Jeremiah William MUNROE

1818 - 1879  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Jeremiah William MUNROE
  Born	Between 1815 and 1818	RI   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Nov 1879	Bourne St., Bristol, RI   [4]
  Person ID	I11872	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	David MUNROE,   b. 18 Dec 1784, Bristol, RI ,   d. 12 Mar 1861, Bristol, RI  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Abigail "Abbie" W. CRANSTON,   b. 29 Jul 1791,   d. 1862  (Age 70 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1806	Bristol, RI   [5, 6]
  Notes	David Munro & Abigail Cranston were married by Daniel Bradford, Justice of the Peace.
  Family ID	F06396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth BARRINGTON,   b. Abt 1816, RI ,   d. 5 Dec 1845, Bristol, RI  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	Abt 1840
  Children	1. Laura Anne MUNROE,   b. Abt 16 Mar 1844, Bristol, Bristol; Co., RI ,   d. 20 Oct 1911, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F04831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth M. Wyatt,   b. Abt 1814, RI ,   d. Between 1860 and 1866  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1846	Bristol, RI   [7]
  Notes	The marriage record, in Bristol Marriages Vol. 4 p. 62, names the bride as Miss Elisabeth M. Diman. However, I think she was a widow.
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Munroe,   b. Jul 1852, RI ,   d. 13 Apr 1922  (Age ~ 69 years)   2. Julia Frances Munroe,   b. Feb 1854, RI ,   d. 23 Nov 1927, RI  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F04623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Lydia B. Crump,   b. Abt 1836
  Married	12 Jan 1867	State St. Methodist Episcopal Church, Bristol, RI   [8]
  Divorced	10 Apr 1876	Bristol, RI
  Notes	The marriage record at Bristol, RI, says this was Jeremiah's third marriage and Lydia's second.
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F04832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Mary M. Unknown,   b. Abt 1833, RI ,   d. Aft 2 Feb 1880  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	Between 1 Jun 1870 and 10 Jan 1878
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F04624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Jeremiah's will, page 1. For names mentioned in the will, see notes.
  		Jeremiah's will, page 2.

  
  

• Notes

  The Monroe Book, by Joan S. Guilford, Ph. d., has some information on Jeremiah and his family. However, it is both incomplete and incorrect in some crucial points. In fact, I have learned, through viewing Jeremiah's death and marriage records at Bristol, that his parents are David & Abbie, not George & Martha, as the book says. I have made an assumption that the Bristol record are correct. In the 1850 Federal Census, Jeremiah W. & Elizabeth Munro are living at Bristol, RI, with their daughter Laura, age 9, and Benjamin & Mary M. Wyatt. This Elizabeth is his second wife. In the 1860 Federal Census, Jeremiah W. & Elizabeth M. Munro are living at Bristol, RI, with their three daughters: Laura A. 16, Mary E. 9, and Julia F. 6. In the 1870 Federal Census, Jeremiah W. Munro is 52 and his wife Lydia B. is 34, living at Bristol, RI. In the household are two of Jeremiah's daughters, Mary E., 18, and Julia F., 16. Lydia is Jeremiah's third wife. Jeremiah's wives: Bristol records list the death of Elizabeth Munro, wife of Jeremiah, at age 29 on 5 Dec 1845. This was presumably Jeremiah's first wife and also the mother of our ancestor Laura. Laura's death record identifies her mother as Elizabeth Barrington (or Parrington?). The RI State Archives has the name on her death record as Barrington. There was a Barrington family in the Portsmouth records during the 1700s, but I have not figured out whether Elizabeth belongs to that family. This needs more research. Elizabeth (Wyatt) Diman was a widow when she married Jeremiah. I have assumed she was a Wyatt because her (presumed) parents are living with Jeremiah & Elizabeth in the 1850 census. She may have first married James Diman, who died 2 Feb 1845. Jeremiah married again in 1867, to Lydia Crump. According to the marriage record, it was Jeremiah's third marriage. This was the same year his daughter Laura was married, and at the same church. However, this marriage ended in divorce, as one was granted 10 April 1876. Jeremiah W. was the plaintiff, and Lydia B. was the defendant. It would seem that Jeremiah married yet another time, because the wife he names as heir in his will, dated 10 Jan 1878, is Mary M. Munroe. To her he gives all household furniture and stores, as well as real estate, remaining after the payment of debts. In the will he also mentions three additional heirs, should his wife die: two daughters, Julia F. Munroe and Mary Elizabeth Gravlin; and one grandson, Frank P. Chafee (he is my great-grandfather); in case all of these should die, he names Frank's brother Samuel as heir. A copy of this will is recorded in the Bristol Probate Will Book No. 6, p. 275f. Also, related documents are in Book 5, p. 149. Jeremiah died of scarletina at his home on Bourne St. in Bristol.

  
  

• Sources

  [S012817] Federal Census of 1 June 1860. [S012433] Federal Census of 1 June 1850. [S012818] Federal Census of 1 June 1870. [S013407] Bristol Deaths Vol. 5, 1850 - 1902, 95. [S012879] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Bristol -- Marriages. [S013226] Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of RI; Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. 1, 310. [S012879] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Bristol -- Marriages, 39. [S012877] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Bristol -- Church Records.