no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Thomas Murray (1736 - 1799)

Lt.Col. Thomas Murray
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 63 in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Michael Thomas private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 13 Mar 2018
This page has been accessed 380 times.

Contents

Biography

This profile is part of the Murray Name Study.
1776 Project
Lt.Col. Thomas Murray served with Lancaster County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Thomas Murray is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A083444.

Born in Scotland ca.1737, died 18 Nov 1799.

Military

Thomas Murray served in Pennsylvania under the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Born 4-13-1738 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died 11-18-1799 in Nothrumberland County, Pennsylvania. He served in the 4th and 5th Battalions for the Lancaster County, Militia. Spouse listed as Eleanor Collier. DAR#A083444 [1]

Notes

(Courtesy of Findagrave)

Revolutionary War Lt. Colonel Thomas Murray served in the 4th and 5th battalions, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia.

This from Patty Bookout - Thomas was the son of William Murray (1690-1773) and Isabella Lindley (1660 - died before 1773) who immigrated to America in 1732 from Ireland along with their 2 eldest sons. Thomas was born on the family farm in Swatara, Lancaster (now Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania. On 5 May 1767 in Paxtang Twp., now Dauphin, PA, he married Elinor Collier. They had 5 children that we know of: Mary (1770-1843) married Capt. John Gaston; Anna (1772-1821) married William Boyd; William died at age 29 (1773-1803); James (1776-1834) married Mary Mitchell; and Susannah "Susan" (1777-1850) who married Samuel Russell.

Burial

Warrior Run Church Cemetery, Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA [2]

FSFTID KFTX-3GS.

Sources

  1. #A083444; Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 22, 2021), "Record of Thomas Murray", Ancestor # A083444.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26183129/thomas-murray; headstone photo; accessed 3/12/2018
  • Records in the archives of Clan Murray, held by the U.S. Genealogist of the Clan, Michael Thomas




Is Thomas your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.