Murdoch was born in 1829, the son of Jesse Spivey and Polly McIntosh. In 1853, he married Flora McDonald in Moore County, North Carolina.[1] He passed away in 1891.
Sources
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8CM-D2S : 22 December 2016), Murdock M. Spivy and Flora Mcdonald, 22 Apr 1852; citing , Moore, North Carolina, United States, p. p10 #44, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 548,790.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B8-Y25 : 12 April 2016), Murdoch Spivey in household of Jesse Spivey, Moore county, Moore, North Carolina, United States; citing family 661, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8L-DX4 : 12 April 2016), Murdock Spivy, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 13, family 105, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,648.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Murdoch 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 Murdoch: