Born in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of John Munroe
and Lydia (Bemis) Munroe
Sister of
Nathan Munroe and Lucy (Munroe) Stone
Wife of
Jonathan Willard
— married
30 Nov 1786 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at about age 79
in Herkimer, New York, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1761. Lydia Munroe was the daughter of John Munroe and Lydia Bemis. She passed away in 1846.[1]
1786 - Lydia married Jonathan Willard on November 30, 1786. [2]
1788 - She and her husband sold land in 1788 which she had inherited from her father, John Munroe. She was born in 1769, died October 13, 1846.
May 13 1793; Jonathan Willard, Trader, and Lydia his wife, being heirs of Rebecca Murry of Ashburnham, widow, sign a quit claim of the "part & parcel of that part of the estate of Jonas Munro late of Lexington Deceased...."[3]. Rebecca Watts Munroe Murry is Lt. Jonas Munroe's wife and Lydia's grandmother.
1794 - They resided at Lancaster till about 1794, when they removed with others of the family to Herkimer County, N. Y.
1846 - Lydia died during the time when her family lived on Amherst Island. No gravesite has been located. A local historian speculates she may have been taken back to Herkimer for burial.
Sources
- ↑ Willard Genealogy, Sequel to Willard Memoir, Willard, Joseph and Walker, Charles, the Willard Family, Boston, 1915, Sutro Library, San Francisco .
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC6H-G4L : 9 February 2018), Jonathan Willard and Lydia Munroe, 30 Nov 1786; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0874025 IT 2.
- ↑ Middlesex Deed, vol 118-120, 1795- 1796, FHL film 7448506, image 550
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1) On 13 May 1793, Jonathan Willard, trader of Lancaster, his wife Lydia, Jeremiah Tyler of Lancaster, husbandman and Anna Tyler his wife, sign a quit claim for the property that the wives inherited from the estate of Rebecca Murry of Ashburnham for every part of the estate of Jonas Munro late of Lexington which was set off for Rebecca Murry his widow for her dower. Source: Middlesex Deeds, vol 119-120, 1795-1796, Familysearch film 7448506, image 550 2) Anna Munroe, widow of John Munroe, is granted the guardianship of Anna, John, Sarah, & Lydia, all under 14 on May 21, May 1768. Bond is given by Benjamin Estabrook, gentleman, and Nathaniel Kendal of Woburn, bricklayer. Nathaniel is probably Anna's father. Source: Middlesex Probate Records, V.45-47, 1745-1769, Image 279. available on Ancestry 3) May 31 1768, Anna Munroe, widow of John Munroe, approves the inventory of the estate of Jonas Munroe as stand in for John Munroe, deceased, executor of the estate of Jonas Munroe. Source: Middlesex Probate Records, V.45-47, 1745-1769, Image 280. available on Ancestry 4) The children of John and Anna of Lexington are listed as follows; Lydia, d. of John & Anna, b. May 9, 1767, bp. May 17 Sarah, d. of John, bp. Jul 12, 1767 Anna, d. of John, bp. Jul 12, 1767 Source: pg. 53, "Lexington Mass. Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths" published by the town of Lexington, Oct 1896. Available on Ancestry and other places. 5. John Munroe married Anna Kendall, 23 Dec 1757, Woburn, Middlesex. Source: Family History Film #0761394 & 0859998 6. A Jonas Munroe married Rebecca Watts 7 Feb 1751, Chelsea, Mass. Source: FHL index entry. The paperwork surrounding Jonas Munroe's inventory at the time of his death mentions Rebecca as his widow. Particularly Middlesex Probate Records, V.45-47, 1745-1769, Image 281. available on Ancestry