Third Generation

28. Capt. Bennett MUNRO⁶ was born on 1 October 1708 in Bristol, RI. He died on 25 September 1775 at the age of 66 in Bristol, RI.²⁰ He lived on Mt. Hope Farm, was the second largest slave holder in Bristol, and had the military rank of Captain.

Two children, unnamed, died in the 1760s: 1 July 11, 1763, scalded, and a 2nd, May 5, 1765.

Capt. Bennett MUNRO and Sarah BOSWORTH were married on 11 November 1733 in St. Michael's Church, Bristol, RI.⁵ Sarah BOSWORTH²¹, daughter of Nathaniel BOSWORTH and Sarah WARDWELL, was born on 2 February 1716 in Bristol, RI. She died on 12 August 1754 at the age of 38 in Bristol, RI.²² She was buried on 13 August 1754 in St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Bristol. Another Sarah Bosworth died September 25, 1811, age 92. Check. Listed as Sarah Munro, wife of Capt. Bennett Munro, in Old East Burial Ground records (www.geniecorner.com/HTML/OldEast.html).

Capt. Bennett MUNRO and Sarah BOSWORTH had the following children:

+92	i.	Nathan MUNRO.
+93	ii.	Nathaniel MUNRO.
94	iii.	William MUNRO was born on 7 April 1738 in Bristol, RI.⁶ He died on 28 January 1797 at the age of 58 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI.
+95	iv.	George MUNRO.
+96	v.	Sarah MUNRO.
+97	vi.	James MUNRO.
+98	vii.	Edward MUNRO.
+99	viii.	Bennett MUNRO Jr..
100	ix.	Henry MUNRO was born on 30 July 1752 in Bristol, RI.⁶ He died on 11 July 1763 at the age of 10 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI.
101	x.	Benoni MUNRO was born on 11 August 1754 in Bristol, RI.⁶ He died on 5 May 1765 at the age of 10 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI.

Capt. Bennett MUNRO and Sarah Lindsey WARDWELL were married on 27 November 1755 in Bristol, RI.⁵ Sarah Lindsey WARDWELL was born about 1719 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI. She died on 25 September 1811 at the age of 92 in Bristol, RI. She died as a result of her clothes catching fire and she being severely burned.

Capt. Bennett MUNRO and Sarah Lindsey WARDWELL had the following children:

102	i.	Jemima MUNRO was born on 30 March 1757 in Bristol, RI.⁶
103	ii.	Samuel MUNRO was born on 27 November 1758 in Bristol, RI.⁶ He died in 1779 at the age of 21 in At sea.
104	iii.	Mary MUNRO was born in 1761 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI. She died on 13 July 1763 at the age of 2 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI.
105	iv.	Royal MUNRO was born on 8 October 1762 in Bristol, RI.⁶ He died in 1779 at the age of 17 in New York City, New York.
106	v.	Benjamin MUNRO was born in 1764.
107	vi.	Eliza MUNRO was born on 5 May 1765. She died on 6 May 1765 at the age of 0 in Bristol, Bristol Co., RI.
+108	vii.	Lydia MUNRO.
109	viii.	Susannah MUNRO was born about 1767.