William Munro, of Mid-Swordale

Notes:

William Munro of Mid-Swordale was also known as "of Clynes." In 1590, he purchased the lands of Meikle and Little Clyne from Hector Munro of Foulis for "great sums of money." He also received a fourth of Swordell from his brother, Hector, in 1610.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
465-466

(2) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/18, Q/38

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

Birth:
"Mid-Swordale, Kiltearn Par., Scotland"

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: Euphemia Ross, of Achnacloich. Euphemia (daughter of Hugh Ross, I of Achnacloich and Isabel Munro) was born about 1565 in Rosskeen, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Hugh Munro of Mid Swordell and his son, George, went with the Laird of Fowlis to the German wars in 1626. He died there.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466, 480

(2) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/38, Q/39

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: Agnes Munro. Agnes (daughter of George Munro, II of Katewell and Agnes Munro) was born about 1580; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/38

(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:
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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(The following is from "The Monroe Book" - by Dr. J. S. Guilford - p. 12)

«i»It is assumed that Robert did not survive. He was, after all, the uncle of John and Hugh and thus an older man. However, we believe that we have found him in Windsor, Connecticut as is shown by the following records published in Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut 1639-1663 (Conn. Hist. Soc. and Soc. of Colonial Wars in the State of Conn., 1928). On 1 March 1654/5, "Robrt Munroe Scotchman hauving Sould 2 quarts of Liquor to the Indyans Contrary to Law is adjudged to pay for the same according to the Law £20 & hee is to bee secured till the fine bee secured to this Comon wealth" (p. 140). On the first Thursday in March, 1665/6, "Robert Munroe Complaines of John Bissell for missdimenor in taking the lock from the seller dore whereby his liquors weare indangered if not indammaged" (p. 161). At the Quarter Courte in Hartford 5 June 1656. "Rob: Munrow plt. Contra Rich. Sexton defendt in the fencing to the dammage of 15 pounds" (p. 168). The same year, "Rob: Munrow plt. Cont Rich. Sexton defendt in an action about fence being defective the jury findes for the plt.: 50 Shill which is to be deducted out of Sexton his rent and Costs of Courte" (p. 169). There is no further record of Robert in any history, but at least we know that he was in the liquor business at Windsor by 1655.«/i»
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Robert may have been banished to America along with two of his nephews after the Battle of Worcester. Robert, John and Hugh Munrow were listed as prisoners shipped from London on the "John & Sarah" on 11 Nov 1651 bound for Boston, Massachusetts.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/38

(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:
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:

Error alert: Some researchers says George was the son of Hugh Munro of Assynt instead of his grandson.

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/38, Q/41

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

Birth:
George was born at Assynt.

Family/Spouse: Marjory Ross. Marjory (daughter of Hugh Ross) was born est 1615 in , , Sutherland, Scotland; died about 1648 in , , , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ferquhar was born out of wedlock.

Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/38

"William Munro of Mid Swordell married Euffem daughter to Hugh Ross of Achnacloich by whom he had Hugh George Hector and Robert he had also a naturall son Ferquhar."

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

Notes:

George went with his father and his Chief, the Black Baron of Fowlis to the German wars in 1626. He died there.

References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
466, 480

(2) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/39, Q/40

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)

«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]