'Mure03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Mure of Caldwell, Moore of Fassaroe, Moore of Londonderry, Moore of Garvey, Mure of Glanderston
[Much of this page was previously included within Mure02. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]
William Mure, 2nd of Glanderston (d 1640) | |||||||||||||||
m. (c1620) Jean Hamilton (dau of Rev. Hans Hamilton) | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Mure, 3rd of Glanderston (d 1658) | ||||||||||||||
m. Euphemia or Barbara Mure (dau of Robert Mure of Caldwell) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Mure of Glanderston & Caldwell (dsp by 1728) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Mowat (dau of Sir George Mowat, Bart of Ingleston) | |||||||||||||||
B. | James Mure of Rhoddens, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Hutchinson (dau of George Hutchinson of Monkwood) | |||||||||||||||
i. | William Mure of Duncarnock (d 1722) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1710) Anne Steuart (dau of Sir James Steuart (Stewart) of Goodtrees) | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Mure of Glanderston & Caldwell (d 1776) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1752) Katherine Graham (dau of James Graham, Lord Easdale) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Mure of Caldwell (d 09.02.1831, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1791) Anne Hunter Blair (d 1854/8, dau of Sir James Hunter Blair of Dunskey, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | William Mure of Caldwell (b 09.07.1799, d 01.04.1860, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (07.02.1825) Laura Markham (d 07.03.1876, dau of William Markham of Becca Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Jane Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Charles Colville (General) | |||||||||||||||
(C)+ | other issue - James (d 08.1831, RN), David, Robert, Katherine, Elizabeth, Clementina, Jemima, Anne, Sophia (d young) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | James Mure of Cecil Lodge, London | ||||||||||||||
The following is supported by 'History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred' (John Gage, 1938, p446). | |||||||||||||||
m. Frederica Sophia Metcalfe (b 03.11.1763, d 05.04.1834, dau of Christopher Metcalfe of Hawsted (Metcalf of Hasted)) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Alexander James Mure (b 23.11.1793, dsp 27.07.1828) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Bowles (dau of Oldfield Bowles of North Aston, widow of William Markham of Becca) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | James Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. Harriet Pearce (dau of Brice Pearce of Munkham) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Philip William Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. Louisa Strange (dau of Sir Thomas Andrew Strange (Chief Justice of the Court at Madras)) | |||||||||||||||
(D) | Frederica Sophia Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. George Horatio Broke (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
(E)+ | other issue - Catherine, Ellen, Harriet | ||||||||||||||
(3) | Catherine Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. James Rennie or Rannie in Leith | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Catherine Rannie (d 1821) | ||||||||||||||
m. (15.03.1809) John Swinton, later Campbell-Swinton, 2nd of Kimmerghame (b 22.09.1777, d 08.03.1867) | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Anne, Margaret, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
b. | Agnes Mure (dsp 27.05.1758) | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.08.1749) Patrick Boyle of Irvine (b 07.01.1717, d 26.02.1798, minister) | |||||||||||||||
c.+ | other issue (d unm) - Margaret, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
ii. | George Mure (Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1747) Jane Rattray of Craighall (widow of Sir James (not Thomas) Elphinstone of Logie) | |||||||||||||||
BCG reports that George & Jane had 3 sons. The following comes from 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p449+) with support from BLG1894 ('Mure of Perceton'). | |||||||||||||||
a. | Thomas Mure of Warriston, co. Edinburgh (youngest son) the first mentioned by BLG1894 | ||||||||||||||
m. (1791) Helen Boyle (dau of Patrick Boyle of Shewalton, son of John, Earl of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | George Mure, later of Herringswell in Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
m. (09.1832) _ Squire of Peterborough | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Patrick Boyle Mure (d 1868) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (20.11.1835) Rachel Ann Macredie of Perceton | |||||||||||||||
Their second son inherited Perceton and assumed the name Macredie-Mure. | |||||||||||||||
(3)+ | other issue - 2 sons (dvp?), 6 daughters (4 dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue (d unm) - William, George | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Samuel Mure or Moore of Convoy, co. Donegal (youngest son) this line followed by BCG | ||||||||||||||
m. Rose McClenahan | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Moore of Londonderry | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Scott | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Joseph Moore of Bond's Glen, Londonderry | ||||||||||||||
m1. Anne Fletcher (dau of George Fletcher of London) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Joseph Scott Moore of Manor Kilbride, co. Wicklow had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Brown | |||||||||||||||
(B) | George Fletcher Moore (dsp, Advocate General of Western Australia) | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Jackson (step-daughter of Colonel Andrew Clarle, Governor of Western Australia) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | William Moore of Liverpool had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Gertrude Hanmer | |||||||||||||||
(D) | Samuel Moore of Bond's Glen, Londonderry, later in Western Australia (d 04.07.1849) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (04.10.1833) Dorothy Mary Jane Dalgety (d 01.11.1877, dau of Captain Alexander Delgaty) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Mary Bond | |||||||||||||||
(E)+ | other issue - Catherine, Mary Jane, Roseanne | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Samuel Moore (dsp, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Patience Orr | |||||||||||||||
(3) | John Moore of Galway | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret French | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Rosa Moore | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Prentice | |||||||||||||||
(5) | Elizabeth Moore | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Patten | |||||||||||||||
(A) | William Moore Patten had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Charlotte Stewart | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Jane Patten | ||||||||||||||
m. Charles Blake of Merlin Park | |||||||||||||||
(6) | Frances Moore | ||||||||||||||
m. Matthew Phibbs | |||||||||||||||
(7)+ | other issue (d unm) - William, Jane | ||||||||||||||
b. | Robert Moore of Londonderry (d in America) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1775) Elizabeth (or Anne) Scott | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Robert Moore | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Mease | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Bartholomew Moore (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Samuel Moore (dsp, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Hughes | |||||||||||||||
(3) | William Moore of Molenan had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (1835) Elizabeth Maxwell (dau of Robert Maxwell of Armagh) | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Andrew (d unm), Eliza | ||||||||||||||
iv.+ | 15 other children including Alexander (captain), Hutchinson of Saxham Hall in Suffolk (had issue) | ||||||||||||||
C. | Jean (Janet) Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. James Lindsay of Dovehill | |||||||||||||||
D. | Elizabeth Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. James Stewart of Hartwood | |||||||||||||||
E. | Barbara Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. James Mure of Bellybregach (captain) | |||||||||||||||
2. | James Mure of Bellybregach | ||||||||||||||
3. | William Mure of Garvey (co. Tyrone) & Fassaroe Castle (Wicklow) (a 1667) | ||||||||||||||
Our Main Sources do not mention this William who is identified as of this generation by BLG1886 (Montgomery-Moore of Garvey) which provides the following, identifying William's wife as a dau of Sir Thomas Ridgeway, Bart, who we presume was ... | |||||||||||||||
m. ?? Ridgeway (dau of Sir Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Bart, later 1st Earl of Londonderry) | |||||||||||||||
A. | James Mure or Moore of Garvey & Fassaroe (a 1688) | ||||||||||||||
i. | James Moore 'of Aughnacloy' of Garvey & Fassaroe (d 1710) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Acheson (dau of Sir George (not Arthur) Acheson, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Acheson Moore 'of Aughnacloy' of Garvey, Revella & Fassaroe | ||||||||||||||
m1. (17.04.1723) Sidney Wingfield (d 10.12.1727, dau of Edward Wingfield of Powerscourt, sister of Richard, 1st Viscount) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | James Moore of Garvey (bpt 06.08.1723, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Eleanor Moore | ||||||||||||||
m. Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck | |||||||||||||||
Garvey, etc passed into the Montgomery family. Their son assumed the name Moore, becoming Montgomery-Moore of Garvey, etc.. | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Mary Moore (dsp(s)) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (26.06.1753) Roger (sb Francis?) Palmer of Palmerstown | |||||||||||||||
m2. Richard Malone (son of Lord Sunderlin) | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Sidney Moore (b 10.12.1727, dsps) | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.04.1751) Hodson Gage of Ballyreena | |||||||||||||||
m2. Henrietta Acheson (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
4. | Ursula Mure (d by 1674) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Ralston of that ilk (b 1610, d 1691) | |||||||||||||||
5. | Jean Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. James (probably not John) Hamilton of Halcraig | |||||||||||||||
6. | Margaret Mure | -- | |||||||||||||
m1. Zacharias Boyd (minister at Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
m2. James Durham of Easter Powrie & Pittkerrow (b c1622, d 25.06.1658, minister at Glasgow) | -- | ||||||||||||||
7. | Janet Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. John Carstairs (minister at Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Carstairs ("the patriot") | ||||||||||||||
8. | Elizabeth Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. Alexander Dunlop (minister at Paisley) | |||||||||||||||
9. | Agnes Mure | ||||||||||||||
m. William Porterfield of Quarreltoun | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Mure of Bodicote House, formerly of Caldwell), Crawfurd's Renfrewshire with support/input from Commoners (vol 1, 'Mure of Caldwell', p453+), BCG (vol 2, 1895, 'Moore', p487+)
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