We are looking for a male McMurray (McMurry, McMurrey) from Scotland who has Y-DNA tested and with whom we can compare results. There are a number of us in the States who have tested and are members of the Murray Surname Group in Family Tree DNA. We trace our descent from a William McMurry who emigrated from Ulster and begins showing up on records in the 1750’s in Virginia. He brought five sons with him from northern Ireland – Thomas, James, John, Samuel, and William, Jr. (You may have seen postings by Don McMurray about this line)
William’s ancestors came from Ayrshire, Scotland, where in 1606 they emigrated to Co. Down in Ulster as part of a pre-plantation group. The land in Co. Down had been granted to Hugh Montgomery Sixth Laird of Braidstone, and Sir James Hamilton from Dunlop. Our branch of McMurray’s settled in Killyleagh of Co. Down.
We would like to make a connection with those who might have been “left behind,” so they can tell us more about our ancestors.
Mike McMurray
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