Capt. John McMurtry

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 30 2017, 1:45:02 UTC

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son of   Samuel Alexander McMurtry

Alexander McMurtrey / McMurtrie / McMurtry  

* Gender: Male

• Birth: 1720
• Augusta, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA
• Death: 1750 (30)
• Augusta, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA
• Immediate Family:
• Son of Joseph Mc Murtry and Ann Boone
• Husband of Sarah Todd
• Father of James McMurty
• Added by: Keith Conley on March 20, 2009
• Managed by: Keith Conley

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1. John McMurtry 1738 or 1748, b. ca. 1738 or 1748, d. 22 October 1790 at Old Chilicothe, Ohio, he was killed in Harmer’s Defeat in 1790.

In his essay, "Six Contemporary John McMurtries" David C McMurtry says

'Captain John McMurtry ... died on October 22, 1790 in battle at Harmer's Defeat and was buried in a trench on the banks of the Maumee River in Allen County, Indiana near the present site of Fort Wayne.' Captain John McMurtry

Spouse: Mary Todd Hutton, b. 1752 Augusta Co Virginia (daughter of Mary Todd and Samuel Hutton) m. Col. Lewis Rose, 17 December 1793 at Mercer Co, Ky d. ca. 1842 at Mercer Co, Ky.

(Both John McMurtry and Lewis Rose are listed as among 16 American soldiers captured at The Battle of Blue Licks Aug. 19, 1782 and released At The Surrender of Fort Ticonderoga July 1783.)

https://kynghistory.ky.gov/Our-History/History-of-the-Guard/Documen...

Married John McMurtry ca. 1770.

Children:

1 2. James McMurtry 1771, b. 17 November 1771 at North Carolina, m. Mary 'Polly' McKee, 19 February 1795 at Mercer Co, Ky, m. Elizabeth (Lucas) Jewell, 8 April 1800 at Mercer Co, Ky, d. 15 June 1851 at Henderson, Knox Co, Ill

2 232. Alexander McMurtry 1774, b. 12 March 1774 at Virginia, m. Mary 'Polly' Smith, 4 October 1798 at Mercer Co, Ky, d. 4 December 1855 at Garrard Co, Ky

3 355. Samuel McMurtry, b. 18 July 1776 at Philadelphia, Pa, m. Jemima Rose, 1802 at Mercer Co, Ky, d. 17 April 1815/6 at Mercer Co, Ky

364. William McMurtry 1779, b. 4 March 1779 at Virginia, m. Priscilla Sharp, 1 December 1818 at Mercer Co, Ky, d. 1843 at Indiana

5 409. John McMurtry 1782, b. 16 April 1782 at Mercer Co, Ky, m. Sallie Wrenn, bef. March 1810, d. 1819 at Garrard Co, Ky

8 430. Joseph McMurtry 1786, b. 3 July 1786 at Mercer Co, Ky, m. Margaret Haggin, 8 April 1813 at Mercer Co, Ky, m. Lucy Lewis Madison, 26 February 1822 at Jessamine Co, Ky, d. 30 June 1832

7 436. Mary McMurtry 1788, b. 12 November 1788 at Mercer Co, Ky, m. William Samuel Hogue, 24 October 1810 at Mercer Co, Ky, d. 1839 at Mercer Co, Ky

8 437. Sarah McMurtry, b. 11 May 1791 at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, m. William Sharp, 24 October 1810 at Mercer Co, Ky, d. 4 October 1872 at Mercer Co, Ky

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcmurtriecfr/sam/...

Capt. Capt.John McMurtry (b. February 15, 1747/48, d. October 22, 1790)

Capt.John McMurtry (son of Samuel McMurtry and Sarah Hutton)1 was born February 15, 1747/48 in Rockbridge Co. Virgionia1, and died October 22, 1790 in Old Chillicothe, Ohio1.

He married Mary Todd Hutton on Abt. 1770 in Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., Virginia1, daughter of James Hutton and Mary Todd.

Data from "John McMurtry and the American Indian" by Richard Keith McMurtry1980 printed by Current Issues Publications,Berkeley, California.

Irish spelling=McMurtry, Scottish spelling=McMurtrie.

Children of Capt.John McMurtry and Mary Todd Hutton are:

• +James McMurtry, b. November 17, 1771, ,Mercer Co, Kentucky, USA1, d. June 15, 1851, Henderson, Knox Co, Illinios, USA1.
• +Alexander McMurtry, b. March 12, 1774, Virginia1, d. 1855, ,Garrad Co, Kentucky, USA1.
• +Samuel McMurtry, b. July 18, 1776, Kentucky1, d. 1815, ,Mercer Co, Kentucky, USA1.
• +William McMurtry, b. March 04, 1779, Kentucky1, d. 1843, ,Park Co, Indiana, USA1.
• +John McMurtry II, b. April 16, 1782, Kentucky1, d. 18191.
• +Joseph McMurtry, b. July 03, 17861, d. 1832, Paris, Kentucky, USA1.
• Mary McMurtry, b. November 12, 17881, d. 1839, ,Mercer Co, Kentucky, USA1.
• Sarah McMurtry, b. May 11, 17911, d. 1872.

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/w/a/Glen-R-Swanson-Washington/WEBSIT...

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Captain John McMurtry : Kentucky pioneer and soldier of the revolution by McMurtry, David Cornelius, 1920- ;Lexington, Kentucky : Mil-Mac Publishers, 1999

John McMurtry was probably born in Pennsylvania or Virginia. His parents were Alexander McMurtry and Sarah Todd. His father died when he was young and his mother married James Young in about 1751 in Augusta County, Virginia. John married Mary Todd Hutton, daughter of James Hutton and Mary Todd, in about 1770. They had thirteen children. His brother, Samuel, married Jane Martin and they had six children. John's family moved to Kentucky in 1780. John fought in the Kentucky Militia and was killed in 1790 in battle called Harmer's Defeat. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky and Indiana.

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 28 2017, 19:47:11 UTC