From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2018-04-21 23:04:36 +0000, mendolaw@duncanjames.com said:   
      
   > On Friday, April 20, 2018 at 5:56:24 PM UTC-7, mend...@duncanjames.com wrote:   
   >> On Thursday, December 30, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, James Falkner wrote:   
   >>> Throughout the American history of the family, the name appears as   
   >>> McMurtry, McMurtrey, McMurtrie and McMurtree. According to our family   
   >>> tradition, five brothers came to America about/before 1720 and founded   
   >>> the McMurtry family on this side of the Atlantic.  We now know that   
   >>> there were three brothers, Joseph, Thomas and Robert and two sisters   
   >>> (one probably named Hannah) with their husbands James Hanna and Robert   
   >>> Houey. A probable cousin, Alexander, joined them later.  My family is   
   >>> descended from Joseph.  One of the brothers (not our Joseph) was   
   >>> married at the time of their arrival in America. Joseph died 2 Jun   
   >>> 1761, Oxford Township, New Jersey.  Also, it has been passed down that   
   >>> one of the three McMurtrie/McMurtry brothers, not our Joseph, returned   
   >>> to Scotland to reclaim the family estate, lands and castle but found   
   >>> that it had been seized by the Crown.  To this day, the reason remains   
   >>> unknown.   
   >>> Sibling details:   
   >>> 1. Joseph MCMURTRY b. 1685, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Some   
   >>> researchers claim that Joseph was born in Northern Ireland.  I have   
   >>> his will. In the original Gaelic, it was spelled MacMuirceartach.  The   
   >>> McMurtry's are not a clan but a sept of the clan Stewart of Bute.   
   >>> 2. Thomas MCMURTRY was born about 1700.  He died in 1788 in Bernards   
   >>> Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.   
   >>> 3. Robert MCMURTRIE was born about 1710.  He died before 6 Sep 1777 in   
   >>> Sussex County, New Jersey.   
   >>> 4. (Female/sister #1) was married to James HANNA.   
   >>> 5. Hannah MCMURTRY was married to Robert HOUEY.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is this family familiar to anyone?  /Jim Falkner, son of Marguerite   
   >>> McMurtry.   
   >   
   > Thanks for the reply.  I understand your comment about Jon Falkner   
   > since it is a reality all of  us must face but if you cca't ask the   
   > pretty lady to dance she can't say yes.  In other words, if I don't   
   > ask, I don't have the chance of finding the will.   
      
   One of my grandmothers was Margaret Elizabeth Fleming McMurtry before   
   her marriage. There was a great deal of information about the McMurtry   
   family at   
      
   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcmurtriecfr/mcfr0801.htm   
      
   but it appears to be off-line at present. However, if the site is to be   
   believed it will come back. All of the McMurtrys that interest me came   
   from Aghadowey, County Derry. The earliest that I know of was Hugh   
   McMurtry (1797-1887).   
      
      
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