Marie Davis

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/95

"David Munro of Meikle Allan married a daughter to Davies of Whitehall by whom he had John Andrew and Joseph."

"This version from Teaninich and Culcairn copies has been preferred to the original MS, which is overwritten to read: 'Captain D Munro of Meikle Allan in the Earl of Rothes Horse was slain at the Battle of the Boyne. He married a daughter of Davis of Whitehall and had issue'. But David was dead by 1674; his widow Marie Davis, mother of his son John, was living 1692, her father said to be John of Whitehall near Carrickfergus son of Sir John Davis (1569-1626) attorney-general for Ireland."

Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - (1898) - p. 293

He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Davis of Whitehall, near Carrickfergus, son of Sir John Davis, Royalist Lord Chancellor of Ireland during the reigns of James IV. and Charles I., by his wife Lady Eleanor, daughter of the Earl of Castlehaven and Baron Audley, with issue--

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Family/Spouse: David Monro, of Allan. David (son of Andrew Monro and Margaret Ross) was born est 1625 in Of, Meikle Allan; died about 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Munro of Wester Meikle Allan married Anna, the eldest daughter of John Macleod of Milntoune. They had several daughters in addition to the children that are listed.

John went into debt and had to transfer his lands to others.

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) L/96

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/95

"David Munro of Meikle Allan married a daughter to Davies of Whitehall by whom he had John Andrew and Joseph."

"This version from Teaninich and Culcairn copies has been preferred to the original MS, which is overwritten to read: 'Captain D Munro of Meikle Allan in the Earl of Rothes Horse was slain at the Battle of the Boyne. He married a daughter of Davis of Whitehall and had issue'. But David was dead by 1674; his widow Marie Davis, mother of his son John, was living 1692, her father said to be John of Whitehall near Carrickfergus son of Sir John Davis (1569-1626) attorney-general for Ireland."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/96

"John Munro of Meikle Allan married /blank/ Manson in Dornochs daughter by whom he had John Donald and David and severall daughters."

"(scored through in original) John of Wester Meikle Allan m 1682 Anna eldest dr of John Macleod of Milntoune by whom he had David who d young and an eldest surviving son John; he contracted debts and transferred lands to others."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

V. John Monro, who burdened the estate heavily with debt, having granted William Ross of Easter Fearn several wadsets over it. The late Elizabeth Leila Monro of Allan, writing to the Rev. Dr Gustavus Aird, of Creich, on the 24th of February, 1882, says that this John "covered the estate with debt--the various wadsets still to be seen with which he involved the place." He died unmarried, and was succeeded by his brother, VI. Joseph Monro,

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John married Anna MacLeod in 1682. Anna was born about 1652; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) L/98

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/95

"David Munro of Meikle Allan married a daughter to Davies of Whitehall by whom he had John Andrew and Joseph."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/98 "Andrew Married Janet Schaw by whom he had James and Janet."

"(scored through in original, but...easily legible)."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
293

3. Andrew, who married Janet Shaw, with issue--

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Family/Spouse: Janet Shaw. Janet was born est 1654; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph's wife was the daughter of David Ross of Balblair. Joseph may have died later than 1713.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/95

"David Munro of Meikle Allan married a daughter to Davies of Whitehall by whom he had John Andrew and Joseph."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

"Joseph married Elizabeth Ross daughter to David Ross of Balblair by whom he had David Andrew deceased and Margaret."

"Joseph said to have d 1713 but perhaps later; children apparently added by another hand - dr Margaret m John Mackenzie and son Charles suc. uncle David as Monro of Allan. Mackenzie 294 mistakenly calls Margaret's husband Charles."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

VI. Joseph Monro, so named after one of his mother's relatives in Ireland. He was in constant financial trouble, consequent on the debt inherited by him from his brother along with the estate, and which he was not able to pay off. He married Elizabeth, only child of Captain David Ross of Balblair, parish of Edderton, with issue--

1. David, his heir and successor.

2. Andrew, who died in infancy.

Joseph died in 1713, when he was succeeded by his only surviving son, VII. David Monro,

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
293

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Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ross. Elizabeth was born est 1656; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) L/97

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/96

"John Munro of Meikle Allan married /blank/ Manson in Dornochs daughter by whom he had John Donald and David and severall daughters."

"(scored through in original) John of Wester Meikle Allan m 1682 Anna eldest dr of John Macleod of Milntoune by whom he had David who d young and an eldest surviving son John; he contracted debts and transferred lands to others."

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Died:
David died young.

Notes:

John was a writer in Edinburgh.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/96

"John Munro of Meikle Allan married /blank/ Manson in Dornochs daughter by whom he had John Donald and David and severall daughters."

"(scored through in original) John of Wester Meikle Allan m 1682 Anna eldest dr of John Macleod of Milntoune by whom he had David who d young and an eldest surviving son John; he contracted debts and transferred lands to others."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/97

"John Munro writer in Edinburgh."

"(scored through in original, but...easily legible).

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Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/97

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/96

"John Munro of Meikle Allan married /blank/ Manson in Dornochs daughter by whom he had John Donald and David and severall daughters."

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Birth:
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Notes:

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) L/98

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/98

"Andrew Married Janet Schaw by whom he had James and Janet."

"(scored through in original, but...easily legible)."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
293-294

1, a son John, who married a daughter of Manson, Dornoch, with issue--John and Donald, and several daughters;

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Family/Spouse: Manson. was born about 1679; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/98

"Andrew Married Janet Schaw by whom he had James and Janet."

"(scored through in original, but...easily legible)."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

2, Janet, who died unmarried.

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Notes:

David was a writer to the Signet in Edinburgh. He served as Edinburgh law agent for the Foulis family and because some of their writs were in his custody, it is reasonable to presume that the original Munro Tree was compiled by him or under his supervision.

He purchased Meikle Allan in 1756. He was not married.

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) L/100

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

"Joseph married Elizabeth Ross daughter to David Ross of Balblair by whom he had David Andrew deceased and Margaret."

"Joseph said to have d 1713 but perhaps later; children apparently added by another hand - ..."

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/100

"David his son Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh."

"(overwritten in original) This text from Teaninich and Culcairn copies, to which original MS adds: 'purchased Meikle Allan in 1756 and died a bachelor 6 Dec 1767. David was Edinburgh law agent for the Foulis family, and as some of thier writs were in his custody it is reasonable to presume that the present genealogy (1734) was compiled by him or under his supervision. David's successors were presumably indicated in two circles of which the text has been obliterated."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294-296

VII. David Monro, born in 1696, and a minor, only seventeen years old. The estate was still loaded with wadsets and almost irretrievably involved in debt. David was educated in Edinburgh, where he studied for the legal profession, passed in 1735 as a Writer to the Signet, and was subsequently appointed Clerk to the Signet, an office which he held until his death. He devoted his whole life and energies to the redemption of the lands of his ancestors from the debts and other burdens in which he found them so deeply involved on his succession, and in this laudable endeavour--riding twice a year from Edinburgh to Allan, accompanied by his man servant, to collect the rents in person--he so far succeded as to find himself in a position to entail the estate on his nephew, Charles Mackenzie, the son of his sister Margaret. he was Edinburgh Law-Agent for the family of Fowlis, and it is said of him, when Sir Robert Munro, the fifth Baronet, and his brother Dr Duncan, were slain at the battle of Falkirk, on the 17th of January, 1746, that he went to the field of battle, claimed the bodies, had them interred in Falkirk Cemetery, and had the beautiful monument still seen there, and already described, erected to their memory. but Sir Walter Scott confirms the version given in the account of Sir Robert, under the family of Fowlis, by quoting a letter from Sir Harry Munro, Sir Robert's son, in which that gentleman gives the credit of this generous action to the Earl of Cromarty and a party of the Macdonalds. It is not, however, at all improbable that all the parties mentioned may have had their share in it. It has indeed been averred that it was the Earl of Cromarty's part in this creditable transaction that prompted President Forbes, Sir Robert Munro's cousin-german, to plead so earnestly and successfully for the life and the restoration of the estates of that forfeited nobleman. Upon Sir Robert's body David Monro of Allan found a small silver-mounted snuff-mull, cracked by one of the shots which killed its owner, and it is still preserved in Allan House. It bears an inscription, evidently placed upon it at a later date, for it will be observed that the wrong year is given, 1745 for 1746. It is as follows:--"Found after the battle of Falkirk, on the field, by David Monro of Allan, in the pocket of Sir Robert Munro of Fowlis (A.D. 1745), in which battle he was killed."

David died in Edinburgh on the 6th of December, 1767, and was buried in the Old Grey Friars Churchyard there, all the Lords of Session attending the funeral, several of them in the capacity of chief mounrers, when he was succeeded in terms of his own entail by his nephew, his sister Margaret's son, who as already stated, assumed the name of Monro, as VIII. Charles Mackenzie Monro.

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

[Alxander Monro] «i»of the Allan family, cousin of David Monro of Allan, W.S. (d.1767), but not named in 'Munro Tree' (1734), on record at Inverness 1741, and (probably the same) in 1738.

Allan Papers, pp. «u»158«/u», 246, 338; Not in Munro Tree.
«/i»**********

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Notes:

Andrew died before 1734.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

"Joseph married Elizabeth Ross daughter to David Ross of Balblair by whom he had David Andrew deceased and Margaret."

"Joseph said to have d 1713 but perhaps later; children apparently added by another hand - ..."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

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Notes:

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

"Joseph married Elizabeth Ross daughter to David Ross of Balblair by whom he had David Andrew deceased and Margaret."

"Joseph said to have d 1713 but perhaps later; children apparently added by another hand - dr Margaret m John Mackenzie and son Charles suc. uncle David as Monro of Allan. Mackenzie 294 mistakenly calls Margaret's husband Charles."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

3. Margaret, described as "heretrix of Allan" after the death of her elder brother, David, unmarried in 1767. She was born about 1707, and married in 1740, Charles Mackenzie [Note: Her husband was John Mackenzie. See above.], descended from the family of Fairburn, with issue--

Family/Spouse: John MacKenzie. John was born about 1705 in Of, Kingsmills, Inverness, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles succeeded his uncle David as Monro of Allan.

Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) L/99

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Notes:

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

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Notes:

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

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Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/99

"Joseph said to have d 1713 but perhaps later; children apparently added by another hand - dr Margaret m John Mackenzie and son Charles suc. uncle David as Monro of Allan. Mackenzie 294 mistakenly calls Margaret's husband Charles."

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
294

Charles, who assumed the name of Monro, and ultimately succeeded his uncle in the estate of Allan. His father, mother, and he resided in the meantime at Kingsmills, Inverness.

Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
296-297

VIII. Charles Mackenzie Monro. He was a Captain in the Ross-shire Fencibles, and married first, in 1773, Mary, daughter of Hugh Macleod, II. of Geanies, by his wife Ann, daughter of Dr Duncan Fraser, III. of Achnagairn, and sister of the wife of Andrew Ross, fourth of Pitkerie, mother of George Ross, of Cromarty, the "Scotch Agent" mentioned in the "Letters of Junius," without issue. Charles married, secondly, in 1803, his first wife's cousin, Catherine, eldest daughter of Hugh Houstoun of Creich, County of Sutherland, and grand-daughter of Isabella, daughter of Sir George Munro, I. of Newmore, ancestor of Sir Hector Munro of Fowlis, the present Baronet, with issue--

1. David, his heir and successor.

Charles died in 1819, when he was succeeded by his elder son, IX. David Monro,

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Charles married Mary MacLeod in 1773. Mary was born est 1752; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Catherine Houstoun in 1803. Catherine (daughter of Hugh Houstoun, Of Creich and Munro) was born est 1769; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]