Abby H. Munro (Batt)

Abby Howland Batt Munro

Birth: 1824

Death: 1916

Father: James Batt

Mother: Hannah Waldron

Husband: John Bennett Munro, b. Sept. 20, 1820, in Bristol, R.I.

Abbe Howland Batt, born January 10, 1824, in Bristol, was the daughter of James and Hannah (Waldron) Batt, and granddaughter of Thomas and Lucretia Waldron, of Bristol. Thomas Waldron served eight months as a private in Captain William Throop's company of Rhode Island militia, in the revolution. James Batt, son of James and Mary Batt, came from Dorsetshire, England, to Rhode Island.

Abbe married, December 25, 1846, John Bennett Munro, born September 20, 1820, in Bristol, second son of Bennett Munro, and second child of his second wife, Lucy Abell.

Among the sons of John Bennett and Abby H. Batt Munro was Walter Lee Munro. M. D., born 1857, in Bristol, graduated Bachelor of Arts at Brown University in 1879, and subsequently received the degree of Master of Arts. He graduated from the medical department of Harvard University in 1885, and has since practiced medicine in Providence. In 1887 he was surgeon of the Rhode Island Hospital; visiting physician of St. Vincent De Paul Infant Asylum; was examiner of the Medical Society in 1890, and consulting physician of St. Joseph's Hospital in 1899. He is the author of various articles in the medical journals of the day. Another son, Dana Carleton Munro, born 1866, in Bristol, graduated from Brown University in 1887, and became professor of European history in the University of Wisconsin."

June 1870 US Census for Bristol, RI lists: John B. Munro, 50, occupation: Grocer (Ret.); Abbie H. Munro, 46, occupation: Keeping House; Wilfred H. Munro, 20; Lilian F. Munro, 16; Walter L. Munro, 12; Annette G. Munro, 9; Winthrop M. Munro, 7; Dana C. Munro (M) 4; Hannah Ball, 85, occupation: none; Mary O'Brien, 20, born Ireland, occupation: Domestic Servant. All other residents born Rhode Island.

Sources:

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 1, edited by William Richard Cutter

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