Sorry, the McMurrays were likely in Pa. in the early 1700's before they went to Va. This was typical for the Ulster Scots of the day. Gov. William Penn encouraged and offered the Scots the chance to farm on the western part of the state without owning the land. This helped in two ways, the Scots acted as a buffer against hostile Indians for the populated communities in the eastern part of Penn. And it gave the newcomers time to get acclimated or to buy land in Va. before heading out. The location where the were living positioned the Scots at the foot of the Shenandoah Valley of Va. where they could cross the river and head up the Great Indian Warpath toward N.C. Don -----Original Message----- From: Margie [mailto:margie@paonline.com] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:04 PM To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McMurry] McMurry family book Don, Do you have anything about any of these people going to PA? There is a Fletcher McMurray in my family. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> To: <MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > Marilyn Bone sold me the last copy she had of "McMurry Family" and you are > right about discrepancies and errors in the book. Unfortunately, very > little documentation is included but the book is a good compilation of the > early research by Earnest I. Lewis and W. Fletcher Guy McMurry. I have a > lot of documentation now on the earliest McMurray men and their wives. > Including, surprisingly, proof that the William McMurry in the book was > actually William McMurray, the son of an older William McMurray. The older > William lived with two his sons, Samuel and William, up on the Cowpasture > River near Iron Gate east of Clifton Forge, Va. The other three sons were > down on the floor of the valley. > > The family history supplied by Lewis & W.F.G. McMurray tells the story of > William bringing his wife and five sons from Ulster to America prior to 1749 > when we find the family scattered in the Shenandoah Valley (Augusta Co.) of > Virginia. The family history is correct but off by a generation. If anyone > is interested in the family from 1749 on let me know. > > Regards, Don McMurray > > Shannon, Pam & Don McMurray > The Norris House Inn & Stone House Tea Room (www.norrishouse.com) > Thomas Birkby House - A Meeting Place (www.birkbyhouse.com) > 108-9 Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 > Tel. NHI: 703.777.1806 E-mail: don@norrishouse.com > Tel. TBH: 703.779.2933 E-mail: info@birkbyhouse.com > Fax: 703.771.8051 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nfn01995@naples.net [mailto:nfn01995@naples.net] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:34 AM > To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/36.43 > > Message Board Post: > > The book is "McMurry Family; Descendants of William and Mary McMurry, > 1750-1986," edited by Marilyn A. Bone, originally published in 1987 by > Gateway Press. It's been out of print for years. I don't have a copy > either, so please don't ask me for lookups! > > I have seen parts of it, though, and it was a very worthy effort. > Unfortunately much of the material was compiled at a time when research was > much harder to do and resources not as widely available as they are now, so > some of the information, particularly about the very earliest generation, is > inaccurate. > > ______________________________ > > >