George Munro, Ist of Katewell

Biography

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis

Robert married Margaret Dunbar, only daughter of Sir Alexander Dunbar, Sheriff of Morayshire. They had seven children who produced many of the important branches of the Clan Munro.

4. George Munro, 1st of Katewell. According to historian Alexander Mackenzie this George Munro was killed alongside his father in battle in 1547.[4] However the evidence is against this because the same historian quotes a charter granted to Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron in 1563 which was witnessed by his brother George, proving that George was still alive years after the battle.[7] James Monroe, fifth president of the United States was descended from the Munro of Katewell branch of the clan.[8] DNA testing of a living male relative of President James Monroe has confirmed the president's ancestral connection to the Munro chiefs.[9][10]

Family

I. George Munro, fifth son of Robert Munro, fourteenth Baron of Fowlis, killed at the battle of Pinkie in 1547, was
the first of this family. He married with issue, among others —

n. George Munro, who received the lands of Katewell, and married, first, Catherine, daughter of Hector
Mackenzie, IV. of Fairburn, with issue —

References

• 4. Mackenzie, Alexander. (1898). History of the Munros of Fowlis. pp. 40 - 43.
• 5. Fraser, James. (1674). Chronicles of the Frasers: the Wardlaw manuscript entitled Polichronicon seu policratica temporum, or, The true genealogy of the Frasers, 916-1674. Re-published in 1905 by William Mackay pp. 132 - 135.
• 6. The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans. (1885). pp. 79. Library Edition. Published by W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited. Edinburgh and London.
• 7. Mackenzie, Alexander. (1898). History of the Munros of Fowlis. pp. 46.
• 8. Monroe, Horace, Canon of Southwark. (1929). Foulis Castle and the Monroes of Lower Iveagh.
• 9. Munro DNA project Clan Munro DNA Project clanmunro.org.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2014. link
• 10. Munro DNA Project familytreedna.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014 link
• "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p. 391-392 Archive.Org
• Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. III Heale-Muscoe. “The Monroe Family.” Page 742. AncestryImage