Benjamin Munroe

Benjamin Munroe

• Birth: Circa 1678 - Bristol, Rhode Island
• Death: Before Aug 7 1732 - Prob. Swansea, Mass
• Parents: John Munroe, Unknown Munroe (born Sarah)
• Wife: Mary Munroe (born Josselyn)
• Wife: Ann Mason (widow Haille)
• Children: Henry Munroe, Charles Munroe, Shuble Munroe, Mercy Munroe, Mary Munroe

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Benjamin Munro was born in 1678. He died before 7 August 1732 at the age of 54 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA. Benjamin died with a will (Bristol PR 7:488-491). Will lists his children.

Benjamin MUNRO and Mary JOCELYN were married on 3 December 1713 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA. Mary JOCELYN, daughter of Henry JOSLIN and Abigail STOCKBRIDGE, was born on 22 January 1685 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA. She died after 7 August 1732 at the age of 47 in Bristol, RI.

Marriage (1) 10 DEC 1713 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA

Wife: Mary JOSLIN

Note: Benjamin of Swansea, Mary of Scituate. Married by Nathaniel Eells.

Benjamin MUNRO and Mary JOCELYN had the following children:

i. Henry MUNRO, b: 23 APR 1715 in Pembroke, Plymouth, MA

ii. Charles MUNRO, b: 9 JAN 1716/7 in Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI); d. 11 January 1798, age 81, Bristol, RI. m. Priscilla SMITH, 29 May 1738, Bristol, RI.

iii. Shubael MUNRO., b: 2 JAN 1719/20 in Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI)

iv. Mercy MUNRO, b: 2 NOV 1721 in Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI)

v. Mary MUNRO, b: 14 FEB 1723/4 in Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI)

Marriage (2) 15 MAY 1728 in Swansea, Bristol, MA

Marriage Bann: 26 JAN 1727/8 in Bristol, Bristol, MA (now RI)

Note: Benjamin of Bristol, Ann of Swansea.

Wife: Ann MASON b: 28 AUG 1688

Note: Called "Anne Munro Widow" in her father's will. "Benjamin Munroe and Ann Hale ware married may the 15:172[torn]".

Sources:

Descendants of John Munro, b. aft. 1632 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland

RIVR 6:Bristol:91

Scituate MA VR 2:212.

Rehoboth Roots

Swansea VR, Transcriber, H. L. Peter Rounds; Editors Jane Fletcher Fiske & Margaret F. Costello, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1992)

James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 published by Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; Providence, RI; 1891

Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Second Edition (Rhode Island Families Assn.; Princeton, MA; 1986-1999, Page: vol. 3, no. 2, p. 141, Abstracts Warren Wills

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