James Murray (1743 - 1772)

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Biography

This profile is part of the Murray Name Study.

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

James Murray

Born on the 10th of July, 1743, James Murray was the son of James Murray and Anne Bolling. His parents were first cousins.

James Murray married Martha Ward. James Murray owned large estates in Mecklenburg County near what is now Chase City, Virginia. Martha Ward Murray married second to Jerman Baker, attorney-at-law, of Petersburg, Virginia.

James and Martha Ward Murray had Mary Murray (1767-1/18/1804). Mary Murray married on 14 Jan 1787 to Edmund Harrison.Edmund Harrison (1764-1828) of "The Oaks"in Amelia County, Virginia. In 1806 Edmund Harrison married second to Martha Wayles Skipwith, daughter of Col. Henry S. Skipwith, and had issue.Murray-1741

Children

1. Mary Murray

Sources

See also:

• Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 5fa.
• 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. 35 (gen 5), p. 39 (children).
• Slaughter, Rev. Philip. History of Bristol Parish, 2nd edn, p. 200.