Martha Sherar

1784 - 1846  (61 years)

• Name	Martha Sherar  [1]
  Born	22 Nov 1784	New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Buried	Jan 1846	Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Died	13 Jan 1846	Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  	Martha died at Somerset Vale in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.
  Person ID	I6440	Munro
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2002

  
  

  Family	Judge Hugh Munro,   b. 24 Aug 1764, , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 25 Sep 1846, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1800	New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. James Munro,   b. 27 Aug 1805, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 12 Aug 1828, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 22 years)   2. William Henry Munro,   b. 1 Oct 1807, St Peter, , New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1887, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 79 years) + 3. Jane Maria Munro,   b. 29 Sep 1809, St Peter, , New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 1846, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 36 years) + 4. Anne Elizabeth Munro,   b. 28 Sep 1811, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1913  (Age 101 years) + 5. George Augustus Munro,   b. 8 Jun 1814, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Alexander Munro,   b. 18 Jun 1816, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1837, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 20 years)   7. John Johnson Munro,   b. 19 Dec 1818, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1842, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 23 years)   8. Elizabeth Lydia Munro,   b. 18 Sep 1821, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1839, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 17 years) + 9. Mary Munro,   b. 31 Dec 1823, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1918, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 94 years)   10. Wallace Robert Munro,   b. 18 Jul 1828, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 4 Feb 1834, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 5 years)   11. Henry Munro,   b. 14 Sep 1830, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1870, Barbados, , , West Indies  (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F2550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Martha was the sister of Sarah Sherar [6253] the wife of Hugh's step cousin William Johnson Munro [6252]. The Sherars were of Scottish Highland origin and were Loyalist refugees from the state of New York. On 19 November 1800 Martha Sherar married Hugh Munro, first cousin of William Johnson Munro, husband of her younger sister Sarah Sherar. Existing papers among her decendants state she was the first child born at the Loyalist Colony in New Carlisle. Family tradition also states that Hugh Munro first declared his intention to marry her when she was yet only 12 years old, and "waited for her to grow up" to marry her. They were married in 1800 three days before her 16th birthday when he (at 20 years older) was 35. New Brunswick "Gleaner" Newspaper, January 24, 1846 DIED - At Somerset Vale, Bathurst, on the 13th Inst., Martha, wife of Hugh Munro, Esq., in the 61st year of her life. In losing Mrs. Munro, society has been deprived of one of its brightest ornaments, and while Providence gave her health and strength, her sabbeth's practice was to repair to the House of God, and there, with patience and humility, listen to the mild truths of the Gospel from the lips from her exemplary minister, the Rev. George McDonnell. She was, likewise, a benevolent friend to the poor, having fed the hungry and clothed the naked. Her remains were followed to the grave by the largest concourse of persons ever witnessed in Bathurst. PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE OF THOMAS SHERAR. Copied from the origional document by Leila Chisholm Scott; January 7, 1993; New Carlisle, Quebec. To all to whom these presents shall come Hugh Munro of Bathurst in the County of Gloucester and Province of New Brunswick sends greetings. Whereas THOMAS SHERAR late of New Carlisle in the County of Bonaventure and Province of Lower Canada, Esquire, did make his last will and testament on a day bye gone ordaining such as just and equal distribution of his worldly effects to be made after his death and that of his wife, by the Executors duly appointed in just proportion amongst the legal heirs of the estate in question agreeable to the State of the Inventor that should be so taken. And whereas the said late testator did not long survive the said will, that his Lady Spouse has since followed and that such division has been made amongst the legal and respective heirs as was deemed the nearest approach in substance to the intentions of the Testator as far as the Inventory furnished Stock, and as there appears yet property belonging to the said Estate that had not been taken into account, namely a lot known as the Government building and a number of the lots and parks in the Town of New Carlisle owned by George Longmore Esquire and sold for a given sum to the Testator in his lifetime by the said George Longmore Esquire as may be seen by sale and transfer of the owners with one or more rear Country Lots - NOW know ye that I the said Hugh Munro do fore and in behalf of my wife MARTHA as an heiress of the said Estate and in connection with her have made, ordained, constituted and appointed and by these presents, do make, ordain, consttute and appoint JAMES DAY Esquire of Paspebiac in the County of Bonaventure and Province of Lower Canada also one of the Executors of the aforsaid last will and testament as our true and lawful attorney for and in our name and to our use to enter into, and upon, and to take possession of all and singular the unsettled houses, manors, , farms, lands and tenements, known and distinguished as the property above drescribed belonging to the aforesaid Estate, or as much of the same as appears warrented by the best titles and evidence of titles extent and equal to any other titles that may be set up in opposition to the same and to do all and singular on our part and behalf that may by sale and acquittance or any other mode of adjustment proper and necessary to be done for the benefit of the Estate and general interest of the heirships therein concerned in as full and ample a manner as if we were either or both of us personally present acting in the premises; hereny ratifying and confirming for good and valid all and singular whatsoever our said attorney shall lawfully do, or cause to be done in and about the premises by virtue of these presents. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and affixed our seal at Bathurst aforesaid this twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. H. MUNRO MARTHA MUNRO Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: WILLIAM MUNRO GEORGE A. MUNRO Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas, Henry Dallas Munro, GEDCOM file - prepared 8 Oct 1996 - RIN 125 (Reliability: 3). [S14] Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas, Henry Dallas Munro, GEDCOM file - prepared 8 Oct 1996 - RIN 126 (Reliability: 3).