Jeremiah E. Murray

Male15 September 1818–28 December 1845

Brief Life History of Jeremiah E.

When Jeremiah E. Murray was born on 15 September 1818, in New York, United States, his father, Sanford Murray, was 46 and his mother, Mary Whitney, was 39. He died on 28 December 1845, at the age of 27, and was buried in Otego, Otego, Otsego, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sanford Murray
1771–about 1840
Mary Whitney
1780–1868
Russell Murray
1801–1877
Asa Murray
1803–1889
Sanford P. Murray
1806–
Thomas W. Murray
1808–1824
James Murray
1810–1829
Robert Reynolds Murray
1813–1854
George W. Murray
1815–
Jeremiah E. Murray
1818–1845
Elon Murray
1821–1895
Isaac Murray
1826–1888

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  • Jeremiah E. Murry, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (10)

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World Events (5)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 1

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 2

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

Age 9

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

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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