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Robert Murray 1585 – 1648 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Feb 1585

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 28 May 1648

Death Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Father: Patrick 9

Mother: Elizabeth Murray

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Melville

Children(s): Anna Murray

Robert Murray was born in 1585 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Patrick Murray GGF 9 and Elizabeth Marjory Wallet Murray. Robert Murray married Elizabeth C. Melville, and had children including Anna Murray. Robert Murray passed away in 1648 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Murray was born in 1585 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Patrick Murray GGF 9 and Elizabeth Marjory Wallet Murray.
  • Robert Murray married Elizabeth C. Melville, and had children including Anna Murray.
  • Robert Murray passed away in 1648 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Patrick 9
1535 – 1590
Birth Location: Woodend,Blakesley,Northamptonshire,England
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Elizabeth Murray
1543 – 1590
Birth Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Melville
1590 – 1657
Birth Location: Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Anna Murray
1620 – 1704
Birth Location: Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Robert Murray's Ancestors

Self
Robert Murray
1585 – 1648
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Murray GGF 9
1535 – 1590
Woodend,Blakesley,Northamptonshire,England
Elizabeth (Marjory Wallet) Murray
1543 – 1590
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew ((Lord of Bothwell) Murray of) Blackbarony
1510 – 1573
Falahill, Midlothian, Scotland
Gisela (Van) Bethune
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Murray's Descendants

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Robert Murray (14 Feb 1585 – 28 May 1648) m. Elizabeth (C.) Melville (1 December 1590 – 31 January 1657)
  1. 1. Anna Murray (1620 – 25 October 1704) m. Alexander Moncrieff (16 December 1613 – 6 October 1688)
    1. 1. Margaret Moncrieff (15 Jul 1664 – 16 Apr 1740) m. Alexander ((Swyne)) Swinton (15 Jul 1656 – 1 July 1740)
      1. 1. Hugh Swinton (07DEC1705 – 26DEC1757) m. Judith Simons (1 MAR 1712 – 23 Sep 1781)
        1. 1. Margaret Swinton (1729 – 1807) m. John Bennett (1728 – 1772)

Robert Murray's Timeline

2 Records

1585
14 Feb 1585
Birth of Robert Murray in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1648
28 May 1648
Age 63
Death of Robert Murray in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Feb 1585
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 May 1648
    Event Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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