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On 14 Jul 1766, Barnabas was reported as a runaway from Samuel Weckham of Goshen, New York. In Sep 1775, Barnabas was living in Warwick, New York with property assessed at about 1 pound.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - New York Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, Barnabas (I15760)
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On 15 Jun 1925, Doris graduated from North High School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, Doris (I48845)
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On 16 Nov 1952, Fannie was accidently shot in the abdomen with a 30-30 rifle. She was sitting on a log in Kalkaska County when LeRoy Rice, 65 of Muskegon said he mistook her for a porcupine because of fur on her coat. (Her daughter, Virginia Fuller King said she did not have any fur on her coat.) She was taken to Grayling Hospital in serious condition and later moved to Henry Ford (or Harper Hospital) in Detroit. LeRoy Rice was fined $600 and costs for a "hunting error".
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Fannie Maggie Matilda (I50153)
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On 16 Sep 1905, Charles Jay Monroe married Mrs. Clara O. (Atkinson) Packard.
Ref: "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-8/11-82
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Atkinson, Clara O. (I8900)
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On 19 Jun 1847, Daniel made an affadavit in Westchester county, New York stating that he was son and only heir of Daniel Monroe who served from Connecticut in the Revolutionary War.
In 1850, Daniel was a laborer living in Somers, New York.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Conn. Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, Daniel (I14469)
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On 2 Dec 1919, the State of Louisiana filed a criminal suit against Jeff, docket number 11286, for failure to dip cattle. It says that he did wilfully, maliciously and feloniously fail, refuse and neglect to dip his cattle in accordance with Act No. 25 of 1917 relative to dipping cattle, due notice time and place of dipping having been regularly given.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Thomas Jefferson (I22520)
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On 2 Sep 1796, Henry, along with many other linen drapers and owners of bleach yards, signed a statement of support for Inspector of Brown Linen, James Fowler of Hillsborough.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Henry (I64150)
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On 20 Aug 1850, Mary departed from Liverpool, England aboard the "Richard Alsop" and emigrated to America.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Zahora, Robert W.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Mary (I18839)
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On 20 Feb 1794, John sold a tract of land on the Rocky Branch of the Nottoway River which appears to be the same tract of land purchased by William Monroe 32 years before. This is the only evidence linking John as a possible son of William.
The Gerald Monroe reference says that John was the son of Andrew Monroe and Jane Watts.
John first appears in the records of Mecklenburg County, Virginia in 1784 when he received a land grant of 444 acres of land on the south side of the Roanoke River. He sold half of the land on 8 Jan 1787.
On 16 Feb 1808, John sold the other half of his property because he apparently planned to move to another state. He died before he completed his move. His estate was valued at 668 pounds 3 shillings and 6 pence.
Error alert: There is a lot of confusion surrounding this person. It is possible that this is actually the record of two different men named John Monroe. Some researchers say he was the son of William Munro and Mary Smith. There are two children listed in this family named John who are alive at the same time which is almost certainly an error.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Kelly, Robert Coffin - Genealogical Research done by
Katherine S. and Herbert A. Elliot dated 26 Apr 1971 - p. 2-4
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, John (I14646)
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On 21 Apr 1846, George entered the army as an Ensign in the 92nd Highlanders. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 23 Jun 1848 and retired in 1851. On 3 Nov 1854, he was gazetted Captain in the Highland Rifle Militia Regiment of Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and Caithness, later known as the 3rd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. He was promoted to Major on 26 Nov 1855 and to Lieutenant Colonel (with the honorary rank of Colonel) on 19 Jan 1856. After the death of Colonel the Hon. James Sinclair, he was appointed Colonel-Commandant of the regiment on 11 Feb 1856.
Colonel Ross, who always held the opinion that the Highland dress would best suit the regiment, applied to the Secretary of State to get it so equipped. His request was granted in a letter dated 28 Nov 1860. On his suggestion, the Secretary of State also introduced a new system of preliminary drill for recruits and authorised officers of the Militia, on appointment, to be instructed for one month at the headquarters of their corps. This did away with the necessity of calling out the regiment for training in separate divisions.
George served as Convener of the county of Cromarty, a D.L. and J.P.
References:
(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 166-167
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Ross, George William Holmes Of Culcairn (I28642)
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On 21 Oct 1834, John bought 40 acres of land in Township 14N, Range 4E, Marion County, Indiana. He is probably related to William [17784].
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Indiana Unconnected Monroes
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, John (I17779)
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On 22 Aug 1851, a tornado struck the towns of Medford, West cambridge and Waltham in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. In the list of damages is found Fessenden and Whittemore, $1000, the largest loss listed, the total for all being $23,606.
Philip was a member of the Unitarian (?) Church of Arlington, Massachusetts. He helped his father run the mill in West Cambridge and he eventually ran it on his own, probably with the help of his brother, Ichabod.
Philip's wife, Rebecca, was the daughter of Rebecca Cutler of Lexington. Rebecca was previously married to Tufts. She was a grinder of spices, medicines and dye stuffs.
Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munro - 13-31-22
Clan Munro files - Coutant, Martha
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Fessenden, Philip Bemis (I2318)
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On 23 Jan 1661, before his father's death, John entered into a bond of friendship and manrent with Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth. An old manuscript record, which gives a sketch of the character of Sir John, says:
"He lived in good correspondence with his neighpours, for there was mutual condescendence passed between Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth, John Munro, younger of Fowlis."
In a document dated 7 Dec 1668, it is mentioned that John served as one of the Deputes in the Sheriffship under the Earl of Caithness and the Earl of Argyll.
The lands of Foulis had been appraised from Sir John's father and granted to others, and so even though his father died in 1668, it was not until 1676 that Lovat's rights over the estate were extinguished and the lands adjudged to belong to Sir John as 22nd Baron of Foulis and 4th Baronet.
Sir John was a member of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland at the Revolution in 1688 and 1689. He was a very zealous promoter of that change in the government of the kingdom, and was also very strenuous in assisting Presbyterianism.
During the period between the Restoration and the Revolution -- 1660-1688 -- his eminent piety and zeal exposed him to great sufferings in the cause of religion. He was imprisoned for long periods of time for his religious beliefs. His estates were harassed by fines and confiscations, and burdened and reduced in value.
He was present along with his mother, the Dowager-Lady Munro of Foulis, in her house at Obsdale, near Alness, in Sep 1675, when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed by Mr. John Mackillican, minister of Alness, assisted by the Rev. Hugh Anderson of Cromarty, and Alexander Fraser of Daviot. Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon, at the urging of Bishop John Paterson of Ross, sent a party of soldiers to apprehend Mr. Mackillican, but before their arrival, the communicants had dispersed themselves and concealed the ministers.
According to tradition, Mr. Mackillican escaped capture by a clever ruse. Sir John Munro was a man of Falstaffian proportions, which with his strong attachment to the Presbyterian religion, had earned for him the nickname of "The Presbyterian Mortar-piece." When the officer in command of the military burst into his apartment in search of Mr. Mackillican, Sir John pleaded indisposition, and on that ground begged the intruder to excuse his inability to rise from his chair. The soldier retired without taking the liberty of looking among the ample skirts of the Baronet's dressing gown, and consequently without discovering that the Mr. Mackillican was hidden there.
During the period of the Prelatic persecution, multitudes of pious and honest people found sanctuaries in Ross and Sutherland. The Earl of Sutherland, Lord Reay, and Sir John Munro of Foulis, showed them much kindness, and their wives, pious and amiable ladies, vied with their patriotic and sympathetic husbands in harboring the poor persecuted fugitives.
It is said that once when Sir John Munro and Archbisiop Sharp were together on some occasion in the Privy Council Chamber, Sharp accused the Baron of Foulis of permitting his wife to harbor so many of those "wandering families." It was generally known that Sharp was skeptical about the fidelity of his own wife, and Sir John retorted that "they could not be responsible for all the foibles and weaknesses of their wives, but those whose wives were religious had one great advantage--they believed that all the children they brought them were their own."
On 8 May 1683, the Privy Council ordered the Munro Chief to be confined to his own house in Ross-shire and a mile around it, for withdrawing from the parish church. He was now old, and this was all the privilege which his friends were able to procure for him. In 1685, he was heavily fined for his non-conformity and was imprisoned in the jail of Inverness, while his son, Robert, was confined in the tolbooth of Tain.
Sir John served as Commissioner to Scots Parliament for the County of Ross-shire from 1689 until his death in 1697. In 1689 it appears that Sir John was a candidate for the job of Sheriff-Principal of Ross to succeed Colin, Earl of Seaforth, who had been removed from that office because he was a professed papist. In the end, Ross of Balnagown was appointed to the office. Sir John was appointed Commissioner of Justiciary for Peace of the Highlands on 30 Mar 1697.
He died at Foulis Castle on 29 Sep 1697 and was buried at Kiltearn.
The Munro Tree says that Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Coul was Sir John's son-in-law (p. ii), but X (p. 20) says Sir Kenneth was Sir John's father-in-law. It is thought that the latter is correct.
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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:
«i»Alexander Munro of Katewell fl 1687/8 Son of David Munro of Katewell & Agnes Munro; described as David's eldest lawful son 15 Jan 1687, date of charter by Sir John Munro of Foulis under which Alexander was given Sasine of 2-1/2 oxgate lands of Katewell (David had been called 'portioner of Katewell' 1641); as Alexander of Katewell gave disposition of 2-1/2 oxgate lands of Katewell to George Dallas of St. Martins, W.S., 8 Sep 1688; MacKenzie says Alexander was tenant of Teachait & had at least 2 sons - George (Teachait & Kellaig) & John (d. 1724).
Munro Tree Q/47; Mackenzie, 480, 481; Foulis Writs nos. 276, 277, 279; Register of Deeds 1687 - National Archives of Scotland, ref RD 67/252 ; RWM, The Munros of Katewell (1983) note 17.«/i»
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Sir John XXII of Foulis, 4th Baronet (I25)
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On 23 Jan 1851, Joel was named postmaster of the area in which he lived. The town was later named Monroeville after him. He married the daughter of James and Rachel (Hughey) Gray.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - PA Unconnected Monroes
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Joel (I15409)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I34471)
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On 25 Jun 1798 in Nelson County, Kentucky, Sally's father, Christopher Graham signed for his daughter to be married.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "The Linton Family", an article
from "Yellowed Pages", Vol. III, No. 3, p. 146-147 - attached to a letter
from Carolyn Brent dated 16 Jul 1997
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Graham, Sally Mitchell (I36460)
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On 26 Feb 1863, in Coosa County, Cornelius enlisted in Company C, 2nd Battalion of Hilliard's Legion. At the camp of Instruction in Talladega, he became ill and was sent to the hospital in Atlanta on 5 Sep 1863.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Cornelius T. (I22528)
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On 26 Oct 1724, William and Susannah published their intention to marry. They were married at Saint Michael's Church by Rev. William Usher. The couple had at least 12 children in Bristol. | Family F22414
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On 27 Feb 1835, shortly after the death of his father, Oliver purchased five household items at his father's estate sale. He was the only Monroe surnamed individual who purchased items.
He paid a poll tax in Black Township in Posey County in 1842. While others on the list were tased for their acreage, Oliver so not, leading to the conclusion he was landless at the time.
Oliver was counted twice in the 1850 U.S. census. He was a teamster living with his family in Black, Indiana with $400 in property, and in Mt. Vernon, Indiana with $600 in property.
Shortly before the 1860 census, Oliver migrated with his family from Posey County to Jefferson County, Illinois. He is listed there with his family on the 1860 census, where it says he was a 47 year old farmer born in Indiana.
liver served in Company D, 60th Illinois Infantry from Jefferson County during the American Civil War (1860-1865)
References:
(1) Clan Munro Files - Monroe, Kendyl K. - "Report 1 Prepared for Mr. Kendyl K.
Monroe on Charles Monroe of Posey, Vandeburgh, & Gibson Co, Indiana" by
Clifford C. Neilson - 1996
(2) "Charles Monroe (1823-1873) of Posey, Vanderburgh & Gibson County, Indiana
- His Ancestors and Descendants" by Kendyl K. Monroe - (1997) - p. 24,
28-30
(3) "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Franklin, NC (1993) - p. 656
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Oliver (I16480)
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On 27 Nov 1844, William and Sarah recorded their intentions to marry. At that time, William was a merchant. In 1850, William was a sailor living with his family in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - RI Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, William H. (I15148)
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On 29 Jul 1846 Martha's father, Joseph, gave her and her children 160 acres of land and a 17 year old slave called Ella. Joseph stipulated that Martha's husband was to have no control of this property.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Martha Ann (I41604)
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On 29 Jul 1846, Mary's father deeded to her and her children, the negro, Fanny, age about 16 years.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Mary Ann (I41591)
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On 30 Sep 1886, Emily was judged insane. She was back home by 1888.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Carr, Emily (I17962)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family F14504
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On 4 Feb 1597, a disturbance took place at Logie-Riach, on the banks of the river Conon, between the Mackenzies on the one hand and the Baynes and Munros on the other, in which Hugh and his brother, John, were slain.
Some difference arose between a desperado, John MacGilliechallum, a brother of the Laird of Raasay, and the Baynes about the lands of Torridon, and the latter obtained a decree against John MacGilliechallum, interdicting him from going on his lands or molesting his people.
Soon after this, Bayne attended the Candlemas market then held at Logie, with a large following of armed men, composed of Baynes and a considerable number of Munros. MacGilliechallum came to the fair too, as was his custom, and while buying some article at a chapman's stall, Alastair Mor Bayne came up behind him and without any warning struck him on the head with a two-edged sword, killing him instantly.
One of the Mackenzies, to whom MacGilliechallum was related, interfered, but he no sooner opened his mouth, than he was run through the body by one of the Baynes. The alarm and the news of the death of the two men immediately spread through the market. "Tulloch Ard," the war cry of the Mackenzies was instantly raised, whereupon the Baynes and the Munros took to their heels--the Munros eastward to the Ferry of Foulis and the Baynes northward to the hills, both followed by a band of the infuriated Mackenzies, who slaughtered everyone they overtook.
Ian Dubh Mac Choinnich Mhic Mhurchaidh of the Clan Mhurchaidh and Ian Gallda Mac Fhionnla Dhuibh, two gentlemen of the Mackenzies, were on their way from Chanonry when they met with a batch of the Munros flying in confusion in that direction, and the pair having learned the cause of the flight to be the murder of their two friends at Logie, they pursued the fugitives and slew no less than thirteen of them between Logie and the wood of Millechaich.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - M/87
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
70-71, 379
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Hugh (I12056)
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On 4 Jun 1616, John was a member of the assize held in the Tolbooth, Inverness when John, 17th Earl of Sutherland was served heir to his father. Later in 1630, he was a member of the assize held at the same place when the same Earl John was declared lawful heir to his three predecessors in that earldom.
In 1617, he was one of the arbiters chosen to settle a boundary dispute which arose between John, Earl of Sutherland and Sir Donald Mackay of Farr, Lord Reay.
John received the lands of Achnagullan in the Forestry of Fairwatter through a sasine dated 2 Jan 1635, and on 28 Apr 1637, there is sasine on a charter by John Munro of Limlair to David Ross of Balnagowan of the same lands of Achnagullan.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Navidale, writing from Dornoch to his brother, Sir Robert Gordon, on the 23rd of May, 1636, adds the following postscript:--
"The Earl of Sutherland, my Lord Reay, and I, with other friends, convened at Tain, the tenth of this month, for settling the Laird of Fowlis his estate, wherein the government of the estate was in question betwixt Obsdale and Limlair; which all friends in one voice offered to Obsdale with Limlair's consent, yet Obsdale refused the same. So we all in one voice found Limlair so reasonable in all things that we have laid the burden of all upon Limlair until it please God the child be fourteen years of age. So I beseech you, whatever you hear about Limlair to the contrary, do not believe it, seeing Limlair has given contentment to all the friends for the weal of the House of Fowlis." (The Sutherland Book, vol. ii, pp. 164-65.)
He commanded a division of the Covenanting army, 4000 strong, which, under George 2nd Earl of Seaforth, marched in May 1639 to Morayshire for the purpose of opposing the advance of the Royalists to the North Highlands. they camped at Speyside, to keep the Gordons and their friends from entering into Moray, and remained there until the pacification which was signed on 20 Jun 1639. Both Colonel John Munro and the Earl of Seaforth, following the example of Montrose, soon after severed their connection with the Covenanters and joined the other side.
On 5 Feb 1649, Charles II was proclaimed King of Scotland at the Market Cross of Edinburgh. Charles declined the humiliating terms offered to him by the Scottish faction and it was decided by Charles and his friends in exile that Montrose should make another attempt to recover the kingdom. Meanwhile, John had switched sides a second time to coordinate a rising in the north under Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscardine, Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Colonel Hugh Fraser of Lovat and himself, Colonel John Munro of Limlair.
On 22 Feb they entered Inverness, expelled the troops from the garrison and demolished the walls and fortifications. On 26 Feb, John was a member of a Council of War which resolved to take the whole customs and excise of the six northern counties of Scotland into their own hands. General Leslie was sent North against them and on his aproach, they retired to the mountains of Ross-shire and Leslie proceeded to Fortrose and placed a garrison in Chanonry Castle.
Leslie succeeded in arranging satisfactory terms with Colonel Munro, Urquhart of Cromarty, and Colonel Hugh Fraser, but Mackenzie of Pluscardine refused to listen and when General Leslie returned south, Mackenzie descended from his mountain fastness and retook the castle.
It became known that Montrose had recently landed in Caithness, so preparations were made to send a force north to meet him, and Lieutenant Colonel Strachan was sent with a few troops of horse. On his arrival in Ross-shire, Strachan was joined by about 500 men under Colonel John Munro of Limlair, David Ross of Balnagowan, and the Earl of Sutherland. They assembled at Tain, while the Royalists were encamped at Culrain, Kincardine Parish. Montrose did not have the faintest idea that the enemy was so near him.
Colonel Strachan called a Council of War, at which it was decided that the Earl of Sutherland should immediately, by a circuitous movement, attack the rear of Montrose's position, to prevent him from joining with his natural brother, Henry Graham, who he had left behind him in Caithness to raise ment to join the King's standard.
At the same time, it was resolved that Colonel Strachan, the Munros and Rosses with five troops of horse under Colonel John Munro and Ross of Balnagowan, should march forward to Culrain and attack Montrose in the level country before he could get to the hills in his rear. It was believed that Montrose wanted to move into the hills as soon as General Leslie approached with his 4000 horse and foot.
On 27 Apr 1650, Colonel Strachan's force marched from Tain to Mid-Fearn, within a few miles of the enemy. That evening, Colonel Strachan and his officers, Munro, Ross, Kerr, Hacket, and Montgomery, were deliberating whether they should immediately move forward or wait until Monday, to avoid fighting on the Lord's Day, when they received word that Montrose had already advanced to Kerbester, (later named Carbisdale), a movement which brought him six miles nearer to their position. Because of this they began making arrangements to attack him at once.
Colonel Strachan hid his men among the broom on the moor and sent out a party of scouts under Captain Andrew Munro, Limlair's second son, to reconnoiter. The Captain soon returned and reported that Montrose had sent out a body of forty horse to ascertain Strachan's movements. In order to deceive Montrose's scouts, one troop of horse was ordered out of the broom. This was the only force observed by the enemy scouts and they returned to report what they had seen. This intelligence threw Montrose completely off guard, since he thought that the whole strength of his opponents consisted of a single troop of horse, and he made no special preparations for defending himself.
Strachan formed his men into four divisions. He led the first which consisted of about a hundred horsemen. The second had over eighty and was commanded by General Hacket. The third division was commanded by Captain Hutcheson and contained about forty. The forth division, let by Colonel John Munro, Ross of Balnagowan and Quarter-Master Shaw, consisted of the Munros, Rosses and musketeers.
Strachan advanced with his single division in order to make it appear that Montrose was being attacked by the entire force. He then brought up the other three divisions in rapid succession with the goal of creating a panic among the enemy who would believe that they were about to engage a large army.
The strategy worked brilliantly. Montrose, alarmed at the sudden appearance of successive waves of cavalry, ordered his men to retire to a wood upon a craggy hill a short distance to his rear, but before they could reach the wood, Strachan's troopers overtook them and charged them furiously.
The Danish troops at first received the charge with firmness, but after discharging a volley among the advancing horse, they fled into the wood. Most of the Orcadians, however, threw down their arms in terror and begged for their lives. Colonel Munro and Balnagowan, with their clansmen, rushed after the Danes into the wood and killed a great number of them, while no fewer than two hundred of them were drowned while attempting to cross the Oykel.
For some time, Montrose made strenuous efforts to rally his men, and personally fought with his accutomed bravery, but all in vain. He had his horse shot under him, and seeing that the day was irretrievably lost, he mounted Lord Fendraught's horse, which that young nobleman offered him, and galloped off the field.
As soon as he got out of the enemy's reach, he dismounted, threw away his sword, removed his military cloak decorated with the Star of the Garter, swam across the Oykel, changed clothes with an ordinary Highland soldier, and directed the flight up Strath-Oykel. In the engagement, he lost ten officers and 386 men killed, while Colonel Strachan had only two men wounded and one trooper drowned. The victors returned to Tain with 31 captured officers and 400 other prisoners.
The prisoners were kept at Tain until General Leslie came and gave orders to send them south to Edinburgh to the estates of Scotland.
Montrose accompanied by the Earl of Kinnoul and six or seven others, continued his weary flight for three days up Strath-Oykel in the directin of Assynt, almost perishing of anxiety, hunger, and fatigue. Colonel John Munro's daughter, Christian, was married to Neil Macleod of Assynt, who was instructed to apprehend any fugitives who might enter the boundaries of his estate. He was especially warned to watch for Montrose.
Macleod sent out parties to look for the Marquis and finally captured him. Montrose offered a large sum of money if Macleod would release him, but Macleod refused. Montrose and Major Sinclair were sent as prisoners to Ardvreack Castle, and Macleod wrote to General Leslie informing him of the capture. Major General Holborn was dispatched to bring the captive south.
The spot where the battle took place has ever since been known among the natives as "Creag-na-Caoineadh", or the Rock of Lamentation.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/79, R/24,
R/25
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
86-87, 485-494
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Colonel John II of Limlair (I10656)
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On 4 May 1855, Isaac and Hannah sold a piece of land in Danvers, Massachusetts to D. Webster King.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 14-81-16 - p. 269-71
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, Isaac (I9118)
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On 5 Jul 1858, William was appointed by the Surrogate Court of Chenango County, New York, administrator of his father's estate. He was then living at or near the village of Homer in Washington Township, Licking County, Ohio. A letter dated 27 Jul 1885 from the widow of his deceased brother Alonzo to his brother Lerotus contains the statement: "Your brother William Monroe's family are all gone but two daughters."
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 19-84-41 - p. 290
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, William (I9787)
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On 5 Mar 1850, Israel Taylor was appointed administrator of Richard's estate. His heirs were named as: wife, Rosanna, and daughters, Margaret M. and Mary Ellen.
In 1850, his widow was living with their children in Somerset, Ohio.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Joan S. Guilford - Ohio Unconnected Monroes
PA Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, Richard (I15524)
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On 6 Aug 1861, Dewit signed up to fight for the North in the American Civil War. He enlisted in Company H, Infantry Heavy Artillery Regiment of Michigan. He died of disease in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Information from ancestry.com military records, via Cheri Ross)
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Proctor, Dewit C. (I53566)
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On 7 Jun 1650, he witnessed a sale at Chanonry.
There is a sasine, dated 8 Jun 1654 to which the Rev. Thomas Ross, minister of Kincardine, is witness, by the Rev. William Ross of Shandwick to George Munro of Novar, of the lands of Kinloch.
References:
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - L/70, L/71
(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
509-510
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, George III, of Novar (I10597)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I61843)
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On 7 Sep 1830, William bought 80 acres of land in Township 16N, Range 2E, Marion County, Indiana. He is probably related to John [17789].
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Indiana Unconnected Monroes
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, William (I17784)
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On a charter granted by William Earle of Sutherland to the Archdean of Murray, George, as a witness, is styled "clarissimo (or carissimo or charissimo) et fidelissimo consanguineo Georgio Munro de Foules"
He succeeded in 1239 as the fifth Baron of Foulis.
He had all his Ross-shire lands confirmed to him by a charter from King Alexander II before 1249. The charter states that the lands were held of old by his ancestor, Donald.
Mackenzie says this is the first Munro Chief who can be confirmed by contemporary records, but R.W. Munro says no trace has been found of the charters that Mackenzie cites.
The Eyre-Todd reference relates a story about George that sounds very like one that Mackenzie tells about George X of Foulis. The two stories could have been mixed up.
Eyre-Todd says:
The friendship that the Munros had with the Earl of Ross got the Munros into serious trouble. "In 1282 the clans Iver, Talvigh, and Laiwe, and others, had rebelled against the Earl, the latter seized their leader and imprisoned him at Dingwall, and the rebels, to safeguard their chief, carried off the Earl's second son from Balnagown, and held him as a hostage. Thereupon, according to Sir Robert Gordon, 'The Munroes and the Dingwalls, with some others, gathered their forces and pursued the Highlanders wthl all diligence, so overtaking them at Beallach na Croig, betwixt Ferrindonnel and Loch Broom. There ensued a cruell fight, well foughten on either side. The clan Iver, clan Talvighe, and clan Laiwe were almost utterlie extinguished and slain, but the Munros had a sorrowful victory, with great loss of their men, yet carried back again the Earl of Ross his son.
"'The Laird of Kindun was there slain, with seven score of the surname of Dingwall. Divers of the Munroes were slain in this conflict, and there were killed eleven of the house of Foulis, that were to succeed one another, so that the succession fell unto a child then lying in his cradle.'"
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, George V of Foulis (I8)
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On a trip to Savannah, Georgia, Letitia and her brother, William, stopped in Halifax, North Carolina to visit relatives. They helped with the tobacco harvest to get extra money for the trip, but when it came time to move on, Letitia said she had met Thomas Fly and had consented to marry him, so she was staying in Halifax.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Waller, Letitia Elizabeth (I63583)
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On an 1857 directory of Ontario, Canada can be found the following entry:
Munro & Filion - Renfrew - Renfrew - blacksmiths.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro (I6165)
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On an 1857 directory of Ontario, Canada can be found the following listing:
Munro & Bingham - Napier - Middlesex - general store
Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro (I6166)
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On Nathaniel's death certificate, his mother's name is listed as North. His headstone at the Belfountaine Cemetery in Posey County, Indiana says he died 2 Mar 1914.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Caddick, George Lewis
Nathaniel is found on the 1860 census of Black Township, Posey County, Indiana as an 8 year old child living with his parents.
References:
(1) "Charles Monroe (1823-1873) of Posey, Vanderburgh & Gibson County, Indiana
- His Ancestors and Descendants" by Kendyl K. Monroe - (1997) - p. 32-33
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Nathaniel Stewart (I20182)
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On p. 192, ref (1) gives Harriet's number as 1/12-10/2-46 and says she was born 29 Jul 1857. Page 319 gives her number as 1/12-10/2-47 and says she was born 29 Jun 1847. It appears that the 1847 birthdate is correct.
Harriet was a school teacher before she married and was a member of Crystal Rebecca Lodge.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 1/12-10/2-42-4 or 1/12-10/2-47
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Wetherbee, Harriet Barton (I10356)
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On page 190 of ref (1), Lucette's birthdate is given as 12 Dec 1830, but page 314 says she was born 8 May 1828 and that her husband, Walter Felch was born 12 Dec 1830. It is not known which dates are correct.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 1/12-41-14 - p. 314
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munroe, Lucette (I10318)
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On reference gives Mary's birthdate as 1723. She was married.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Mary (I8198)
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On reference gives Susannah's birthdate as 1725. She was married.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Severance, Dorothy-Jean
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, Susannah (I8199)
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On the 1790 census of York, South Carolina is found a David "Morow". The given names, ages and sexes of his children are a perfect match for David's. The person who wrote "Morow" may have simply left out the N.
There is a land record in Spartenburg, South Carolina, dated 1798 that refers to a David Monroe.
His wife may have been the Elizabeth who appears on the 1810 census in Spartanburg as a head of household with two males under 10 and one male 16-26 years old, in which case, William C. (b. about 1802) would be one of the males under ten.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Simmons, W. W. - William C. Munro family record
- letter - 11 Dec 1995
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe, David (I25646)
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On the 1850 census, her name was Ruth B. Monroe.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - RI Unconnected Monroes | Monroe, Ruth W. (I14856)
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On the birth record of Donald's son, William, it says "Donald Munro, Bunloit."
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Bratt, James Munro - Scots Ancestry Research Society
report compiled by Mrs. Margaret W. McDowell - Edinburgh, Scotland 2 May 1969
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Munro, Donald (I32906)
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On the gravestones of some of his children, George's name is given as George Munroe, II.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer
Yard, F. L. Dixon | Munroe, George (I9594)
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On the reference, Adelaide's first name is partly chopped off. It ends in "nora"
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Wagener, Margaret Monroe - Descendants of Donald Monroe
Emmigrant 1735
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA | Monroe (I28265)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I28260)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I28263)
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On the reference, Marvin's (or Marrin's) first name is chopped off the page.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Wagener, Margaret Monroe - Descendants of Donald Monroe
Emmigrant 1735 | Monroe (I28279)
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