain in the regiment of Colonel William Prescott at Cambridge 26 May 1775. He was wounded at Bunker Hill on 17 Jun 1775 when a ball passed through his right shoulder. He was in the operations of Long Island, New York in Aug and Sep 1776 and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and Burgoyne. He also saw service at Stillwater and Saratoga. Having joined the southern army in Nov, he shared the hardships of Valley Forge and was at the battle of Monmouth in Jun 1778. In 1779 he was appointed to the rank of Major, and remained under the command of Major General William Heath for three years. In Aug 1783 he received a commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts line to take rank 12 Oct 1782. He held this rank to the close of the war. He was honored as a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and the document given to him was signed by H. Knox Sec. and G. Washington, President. On 29 Dec 1794, he went to Philadelphia to make a personal application to Congress for a pension as an invalid, but it came to no avail and he returned home with a pocket emptied by the expense of the trip. In an effort to make some money for his declining years, he bought some horses, left home in Jul 1799 and sailed from Hartford for the West Indies. He had a good and prosperous voyage, but just three days before his vessel was to arrive in port homeward bound, he was taken with a fever on 14 Oct, died and was buried at sea. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 569 (Reliability: 3). [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 14 (Reliability: 3).