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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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1757 - 1830 (72 years)
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Name |
Josiah Monroe |
Born |
22 Nov 1757 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA |
Christened |
4 Dec 1757 |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
17 Oct 1830 |
Orange Co., New York |
Person ID |
I16331 |
Munro |
Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
Father |
Josiah Meroth, b. Dec 1705, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 17 Dec 1792, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 87 years) |
Mother |
Thankful Evans, b. 20 Aug 1715, d. 10 Nov 1807 (Age 92 years) |
Married |
20 Apr 1731 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA |
Family ID |
F6415 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Catherine Fincher, b. Abt 1760, d. Yes, date unknown |
Married |
12 Sep 1785 |
New York, New York Co., New York, USA |
Children |
+ | 1. Josiah Munroe, b. Abt 1785, New York, New York Co., New York, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
Family ID |
F5639 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Josiah is a descendant of Hezekiah Meroth who was head of a family that changed their surname to Munroe.
Josiah and Catherine were married at Trinity Church in New York City, New York.
His war record is impressive and lengthy. He enlisted from Dorchester on 5 Dec 1776 and was described as 5' 10" tall, light complexion, light hair, and blue eyes in one listing, and dark in another. He served from 1 Jan 1777 to 31 Dec 1779 in Capt. Samuel Foster's Company, Col. John Greaton's 3rd Regiment, also in Dec 1777 at Albany in the same regiment. He was on a muster roll at White Plains, 20 Jul 1778 and in Aug of that year. In Sep 1778, he was with the same Company and was in different assignments throughout 1779. In short, he was almost a professional soldier during four years of the Revolutionary War.
He applied on 18 Apr 1818 for a warrant on the basis of his military service, and his widow applied on 1 Aug 1828 in Orange County, New York for a pension.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Hezekiah of Dorchester - 7
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