John Murray

Brief Life History of John

When John Murray was born in 1829, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Perry Murray, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Mulkey, was 39.

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Family Time Line

John Perry Murray
1787–1862
Elizabeth Mulkey
1790–1863
Shadrack Murray
1803–1864
Jonathan Murray
1806–
Anna Murray
1810–
Sarah Murray
1813–
Elihu Murray
1814–
Phillip Murray
1816–
Hannah Murray
1818–
Jesse Howard Murray
1820–1885
James Murray
1822–1870
Silas Murray
1822–
Rebecca Murray
1824–
Elizabeth Murray
1826–1897
John Murray
1829–
Harland Murray
1831–
Madison Murray
1834–1864
Mary Murray
1836–

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    World Events (3)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1830 · The Oregon Trail

    Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

    1835 · The Hermitage is Built

    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

    Name Meaning

    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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