'Murray04'
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Families covered: Murray of Arngask, Murray of Balvaird, Murray of Binn, Murray of Drumcairn, Murray of Letter Bannachty, Murray of Little Ardit, Murray of Mansfield, Murray
of Stormont
| Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird (a 1527) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 03.02.1498-9) Margaret Barclay (dau/heir of James Barclay of Balvaird, son of James Barclay of Kippo) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir David Murray of Balvaird and Arngask (d 1550) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 23.07.1524) Janet Lindsay (dau of Patrick Lindsay of Kirkforthar, 4th Lord of the Byres) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird and Arngask (d before 23.07.1573) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Ross (dau of John Ross of Craigie) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.09.1542) Jonet Graham (d 08.1547, dau of William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird and Arngask (d 13.11.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 23.07.1573) Margaret Crichton (dau of John Crichton of Strathurd) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird and Arngask (dsp 12.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 18/9.04.1600) Katherine Menteith (dau of Sir William Menteith of Kers) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anna Murray (d 26.04.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Mungo Murray of Drumcairn, 2nd Viscount Stormont (dspl before 11.03.1642) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Murray (d 08.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1598) William Myreton of Cambo | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir David Murray of Gospertie (Gospetry), later of Balvaird, Lord of Scone, 1st Viscount of Stormont (dsp 27.08.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| The viscountcy passed to his kinsman, and husband of his niece, Mungo Murray, a younger son of the Tullibardine line. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 02.1604) Elizabeth Beaton (d 21.01.1658, dau of James Beaton of Creich) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Murray, Archdeacon of Dunkeld (d before 02.04.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| a. | David Murray of the Middletoun of Balbagies | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sir Patrick Murray of Binn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.07.1598) Isobel Brown (dau of John Brown of Fordell) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Catherine Murray (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Spens | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.09.1572) David Balfour, younger of Balledmont | |||||||||||||||
| B. | William Murray of Letter Bannachty (d 06.03.1588-9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1564) Barbara Pitcairn (d before 30.07.1613, dau of David Pitcairn of that ilk and of Forthar) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | David Murray of Letter Bannachty, Balgony, Kippo and Binn (d before 29.11.1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Moncreiffe (dau of Sir William Moncreiffe of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Gilbert Murray of Binn,etc (a 02.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird (b c1597, d 24.09.1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 30.04.1628) Elizabeth Carnegie (dau of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | David Murray, 2nd Lord Balvaird, 4th Viscount Stormont (d 14.07.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| David inherited the viscountcy by virtue of the entail obtained by his kinsman, the 1st Viscount (above). The previous Viscount had been James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (09.08.1659) Jean Carnegie (d 03.1671, dau of James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | David Murray, 5th Viscount Stormont (d 19.11.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 31.01.1688) Marjory Scott (d 08.04.1746, dau of David Scott of Scotstarvet) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | David Murray, 6th Viscount Stormont (b c1690, d 23.07.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.01.1726) Anne Stewart (d 10.07.1735, dau of John Stewart of Innernytie) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (b 09.10.1727, d 01.09.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| David inherited the earldom from his uncle William (below). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.08.1759) Henrietta Frederica (d 16.03.1766, dau of Henry, Count of Bunau) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Mary Murray (b 18.05.1760, d 01.06.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1785) George Finch-Hatton of Eastwell Park (b 30.06.1747, d 17.02.1823) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Henrietta Anne Murray (b 16.10.1763, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (05.05.1776) Louisa Cathcart, Countess of Mansfield (b 01.07.1758, d 11.07.1843, dau of Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (b 07.03.1777, d 11.02.1840) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1797) Frederica Markham (b c1774, d 29.04.1860, dau of William Markham, Archbishop of York) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | George Murray (b 08.04.1780, d unm 30.09.1848, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Charles Murray (b 22.08.1781, d 17.09.1859) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1802) Elizabeth Law (dau of Rev. Robert Law) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Sir Henry Murray (b 16.08.1782, d 29.07.1860, Lt. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.06.1810) Emily de Visme (d 23.11.1873, dau of Gerard de Visme) | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Caroline Murray (b 14.12.1789, d unm 21.01.1867) | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue (d unm) - James (dvp), Anne (d before 08.07.1817), Marjory (d 19.04.1799) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | James Murray (b c1690, dsp 08.1770, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| James was appointed 'Earl of Dunbar' by James Stuart, 'the Old Pretender'. | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | John Murray (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (b 02.03.1705, d 20.03.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.09.1738) Elizabeth Finch (b c1705, d 10.04.1784, dau of Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham) | |||||||||||||||
| The earldom passed to his nephew David, Viscount Stormont (above). | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Catherine Murray (d unm 25.11.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Marjory Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hay of Cromlix (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Amelia Murray (d 08.02.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 22/28.04.1720) Sir Alexander Lindsay, Bart of Evelick (d 06.05.1762) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii)+ | other issue (dsp) - Charles, Robert, Margaret (b c1702, d 18.04.1785), Jean (d unm 10.08.1758), Nicola Helen (d 07.11.1777), Mary (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Catherine Murray (d 01.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 08.08.1687) William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore (d 05.12.1718) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Amelia Murray | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Andrew Murray of Murrayshall and Inchmurray (d 12.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.09.1657) Anna Menteith | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Andrew Murray of Murrayshall | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Janet Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Graham | |||||||||||||||
| Their descendants include the Murray-Grahams of Murrayshall. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 07.04.1671) Rebecca Cheap (dau of James Cheap of Rossie) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Murray of Inchmurray (d 12.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Murray of Inchmurray (d 1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1705) Alison Cheap | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Rebecca Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Shaw in Perth | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Catherine Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Balnavis of Kirkland, later of Glencarse | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Barbara Murray | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | James Murray (d 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Jean Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 30.09.1697) Robert Carmichael of Balmblae (d 05.03.1722) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Sir John Murray of Drumcairn, later Binn, etc (d c1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1673) Katherine Murray (dau of William Murray of Drumcairn) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Murray of Drumcairn and Binn (dsp 02.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Murray (bpt 19.12.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sp) Francis Stewart, 7th Earl of Moray (b c1674, d 13.05.1739) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Catherine Murray (bpt 22.04.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Marjory Murray (d 10.08.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (d 10.06.1651) Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie (b c1629, d 06.08.1661) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Barbara Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 22.01.1664) Patrick Gray, 8th Lord (d 01.1711) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - William (bur 08.02.1685), Katherine | ||||||||||||||
| c. | William Murray of Drumcairn, later Binn, etc (d before 25.08.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 18.06.1636) Elizabeth Balfour (dau of Sir Michael Balfour of Denmilne) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Andrew Murray of Binn (d unm 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jean Murray (d 07.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1657) John Rigge (minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Katherine Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Murray of Drumcairn (d c1704) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Marjory Murray | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Catherine Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Arnot of Freirton | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Isobel Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Brown of Fordell | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - David, Christian (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Andrew Murray (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Murray (a 1629) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 04/19.11.1581) Alexander Balcanquhal, younger of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Murray (d before 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 29.11.1576) Alexander Tosheach of Monivaird) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Bethia Murray (a 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 18.07.1582) William Murray of Ochtertyre (d 1647) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Christian Murray (d before 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 06.07.1591) Henry Kinross of Camushinnie | |||||||||||||||
| C. | David Murray of Little Ardit (d before 20.07.1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Kirkcaldy | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Murray of Little Ardit (a 12.1633, minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet Moncreiff (d 08.1623) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Janet Murray (dsp before 1625) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Myretoun of Pitollie | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c09.1623) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Janet Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 19/20.07.1602) John Stretton (minister at Foulis) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Marion Murray | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Chrystison in Dysart (d before 06.09.1611) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Murray of Pittillock | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Margaret Murray | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. (c1526) William Moncreiffe of that ilk, 10th of Moncreiffe (d 15.12.1579) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TSP (Stormont), BP1934 (Mansfield)
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