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Benjamin Munro

Benjamin Munro

Male 1678 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Munro was born in 1678 (son of John Munro and Sarah); and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Munro was born between 1629 and 1635 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland (son of George Munro and Marjory Ross); died in 1691 in Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    See also "Notes on a Few Female Ancestors of John Munro" shown underJohn's "Spouses" as an "Other".

    "From Hector, to his son Robert; then to Robert's son Hugh of Assynt;then to Hugh's son William of Mid-Swordell; then to William's son George;and then to George's son "John who went to the Armie to Worcester 1651'."

    My wife's descent from a John Munro, who was captured at the Battle ofWorcester and then deported as an indentured servant, along with a greatmany other Scottish prisoners from the battle, to Boston, is quite clear.
    It cannot really be proved that John Munro, the prisoner, is the sameJohn Munro "who went to the Armie to Worcester," but it seems highlylikely. No other Munro line has claimed him as its ancestor, and, in theabsence of information that there were any other John Munros at thebattle, I think that there is a presumption that soldier John andprisoner John were the same person."
    Form Doug Hickling

    Descendents from:
    "Poynor/Herwick" Contact: Greg Poynor athttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gpoynor&id=I0930
    &
    Contact: Debbie Allen
    athttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=7kidds&id=I7490
    Who says:
    "Note: John is the same as the "John Monrow" who came on the John & Sarahof London 12 May 1652 along with three other "Monrow" passengers listedas Robert, Hugh & "_____." This latter passenger, whose first name wasobliterated in the record has been demonstrated clearly for testimony ofWilliam that he came in 1652. All were shipped as prisoners of war andconsigned to Thomas Kemble to whom the were indentured. The all arrived @Boston & nothing further was heard of John until he appeared on a recordin Rhode Island in Oct of 1669
    Sources:
    Title: The Monroe Book
    Author: Dr Joan Guilford
    Publication: Genealoogy Publishing Service, 448 Ruby Mine Road, Franklin,NC 28734"

    In addition is added at
    Motteler/Ginsbach Connections
    Contact: Zane C. Motteler Home Page: Zane and Marilynn Motteler
    athttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=zmottel&id=I15297

    "John Munro fought in the Battle of Worcester and was banished to NewEngland by Oliver Cromwell along with his brother Hugh and his uncleRobert. They were shipped, along with other relatives, on the ships"John" and "Sarah", which left England on 11 November 1651. He arrived inBoston in February 1652. On 28 January 1674, he was one of the witnessesto the purchase of Sakonnet (Little Compton, Rhode Island) by ConstantSouthworth from the Indian Squaw Sachem Awashunks. By 1689 he lived inBristol, Rhode Island and was listed in the Census as G. Row (G. is atitle, it stands for Goodman. It is a little lower than Mr.). On 10November 1691, an inventory of his estate was taken in Bristol, RhodeIsland. He descended from Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis (Fowlis),through his third son Hugh Munro I of Assynth. See, "History of theMunros of Fowlis," by MacKenzie. President James Monroe was descendedthrough Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis's son George, and his sonGeorge."

    Also
    "MunroeHodges" Contact: Ken Postle
    athttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2279083&id=I504012988
    Has information on the son Thomas and says

    "...taken prisoner in the Battle of Worcester, the disastrous defeat ofthe Royalist supporters of King Charles II by the forces of OliverCromwell. It was the custom in those days to deport prisoners of war,consigning them to some wealthy man who, in return for paying theirpassage, would be given the privilege of selling their services (fortwenty or thirty pounds) for periods of from six to eight years. InNovember 1651 the prisoners taken at the Battle of Worcester wereconsigned to Mr. Thomas Kemble of Boston and were shipped across theAtlantic in the "John and Sarah." Mr. Kemble was a well-to-do merchantand lumber dealer with interests in northern New England as well asMassachusetts, and he probably had no trouble disposing of his unhappycargo to planters and manufacturers throughout the area. Some of the menhe may have sold for work in the iron bogs of Lynn, Saugus, Braintree orTaunton.
    The record of the consignment to Mr. Kemble of the 272 prisoners on the"John and Sarah," together with their names, appears in the Deeds ofSuffolk County, Book I, page 5. In the list are four Munrows - Robert,John, Hugh and another whose first name was torn so that it could not beread, but which Mr. Mackenzie and other historians believe to be William.
    One of the early settlers at Cambridge Farms (now part of Lexington) wasa William Munroe who became the founder of the large Lexington Munroefamily. 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, bornin 1625 and captured in the Battle of Worcester. Robert of Aldie's sonWilliam is known to have been deported, hence the historians' belief thatthe obliterated name on the passenger list of the "John and Sarah" isWilliam. Mr. Mackenzie died before he could establish the ancestry of thethree other Munrows on this ship, but he did believe that there was ablood relationship between the four men and that Robert, John or Hugh wasthe founder of the Munroe family of Bristol, R. I. It is my belief thatit was John Munrow who was the founder of this family."

    Similar information at "Rehoboth Munroes" Contact: Kenneth Postle
    athttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2411622&id=I516582015

    John married Sarah in 1663 in Duxbury, Massachusetts Or Little Compton, Rhode Island. was born about 1634; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah was born about 1634; and died.

    Notes:

    Poynor/Herwick
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gpoynor&id=I0931#s1
    Contact: Greg Poynor
    Sources:
    Title: Allen Family History
    Author: Debbie Allen
    Repository:
    Note: http://www.surnames.com/dallen/
    Call Number:
    Media: Electronic

    Children:
    1. John Munro was born about 1664 in Bristol. Bristol Co., Rhode Island; died in Dec 1739 in Bristol. Bristol Co., Rhode Island.
    2. Thomas Munro was born in 1666 in Bristol, Newport (Now Bristol) County, Rhode Island; died on 25 Mar 1727 in Bristol, Newport County.
    3. Elizabeth Munro was born about 1670 in Bristol, Bristol Co, Rhode Island; died in Mar 1755 in Rhode Island.
    4. Sarah Munro was born in 1672; and died.
    5. William Munro was born in 1674 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Apr 1746 in Bristol, Rhode Island.
    6. George Munro was born in 1677; and died.
    7. 1. Benjamin Munro was born in 1678; and died.
    8. Joseph Munro was born in 1680 in Bristol, Newport (Now Bristol) County, Rhode Island; died in 1759 in New London, Connecticut, USA.
    9. Mary Munro was born in 1682; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Munro was born about 1615 (son of Hugh (of Mid Swordell) Munro and Agnes (of Catwell) Munro); died after 1648.

    Notes:

    "George's sons Hugh and John and their Uncle Robert may have beenbanished to America after (Battle of) Worcester (Mackenzie 466, 560)Robert, John and Hugh Monrow are listed as passengers shipped from Londonto Boston in 1651/52 (Suffolk Co. Deeds, Mass., Book 1 pp 5-6, photocopyper Mrs E W Wait, and New England Hist. Gen. Soc. Register, Oct 1847, p378) and it has been argued that this John maybe the same who d Bristolin 1691 (E W Wait in American Genealogist, Oct 1964, xl 200-2)"
    From THE MUNRO TREE a Genealogy and Chronology of the Munro's of Foulisand other Families of the Clan. A manuscript compiled in 1734 edited withIntroduction and Notes by R.W Munro Printed for subscribers , Edinburgh1978. Munro Tree 1734 (Q/41, page 16)

    George married Marjory RossAssynt, Sutherland, Scotland. Marjory (daughter of Hugh Ross) was born about 1615 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Marjory Ross was born about 1615 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland (daughter of Hugh Ross); and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. John Munro was born between 1629 and 1635 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1691 in Bristol, RI.
    2. David (The Masson) Munro and died.
    3. Hugh Monroe was born about 1639; died after 1665.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Hugh (of Mid Swordell) Munro (son of William (of Clynes\Mid-Swordalel) Munro and Euffem\Euphemia (of Achnacloich) Ross); and died.

    Notes:

    From THE MUNRO TREE a Genealogy and Chronology of the Munro's of Foulisand other Families of the Clan. A manuscript compiled in 1734 edited withIntroduction and Notes by R.W Munro Printed for subscribers , Edinburgh1978

    Hugh + Agnes (of Catwell) Munro. Agnes (daughter of George (of Catwell) Munro) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Agnes (of Catwell) Munro (daughter of George (of Catwell) Munro); and died.
    Children:
    1. 4. George Munro was born about 1615; died after 1648.

  3. 10.  Hugh Ross was born about 1589 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland; died after 1626.
    Children:
    1. 5. Marjory Ross was born about 1615 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland; and died.



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