Biography

Lieutenant Jesse Munson served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jesse Munson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A083028.

Jesse moved from Granville, Massachusetts to Licking Co., Ohio in November of 1805. ^[1]. "Jesse Munson was the oldest child of Ephraim and Comfort Curtiss Munson. Although born near New Haven, CT, the family migrated to Granville, Massachusetts. During the Revolution, Jesse was a 2nd Lieutenant and participated under Captain Lebbeus Ball at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1775. He acquired a substantial part of his father's land in Granville, but sold it in 1804; then in 1805, along with many of his neighbors and many of his children and their families moved from New England to Ohio where the emigrants established the town of Granville, Ohio, in Licking County. Jesse was the oldest and wealthiest member of this band of emigrants. He died aged 72 in Granville, Ohio"^[2]

Jesse Munson married Miriam Rowley -- April, 1767^[3][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ pg 40. Arrived in Licking Co. on 12 Nov 1809.Town of Hebron Vital Records: Barbour Collection 1708-1854 Vol 3 pg 96.
2. ↑ From -Roger P. Kohin "Fassetts of Licking Co., Ohio"
3. ↑ From Early CT Marriages Prior to 1800 By Frederick W. Bailey
4. ↑ Hebron, CT Marriage Records
5. ↑ Also noted with a marriage date of 22 APR 1767 in Granville, Hampden Co, Massachusetts

• Life of Jesse Munson
• History of Granville, Licking Co., Ohio 1889. By Henry Bushnel
• Town of Hebron Vital Records: Barbour Collection 1708-1854 Vol 3 pg 96
• Pgs. 714, 715. History of Licking County, Ohio, Its Past and Present Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest: A Complete History of Licking County a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc. By A. A. Graham, (1881) Licking County (Ohio) at Google Books.
• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-6L2 : 3 December 2014), Jesse Munson, 01 Dec 1740; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• 1637-1887. The Munson Record: A Genealogical and Biographical Account of Captain Thomas Munson (a Pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants, Volume 2. On Google Books. Pgs. 899-901.
• Old Colony Burial Grounds."20. Jesse Munson: Born 1741 Died 1813, Lieutenant, 15th Regiment Massachussetts Line; "
• Old Colony Burial Grounds Updates Location: Old Colony Burying Ground is located on South Main Street at West Maple Street in Granville; Licking County.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 October 2020), memorial page for Lieut Jesse Munson (1 Dec 1740–27 Apr 1813), Find a Grave Memorial no. 19660330, citing Old Colony Burying Ground, Granville, Licking County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Debbie (contributor 46911311) Find A Grave: Memorial #19660330.