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He was the son of Jonathan Downing, Jr. and Elizabeth (Gates) Downing.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Downing, Perigo (I3103)
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| 55952 |
He was the son of Jonathan Downing, Jr. and Elizabeth (Gates) Downing.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Downing, Jonathan III (I3104)
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| 55953 |
He was the son of Robert Trothen and Martaret Brock. He lived in Detroit, Michigan.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Langtry, Jeannette
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Trothan, Charles William (I1421)
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| 55954 |
He was the son of thomas Everett and Penelope Rogers. He was a Farmer.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Everett, Annie
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Everett, Samuel (I1798)
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| 55955 |
He was the son of William Handley & Mary Jane (Carden) Barger. He lived in Norwood, Ohio.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Francois, Linda
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Barger, Walter Alexander (I4637)
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| 55956 |
He was Vestryman at St. Michaels Church, in Bristol. He and his brother, Edward were the third of six generations of Munros to hold that position.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Brown, Thelma
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, James (I6969)
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| 55957 |
He worked as a tailor.
His proclamation of marriage from the Inverary Old Parish Records reads as follows:
"Archibald Munro & Mary McVicar, both in this parish, gave in their names in order for proclamation of marriage, 15th February 1800 years, & was married the 20th at Inverary."
Archibald died before 1855.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Arthur Alexander, Jr.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Archibald (I5325)
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| 55958 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I65979)
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Hearne Cemetery | Forrest, Louisa (I57005)
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Hearne Cemetery | Hearne, Ebenezer (I57476)
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Hearne Cemetery | Hearne, Martha Frances (I57488)
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Hearne Cemetery | Hearne, Sidney Hannibal (I57490)
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Hearne Cemetery | Wooley, Dr. Preston Wilson (I58286)
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Hearne Cemetery | Pemberton, Samuel James (I58304)
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Hearne Cemetery | Pemberton, Henry F. (I58309)
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Hearne Cemetery | Pemberton, Willie Jane (I58310)
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Hearne Cemetery | Heilig, Ellen Jane (I58311)
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Hearne Cemetery | Hearne, Lottie Jane (I58317)
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Hearne Cemetery | Hearne, Rosa Heilig (I58327)
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| 55970 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I65439)
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| 55971 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I26490)
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| 55972 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I50402)
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| 55973 |
Hebe was living in Rappahannock County, Virginia in 1850.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy chart of Susannah
Monroe (3rd Installment) - dated 23 Dec 1997 - p. 3
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Grayson, Hebe (I36985)
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| 55974 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I26501)
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| 55975 |
Hector and Inez were married at the Grand Rapids, Michigan Episcopal Church. | Family F11331
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| 55976 |
Hector and Margaret may have had three other daughters besides the children listed.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - M/54
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
390
(3) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Ancestry of James Monroe,
President of the United States
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector I Of Milntown Of Katewell (I10975)
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| 55977 |
Hector died in Durness at "his uncle's son's house", John Mackay, eldest son of Donald, firs Lord Reay. | Munro, Sir Hector XX of Foulis, 2nd Baronet (I23)
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| 55978 |
Hector died in infancy. | Munro, Hector (I12271)
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| 55979 |
Hector entered the army and rose to the rank of Major.
He appears to have sold the Assynt estate to his son-in-law, Alexander Mackenzie of Coul, who gave it to his son, Kenneth, who in 1644, appears as proprietor. Hector, however, had purchased for his son, the lands of Inveran and of Achness, from John Gordon of Embo.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/18, Q/19
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
69, 71, 470-471
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector Of Assynt (I10911)
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| 55980 |
Hector entered the army.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
501
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Bethune, Hector (I39039)
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| 55981 |
Hector is found on the 1871 census of Pictou county, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is listed as a 20 year old farmer of Scotch origin. He lived with his family in Merigomish. They all belonged to the Church of Scotland.
He is found on the 1900 census of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It says he immigrated in 1880 and was working as a ship's carpenter. This census gives his birth date as Feb 1855 which is in conflict with the earlier census.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munroe, James William
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, Hector (I6663)
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| 55982 |
Hector lived in Ireland 'being a Litster (or huckster) to his trade'.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - R/29, R/35
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
494
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector (I12440)
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Hector McKenzie of Assint
Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) - Q/37
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/37
"Christane Munro his eldest daughter married Alexander McKenzie of Coul by whom she had Alexander Kenneth of Coul Hector of Assint and severall daughters who were honourably married."
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | McKenzie, Hector (I12312)
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| 55984 |
Hector Moir Munro of Culcragie married the daughter of Innes of Cockstown.
Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) M/34 & M/35
"Andrew Munro of Culcragie married a daughter of Archibald McDonald in Slate by whom he had Hector Wm. [? in Kincurdie] Hugh and Thomas Burges of Inverness..."
"Hector Moir Munro of Culcragie married Elizabeth daughter to Innes of Cockstown by whom he had John Andrew George Robert who went to the German wars with Fowlis and dyed at Brandenburg and a daughter Margaret married to William Munro of Kiltearn."
"Hector of Culcraggie's son Sgt Robert d Brandenburg Jly 1631..."
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
359
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector Moir Of Culcraggie (I10945)
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Hector Monro of Edmondsham was formerly of Ewell Castle, Surrey. He was named after his godfather, Sir Hector Munro of Novar.
On 19 Jun 1817, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 32nd Regiment.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
332, 334-335 | Monro, Hector William Bower of Edmondsham (I32396)
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Hector Munro came to America and settled in Ohio (Sandusky and Toledo). His wife and two sons (in Scotland) then came to Ohio, through Canada, to join him; they moved to Gibraltar, Michigan in 1879. Hector was a shipbuilder and Captain on the Great Lakes. | Munro, Hector (I65346)
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Hector Munro of Carbisdale was Governor of the Strome Castle in Lochcarron. His second wife was the daughter of the Abbot of Fearn.
Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) M/26
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/1
"Hugh Munro of Coul married thrice 1 Eve McLean Chieftane of the Shiel Tarlichs daughter mother to John Hector and Andrew...of each of whom came great families."
"...sons...Hector of Carbisdale..."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/26
"Hector Munro of Carbisdale Governour of the Strome Castle in Lochcarron married a daughter of Glengarries by whom he had Ferquhard and after her decease he married the Abbot of Fearns daughter by whom he had Robert he had also two natural sons George and Duncan."
"Hector son of Hugh may be father of Robert of Carbisdale whose dr m Hugh of Assynt."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - p. iv
Hector was originally of Carbisdale, parish of Kincardine. He served as Captain or Governor of Stome Castle in Lochcarron under Macdonald of Glengarry, who possessed that stronghold. His first wife was the daughter of Alexander Macdonald of Glengarry.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
350
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector Of Carbisdale (I3301)
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Hector Munro of Culcragie was a Lieutenant in a foot company under Sir George Munro in Germany. After he returned, he sold Culcragie to John Burges Munro of Edinburgh.
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/36
"John Munro of Culcragie married Katherine daughter to Hugh Munro of Teaninich by whom he had Andrew who dyed Hector Donald and severall daughters."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/37
Hector Munro of Culcragie was Lieut. to a foot company under Sir George Munro of Newmore in Germany and returning thence sold of Culcragie to John Munro Burges of Edinburgh.
Hector was wounded at Oldenburg. On his return home, he married Isabella Ross, daughter of the Rev. Robert Ross, minister of Alness. Hector and Isabella had a sasine dated 2 Apr 1633 oin part of the lands of Culmellochie.
He sold his commission and the estate of Culcraggie to John Munro, "Burgess of Edinburgh," third son of Andrew Munro, I. of Kincraig.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
359-360
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector of Culcraggie (I10963)
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Hector Munro of Daan and his wife, Catherine Munro, had no children. He owned Meikle Daan in Edderton parish, Scotland.
Hector was Commissioner of Supply for Ross in 1695 and 1706.
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/50 & Q/5
"The Highlander" - Nov/Dec 86 - p.71
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/49
"Alexr. Munro of Daan married Mr Gilbert Murray Minister of Tayns daughter by whom he had Hector and John..."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/50
"Hector of Daan married Katherine daughter to John Munro of Fyres but dyed without Succession and was interred at Eddertown 1722."
"Hector was Commissioner of Supply for Ross 1695 & 1706..."
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
433
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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:
Alexander Munro of Daan «i»Son of Rev. Hector of Daan, Minister of Edderton, & Euphemia Ross; on record 1661 & c.1690, - son Hector 'yr of Daan' 1695; m. (1) -------Murray, dr of Min. of Tain, with issue - Hector (suc.) & John; (2) Margaret Forrester, with issue - David & drs. Accused with brother & others by Earl of Seaforth etc. of armed convocation May 1665 under David Ross of Balnagowan; perhaps builder of house of Meikle Daan, near Edderton, where lintel over door has date '1680' & initials 'AM-MF'. (prob. his own & second wife's.)
Munro Tree M/49;Mackenzie . 384-5 - calls 2nd wife 'Miss Hamilton'; W. McGill, Old Ross-shire and Scotland, I 263 a, II 1100; New Statistical Account, Ross & Cromarty, pp. 449, 455 - lintel fm Daan at Balnagown; NAS Register of Sasines for Inverness, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland - for 2nd wife's name; Easter Ross Archaeological Sites etc. (1979) no. 270; G. Stell in Firthlands of Ross & Cromarty (1956), pp. 126-7; RWM in 'The Highlander' (USA) vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 71-2 (1986); Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, IX p. 376; 3 Register of the Privy Council of Scotland ii 24 (1665 complalnt)
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector of Daan (I11862)
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Hector Munro of Drummond served as Commissioner of Supply for Ross 1689, 1690 and 1704. He married Anne, the daughter of Sir James Fraser of Brea. She and Hector had 17 children, but most of them died young.
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - W, W/1
Sir Robert Munro of Fowlis succeeded as the nearest aire male 1651 and married Jean daughter to Coll: Sir Hector Munro by whom he had John Hector David Andrew William Joseph and Daniel and a daughter Rebecca.
Hector Munro of Drummond married Anne daughter to Sir James Fraser of Brea to whom she bore 17 children who dyed young except
Hector of Drummond was Commissioner of Supply for Ross 1689, 1690 & 1704 (APS ix 74, 146, xi 151); d in or c 1708 (Mackenzie 89, FW 307).
Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 89-90
2. Hector, who received the lands of Drummond, parish of Kiltearn, as his patrimony. Hector was a man of strong religious principles, and took a great interest in ecclesiastical affairs. He was for several years one of the principal elders in the Parish, and his name frequently occurs in the Session Records of Kiltearn. On the 14th of July, 1707, the Session appointed "Hector Munro of Drummond and Gilbert Robertson in Balcony to agree with the workman that thacks the kirk, and appointed to furnish any material requirit for the said work." The kirk was thatched with heather, and the Session appointed "each oxgate in the parish to carry to the thatching of the kirk ane load of hather, two rungs, and four woodies"; and David Samuel, kirk officer, was requested "to warn the severall tennants in the parish to lead in the same hather, with certification that the deficients shall pay ten shillings Scots for each load of hather that is wanting." On the first of March, 1708, "Hector Munro of Drummond and Captain George Munro of Culcairn were apointed a Comittee by the Session to examine in Session minutes the collections for the poor, what their spent may be and how they were disbursed from the time of the last distribution to the date of these presents." On the 1st of May, the same year, Hector Munro of Drummond, Fowlis, Culcairn, Captain Munro of Westerton, and George Munro in Limlair, were appointed "to examine anent the deliquents' fines." Hector died shortly afterwards and was buried in Kiltearn Churchyard, in a spot he had "chosen, 16 feet square, for a burial place to himself and his family, benorth the entry to the churchyard from the west." He was collector of the Cess, Bishop's rents, etc., for the County of Ross. Hector of Drummond married Ann, second daughter of Sir James Fraser of Brae, parish of Resolis, youngest son of Simon eighth Lord Lovat, by his second wife Jane Stewart, daughter of Lord Doune, with issue--seventeen children, all of whom died in infancy except one son and a daughter
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector (I1254)
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Hector Munro of Eriboll married the daughter of Thomas Fraser of Strui.
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/29
"Hector Munro of pitfuire married Janet daughter of Neil McKy of Auchness by whom he had Hector William and severall daughters that married in Strathnaver..."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/30
"Hector Munro of Eriboll married Elizabeth daughter to Thomas Fraser of Strui by whom he had Hugh William Donald and Hector his eldest daughter married John John /sic/ McKy of Skerra."
"Hector of Erriboll's son William also lived in Sutherland, said to be at Mussal."
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 351
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector Of Erribol (I10922)
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Hector Munro of Novar was a Commissioner of Supply for Ross in 1698 and 1704. He had a crown charter of Achnagall and other lands. He served as factor or chamberlain on the Sutherland estate.
He was an elder in the Parish Church of Alness for many years, and in 1701, he sat as the ruling elder in the Presbytery of Dingwall.
In Dec 1714, Hector was one of the "considerable persons of the shires of Ross and Sutherland" who signed an address to King George I, imploring his Royal mecy for Simon Lord Lovat on his return from France at the instigation of Major James Fraser of Castleleathers.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/71, L/72
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
97, 421, 510
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector Of Novar (I10610)
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Hector Munro of Pitfure's first wife was the daughter of Neil McKy of Auchness. In addition to the children listed, they had several daughters who "married in Strathnaver."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/28
"George Munro of Linset married Innes of Culorssies daughter by whom he had Hector William John and Charles from whom the Laird of Fowlis redeemed the wadset of Linsetmore."
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - M/29
"Hector Munro of pitfuire married Janet daughter of Neil McKy of Auchness by whom he had Hector William and severall daughters that married in Strathnaver 2 after her death he married a daughter of Hector Munro of Findon by whom he had a son George."
"Hector of Pitfure's second wife was Margaret dr of Hector of Findon, who later m Ronald son of Angus McRonald of Ulladaill; Hecotr's son William lived at Rossal in Sutherland."
Hector purchased the lands of Pitfure in Rogart Parish. He later sold Pitfure and purchased Erribol in Durness parish.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
350-351
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector II, of Erribol (I10917)
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Hector of Contulich and Kildermory was the progenitor of the Fyrish branch. His wife was the daughter of Hector Roy Mackenzie of Gairloch.
Ref: "The Munro Tree 1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q/1
Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Q, Q/1
Robert Barron of Fowlis married Margaret daughter to Sir Alexander Dunbar Sheriff of Murray by whom he had 4 sons and 3 daughters he was slain at the Battle of Pinkie with many of his followers in [? September] 1547.
...their four sons appear below as Robert R, Hector Q/1, Hugh Q/18 and George Q/45; for dr Catherine see M/4.
Hector Munro of Contulich and Kildermory married a daughter of Hector Roy McKenzie of Gairloch by her he had William John George and Hugh and a daughter Janet that married McKay of Auchness.
Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 42
By Margaret Dunbar, Robert had issue...
2. Hector, I. of Contullich, from whom are descended the families of Contullich, Gildermorie, and Fyrish, and of whom in their order.
...the superiority of the lands of Creich was purchased by the Munros in 1541. In 1589 Hector Munro is served heir male and of entail to his father Robert Munro of Fowlis "the elder, in the superiority of the land of Creichmor in Breachat, and the fishings of Kellisoquill (Kyle Oykel) both in salt water and in fresh, lying in the Earldom or Ross and barony of Fowlis.
On the 22nd of July, 1590, Hector was arraigned before a jury at Edinburgh for the crimes of "sorcery, incantation, witchcraft, slaughter, etc.," his trial taking place immediately after that of his stepmother, already referred to. The proceedings are recorded at length in Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, vol. i., part ii., pages 201-204, and the "Dittay," or indictment, extended over the period which had elapsed since 1588. The chief accusation against him was his having, through "inchantments" caused the death of his half-brother George, who "did take ane deadlie sickness in the month of Apryle, 1590 yeirs, and contineward thairin quhile Junij (till June) thaireafter, deceissit in the said month of Junij, being the third day of that instant." In this case the incantation was a doze of slow poison; and his paternal uncle, Hector Munro of Fyrish, appears to have been implicated in the matter. Hector of Fowlis "all uterlie denyit" the charge and was acquitted by the assize, and was "prouniceit and declarit to be acquit and innocent of all the heidis of the said Dittey." He thus escaped any serious consequences from his alleged crimes; but his trial and that of his stepmother are curious incidents in the annals of the family.
The second son of Robert IV of Foulis inherited large estates and was first of families of Kildermorie, Fyrish and Tullochue.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - p. iv
References: (1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
431
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hector I Of Fyrish, Contullich (I3614)
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Hector received his first schooling from the Monks at Fort Augustus and went on to Raining's School in Inverness and Aberdeen University where he graduated MB, CM in 1894.
His first job was as Ship's Surgeon in the British India Steam Navigation Company. Some time before 1898, he became the Dispensary Surgeon at the Bradford Infirmary. He remained at the Bradford Infirmary until 1909. Although a poor peoples' Dispensary Surgeon was not a very well paid job, he seems to have both prospered and developed his interests there. He was on the board of Guardians administering the Poor Law from 1898 to 1904.
He married Elsie Ford in 1904. She was from a North Yorkshire Quaker family. Her father owned a silk spinning business, which, by the time it shut down in 1970, was the last of its kind in Great Britain.
In 1904, he was defeated in a local election for the ILP Parliamentary candidate. Although he retained his interest in Labour politics, he never tried to enter Parliament again.
He became interested in Naturism, and because of that he and his bride spent part of their honeymoon camped in a tent on the lawn at Auchindoune. It is said he enjoyed walking barefoot in the mud.
Elsie died of peritonitis in 1905. They had no children and Hector never remarried.
In 1909, he moved to Letchworth, Hampshire, and in 1910 to Welbeck Street, London, and in 1915 the Medical Directory gives his address as 128 Harley Street.
At the beginning of World War I, he was on the Board of Management of the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick Square. The Chief Consultant at the time was the world famous Psychologist William McDougall FRS. The miseries caused by the German invasion of Belgium attracted a lot of attention in England, and many medical men including Hector, went to Belgium on a voluntary basis to see what they could do. Hector perceived that the problem was not lack of doctors, or hospitals or medical supplies, but an acute shortage of ambulances to carry the wounded from the front to the hospitals in the rear. He therefore returned to England and In August 1914, he raised a flying ambulance corps to go to the assistance of the hard-pressed Belgian army. Since he was a leading feminist he decided to include four women in his team in order that they might prove their worth by going onto the battlefield under fire."
One of the ladies was the 18 year old Mairi Chisholm, originally from Inverness, and another was the novelist May Sinclair, who was also a subscriber to the Medico-Psychological Clinic and on its Board of Management. Once in Belgium, Hector and his team, including the ladies, were in the thick of it, living in danger, discomfort and dirt, and often under fire. May Sinclair proved to be insubordinate, and on one occasion disobeyed Hector's direct order. After three weeks funds were running out, and Hector sent May Sinclair home to collect more money, and took the opportunity to sack her by getting the War Office to refuse to give her a pass to return to Belgium. Though deeply hurt by her dismissal, she became Hector's patient after the war, and left him her books by Jung in her will. The gallant conduct of Hector and his team was widely reported, and made his reputation. He was awarded the Order of Leopold, Chevalier grade, with the crossed swords denoting bravery in the field. He also qualified for the rare British 1914 Star (sometimes called the Mons Star) with the bar awarded to those who had been under fire during the period from 5 Aug to 22 Nov 1914.
The future Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, then a highly unpopular person because of his attitude to the war, visited Hector's Corps. His reputation was so bad that the Belgian authorities arrested him immediately on arrival. To save his friend further humiliation Hector undertook to be responsible for him, and drove him to the coast, and put him on board the boat for England.
Following a reorganisation of the Front, Hector relinquished command of the Corps, and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, who kept no record of the services of their temporary officers. It is believed that he served mainly in France, but the only record found shows that he became a Captain in 1918, and was in Machrihanish with the 272nd Costal Squadron RAF from July 1918 until demobilised in March 1919.
Shortly after demobilisation, Hector met that extraordinary woman, Eglantyne Jebb, the founder of the Save the Children Fund. She virtually mesmerised him into putting off the rebuilding of his medical practice and going to Vienna on behalf of the Fund. The effect of the wartime naval blockade of Germany was perhaps at its most terrible in Austria and Hungary. Later Hector described the conditions he found: "children were actually dying in the street. I saw in a hospital 38 women who were suffering spontaneous fracture of the hips. The children's bones were like rubber. Clothing was utterly lacking: children were wrapped in paper."
Apart from setting up various relief organisations in Austria and Hungary, Hector raised money for the Fund. For instance, by speaking to the Executive of the Miners' federation he received a cheque for 39,000 pounds Raising funds on another level, he accompanied Eglantyne Jebb on a visit to the Pope, who gave them a personal cheque for 25,000 pounds and the proceeds of twice-yearly church collections until the famine was over.
It is not known exactly when Hector resumed his private practice. He became a member of the British Psychological Society in 1926. He wrote to Ramsay MacDonald about Spiritualism in 1928. We have a glimpse of him in 1933 in the auto-biography of Patience Strong who typed letters in Hector's flat in Park Crescent on behalf of the Labour Party. In 1934, aged 65, he invited Ramsay MacDonald to the opening of his new clinic. His medical activities gradually decreased as the years rolled on. He died in 1949.
An obituary appeared in The New Statesman and Nation: "Like John Burns he never wore an overcoat and walked about in the dirtiest weather oblivious of the wind and the rain playing with his silver hair. He was one of Keir Hardie's closest comrades. For forty years he attended at Labour Party conferences, listening in silence and commenting vigorously in private. He was one of the first correctly to diagnose Ramsay MacDonald's political disease. As a doctor he was a great authority on foot diseases, and believed that, in the absence of the real thing, artificial sunshine could soon be used to banish the remanins of poverty diseases. He was among the first to discover the vitamin properties of fruit, which, perhaps, explains why he was for many years Bernard Shaw's doctor. He was the first Harley Street specialist to join the National Health Scheme, and at his various enterprises, the only failure was his inability to reduce G. K. Chesterton's figure."
Beneath his fun-loving and very likeable exterior there was a core of competence in his profession and a sense of purpose.
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Hector served as a Major in the Royal Engineers. He was married but had no children.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 498
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Hector served in the 52nd Light Infantry from 1874 to 1881.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
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Hector studied at King's College and the University of Aberdeen. He received his M.A. on 27 Mar 1800. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Dingwall on 31 May 1802. The following April, the Hon. Maria Hay Mackenzie of Cromarty presented him to the church and parish of Alness, as his father's successor, and he was inducted there on 28 Sep 1803 at the early age of 21 years.
He had not completed his studies when the parish became vacant, but his father's family was respected so much by the parishioners that they agreed to prolong the vacancy in order that Hector might get the appointment. He remained minister of Alness for nearly 17 years and then was transferred to Dingwall on 29 Jul 1820. His move away from Alness caused very general regret.
He was of kindly disposition, refined manners, and bore a very high character both as a minister and a gentleman. He always took a deep interest in the material as well as in the spiritual welfare of his people, and his many excellent and amiable qualities secured for him the esteem and goodwill of all classes, especially of the poor, by whom he was much beloved and highly respected.
He served as minister of Dingwall for 29 years.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
40, 498, 500
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Hector studied for the church at the University of St. Andrews, where he earned his M.A. in 1610. In 1614, he was appointed minister of Edderton.
He owned the estate of Meikle Daan in the same parish, which he acquired from his brother-in-law, Andrew Munro of Daan and Limlair.
He was one of the Commissioners from the Presbytery of Tain at the famous General Assembly which met at Glasgow on 21 Nov 1638, when Prelacy was abolished and its Bishops excommunicated. He was listed there as "Mr. Hector Munro in Nether Tayne."
In 1644, he took over as minister of the neighboring parish of Kincardine, Easter Ross, and he appears to have conformed to Episcopacy or to have been one of the indulged Presbyterian ministers of that period.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - M/48
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
383
(3) "The Highlander" - vol. 24, no. 6 - Nov/Dec 1986 - p. 71
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:
Alexander Munro of Daan «i»Son of Rev. Hector of Daan, Minister of Edderton, & Euphemia Ross; on record 1661 & c.1690, - son Hector 'yr of Daan' 1695; m. (1) -------Murray, dr of Min. of Tain, with issue - Hector (suc.) & John; (2) Margaret Forrester, with issue - David & drs. Accused with brother & others by Earl of Seaforth etc. of armed convocation May 1665 under David Ross of Balnagowan; perhaps builder of house of Meikle Daan, near Edderton, where lintel over door has date '1680' & initials 'AM-MF'. (prob. his own & second wife's.)
Munro Tree M/49;Mackenzie . 384-5 - calls 2nd wife 'Miss Hamilton'; W. McGill, Old Ross-shire and Scotland, I 263 a, II 1100; New Statistical Account, Ross & Cromarty, pp. 449, 455 - lintel fm Daan at Balnagown; NAS Register of Sasines for Inverness, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland - for 2nd wife's name; Easter Ross Archaeological Sites etc. (1979) no. 270; G. Stell in Firthlands of Ross & Cromarty (1956), pp. 126-7; RWM in 'The Highlander' (USA) vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 71-2 (1986); Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, IX p. 376; 3 Register of the Privy Council of Scotland ii 24 (1665 complalnt)
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Hector succeeded his father when he was still a child. His estates were managed by some of his relatives until he reached majority in about 1514. At that time, Hector and John Mackenzie of Kintail were temporarily appointed by an act of the Privy Council, Lieutenants of Wester Ross to protect that district from the incursion of Sir Donald Macdonald of Lochalsh, who had proclaimed himself Lord of the Isles.
Donald Macdonald of Lochalsh died before August 1519, and on 2 October 1524, his sister, Margaret Macdonald of the Isles issued a charter granting Hector Munro several pieces of land in Breachatt. These grants were given with the consent of Margaret's husband, Alexander Macdonald of Glengarry and were confirmend by King James V by charter dated at Stirling on 20 Apr 1541.
On 30 Apr 1527, at Inverness, Hector entered into a bond of friendship and mutual defense with the Knight of Cawdor Castle and others. A similar contract was signed by Hector and Hugh, fifth Lord Lovat on 19 Mar 1529.
Hector was married twice, but had children only by his first wife. He also had three illegitimate sons who became heads of large families, and to whom were granted portions of land in Ross-shire.
Hector died at Carbisdale (later called Culrain), in the parish of Kincardine in 1541, when he was about 50 years old. He was buried in the ancestral burying-ground in the Chanonry of Ross.
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The following is from «u»The Monroe Book«/u» p. 6:
«i»William's son Hector had extensive lands confirmed to him as thirteenth Baron by James V a Stirling in 1541 and died in the same year.
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