When Arnold Murray was born on 8 December 1780, in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Anthony Murray, was 33 and his mother, Abial "Brial" Holbrook, was 33. He married Sarah Tibbetts in 1802, in Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Danville, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1780. He died on 8 June 1851, in Rush, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in New Salem, Noble Township, Rush, Indiana, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Historical Boundaries: 1797: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States 1854: Androscoggin, Maine, United States
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Scottish: habitational name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which derives from Celtic mori- ‘sea’ + treb- ‘settlement’. The founder of the Scottish house of Murray was a Fleming named Freskin who was granted Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus in Moray by David I. The family took its name from the region in the late 12th century.
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McMurray .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ a personal name meaning ‘mariner’. Occasionally it may be a shortened form of McMurray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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