Matthew Murray, Min. of North Berwick

Biographical Summary

MURRAY, MATTHEW. ?-13/08/1791. Ref: 1141. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Rev.
• Place of Birth: East Lothian.
• Profession: Minister of Religion.
• Appointments Held: Licensed 1756 Haddington Presbytery; Minister 1758-, North Berwick, East Lothian.
• Marital Status: Married (1772( Anne Hill d.1803.
• Family: son Hugh Murray FRSE 1779-1846.
• Father: Rev George Murray, Minister, North Berwick, East Lothian.
• References: Fasti Eccl. Scot. 1, 1915, 381; Shapin 350.
• Date of Election: 28/06/1784.
• Proposers: Principal William Robertson, Alexander Carlyle, Henry Grieve (Literary Section Minute 19/04/1784 NLS Acc10,000/3).
• Notes: Born 1735.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 683

Matthew Murray, born 1735, son of preceding ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington 7th Sept. 1756 ; pres. by Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick, Bart., and ord. 20th July 1758; died 13th Aug. 1791. He marr. 28th Oct. 1772, Anne (died 20th Jan. 1803), daugh. of John Hill, one of the mins. of St Andrews, and had issue —

• George, afterwards min. of the parish
• John, bapt. 14th Nov. 1774
• John, born 20th Oct. 1775, died 22nd Sept. 1798
• Jean, born 28th July 1777 (marr. 28th June 1803, Capt. Thomas Fortye of the 18th Foot)
• Hugh, accountant of Excise, editor of the Scots Magazine, born 18th July 1779
• Ann, born 26th June 1781 (marr. 12th Sept. 1803, John Renton of Charterbank, W.S.), died 12th Aug. 1829
• Harriet, born 5th Oct. 1783
• Elizabeth, born 27th April 1785
• Janet, born 12th Feb. 1788 (marr. James Robertson, min. of Slamannan)
• Mary Simpson, born 19th Dec. 1790.

SOURCE: Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. I, page 381