Murray, John

From: An Island Refuge- Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on The Island of Saint John, The Abegweit Branch of UELAC, 1983

  • JOHN MURRAY with his wife and three children came to the Island of Saint John on July 26, 1784 according to the muster roll of that date which reads: “John Murray, wife, two children above ten years, one child under ten years”. His son John, junior, was listed separately on the same muster roll, and his eldest son, David, came at a different time.
  • He received a grant of 500 acres in Lot 19, for the sum of five shillings and a yearly rental of one peppercorn “if the same be demanded”. This deed was dated 1 April, 1786 but it was not registered until 7 September, 1786. John is described in the deed as “John Murray, late of the County of Tryon, in the province or colony of New York”. There was a further agreement to grant John Murray 250 acres of land in Lot 25 and 250 acres elsewhere in exchange for yielding title to the grant as loyal refugee in Lot 19 — registered 15 September, 1792. In 1798 he was residing in Lot 25.