Josiah Munroe

1745 -

• Name	Josiah Munroe  [1, 2]
  Born	12 Feb 1745	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I2941	Munro
  Last Modified	14 May 2008

  
  

  Father	Marrett Munroe,   b. 6 Dec 1713, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 26 Mar 1798, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Deliverance Parker,   b. 28 May 1721, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1799, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1737  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Fitch,   b. 26 Jul 1743, Bedford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, USA
  Married	15 Nov 1768  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Susanna Munroe,   b. 22 Sep 1770, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Joseph Fitch Munroe,   b. 6 May 1774, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1847  (Age 73 years)   3. Sarah Munroe,   b. 9 Oct 1777, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Polly Munroe,   b. 27 Oct 1780, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Harriet Munroe,   b. 2 Oct 1784, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 12 Jun 1786  (Age 1 years)   6. Sophia Munroe,   b. Est 1786,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F2916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Josiah was in the French War of 1762. He also served in the Jersey's for three months in 1776 and had the rank of Captain in the Revolution, serving two and a half years in the Continental Line. According to the inscription on his monument, he "became the friend of Lafayette, who recognized his services in the gift of a sword." He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and was one of the 48 pioneers who, under General Rufas Putnam, settled the Northwest Territory, the first settlement being Marietta, Ohio, where he was the first justice of the peace and the second postmaster. He settled in Amherst, New Hampshire, about 1777 and moved to Marietta, Ohio in 1788, where he and his wife died. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 565 (Reliability: 3). [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 16 (Reliability: 3).