Don,This is some very interesting stuff,seems like you know alot about the families.My grandfather was a McMurry from Tennessee. Patty Davis >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [McMurry] RE: [McMURRAY] McMurray and McAdams >Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:48:09 -0400 > >Hi James, you are on a great hunt. I am a descendant of a large McMurray >family that came to be in Augusta now Botetourt Co., Va. by at least the >year 1749. They are Ulster Scots and I have written a short summary of how >the family probably left Scotland and arrived in County Down, Ulster. If >you look at the archives of this list or the McMurry list you will find the >summary. > >Briefly, the McMurray and McMurry (originally MacMurray) families are a >sept >of the Murray Highlanders. The Murraymen and MacMurraymen were booted out >of their homeland, the old Province of Moray (Murray), in 1160 when they >rebelled, unsuccessfully, against the king. The city of Inverness is >located about in the center of the original province which doesn't exist >now. > >You may be aware that as the Ulster Scots arrived in America in the early >1700's, typically they landed in Baltimore or Philadelphia. The Governor >of >Pennsylvania took advantage of the influx and encouraged the settlers to >stop and catch their breath in western Pennsylvania. This was done by >offering to let the Ulster Scots farm in the undeveloped areas of Lancaster >County with the understanding they didn't have to own the land. This was a >benefit in a couple of ways. First, it kept the Ulster Scots (poor but >proud) out of the cities. And the new settlers acted as a buffer against >Indian raids on the good citizens of Pennsylvania. > >As it turned out the settlers were in a perfect spot for some of them to >head into other parts of the new country. Some, like my gang, followed the >Great Indian Warpath (it follows generally Va. Rt. 11) up the Shenandoah >Valley of Virginia. Some of the settlers headed north and a few stayed in >Pa. > >Regards, Don McMurray > >-----Original Message----- >From: james barnet cole [mailto:halbhufner@hotmail.com] >Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 4:59 PM >To: MCMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [McMURRAY] McMurray and McAdams > > >Howdy > >I am Great Great grandson of Daniel LeGrande Pope (son of William Monroe >Pope and Catherine McBride) and Matilda McMurray, >daughter of Charles "K" McMurray who is son of John McMurray who is son of >William and Ann McAdams McMurray. > >I am looking for McMurray and McAdams families of Carlise and around areas >in Pennsylvania. Since county established few years before mariage of >William and Ann McAdams McMurray, I couldnt find records to find parentage >of said family (stated in first paragraph). Any hints or leads would be >appreciated. For more details, read below and likewise check my website for >research documents done on said family. > >The surname suggests their nationality is of Ireland or Scotland and I am >looking for any possible hints or leads to whereabouts of William McMurray >and Ann McAdams' ancestors. I had the very issue with McBride and >Whyte/White (William Monroe Pope's wife, Catherine McBride's ancestors). >According to McBride family oral histories, Thomas White McBride's parents >are from Ireland (based on their accent) but no further leads except that >they lived in Loudon County, Virginia and Berkeley County, Virginia. Anyway >come to McMurray,... I searched and scanned records concern McMurray and >McAdams and couldnt determine any leads, for research documents, go to my >genealogy website, www.geocities.com/halbhufnerde and go to Misc section >and >you will see the title said "Notes of McMurray,..." > >I also want to know more about Fort McMurray, Canada as some said relatives >of William and Ann McAdams McMurray lived in Ft. McMurray in Canada. the >tale is not clear and I send this email hopefully to have some clearance in >this rumor either it is true or not. Nevertheless, >Hopefully I could find something there. According to oral history or should >I said rumors that McMurray came to Canada prior to America but no solid >evidence concern the tale. > >I am not the only one who searched McMurray and McAdams, the earliest >research effort made I could found is in 1970's and I will have to add the >researches done during that year into the website soon. It contains >McMurray, Murray, McAdams and related families in newspaper clips. > >I probably messed this up with ancestors of Thomas White McBride and >acutally intend refer this to McBride researchers but I need to make sure >so >I contain this anyway.... > >I contacted other descendants of William and Ann McAdams and they mentioned >about Alexander McMurray from Ireland who immigrated to Delware and is said >to be ancestors of William McMurray as they made several corresponses >through letters. I am trying to locate those descendants that have the >original sources/letters. > >James Cole, >halbhufner@hotmail.com > >Check my genealogy website: www.geocities.com/halbhufnerde > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go >to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx