Born about in Loughry, Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John Mordah
and Agnes (Murdock) Mordah
Brother of
William Murdoch, Marion Murdoch, Elizabeth Murdoch, John Mordah, James Mordah Murdock, Joan Mordah, Jean (Mordah) Rutherford, Agnes Murdah, Henry Mordah and Nancy Agnes Murdock
Husband of
Sarah Morrison
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Agnes (Wilson) Mordah
— married
1735 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Murdock) Morrison, James William Mordah, John Mordock, Agnes (Mordah) Alexander, Jean Agnes Mordah, James William Murdock, James Murdah, James Murdoh Jr., William Murdah, Elizabeth Mordah, Robert Murdock, Martha Murdah, Eleanor Mordah and Jean Agnes Mordah
Died
at about age 63
in Fourth Creek, Iredell, North Carolina
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Biography
This profile is part of the Murdoch Name Study.
James Mordah (Murdoc)h was born about 1711 in Loughry, Ireland to parents John Mordah and Agnes ____. He married Agnes Wilson about 1730 in Pennsylvania. Children: John, Nancy Agnes, William, Elizabeth. He died on 28 Nov 1774 in Iredell, North Carolina.
Birth
James was born in 1708 in County Tyrone, Ireland.[1]
Marriage
He married Agnes (surname unknown).
Children
James and Agnes were parents of:
- John Murdah (1732–1811)
- Nancy Agnes Murdock (Mordah) Alexander (1735–1808)
- James Murdah (1738-1817)
- William Murdah (1740–1829)
Land
James Murdoh is recorded as owning 200 aces of land in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[2]
Death
He passed away on 28 November 1774 in Rowan, North Carolina, and is buried at Old Fourth Creek Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.[3]
James was born in 1711. He passed away in 1774.
Sources
- ↑ Murdoch Family, 2; Find a Grave.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. XIV, p. 476 (5 July 1745).
- ↑ Find a Grave; Murdoch Family, 2.
- US Federal Census 1790
- North Carolina Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index
- North Carolina Wills and Probate Records
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16933706
- Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. XIV.
- Rev. J. D. Leslie and Rev. F. Campbell Symonds, Genealogy of the Murdoch Family: from 1640 to 1934 (1991).
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 August 2023), memorial page for James Mordah (1711–28 Nov 1774), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16933706, citing Old Fourth Creek Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Dan Woodruff (contributor 46888449).
- Acknowledgement
- WikiTree profile Murdoh-5 was created by Richard Dieterle on 14 August 2023.
- Tracy Murdock
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~0.78%
Susan (Propst) Graben
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A135489 [compare], Ancestry member SPGraben
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~0.78%
Ray Gryder :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Stephanie Stepp :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Karen (Weaver) Stewart :
23andMe
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~0.39%
John Elliott :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Larry Hayer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A037820 [compare], Ancestry member lwhayer
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UC3378114 [compare], FTDNA kit #30030
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~0.39%
Lynn (Holloway) Mosier :
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