Sketch of the Munro Clan

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Lexington family, although they all possess, as
an heirloom, some legend of Cambridge Farms.
There are certain eminent persons in Wash-
ington and in Maryland who trace back to
a Thomas Munroe, son of Horatio, and who
have traditions of Lexington descent; but the
relationship has not yet been established.
President Monroe, it seems pretty well settled,
was descended from a Major Andrew Munro
who emigrated to Virginia some years earlier
than William came — perforce — to Boston. 14
As this Andrew was of another cadet branch
of the clan, the relationship of the Lexington
Munroes to the fifth President is somewhat
remote, although far back in the fifteenth cen-
tury they did have a common ancestor, George
Munro, tenth Baron Fowlis.
Leaving America, let us return to Scotland
to that line of Barons Fowlis whose eleventh
representative was left, metaphorically, lying in
the cradle ; although, as a matter of fact, he
was five or six years old when he succeeded to
the headship of the Munros. He and his suc-
cessors in the direct line of the barony were,
with a few exceptions, not particularly distin-