Donald Munro

Abt 1678 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Donald Munro  [1]
  Born	Abt 1678
  	Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives.
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I55838	Munro
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family	Moire McKenzie,   b. Abt 1680,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F19109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Donald may have been the Munro mentioned in the following story from the "Records of Argyll". The story tells of an incident between Munro in Carnus and one of Rob Roy's gillies. This must have occurred during MacGregor's stay in Glenshira, a period of about seven years prior to the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. "One Munro (some of his great grandchildren are still about Inveraray, says the account), being the tenant in Carnus, had a heifer which had been housed the previous winter and turned out to moor pasture in summer, and which, in account of the storm, came home and stood before the byre-door. Rob Roy's gillie came to the door of Munro's house wanting lodgings for the night, and on his knocking at the door Munro came out. When the gillie told him he was on his way to Glenorchy, but could not proceed on account of the snow, Munro refused to take him in, and said, 'is that your cow there?' The gillie replied in the affirmative and said, 'since you will not oblige me with a night's lodging, will you oblige by helping me over your farm with the cow?' Munro, glad to be quit of him, conveyed him with the cow to Ardhetal, Glenorchy, where Rob and the other gillies were storm-stayed. They killed the cow, used some of it, and gave the rest to poor people there'. The account goes on to say that Munro summoned Rob Roy and his gillie before the Sheriff, but that all he got for his trouble was a reprimand. However, the justical records fail to mention this case, so perhaps it never actually got as far as the Court. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S321] Clan Munro files - Bardin, Margaret, Margaret Bardin, The Munros of Lochfyneside by Duncan M. Beaton (Reliability: 3).