Janet Munro, of Milntown of Katewell

Notes:

Janet inherited the estate of Milntown of Katewell.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - p. iv, L/66,
M/58, M/59, M/65

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
391-392, 506

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

Janet married William Munro in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. William (son of Rev John Munro, of Alness and Catherine Abernethy) was born about 1628 in Of, Milntown, Of, Katewell; died in in , , , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Munro, Of Nonikiln. John (son of Hector Munro, of Nonikiln and Jean Munro) was born about 1640 in Of, Nonikiln, Scotland; died in 1705 in Of, Tearivan, Kiltearn Par., Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The second wife of John Munro of Miltown of Katewell was Ann Bethune of Culnaskeath, widow of John Bain, minister of Dingwall.

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) M/59 & M/60

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/59

"Janet his eldest daughter on her Brother Hughs death married Wm. son to Mr John Munro Minister of Alnes by whom she had John and Anne."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/60

"John of Miltown of Catwall by a daughter of Teanards had Robert."

"John m first Christian dr of Alexander of Teanord and as well as Robert had Hugh and Christian, and second Ann Bethune of Culnaskeath widow of John Bain min of Dingwall."

Name appears frequently in Session records of Kiltearn and presbytery records of Dingwall, In 1725 appointed with Colonel Robert Munro of Foulis, George Munro of Linlair and David Bethune of Culnaskea to attend meeting of Synod of Ross and Sutherland. Married (1) only daughter of Alexander Munro of Teanoird. She died before 21 June 1723 and he married (2) Ann Bethune of Cilnaskea, widow of Rev. John Bain, minister of Dingwall.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - p. iv

John's name frequently appears in the Session records of Kiltearn, and in the Presbytery records of Dingwall. On 20 Feb 1710, the Session appointed him an "informer" to report to them regarding the behavior of the people in his district.

On 7 Sep 1725, he was appointed, along with Colonel Robert Munro of Fowlis, George Munro of Limlair, and David Bethune of Culnaskea, to attend the next meeting of the Synod of Ross and Sutherland, and prosecute a call given by the parishioners of Kiltearn to the Rev. John Balfour, minister of Logie-Easter.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
393, 402

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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:

«i»Alexander Monro, younger of Teanaird fl1666/82 Eldest son of William Monro of Teanaird & Catherine Munro of Foulis; on record 1666, 1674, 1682; said to have suc. father in Teanaird, but not found on record as such; m. 1680 *Isobel Ross, & had issue - George (d. young), Christian (m. John Munro of Milton of Katewell). May have predeceased father, as brother Farquhar was 'tutor of Teanaird' in 1703 - prob. to nephew George. *thus 'Earls of Ross'; Munro Tree says Catherine.

Munro Tree M/80 - wife Catherine [& 60 for dr]; Mackenzie,p. 401 - wife Isobel; Mackintosh Muniments, no. 501; Foulis Writs no. 255; Fasti, Medii Aevi, ed. D.E.R. Watt, vii 56; F.N. Reid, «u»Earls of Ross«/u», p. 28 - wife Isobel from Shandwick pedigree; NAS «u»Register of Sasines for Inverness, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland«/u» 2 Nov 1682 - per D. Gordon.«/i»
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
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.

Family/Spouse: Ann Bethune. Ann (daughter of Peter Bethune and Jean Munro) was born about 1686 in Of, Culnaskeath; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Christian Munro before 1708. Christian (daughter of Alexander Munro, of Teanoird and Catherine Ross) was born about 1683; died about 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) M/59

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/59

"Janet his eldest daughter on her Brother Hughs death married Wm. son to Mr John Munro Minister of Alnes by whom she had John and Anne."

Anne (or Ann) was married and had children.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
393

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

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

BIO:The Katewell and Milnton of Katewell branches of the Munro Family Tree are poorly recorded and documented in the existing Munro records in Scotland. Alexander Mackenzie (among other historians) had few records to construct this genealogy other than those in the unpublished "Munro Tree" and the main order of the Katewell estate successions. He names John as Janet and William Munro's "only son" although this is contradicted by the 1768 "Birthbrief" written and signed by Harry Munro of Fowlis and heads of other cadet families and James Fraser, Minister of Alness, which names HUGH also as a son. [See BIRTHBRIEF - ANCESTRY OF CAPT. HON. JOHN MUNRO 1728-1800]. Mackenzie also failed to record a grandson of William and Janet's named HUGH. Although Mackenzie's "MUNRO FAMILY" book is still the primary published source for Munro genealogy, a number of errors have been discovered and proven in this volume. The proponderance of evidence established in the John Munro birthbrief, supported by detailed research of that document in both Scotland and America by Clan Munro Historian R. W.Munro, and all other available Munro sources support the conclusion that this Hugh Munro IS the son of William and Janet of Milnton of Katewell.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Hugh married Christiana Munro about 1725 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Christiana (daughter of Hugh Munro, Of Tullochue and Elizabeth Munro) was born about 1706 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; died in in , , , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian (or Christina) and her two younger sisters were left orphans at a young age. Her father died in 1705, when Christian was only nine years old. It is said that the Mackenzies, who knew that she would succeed to a fair fortune for those days, resolved to kidnap her in order to marry her to one of their own relatives when she arrived at a suitable age. The old family nurse placed Christian in a creel, covered her over with cabbages, and walked down one avenue from the house with the creel on her back while the Mackenzies rode up the other.

The faithful nurse in this way got clear away with her charge and found her way to Foulis Castle, where Sir Robert, the twenty-third Baron, received her hospitably, and agreed, on the solicitations of the nurse, to bring up the girl until she arrived at an age to choose a husband for herself. The "Heiress of the Creel" as she was called, ultimately married Sir Robert's son, George.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/66, Y/1

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
161, 507

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

Family/Spouse: George Munro, Of Culcairn. George (son of Sir Robert Munro, XXIII of Foulis, 5th Baronet and Jean Forbes) was born on 18 Sep 1685 in Of, Culcairn, Scotland; died on 31 Aug 1746 in Locharkaigside, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref. (1) calls her Jean and ref. (2) calls her Janet. Ref. (2) also has another daughter in this family called Jean. There are probably errors here.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/24, L/66

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
472, 507

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

Birth:
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.

Family/Spouse: Kenneth Munro. Kenneth (son of John Munro, Of Inveran and Lilias McKenzie) was born about 1675 in Of, Inveran, Scotland; died in 1775 in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref. (1) mentions a daughter named Jean married to Kenneth Munro. Ref. (2) says Kenneth Munro was married to Janet and that there was another daughter named Jean. There is confusion in this area.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/24, L/66

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
393, 507

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

Birth:
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.

Notes:

Ref. (1) does not mention this daughter.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/24, L/66

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
393, 507

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

Birth:
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.

Family/Spouse: Robert Douglas, Of Katewell. Robert was born about 1700; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Munro of Milntown of Katewell.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/60

"John of Miltown of Catwall by a daughter of Teanards had Robert."

"John m first Christian dr of Alexander of Teanord and as well as Robert had Hugh and Christian, and second Ann Bethune of Culnaskeath widow of John Bain min of Dingwall."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/61

"Robert his son younger of Milntown of Catwall."

"Robert m and had son John; Mackenzie 394-5 differs."

Removed to Jamaica.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Robert was better known as "Rob-Mor-Rhi-fhearchar." It appears that his father had sold or alienated the estate of Milntown of Katewell, and Robert used this name because he lived at Rhi-fhearchar in the vicinity of Loch Glass.

He was a tall, well-built, powerful man, capable of great endurance, famed for his ready resource in trying difficulties. There are many stories giving account of his bravery and feats of strength.

One such story tells of his encounter with a bullock on one of the slopes of Ben Wyvis. The animal had been turned out to the hills to graze, and left there so long that it became quite wild. When the time came to bring it home, Robert sent one of his men for it. The man returned home, informing his master that the beast had become so wild that whenever he went near it, it charged him, so that he was obliged to show it a clean pair of heels.

Next day another man was sent, but he fared no better. The third day, Robert himself started on the same errand, taking a stout cudgel with him. Towards evening he was seen slowly wending his way homewards astride the bullock's back. When he arrived he nimbly leaped off, saying, "You cowardly fellows, it is the quietest animal I ever came across." the men replied, "That is very strange. It charged us so furiously as to make us fly." "So it did me," replied Robert, "but it discovered that it was of no use. When I saw it coming on to charge me, I prepared to receive it, and when it came up to me I caught it by the horns, turned round its neck, and laid it on its side. Before it had time to recover from its surprise I was astride its back. When it got up it turned round to go up the hill. I gave it a blow on the side of the nose with my cudgel. It turned round the other way. I shifted the stick to the other hand, and gave it a blow on that side. It then understood that it had its master on its back and at once decided to obey him."

Robert moved from Rhi-fhearchar to Boginturee, where he died at an advanced age.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
393-394

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

Family/Spouse: Isabella Munro. Isabella (daughter of Farquhar Munro, of Teanoird and Janet Munro) was born about 1690; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) M/60

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/60

"John m first Christian dr of Alexander of Teanord and as well as Robert had Hugh and Christian, and second Ann Bethune of Culnaskeath widow of John Bain min of Dingwall."

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) M/60

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/60

"John m first Christian dr of Alexander of Teanord and as well as Robert had Hugh and Christian, and second Ann Bethune of Culnaskeath widow of John Bain min of Dingwall."

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

BIO:In the "Birth Brief" stating the pedigree of John Munro it is stated "he is the youngest but only surviving son", so therefore had at least one older brother.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

John was born near Foulis Castle, on an adjacent Munro estate in Ross-shire, Scotland, and spent his childhood there. His birth date is accepted as 1728, although sources have stated 1731.

When war broke out between the French and British in the American Colonies in 1755, a call was put out for soldiers to expand the 48th foot, and John joined this regiment where Munro's had served before with distinction. Some sources have stated that he was a "Subaltern", but in documentation by his own hand, he states he was a Sergeant in the 48th. Some references list him as a Major in the 48th, but this is an error which probably originated from the fact that he later was a Captain in the King's Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution.

He was posted with the 48th to the American Colonies in 1756 for the French-Indian wars, and arrived in America on 8 Jun 1756. He was stationed at the fort in Albany.

John was well educated and had moved in the upper levels of the social circles in Scotland. He was soon well acquainted and became a confederate and military companion of Sir William Johnson, kin of the DeLancey family, and became a member of the aristocratic level of the English and Dutch social community.

On 12 Apr 1758, he may have married Jane Caldwell, of the socially prominent Caldwell and Van Courtlandt families. Although no marriage record has been found, there exists a marriage bond for a couple with these names bearing a signature comparable to the same John Munro. However, on his subsequent marriage to Mary Brouwer in 1760, John is not listed as a widower, so it is doubtful that the marriage actually took place.

John was active throughout the French-Indian campaigns and served with Sir William Johnson in some campaigns. He was present with his Regiment at the capitulation of Quebec. He obtained an early discharge from the Army in 1760, and settled on Crown land grants on the Hudson River in New York Province. His grants and purchases totaled almost 15,000 acres.

On 5 Apr 1760, he married Mary (or Maria) Brower (also called Maritje Talbot Gilbert Bruere). She was the daughter of Cornelius and Cornelia (Barlieyt) Brower (or Brouwer) of Schenectady, New York. At this time, John was engaged in the mercantile business in Schenectady and became rather affluent. Before the American Revolutionary War, he moved to Albany and went into business there. While he lived in Albany, he was an elder and trustee in the Scottish Presbyterian Church.

In 1767, he built a home on the east side of the Hudson River in Shaftsbury and named his estate Fowlis. His business continued to expand until it included grain and lumber mills, a nail factory and other enterprises. He was active in political and social circles and was appointed Magistrate and Justice of the Peace of the New Hampshire holdings, a controversial area claimed by both New York and New Hampshire. Intolerant of raids conducted by The Green Mountain Boys, John became embroiled in a protracted struggle with Ethan Allen and his New Hampshire supporters for ownership of the same land.

Tensions grew as the American Revolutionary War drew closer, and John, who was known for his unswerving loyalty to the crown, was soon marked by the local Patriots. When the New Hampshire contingent seized the opportunity to discredit him, he went to New York to meet with General McLean, his old military commander, who enrolled him as a Captain in the new Royal Highland Emigrants 84th Regiment, which was being raised from Loyalists in New York, many of them previous British troops. Later McLean cited him as being the first to report for duty.

McLean commissioned him to return to Vermont and raise a company of Loyalist recruits and to provide intelligence and information on rebel troops, supplies, provisions, arms etc. He used his own money to finance his operations, depleting his farm stores to equip and support the troops he raised. He had several adventures while delivering dispatches and escorting British dignitaries through the rebel lines between New York and the British forts around Quebec and Montreal.

Eventually John was seized and imprisoned for 18 months for his Loyalist acts. He was offered freedom if he would accept a commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the American Army, but he refused. He was one of the first Loyalists imprisoned at the Fleet Prison at Esopus. Eventually he was rescued from captivity by his compatriots. Once free, he resumed his Loyalist activities meeting with General Tryon on board the British warship Dutchess of Gordon, where he received 100 pounds with which to pay his recruits and a dispatch to take to the Bishop of Quebec.

On his return from Canada, he was recaptured. This time he was sentenced to be hung and narrowly escaped that fate by rescue and flight to the British lines.

John joined General Burgoyne in the New York campaign, but realizing that he is about to be defeated, Burgoyne sent John and other well known Loyalists to Canada to avert their being captured by the Americans.

Reporting to the British Army at Quebec, he found that the Royal Highland Emigrant commissions were all filled. Instead, he received a commission as Captain in Sir John Johnson's new King's Royal Regiment of New York. Now wearing his red British Uniform as a captain of the first battalion, he officially joined the American Revolutionary War. Eventually he enlisted his oldest son, Hugh, and an Ensign, then Lieutenant in his battalion, and his three other sons as privates.

During John's imprisonment and flight Mary remained at the Bennington estate and she and her children became prisoners or hostages of the Patriot Cause. They were allowed to stay in the house and keep two milk cows to provide for the children, but they soon found themselves in dire straights as the Munro estate was picked clean by vindictive neighbors. In desperation, Mary wrote the following letter to John in Montreal:

Mr dear John

I hope when you receive these few lines they may find you in good health. Your Dear Children are all well, as for myself I am in a poor state of health and very much distresst. I must leave my house in a very short time, and God knows where I shall get a place to put my head on, for my own relations are my greatest enemys, the mills they have had a long time in their possession -- likewaise all your tenants houses and lands -- They have distressed me beyond expression. I have scarcly a mouthful of bread for myself or Childer for heavens sake my dear Mr. Munro send me some relief by the first safe hand. Is there no possibility of your sending for us, if their is no method fallen upon we shall perish, for you can have no idea of our sufferings here, let me once more entreat you to try every method to save your family - my heart is so full it is ready to break -- Adew my Dearest John May God Almighty bless and preserve and protect you, that we may live to see each other is the constant prayers of Your affectionate tho afflicted wife
Mary Munro P.S. The Childer send their love to you

[Public Archives of Canada
MG 21, Vol B214, Pg 35]

In 1778, after receiving this letter, Captain Munro wrote to British authorities and Governor Clinton pleading with them to intervene with the American Generals to allow his wife and children to move to Canada as she and their seven children hadn't enough to eat. His plea was successful and Mary left Shaftsbury using money she got from selling some silver plate that she had hidden from her persecutes. She went first to Schenectady but relatives there refused to shelter or help her. She was finally aided by a friend or relative and made her way to Lake Champlain over the roads and Indian trails. There she was provided transportation by boat to Crown point and Fort St. John. John met her there and took her to Montreal where he obtained quarters for the family. In 1784, at the close of hostilities, she was established at L'Assumption.

Although the seven children seemed to survive this adventure with little effect, Mary became very ill. She eventually recovered, but she suffered from the debilitating effects of these years for the remainder of her life.

Mary was widowed in 1800 and died in Upper Canada, at another manor house and estate called Fowlis, on 12 Apr 1815, aged 76 years, 6 months and 3 days.

John was mustered out of the military at half pay in 1781, but John Johnson requested that he help with Land Claims for displaced Loyalists, and he spent three years in England lobbying for settlements for these claimants as well as for himself before returning to Ontario with no success and virtually penniless.

In 1784 he accepted Land Grants in the Lunenburg, Upper Canada area, settled by his compatriots from the First Battalion, and was instrumental in settling the Matilda township (later Dundas County). He built a home and established mills and other enterprises.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOHN MUNRO, ESQUIRE Filed 16 Dec 1800 (Surrogate Court Records of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Wills 1800-1821, Microfilm Reel 862340, Ontario Archives)

"I give and bequeath to my loving wife MARY MUNRO during her natural life my dwelling house with so much of the furniture as will be necessary for her comfort and support, together with so much of the live cattle as she might have question for, that in any case any of my sons should marry, and that she might wish to remove that then and in that case the other house on the farm shall be repaired and made comfortable and warm, that she shall be supported from the income of the property under the direction of the Executors as shall be hereafter named in this my will, that in case it should so happen that either of my sons or daughters should leave her under this protection, she is to have the same allowance from the estate as if she were living by herself, in order to compensate them for their support, I further will, that twelve hundred acres that I have located in her own name shall be within her own right to will to whom she pleases at her death. It is also my will that each of my children shall enjoy twelve hundred acres to each, that is to say, to HARRY 1200 acres, to JOHN 1200 acres, to WILLIAM 1200 acres, to CHRISTINA 1200 acres, to CHARLOTTE 1200 acres, to CORNELIA 1200 acres, which I have located for them, and shall do my duty to have the same granted in their own names, with respect to my Military Lands. It is my will that no part should be disposed of, unless necessity requires it to pay my debts, until such time as land will become of full value.

To my three grandchildren I give and bequeath the twelve hundred acres granted to me by the Government for giving up my claim to the township, that is to say, to Hugh's SON four hundred acres, to JOHN MOUNT four hundred acres, and to Cornelius' Son JOHN four hundred acres, to be equally divided between them. The remaining rest of my property to be divided between my three sons HENRY,WILLIAM and JOHN, reserving to my son HENRY the money he has advanced for the payment of land purchased from his brother HUGH. That in case I shall not be able to obtain some lands for my son Hugh's children, HENRY, JOHN and WILLIAM will give a fourth part of the undivided remains to his children, when the property is divided, but in case I shall be able to get lands for himself or his children and in that case the remainder of any property is vested in Henry, John and William and to their heirs and assigns forever.

I beg and pray that my children shall agree amongst themselves and it is my will in case of any dispute in settling among themselves it shall be finally settled by my Executors and not be any mean go to court and that the settlement made by the Executors shall be binding and finally settled.

I further will and authorize my Executors to make sale and dispose of so much of my property as will be necessary to pay my debts which may be honestly due upon the Estate after my decease if it cannot be otherwise discharged. I struggle hard and shall so long as God is pleased to spare me in this life to clear my Estate of incumbrance that whatever remains may be of service to my dear family.

I bequeath to my son CORNELIUS my sword and I hope he will think I have done by him as well as the rest of his brothers, they are all equally beloved by their poor old father, and if I should err in any way in this my will its not with a design to favor one more than the other, that they will be friendly and kind to one another and that they will never see one another in distress without giving relief to each other, and they will be prudent, careful, and industrious to make the best use of what may remain of the Estate after all debts is paid. I do appoint my loving Nephew HUGH MUNRO, ESQ., Doctor PHILLIP MOUNT, Malcolm McMartin, Esq., my Cousin HUGH MUNRO, Esq., THOMAS FRASER, Esq., and my son HENRY MUNRO or any three of them, to be my Executors, giving these full power and authority and anything to do all lawful deeds and acts, the same as I would do in my lifetime.

For the use and benefit of my poor family I further will that my son HENRY, DR. PHILIP MOUNT shall be trustees to oversee and regulate all and everything belonging to my Estate to prevent waste or mismanagement in carrying this my will on to Execution and last of all I give all my loving family my blessing, praying that God may bless and prosper them in this life and in the life to come.

In witness whereof I hereunder set my hand seal at the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.
(s) John Munro
Signed, sealed and published and delivered by the Testator JOHN MUNRO as and for his last will and testament in presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names respectively as witnesses: (s) Rev. F.C.L.Broeffle, br T. Fraser, CORNs Munro"

LETTER FROM JOHN MUNRO TO CHILDREN (Accompanies Will) "My dear children and friends, my Executors in which I have every confidence to do all for the best. I request that you will bear all your Mother's unfortunate temper with patience as I have done and that she might have what will be sufficient to keep her comfortable during her lifetime. I should have appointed her Executrix, but being sensible of her disposition, I conceived it dangerous to the interest of all the family as her rashness of temper might lead her to what she afterwards would be sorry for, injurious to herself or her children.

I request that my silver watch will be delivered to my son WILLIAM, and my miniature picture be given to my son HUGH, being my oldest ... any clothing I may have to my son JOHN. I further request of all my children to let John have the best part in making the decision in consideration of him staying with his father and mother to carry on the business, and be good to him, for he is little acquainted with the world and the nature of mankind to guard against every advantage which may be taken of him, which is indeed my reason for not giving him more power.

Be kind and friendly to one another upon all occasions and should it so happen that the one is more successful than another let him give his assistance to him who may be in want, resoluting that all blessings is from the Hand of Providence.

I shall leave a list of what I may be indebted at the time of making this my last will and testament as near as I can recollect.

God grant you his blessing which is the prayer and will be while.
(s) John Munro"

The family erected a stone at his original burial site which was later flooded by the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. It stated "The Honorable John Munro, Esq. one of his Majesty's Legislative Council of Upper Canada, Formerly Captain in the King's late Royal Regiment of New York who died 27th of October, 1800 age 72 years."

The Munro burial marker stones were relocated at the Riverside Heights U.E.L. Memorial Cemetery with Honors in 1968. Also included in the new burial plot, surrounded with an ornate wrought iron fence, was the grave site of his wife Mary with the following inscription: "Here lies the remains of Mary Brewer (sic) relict of the late Hon. John Munro who departed this life the 12 April AD 1815 age 76 years. This humble monument is erected to her revered memory by her affectionate daughter Charlotte Munro de Lotbinere." The spelling of her name varies in references, however, the error in spelling here occurred when the old original markers were refaced and a copy of the old inscription was engraved on the new marble back in preparation for the UEL Memorial.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No. 2 - p. 5

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 29-30

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - New York Unconnected Monroes

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

Died:
John died at Dickinson's Landind.

Buried:
John's original burial site was flooded by the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. In 1968, the marker stones were moved to the Riverside Heights U.E.L. Memorial Cemetery.

John married Mary Brower on 5 Apr 1760 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA. Mary was born on 9 Oct 1738 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA; was christened on 14 Oct 1738 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA; died on 12 Apr 1815 in Morrisburg, , Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1968 in Riverside Heights, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Munro was married first in Britain to Donald Munro, a British officer. After she was widowed, she and her son were brought to America under the charge of a second Donald Munro who was also a British officer in the same regiment as her first husband. She and this second Donald Munro were later married.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

!In the Memoir of Sarah Harriet Munro Fitton a note is made of John Munro's

"brother" (actually brother-in-law) Donald, who came to America with the 60th Regiment for the Revolutionary War and married a sister of John Munro "who had come to America in his protection" (1774 ) accompanied by her young son, Hugh Munro and a daughter. She was then a widow; her previous husband having been a "brother officer" of Donald's.

"Donald Munro born c. 1740; married 27 July 1774 at New York City 1st Presbyterian Church Margaret Munro, widow of another Donald who died in England, a British officer. She was brought to America with a son Hugh by this Donald who married her. He was of the same Regt. as her deceased husband. Son Hugh became Judge Munro of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada." THE MONROE BOOK by Joan Guilford, 1993 Genealogy Pub.;Franklin, NC; Pg 574.

In the passenger listing of the Brig St. Peter, on transporting Loyalist settlers to Paspebiac, Qaspe' Peninsula, Quebec in 1784 were listed:"Donald Munro with wife and 1 daughter (age 13); Hugh Munro, single."

When Donald Munro signed his will (written 1814, shortly before death) he designated as his "sole surviving heir" Hugh Munro, his "step-son". There is no mention of either wife or daughter, so they must have preceeded him in death.

Although "the sister of John Munro" is mentioned in several references pertaining to Loyalists and the Revolutionary War, none of them list her by christian name.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Family/Spouse: Donald Munro. Donald (son of Hugh Munro and Christiana Munro) was born in 1720-1746 in , , , Scotland; died before 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Donald Munro about 1768 in , , New York, USA. Donald was born about 1725 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; died about 1814 in St. Peters, Glouchester Co., New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Donald Munro was a British officer. After his death, his wife and son were taken to America under the charge of another British officer from her husband's regiment who was also named Donald Munro. She later married this second Donald Munro.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

This unidentified Munro was an officer in the British Army; married to the "sister of John Munro"; a "fellow officer of John and Donald Munro"; he was the father of the child, Hugh Munro, who came to America with his mother who married Donald Munro. He died prior to 1770 or the French and Indian War.

Donald Munro was a British officer. After his death, his wife and son were taken to America under the charge of another British officer from her husband's regiment who was also named Donald Munro. She later married this second Donald Munro.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Family/Spouse: Margaret Munro. Margaret (daughter of Hugh Munro and Christiana Munro) was born about 1730 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; died in in Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Munro of Culcairn (sometime of Bombay) married the daughter of Thomas Ross of Calrossie.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/68 & Y/2

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/67

"Christane married Captaine George Munro of Culcarn son to Fowlis by whom he had Mr John Andrew George and Duncan."

"Mr John Munro younger of Culcarn."

"John of Culcairn, sometime of Bombay, d 24 Aug 1766 (FW 375, Love's Vestiges of Old Madras ii 549, Scots Mag 1766 p 437); wife Katharine dr of Thomas Ross of Calrossie d 11 Jun 1757 (Scots Mag 326)."

John appears to have led a quiet country life at home. In 1751, he established a bleachfield on the spot where later the Culcairn mills stood. It was then the only one in the county of Ross. For several years it succeeded pretty well, but after John's death it passed through the hands of different managers, and was not so successful.

John married Katharine, the daughter of Thomas Ross of Calrossie.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 162

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Birth:
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Family/Spouse: Katharine Ross. Katharine was born est 1721; died on 11 May 1757 in Newton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/67 & Y/3

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/67

"Christane married Captaine George Munro of Culcarn son to Fowlis by whom he had Mr John Andrew George and Duncan."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Y/3

"Andrew Munro his [Captain George Munro's] 2d son."

Andrew was not married.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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

Birth:
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.

Notes:

George was a surgeon who served in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/67 & Y/4

"Christane married Captaine George Munro of Culcarn son to Fowlis by whom he had Mr John Andrew George and Duncan."

"George Munro his [Captain George Munro's] 3d son..."

"George, surgeon 3rd Regt Foot Guards and nephew of Sir Robert d London 14 Dec 1748 (Scots Mag 614 & see ib 1750 p 206); he and brother Duncan both called doctors of medicine in notes by descendant Mrs Balfour Melville (Berthon MS opp 154)."

George was not married.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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

Birth:
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.

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/31, Y/4, Y/5

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
162, 477

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

Family/Spouse: Hugh Munro, of Achany. Hugh (son of William Munro, III, of Achany and Isabel McPherson) was born about 1716; died in 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Duncan was a doctor of medicine.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/67 & Y/4

"Christane married Captaine George Munro of Culcarn son to Fowlis by whom he had Mr John Andrew George and Duncan."

"...Duncan Munro his [Captain George Munro's] 4th son."

"...he [George Munro] and brother Duncan both called doctors of medicine in notes by descendant Mrs Balfour Melville (Berthon MS opp 154)."

Duncan was not married.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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

Birth:
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.

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Y/4, Y/5

"His [Captain George Munro's] daughters are Munros 1 Anne..."

Anne was not married.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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

Notes:

Jane (or Jean) Munro.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Y/4

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Y/5

"His [Captain George Munro's] daughters are Munros...2 Jean Lady Garty..."

"Jane m Alexander Gordon of Garty..."

Jane had two sons. The first, William, died in infancy. Her husband died shortly after the birth of their second son, Alexander.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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

Birth:
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.

Family/Spouse: Alexander Gordon, Of Garty. Alexander was born about 1727 in Of, Garty, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref. (2) places Christian (or Christina) as the daughter of Hugh Munro of Achany.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Y/4, Y/5

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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

Birth:
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.

Family/Spouse: Robert Gordon, Of Rhyn. Robert was born about 1729 in Of, Rhyn, Scotland; died in in Of, Invercarron, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Janet was maid of honor to the Queen of King William IV of Holland.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - R/32, Y/4, Y/5

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
161-162, 495-497

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

Family/Spouse: Andrew Munro. Andrew (son of George Munro, Of Limlair and Catherine Munro) was born about 1724 in Of, Limlair, Scotland; died about 1809 in Prob., Alness, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Y/4

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Y/5

"His [Captain George Munro's] daughters are Munros...5 Helen..."

Helen was not married.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 162

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

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/24

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
472, 507

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

Notes:

William was a Captain of Marines.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
507

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

Birth:
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Family/Spouse: Jane Bain. Jane was born about 1724; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Flora had children.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
507

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

Birth:
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.

Family/Spouse: Forrester. was born about 1725 in Of, Cromarty, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Munro of Milton of Katewell.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/61

"Robert m and had son John; Mackenzie 394-5 differs."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/62

"John of Milton of Katewell was father of Dr Robert, physician and surgeon in Jamaica."

"The Munro Tree" says his name was John, ref 1 says Donald. He lived all his life at Boginturee.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
395

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

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the will of the Hon. John Munro (her father), dated April 12, 1800, Christina is named to inherit 1200 acres of land. Her son JOHN MOUNT is also named to inherit 400 acres as a "grandchild".

Her husband "Doctor Philip Mount" is named as an executor of John's will and estate. Philip Mount received Lots 6 and 7 in 3rd con. by Crown Patent in Sept 1797. This was probably land that Christiana was entitled to as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist when she married as it adjoins other land the Hon. John Munro claimed for his children.

Christiana died in 1836, being a widow since her husband, Philip died in 1816. In deeds dated May 1837 and July 1839 these lots were sold with the following list of inheritors and owners:Francis Mount, John Mount, Philip Mount, Christina Mount, Joseph Mount, Henry Mount, Mary Mount, Helene Mount and William Mount. In the 1839 sale the six Mount sons are listed (Francis, John, Philip, Henry, Joseph and William) as well as the following: Mary Davert, Helen Davert, Francis C. Davert, Louis C. Davert, Christina McDougall and Christina Mount.

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

Christiana married Philippe Magante Mount on 29 Aug 1786 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Philippe was born about 1753; died on 31 Dec 1815 in St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe Co., Quebec, Canada; was buried on 2 Jan 1816 in Lachenaie, , Lower Canada, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Cornelia Munro had no children by either her marriage to Alan Patterson or her later marriage to Thomas Fraser. The Alexander Patterson and Jannet Patterson who sold Crown lots 4 and 5 in Matilda and the E 1/2 of Lot 9 Con 4 in 1853 1nd 1854 were children of Allen Patterson's brother Robert.

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

Cornelia married Allen Paterson on 7 Feb 1784 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Allen was born in 1752; died in 1809 in Morrisburg, Matilda, Ontario, Upper Canada; was buried in 1809 in Morrisburg, Matilda, Ontario, Riverside Uel ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cornelia married Thomas Fraser about 1815 in , , Ontario, Canada. Thomas was born in 1748 in Strathrich, Inverness, Scotland; died in 1821 in , , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Hugh was the oldest son of John and Maria, but their third child as he was preceeded by two sisters. He was born in Albany City, New York, where his father was a merchant. He would have been nearly five years old when they moved to their new home in the Albany County wilderness - later to become part of the state of Vermont. These would have been busy times for his parents as his father continued to build his new estate and oversee the clearing and planting of the fields, the workings of the new mills, and the settlement of numerous small tenant farmers.

According to the old Scottish practice, as the oldest son, Hugh would be expected to eventually manage and inherit the main property at the Fowlis estate upon his father's death, and he would be educated and trained for that occupation.

Hugh had a very busy childhood. He was probably schooled at home or with a tutor until there was an appropriate school available. He would ride out with his father to visit the tenant farmers, and oversee the workings at the mills, potash works and forges. In addition he would be a silent witness to the many casual meetings and conferences where John helped his many friends and neighbors with their problems.

Hugh witnessed the distress of his father's tenants and settlers who were accosted and attacked by Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys," who thought they had a prior right to the land through their adjoining New Hampshire grants. Allen was determined to drive John Munro, "The Yorker," from his lands, or discredit him to break his influence with the settlers. The conflict escalated, and Hugh was home when the Allen cohorts burst into the manorhouse at Fowlis and bullied his mother and frightened his brothers and sisters before his father finally managed to eject them from the house, and then drive them from the yard where they had tried to set fire to the porch and house. He also helped to carry water in the vain attempt to control the fire at the potash works also set by the same unruly mob.

By 1775 Hugh was 11 years old, and wise beyond his years with the knowledge that political conflict was spreading through the land like wildfire. As expected, he and his mother bore the responsibility for the estate on the ever more frequent occasions when his father was absent on some mysterious errand about the countryside, or to Albany, Schenectady, or even Boston or New York. He was firmly bound with his father in his unswerving loyalty to King George, and heard many heated discussions about local "loyalists" and "rebels." He overheard enough to know that his father was secretly encouraging veterans of the old regiments to sign up for service in Captain John's new loyalist company in the Scottish Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment newly formed by British General Alan McLean.

Then, the summer before Hugh had his 12th birthday, the whole secure world at Fowlis suddenly was blown apart for the Munros. John was arrested and taken to Albany to appear before the rebel Committee of Safety to ascertain his political leanings and to prove he was not spying for the Crown. He testified and was parolled, then arrested and required to appear again. During his absence light-fingered cohorts of the Allen gang and fellow patriots visited Mary to bully and frighten her and the tenants, and also to liberate usable items from the Munro estate.

The family's worst fears are confirmed when they recieve word that John had been thrown into the Albany prison as a Loyalist Tory and traitor to the American cause. Eventually John's name appeared on the list of landowners whose estates were to be confiscated for activity against the new independant American Colonies, and a committee arrived to strip the estate of all remaining supplies, stock, horses, and even to ransack the house for any useful plunder that may have been overlooked on previous occasions. At first a fairly sympathetic rebel allowed Mary to retain one riding horse and saddle for their use, but he later reconsidered this generosity and sent it away with the others. After he heard her plea in the name of her seven children, he allowed her to keep one milk cow - but only as a loan until it may also be called for. Hugh struggled to help Mary find enough for the family to eat from day to day.

John was identified as being too influencial to be risked, so he was sentenced to be hung. He was put in irons and is sent to a prison ship on the Hudson River near Esopus. Mary was desperate when she heard he was not at Albany. She was told that he was hung. John was told that his wife and family were all murdered.

After 18 months in prison, John escaped with a group of prisoners and found his way to the British lines near Fort Ticonderoga where he joined "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne. Old friends told him his family was alive and he sent word to Mary to find a way to join him in Canada. Mary's reply pleads for him to help her get away from their home where she is constantly harrassed by American rebels.

Hugh helped Mary and the girls make packs to carry the extra clothing and the few remaining valuable items that they had sucessfully hidden from the looters, and they started off on the long walk to Schenectady to seek help from family or friends. His youngest brother, John Jr. is hardly four years old and Hugh assumed the responsibility of carrying him or encouraging him along. Hugh also scouted the roadway, looked for food, found the evening stopping place, looked after Cornelius and Harry, and worried about their safety - a long list of responsibilities for a 12 year old boy. The older girls, Christine and Cornelia, were fully occupied in helping their mother with the bundles and in taking turns carrying baby Charlotte, a toddler not yet two years old.

How discouraged and angry Hugh must have been when they finally reached Schenectady and the Brouwer relatives refused to help them. Selling a piece of silver to a merchant at least gave them good Dutch food to fill their stomachs for a short while. They were finally rescued and hidden away by old merchant friends of John for a few months of rest, but all of them were aware of the rebel hatred of "Tory traitors" and were determined to find some way to get to Canada. The last few pieces of hidden silver plate and all of the salvaged best dresses and finery of Mary and the girls were sold to help provide the needed bribes to get a pass and make the journey to Canada possible. Ten years later Capt. John, ever the honorable Scot, listed as debts the expenses owed to John Glen of Schenectady and Richard Duncan of Albany for the feeding and care of his family and expenses for their escape to Canada.

Outfitted in their sturdiest shoes and warmest clothing Hugh finally headed the group of women and straggling children on the trail north from Albany to Fort Ticonderoga, a trail fought over by both Loyalist and Rebel troops in the two years previous, and also frequented by Indians of unknown sympathies. It was early Autumn with warm days for walking, but nights that could be bone chilling in the open without adequate shelter or blankets. They ate sparingly of the food they carryied for they knew it might be hard to find sympathetic farmers along the road. The early days on the trail are again a trial for Mary in her poor health.

When they had traveled beyond the area where Hugh had visited farmers and friends with his father, it became a daily trial to attempt to identify the political sympathies of settlers along the way so they would know if it would be safe to ask for food or shelter because they were constantly at risk of being reported to the local Militia. Hugh was especially at risk because he was nearly 14 years old and it was common practice for the Americans to conscript into the rebel army, the male children of Tories over 12 years old.

The sore-footed, bedraggled family finally passed the front lines of the Americans and arrived at the forested shore of Lake George only to find no escort waiting to take them across the bay and up the river to Canada. There were no boats available of any kind, and they were in a no man's land frequented by hostile Indians. For six long days, shivering with cold and with little to eat, they lay hidden in the dense undergrowth, so near, and yet so far, from sanctuary in Canada. To their immense relief, late on the seventh day they were joined by another party of escaping Tory women and children, and found an escort who was able to provide transportation for all of them. Even then they did not escape without one last fright, for as they were taken by canoe across Lake George to the British boats they were discovered and closely pursued by a canoe manned by a war party of Indians.

One can only imagine their joy when they at last reached Fort St. John and were met on the landing by John. It must have been with immense relief that Hugh lay down his burden of responsibility for his mother and siblings. And when the story of their trials was related in detail, Hugh must have felt great reward in the praise and approval from his father. Indeed, it was probably at that moment that John acceded to Hugh's request to join the army, finding him matured way beyond his tender years from the past three year ordeal. Hugh signed the enlistment roll of the First Battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York on 10 Oct 1778, just five days short of his 14th birthday.

Hugh would have been warmly welcomed into his father's First Battalion Company of the King's Royal Regiment of New York as it was made up almost entirely of the old Scottish friends, neighbors, and tenants of the Munros - many of them disbanded veterans of the Seven Years War. They would welcome this eldest son of their Captain, and would be kind in teaching him the necessary Army drills and Manual of Arms, as well as the unpublished "Manual of Skills" so necessary for rank and file survival.

Complete records were not preserved of the enlisted men in the King's Royal Regiment, but some muster and provision rolls were saved that list Hugh in Captain John Munro's Company. His early duties would probably have been at Fort St. John on the Richelieu River. With the onset of winter in 1778, Captain John was ordered to Montreal to find and supervise housing for some of the New York Loyalists. He moved Mary and his children there for their protection and care.

In Oct 1780 Captain John was detailed to take fifty men and a party of Indians and Rangers down to Albany where he was to join Colonel Sir John Johnson who was raiding through the Mohawk Valley. Together they were to sweep north through the settlements burning and destroying the field crops and forage of the rebels, encourage able bodied Loyalists to join up, and, hopefully, capture a few important officers and rebels for the exchange of imprisoned Loyalists. It is likely that Hugh was among the soldiers on this excursion, traveling over the same route on which he had shepherded the family two years before.

Hugh must have fared well with the men of Captain Munro's Company as he rose to the rank of Ensign on 13 Nov 1781, and, at the age of 19, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 24 Oct 1783. Along with the rest of the officers of the First Battalion he was reduced to half pay at the end of 1784 and subject to recall if the Army had need of him.

By 1785 Hugh wass residing at L'Assumption, an old french village on the horse-shoe bend of the L'Assumption River. It was long known as "la Portage" by both the French and the Coureurs de Bois of the Fur Trade, as canoes were beached at the north side of the river bend, carried down the main street, Rue Portage, and launched again on the south side, thus avoiding the intervening falls. L'Assumption became an important hub for fur trading and commerce for the area east of Montreal. Hugh's mother, Mary, and the rest of the family had been settled here before his father sailed to England to hopefully gain reparation for the lands and fortune he lost to the American rebels in New York and Vermont. Once again, as the oldest son, Hugh feelt the responsibility for the family.

As a commissioned officer and the son of Captain John Munro, Hugh was a desirable single guest to grace the dinner tables and evening socials of the well placed families in village. Under British rule it was a political necessity for the French to make friends and trade connections with influencial English Loyalists. The business and social elite at L'Assumption included the Leroux d'Esneval and LaRocque families, now united by the marriage of Angelique to Francois Antoine LaRocque. LaRocque soon found Hugh a most desireable employee, and an amiable dinner companion and guest. The Larocque Company was building a prosperous trade in lumber and wheat, and Hugh, as its English representative, was a great asset when dealing with the British merchants in Montreal. By the time his father returned to L'Assumption in 1787 and prepared to move his growing family to promised land grants on the upper reaches of the St. Lawrence River, Hugh was firmly established with the LaRocque firm.

Hugh had been educated and trained to manage the family estates and a tremenous task awaited the Munros in Upper Canada where they would be starting over in unsettled lands. Already disappointed in his claims to the British government, John could not have been happy when Hugh announced that he was staying at L'Assumption with the LaRocque firm. Indeed, he must have felt it a real betrayal of his duty to him, his father, and to the family. John was nearly 60 years old, had limited funds, and needed the help of his sons in this new endeavor. More than that, he had counted on Hugh to set the pace for his brother, Cornelius was 20 but not overly ambitious, Harry was totally immersed in his books and studies to be a doctor, and John Jr., at 14, was just too easy going and indecisive to train for any leadership.

It is not hard to imagine the argument that must have raged between this war-weary, army-hardened, tough old Scot and his equally stubborn, independant eldest son. At 23, Hugh was two years past his legal majority. Was he to be expected to give up the job he valued, the friends who respected him as an individual, and the life he had built for himself, to return to living in a virtual wilderness, clearing land and grubbing in the dirt to plant a crop ? He acknowledged his duty to the family, but, in return, had he not paid full measure ? What of the lost years of his youth spent carrying the burden of an abandoned family in New York ? This was a new country. He had given it nearly seven years of military service - did he not then deserve, at last, to make a decision to lead his own life as he saw fit ? How could his father criticize his work as a merchant when he, himself, had built his fortune in America beginning as a merchant in Albany ? Perhaps his father was too old to see the opportunities and genteel life he enjoyed in Montreal and L'Assumption. He was now fluent in French and he enjoyed their life style. He had no need to live in an all English community.

In the end, John and the family left for the new lands in Upper Canada, and Hugh continued his life in L'Assumption. An uneasy, unsettled silence continued between father and son.

As the LaRocque business grew and prospered, Francois felt the need to widen his influence, and was soon involved in the political scene, leaving more of the merchant duties to Hugh. At last, in 1792, he was elected to represent the L'Assumption district at the first Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Alas, before he was able to attend even one session he fell ill and died on 2 Nov 1792 at the age of forty-one. He left his young widow with two young sons age six and eight, and a thriving business managed by Hugh.

With Francois only a short six months in his grave, the widow LaRocque and Hugh journeyed down the L'Assumption River to Montreal to plight their troth before the Reverend Delisle in the Anglican Church on 4 May 1793. On 12 Oct of the same year Angelique gave birth to their first child, a daughter who died just after her birth. She was buried in the family plot beside the four little LaRocque infants.

At the age of 28 Hugh took over the LaRocque business and ran it successfully for twenty years before selling it to Angelique's brother, Laurent Laroux. Called back for army duty at erratic intervals, Hugh served during the war with the United States in 1812 as a Captain. Having sold the business, he moved his family to the village of Saint-Esprit, northwest of L'Assumption, where, as a retired officer living on half pay, he became the local Magistrate and Justice of the Peace.

Except for the death of their daughter Lucie at the age of 13, these were tranquil years for Hugh and Angelique. Their five surviving children found their places in the world. Hugh, Jr. left on his great adventure to the Far West. Horatio was married and established as a farmer. The daughters, Marie Angelique and Charlotte, were married and gone. Only the youngest child, Emilie, lives at home with her parents.

Hugh became almost totally immersed in the French community and culture. He maintained a close relationship with his older sister Christine, and his brother Doctor Henry, who both married French spouses and lived in Montreal with growing families. They served as god-parents for each other's children, and attended the many festive family Catholic christening and marriage ceremonies. He maintained a more distant relationship with his youngest sister Charlotte and her famous French husband, Chartier Alain de Lotbiniere, who dropped his French title as Marquis in deference to the new British ownership of Canada.

Sharing as they did a pride as prickly as a Scottish thistle, it is doubtful that Hugh and his father comletely resolved their long-standing dispute before John's death in Oct 1800. Hugh had already divorced himself from the Upper Canada location by selling his Crown land grants there to his brother, Henry. John, however, could not carry his anger beyond the grave, and willed a share of land to Hugh's son equal in size to that willed to each of his other grandchildren. He also directed Hugh, as the eldest son, to be given his valued minature portrait. Finally humbling himself in a letter enclosed with his will, he stated his children were "all equally loved by their poor old father," and begged them all to be "friendly and kind with one another."

Hugh had gone to Upper Canada to bury his father in 1800, and returned to bury his mother in 1815. His brother Cornelius was prematurely taken in death in 1806, his sister Cornelia widowed in 1809 with the death of the seemingly indestructable fur trapper Allen Patterson. Dr. Philip Mount left the eldest sister, Christine, a bereaved widow in 1816, and out in far Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, even the baby of the family, William Johnson, was not spared by the grim reaper from an untimely death in 1820. Also Charlotte was to find that neither wealth nor advantages could buy health and longer life for the great de Lotbiniere, who died in 1822. By 1825 only Hugh, Henry, and John Jr. were left of the five brothers, and the three sisters were all widows.

Now it was Hugh's turn to mentally review the many adventures of his sixty one years as he lay seriously ill with an "inflamation of the breast." He must have derived the most comfort from his bride of thirty-two years as they had comforted each other during tragic periods in their life together, the deaths of parents and other family members, but most of all the early deaths of five of their own ten children. Although attended by local physicians his condition only continued to worsen, and he sliped away from the family gathered about his bed on 22 Sep 1825. Having converted to the Roman Catholic faith, he was attended by Father Arsenault and was buried in the Catholic cemetery at St. Ours du St. Esprit. Signing his death notice in the parish register were his brother, Dr. Henry Munro; his brother-in-law, Laurent Laroux; and his step-son, Francois Antoine LaRocque, Jr.

Because there were two or three other Hugh Munros listed in Captain John Munro's Company, there has been some errors made in other references. This Hugh is not the same person as Hugh Munro [4778], born 1744 in Scotland, Enlisted in the British army 19 Jun 1776, served in Watt's Company 1776-1777, in McDonnell's Company 1781, in Munro's company 1781-1783, married Catherine Campbell and had two sons and two daughters in 1784.

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Buried:
Hugh was buried at Saint-Ours-du-Saint-Esprit Catholic Church in Saint-Esprit, Quebec, Canada.

Hugh married Angelique Leroux on 4 May 1793 in L'assumption, Quebec, Canada, Canada. Angelique was born on 6 Nov 1865 in Montreal/L'assum, Quebec; died on 22 Nov 1837 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada; was buried on 24 Nov 1837 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Cornelius enlisted in his father's company in the British forces on 10 Oct 1778 to fight in the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, after the war ended, he went to L'Assumption.

Cornelius Munro was serving as Sheriff of Cornwall in 1800 when his father's will was probated. He lived in the Cornwall vicinity most of his adult life. He hand wrote his own will in 1801 and had it witnessed by Thomas Fraser. He probably died in 1806 (at age of 38 ?) as there is a petition on file for 21 Jan 1807 for bond in the inventory of his Estate by his wife Frances Delisle Munro with co-signer Frederick Delisle of Cornwall (her brother ?).

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Christened:
Cornelius was christened at the Dutch Reformed Church in Schenectady, New York.

Cornelius married Frances Delisle on 5 Oct 1794 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Frances was born about 1770; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

On 1 Feb 1780, Henry Munro enlisted in his father's company in the British forces to fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, after the war was over, he went to L'Assumption.

Henry became a surgeon in the service of the North West Company in 1796. For several years, he was stationed at, or near, Grand Portage. In 1805, he was sent to succeed J. B. Perrault at the Pic on Lake Superior, and in 1812, he was appointed surgeon's mate in the Corps of Canadian Voyagers raised by the North West Company.

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Buried:
Henry was buried at the Old Protestant Cemetery in Maschouche, Quebec, Canada.

Henry married Marie Josephette Serindac in 1809 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Marie was born on 29 Aug 1780 in , , Québec, Canada; was christened in in , , Québec, Canada; died on 4 Mar 1860 in La Chenaire, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Mar 1860 in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 1 Feb 1780, John Munro, Jr. enlisted in his father's company to fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, after the war ended, he went to L'Assumption.

An Agriculture census shows that John owned 50 acres with 25 acres under cultivation (8 to 10 acres in crops such as wheat, barley, etc.; and 15 to 17 acres of pasture). One acre used for home garden and orchard and the remainder listed as "woods and wild".

John does not appear on the 1861 census for Williamsburg Township.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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John married Kathryn Rosenberger about 1810 in , , Ontario, Upper Canada. Kathryn was born about 1795 in , , , USA; died about 1851 in Williamsburg, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Buried:
Charlotte was buried at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada.

Marie married Michael E.G. Alain Chartier De Lotbiniere, Marquis on 15 Nov 1802 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, St Michael Cath. Michael was born on 31 Aug 1748 in Québec, , Québec, Canada; died on 1 Jan 1822 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, , Canada; was buried in Jan 1822 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, St Michael Cath. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Paul Dennis about 1893. Paul was born about 1774; died in in Couteau-Du-Lac, , Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The birth and christening records of William Johnson Munro has not yet been located. History directs that he was born in the city of Montreal due to the following proven facts: (1) William's mother, Mary Brower, with her other seven children, escaped to Fort St. John via Lake Champlain and Crown Point in 1778. (2) Her husband, Captain John Munro, met her at Fort St. John. (3) John was dispatched to Montreal to find housing there for Loyalist families and also took Mary and the children with him. (4) Mary and the children stayed in Montreal until 1783 when John went to England to help plead for compensation for lands lost by Loyalists in New York. (5) William was probably christened by the Regimental Chaplain as he was a personal friend, although some of these records have been lost.

William was named after the celebrated General Johnson of the British Army, a much esteemed comrade in arms of his father, John Munro. He grew up on the Munro land grants at Matilda, near Morrisburg, Ontario. He signed on with the North West Fur Company and eventually settled in Bas-caraquet, New Brunswick in 1807, where he received a land grant as a Loyalist son.

William spent eight years in the service of the Northwest Fur Company, enlisting in about 1798 for an eight year indenture. He spent most of this time in the Grand Portage, Fort William Area, but mad voyages to other outposts from time to time.

In 1808 William completed his indenture to the North West Company. Disappointed at the inadequate wages offered for a "factor" or permanent post with The Company, he left western Canada to take up a merchandising offer made by his cousin, Hugh Munro, of St. Peter (Bathurst) New Brunswick. Eventually he settled on a site at Bas Caraquett on the Bay of Chaleur, opposite the Colony of New Carlisle-Paspebiac. He built a Trading Post-Store where he dealt in furs and provisioned the French fisherman and bought their salted fish for shipping by Hugh Munro and Sherar ships. His long experience in the western lands stood him in good stead and certainly provided him with the language skills to deal also with the French speaking fishermen who populated the area. William may have become an agent for the Hudson Bay Company both on the New Carlisle side of the bay and on the New Brunswick side at Carequete. Hudson Bay Company agents held positions of considerable importance and the agent occupied a central influence in many respects in the community.

Although he died early and in debt, if he had been able to maintain his business until it began to show a profit he would undoubtedly have established a very lucerative post.

Munro Island in the Shippigan area still bears William Munro's name although title went out of the family when his son Thomas Brock Munro sold the property.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) Clan Munro library - "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No.
2 - p. 5

(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 33-38

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

Buried:
William died at his home in 1820 at the age of 39 and was buried on his farm because the Catholic Church refused to bury a Presbyterian in their cemetery. In the fall of 1993, a homeowner on the old Munro property discovered human bones while doing an excavation. An Investigation identified the remains as being those of William Johnson Munro and his son. In 1995, after considerable paperwork, the remains were released to William's descendant, Henry Munro for re-interment in the cemetery of Trinity Anglican Church in Riverside Heights alongside W.J.'s father, Captain John Munro.

William married Sarah Sherar on 15 Sep 1808 in Caraquet, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Sherar) was born on 26 Aug 1786 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hugh became Judge Munro of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.

His wife lived for a long time at Somerset Vale as Mrs. Judge Munro.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

Hugh Munro was the Nephew of Capt Hon. John Munro as his Mother was Capt. John Munro's sister. Born a Munro, she married a Munro kin who was in the British Army in England and was Hugh's Father. When she was widowed early, she came to America to marry Donald Munro (bringing her son, Hugh, with her).Donald had been commissioned in Scotland in the 60th Regiment and was also posted to Colonial America during the French-Indian wars. He settled in New York Territory on land bought from John's Land Grants. Hugh also fought for the Crown during the Revolutionary War, and took United Empire Loyalist (UEL) Land Grants in St Peter (since known as Bathurst) New Brunswick. He first came with the other UEL settlers to Paspebiac on the Bay of Chaleur in 1784 on the Brig "St. Peter". (See Settlers on the Bay of Chaleur by AD Flowers.)

Obituary from the New Brunswick "Gleaner" October 3, 1846

DIED: At Somerset Vale, Bathurst, Friday 25th September, after a protracted illness in the 82nd year of his life, Hugh Munro, Esq.

Mr. Munro was a native of Ross-shire, Scotland, whence he emigrated to one of the British North American Colonies in the United States. At the Revolutionary of 1783 he accompanied his parents and many other loyalists, and found a home in Canada and New Brunswick. He resided for upwards of forty years in this province and represented the County of Northumberland in the Provincial General Assembly for Many years.

As a Magistrate and Judge of the Common Please, and in every public capacity, his character was marked by the strictest integrity. During the last years of his life, Mr. Munro received much benefit in attending upon the ordinances of Christianity in connection with the Church of Scotland, to which, upon principle, he was much attached, and towards the maintenance of which, in his neighborhood, he assisted with great cordiality and zeal.

Hugh was appointed to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas on 29 Jan 1792.

Letter from John Munro (Capt. Hon. John Munro) to Hugh Munro. Copy obtained from Duncan Young of Bathurst, New Brunswick by Fidele Theriault, Fredrickson, New Brunswick. Copy to Vallena Munro January, 1993: Note: M. Theriault states letter he transcribed was "very poor copy and hard to read - some words I could not make out".

Matilda, 30 March 1800 My dear Hugh,
Its true that I write you but seldom because you are silent and because I have nothing to say that can give you pleasure, only merely that I am in being much in truth is of little consequence to one from whose conversation I am cut off by such accidents or engagements as separates us. I continue and ever shall to wish you all good and happiness. I wish that some lucky event might set you in a state of ease and independance and that I might live to see you as happy as this world _ _ can make you and are never to live near each other as we once did. I find my life ebbing a pace and my affections strengthening as my age increases. I find my companions small in number and my friends few and _ _ and anxious of the world for me to keep pace with.

I informed you in my letter of Wm J. engagement in the NorthWest (fur) Company. I expect Harry will be down this fall, but can not say whether to his entering as a partner. However, the returns this season will answer whether it will be an object.

The family in general are in health.

I mentioned to you before that I made a purchase of Hugh's property in this province which will keep me and your poor Aunt upon small allowance to pay the money I borrowed to pay him. Dr. Mount and Mrs. Paterson are doing well.

We have got a new Governor and I have every reason to hope we shall be happy in the choice. Immigration increases very fast. Upwards of a thousand came into his district this winter, and the number by Oswego, Niagara and Detroit are ten to one by every information we have in this quarter. The inhabitants of Montreal are afraid of the alarming disorder which the troops brought from Ireland last Fall which carried off the greater part of a regiment and part of the inhabitants.

Is friend Donald living, and how does he make out and are you good friends. Has he been attentive to you in your sickness. It's time to turn good as we grow old.

No satisfaction is to be had for my debts or property in the American State. They have lost their King and it will not be long before they will differ among themselves.

Have you applied for a grant of your lands at L'Assumption ? You should not neglect applying. We expect a cargo of immigrants from Scotland this season. Those we have made good progress. They are saving and industrious which will always gain ground. Hugh has got his sawmill going which will be more profit to him than his shop. His potash will also turn out to his advantage. Dr. Mount is erecting a house, but always complaining of poverty. He has eight children. His second boy is at school and in a year time will make a young clerk for you. Cornelius has five boys but I am sorry to say not careful nor industrious. This shall be forwarded to your friend Dr. Langmore who no doubt will forward it by first opportunity. Adieu my dear Hugh and may God preserve your life easy and make your death happy where I trust we shall rest in the arms of our blessed Saviour, which it shall be the prayer of your affectionate uncle John Munro

P.S. My cousin Hugh is well. His son was married last week to Captain Fraser's daughter.

Hugh was born in Scotland and went to America with his widowed mother and sister in 1774 when he was about 10 years old. The family remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution and in 1778 they moved to Canada.

Hugh was educated in Quebec City. In 1784, he sailed to New Carlisle Loyalist Colona at Gaspe', Quebec aboard the brig St. Peter. He settled in New Carlisle and later at St. Peter (Bathurst) New Brunswick.

He served as judge on Gaspe' Court of Common Pleas and was a member of the House of Assembly for Northumberland County. He made his living as a lumberman, general and ship's merchant, and ship builder.

He was frequently styled Judge Hugh Munro of Bathurst.

References:

(2) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 28

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Died:
Hugh died at Somerset Vale in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.

Hugh married Martha Sherar on 19 Nov 1800 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Martha was born on 22 Nov 1784 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1846 in Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Jan 1846 in Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A female child under 12 years, daughter of Donald Munro, is listed as a dependant on the passenger list in 1784, on the settlement to New Carlisle.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 144

"...to Captain George Munro of Culcairn, eldest lawful son of the deceased John Munro of Culcairn..."

George adopted his grandfather's profession and attained the rank of Captain in the 71st Regiment. He died before his father, unmarried, in 1776.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 162

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Birth:
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Notes:

Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 144

"...to Captain George Munro of Culcairn, eldest lawful son of the deceased John Munro of Culcairn and the heirs male of his body, whom failing to Thomas Munro, second lawful son of the said John Munro of Culcairn and the heirs male of his body..."

Thomas became a soldier. He was drowned at sea, unmarried, in 1778.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 162

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Birth:
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Notes:

Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 144

"...to Captain George Munro of Culcairn, eldest lawful son of the deceased John Munro of Culcairn and the heirs male of his body, whom failing to Thomas Munro, second lawful son of the said John Munro of Culcairn and the heirs male of his body, whom failing, to Duncan Munro, third lawful son of the said John Munro of Culcairn and the heirs male of his body..."

Duncan entered the army at an early age. When the 78th Higland Regiment, the Ross-shire Buffs, was created on 8 Mar 1793, he became Captain-Lieutenant of the first batallion.

On 5 Jan 1795, his regiment was engaged in the battle of Geldermalsen. On that day, Captain duncan Munro took a conspicuous part, behaved with great coolness, and was severely wounded. On 4 Nov, the 78th embarked for India, arriving at Calcutta on 10 Feb 1797. At that time, Captain Munro was appointed Aide-de-camp to the well-known Lieutenant General Mackenzie-Fraser of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser.
Duncan retired from the army in 1802 and returned home. In 1803, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Wester Ross Regiment of Militia which numbered 810 men.

His wife, Jean, was the eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Kirke, minister of Dornoch from 1713 to 1758, and his wife Jean Ross.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 163

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Duncan married Jean Kirk on 5 Dec 1782 in Inverness, , Inverness, Scotland. Jean was born about 1764; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine married the Rev. Alexander Fraser, M.A., minister of Inverness.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 163

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Catherine married Alexander Fraser on 17 Oct 1783. Alexander was born about 1755; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Munro] «i»Third son of William Munro III of Achany & Isobel Macpherson (m. 1714); m. cousin ----, dr. of Robert Munro of Blarich, with issue a son (emigrated to America). Lt., Sutherland Regt. of Fencible Men (War Office, 24 July 1779); disposition by Hugh Munro of Achany (1781) to sons George & William excludes 'Lieut. Alexander Monro of the Sutherland Regiment of Fencibles my brother german & his descendants' from any benefit 'because his conduct for many years back hath displeased me as I am persuaded it hath his other relations & friends'.

Mackenzie p. 475; Achany Genealogy Chart, (1881); Scots Magazine (1779), p. 400; (unchecked) Disposition (1781) in NAS, ref. RD 4/230 pp. 1057-1063 - per Dr. F.J. Glen (Inverness) letter to RWM 14 February 1989.
«/i»**********

George emigrated to Jamaica, and was lost at sea in Aug 1792.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Munro] «i»Third son of William Munro III of Achany & Isobel Macpherson (m. 1714); m. cousin ----, dr. of Robert Munro of Blarich, with issue a son (emigrated to America). Lt., Sutherland Regt. of Fencible Men (War Office, 24 July 1779); disposition by Hugh Munro of Achany (1781) to sons George & William excludes 'Lieut. Alexander Monro of the Sutherland Regiment of Fencibles my brother german & his descendants' from any benefit 'because his conduct for many years back hath displeased me as I am persuaded it hath his other relations & friends'.

Mackenzie p. 475; Achany Genealogy Chart, (1881); Scots Magazine (1779), p. 400; (unchecked) Disposition (1781) in NAS, ref. RD 4/230 pp. 1057-1063 - per Dr. F.J. Glen (Inverness) letter to RWM 14 February 1989.
«/i»**********

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477-478

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

Birth:
*Circa 1757, per Email from David Paul. (Per Ancestry, circa 1737)

William married Catherine Ross on 13 Oct 1783. Catherine was born in Jun 1763; died in 1843 in Evelix, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Annie died when she was 18 years old.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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Birth:
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Notes:

Isabella was known as "the pious Miss Munro of Achany." She died at a very advanced age.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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Family/Spouse: Captain Robert Gordon. Robert was born in in (Of Rhyn and Invercharron); died in Dec 1813 in Spinningdale, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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Notes:

Alexander's father died shortly after his birth.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 161

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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Family/Spouse: John Balfour. John was born about 1754; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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Notes:

Barbara and Harry had other children besides Robert Rainy.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
477

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Family/Spouse: Harry Rainy. Harry was born est 1762; died in in Of, Glasgow, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
497, 499

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Catherine married Angus Bethune on 25 Jul 1772. Angus was born about 1739; died on 19 Oct 1801 in Prob., Alness, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
498

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

Family/Spouse: Tulloch. was born est 1752 in Of, Dingwall, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
507

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries.