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ii. NATHANIEL, b. in 1777, settled at Baltimore, Md., where he was a jeweller. He m. (1) ( ) LEE, without issue; m. (2) MARY COTTON BALLARD Of Framingham, by whom he had five children; m. (3) MARY ANN HAGAR of Baltimore, by whom he had three daughters. Children: Henry." Nathaniel, unm. of Selma, Ala. James, m. Maria Acres, with issue. Sarah Lee, m. George Endicott of New York. Mary, m. William Endi- cott. Julia, m. Franklin Low of Concord, N. H., with issue. Emily, m. Frederick W. Beck of Baltimore, with issue. Jane, m. Ellis MacClees, with issue.
iii. WILLIAM, b. 17 Dec. 1778. He was the first, and for many years the only maker of lead pencils in America. He m. 19 Sept. 1805 PATTY STONE, dau. of Capt. John of Concord. Children: William,6 b. 24 June 1806; d. unm. 27 Apr. 1877; he was a founder of the Pacific Mills, and pre- sented Concord with its public library building. Martha Stone, d. unm. Mary Elizabeth, d. young. Thomas, b. 18 Oct. 1812, m. in 1839 Ellen Middleton of London, Eng., with issue. Francis, b. 7 Dec. 1814; m. Phebe F. Davis of Gloucester, with issue. Alfred, b. 4 Jan. 1817; m. in 1848 Mrs. Martha T. Rozzell, without issue. Mary and Elizabeth, unm., and James Wallace, d. in infancy.
iv. JOHN, clock-maker, b. 11 Oct. 1784; m. in 1810 NANCY PHINNEY, dau. of Timothy of Barnstable. Children: James,6 a maker of chronometers, b. 19 Sept. 1811; m. Abby E. Russell of New Bedford, with issue; d. 25 Nov. 1890. Susan, m. Albert Alden of Yarmouth, with issue. Jane, m. Dr. Wilkes Allen of Chelmsford, with issue. Louise, m. William H. Brown of Taunton, with issue. Abigail Parker, m. Smith Elisha Ladd of Ithaca, N. Y. Sarah, d. young. Sarah Ann, m. Charles F. Swift of Falmouth, with issue. Caroline, m. James Knowles of Eastham, with issue. Elizabeth.
v. CHARLES, m. ADALINE A. SMITH of Portland, Me.
vi. ABIGAIL, m. (1) SALMA CLAPP of Boston. Children: Amasa Lyman,6 Marietta Munroe, Demietta Dennison, and Abigail Parker. She m. (2) ) HUSTON, without issue.
44. JEDEDIAH4 MUNROE (Jedediah,3 Daniel,2 William'), bapt. 30 July 1749, died 4 Feb. 1812. He fought in the Revolution. He married 30 May 1782 SARAH PARKER of Roxbury, where they settled.
Children:
i. HENRY,5 b. 4 Mar. 1789; d. at Charlestown 29 May 1871; m. 24 Oct. 1813 NANCY WEBSTER of Bradford. Children: Henry,6 b. 6 Oct. 1816; m. in 1839 Sarah A. Proctor of Boston; eleven children. James, b. 3 Sept. 1818; m. 18 Oct. 1840 Elizabeth Orcutt; eight children. Royal Kimball (twin), b. 13 Dec. 1822; m. 6 Sept. 1849 Sarah A. Edgerley, with issue. Asa Webster (twin), b. 13 Dec. 1822; d. in infancy. Ann Maria, m. Samuel Hadley of Charlestown. Catharine Kimball, m. Sylvester Edgerly. Sarah Elizabeth, m. Edward Harding of Charlestown. Mary Rebecca, d. young.
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ii. RHODA, m. ( ) WINSHIP of Boston, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.
iii. SARAH, m. (1) ( ) SMITH; m. (2) ZEPHANIA OSGOOD of Charlestown.
iv. CATHARINE, m. JAMES KIMBALL of Charlestown. They had five children.
v. CHARLOTTE.
vi. MARIA, m. (1) ( ) TUCKER; m. (2) ( ) BROCK of Cincinnati, Ohio.
45. JOSEPH4 MUNROE (Jedediah,3 Daniel,2 William1), bapt. 4 Dec. 1757, died 22 Oct. 1832 .*
He married 22 July 1783 RHODA LEATHE of Woburn, died 2 Jan. 1825.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. RHODA,5 b. 25 Dec. 1784; m. ( ) COBBETT.
ii. JOSEPH, b. 18 Apr. 1788.
iii. LYDIA, b. 19 Mar. 1791; m. 11 Apr. 1811 JOEL GLEASON of Bedford.
iv. DENNIS, b. 22 Jan. 1797; m. ELIZABETH Fox; d. 3 May 1850. Children: Harris,6 b. 27 Mar. 1818; m. with issue. Dennis, b. 26 Mar. 1821; m. with issue; d. 16 Feb. 1859. Cyrus, b. 26 Nov. 1826; m. Elliot Lane of Bedford, with issue. Arethusa, d. young.
v. JEPTHA, b. 15 June 1798; m. at Woburn, 10 Sept. 1815, FANNIE NICHOLS, b. 10 May 1799, d. 17 Oct. 1836, g. s. at Woburn, dau. of William and Fanny ( ); d. at Woburn 28 July 1833. Children: William,6 d. young. Jeptha, b. 17 Oct. 1818; m. 30 Apr. 1840 Clarissa Skelton. Joseph, d. unm. 19 Oct. 1853. Lavinia N., d. young.
vi. LAVINIA, b. 11 Mar. 1806.
vii. SUSAN, bapt. 29 Oct. 1818; m. 7 Dec. 1821 LARKIN LIVINGSTON, b. at Chelmsford, d. at Woburn 26 Sept. 1865, aged 69, s. of Seth and Abi- gail ( ); d. at Woburn 9 July 1873. They had two daughters, b. at Woburn.
46. NATHAN5 MUNROE (Nathan,4 Marrett,3 John,2 William1), born 23 Oct. 1780.
He married SUSA LORING.
Children, i. born at Lexington, iii. at Lincoln, the others at Con- cord:
i. ELBRIDGE, 6 b. 28 July 1804.
ii. NATHAN, b. 28 July 1808; d. at the Isle of France 29 June 1838.
iii. JONAS CLARKE, b. 22 Sept. 1812; m. in 1836 ABIGAIL HAPGOOD of Wal- tham. Children: James,7 b. 31 May 1841. Alonzo Francis, b. 29 Oct. 1843. Susan Cordelia, Abby Jane, and Emma Flint.
iv. JAMES, b. 7 Feb. 1817.
47. JONATHAN5 MUNROE (Nathan, 4 Marrett, 3 John,2 William1), born 26 Mar. 1783, died 4 Dec. 1867.
He married 6 Apr. 1812 RHODA JOHNSON, born 26 Apr. 1793, died 19 July 1865, daughter of Frederick5 and Rhoda (Reed). Children:
i. WILLIAM, 6 b. 17 Dec. 1812; m. 23 Dec. 1845 ELVIRA MERRIAM, b. at Con- cord 2 June 1817, d. at Framingham 21 Mar. 1897, dau. of Joseph6 } and Lucy (Wheeler); d. at Southbridge 18 Feb. 1863. Children, all born at Southbridge: i. Annie,7 b. 19 July 1848. ii. William Eustis, b. 24 June 1852; m. 28 May 1895 Elizabeth P. Godfrey. iii. Charlotte, b.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
t Frederick,5 Francis,' Josiah," Maj. William," Capt. Edward.1
# Joseph, Josiah,5 Joseph,' John,' Joseph,' William.1
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21 May 1855; m. 27 Apr. 1882 Charles Francis Munroe of Roxbury, b. 11 Sept. 1853.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 27 Mar. 1814; m. 7 June 1839 FRANCIS JOHNSON of Win- chester, where they resided. Child: Elizabeth.7
iii. JOSIAH, b. 21 Oct. 1818; m. 10 Oct. 1847 ADELINE DODGE of Boston and moved to Roxbury.
iv. FAUSTINA, b. 1 Feb. 182 -; m. 12 June 1859 FREDERICK STIMSON; d. 20 Jan. 1883, aged 62.
v. HENRY ALBERT, b. 2 May 1824; m. at Woburn, 12 Apr. 1850, ELIZABETH MILLET, b. 23 Oct. 1827, d. 23 June 1898; d. 18 June 1896, aged 70. vi. JULIA MARIA, b. 31 Dec. 1832; d. 25 Sept. 1833.
48. WILLIAM5 MUNROE (William, 4 William, 3 William, 2 William1), born 28 May 1768, killed 29 May 1813* by the upsetting of a stage at Richmond, Va.
He married SUSAN B. GRINNELL of New Bedford.
Children :
i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, 6 b. in 1808; m. 2 Oct. 1830 MARY ANN WATSON. Children: Nathaniel Watson,7 b. 22 Dec. 1843; m. Margaret Godfrey, without issue. William, b. 11 Nov. 1846; m. 11 Oct. 1869 Helen S. Peasley, with issue; he is president of the Stone & Downer Co. Henry Augustus, b. 18 Nov. 1852; m. 6 Mar. 1884, without issue. Susan Augusta, m. 26 Feb. 1878 Danforth Harlow, with issue. Mary Adelaide, m. 5 Nov. 1879 Edgar S. Kennedy, without issue.
ii. HENRY, d. unm.
iii. SUSAN SOPHIA, m. DR. GEORGE W. OTIS (Harvard, 1818). Children: Helen,7 m. Alfred Williams, of Santa Barbara, Cal. Isabel, m. as his second wife Samuel C. Bigelow of San Francisco, Cal., by whom she had one daughter.
49. JONAS5 MUNROE (William,4 William,3 William,2 William1), born 11 June 1778, died 2 July 1860. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Dragoons in 1807, and, in 1812, was commissioned a lieuten- ant of infantry. He was for many years proprietor of the "Munroe Tavern."
He married ABIGAIL COOK SMITH, born 29 June 1792, died 4 Apr. 1861, daughter of Joseph6 and Abigail (Ingoldsby).
Children:
i. WILLIAM HENRY, 6 b. 2 Mar. 1815; d. unm. 28 Aug. 1902. He was for many years treasurer of the New England Glass Co.
ii. HARRIET, b. 25 Nov. 1816; d. unm. 1869.
iii. ABDY SMITH, b. 28 Aug. 1819; d. 21 Dec. 1822.
54. iv. JAMES SMITH, b. 6 June 1824.
v. EDMUND,* d. 16 Sept. 1829, aged 18 m.
50. EDMUND5 MUNROE (William, 4 William,3 William,2 William1), born 29 Oct. 1780, died 17 Apr. 1865. He was a banker and broker at Boston, founder of the New England Glass Co., and one of the founders of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
He married first 15 Jan. 1804 HARRIET DOWNES; secondly 8 Dec. 1808 LYDIA DOWNES; thirdly 30 Aug. 1815 SOPHIA WOOD SEWALL, died 26 Oct. 1878.
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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Child by the first wife:
i. £ HARRIET DOWNES, 6 d. young.
Child by the second wife:
ii. MARY CAROLINE, d. unm. 23 Dec. 1872.
Children by the third wife:
iii. EDMUND SEWALL, b. 28 May 1816; m. 11 Sept. 1845 SARAH STACEY CLARK. Children: Chester Clark7 (A.B. Columbia), b. 5 June 1851; m. 18 Mar. 1874 Adelaide Hoadley, with issue. Sophia Vernon, d. young. Alice Chester, m. 30 Mar. 1869 Charles Green Sawtelle (West Point), now Brigadier-General, U.S.A., retired, with issue. Frances Emily, m. 26 Oct. 1882 Horace C. Deland. Sarah Sewall.
iv. GEORGE DOWNES, b. 20 Jan. 1819; m. 8 Sept. 1843 PAULINE TUCKER WASHBURN. Children: George Edmund,7 M.D. (Yale), b. 9 Dec. 1851; m. 3 Feb. 1881 Jessie Reynolds, with issue. Pauline Tucker, m. 9 Nov. 1870 Thomas A. Watson, with issue. Ellen Sophia, m. in 1872 Dr. David Cory. Mary Elizabeth.
v. CHARLES WILLIAM (A.B. Harvard), b. 27 Oct. 1821; m. 3 Oct. 1849 Su- SAN M. HALL. Children: Charles Kirk,7 the story writer, b. 15 Sept. 1850; m. Mary, dau. of Amelia E. Barr. Edmund Hall, d. young. Susan Mitchell, m. 26 May 1879 Rev. Charles Edward Stowe (A.B. Harvard, 1875), with issue. Frederick Mitchell, editor of Brooklyn Life, b. 12 Apr. 1858; m. 14 Dec. 1891 Elizabeth Bowles of Springfield, with issue. Ellen Hall, d. young, and Charlotte Elizabeth, m. 5 Oct. 1886 Herbert Putnam (A.B. Harvard), now librarian of Congress.
vi. CHARLOTTE, d. unm. 7 Nov. 1863.
vii. SOPHIA, m. 14 Oct. 1846 MOSES G. COBB. Children: Edmund Munroe? (West Point, 1870), m. Ketenah L. Addison, with issue. George Downes (A.B. Univ. of California). Henry Gardener. Sophia Rebecca, d. young. Mary Caroline, m. Harold Holderness of England, with issue. Zaidce Clark.
viii. SUSAN DWIGHT, m. 16 May 1849 DR. HORATIO S. SMITH, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; d. 1910. Children: Henry Maynard? (changed his name in 1872 to Henry Smith Munroe), dean of the School of Mines of Columbia University; m. 12 Sept. 1882 Alice M. Brown, with issue. Edmund Munroe (A.B. Amherst), professor of Roman Law and Comparative Jurisprudence at Columbia University; m. 17 Apr. 1890 Gertrude Huidekoper, with issue. Alice Durant. Susan Elizabeth. Sophia Munroe, m. William C. Codman, Jr., with issue.
ix. ANNA SMITH, m. 28 Apr. 1852 DR. GEORGE W. EASTMAN, a regimental surgeon during the Civil War, by whom she had four children. x. LOUISA SEWALL.
51. WILLIAM5 MUNROE (William, 4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 18 May 1785, (?) died 2 May 1837.
He married 11 Oct. 1813 LUCY FROST of West Cambridge. Children:
i. LUCY,6 m. in 1837 AARON CLARK of Charlestown, with issue.
ii. ENOCH, b. 12 Aug. 1816; m. 29 Oct. 1840 EMELINE E. RUSSELL. Children : William Edward,7 d. young. Charles Edward (Ph.D. Harvard), b. 24 May 1849; m. 20 June 1883 Mary Louise Barker, dau. of Prof. George F., of Philadelphia, Pa., five children; he is dean of the Graduate School of the George Washington University. George Henry, b. 29 July 1852; m. 11 July 1883 Abbie M. Ferrin of Boston. Emma Frances, unm. Elizabeth Bailey, d. young. Mary Frost, unm.
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iii. WILLIAM, b. 10 June 1818; m. ELIZABETH MACINTYRE, without issue; d. 30 Nov. 1871.
iv. JAMES, b. 27 May 1820; m. 1 May 1844 MARIA WOOD. Children: James Alexander,7 b. 12 Nov. 1849; m. 28 May 1874 Mary J. Trask, with issue. William Emery, b. 30 Dec. 1856. Annie Maria, m. William Parker.
v. EMERY, d. young.
vi. CHARLES, b. 22 Apr. 1828; m. Ellen Morse; d. 16 Sept. 1893. Children: Ella Gertrude,7 m. Edward T. Butcher, with issuc. Grace.
vii. EMERY HASTINGS, b. 4 Dec. 1830; m. 20 Mar. 1862 LUCY E. TOWNE of Cambridge. Children: Alice Towne,7 m. 6 Jan. 1886 David II. Nicker- son, with issue. Edith Louise.
viii. MARCELLUS, b. 17 June 1834; m. MARY W. BLODGETT. Children: Her- bert Judson,7 b. 8 Aug. 1860; m. 6 Oct. 1892 Maud J. Gay. Arthur Blodgett, b. 19 Feb. 1866; m. 12 July 1893 Electa S. Staples, with issuc. Ellen Haynes. Mary Isabel, d. in infancy.
ix. ABIGAIL, m. 11 Jan. 1852 REUBEN HORTON of Somerville, with issue.
52. THADDEUS5 MUNROE (George, 4 George,3 George,2 William1), born 26 Apr. 1762, died 9 Apr. 1846. The original grant to William Munroe is in the possession of this branch. He served in the Revo- lution .*
He married 1 Oct. 1820 REBECCA LOCKE, born 25 Mar. 1784, died 23 July 1846, daughter of Thomas5 and Lydia (Reed).
Children, both born at Lexington:
55. i. GEORGE,6 b. 25 Feb. 1822.
ii. ANNA REBECCA, b. 10 July 1825; m. 19 Mar. 1846 JAMES MERRITT RAN- DALL, b. at Princeton, d. at Woburn 1 Aug. 1861, s. of Edward and Eliza (Hale); d. at Worcester 2 June 1905. They had four children.
53. JOHN5 MUNROE (Ebenezer,4 Robert,3 George,2. William1), born 28 Apr. 1785, died 17 Feb. 1865.
He married 11 Dec. 1811 CHARLOTTE BACON of Woburn, born at Billerica 23 Sept. 1793, died 13 Feb. 1872, g. s., daughter of Jonas and Betty ( ).
Children:
i. JOHN HARRISON, 6 b. 3 June 1813; m. (1) MARY E. ( ), d. 21 May 1844; m. (2) JANE ( ), d. 13 Sept. 1854; d. 15 July 1874. Resided at Fall River. Children: Oliver," John H., Jane H., and Mary E.
ii. CHARLES HENRY, b. 10 Aug. 1814 ; d. at Buffalo, N. Y., 17 July 1850. Hem. ( ). Children: Mary N.7 Charles H., m. in 1871 Mary A. Lane, with issue. Enos H. Gertrude Kate.
iii. HARRIOT, b. 29 Apr. 1816; d. 2 Feb. 1835, g. s.
56. iv. EBENEZER, b. 3 Dec. 1817.
v. JONAS, b. 10 Sept. 1819; d. 15 Aug. 1843, g. s.
vi. LAVINIA, b. 16 Oct. 1821; m. 4 Apr. 1839 GALEN2 ALLEN.
vii. OLIVER, b. 10 Oct. 1825; d. 4 May 1857, g. s.
viii. CHARLOTTE, b. 28 Mar. 1827; m. 22 Apr. 1847, as his first wife, GEORGE6 MULLIKEN.
54. JAMES SMITH6 MUNROE (Jonas, 5 William, 4 William, 3 William, 2 William1), born at the old "Munroe Tavern" 6 June 1824, died 10 Dec. 1910.
* State List, Vol. xi., p. 213.
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He spent his entire life in the immediate neighborhood of his birthplace, owning and cultivating an extensive estate known as Munroe Meadows. At one time he was a member of the firm of Sewall and Munroe, hardware dealers in Dock Sq., Boston, and for the firm undertook the management of a small paper mill, located on Vine Brook at Bedford. From this experience, and after the mill burned, he started a larger plant at South Lawrence which developed into the Munroe Felt and Paper Co. and of which he was president for many years.
He was a genial, courteous man, proud of Lexington, interested in improving and beautifying it, and a delightful entertainer of friends and visitors. By his will, Mr. Munroe bequeathed to the Lexington Historical Society, on behalf of his brother William6 and himself, that part of his real estate known as the "Munroe Tavern " and a parcel of land surrounding it, to be kept forever as a token of Colonial and Revolutionary Lexington. He was a trustee of the Lexington Savings Bank.
He married 23 May 1854 ALICE BRIDGE PHINNEY, born 9 Nov. 1826, died 7 Aug. 1888, daughter of Elias2 and Catherine (Bartlett).
Children, all born at Lexington:
57. i. WILLIAM ROBERT,7 b. 23 Mar. 1855.
58. ii. JOHN CUMMINGS, b. 26 Mar. 1858.
59. iii. JAMES PHINNEY, b. 3 June 1862.
55. GEORGE6 MUNROE (Thaddeus,5 George,4 George,3 George,2 William1), born 25 Feb. 1822, died 22 June 1887.
He married first 13 Oct. 1846 ELIZA WOOD, born at Burlington 14 Sept. 1823, died 7 Aug. 1852, daughter of Sylvanus and Rebecca (Carter); secondly 7 Nov. 1854 SUSAN PRISCILLA WINNING, born at Charlestown 21 Aug. 1828, daughter of David Parker and Susan Stoddard (Walker).
Children by the first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. REBECCA ELIZA,7 b. 6 Oct. 1847; m. 14 July 1868 THEODORE P.4 ROBIN- SON.
ii. GEORGIANNA, b. 18 Jan. 1850; d. unm. 10 Nov. 1874.
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington:
iii. GEORGE WARREN, b. 3 Aug. 1855; d. 2 Sept. 1857.
iv. MARY ALICE, b. 7 Sept. 1857.
v. ELMINA, b. 18 Dec. 1860.
vi. HOWARD MALCOLM, b. 5 Feb. 1869. He is a farmer and market gardener. He was one of the three original trustees of the Winning Home for Orphans and Destitute Children.
56. EBENEZER® MUNROE (John,5 Ebenezer,4 Robert,3 George,2 William1), born 3 Dec. 1817, died 5 Jan. 1868.
He married 26 Nov. 1850 MARGARET M. WILSON, died 4 Feb. 1860, aged 24.
Children:
i. JULIA MARIA,7 b. 17 Apr. 1852.
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ii. ROBERT, b. 10 Aug. 1854; d. 28 Jan. 1856.
iii. ANNIE S., b. 26 Nov. 1856.
57. WILLIAM ROBERT7 MUNROE (James S.,6 Jonas,5 William, 4 William,3 William,2 William1), born 23 Mar. 1855, died 6 Sept. 1889.
He married at Boston, 4 June 1885, HELEN HILGER GOOKIN, born 24 Sept. 1862, daughter of Samuel H.3 and Frances Elizabeth (Sistare).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. ROBERT GOOKIN, b. 19 Mar. 1886.
58. JOHN CUMMINGS7 MUNRO (James S., 6 Jonas, 5 William, 4 Wil- liam,3 William,2 William1), born 26 Mar. 1858, died at Boston 6 Dec. 1910.
He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1881, M.D., 1884, and was a surgcon at Boston. He was connected with the teaching faculty of Harvard Medical School from 1889 to 1905, first in the department of anatomy and lastly as lecturer on surgery. He was professor of surgery in Tufts Dental School, surgeon to Boston City Hospital 1893 to 1903, consulting surgeon to a large number of suburban hospitals, and a member of eighteen medical, surgical and scientific societies.
His most notable work was at the Carney Hospital, where he was surgeon-in-chief from 1903 till his death, and this was the first permanent surgical service established in any New England hospital. He was a liberal contributor to surgical literature, where, because of his wide experience and strict honesty, his opinions were highly respected. As an exemplary citizen he was interested in all efforts for civic betterment and human welfare. His favorite avocation was music and he was a good violinist. Skilful and widely honored as a surgeon, he possessed intrinsic qualities which made the man even greater than the surgeon. Fearless honesty, loyalty to ideals and friends, strict integrity, liberal benevolence, personal modesty, cleanness and simplicity were characteristic traits of Dr. John Munro.
He married 17 Nov. 1887 MARY KING SQUIBB, daughter of Dr. Edward R., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children:
i. MARGARET, 8 d. young.
ii. DONALD, b. 10 Aug. 1888.
iii. EDWARD SQUIBB, b. 16 Aug. 1892.
iv. ALICE, b. 24 Dec. 1896.
59. JAMES PHINNEY7 MUNROE (James S.,6 Jonas,5 William, 4 William,3 William,2 William1), born 3 June 1862.
He was graduated from the Mass. Institute of Technology, S.B., 1882, and was secretary of the faculty (M. I. T.) from 1882 to 1889. He is a life member of the American Unitarian Association, and a member of the Twentieth Century Club, Boston City Club, Amer-
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ican Association for Advancement of Science, American Economic Association, National Educational Association, National Society for Promotion of Industrial Education and a past president of the Lexington Historical Society, Mass. Reform Club and Technology Club. He was appointed a member of the Mass. Commission for the Blind in 1907, of which he has been chairman since 1908. Mr. Munroe has served two terms on the school committee, and is a trustee of the George O. Smith Fund.
He married 2 July 1885 KATHERINE WINTHROP LANGDON, born at Cambridge 10 June 1862, daughter of John Henry and Emily (Dodge).
Children, the first two born at Boston, the last at Lexington:
i. ALICE LANGDON, 8 b. 31 Aug. 1887; d. 18 Aug. 1888.
ii. KATHERINE LANGDON, b. 24 June 1891.
iii. ELIZABETH WINTHROP, b. 21 Mar. 1899.
MURPHY
CHARLES EDWARD1 MURPHY; wife MAUD (BURNS). Both born in Nova Scotia.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. ANNA EDNA,2 b. 19 Feb. 1900.
JEREMIAH JOSEPH2 MURPHY (Patrick1) was born at Cork, Ire- land, 3 July 1870, son of Patrick and Mary (Peters). He came to America in 1890.
He married at Boston MARIA HAYES, born in Ireland in" 1866, daughter of Patrick and Bridget (Hawkins).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY,3 b. 3 May 1892; d. 3 May 1892.
ii. CATHERINE JULIA, b. 24 Dec. 1894.
iii. WILLIAM PATRICK, b. 26 Nov. 1897.
iv. JEREMIAH, b. 9 Mar. 1900; d. 9 Mar. 1900.
WILLIAM2 MURPHY (John1) was born in Ireland, died 11 Aug. 1896, aged 57, son of John and Margaret (Farren).
He married at Woburn, 28 Dec. 1864, BRIDGET O'DONALD, died at Atlantic City, N. J., 27 Feb. 1905, daughter of Patrick and Bridget ( ).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. MARGARET SARAH,3 b. 5 July 1866; m. at Arlington WILLIAM TAYLOR2 WILSON.
ii. MARY ANN, b. 28 Jan. 1868; m. 6 Oct. 1898 WILLIAM HENRY SON, b. at Hopkinton, N. H., s. of William and Rosa (Sanborn).
MURRAY
JOHN L.2 MURRAY (David1) was born in Ireland, son of David and Mary J. (Linton).
He married at Cambridge, 1 Jan. 1908, FLORA J. GILLIS, born in Prince Edward Island, daughter of Donald and Emma (McDonald).
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Children, both born at Lexington:
i. HAZEL JANE,3 b. 19 Oct. 1909.
ii. HELEN, b. 21 Dee. 1911.
WILLIAM1 MURRAY; wife MARIA (McNEIL). Both born in Ire- land.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARTHA JANE,2 b. 5 Feb. 1897.
MUZZY*
1. ROBERT! MUZZY of Ipswich died about 1644. His widow BRIDGET (BRADSTREET) married Thomas Rowlandson, who died at Lancaster 17 Nov. 1657, and she married 31 May 1659 William Kerley, Senior, and died 14 June 1662. From the reading of his will Mr. Muzzy had had one or more wives previous to his marriage to his wife Bridget. His willt dated 5 Jan. 1642, probated 16 May 1644, names his wife Bridget, daughters Mary and Ellen, and sons Joseph and Benjamin.
Children:
i. MARY,2 m. 27 Mar. 1656 JOHN SENTER; d. at "Winnysimmet" 25 July 1658.
ii. ELLEN.
2. iii. JOSEPH.
3. iv. BENJAMIN.
2. JOSEPH2 MUZZY (Robert1), died 30 Dec. 1680.
He married 9 Feb. 1670-71 ESTHER JACKMAN of Newbury. Children, all born at Newbury:
i. MARY,3 b. 23 Nov. 1672.
ii. ESTHER, b. 8 Jan. 1674-75.
iii. Son, b. 14 Oct. 1676; d. 20 Oct. 1676.
iv. JOSEPH, b. 21 Dec. 1677; m. JOANNA PETTINGILL.
4. v. BENJAMIN, b. 17 Aug. 1680.
3. BENJAMIN2 MUZZY (Robert1), died at Rumney Marsh 6 Dec. 1690. He was a soldier in King Philip's War, 1676. He resided at Malden and Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea.
He married ALICE DEXTER, who died (?) 19 Jan. 1694, daughter of Richard and Bridget ( ) of Malden. Children:
5. i. BENJAMIN,& b. at Malden 16 Apr. 1657.
ii. JOSEPH, b. at Malden 1 Mar. 1658.
iii. ROBERT, d. at Rumney Marsh about 1690.
iv. JOHN, "taken by ye Spanyards" before 1691.
v. RICHARD, aged twenty-seven years or "thereabouts" in Jan. 1696-97.
vi. SARAH, m. 12 June 1674 JOHN WAITE of Malden.
vii. MARY, m. ( ) LUNN.
viii. ELIZABETHI, m. at Marblehead, 4 Feb. 1680, JOHN DARLING.
* The name is spelled Muzzy, Mussy, Muzee, Mussey, Muse and Muze, in France Mussay, and in Italy Muzzi and Muci. Benjamin (21) and his descendants have added the e - Muzzey. Muzzy is the common form on the older records, although Muzzey appears as early as 1737.
+ See Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 1, 99, pp. 159-161.
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GENEALOGIES
4. BENJAMIN3 MUZZY (Joseph,2 Robert1), born at Newbury 17 Aug. 1680, died 19 Jan. 1764, g. s.
He was frequently called to fill town offices, and from time to time was chosen on the school committee, etc. His will dated 19 Feb. 1763, proved 13 Feb. 1764, mentioned wife Patience, sons Joseph and John, daughters Esther Merriam and Mary Reed, and grandsons Benjamin, James, Seth and Benoni, sons of Benjamin, deceased. His son John was appointed executor, to whom he gave all his land and buildings at Lexington.
He married PATIENCE ( ), died 7 Oct. 1767, in her 80th year, g. s.
Children :
6. i. JOSEPH,4 bapt. 19 Mar. 1710.
ii. ESTHER, bapt. 18 May 1712; m. NATHANIEL4 MERRIAM.
7. iii. JOHN, bapt. 12 Feb. 1716.
iv. MARY, bapt. 2 Mar. 1718; d. at Rutland 4 Aug. 1777, 60th y., g. s .; m. (1) ( ) KENDALL; m. (2) at Brookfield, 28 Nov. 1743, BENJAMIN5 REED.
8. v. BENJAMIN, bapt. 18 May 1729. Styled Benjamin 2d.
5. BENJAMIN3 MUZZY (Benjamin,2 Robert1) was born 16 Apr. 1657, died 12 May 1732.
At what time he first came to Cambridge Farms is not established. There is a record of the birth of his daughter Mary at Cambridge in 1683, but it is impossible to say whether at that time he lived in the old town itself, or at the Farms, so-called. It is certain however that his name is found on the earliest records at the Farms or North Precinct as one of the subscribers for the erection of the first meet- ing-house in 1692, and he was one of the largest taxpayers in the following year. As he was already a large land-owner in the centre of the town, at the organization of the parish in 1693, it is probable that he had been a resident in the place for some time previously. He was placed on a committee in 1693 with David Fiske, Senior, Samuel Stone, Senior, and several others to negotiate with the town of Cambridge for the purchase of a tract of land for the sup- port of the ministry. He held the office of constable 1694, assessor 1700, and tythingman 1716.
In 1711 the inhabitants of the Precinct purchased of Benjamin Muzzy about two acres of land for a common, and a site for a meeting-house. This was done by a subscription, in which he and his two sons, John and Richard, participated. He lived on or near the spot where Rufus Merriam "later resided (the well-known Buckman Tavern estate), and here was opened the first public house at Lexington, his son John being licensed for that purpose in 1714. In the inventory of his estate are mentioned his mansion house, a barn, cider mill, and homestead of one hundred and eleven acres, and valued at £80, and a woman and a child, valued together at £60. He bought his homestead of Edward Pelham, then of Rhode
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