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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1716 - 1807 (~ 91 years)
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| Name |
Hugh Munro |
| Born |
Abt 1716 |
, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1807 |
Edwardsburgh Twp, Ontario, Canada |
| Person ID |
I29977 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
5 Dec 2009 |
| Family |
Mary Thorpe, b. Abt 1740, Of, Amboy, USA , d. Abt 1778 (Age ~ 38 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1764 |
Amboy ?, , American Colony |
| Children |
| + | 1. Hugh Munro, Jr., b. 1765, , , , American Colonies , d. 5 Dec 1855, Cardinal, , Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years) |
| | 2. George Munro, b. Abt 1767, New York, New York Co., New York, USA , d. Abt 1778, New York, New York Co., New York, USA (Age ~ 11 years) |
| | 3. James Munro, b. Abt 1769, , , , USA , d. New York, New York Co., New York, USA |
| | 4. Martha Munro, b. Abt 1771, New York, New York Co., New York, USA , d. New York, New York Co., New York, USA |
| | 5. Margaret Munro, b. Abt 1773, New York, New York Co., New York, USA , d. New York, New York Co., New York, USA |
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| Last Modified |
5 Dec 2009 |
| Family ID |
F10370 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Hugh left Scotland and went to America as a Sergeant in Montgomery's 77th Highland Regiment in 1757. He was Sergeant Major when the regiment was reduced in 1764. After serving with Montgomery's Highlanders at Fort Pitt, the Ohio, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Lake Champlain, Fort Live, Montreal, Dominica, Martinique, Havana and against the Indians in 1763, he was dicharged with land warrants. He settled first in St. Haik and later at Queensborogh Patent in New York Province where he erected Dutch and English sawmills.
After the American Revolutionary War broke out, he brought 15 men with him and joined General Burgoyne's Army at Skeenesborogh in 1777. The group formed the BAtteaux Corps and Hugh was appointed their captain. Their's was the dangerous job of ferrying supplies on the shallow Hudson River.
He fought with Major Ebenezer Jessup for a time and was then transferred to Major McAlpine's unit. After McAlpine's death, Hugh found himself saddled with the debts that McAlpine had incurred in order to supply his men with necessities.
At Saratoga, Hugh personally provisioned his corps. During the escape from Saratoga to Canada, Hugh was wounded, and upon his return to Quebec, he was faced with his debts. He was unable to collect the amount from McAlpine's estate, and spent many of his years in Lower Canada petitioning the Governor for compensation. This may have been why he was given the rights to land on the Galops Rapids.
His wife and five children were left in New York during the war and were "persecuted from place to place" until all died except his son, Hugh. After the war, Hugh and many other United Empire Loyalists fled to Upper Canada where they settled in Edwardsburg.
Hugh saw the possibilities of water power inherent in the Galops Rapids and by 1790, had settled on Point Cardinal. For some time it was known as Munro's Point. It was here that he built the first saw and grist mill which was operating as early as 1794. The market for timber was wide open at that time and rafts of lumber were floated down the river to Montreal for use in that area and for shipment overseas.
Altogether, Hugh ultimately owned over 3,000 acres of land in Edwardsburg and Oxford Townships. He was frequently called Hugh Munro of Edwardsburg.
Hugh or his son built a stone house in about 1800. It passed through several owners until it became the Benson Homestead and finally the Cardinal High School. The home was built much like a fort with narrow windows and walls two feet thick. This fort-like structure was probably built with the idea in mind that the Americans might cross the river at any time to harass the Loyalists, which, in fact, they did in 1812.
References:
(1) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 28
(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996 which quotes from "A History of Cardinal", a booklet commissioned
by the Council of Cardinal, Canada - F.B. Byers, Chairman - (May 1967) (3) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
457-458
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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