Bildad Welch

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Ref: Lexington Munroes, 2nd ed. 19-82-2

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John was the son of David and Amity (Read) Welch.

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John married Deborah Monroe in 1764 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA. Deborah (daughter of Samuel Monroe and Abigail Read) was born on 5 Nov 1747 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA; died in Jun 1828 in , Delaware Co., Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel Monroe was of Canterbury, and Willington, Connecticut. He died while serving with the Connecticut troops in the Revolutionary War. His place of death is said to be 3 miles over North River from Kings Ferry to New Jersey.

He served in the French and Indian War in the company commanded by Captain Jedediah Fay of Ashford, Connecticut, from 10 Apr to 3 Sep 1758 and in the campaign of 1759 under Captain Slap of Mansfield, Connecticut. In the Revolutionary War, he served in the fourth company, eighth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, from 8 Jul to 30 Nov 1775 and reenlisted 14 May 1776 for one year in Captain Oziah Pettibone's company of Colonel Ward's Regiment. He died in the service 15 Jan 1777, as shown by a certificate filed in the Archives in the Connecticut State Library.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Coye, Ruby

Ref: Membership application for Harris G. Terry dated 21 Oct 2002

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Christened:
Samuel was baptized at the Canterbury First Church.

Samuel married Abigail Read about 1744. Abigail (daughter of Isaac Read and Abigail Leonard) was born on 29 Apr 1723 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Jun 1817 in , Chenango Co., New York, USA; was buried in , Chenango Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Abigail was admitted to the First Church of Christ of Canterbury in May 1745, upon a letter of recommendation and later was admitted to the church at Willington, upon a letter from the church at Canterbury.

She was appointed administratrix of her husband, Samuel's estate in Aug 1777. She filed claims for his clothing and accoutrements, and was allowed 12 lb 11s 6d in Mar 1778.

Abigail and her sons, Isaac, Leonard and William, moved to Chenango County, New York, where she died and was buried beside her son, William. The headstone marking her grave bears this inscription: "In memory of Widow Abigail Monroe, d. 4 June 1817 in the 95 year of her age."

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«i»The Lexington records mention only the birth of David Munroe (born in Cambridge Farms, later Lexington), but Connecticut was then being settled by emigrants from the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, and in Apr 1705 he and his wife are found in Canterbury, when their first child was born.

His wife, Deborah (or Deborah) was the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Nutting) Howe (or How). Some references say they were married on 1 Apr 1722, but that doesn't seem likely unless David had a previous marriage which produced most of his children.

The town of Canterbury contained but ten families when it was endowed with town privileges in 1703. In 1714 Samuel Adams and Obadiah Johnson conveyed a farm of 136 acres to David Munroe, by deed recorded in Canterbury. In 1722 David and Deborah joined the church in Canterbury. In 1723 a division of common lands was made among those residents of Canterbury "who were settled inhabitants and paid to ye building of ye meeting-house and minister's home" which were completed in 1711. In this allotment, David received one and one- half shares. In 1743 a controversy arose among the members of Canterbury church over a sermon by its minister which did not meet the views of many of them. A committee recommended the minister's dismissal, David and five others made written protest against the committee's report, severely criticising its motives. The committee retaliated by recommending that David and his associates be expelled from the church. The matter was finally settled by dismissal of the minister, with David and the other protestants remaining in the Church.

The identity of David Munroe of Canterbury as the son of William Munroe of Cambridge Farms was questioned by one writer upon the ground that not being mentioned in William's will it indicated that David probably died young. Later, however, Rev. Mr. Northrup and Dr. Will S. Munroe, author and prominent educator, for many years professor of psychology in Montclair, N.J. State Normal School, in their preparation of the "Genealogy of Josiah Munroe," after much careful research became convinced, and so stated in their publication, that David of Canterbury was, without a doubt, the son of William of Cambridge Farms.

Their conclusions were based upon the following, among other circumstances: David, appearing as he did, among the early settlers of Canterbury, must have emigrated there from some other place, but the records of emigrants to New England prior to that time and the published vital statistics of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut disclose no one bearing tht name who could have been identified with him other than William's son David; between the time of his baptism in Lexington in 1699 and the birth of his first child in Canterbury in 1705, he was of the age when one might expect him to marry and establish a home in a new community; there was a family tradition that he came from Cambridge; his grandson, John Munroe, who lived and died in Canterbury, left a written family record which passed to John's granddaughter, Mary Munroe Collins, who retained it until it was destroyed by a fire which burned the Collins home in 1890, but she well remembered its contents which told of the coming of William from Scotland to Massachusetts and the settlement of his son, David, in Canterbury, all of which she related to Dr. Monroe when he visited Canterbury in 1912 collecting material for their work. Moreover, it appeared that four of David's seven daughters, viz., Mary, Eleanor, Elizabeth and Sarah bore the given name of his grandfather and his uncle. It would be quite unreasonable to presume that such a coincidence of names would occur except in immediately related families. in addition to all this Mrs. Collins told Dr. Monroe, and after her death, her son informed him of this sketch that his mother had told him that David's wife came from Concord, Massachusetts. A search of the Concord vital records disclosed only one woman named Deborah, born there of marriageable age for David, viz., Deborah How, daughter of Samuel and Mary How. Upon further search it was found that Samuel How had joined the tide of emigration to Connecticut. According to the "Howe Genealogies" published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, he resided in Concord until shortly after 1700 when he moved to Plainfield, a new town in Windham County, Connecticut. It is also there stated that his daughter Deborah married David Monroe and the Probate Records of Plainfield, where he died, show that David Monroe in 1725 receipted for his wife's share of Samuel How's estate. The same records show the distribution of the estate of Mary how who died in 1727 and refer to Deborah Monroe as her daughter.

If David Munroe had died in Lexington, his death would have been recorded in the vital statistics of that town and his remains would have rested in the family burying ground with a tombstone marking his grave as do those of his mother and father. The absence of these is further corroborative proof of the correctness of Rev. Mr. Northrup's conclusion as to the identity of David Munroe of Canterbury as William's son of that name. In 1913 the Lexington Historical Society published a revised edition of Hudson's "History of Lexington" in which David Munroe was shown as a son of William. The correction relating to him, appearing in Vol. II, after the index at page 6 of Additions and Corrections, read as follows: "Before Joseph no. 6 on page 461 insert; David Munroe(2) (William(1)) b. 6 Oct 1680; d. 19 Jun 1755. He removed to Canterbury, Connecticut and bought land 22 Feb 1715. In 1723 received 1.5 shares of land as one who paid towards the meeting house and minister's house, which were completed in 1711. He will was probated 8 Sep 1755"
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(" New England Historical and Genealogical Register", Vol. C, 1946 via. "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes")
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On 1 Apr 1722, David and Deborah were admitted to the Canterbury First Church.

David left a will dated 9 Feb 1753 in which he mentioned that he had 6 daughters and 4 sons. (Plainfield Probate No. 1468)

The Larry Monroe reference says David was the son of (Ensign) William [130].

Ref: Clan Munro files - Coye, Ruby
- Dietrich, Earl
- Elder, Charlotte
- Sage, Wes
- Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
- Monroe, Kathleen Lois
- Monroe, Larry Gene - Genealogy of Larry Gene Monroe

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Rea, Barbara Frances Lee - Descendants of William Munroe

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Birth:
Cambridge Farms

David married Deborah Howe in 1704 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Deborah (daughter of Samuel How and Mary Nutting) was born on 19 Oct 1685 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Sep 1748 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage place unverified

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Birth:
Estimate: Isaac's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his daughter, Abigail.

Isaac married Abigail Leonard. Abigail was born about 1695; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Estimate: Abigail's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of her daughter, Abigail.