William Murray (1752 - 1815)

Born 6 May 1752 in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia later Prince George County

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Descendants

Died 1815 at about age 62 in Farmville, Cumberland, Virginia

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Biography

William Murray is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

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William Murray

Born on the 6th of May, 1752, William Murray was the son of James Murray and Anne Bolling . He married his 1st cousin once removed, Rebecca Bolling, who like himself was a descendant of Pocahontas.

William Murray inherited "Athol Brae" and was called the Duke of Athol. He lived at Grove Brook in Amelia County and later at Woodstock in Powhatan County, Virginia.

Children

Birth record

Name: William Murray

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 06 May 1752

Birthplace: BRISTOL PARISH,PRINCE GEORGE,VIRGINIA

Father's Name: James Murray

Mother's Name: Anne^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50566-1

   System Origin: Virginia-ODM

   GS Film number: 1036590 IT 2

2. ↑ Citing this Record: "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5B-Q9K : 5 December 2014), William Murray, 06 May 1752; citing BRISTOL PARISH,PRINCE GEORGE,VIRGINIA, reference ; FHL microfilm 1036590 IT 2

• Mentioned in the will of his mother, Anne (Bolling) Murray.

• Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 5ff.

• Slaughter, Rev. Philip. History of Bristol Parish, 2nd edn, p. 200. Omits to identify both his wife and his mother as Bollings, probably not by coincidence.

• Robertson, Wyndham, and R. A. Brock. Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants: at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman: Including the Names of Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Bolling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field, Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffin, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis, Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murray, Page, Poythress, Randolph, Robertson, Skipwith, Stanard, Tazewell, Walke, West, Whittle, and Others: with Biographical Sketches. J.W. Randolph & English, 1887. (see Space: Pocahontas and her Descendants), p. 34 (gen 5), p. 40 (children).