John Munro (1728 – October 27, 1800), was generally referred to as 'Captain The Hon. John Munro of Fowlis' to distinguish him from others with the same name and rank. He was a

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soldier who after the

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received extensive land grants at

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, becoming a prominent

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and merchant associated with

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and the fur trade. Having gained a reputation for no-nonsense, he was made a

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and given further land at

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to bring

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and the

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to order. Ever the ardent

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, Munro fought for the

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during the

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which led to the loss of his land following the American victory. He re-settled in

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, where he became a

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and was appointed to the first

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Highland Origins

John Munro was born in 1728, "the son of Hugh Munro of

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, Fowlis, in the parish of

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, in the

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". His precise ancestry, previously the subject of much speculation, was successfully accepted by the

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in 1995. Both of his parents were lineally descended from the Munros of Foulis, the

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: His father, Hugh Munro, from

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and the Munros of Katewell; his mother, Christiana Munro, from the Munros of Fyrish and

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. Captain Munro named his 11,000 acre estate in

, 'Fowlis' for

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, the seat of his ancestors on both sides.

Albany, New York

John Munro's father was of modest means and unable to purchase a commission for his son. As a

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of the

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, John came to

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in 1756, seeing active service in the

at the Battles of Louisburg and

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. Following the war, he was disbanded and received extensive land grants for his military service east of the

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. This estate, which he named "Fowlis", soon came to encompass over 11,000 acres of land. He became a merchant and rapidly prospered in business, particularly in the

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, becoming a close lifelong friend of

, who sponsored one of his sons. Munro was an elder of the

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in Albany, and a

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for the County of Albany and the

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Shaftesbury, Vermont

In about 1765, the no-nonsense attitude of Munro led him to be favoured by

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and John Tabor Kempe in

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. They gained for him his commission of the peace for Albany and Munro received land at

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, moving his family there. As one of a handful of Tories in the region he continued to farm, operating mills, a

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, an

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and a nail factory, but was ostensibly placed there to bring

and the

to order over the disputed the

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. In 1771, Munro led a group of twelve men to capture

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, raiding his mill and taking him away as a prisoner but before they could get him across the

, the Green Mountain Boys ambushed their party and rescued the prisoner. Munro reported to the governor of New York that the conflict at Baker's house was very desperate and that he had "some reason to be thankful to Divine Providence for the preservation of his life and that of his party" but that he should have succeeded in carrying Baker to Albany, if he could have had ten men in arms, but they all ran into the woods. During the capture of Baker, his gun had been taken by Munro which led to a fierce argument between him and

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, who drew his sword and struck Munro on the head. According to

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, the Scotsman's thick hair and skull saved his brains and broke Warner's sword. Munro was a prominent

and as such his family and property were continuously harassed in the pre-revolutionary period and he was twice imprisoned by the rebel forces.

American Revolutionary War

Munro had openly declared his loyalty to the Crown even before the outset of the

. He was the first

to offer his services to Colonel

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and his newly formed

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. Munro accompanied Maclean (in disguise) for two hundred miles through the hostile

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"at great risk to his own life", and was instrumental in secretly enlisting many of his tenants and neighbours (many of whom were disbanded soldiers of the British and Highland Regiments) into the

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before he was arrested and thrown into

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at Albany. In 1776, Munro was sentenced to hang, but the following year managed to escape across the border to

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. At Dundas County, Munro joined

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(whose father, Sir William, was an old friend of Munro's and the godfather of his second son), who appointed him

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of the 1st

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of the

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. His wife and their seven children also made their escape to

, first settling at

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and then

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, while Munro was deployed in active service over the border. By 1780, Munro was still a Captain, but promoted to

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in the

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, leading a raid on Ballston, ''On the 16th October, 1780, a party of 400 Regulars and Indians from Canada, under Major Munro, a Tory from Schenectady, made their appearance in the Ballston settlement. They designed to attack Schenectady, but returned without effecting this object. They pillaged several houses and took 24 prisoners'' In 1781, Munro was stationed in

, in charge of the housing and care of the many

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refugees who ended up there, before being placed in command of the garrison at

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. In 1783, at Sir Frederick Haldimand's request, he undertook a tour of exploration from

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to Halifax via the Témiscouata route on behalf of a group of

who had obtained land in

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. Munro reported on the route and on the suitability of lands in Nova Scotia and present-day

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Upper Canada

In 1784, at the conclusion of the

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, Munro was placed on

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and settled that year with his company in

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. From 1784 to 1787 he was in

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, supporting himself and his family in

on borrowed money while trying to get adequate compensation for the loss of his New York property, whose worth he estimated at more than £10,000. He eventually received less than £300 and returned to Canada disillusioned and nearly penniless. However, his character and influential friends made sure he was rewarded in other ways. In 1788, he was made

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and a member of the land board for the Luneburg District. He built and operated

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and

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s on the

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as early as 1791. Munro was one of a number of

leaders who were granted townships for settlement in 1792 and 1793. Although these grants were later rescinded, Munro and his family were given large amounts of land in

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and elsewhere in the Eastern District. He was appointed an original member of the

on 12 July 1792, and in December of that year he became a Justice of the District

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. Munro also held a number of minor or temporary posts. He was a

of the Eastern District; in 1794 he served as one of the Commissioners who conferred with representatives from

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on the division of customs duties in an attempt to secure for

a share of the revenue from goods destined for that province. In 1797, he served on the Heir and Devisee Commission, which was established to hear claims to

grants which had passed out of the hands of the original grantees. Munro was a conscientious legislator and judge, but his public career was notable mainly for unswerving loyalty to the British Crown. Munro had acquired a further 10,000 acres of land and senior offices in

, but he never regained the affluence he had enjoyed before the

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and he died in relatively modest circumstances at his home at Dickinson's Landing. There is a memorial at

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to Munro and his wife.

Family

In 1760, Munro married a member of 'a prominent

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family' at Albany, Marie Talbot Gilbert Brouwer (1738–1815), daughter of Cornelius Brouwer (1703–1765), a merchant whose family had come out to

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in 1655.Pearson, Jonathan, ''Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800''Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1982 (original 1873), page 28 They were the parents of ten children. Three of their sons served under him during the

and afterwards became involved with the

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, under the auspices of family friend,

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. One son married the widowed sister of the fur-trader

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, and another - Cornelius - was the father-in-law of the Hon.

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. The eldest daughter, Christiana Munro, married Dr Phillip Mount of Montreal. The next daughter, Cornelia, married Allan Paterson, one of the original members of the North West Company. The youngest daughter, Mary Charlotte Munro, married The Hon.

Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (August 31, 1748 – January 1, 1822), 2nd Marquis de Lotbinière, though to keep political favour with the British he never used the title. He was seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière an ...

, ''de jure'' 2nd Marquis de Lotbinière.

References

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''Christiana (Munro of Fowlis) Mount, daughter of Captain MunroImage: Marie Charlotte (Munro of Fowlis) Chartier de Lotbiniere, daughter of Captain MunroLoyalist treasure: The Munro Papers: Discovery of Loyalist Records
''The Loyalist Gazette'' (22 September 1999)
Loyalist son comes home to Morrisburg: Memorial for William Johnson Munro
''The Loyalist Gazette'' (22 September 1996) {{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, John 1728 births 1800 deaths People from Albany County, New York Members of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada United Empire Loyalists People from Ross and Cromarty People from Leeds and Grenville United Counties John Munro Upper Canada judges