Samuel Munroe

1720 - 1777  (56 years)

• Name	Samuel Munroe
  Birth	9 Sep 1720	Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	1 Apr 1721	Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1777	Hudson County, New Jersey   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I37812	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of RAH
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	David Munroe,   b. 6 Oct 1680, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 19 Jun 1755, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Deborah Howe,   b. 19 Oct 1685, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 Sep 1748, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1704  [1]
  Family ID	F22225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Read,   b. 29 Apr 1723, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 4 Jan 1817, Plymouth, Chenango, New York (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	Bef May 1745  [3]
  Children	1. Leonard Munroe,   b. 11 Oct 1757, Willington, Tolland, Connecticut d. 3 Aug 1827, East Liberty, Delaware, Ohio (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F22228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2022

  
  

• Notes

  According to The Monroe Book (citation details below), he died "in the Revolution", place unspecified. From his Find a Grave page, significantly cleaned up: "Samuel Monroe served in the French and Indian War, commanded by Captain Jedediah Fay of Ashford, Connecticut, from April 10 to September 3, 1758. Also 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 July 8 to November 30, 1775, then re-enlisted May 14, 1776 in Captain Oziah Petibone's company of Colonel Ward's regiment. He died in service on January 15, 1777. [...] He died by Kings Ferry."

  
  

• Sources

  [S6360] The Monroe Book: Being the History of the Monroe Clan from its Origins in Scotland to Settlement in New England and Migration to the West, 1652-1850 and Beyond by Joan S. Guilford. 1993. [S6362] Find a Grave page for Samuel Monroe Sr.. [S6385] Jane Belcher, "William Reed of Weymouth and Boston, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants." The Connecticut Nutmegger 40:28, 40:182, and 40:353, 2007. [S6360] The Monroe Book: Being the History of the Monroe Clan from its Origins in Scotland to Settlement in New England and Migration to the West, 1652-1850 and Beyond by Joan S. Guilford. 1993., date only.