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William Monroe (b. 1625, d. 27 January 1716/17)

William Monroe (son of Robert Monroe and Unknown) was born 1625 in Alvie, Inverness, Scotland, and died 27 January 1716/17 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA. He married (1) Martha George on 1665 in Lexington, MA. He married (2) Mary Ball on 1672 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA, daughter of John Ball and Elizabeth Peirce. He married (3) Elizabeth Johnson on 1697.

Notes for William Monroe:
William Munro of Lexington, Massachusetts, who was exiled to America after being taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester. ( Unverified Internet contribution)

Grave site at the Old Lexington Burial Grounds was visited and headstones verified in Oct 1999.

According to a history of Lexington done by school children from the Maria Hastings School in Lexington: "T"he original settler who had come from Scotland in 1651, and settled in a part of Cambridge Farms (the orignal name for Lexington) called "Scotland". His son built the Munroe Tavern in 1695, but it was sold. He purchased it back again in 1770 and it was this time the "e" was added to the Munroe name.

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The Munroe Tavern is located on Massachusetts Avenue. It is laid out in a typical way with a tap room, large kitchen, rooms upstairs for guests and family, stables which could hold 100 horses. The ell to the northwest was added in 1770 and was used for dancing and parties. The fireplaces were small because peat was burned instead of wood.

More About William Monroe:
Burial: Old Lexington Burial Grounds, Lexington.⁹¹
Emigration: 1652

More About William Monroe and Martha George:
Marriage: 1665, Lexington, MA.

More About William Monroe and Mary Ball:
Marriage: 1672, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.

More About William Monroe and Elizabeth Johnson:
Marriage: 1697

Children of William Monroe and Martha George are:

+William Munroe, b. 10 October 1669, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 02 January 1759, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.

Children of William Monroe and Mary Ball are:

+Eleanor Monroe, b. 03 March 1684/85, Lexington, Middlesex, MA^{92, 93}, d. Bef. 1729, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
Elizabeth Monroe, b. Abt. 1666, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. August 1692, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
Daniel Monroe, b. 12 August 1673, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 26 February 1697/98, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
Hannah Monroe, b. 1674, Lexington,Middlesex,Ma.
Mary Monroe, b. 24 June 1678, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 16 June 1753, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
David Monroe, b. 06 October 1680, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 19 June 1755, Canterbury, Windham, Conn.
Sarah Monroe, b. 18 March 1684/85, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
Joseph Monroe, b. 16 August 1687, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 1787, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
Benjamin Monroe, b. 16 August 1690, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 06 April 1765, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
Susanna Monroe, b. Abt. 1692, Lexington, Middlesex, MA.
George Monroe, b. 1671, Lexington, Middlesex, MA, d. 17 January 1748/49, MA.