This Branch of the GENI Tree needs some major work and documentation added to it.

Spelling of name is

• Irish spelling=McMurtry,
• Scottish spelling=McMurtrie.
• McMurty

The name McMurtrie means "son of a sea navigator" and it is also recorded as meaning "sea warrior". In the original Gaelic, it was spelled MacMuirceartach.

The McMurtry's are not a clan but a sept of the clan Stewart of Bute. A sept was a group of people who allied together for political reasons and were allowed to wear the tartan of the clan to which they were attached.

In Scotland about the year 1062 during the reign of Malcolm Ceanmor, surnames were adopted by royal edict.

The Historical Research Society of Scotland says that McMurtry was also a variant of MacKirdie. "Mac" means 'son of.' In Scotland, McMurtries are most numerous in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire on the west coast. The Historical Research Society also says that as a surname, McMurtry dates back to the early 16th century; we find Gilbert Mackmurtye as a witness in Edinburgh in 1508 and William M'Mowtrie as a soldier in Edinburgh in 1684.

This McMurtry branch ties heavily into the McKee's and Todd ancestry as well as the McPheeter's and the McPheeter's also ies back into the McKee ancestry - it becomes a very tangled web.

FIRST GENERATION

Joseph McMurtrie Sr. was born in Ireland, died in Scotland

Children of Joseph McMurtrie Sr. are:

• i. +Joseph McMurtrie Jr., b. 1700, Delwelling, Ayshire, Scotland , d. May 1762, Oxford, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• ii. Thomas McMurtry.
• iii. Robert McMurtry.
• iv. Unknow McMurtry.
• v. James McMurtry, b., Warren, Oxford Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• vi. John McMurtry, b., Sussex Co., New Jersey
• vii. Sarah McMurtry.

SECOND GENERATION

Joseph McMurtrie Jr. (son of Joseph McMurtrie Sr.) was born 1700 in Delwelling, Ayshire, Scotland , and died May 1762 in Oxford, Sussex Co., New Jersey .He married Ann Boone in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania .

Children of Joseph McMurtrie Jr. and Ann Boone are:

• i. +Samuel McMurtry, b. Abt. 1720, Virginia1, d. 1750, Rockbridge Co. Virgionia1.
• ii. Joseph McMurtry, b. 1733, Sussex Co., New Jersey .
• iii. David McMurtry.
• iv. Sarah McMurtry.
• v. James McMurtry, b., Warren, Oxford Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey .
• vi. William McMurtry.
• vii. Mary McMurtry, b., Sussex Co., New Jersey
• viii. Anges McMurtry, b., Sussex Co., New Jersey .
• ix. John McMurtry, b., Sussex Co., New Jersey .
• x. Abraham McMurtry, b. July 17, 1741, Sussex Co., New Jersey .

THIRD GENERATION

Samuel McMurtry (son of Joseph McMurtrie Jr. and Ann Boone)  was born Abt. 1720 in Virginia , and died 1750 in Rockbridge Co. Virgionia  He married Sarah Hutton on 1744 in North Carolina1.

Children of Samuel McMurtry and Sarah Hutton are:

• +Capt.John McMurtry, b. February 15, 1747/48, Rockbridge Co. Virgionia1, d. October 22, 1790, Old Chillicothe, Ohio

FOURTH GENERATION

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, Ohio

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

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

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

Source: Roots & Limbs of the Glen R. Swanson Jr. Tree:Information about Joseph McMurtrie Jr.

Samuel Alexander McMurtry

There are 63+ trees for him on the MyHeritage side and they are split between a death date of 1750 & 1755.
which state that Joseph Mcmurtrie (Mcmurtry), Ann Mcmurtrie (born Boone) are his parents

Pamela McMurtray Berg writes the following:

Joseph McMurtrie, Jr. & Ann McMurtry are not the parents of this Samuel Alexander McMurtry. His parents are unknown, & it is not clear whether they may have come from Ireland, Scotland, Wales or England. His DNA haplotype is distinctly different from Joseph's & his brothers' DNA, but it is thought that he may be a cousin to Joseph & his brothers Thomas & Robert, who settled in Warren, Sussex County, N.J.
One other conjecture is that he immigrated to America from Wales, but may have come from Ayrshire, Scotland via Ireland to Wales. The reasoning behind this last statement is that there are absolutely no records in Scotland, Ireland or England for his birth or those of who may be his father. Wales is a complicated nation & the keeping of records not as forthright, so he or his father may have been born there; though it is commonly thought that Alexander was born & died in Augusta, Botecourt County, VA. Birth records were not kept there until some years later when the first Presbyterian church was built there & began to record life events, including births, baptisms, marriages & deaths.
It is also commonly believed also that he married Sarah (Todd ?), sister or cousin of Mary Todd, who was married to Samuel Hutton & they were the parents of Mary Todd Hutton, wife of Captain John McMurtry, another son of Alexander & Sarah.
After Alexander died, Sarah married James Young, & together they raised John & his brother Samuel.
Samuel & Jean Martin & their young children migrated to Harrods Station with his brother John & wife & children (to that point; other children born at Harrod's Station), which is in Mercer/Franklin Counties, Kentucky Territory, State of Virginia, as well with Samel Hutton & wife Mary Todd., parents of Capt. John's wife, Mary Todd Hutton.
A cousin Alexander, a son of either Thomas or Robert McMurtry (brothers of Joseph), also immigrated with the brothers to the Kentucky Territory thru the Cumberland Gap.
John was the Captain & leader of the community at Harrod's Station & lead the men during the American Revolution, fighting both the British & Native Americans. He died after the Revolutionary War in The Battle At Harmer's Defeat in present day Indiana. He was injured & laid by the side of the path & found scalped by the Indians when after the battle the dead & injured were gathered.
Here is a link to Capt. John's family with a bit of history: Descendants of JOSEPH MCMURTRY
Here is a link to a [history of the life of Samuel McMurtry
Descendants of JOSEPH MCMURTRY 2.THOMAS2 MCMURTRY (JOSEPH1) married MARY
As for Joseph McMurtry & Ann Boone I attach a genealogy of their family. You will see that they didn't even have a son named Alexander. NOTE not sure of the correct link if given og the above links.
I'm sorry. The 1st link above was supposed to be a link to: [Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society website "The Franklin County Genealogical Record Of The McMurtry Family ..." That link does not copy as it's a protected book, but you can Google it & add it to your Book List for free. It's a short document as books go, so it's not like you will be reading reams of material. I hope you find it informational & that it answers some questions regarding your McMurtry ancestors.

ONLINE GENEALOGIES

It seems that there are two "good" listings for Descendants there could be more

1 - Roots & Limbs of the Glen R. Swanson Jr. Tree:Information about Joseph McMurtrie Jr.; note this is the starting page with his father Joseph McMurtrie Sr. was born in Ireland , died in Scotland

2 - Descendants of Capt. John McMurtry (1748-1790) NOTE this one is more confusing because of the way it is numbered and generated - GREAT CARE must exercised whilw readin it and extracting it.

3. Descendants of McMurtry (1764-1846) NOTE this one is more confusing because of the way it is numbered and generated - GREAT CARE must exercised whilw readin it and extracting it.

4. Descendants of JOSEPH MCMURTRY - Loris Shaft

5. history of the life of Samuel McMurtry - Richard McMurtry

6. Descendants of JOSEPH MCMURTRY - Loris Shaft

OTHER ON LINE SOURCES

The Nancy Todd-Hannah Todd-James McMurtry Marriage Tradition

Sketches of McM {McMurtry} Family Historians

The History of the Study of the McM {McMurtry} Family

BOOKS

"John McMurtry and the American Indian" by Richard Keith McMurtry 1980 printed by Current Issues Publications,Berkeley, California.