MONRO, JOHN [SSNE 7822]

Surname

MONRO, MUNRO, MONROE

First name

JOHN

Region

OBSDALE ROSS-SHIRE

Text source

John Monro, younger of Obsdale, was the son of colonel John Munro of Obsdale [SSNE 178]. John is on record as a captain. As he was to embark with the rest of the troops of Donald Mackay [SSNE 93] in Cromarty on 22 September 1626, John Monro wadset (or mortgaged) some of his lands to Colin Mackenzie of Inchemult for £3,000. After the death of his father in March 1633, John left Germany and returned to Scotland ‘to settle his effaires’. Nevertheless, he died at sea on the way back to Germany probably in 1634, as he intended to land in Hamburg with fellow Monro soldiers.

The Munro Tree: A Genealogy and Chronology of the Munros of Foulis and Other Families of the Clan, ed. R. W. Munro (Edinburgh, 1978), L/30, R/5; R. Gordon, A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland (Edinburgh, 1813), p. 473; NRS, Particular Register of Sasines for Inverness, Ross, Sutherland and Cromarty, 1st ser., 1617-1660, RS37/3, fos. 331r-2r. This entry was created by Dr Thomas Brochard.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, Mackay's

Arrived 1627-09-22

Departed 1629-01-01

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, MONRO

Arrived 1630-01-01

Departed 1634-06-01, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY