'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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