Do you know if either one of your Johns had a brother named Travis or anyone named that in the family? I have two Johns in my family to but they lived in Tennessee.My email is PGDavis47@hotmail.com Patty Davis >From: FP4SALE@aol.com >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [McMurry] Fw: [WIG] MURRAY/MCMURRAY 1830 >Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:03:16 EST > >Sorry for waiting so long to reply. Our families may very likely tie >together. Unfortunately, I do not go back that far. The only tidbit that >I >have is that of a Samuel McMurry born in @1786 in Sullivan County TN. A >death record Nov 6 1858 shows his parents to be Samuel and Elizabeth >McMurry. My Samuel was married to Jane Ramey @1808 and they had a son >named >John b. 1809 and he had a son named John b. 1843 too both on my direct >line. >Common Family name! Not many people seem to be researching these folks. >They have pleny of decendents though. Samuel moved to Washington Co VA >which >later became Scott Co VA in the southwest corner. They remained there >through the 1800's but Johns daughter, Icy, took off to Oregon in the early >1900's. If any one can link my Samuels further back, please contact me. >Thanks and good luck! > >Lisa > > > >In a message dated 1/17/2002 8:46:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, >Aug67@att.net >writes: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "kathryn brohman" <cjbrohman@sympatico.ca> > > To: <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:10 PM > > Subject: [WIG] MURRAY/MCMURRAY 1830 > > > > > > > I am new to geneology and am hopeful that someone out there may be >able > > > to help me locate my Scottish ancestors. My ggggrandfather whose >first > > > name I do not know was according to family lore "a Scottish > > > aristocrat". In the early 1800's he owned land in Ireland (I believe > > > Co. Monaghan but not 100% sure) which was rented out to tenants. His > > > son, John Murray/McMurray (my gggrandfather) was sent to Ireland to > > > collect rent from his father's estate. While there, he met and fell >in > > > love with an Irish peasant girl by the name of Jane Harvesten/Harvison > > > who lived on his father's estate. They were married in approx. 1829 >and > > > my gggrandfather was subsequently disowned by his parents. John and > > > Jane lived in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan and had 2 sons, Christopher and > > > Harold before emigrating to Canada in 1832. > > > > > > I do not know what religion the Murray/McMurray family was back then, > > > but I do know that my Murray ancestors since coming to Canada have >been > > > Catholic. However, someone over the years may have converted to the > > > Catholic faith. > > > I look forward to hearing from anyone who may have any information at > > > all that might help me, no matter how small or trivial you may think >it > > > is. Thank you so very much. Mary, Ontario, Canada > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com