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Ephraim Monro

Ephraim Monro

Male 1774 - 1840  (66 years)

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  • Name Ephraim Monro  [1
    Born 19 Mar 1774  Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Sep 1840  Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Juniper Hill Cem, Bristol, , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7642  Munro
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2003 

    Father Doctor Thomas Munroe,   b. 4 May 1731, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1785, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Sarah Pearse,   b. 21 Dec 1742, Of, Bristol Ferry, Bristol Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1830, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1767  Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F73  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Peck,   b. 4 Oct 1771, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1849, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1797  [1
    Children 
    +1. George Brownwell Monro,   b. 17 Oct 1798, Mt. Ephraim, Bristol, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1869, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +2. William Pearse Monro,   b. 9 Mar 1801, Mt. Ephraim, Bristol, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1885  (Age 83 years)
     3. Betsey Peck Monro,   b. 12 Jun 1803, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1879  (Age 76 years)
     4. John Monro,   b. 1 Oct 1807, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1807, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Nancy Monro,   b. 21 Mar 1811, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1811, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. Martha Brownell Monro,   b. 25 Feb 1813, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1813, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Martha Brownell Monro,   b. 12 Jun 1814, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1814, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F3272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ephraim was a blacksmith. He bought the farm on Crooked Lane in Bristol, Rhode Island, which he called "Mt. Ephraim". The house is still standing on Bayview Ave., but about 1944 it was divided and the ell moved about 75 feet to the south to make another house.

      Ref: Lexington Munroes, 2nd ed. 13-41-5
      Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  • Sources 
    1. [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 585 (Reliability: 3).