My great great great grand
father was Charles Murray, who married Mary Lithgow.Am I on the right track.
, They had a son William Murray, born 1767.
I think I have information that you were asking for a long time ago regarding the parents and siblings of Agnes Murray. I am descended from her sister Jean Murray..one of the many who moved to Ontario in the 1830's. I have more info on Jean Murray and Charles Gibson's children if you would like it and I'd love to see what you have found out also.
MURRAY: Charles Murray born c1757 at Rowanburnhill in Dumfriesshire,
Scotland, died 6 Apr 1834, s/o Charles Murray and Mary Lithgow, married
1787 at Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Elizabeth Armstrong b. c1764 Castleton,
Roxburgshire, Scotland, died 13 Mar 1839, d/o John Armstrong and Helen
Nixon: came to NB about 1817: first settled at Apohaqui, then at Pearsonville
or English Settlement in Studholm Parish, Kings County:
Children born in Catleton Parish, Scotland:
1) Helen Murray born 17 Nov 1787 at Burnmouth, m. John Elliot and first
settled at Keswick, York County: had seven children: family moved to Ontario
in the 1830’s:
2) Mary Murray b. 26 Jul 1789 at Nicholforest, d. 18 Mar 1866 in Springfield
Parish, Kings County, NB, married 4 Oct 1825 Richard Smith born Jul 1790
at Whitehaven, England, d. 17/18 Dec 1852: they settled in English Settlement:
3) John Murray b. 6 Feb 1791 at Nicholforest, d. 26 May 1881, m. c1819 (1st)
Janet Nichol b. 1794, d. 12 May 1845: had three sons: m. (2nd) 11 May 1858
Margaret McColl born 1808, died 27 Feb 1885: settled at English Settlement:
4) Charles Murray Jr. born 21 Mar/Oct 1792 at Nicholforest, d. unmarried 28
May 1820:
5) Thomas Murray b. 18 Nov 1794 at Craigs, d. 9 Apr 1874, married (1st) 16
Jun 1819 Elizabeth Swan born c1788 at Roxburgshire, Scotland, died 16 May
1860 at English Settlement, m. (2nd) 3 Dec 1861 Barbara Thomas, widow of
John Thomas of Salmon Creek: settled at Keswick, York County:
6) Jean Murray b. 3 Oct 1796 at Craigs, m. Robert Gibson of Scotland: they
moved to Ontario in the 1830’s:
7) David Murray b. 29 Oct 1798 at Craigs, d. unmarried:
Agnes Murray b. 24 Dec 1800 at Harelane, married 14 Sep 1821 Thomas
Armstrong: settled at Queensbury, York County: family moved to Ontario in
the 1830’s:
9) Janet Murray b. 17 Aug 1802 at Bankhead, m. 18 Nov 1825 John Ferris :
settled at Keswick, NB: went to Ontario in 1830’s:
10) Elspeth Murray born 3 Aug 1804 at Carlside, Scotland, d. 17 Apr 1892,
m. 3 Dec 1824 John Little born 31 Oct 1800 at Dumfriesshire, Scotland, d. 16
Feb 1885: first settled at Richibucto, Kent Couty, later at Upper Millstream or
Berwick in Studholm Parish, Kings County:
11) Walter Murray b. 4 Nov 1806 at Greenholm, d. 24 May 1862, m. 24 Jul
1828 Elizabeth Pearson b. 5 Dec 1809 at Castle Carrick, Cumberland County,
England, d. 27 Apr 1893: they settled at Apohaqui, Kings County:
12) Adam Murray (twin) born 1 Aug 1808 at Greenholm, d. 10 Nov 1900 in
Chicago, IL, married Oct 1835 at Westminster, ON, Jean Beattie b. c1810 in
Scotland, d. 1892: they moved to Ontario in the 1830’s:
13) William Murray (twin) b. 1 Aug 1808 at Greenholm, d. in infancy.
Sources: MC1/Murray #3, 40 pages: see MC80/1 Grace Aiton’s The story of
Sussex and vicinity, page 57: see also MC80/223 The descendants of Charles
Murray, 70 pages: see also MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals
99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 197-198: see also MC1581
Mary Ellen Christie fonds, Murray genealogy, 100 pages.
Hope this helps
Tammy
Clinton, Ontario
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