Fourth Generation

14. Francis X. MONNIER was born about 1806 in Aulsun or Antenn, France. He died on 16 November 1868 at the age of 62 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.²² He was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. He was a farmer, born in France. The name of the town is indistinct. Parents not listed on death record. He was also called Francis Monier or "Money" or de Moone in some records. He is listed in the 1850 Census as 44, born in France, owning property worth $1,000 with wife Polly, 55, son Sylvester, 14, daughter Josephine, 12, and son William H., 11. Sylvester Robbins, 82, and his wife, Zeuriah, 67, were living with them. Jenny isn't listed. Death record Vol. 213, page 55.

Origins may be difficult to track. A Lt. General Monnier of Paris, France, died as reported by the Providence American April 19, 1816 -- perhaps he was here during the American Revolution and that stimulated a child or grandchild to emigrate. Also, a Maria Louisa Monier died October 5, 1857 at the age of 99 years, 2 months, as reported in the New York Post of October 6, 1857, Those two plus Jenny were the only Monniers the NEHGS data base had.

A Francois Monner arrived Sept. 13, 1847, age 40, in New York, departed from Le Havre, on the ship May Flower. His place of origin is listed as Switzerland. A Margaret Monnier, born in 1814 in Ireland, was living in Pittsfield at the 1870 Census. Another wife?

A Francis X. Monnier, 1831-1912, is listed in the New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America by George C. Groce and David H. Wallace, New Haven: Yale, 1957. Son by a previous marriage?

A Josephine Monnier, 50, arrived August 20, 1834, from Havre, France, on the ship Florida, accompanied by Marie Monnier, 38,spinster. He was a farmer headed for Ohio, as was she.

Mary "Polly" ROBBINS and Francis X. MONNIER were married after 11 December 1833 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.²³

15. Mary "Polly" ROBBINS was born on 31 August 1795 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. She died on 10 July 1863 at the age of 67 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.²⁴ She was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. She died of a cancerous tumor on her breast. Her death was announced in the Berkshire County Eagle of July 16, 1963. She was 69 when she died.

Children were:

	i.	Sylvester Robbins MONNIER²⁵ was born on 15 August 1835 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. He died in May 1890 at the age of 54 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.²⁶ One source lists him as Sylvester Everett Monnier and born in 1838 rather than 1835. The 1870 Census estimates his birth as 1831. At that time he was living in Bennington, VT., working as a stone cutter, with wife Sarah and children William and May. On the Greenfield birth records for his son William, he was listed as a stonecutter born in Pittsfield.
7	ii.	Josephine C. MONNIER.
	iii.	William H. MONNIER was born about 1838 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. He died on 4 December 1864 at the age of 26 in Annapolis, MD.²⁷ A William H. Monnier from Pittsfield, MA, enlisted as a corporal October 1, 1861, in the Union Army. He was a painter and 23 years of age. He was in Company E of the 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to full sergeant on 23 July 1862. He reenlisted on November 25, 1863. He became a POW on May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, VA, and was held at the infamous Andersonville POW camp. He was exchanged 25 November 1864. He died of disease 4 December 1864 in Annapolis, MD. He left a widow, Sarah A. Monnier. She is listed as having applied for a pension based on his service. Death recorded in Pittsfield records, Vol. 174, page 56.
	iv.	Jenny S. MONNIER was born on 14 September 1841 in Greenfield, Franklin Co., MA.