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LORD WILLIAM MURRAY 1595–1653 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1595

Birth Location: Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Sep 1653

Death Location: Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Father: William Murray

Mother: Majorie [Shaw]

Spouse(s): Lady Dysart

Children(s): Lady Helmingham, Margaret Murray, Mungo Murray, Margaret Murray, Lady Murray, Sarah Murray, Lady Murray, Lady #1, Margaret Murray, Janet Murray, Darothy Murray

In 1595, LORD WILLIAM MURRAY entered the world in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, born to William Murray And Majorie Schaw Shaw. LORD WILLIAM MURRAY married Lady Catherine Bruce Countess Of Dysart, and had children including Darothy Murray, Janet Murray, Lady Anne Murray, Lady Catherine Murray, Lady Catherine Murray 1, Lady Elizabeth Murray Tollemache Countess Of Dysart Duchess Of Lauderdale Baroness Helmingham, Margaret Mary Murray, Margaret Catherine Murray, Mungo Murray, Sarah Murray. LORD WILLIAM MURRAY passed away in 1653 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1595, LORD WILLIAM MURRAY entered the world in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, born to William Murray And Majorie Schaw Shaw.
  • LORD WILLIAM MURRAY married Lady Catherine Bruce Countess Of Dysart, and had children including Darothy Murray, Janet Murray, Lady Anne Murray, Lady Catherine Murray, Lady Catherine Murray 1, Lady Elizabeth Murray Tollemache Countess Of Dysart Duchess Of Lauderdale Baroness Helmingham, Margaret Mary Murray, Margaret Catherine Murray, Mungo Murray, Sarah Murray.
  • LORD WILLIAM MURRAY passed away in 1653 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Murray
1568–1638
Birth Location: Falahill, Midlothian, Scotland
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Majorie [Shaw]
1573–1626
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Dysart
1605–1651
Birth Location: Dysart, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Helmingham
1626–1698
Birth Location: Petersham, Surrey, , England
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Margaret Murray
1622–1675
Birth Location: Scotland
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Mungo Murray
1616–1681
Birth Location: Clermont, Scotland
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Margaret Murray
1642–1682
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Lady Murray
–1669
Birth Location: Scotland
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Sarah Murray
1890–
Birth Location: –
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Lady Murray
–1679
Birth Location: Scotland
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Lady #1
1622–1669
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Murray
1642–1682
Birth Location: Wemyss,,Fife,Scotland
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Janet Murray
1625–
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
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Darothy Murray
1625–1682
Birth Location: Dysart, Fife, Scotland
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LORD MURRAY's Ancestors

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LORD MURRAY
1595–1653
Birth Place: Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Parents
William Murray
1568–1638
Falahill, Midlothian, Scotland
Majorie (Schaw) [Shaw]
1573–1626
Scotland
Grandparents
John (Murray, Earl of) Dysart
1544–1613
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Ellen Daingzell
1544–1612
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Balvaird
1525–1572
Margaret Ross
1526–1575
Andrew Blackbarony
1512–1572
Janet Murray
1520–1596
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Arngask
1500–1550
Janet Lindsay
1502–1540
Sir Ross
1490–1556
Lady Erroll
1506–1529

LORD MURRAY's Descendants

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LORD (WILLIAM) MURRAY (1595–11 Sep 1653) m. Lady (Catherine Bruce, Countess of) Dysart (1605–22 May 1651)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Murray Tollemache, Countess of Dysart, Duchess of Lauderdale, Baroness) Helmingham 1626–1698 m. Lionel (Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower, Baron) Helmingham 1624–1669 m. John Maitland 1616–1682
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Tollemache Campbell, Countess Argyll and Lady) Lorne 1659–1735 m. Archibald (Campbell, 10th Earl, 2nd Duke of) Argyll 1658–1703
      1. 1. Lady (Mary Catherine Campbell *** - Woods (DNA) markers) 1690–1742 m. Sir (Lord Michael Marion DeFiennes) Woods 1684–1762
        1. 1. Eddy Wood 1714–1750 m. Thomas (R.) Bywaters 1716–1785 m. Sir (Andrew) Wallace 1712–1785 m. Peter Wallace 1719–1786 m. Andrew Wallace 1757–1781
        2. 2. Michael Woods 1708–1777
        3. 3. Magdalena Woods 1706–1810
        4. 4. Hannah Woods 1710–1766
        5. 5. Archibald Woods 1706–1768 m. Isabella Gass 1695–1738 m. Isabella Goss 1716–1766 m. Mary (Brackmon) Brookman 1704–1725
        6. 6. John Woods 1712–1791
        7. 7. Richard Woods 1715–1783
        8. 8. Martha Woods 1722–1790
        9. 9. Sarah Woods 1724–1792
        10. 10. Andrew Woods 1722–1781
        11. 11. George Woods 1713–1714
        12. 12. Charles Woods 1707–1761
        13. 13. Samuel Woods 1718–1778
        14. 14. John Woods 1748–1826
        15. 15. James Woods 1748–1822
        16. 16. Magdalena Woods 1716–1780
        17. 17. Elizabeth (Preston) Woods 1700–
        18. 18. William Buster 1694–1749
        19. 19. Robert Woods 1719–1811
        20. 20. Nathan Woods 1725–1752
        21. 21. Martha Woods 1707–
        22. 22. James Woods 1704–
        23. 23. Magdaline Woods 1711–1780
        24. 24. Richard Woods 1719–1783
        25. 25. Charles Woods 1719–1760
        26. 26. John Woods 1684–1762
        27. 27. Joseph Lapsley 1718–1787
        28. 28. Hannah Woods 1710–1732
        29. 29. George Woods 1713–1803
        30. 30. Richard Woods 1706–
      2. 2. Lady (Lydia Anne Campbell Stuart Fraser, Countess of) Bute 1692–1736
      3. 3. Sir (John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll; 1st Duke of Greenwich, Baron) Chatham 1680–1743
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Allington) Campbell 1635–1691
      5. 5. William (Allington) Campbell 1643–
      6. 6. Sir (John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll; 1st Duke of Greenwich, Baron) Chatham 1678–1743
      7. 7. SIR (JOHN Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll; 1st Duke of Greenwich, Baron) Chatham 1680–1743
      8. 8. Katherine (Campbell of) Argyll 1697–1700
      9. 9. Isobel (Campbell of) Argyll 1690–1742
      10. 10. Grizella Campbell 1680–1759
      11. 11. Lady (Lydia Anne Campbell Stuart Fraser, Countess of) Bute 1692–1736
      12. 12. Archibald (Campbell, 1st Earl of Ilay (3rd Duke of) Argyll) 1682–1761
      13. 13. Margaret (Isabel) Campbell 1690–1765
      14. 14. Ian (Ruaifh) Campbell 1678–1743
      15. 15. Richard (of Argyll) Campbell 1682–1761
      16. 16. Elizabeth (Allington) Campbell 1675–1691
      17. 17. Archibald (Campbell, 1st Earl of Ilay (3rd Duke of) Argyll) 1682–1744
      18. 18. Mary Campbell* 1690–1742
      19. 19. John (Campbell Hertog van Argyll en Greenwich Baron) Chatham 1678–1743
      20. 20. Grizella (Grace) Hay 1678–1741
      21. 21. Lady (Margaret Isabel CAMPBELL Woods) #+# 1690–1742
      22. 22. John (Campbell Duke of Argyll, Duke of) Greenwich 1680–1743
    2. 2. Earl (Dysart) Tollmache 1647–1726
    3. 3. Susanna (campbell Lady of) Cawdor 1668–1690
    4. 4. William Tollemache 1661–1694
    5. 5. Catherine Tollemache 1648–1700
    6. 6. Mary (Maitland Tollemache) 1645 1645–1700
    7. 7. Lord (Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of) Dysart 1649–1727
    8. 8. Lt. (Gen. Thomas) Tollemache 1651–1694
    9. 9. Elizabeth Talmash 1659–1735
    10. 10. Lionel (Tollemache, 4th Earl of) Dysart 1708–1770
    11. 11. Catherine Tollemache 1660–1703
    12. 12. William (Lionel Felix Tollemache, Lord) Huntingtower 1649–1727
    13. 13. Mary (TOLLEMACHE) Maitland 1645–1700
    14. 14. Cap. (William) Tollemache 1650–1691
    15. 15. Elizabeth (Tollemache Campbell, Countess Argyll and Lady) Lorne 1659–1735
    16. 16. Elizabeth (Tollemache Campbell, Countess Argyll and Lady) Lorne 1659–1735
  2. 2. Margaret (Catherine) Murray 1622–1675
  3. 3. Mungo Murray 1616–1681
  4. 4. Margaret ("Mary") Murray 1642–1682
  5. 5. Lady (Catherine) Murray –1669
  6. 6. Sarah Murray 1890–
  7. 7. Lady (Anne) Murray –1679
  8. 8. Lady (Catherine Murray) #1 1622–1669
  9. 9. Margaret ("Mary") Murray 1642–1682
  10. 10. Janet Murray 1625–
  11. 11. Darothy Murray 1625–1682

LORD MURRAY's Timeline

2 Records

1595
1595
Birth of LORD WILLIAM MURRAY in Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
1653
11 Sep 1653
Age 58
Death of LORD WILLIAM MURRAY in Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Dysart, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1653
    Event Place: Dysart, Fife, Scotland
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