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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1715 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Alexander McGrigor was born about 1715; and died. Notes:
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:
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Alexander McGrigor «u»alias«/u» Munro, SSPCK Schoolmaster at Fort Augustus, aged 40 years in 1755, salary £14 sterling.«b»; «/b»demitted 1758; according«b» t«/b»o Governor Trapaud, neglected school and he and wife (spinning mistress) behaved badly ; she was dismissed, Munro left (without informing kirk session to whom he was clerk, taking minister with him); kept a public house; also said to have falsified list of scholars at Trustees for Manufacturers working schools; paid for interim work at Rainings School, Inverness. Same as Glenelg innkeeper - Munro (1773) came from Fort Augustus (Boswell etc).
Reports at Annexed Estates 1755-1769, ed. V. Wills, p. 45 - from report on Lovat & Cromarty, SRO reg. E 729/1, p. 1-31. "SSPCK Schoolmasters", ed. A.S. Cowper (1997), 81.«/i»
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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