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William James Munroe

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William James Munroe

Birth
Aldie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death
27 Jan 1717 (aged 91)
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4502097, Longitude: -71.2336174
Plot
A.35
Memorial ID
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William Munroe, son of Robert of Aldie, is the 18th in direct descent from that first Donald who, in the eleventh century, founded the Clan Munro. William and his brothers Robert, George and Benedict all fought at the Battle of Worcester. William was sent to the American colonies as a prisoner of war. They were listed on 13 May 1652 on a list of the banished as Munroes: Robert, Hugh, John and a name obliterated by time, supposedly William. They were shipped to London on 11 Nov 1651 by Je. Rex, Robert Rich and William Green in the "John and Sarah."
If William was an apprentice, it was for a short time. He was on his own by 1657. He is first referred to in the Cambridge, Massachusetts records of 1657 when he and Thomas Rose were fined for not having rings in the noses of their pigs. In 1660 he settled in Cambridge Farms, now known as Lexington, near the Woburn line. This part of town became known as "Scotland." He was a freeman in 1690 and in 1699 received communion into the church.
Epitaph
Here lyes ye body of
Mr. William Munroe aged
About 92 years
Dec'd Janry 27 1717/18
William Munroe, son of Robert of Aldie, is the 18th in direct descent from that first Donald who, in the eleventh century, founded the Clan Munro. William and his brothers Robert, George and Benedict all fought at the Battle of Worcester. William was sent to the American colonies as a prisoner of war. They were listed on 13 May 1652 on a list of the banished as Munroes: Robert, Hugh, John and a name obliterated by time, supposedly William. They were shipped to London on 11 Nov 1651 by Je. Rex, Robert Rich and William Green in the "John and Sarah."
If William was an apprentice, it was for a short time. He was on his own by 1657. He is first referred to in the Cambridge, Massachusetts records of 1657 when he and Thomas Rose were fined for not having rings in the noses of their pigs. In 1660 he settled in Cambridge Farms, now known as Lexington, near the Woburn line. This part of town became known as "Scotland." He was a freeman in 1690 and in 1699 received communion into the church.
Epitaph
Here lyes ye body of
Mr. William Munroe aged
About 92 years
Dec'd Janry 27 1717/18

Inscription

Here Lyes ye
Body of
Mr WILLIAM
MUNROE; Aged
about 92 Years
Decd Janry. 27th 1717/18



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