Reuben Munn (1742 - 1823)

Born 25 Apr 1742 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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Died 4 Oct 1823 at age 81 in Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Munn served with 1st Regiment, Hampshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Reuben Munn is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A082950.

Munn, Ruben, ch. Benjamin and Rebekah, Apr. 25, 1742.^{[1][2] [3]}

Reuben served in the American Revolution. He was the Captain of the company that answered the Lexington Alarm and marched from Monson, Massachusetts to Cambridge.^[4] He served as a Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the 1st Hampshire County Regiment.^[5]

Reuben died at age 83 on 4 October 1823.^[3]

Reuben Munn, when on June 24, 1776 the town passed a vote in relation to joining the Continental forces, he was one of the unanimous voters for Independency. On April 19, 1775 he had formed a company and marched to Cambridge to report for service. He was listed as a Captain on the Lexington Alarm Roll and served under General Gates at Ticonderoga.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Massachusetts to 1850; Hampden County; Brimfield; Births; Page 105; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Brimfield/Images/Brimfield_B105.shtml
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch [1]; citing Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 0844538 IT 1.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Ancestry Record 61175 #76724 * Ancestry Sharing Link Page 349 & Ancestry Sharing Link Page 350
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-8XYS : 19 February 2021), Reuben Munn, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Monson, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 5 Sep 2021), "Record of Reuben Munn", Ancestor # A082950.

• Colonial Families of the United States, page 380;