William Murdoch, of Gartincaber

1757 - 1805  (47 years)

• Name	William Murdoch
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	5 Jan 1757  [1]
  Christening	8 Jan 1757	Kilmadock, Doune, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain   [2]
  WWW	http://www.selectsurnames2.com/murdoch.html
  Death	1805
  Siblings	2 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Archibald Murdoch           b. Abt 1747             d. 25 Sep 1774  (Age ~ 27 years)   2. Jean Murdoch           b. Abt 1748   3. James Murdoch           b. Between 1750 and 1758             d. Bef 1789  (Age ~ 38 years)   4. Anne Murdoch           b. 1751             d. Bef 1861  (Age < 109 years)   5. Margaret Murdoch           b. 1753             d. 1791  (Age 38 years) > 6. William Murdoch, of Gartincaber           b. 5 Jan 1757             d. 1805  (Age 47 years) ▻ Sarah Campbell "Sally" Murdoch,  m. 1801
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Archibald Murdoch, of Cessintully & Gartincaber           b. 1706             d. 17 Sep 1789 (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Anne Maule           b. 20 Jan 1727, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. Jan 1758 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	1745

  
  

  Wife	Sarah Campbell "Sally" Murdoch           b. Est 1778             d. Abt 1835 (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	1801  [2]
  	Sarah Murdoch (same surname, different family) was William Murdoch's housekeeper and their wedding was a bit of a scandal, apparently.
  Age at Marriage	William was ~ 43 years old - Sarah was ~ 23 years old.
  Children	1. Anne Maule Murdoch           b. 18 Apr 1803             d. 21 Dec 1871 (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life William Murdoch was born on the 5th of January 1757, the third son of Archibald Murdoch and Anne Maule. He was baptised a few days later on the 8th at Kilmadock in Doune. Career See here for land tax records indicating that William held Brae of Cessintully, Gartincaber and "Part of Lord Napier's Land" in 1802. Family Life William married Sarah "Sally" Campbell Murdoch in 1801. Apparently she was his housekeeper and the wedding was a bit of a scandal; notwithstanding the same surname, it's likely that William and Sarah were distant cousins at best. William is believed1 to descend from a branch of the Murdoch family in Cumloden, Galloway which established itself at Gartincaber House in Perthshire in the mid-1600s. We know that there was a Murdoch family in Doune who were pistol makers in the mid/late 1700s; whether this was William's side or Sarah's side is not clear. Family documents2 indicate that Sarah was from the "Bridge of Teith" Murdoch family. William and Sarah had six children: Archibald, born 1747 and who drowned in 1774 whilst crossing to the Isle of Mull3 James William, born 1757 Jean Margaret Anne Maule, who married John Burn and from whom descend the modern-day Burn-Murdochs Apparently William, believing that he lived in the exact center of Scotland, built a folly - a two-storey octagon tower - on the family land in 17991. Death William died in 1805. Footnotes [1] http://www.selectsurnames2.com/murdoch.html [2] Family Archive: L_Unknown_Burn-Murdoch_Cumlodden [3] See The Scots Magazine, 1774, Volume 36, page 503

  
  

• Sources

  [S0258] FamilySearch, Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (familysearch.org), 8 Jan 1757, William Murdoch; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1VH-J9R : 11 February 2020), William Murdoch, 1757. [S0068] John Burke and John Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry, 1st Edition Reprint, (1849), 1849, Burn-Murdoch of Gartincaber; Volume 3, page 240.