Timothy Munroe

Abt 1735 - 1808  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Timothy Munroe  [1]
  Born	Abt 1735	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.
  Christened	20 Apr 1735	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Mar 1808	Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I3034	Munro
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	George Munroe, Jr.,   b. 17 Oct 1707, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 24 Jun 1743, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Sarah Phipps,   b. Abt 1707,   d. 17 Sep 1792, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1731  [2]
  Family ID	F1405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Eaton,   b. Abt 1737,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Edmund Munroe,   b. 1763, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1793, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 30 years) + 2. Timothy Munroe,   b. 2 Oct 1768, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1849, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 80 years) + 3. Phipps Munroe,   b. Est 1770, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F3014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Timothy's father died in 1743 when Timothy was 8 years old. In 1747, Timothy Welling was appointed to be his guardian. Timothy marched with the Danvers company on the 19th of April 1775 and engaged the British at West Cambridge. As the British troops were coming down the road, Timothy was standing behind a house with Daniel Townsend in West Cambridge. They were firing at the British as they retreated towards Boston. Townsend had just fired and exclaimed, "There is another redcoat down," when Munroe, looking around, saw, to his astonishment, that they were completely hemmed in by the flank guard of the British army, who were coming down through the fields behind them. They immediately ran into the house and looked for the cellar; but there was none. They looked for a closet, but there was none. All this time, which was indeed but a moment, the balls were pouring through the back windows, making havoc of the glass. Townsend leaped through the end window, carrying the sash and all with him, and instantly fell dead. Munroe followed and ran for his life. He passed for a long distance between both parties, many of whom fired at him. As he passed the last soldier, who stopped to fire, he heard the redcoad exclaim, "Damn the Yankee! he is bullet proof--let him go!" Timothy had one ball through his leg, and thirty-two bullet holes through his clothes and hat. Even the metal buttons on his waistcoat were shot off. He kept his clothes until he was tired of showing them. He married Lydia Eaton of Reading, Massachusetts and settled in Lynnfield, where he was selectman for several years. His house was still standing in 1912. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 23 (Reliability: 3). [S100] Lexington Munroes, Richard S. Munroe, (privately published in Florence, Massachusetts (1986)), p. 22 (Reliability: 3).