Otis Munroe

1791 - 1834  (42 years)

• Name	Otis Munroe  [1]
  Born	8 Nov 1791	Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jul 1834	New York, New York Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Buried	New York, New York Co., New York, USA
  	Bethel Baptist Cemetery
  Person ID	I4360	Munro
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Amos Munroe,   b. 31 May 1747, Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1820, Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Anna Prouty,   b. 12 Nov 1748, Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1825, Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1 Dec 1768	Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne,   b. Abt 1793, , , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Malvina Munroe,   b. 23 Jun 1826, New York, New York Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. William Otis Munroe,   b. 17 Jul 1828, New York, New York Co., New York, USA ,   d. 22 Aug 1888, New York, New York Co., New York, USA  (Age 60 years)   3. Eliza Munroe,   b. 9 Oct 1830, New York, New York Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F4689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Various Munroe family notes state that Otis was born in 1797. Indeed, his death certificate states his age as 38 at the time of his death from asthma on 14 Jul 1834 in New York City, and the same certificate lists his birthplace as Boston, Massachusetts. The certificate shows his remains were interred at Bethel Baptist Cemetery in New york, a cemetery no longer active. According to "The Ichnography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909", by I. N. Phelps Stokes, there were three large burying grounds in Manhattan in 1828, one being for the Baptist and Scotch Churches in Wooster Street, near the old Potter's Field, now Washington Square. Otis probably moved from Boston to New York City, New York in the mid 1820's. He is found in the 1830 census of New York, and in New York City Directories. He was a printer in New York City in the 1820's and 1830's living in various places in the city including the rear of 31 Orange Street (1826), 27 Mulberry Street (1829-1830), and 117 Orange Street (1832-1834). That Otis Munroe, father of Malvina, William and Eliza, is the same person as Otis Munroe, son of Amos Munroe and Ann Prouty, is pure conjecture. However, there seems to be a good case to believe it to be true. The extensive genealogical research of Harry E. Boland led him to this conclusion. Nothing is known about the marriage or descendants of Otis Munroe the son of Amos Munroe. Nothing is known about the parents or ancestors of Otis Munroe the father of three. The only problems with assuming the two people are one are: Otis, the son, is recorded as being born on 8 Nov 1791 in Spencer, Massachusetts and Otis, the father, is said to have been born in 1797 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boland explains these discrepancies as follows. During the time in question, the numeral "1" was commonly written in a way that made it look like a "7". It would be easy to believe that this fact could cause an error to be made in one of the birth dates. Also, the information that Otis, the father, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, comes from information given by his widow on Otis' death certificate. Since she was from Pennsylvania, she may not have been very familiar with Massachusetts and Boland conjectures that she may have stated the more familiar "Boston, Massachusetts" rather than Spencer, Massachusetts. In light of these plausable conjectures, and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, it is assumed that the two Otis Munroes are the same person, but anyone interested in this genealogical line should be aware that the connection is not proven. Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munro - 1/12-34-11 Clan Munro files - Cox, J. Frederic Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S257] Clan Munro files - Boland, Harry Edward, Harry Edward Boland, Membership application for Harry E. Boland - 29 Aug 1992 (Reliability: 3). [S257] Clan Munro files - Boland, Harry Edward, Harry Edward Boland, "Otis Munroe" (Reliability: 3).