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Deborah Monroe

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Taylor Swift — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 151 
  • Father:
  • Noah Monroe 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Younglove   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Dec 1753 
  • Birth Location:
  • Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 May 1833 
  • Death Location:
  • Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mott Cemetery, Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jacob Gillett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Dec 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joseph Gillett

  Annis Gillett

  Tarzah Gillett (Ahnentafel No:75 )

  Jacob Gillett

  • Notes: 

  • Deborah Monroe's maiden name is also seen as Munrow.

• Additional marriages for Deborah Monroe

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  • Spouse:
  • Joseph Knapp
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1777
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York

• Sources for Deborah Monroe

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 48, Marriage record for Jacob Gillett and Deborah Munrow.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 48, Birth records for children of Jacob [Isaac] and Deborah Gillett.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/28/2020).
  • ⁴ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, pp. 116-117.
  • ⁵ Jordan, John W., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1913), 758.
  • ⁶ McGuire, Joan S. Guilford, The Monroe Book: Being the History of the Munro Clan From Its Origins in Scotland to Settlement in New England and . . ., Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Publishing Service (1993), 291-292.

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