John MUNROE

Male Abt 1632 - 1691  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name John MUNROE 
    Born Abt 1632  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Oct 1691  Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I17495  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family Sarah Unknown,   b. Abt 1640,   d. Aft 1 Feb 1692/93  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married Abt 1663  MA or RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Munroe,   b. Abt 1664
     2. Thomas Munroe,   b. Abt 1666
     3. Mary Munroe,   b. Abt 1668
     4. Sarah Munroe,   b. Abt 1670
     5. Elizabeth Munroe,   b. Abt 1672,   d. Mar 1755, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     6. William Munroe,   b. Abt 1674, MA or RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1746, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     7. George Munroe,   b. Abt 1676
     8. Benjamin Munroe,   b. Abt 1678,   d. Aft 16 Apr 1746  (Age ~ 68 years)
     9. Susannah Munroe,   b. Abt 1680
     10. Joseph MUNROE,   b. Abt 1682
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F06688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • I have roughly estimated the birth years of the 10 children.

      The following notes are from the family tree of Barry Beverage at Rootsweb's Worldconnect:

      [John was a] Scottish prisoner captured at the Battle of Worcester; transported to the colonies on the "John and Sarah," 1651/2. Arrived in Boston in February, 1652.

      All 10 children named in "Articles of Agreement," dated 1 Feb. 1692/3, between Sarah Munro, relict of John Munroe, and her 6 older children. (Information supplied by Roger Joslyn of NEHGS.)

      According to "The Scots In Unity" the prisoners on the "John and Sarah" were captured at the Battle of Worcester. There are four Munroes listed as prisoners aboard the "John and Sarah": Robert, John, Hugh; the first name of the fourth is too torn to read, but believed to be William.

      John accompanied Constant Southworth on January 28, 1674, as one of the witnesses to the land deed between Southworth and the Indian Squaw Sachem Awashunks for the land at Sakonnet (Little Compton). By 1688/9, John had moved to Bristol, RI which was founded in 1680 on the land (Mt. Hope) which had been King Philip's territory before the war.

      The following info is summarized and edited from notes accompanying the family tree of Debbie Allen at Rootsweb's Worldconnect, which cites as the source "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan Guilford:

      John is the same as the "John Monrow" who came on the John & Sarah of London 12 May 1652 along with three other "Monrow" passengers listed as Robert, Hugh & "_____." This latter passenger, whose first name was obliterated in the record, has been demonstrated clearly by testimony as being William, who stated that he came in 1652. All were shipped as prisoners of war and consigned to Thomas Kemble to whom they were indentured. They all arrived at Boston and nothing futher was heard of John until he appeared on a record in Rhode Island in Oct of 1669.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012881] The Monroe Book.