Beriah Murray^[1]

1746 - 1820  (73 years)

• Name	Beriah Murray
  Born	Aug 19, 1746	Guilford, Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1820	Williston, Vermont, USA
  Notes	Lived in Durham, Connecticut where he and his wife, Mary, were baptized in February, 1766     Moved to Claremont, New Hampshire sometime between Jan 1768 and Nov 1769.     "Beriah Murray of Claremont, New Hampshire, who was in Col. Benjamin Bellows' regiment which marched to the relief of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777, settled in Williston, Vermont at the close of the Revolutionary War.  Famed as a hunter, he had previously been in this section of Vermont and had purchased lots in the north and central parts of Hinesburgh, which contained excellent mill sites, which he sold to Lemuel Bostwick, who built a carding mill." (From Child's Gazetteer of Chittenden County, 1882-1883)     Served as a private Capt Olin Ashley's Company of Colonel Benjamin Bellows' regiment of the New Hampshire Militia in the Revolutionary War, which marched to  relieve Fort Ticonderoga in June, 1777, where an engagement was had with the enemy on or about June 28, 1777.  See State Papers of New Hampshire Vol. 15, p. 27     Also marched with same regiment at the requisition of Major General Gates to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga in October of 1776. See State Papers of New Hampshire Vol. 17, p. 105.  Also  State Papers of New Hampshire Vol. 16, p. 605, 607     After the war, he and his family moved to a farm in Williston, VT.
  Person ID	I12223	mykindred
  Last Modified	Feb 6, 2003

  
  

  Father	Selah Murray,   b. Between May 08, 1698 and 1701, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Mar 13, 1764, East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Lydia Allen,   b. May 15, 1706,   d. Aug 19, 1746, Guilford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	1738
  Family ID	F4306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Meeker,   b. 1747,   d. Jun 1824, Williston, Vermont, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Jul 21, 1765	Guilford, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. Calvin Murray,   b. Nov 25, 1769, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Dec 10, 1822, Williston, Vermont, USA  (Age 53 years)   2. Sabra Murray,   b. Jan 1766, Durham, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Y   3. Curtiss Murray,   b. Aug 24, 1765, Durham, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Y   4. Selah Murray,   b. 1777, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Y   5. Harvey Murray,   b. 1788,   d. Y   6. Allen Murray,   d. Y   7. Asel Murray,   d. Y   8. Bariah Murray, Jr.,   d. Y   9. McKensie Murray,   d. Y   10. Rosa Murray,   d. Y   11. Mary Anne Murray,   d. Y   12. Lamar Murray,   d. Y
  Family ID	F4387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S193] Gedcom - Helmer, George Hood.