Thomas Murray (1700)

Born 1700 in Strafford County, New Hampshire

Descendants

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Biography

This profile is part of the Murray Name Study.

Thomas MURRAY 1, 2 was born 1700 in Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire.

He had the following children:

Margaret MURRAY was born 17 Jun 1727 and died 4 Feb 1773. [ married 30 March 1745, Thomas Leighton ]

Notes on the Leighton Family:

"... Children of Thomas and Susannah (Chesley) Leighton, born at Dover:

i. John Leighton, b. 27 Jan 1719, d. ca. 1778 at Barrington, NH, m. Martha Allen;

ii. Sarah Leighton, b. 10 Aug 1721;

iii. Dorothy Leighton, b. 18 Dec 1723;

iv. Thomas Leighton, b. 13 Nov 1725, d. 9 Mar 1813 at Steuben, ME, m. 30 Mar 1745 Margaret Murray (b. 7 Jun 1727 at Barrington, NH, d. 4 Feb 1773 at Steuben, dau. of Thomas Murray);

v. George Leighton, b. 18 Nov 1727, m. at Dover 1753 Dorothy Hall (b. 23 Aug 1732 at Dover, dau. of Hateval & Sarah (Furbish) Hall);

vi. Samuel Leighton, b. 10 Dec 1729, d. 21 Mar 1812 at Columbia, ME, m. Dorcas Bunker (b. 1734);

vii. Gideon Leighton, b. 14 Feb 1730/1, d. 10 Jun 1776 at Barrington, m. Abigail Titcomb;

viii. Joseph Leighton, b. 23 Apr 1733, d. 14 Jun 1803 at Falmouth, ME, m. 6 Oct 1757 Mercy Hall (b. 6 Oct 1738 at Dover, d. 2 mar 1792 at Falmouth, sister of Dorothy who married Joseph’s older brother George) ;

ix. Elizabeth Leighton, b. 11 Mar 1736/7, m. Isaac Drew;

x. Theodore Leighton, b. 22 Mar 1738/9, m. Hannah Plummer (b. 26 Nov 1746 at Steuben, d. 9 May 1814); and

xi. Susannah Leighton, b. 6 Dec 1742, m. Ephraim Richer. Susannah married Thomas Leighton, son of John Leighton (ca 1673-ca 1718) & Sarah Cromwell (ca 1668-Apr 1704). Born ca 1696 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Thomas died on 16 Jan 1763 in Gouldsboro, Hancock County, Maine. "

Sources

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg156.htm.

• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_225.html#P63597

• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_225.html

• Family of Thomas Chesley (6666) & Ann Huntress_Pane-Joyce Genealogy

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Judy Rolfe for creating WikiTree profile Murray-2455 through the import of Batson Family Tree.ged on Jan 25, 2013.