Margaret McMurtrie

  General Notes:

Baptism 1740
22 June
Margaret daughter to Robert McMurtrie in Blair
22/06/1740 MCMURTRIE, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 601/ 10 112 Kirkoswald) Page 112 of 432


On the 17th Oct, at Dailly, Scotland, Margaret McMurtrie aged 98, widow of James Davidson. She was born June 22 1740, and married June 22 1761. She was the mother of 12 children, and before her death could enumerate 450 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. She saw seven generations, had four sets of teeth, and although bed-rid for the last eight years, retained her mental faculties to the last.
Ancestry.com. Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011

Daily OPR: Margaret McMurtrie, widow of James Davidson. She was the mother of 12 Children and before her death could enumerate nearly 450 children, gand children, great grandchildren, great great granchildren and great great great grandchildren. She saw seven generations, had four sets of teeth, and although bedridden for the last eight years, retained her faculties to the last and was able to express her sense of goodness and her reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ancestry Cheri1020 originally shared this on 15 Jun 2010

Margaret married James Davidson on 2 Jul 1761 in Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹¹⁶⁵ (James Davidson was born about 1739 and died in Jun 1818 in Kilgrammy, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

Banns of Marriage 1761
Davidson and McMurtrie
James Davidson Servant with William Crawford, Coal greeve at Bargeny & Margaret McMurtrie, gave in their names in order to marriage June 12th were thrice proclaimed and married July 2nd
02/07/1761 Davidson, James (Old Parish Registers Marriages 585/ 10 428 Dailly) pg 428 of 564
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