{"id":101222,"date":"2024-12-03T10:39:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T15:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=101222"},"modified":"2024-12-04T09:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T14:06:35","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-40-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-40-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 40 (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on the Munroe and Church family lines. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, <a href=\"http:\/\/americana-archives.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I continue my series on \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who,\u201d focusing on the Munroe, Church, and allied families who married into Pilgrim lines.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Thomson (Munroe) Bliss (1828-1910) is a descendant of <em>Mayflower<\/em> passenger Richard Warren (1578-1628), the 12th to sign the Mayflower Compact.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101224\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-hannah-munroe-bliss.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Hannah Thomson (Munroe) Bliss. Credit: Gerald C. Davis.\" width=\"472\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-hannah-munroe-bliss.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-hannah-munroe-bliss-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Hannah Thomson (Munroe) Bliss. Credit: Gerald C. Davis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hannah married Cyrus Wheaton Bliss (1823-1883) and had two sons. Neither son married, but there are plenty of Munroe descendants around.<\/p>\n<p>Lineage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Warren and Elizabeth Walker<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren and Richard Church<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Church and Alice Southworth<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Church and Joseph Rosbotham<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Rosbotham and John Munroe<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Munroe and Mary Ormsbee<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Munroe and Ruth Cummings<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Thompson Munroe and Cyrus Wheaton Bliss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is an obituary for Hannah Thomson (Munroe) Bliss from the <em>Boston Herald<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101226\" style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1386BF60B4F67060%40GB3NEWS-1437233C94D11D83%402418987-14371C1ECAA45858%402-14371C1ECAA45858\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/boston-herald-newspaper-1111-1910-hannah-bliss.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Hannah Bliss, Boston Herald newspaper 11 November 1910\" width=\"649\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/boston-herald-newspaper-1111-1910-hannah-bliss.jpg 649w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/boston-herald-newspaper-1111-1910-hannah-bliss-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 11 November 1910, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This article reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mrs. Hannah T. Bliss, widow of Cyrus W. Bliss, died Wednesday night at her home, 151 Adams Street, Dorchester, at the age of 82 years and 9 months. She was born in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americana-archives.com\/post\/historical-sites-rehoboth-massachusetts-guide-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rehoboth<\/a>, the home of her ancestors since 1693. She was a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/massmayflower.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Massachusetts] Society of Mayflower Descendants<\/a>, being the seventh in descent from Richard Warren. She leaves two sons, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/generalsocietyof00gene\/page\/182\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frederic W[right] Bliss<\/a> [1852-1933] and Dr. George D[anforth] Bliss [1855-1923]. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o\u2019clock. The Rev. Arthur Little of the Second Church, Dorchester, will officiate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Until just recently, Hannah\u2019s gr. great-grandnephew Walter H. Munroe (1946-2015) was residing in one the family homesteads in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He is the great grandson of Hannah\u2019s brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/84605218\/john_nelson_munroe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Nelson Monroe<\/a> (1822-1904), who married Louisiana Jones Knapp (1825-1904), daughter of Freeman and Lydia (Martin) Knapp.<\/p>\n<p>John and Louisiana had a son, Benjamin Freeman Munroe (1866-1949), who married Grace Marion Appleby (1870-1939). Their son Ralph Gladding Munroe (1910-1980) married Jane Shepard Hodges (1911-2008) and they had a son, Walter H. Munroe. You can read more on this history of the Munroe-Church House here: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tauntongazette.com\/story\/news\/2010\/09\/28\/rehoboth-man-presides-over-town\/41014036007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rehoboth Man Presides over the Town\u2019s Oldest, Continuously-Owned Family Farm<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another sibling to Hannah was Angeline Munroe (1809-1905), a singleton who lived to be 95. Here is a photo of her published in the newspaper covering her 91st birthday party hosted by her brother John Nelson Munroe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101227\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A11EEC0F2CDE3E040%40GB3NEWS-11F968446EA354C0%402415348-11F96844ABA78980%405-11F968459A89F200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pawtucket-times-newspaper-1124-1900-angeline-munroe.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Angeline Munroe, Pawtucket Times newspaper 24 November 1900\" width=\"504\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pawtucket-times-newspaper-1124-1900-angeline-munroe.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pawtucket-times-newspaper-1124-1900-angeline-munroe-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pawtucket Times (Pawtucket, Rhode Island), 24 November 1900, page 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to this newsclip, Angeline\u2019s (and the other Munroe siblings) ancestry can be traced not only to <em>Mayflower<\/em> passenger Richard Warren, but to a line of Scotch Barons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101228\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-munroe-family.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Munroe family. Credit: Marti Dunn.\" width=\"698\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-munroe-family.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-munroe-family-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Munroe family. Credit: Marti Dunn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One Pilgrim ancestor of the Munroe clan is the famous warrior and hero of King Philip\u2019s War <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/24720663\/benjamin_church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonel Benjamin Church<\/a> (1639-1718), who married Alice Southworth, daughter of Constant and Elizabeth (Collier) Southworth and the stepdaughter of Gov. William Bradford.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101229\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/illustration-1203-2024-benjamin-church.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Colonel Benjamin Church. Credit: New York Public Library.\" width=\"552\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/illustration-1203-2024-benjamin-church.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/illustration-1203-2024-benjamin-church-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration: Colonel Benjamin Church. Credit: New York Public Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colonel Church was a carpenter, military officer, and ranger during America\u2019s Colonial era, especially during King Philip\u2019s War. He was a principal aide to Governor Josiah Winslow of Plymouth Colony.<\/p>\n<p>He also was the founder of Little Compton, Rhode Island, and there is a marker where his homestead is located. The marker can be found at approximately 601 West Main Road, Little Compton, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101231\" style=\"width: 944px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-church-home-plaque.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: marker for the homestead of Colonel Benjamin Church. Credit: Lisa Saunders.\" width=\"944\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-church-home-plaque.jpg 944w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-church-home-plaque-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-church-home-plaque-768x587.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: marker for the homestead of Colonel Benjamin Church. Credit: Lisa Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plaque reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One hundred twenty-two rods west by north from this stone lived the famous Indian fighter Colonel Benjamin Church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 1951 the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars honored Col. Church with a memorial tablet. Fred. A. Otis, the governor of the Society, presided over the ceremony and the unveiling. A few photos of the event were published in the newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101232\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A147288B4AE4904D8%40GB3NEWS-175770179F71653B%402433862-1757532EEF71CDB2%4021-1757532EEF71CDB2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/evening-bulletin-newspaper-0803-1951-benjamin-church-memorial.jpg\" alt=\"an article about Benjamin Church, Evening Bulletin newspaper 3 August 1951\" width=\"704\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/evening-bulletin-newspaper-0803-1951-benjamin-church-memorial.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/evening-bulletin-newspaper-0803-1951-benjamin-church-memorial-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/evening-bulletin-newspaper-0803-1951-benjamin-church-memorial-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evening Bulletin (Providence, Rhode Island), 3 August 1951, page 22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is a photo of the memorial tablet. The marker is in Little Compton, Rhode Island, in Newport County, on Commons Street in Old Commons Burial Ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101233\" style=\"width: 1203px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-benjamin-church-plaque.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Colonel Benjamin Church memorial. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"1203\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-benjamin-church-plaque.jpg 1203w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-benjamin-church-plaque-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-benjamin-church-plaque-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/photo-1203-2024-benjamin-church-plaque-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1203px) 100vw, 1203px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Colonel Benjamin Church memorial. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plaque reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This tablet erected by the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars in recognition of the exceptional services rendered by Col. Benjamin Church [for] his fearless leadership and effective command during King Philip\u2019s war 1675-1677.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sources say he was dubbed the \u201cGreat Indian Fighter,\u201d but Church\u2019s first inclination was to try and find common ground with the Native people.<\/p>\n<p>When first settling in Sakonnet, he was the only Englishman for miles, surrounded by Indians on three sides and the Sakonnet River on the other.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Church vehemently opposed Governor Winslow\u2019s decision to sell Indian captives into slavery, and sought clemency for former Indian rivals after the war.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Church dictated his story to his son Thomas, first published in 1716 as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/entertaininghist00chur_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip\u2019s War<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more on the Church family\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cMayflower in Plymouth Harbor,\u201d by William Halsall, 1882. 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