Hi there,
On SUBMITTED online trees, (so needs verifying, confirming) there’s
Andrew Murray, born 27 Jan 1793, at Greenwells, Roxbrugh Scotland, son of David Murray and Christian Buchan.
Andrew is shown as the husband of (no marriage details shown, except for 1813) Elizabeth Elliot. Elizabeth Elliot is shown as born 20 Sept 1795 and died 3 Jan 1816. (born and died Gallonside, Roxburgh, Scotland).
There is one child shown to the couple (Andrew and Elizabeth Murray m.s. Elliot).... John Murrary born 20 June 1814, at Galashiels, Scotland and died Spanish Fork, Utah, USA 15 Nov 1880 He is shown to have married, and descendants are shown on the submitted trees...
Speculations again, but IF the submitted trees are “correct” then perhaps there’s a reason or two for Sir Walter writing in 1813 to Andrew (perhaps congratulations on your wedding etc) and also a reason or two for Andrew coming to NSW in 1817 (death of his wife) ... the submitted tree does NOT give any further information about Andrew, (so no info about him in NSW, no further marriage, no end date, no explanation as to when John arrived in the USA, etc).
There’s no apparent connection to Sir Walter Scott on those submitted trees either....
Cheers, JM