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 >