The Murray Family Of Somerset County, PA

The Murray Family Genealogy

The Murray family originated in Northern Ireland (it is unknown when they left Scotland and migrated to Ireland) and first arrives in the colonies sometime after 1800. Michael Murray, our progenitor, was born about 1790 in Northern Ireland. Little is known of the origins of this family at present but many Murray family researchers are hard at work trying to piece together this very unique family's history.

Michael and his brother, Edward, arrived in the colonies as children. They are both recorded in Addison Township, Somerset County, in 1810. Michael had one child that we know of and that was James Murray who was born on June 11, 1829 in Addison Township. James Murray lived most of his life in Addison until he married Lydia Beal of Pocohontas Village, Greenville Township in 07 September 1851. Lydia was the daughter of Owen Beal and Elizabeth Klingaman. They were members of the Hostetler Dunker Church and are buried as a family in the Hostetler Church cemetery in Pocohontas, PA.

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