Marjory Ross

Notes:

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466

(2) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/41

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

Birth:
Margory was born at Assynt.

Family/Spouse: George Munro. George (son of William Munro, of Mid-Swordale and Euphemia Ross, of Achnacloich) was born in 1615 in , , Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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(The following is from an e-mail message from Marston Watson - 25 Jun 2013)

«b»«i»"Goodman" John Munro«/b» b. in 1632 Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. He married Sarah Lawton in Oct 1663 Duxbury, Plymouth, Mass., [no VR found]. He d. on 10 Oct 1691 Bristol [no VR found]. He is referred to also as Monroe, Monrow, Munroe and Munrow.

John joined the Royalist army to fight against Cromwell and fought in the battle of Worcester on 3 Sep. 1651, which was the final English Civil War and where the Royalists were badly defeated. Fourteen thousand Scots died in the battle and John was among the 8,000 who were taken prisoner. The prisoners were freed by ordinance of Parliament on 20 Oct. 1651 and sent to America to serve as indentured servants until debt of their passage was paid. He is the same person as the "John Monrow" who came on the John and Sarah from London on 11 Nov. 1651, along with three other "Monrow" passengers listed as Robert, Hugh and "(William)." This latter passenger, whose first name was obliterated in the record, has been demonstrated clearly for testimony of William that he came in 1652. All were shipped as prisoners of war and consigned to Thomas Kemble (of Boston) to whom they were indentured.

They all arrived at Boston and were indentured to farmers, land and mill owners, and planters for a period of seven or eight years. John is believed to have been sold into bondage south of Boston, possibly to the iron bogs in Taunton, Massachusetts. Nothing further is heard of John from 1652 until he appeared on a record on 27 Jan. 1673/74 as a witness for Constant Southworth's taking of land in Sakonnet (now Little Compton, Rhode Island) from the Indian Squaw Sachem, Awashunks.

John Munro is likely the one who is listed as "Goodman Roe" in the 11 Feb. 1688/89 census of Bristol with a wife and ten children. An inventory of John's estate was taken on 10 Nov. 1692 (valued at £75 15s). He and Sarah had ten children at Bristol, Rhode Island. John was the 7th great-grandson of James II, King of Scotland (1437-1460).«/i»
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The following is from the writings of Estelle Wait, of Massachusetts, (via the Sikes reference) who completed in 1958 eighteen years of research on location, attempting to clarify that although the Lexington branch of the Munros was descended from William, undoubtedly the Bristol branch was descended from John Munro of the "John and Sarah" prisoners from the battle of Worcester.

One of the early settlers at Cambridge Farms (now part of Lexington) was a William Munroe, who became the founder of he large Lexington Munroe family. He is known to have been born in Scotland in 1625, and both Mr. MacKenzie and John G. Locke, a former historian of the town of Lexington, believe that he is identical with William, son of Robert of Aldie, born in 1625, and captured in the battle of Worcester. Robert of Aldie's son is known to have been deported, hence the historian's belief that the obliterated name on the passenger list of the "John and Sarah" is William. Mr. MacKenzie died before he could establish the ancestry of the three other Munrows on this ship, but he did believe that there was a blood relationship between the four men, and that Robert, John, or Hugh was the founder of the Munroe family of Bristol, Rhode Island.

It is my belief that it was John Munrow who was the founder of this family and, with very little documentary evidence to go on, I have tried in this account to prove it. What disposition Thomas Kemble made of John on his arrival at Boston in February, 1652, (or 13 May 1652 according to Thomas E. Monroe) is not known, and we can only guess where he was and what he was doing for his first twenty-two years in New England. That seems like a long time to be unaccounted for, but such is the case at this writing.

We do not see him from 1652 until January 28, 1674, when he was one of several witnesses to the taking of land in Sakonnet (now Little Compton, Rhode Island) by Constant Southworth from the Indian squaw Sachem, Awashunks. Constant Southworth was one of the leading men in Plymouth Colony, and his home was in Duxbury. It seems a safe assumption that John Munrow was also living in or near Duxbury at that time, for how else would he have been chosen to accompany Southworth on his mission to Sakonnet? The account of this land transaction is in Baylies Memoirs of Plymouth Colony.

John Munrow's next appearance is in Bristol, Rhode Island. This town, situated on land which had been the home territory of King Phillip, was founded in 1680. The first town meeting was held in 1681, and as John Munrow's name is not on the list of inhabitants, it is evident that he had not yet moved there. However, in 1688/9 when the first Bristol census was taken, there appears in it the name of G. Row who had a wife and ten children, the largest family in town. The name Munroe has often been found shortened to Row or Roe, and I believe that G. Row was actually G. Munrow. (G. stands for Goodman, a lesser title than Mr., but better than no title at all.)

The census of 1688/9 does not give G. Row a first name, but without a doubt it was John, for on November 10, 1691, an inventory was taken of the "estate of John Munro deceased." While no location is mentioned in this inventory, the fact that it was taken by William Troop and Samuel Kelton, two Bristol men, makes it practically certain that the John Munro who died in 1691 was a Bristol inhabitant.

His estate was valued at 72 pounds, 15 shillings; and in the uncertain spelling of the day, the inventory appraises the following possessions: "21 cattell, 1 hors, swine, corne of all sorts, carts and plows and other furnitur, working towls and houshold good of all sorts." His debts amounted to 16 pounds,14 shillings; the Largest amount (14 pounds) being owed to Mr. Burton, who may have been Stephen Burton, one of the four proprietors of Bristol. There is a note at the bottom of the inventory which reads: "Admin Deferred & opportunity taken to bring ye wid. & child together." This note would suggest that at the time of John's death his family were not all under one roof. It may be that some of the children were married and in homes of their own. One boy we know was an apprentice and was very likely living with his master. But whatever the reason for the separation, John's widow and children were soon brought together and a very interesting document resulted.

This document is dated Feb. 1, 1692, and is called "Articles of Agreement between Sarah Munroe, relict of John Munroe late of Bristol deceased and adminstratix of his estate remaining on the one part, and his sons John, Thomas, William and George Munroe, and his two daughters, Sarah, and Elizabeth Munroe, on the other part." In this agreement, Sarah promises to bring up, maintain and educate the other four children - Susannah, Benjamin, Joseph, and Mary -until they become of age or marry. She further agrees to allow the three oldest sons to keep all the estate they have had, and to give George two cows with calf or calves when his apprenticeship expires in about three years; and to give daughters Sarah and Elizabeth each a cow with calf or calves on May 1 next. After she has paid John's debts, the widow Sarah is to have the balance of the estate. The document is signed by the marks of Sarah and the six eldest children.

From this agreement we know that John Munroe had a wife an ten children, which confirms the fact that he and G. row were one and same. Knowing this number of children, we are able to make some calculations as to John's probable age. If his tenth child was a year old when the census of 1688/9 was taken, and if we allow twenty years for the births of all ten children, he would have been married about 1668. (And of course the older his tenth child in 1688/9, the earlier he would have been married). William Munroe of Lexington had his first child in 1666. Thus we see that John of Bristol and William of Lexington were contemporaries, a fact which strengthens my belief that John of Bristol was the John Munrow on the "John and Sarah." It is interesting to note that the earliest Munroe births in Bristol, beginning in 1696, list children born to men of the same names as John's sons - John, Thomas,, George, Benjamin and Joseph - while the first Munroe marriage in Bristol, was that of Elizabeth in 1694. This should indicate almost without a doubt that John was the ancestor of the Bristol Munroes.

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John joined the Royalist army to fight against Cromwell. On 3 Sep 1651, he fought in the battle of Worcester where the Royalists were badly defeated. Fourteen thousand Scots died in the battle and John was among the 8,000 who were taken prisoner. The prisoners were freed by ordinance of Parliament on 20 Oct 1651 and sent to America to serve as indentured servants until debt of their passage was paid.

John, his brother, Hugh, and his uncle Robert along with a distant cousin, William, are believed to have been among the 272 "honorable convicts" who were deported to the American colonies aboard the "John and Sarah," John Green, Master, which sailed from England in Nov 1651 and arrived in Boston before Feb 1652. The ship carried tools, household goods, and provisions that merchant and mill owner, Thomas Kemble was to sell, in addition to the men, for the "best advantage" of the investors.

The men were sold as indentured servants for a total of 4,000 pounds which was used to buy goods to ship to the West Indies on the second leg of the voyage. John and the other prisoners were indentured to farmers, land and mill owners, and planters for a period of seven or eight years. John is believed to have been sold into bondage south of Boston, possibly to the iron bogs in Taunton, Massachusetts.

There is no further record of John for 22 years until on 28 Jan 1674, he made his mark as a witness to the taking of land in Sakonnet (later renamed Compton, Rhode Island) by Constant Southworth from Awashunks, a Squaw Sachem, or lieutenant who served the Indian, King Philip. Because Constant Southworth lived in Duxbury, it is thought that John also lived in Duxbury at the time.





















An inventory of his estate was taken on 10 Nov 1691.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/41

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466, 560

(3) "The Ancestors and Descendants of Albert Nelson Monroe of Swansea and
Brighton, Mass. (1819-1902)" by Estelle Wellwood Wait - (1958) - p. 1-4

(4) Clan Munro files - Bowers, Dr. Nancy Brooker - descendancy chart - John
Munro to Nancy Brown Brooker Bowers - prepared by Dr. Bowers - Jul 1994

(5) "Brown Munro, Sr.: A Life in Time (1829-1909)" by Nancy Brown Brooker
Bowers - Ames, Iowa (1993) - p. 10-11

(6) "A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A." compiled and edited by
Donald Whyte - Baltimore (1972) - p. 226

(7) "The Munro Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, North Carolina (1993)
- p. 257-258

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

Birth:
According to Y-DNA testing (Mark E. Monroe) 2018, John Munro of Bristol is Not the son of George Munro, b. 1615.)

Died:
Some references say John's will was dated 10 Nov 1691, but other references say he died in Oct 1691. The Thomas E. Monroe reference says the inventory was taken 10 Nov 1691.

John married Sarah Lawton in Oct 1663 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born in 1640 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died in Feb 1693 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hugh may have been banished to America after the battle of Worcester along with his brother, John, and uncle, Robert. Robert, John and Hugh Munrow were listed as prisoners shipped from London on 11 Nov 1651 on the "John & Sarah", bound for Boston, Massachusetts.

He apparently settled in Long Island, New York.

His wife was of Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/41
Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
Elder, Charlotte
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/41

"George married Marjory daughter to Hugh Ross of /illegible/ by whom he had Hugh John who went to the Armie to Worcester 1651 and David Munro the Masson."

"George's sons Hugh and John and their uncle Robert may have been banished to America after Worcester (Mackenzie 466, 560); Robert, John and Hugh Monrow were listed as prisoners shipped from London to Boston in 1651/52 (Suffolk Co. Deeds, Mass., Book 1 pp 5-6, photocopy per Mrs E. W. Wait, and New England Hist. Gen. Soc. Register, Oct 1847, p 378),...For Munros at Worcester see RSM's Lexington Munroes v, vi..."

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466

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

Birth:
Assynt

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

Notes:

Ref (1) calls his name David and ref (2) says Donald.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/41

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466

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

Birth:
Assynt

Notes:

Ref: "Eagle Flyer" - Winter 1992
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait
Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
- Brown, Thelma
- Hatch, W. Jerome
- Knox, Nellie Maude
- Bowers, Dr. Nancy Brooker
- Munro, John Quincy - Robert Munro descendants

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

Birth:
John's place of birth has not been proven.

John married Mehitable in 1692. Mehitable was born about 1666; died before 20 Nov 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth Bowen on 20 Nov 1718 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of Joseph Bowen and Elizabeth Round) was born on 15 Oct 1691 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1728 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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The following information is from the Sikes reference:

Thomas Munrow was the second son of John and Sarah if we accept the order of their children given in the "Articles of Agreement" as chronological. We know very little about him. He left no will; no inventory was taken of his possessions; there is no accounting of his estate on record. Some historians and genealogists have suggested that he was the nephew of William, of Lexington, but if this were so, then his father John would have been William's brother.

The first time we meet Thomas is in the records at Taunton in which we find his marriage on October 13, 1698 to Mary Wormwell. There is no "T" beside the entry to signify that it took place in Taunton, but if not in that town, it surely must have taken place not too far away. Mary Wormwell's ancestry is as yet undetermined, but she was probably a member of the Wormall family which appears briefly in early records of Rowley, Scituate and Duxbury. John Munrow may have lived in or near Duxbury in 1674 which could account for the acquaintanceship between the Munroe and Wormwell, or Wormall families.

Thomas and Mary settled in Bristol and the births of three children were recorded there, Elizabeth's being the second oldest Munroe birth in the town. This was apparently the extent of their family, for on February 13, 1705, the records show the death of Mary Munroe, wife of Thomas. Subsequent records indicate that Thomas married again, for we find a wife Margaret, and two more children who seem to belong to him.

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There is confusion about the death dates of Thomas and his son, Thomas. Dates in 1717 and 1744 are attributed to both men by various authors. It seems more likely that the elder Thomas is the one that died in 1744 and that his son, Thomas, died in 1717 shortly after his birth.

The Charles C. Munroe, III reference says that Thomas was the son of a Thomas Munro.

References:

(1) "The Munro Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, North Carolina (1993)
- p. 261

(2) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Early Rhode Island Vital
Records - collected by Prof. F. L. Dixon Yard - p. 23, 55

(3) Clan Munro files - Bowers, Dr. Nancy Brooker - membership application
dated 3 Feb 1989

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

Birth:
Bristol County, Rhode Island was founded in 1747.

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born about 1668; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Wormwell on 13 Oct 1698 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Josiah Wormwell and Remember Brown) was born in 1677 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Feb 1705 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth had 8 children. Her husband, John Lindsey, was the brother of Mary Lindsey, who married Elizabeth's brother, William.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
- Brown, Thelma
- Bowers, Nancy Brooker
- Munro, John Quincy - Robert Munro descendants
- John Munro family group record

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

Elizabeth married John Lindsay on 29 Aug 1694 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. John (son of John Lindsay and Mary Alley) was born about 1666; died in Jul 1734 in , , , Suriname. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Brown, Thelma
Bowers, Nancy Brooker

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

Notes:

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(The following is from an e-mail message from Marston Watson - 25 Jun 2013)

«i»William purchased commonage #33 (4 acres) from Obadiah Pappilon for £39 on 22 Aug. 1718. [NEHGR 124:176] William was a member of the first vestry at St. Michael's Church in Bristol, which was established through the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. [De Wolfe Howe, Bristol, Rhode Island: a Town Biography, 29-30].«/i»
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Ref. (1) says that William was the son of William [185].

William settled in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1698. He owned a farm that extended from the Grey Farm on the north to Mt. Hope on the south, and east to the Narrows. It was called the "Major Munro Farm" and was owned by the Munro family until 1900. It was later occupied by the Columban fathers.

He served as executor of the estate of his neighbor, Colonel Henry McIntosh (Mt. Hope Farm) and managed the property of his widow, Madam McIntosh. At the orginization in 1724 of St. Michaels Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, William became Vestryman. His son, Bennett [183], grandsons James [6969] and Edward [182], great-grandson Bennett [181], 2nd great-grandsons John [179] and Otis [7052], and 3rd great-grandson Wilfred [7053] have all been Vestrymen - six generations.

When he died, he had 30 slaves who were given to his children. He and several of his descendants were buried on the farm and their grave stones were later moved to the Major Munro lot at the North Cemetery (Neck).

One of his sons is said to have had no children, and another is said to have moved to Connecticut.

His wife, Mary Lindsay, was the sister of John Lindsay, who married William's sister, Elizabeth. One source says his wife was Elizabeth Carey, but this is unconfirmed. On Mary's grave stone it says she died 8 Nov 1760 at the age of 85, which places her birth in about 1675. Ref. (1) says 1685 and other sources say 1684, 1685 or 1677.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754

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

Buried:
William was buried at the North Burial Ground.

William married Mary Lindsay in 1701 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of John Lindsay and Mary Alley) was born on 28 Nov 1677 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Nov 1760 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George was a cordwainer (shoemaker).

His will is dated 25 Aug 1744 (Bristol Probate book 2 page 339) and lists children and grandchildren.

Ref: "Eagle Flyer" - Winter 1992
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait
Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Brown, Thelma
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
Bowers, Nancy Brooker
Munro, Ronald Geyer

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

Died:
George's will was dated 25 Aug 1744.

Buried:
George was buried at the Juniper Hill Cemetery.

George married Mary Bragg in 1700 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of Henry Bragg and Elizabeth MackMallen) was born on 24 May 1680 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Oct 1736 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

One reference says that Benjamin had a second wife, Anne Mason Haile, but Anne Haile was probably married to Benjamin [9505].

Ref: "Eagle Flyer" - Winter 1992
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait
Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Brown, Thelma
Browning, Margaret
Yard, Prof F. L. Dixon
Bowers, Nancy Brooker

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

Benjamin married Mary Josselyn on 13 Dec 1713 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Henry Josselyn and Abigail Stockbridge) was born on 22 Jan 1685 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Jan 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Anne Mason on 15 May 1728 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA. Anne was born on 28 Aug 1688; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "Eagle Flyer - Winter 1992
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait
Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Brown, Thelma
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
Bowers, Nancy Brooker

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

Joseph married Mary Bowerman in Oct 1710 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of Tristram Bowerman and Anna Hooper) was born on 2 Jan 1690 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 10 Jan 1770 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Brown, Thelma
Bowers, Nancy Brooker

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

Mary married Isaac Chase in 1707 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Isaac (son of Jacob Chase and Mary Hall) was born on 21 Jan 1681 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA; died in 1757 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Brown, Thelma
Bowers, Nancy Brooker

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

Christened:
Susannah was baptized at the Church of Christ by Rev. Sohn Sparhawk, Pastor.

Buried:
Susannah was buried at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church.

Susannah married Henry Bragg, Jr. in 1706 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Henry (son of Henry Bragg and Elizabeth MackMallen) was born on 12 Apr 1682 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 1 Aug 1708 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 23 Jan 1768 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Whether David was a son of Hugh has not been proved, but it is probable. At his marriage, he is surnamed "Roe alias MunRoe". John lived at West Neck near what is now called Bouton's Point. He came from London as a servant in the family of Samuel Gunseld in 1637 at the age of 19.

David's second wife was the widow of Ephraim Beers.

He sold property in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut to the town on 3 Mar 1709/10. There are many land transfers from David to his sons and others in Norwalk from 1721 through his death.

David's will dated 1 Mar 1731 and probated 20 Sep 1733 names his wife, Rebecca, son Amos "Monrow", Daughter Elizabeth Wood and her son David Wood, grandson David Monrow "son to my son in Law Joseph Monrow", Daughter Levina Morehouse, daughter Experience Norris, daughter Martha Beers ("her mother-in-law my wife"), daughter Bethiah Bagley, daughter Christian Sanders, granddaughter Mary Miller, land adjoining my son Solomon Monrow's land, grandson David son of my son Solomon Monrow, sons Solomon and Amos, Joseph Platt and Solomon Monrow, Executors

He lived in Norwalk, Connecticut and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
- Severance, Dorothy-Jean
- Guilford, Dr. Joan

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

Family/Spouse: Rebecca. Rebecca was born about 1667; died in 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Elizabeth Ted on 27 May 1690 in Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Ted and Mary Jennings) was born in 1673 in Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York, USA; died in in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait

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

John married Elizabeth Archer in 1716. Elizabeth was born on 31 Jan 1698 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 9 Dec 1743 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph and his sons can be traced from Sharon to New Ashford, Massachusetts.

Joseph may have sold some land in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut on 1 Feb 1720/1.

Joseph joined the Congregational Church in Wilton, Connecticut in 1729 and he and his wife, Elizabeth, were dismissed in 1741.

One reference says Joseph was born in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and that he married Elizabeth Stuart on 15 Nov 1733.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Hatch, W. Jerome
Munro, Ronald Geyer
Yard, F. L. Dixon
Severance, Dorothy-Jean

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

Died:
Perry Dairy

Joseph married Susannah Olmstead about 1720. Susannah (daughter of Joseph Olmstead and Mehitable Warner) was born about 1700 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died in Dec 1734 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Susannah Monroe about 1722 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Susannah (daughter of David Monroe and Elizabeth Ted) was born on 12 Feb 1700 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died in Dec 1734 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth Stuart on 15 Nov 1735 in Wilton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born est 1698; died in 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Ester Fountain on 27 Oct 1744 in Wilton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Ester was born about 1698; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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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:

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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:

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Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

Notes:

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

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.

Abigail married John Langworthy on 27 May 1742 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA. John was born about 1721; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Family/Spouse: William Sheldon. William was born est 1722; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Bushee. James was born about 1722; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Family/Spouse: Richard Dring. Richard was born about 1724; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Edmunds, Elizabeth
"The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - RI Unconnected Monroes

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

Sarah married Job Taylor on 18 Nov 1742 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA. Job was born est 1726; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Henry West. Henry was born est 1728; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
- Munro, John Quincy - Thomas Munro family group record

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

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
- Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
- Munro, John Quincy - Robert Munro descendants
- Thomas Munro family group record

Thomas' father, Thomas Munro, is listed as dying on 24 Feb 1717.

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

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Elizabeth married Amos Baker in 1724. Amos was born about 1697; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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The following is from the E.W. Wait reference via the Beckett file.

"John Munroe, second child of Thomas and Mary, was born in Bristol on May 14, 1701. We know quite a bit about him and he appears to have been a good, substantial ancestor. he left a will and from this we get some idea of his property and we learn the married names of his daughters.

"John married Hannah Rosbotham on April 29, 1728 in St. Michael's Church, Bristol. (This church was burned in May 1778 by British soldiers on a pillaging expedition from the island of Rhode Island.) They had a large family, their first eleven children being born in Bristol, their last two in Rehoboth, to which town they moved between December 1748 and October 1750. A deed dated February 20, 1750 shows that John bought sixty-three acres of land in Rehoboth from Jeremiah Allen for '1180 pounds of ye old tenor.'

"John Munroe's will is dated April 2, 1789 - he is 'of Rehoboth' and he calls himself 'yeoman.' He appoints his youngest son, Joseph, executor. To his wife Hannah he leaves all his household furniture, half of his dwelling -house, a quarter of an acre of land for a garden west of the house; also a cow and a swine, 'both to be kept for her winter and summer;' also 12 bushels of Indian corn yearly, 4 bushels of rye, 8 pounds of good sheep's wool, two pounds of flax, 50 pounds of beef, and 8 cords of firewood, 'brought to the door and cut fit for the fire.'

"John's will also leaves to daughter Comfort Bowen 27 pounds; to son Nathan 8 shillings; to son Stephen 30 pounds; to son Rosbotham 3 pouunds; to son Benjamin 15 pounds; to son John 45 pounds; to heirs of deceased daughter Elizabeth Carpenter 15 pounds; to heirs of deceased daughter Mary Fuller 15 pounds; to heirs of deceased daughter Alice Horton 15 pounds; to son Thomas 18 pounds; to daughter Hannah 30 pounds; and to granddaughter Patience Short 'for the love I bare to her and Services She as Done for me' 3 pounds. Son Joseph is to have all the estate, both real and personal, not otherwise disposed of. John died on April 18, 1793 and his will was probated the following 6th of August.

"In the first United States Census, taken in 1790, we find John Munroe of Rehoboth with a household consisting of one male of sixteen (himself) and two females - his wife Hannah and probably his daughter Hannah, as she was unmarried when he made his will in 1789 and was very likely still living at home.

"John Munroe appears in the tax lists for the years 1759, 1765 and 1769 as printed in Richard LeBaron Bowen's splendid work EARLY REHOBOTH. In 1759 he was taxed 12 pounds on his real estate and 6 pounds, 9 shillings on his personal estate. That he was a prosperous farmer is shown by the fact that in 1765 his tax jumped to 30 pounds on real and 13 pounds, 1 shilling on personal property; it was practically the same in 1769.

"John was sixty-three years old when he made the acquaintance of young Hector Munro. In February 1764, Hector, accompanied by a relative named Donald, turned up in Rehoboth and wrote a letter to a cousin back home in the Concord-Lexington area. He stated that he and Donald had been unable to find work in Boston, so had started for New York.

"'We marched from Boston,' wrote Hector, 'that very same day and came to Providence and as I was very curios inquiring after my Relations and Kinsmen, I was informed that there was Great Many of them in Rehoboth & Bristol within six mile of Providence & that same hour we marched of in order to find them out which we did that same night with one Nathan Munroe as stately a man as ever you seied of the name and he keepted us with him Two days and the Third he convoyed us to his father's house a good stately old man that hath great deal of Regard for his relations and he keepted us four days and the fift he and Nathan his son went along with us to convoy us in order to show us the rest of our relations down at Bristol and the very first house we came to was Doctor Munro, Captain Thomas Munro's son at Concord.' (Doctor Munro was born in Concord in 1731, a grandson of the first William Murnoe of Lexington; but had moved from there to Bristol before 1762.)

"It was providential for us that Boston had offered no employment to Hector, for otherwise he might never have gotten to Rehoboth and written the letter which adds proof of the relationship between the Bristol and Lexington Munroe families. (Incidentally, Hector went no further to seek his fortune; he married a Rehoboth girl and had several children born in Rehoboth and in 1776 he made his will because he was going into the Army.)"
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Ref 3, p. 26 says John first married Ruth Bowen [9683]. Since this marriage is almost never mentioned in the many references available for John, there is some doubt about its authenticity. Other references (i.e. Rockwell) say that Ruth was the second wife of John [29187].

The Stotler reference says that John sailed on the sloop "Providence" with John Paul Jones.

John and his family moved from Bristol, Rhode Island to Rehoboth between Dec 1748 and Oct 1750. There he bought 63 acres (ref 1) of land from Jeremiah Allen for 1180 pounds. Ref 2 says it was 69 and a half acres and that it may have been part of the land left to Hannah's mother. This land was in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts until an 1812 boundary change set it in the rural town of Seekonk. It was situated a short distance west of the Rehoboth/Seekonk boundary, south of Winthrop Street (later Highway 44) and southeast of the intersection of Lake and Lincoln Streets. The family built a house to live in and some out buildings on the property. The farm produced grain and supported cattle, pigs and sheep.

John was a charitable and hospitable man, a patriarch who valued family connections. A letter dated Feb 1764 gives an account written by Hector Munro, a young soldier, a descendant of William Munro of Lexington, who had been recently discharged from the King's Army after fighting in the French War for King James. Hector tells of his travels to seek work in New York and Boston and to locate his "kinsmen" in Rehoboth and Bristol. During this time Hector met John, who was then almost 63. Hector was delighted by the elder Munro and described him as "a good stately old man and a man that hath a great deal of regard for his relations."

His will, in which he calls himself "yeoman," is dated 2 Apr 1789 (Beckett says 2 Apr 1781), and contains a wealth of genealogical information. He left the family farm to his son, Joseph, with the stipulation that Joseph care for his mother in the family home for the rest of her years.

He was buried in the family cemetery on the farm. His grave stone reads: "The Sweet Remembrance of the Just/Shall Flurish when they sleep in Dust."

References:

(2) "Brown Munro, Sr.: A Life in Time (1829 - 1909)" by Dr. Nancy Brown
Brooker Bowers - Ames, Iowa (1993) - p. 11, 21-24

(3) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Correspondence with Prof. F.
L. Dixon Yard - 1991-1992 - p. 22, 26, 30, 43

(4) Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon - Early Rhode Island Vital
Records - collected by Prof. F. L. Dixon Yard - p. 15

The May reference says that John [37] was the son of John [65] instead of his grandson.

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Died:
Will dated 2 Apr 1789

Buried:
John was buried in the family cemetery on the corner of Lake and Lincoln Streets. His headstone reads: "In Memory of Mr. John Munro, son of Thomas Munro of Bristol who departed this life April 18 AD 1793 aged 91 years 10 months & 24 days."

John married Hannah Rosbotham on 29 Apr 1728 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Hannah (daughter of Capt. Joseph Rosbotham and Elizabeth Church) was born on 20 Jun 1711 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 18 Jun 1809 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
- Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

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Samuel married Mary Margaret Humphrey on 2 May 1734. Mary (daughter of Samuel Humphrey) was born about 30 Jan 1705; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin was the 5th child of John and Elizabeth. He fathered 15 children.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma

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

Birth:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA - email: Alger@alum.mit.edu

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

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - excerpts from "Representative Men and Old Families of
Rhode Island", J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago 1908, Vol. III,
p. 1753-5 - sent by Joyce Underwood Munro

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

Notes:

It is thought that the information for this William and William [7056] may be somehow mixed together. It is not certain which William married Elizabeth Corey (or Carey). There are two death dates, 8 Oct 1777 and 1759. It is not certain which date belongs to which William.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
- Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
- Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Men and Old Families of RI"
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait

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

Family/Spouse: Mary. Mary was born about 1705; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Corey on 19 May 1742. Elizabeth was born about 1705; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nathan moved to Connecticut. On 3 Dec 1751 he was the guardian of Hannah Munroe, a minor over 14.

He died after 1760. Joyce Munro says he died before 1746.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
- Prof. Yard, F. L. Dixon
- Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Men and Old Families of RI"

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

Family/Spouse: Ann. Ann was born about 1708; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref (1) says Bennett was born 7 Oct 1708 and died 25 Oct 1775. Refs (2) and (3) say he was born 1 or 7 Oct 1708.

Captain Bennett Munro lived for sometime at the Munro place on the corner of Hope and Franklin Streets, Bristol, Rhode Island, but for the greater part of his life, he lived on the Mt. Hope Farm (now Church's) then owned by Isaac Royal of Boston. Royal was a Tory and his property was confiscated in the Revolution and purchased from the state by Gov. Bradford.

Bennett was Vestryman at St. Michaels Church, Bristol, Rhode Island. He was the second of six generations to hold that position.

Ref (3) says that all of Bennett's children came from his first marriage to Sarah Bosworth, but Ref (2) says Bosworth died in 1754.

References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma - copy of an old undated letter in the
possession of Frances (Brown) Nichols - p. 1

(2) Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma - Line of Descent of John Munro of
Rehoboth, MA & Bristol, RI - p. 1

(3) Clan Munro files - Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Representative Men and Old
Families of Rhode Island" - Chicago - 1908 - p. 1754

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Bennett married Sarah Bosworth on 11 Nov 1733 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Sarah (daughter of Col. Nathaniel Bosworth and Sarah) was born on 2 Feb 1715 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 12 Aug 1754 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bennett married Sarah Wardwell on 27 Nov 1755. Sarah was born in 1719; died on 25 Sep 1811; was buried in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The list of births in the town of Bristol, Rhode Island gives George's birthdate as 31 Aug 1710, but his gravestone says he died on 8 Sep 1744 age 67 which would place his birthdate in about 1677. Possibly two people confused here.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer
Yard, F. L. Dixon

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Buried:
Juniper Hill Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Mary. Mary was born about 1681; died on 17 Oct 1736; was buried in Juniper Hill Cem, Bristol, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
"Four Geneartions of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait

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

Nathaniel married Mary Joles on 24 Dec 1735 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Mary was born about 1714; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Prof. Yard, F. L. Dixon
- Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Men and Old Families of RI"

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

Family/Spouse: Martha. Martha was born about 1716; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary may have married three times, but two of her marriages occured in the same year (1736) and it is possible that one of the two marriages in that year (probably the one to John Ingraham) was only an intention to marry and the marriage to John may not have actually taken place.

Error alert: Some references say that Mary was the daughter of Joseph Munro and Mary Bowerman. It appears that in 1715, two people named Mary Munro were born in Bristol, Rhode Island. If so, these two people get confused in different references. I don't know which version is correct. [Ed.]

Ref: Clan Munro files - Prof. Yard, F. L. Dixon
- Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Men and Old Families of RI"

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

Mary married John Ingraham on 29 Aug 1736. John was born about 1714; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Gibbs in 1742. James was born about 1714; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Hezekiah married Mary Haile on 7 Apr 1738. Mary was born about 1720; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Prof. Yard, F. L. Dixon
- Munro, Joyce Underwood - "Men and Old Families of RI"

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

Susannah married Jeremiah Willson on 17 Aug 1744. Jeremiah was born est 1718; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

Notes:

Sarah's marriage is recorded in the Vestry Record of St. Michael's Church in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

Sarah married Oliver Eddy on 9 Feb 1723 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Oliver was born about 1703; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

One reference has Anne Haile married to Benjamin [3285].

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellood Wait

Benjamin married Ann Haile on 15 May 1727. Ann was born about 1713; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

Simeon married Rebecca Wardwell on 18 Dec 1732 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Rebecca was born about 1715; died on 25 Sep 1761; was buried in East Cem., Bristol, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

Thomas married Mary Marks on 15 Nov 1739. Mary was born about 1717; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

Hannah married William James on 29 Jan 1741. William was born about 1719; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Browning, Margaret
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

Ref 1 says Henry died in Hanson, Massachusetts. Ref 2 says Henry married (2) Mary Millar, but that is thought to be in error. Mary Millar married Henry's son, Henry, Jr.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer - Record sent by Robert M. Search -
dated 22 Jan 1963

(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer - From File of Mrs. Robert M.
Browning - dated 6 Jun 1984

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

Henry married Hannah Josselyn on 16 Nov 1738 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Henry Josselyn and Hannah Oldham) was born on 1 Oct 1719 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Dec 1759 in Hanson, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South Hanson, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald G.
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

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

Family/Spouse: Priscilla. Priscilla was born about 1718; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Ann Wardwell on 9 Sep 1753. Ann was born about 1719; died on 7 Feb 1796; was buried in Juniper Hill Cem, Bristol, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait

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

Shubael married Mary Josselyn on 10 Nov 1742. Mary was born about 1717; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Mercy married Samuel West in 1746. Samuel was born est 1719; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Notes:

Ann's marriage is recorded in the Vestry Record of St. Michael's Church in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

Ann married Thomas Martin on 3 Dec 1727 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Thomas was born about 1709; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph witnessed the will of George Munro [3289].

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon

Joseph married Catherine Willson on 22 Feb 1741. Catherine was born est 1715; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Error alert: Some references say that Mary was the daughter of William Munro and Mary Lindsay. It appears that in 1715, two people named Mary Munro were born in Bristol, Rhode Island. If so, these two people get confused in different references. I don't know which version is correct. [Ed.]

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The following is from the membership application of Kerry Chapman Gryczynsla:

In the soutwest corner of the Pownal Center Cemetery near the street is the grave of Mary Myers who died in November 1800 in her 86th year. All the Myers families of Pownal trace her.

She was born 23 Oct 1715 in Bristol, Rhode Island, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bowerman) Munro. Her grandfather, Tristram Bowerman, was a ship builder in Bristol and among other vessels he constructed "the good sloop William" as well as the sloop "Dolphin."

When Mary Munro played along the waterside in Bristol and doubtless in her grandfather's ship yard, Pownal and the State of Vermont were regions unheard of. She married Oliver Myers of Little Compton, a son of Nicholas "Mias" as he spelled his name.
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Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon

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

Buried:
Pownal Center Cemetery

Mary married Oliver Myers on 13 May 1736. Oliver (son of Nicholas Mias) was born on 21 Mar 1715 in , , Rhode Island, USA; died on 29 Aug 1769 in , , Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is not certain that Hezekiah belongs in this family.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
"Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait

Hezekiah married Mary Hale on 7 Apr 1738. Mary was born about 1720; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is not certain that Nathan belongs in this family.

Ref: "Four Generations of Bristol Munros" by Estelle Wellwood Wait

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

Family/Spouse: Sarah Kinnecutt. Sarah was born on 27 Feb 1723-1733; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Christened:
Abigail was baptized at the Church of Christ by Rev. John Sparhawk, Paster.

Died:
Abigail died at Woodstock.

Buried:
Abigail was buried at the Bungay Cemetery in West Woodstock.

Abigail married Samuel Morris on 31 Oct 1728 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Samuel (son of Samuel Morris and Mehitable Mayo) was born on 13 Aug 1695 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Jun 1756 in Smithfield, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Christened:
Susannah was baptized at the Church of Christ by Rev. John Sparhawk, Pastor.

Susannah married Capt. John Day on 24 Jul 1731 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. John was born est 1710 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married William Hoar on 14 Nov 1734 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. William (son of William Hoar and Sarah Macomber) was born on 21 May 1710 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 22 Oct 1786 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John was a mariner who died without a will, but his widow as appointed adminstrator of his estate on 5 Aug 1746.

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Christened:
John was baptized at the Church of Christ by Rev. John Sparhawk, Pastor.

Buried:
John may have been buried at Saint Estatious.

John married Mary Gallup on 15 Jul 1736 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of Capt. Samuel Gallup and Mary) was born on 16 Dec 1716 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 26 Jun 1739 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Christened:
Ann (or Alice) was baptized at the Church of Christ by Rev., John Sparhawk, Pastor.

Ann married Capt. Simon Potter on 5 Mar 1740 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA. Simon (son of Hopestill Potter and Lydia Phinney) was born in 1720 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; was christened on 24 Nov 1723 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 21 Feb 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Notes:

Mary's husband was the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Holmes) Miller. She died before 1731.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Miller. Jonathan was born on 19 Nov 1692; died in 1733 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth married the son of Jonathan and Mary (Titus) Wood. One reference says they were married on 5 Nov 1715. She died after 1731.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Elizabeth married Jonathan Wood on 28 May 1715 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Jonathan was born about 1692; died in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha married John, the son of Ephraim and Mary (Gardner) Beers. John and Martha lived in Norwalk, Connecticut. Martha died before 1731.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Family/Spouse: John Beers. John was born on 27 Apr 1695 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died in 1761 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian died after 1731.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

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

Family/Spouse: George Saunders. George was born est 1697; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Susannah (or Susanna) joined the Congregational Church in Wilton, Connecticut in 1732. One reference says she died in 1732.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Broughton, Patricia
Hatch, W. Jerome
Munro, Ronald Geyer
Severance, Dorothy-Jean

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

Susannah married Joseph Munro about 1722 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Joseph (son of John Munro, Jr. and Mehitable) was born on 18 Dec 1696 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA; died on 10 Sep 1773 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

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

Family/Spouse: John Norris. John was born about 1702; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amos and Sarah were married before 1727. Amos was a member of the Wilton Congregational Church in 1727. He and Sarah were dismissed from the congregation in 1740. Some of their children were baptised at Greenfield Hill Church.

In Norwalk, Fairfield, County, there are many land transfers from Amos to others between 1732 and his death. ONe piece of land went to his daughter, Rebeckah on 23 Oct 1733, and to his brother, Solomon on 17 May 1734.

He sold land in Norwalk to his son, Amos, in 1756, probably in anticipation of his death. The administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Sarah, on 6 Dec 1756 and on 7 Mar 1757, she was appointed guardian to Charles, Levinah, Squire and Deborah, the children of Amos, with William "Manrow" as surety. Her daughter, Betty, also chose her mother as guardian. Her son, David, chose Mr. Matthew Seymour of Ridgefield and his guardian on 5 Dec 1757. Her son Charles, chose his brother, William, as his guardian on 24 Mar 1763.

In 1758, Sarah released her dower interest in Norwalk lands to her son Amos of East New Jersey, her daughter, Sarah Manrow of Ridgefield, and Obadiah Wood and Anna his wife of Salem, Westchester County, New York.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 2

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

Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born about 1706; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Solomon married the daughter of Thomas and Mary Morehouse. No doubt they had more than one child.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Family/Spouse: Thankful Morehouse. Thankful was born about 1710; was christened on 23 Jul 1710; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lavinia married the son of Thomas Morehouse. She died after 1731.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Lavinia married Jehu Morehouse on 10 Mar 1727. Jehu was born about 1701; was christened on 5 Jan 1701 in Westport, Connecticut; died in May 1778 in Westport, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bethia married the son of John and Mary (Jackson) Bagley.

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - David of Norwalk - 1
Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean

Family/Spouse: James Bagley. James was born about 1704; was christened on 16 Jul 1704 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean