Excerpt from A Sketch of the Munro Clan: Also of William Munro Who, Deported From Scotland, Settled in Lexington, Massachusetts, and of Some of His Posterity Learning tbat tbis historyi of tbe Munros was in prepara tion, I entered into correspondence witb Mr. Mackenzie, and was so far fortunate as to induce bim to include in bis genealogy as many of tbe American brancbes of tbe Munro Clan as tbe limited time before publication would permit us to follow up. His un timely deatb on tbe 22d of 7anuary, 1898, and tbe long illness preceding bis lamented decease, made it impossible for bim to realize tbis plan fartber tban 1, witb little time and still less experience in matters genealogical, bad been able under bis direction to carry it. Tbercfore it is tbat tbe only American brancb of tbe clan to appear in Mr. Mackenzie's History is tbat of pvil/iam Munro, tbe first settler of tbe name in Lexington, Massacbusetts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.